PUEBLO, Colo. – A Pueblo public school system and a Colorado Springs magnet school are among 30 schools that have one more year to improve state accountability scores or face state sanctions. According to the Colorado Springs Gazette (http://tinyurl.com/pa384y3 ), action against the 30 schools was scheduled to begin this …

SALT LAKE CITY – Police were forced to step in during a tense standoff in a polygamous community on the Utah-Arizona border when members of Warren Jeffs’ sect blocked a former follower from taking her children. Mohave County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Trish Carter said deputies were in Colorado City, Arizona, …

NEW YORK – Free high-speed Internet access. Reduced rates. Complimentary stays. Luxurious beds and pillows. High-end bath products. The slump in business travel has prompted the hotel industry to offer perk after perk to lure back the road warriors they’ve come to rely on so much. “[Business travel] isthe bread …

DENVER – Officials say a Southwest Airlines flight traveling from Las Vegas to Milwaukee was diverted to Denver Friday night after reporting “pressurization issues.” Denver International Airport spokeswoman Laura Coale says that Flight 100, which departed Las Vegas at 6 p.m. PDT, diverted to Denver after about 90 minutes. She …

LAS VEGAS – A federal judge in Las Vegas has issued an order barring Allegiant Air pilots from going on strike while mediation is under way in their labor dispute. Judge Andrew Gordon ruled Friday that International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1224 can’t strike in order to gain leverage over …

TWIN FALLS, Idaho – A Twin Falls County sheriff’s spokeswoman says a 73-year-old man has died in a parachute jump off a bridge over the Snake River Canyon in Idaho. The Twin Falls Times-News reports (http://is.gd/cDoxoG ) that spokeswoman Lori Stewart says the man’s parachute deployed too late and he …

To watch “The Talking Points Memo” in the Screening Room click here. Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly, reporting from Washington. Thanks for watching us. The pope weighs in on Iraq, that’s the subject of this evening’s Talking Points Memo. In response to President Bush’s ultimatum to Saddam, the Vatican has issued …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Merle Haggard’s (search)honky-tonk style has influenced generations of country singers and he’s sung everything from the blues to his political views. The country music legend was in Washington, D.C.,this week with his sister Lillian Haggard Hoge to present items to the Smithsonian Museum of American History — …

Rosie Saga |’Love Actually’ Rosie: Publisher Called Oprah, Martha ‘Controlling’ You can forget all the stuff you’ve heard about Rosie O’Donnell as theüber-witch editor. Rosie O’Donnell, telling the story of how Gruner + Jahr lied to her and let her down, got laughs and lots of appreciation Thursday at the …

NEW YORK – Federal authorities are investigating how a Washington state man was able to secure a .gov Web address for an organization that appears to have no link to the U.S. government. The General Services Administration, which oversees the .gov registry, has shut down AONN.gov to investigate whether it …