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Photo by Gretel Daugherty

An illegal tent city for the homeless made up of shacks and tents cover the banks along The Point where the Gunnison River, left, flows into the Colorado River, right, west of the Fifth Street bridge. The Union Pacific Railroad will soon launch a capitol improvement project in the area, which will effectively evict the squatters.

Railroad project will evict squatters from The Point

The scrap of land at the confluence of the Gunnison and Colorado rivers looks like a 19th century homestead accentuated with a few modern amenities.



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    LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A sudden storm has torn through Nigeria's commercial capital, killing at least one person.

  • Chinese diplomat urges Iran to cooperate with IAEA

    BEIJING (AP) — A senior Chinese diplomat on a trip to Iran has urged Tehran to cooperate more with the United Nations' nuclear watchdog body. The advice comes amid growing tensions over the Islamic republic's nuclear program and Western sanctions.

  • China is mum on call for Syria peacekeeping force

    BEIJING (AP) — China refused Monday to say if it backs an Arab League call for the U.N. Security Council to create a joint peacekeeping force for Syria, the latest bid to end the violence that has killed more than 5,000 there.

  • Trial opens for top suspect in 2002 Bali bombings

    JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The Muslim militant suspected of building the bombs used in the 2002 Bali attack went on trial Monday on terrorism charges, a year after he was captured in the same Pakistani town where Osama bin Laden was hiding.


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  • Trial set for Ala man in bride's honeymoon death

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man is going on trial in Birmingham on a capital murder charge in the death of his bride, who drowned during their honeymoon trip to Australia.

  • Bombers target Israeli diplomats in Georgia, India

    JERUSALEM (AP) — Assailants attacked Israeli diplomatic targets in India and Georgia in near-simultaneous strikes on Tuesday, wounding two people in a car bombing in New Delhi, officials said. Israel's Foreign Ministry said an attempted car bombing in Georgia was thwarted when the bomb was discovered before it went off.

  • JFK Library to make public Jackie O's papers

    BOSTON (AP) — The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum has released some of the personal papers of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

  • Classes to resume at NH school after shooting

    WALPOLE, N.H. (AP) — Classes are resuming at a New Hampshire elementary school after a 14-year-old boy shot himself in the face in a crowded cafeteria on Friday.

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  • Obama's budget headed to Congress

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is sending Congress a new budget that seeks to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade through cuts in government spending and higher taxes on the wealthy. At the same time, he wants to boost spending in key areas such as transportation and education.

  • Details emerge on Rep. McKeon's Countrywide loan

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Documents detail the terms of a discounted mortgage loan received by U.S. Rep. Howard McKeon from the now-defunct Countrywide Financial Corp. under a VIP program, according to a published report.

  • The fight begins: Obama's budget going to Congress

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The new budget that President Barack Obama is sending to Congress aims to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade by restraining government spending and raising taxes on the wealthy. To help a weak economy, Obama's proposal Monday requests increases in transportation, education and other areas.

  • Top Republican wants vote on birth control mandate

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservatives said Sunday the flap surrounding President Barack Obama's birth control mandate was far from over, with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell saying he'll push to overturn the requirement because it was another example of government meddling.

  • White House: Matter of time before Assad falls

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's chief of staff says it's only a matter of time before the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad collapses.

  • First lady fixes on must-dos prior to election run

    LONGWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Gearing up for a tough political season ahead, Michelle Obama said Saturday she's trying to get as much done as possible before the general election campaign starts to drown out everything else.

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