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National Governor's Association Vice Chair Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper participates in a special session on jobs in America during the National Governor's Association Winter Meeting in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Opposition rising to Colorado gun control laws

More than a year after pushing through through some of the toughest gun control measures in the country, Colorado Democrats are finding it finding the measures are more unpopular than ever with state residents.

April 23, 2014
FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2013 file photo, marijuana clone plants that are used to grow medical marijuana are displayed under a light at a medical marijuana cooperative in Seattle. Illinois regulators finalizing the state's conditions for medical marijuana have removed a proposed rule that would have barred legal gun owners from becoming cannabis-using patients, a person close to the process told The Associated Press. The draft regulations aren't expected to be published until Friday, April 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Colorado lawmakers set limits on pot edibles possession

The Mile High City was jammed with pot revelers Sunday for the annual 4/20 festival, but the mood was far from celebratory Monday as state legislators moved to tighten rules on marijuana products in the wake of two tragic deaths.

April 21, 2014
A shootout at the Russia-Ukraine border between an unidentified masked man and pro-Russian activists broke a United Nations brokered truce and left at least three dead on Easter Sunday, prompting a small memorial at the scene of the skirmish. (Associated Press Photographs)

Ukraine, Russia trade blame over Easter Sunday shootout

Ukraine Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk warned Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to restore the Soviet Union, first by annexing Crimea and then by swallowing the Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine.

April 20, 2014
Rancher Cliven Bundy (center) addresses his supporters as Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie (right) looks on Saturday. Ryan Yates, director of congressional relations for the American Farm Bureau, decried what he says some have called "a culture of intimidation" represented in the standoff over grazing rights between the rancher and the federal Bureau of Land Management. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

‘Culture of intimidation’ seen in Nevada ranch standoff

Sending scores of armed agents along with helicopters and dogs to confront an elderly Nevada rancher over grazing fees may seem like overkill, but critics say it's not inconsistent with the federal government's recent approach to environmental enforcement.

April 15, 2014
Remote Alaskan villages, including King Cove, rely on air travel for access to major hospitals. (Associated Press/File)

Alaska to sue Interior Department for road to reach medical aid

Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell announced Monday that the state will sue the Obama administration to allow construction of a 10-mile road to give residents of a remote fishing village access to emergency medical flights at an all-weather airport.

April 7, 2014
FRC Action and Family Research Council President Tony Perkins speaks during the Values Voter Summit, held by the Family Research Council Action, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana/File)

High court declines photographer’s appeal in gay marriage case

The Supreme Court refused Monday to jump into the raging debate over whether artisans must participate in same-sex weddings, allowing to stand a New Mexico high court against a photographer who declined to take pictures at a commitment ceremony.

April 7, 2014
Lt. Gen. Mark Milley (left) and Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican, talk to the media near Fort Hood's main gate one day after a soldier opened fire on fellow service members at the Fort Hood military base, killing three people and wounding 16 before committing suicide. (Associated Press)

Details emerging in Fort Hood massacre

An armed female security officer confronted Fort Hood gunman Spc. Ivan Lopez minutes after his deadly rampage began, firing off a round before he put his .45-caliber Smith & Wesson pistol to his head and pulled the trigger.

April 3, 2014