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Trash piling up faster along border with Mexico

Posted: January 29th, 2012, 3:36pm MST

Picking her way into the desert brush, Raquel Martinez gathered scores of plastic water bottles tossed in an Arizona desert valley near the Mexico border, often by migrants making a risky trek.
Candidate barred for English deficit vows appeal

Posted: January 29th, 2012, 3:29pm MST

A city council candidate in Arizona who was barred from running because she doesn't speak English proficiently is vowing to appeal the judge's ruling.
Oil spill brings attention to delicate Gulf coast

Posted: January 29th, 2012, 2:13pm MST

For decades, farmers and fishermen along the Gulf of Mexico watched as their sensitive ecosystem's waters slowly got dirtier and islands eroded, all while the country largely ignored the destruction.
School bans fuzzy boots used to hide cell phones

Posted: January 29th, 2012, 1:12pm MST

Singer Nancy Sinatra may have had boots made for walking, but she never attended Pottstown Middle School. Starting Monday the Philadelphia suburban district is banning the wearing of fuzzy open-top boots, including the popular Ugg brand, to middle school classes because students have been stashing cell phones in the loose footwear.
GOP tries new strategy to get Canada pipeline

Posted: January 29th, 2012, 11:42am MST

Republican lawmakers will try to force the Obama administration to approve the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline by attaching it to a highway bill House Speaker John Boehner said on Sunday.
With pipeline to US on hold, Canada eyes China

Posted: January 29th, 2012, 11:38am MST

The latest chapter in Canada's quest to become a full-blown oil superpower unfolded this month in a village gym on the British Columbia coast.
Police checking robbery find 5 dead in home

Posted: January 29th, 2012, 9:03am MST

Police in Alabama say they have arrested three suspects in the deaths of five people whose bodies were found by officers investigating a possible robbery.
At least 9 killed in Fla. highway pile-ups

Posted: January 29th, 2012, 8:36am MST

Ten people died in crashes overnight apparently caused by smoke from a fire along Interstate 75 in north Florida, authorities said Sunday.
Arctic snowy owls soar south in rare mass move

Posted: January 29th, 2012, 8:14am MST

Bird enthusiasts are reporting rising numbers of snowy owls from the Arctic winging into the lower 48 states this winter in a mass southern migration that a leading owl researcher called "unbelievable."
Avalanche kills snowboarder in half-mile slide

Posted: January 29th, 2012, 7:53am MST

A 24-year-old snowboarder has died after becoming trapped in an avalanche in a steep Utah backcountry area that the public was warned to avoid after potent snowstorms.
Hazanavicius wins Directors Guild award for 'The Artist'

Posted: January 29th, 2012, 2:41am MST

Michel Hazanavicius, director of "The Artist", was named the year's best feature film director by the Directors Guild of America on Saturday.