DENVER (AP) - The liberal group ProgressNow wants Coloradans to boycott Amazon.com over the retailer's decision to cut ties with online affiliates in the state.

The boycott call came Tuesday, a day after Amazon broke with Colorado bloggers and Web site operators who help it sell products.

Amazon blamed the state's new online tax law for its decision. It requires out-of-state, online retailers to collect taxes or tell customers how much they owe the state each year.

Democratic lawmakers say Amazon is using affiliates as pawns to make a point and will still have...

EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) - The driver of a Toyota Prius that sped out of control on a San Diego County freeway sounded panicked at times as he told a dispatcher about a stuck accelerator.
The California Highway Patrol released audio Tuesday of two 911 calls spanning 23 minutes that detail James Sikes' attempts to slow his car down as it reached speeds over 90 mph.
Sikes often didn't respond to the dispatcher's instructions during the calls recorded Monday. One call included repeated pleas for Sikes to throw the car into neutral...

AVON - A drunken dispute over puppies may have resulted in assault charges for two roommates, according to an Avon police report.

At about 3:30 a.m. on Feb. 27, police received a call about a disturbance in an apartment on West Beaver Creek Boulevard.

When officers walked into the apartment, they saw blood in the hallway, along with a big chunk of hair on the floor, the report said. Blood also appeared to be splattered on the walls and floor of the laundry room, the report said.

The roommates told conflicting stories about their...

MESA, Ariz. (AP) - Freedom Communication's sale of the East Valley Tribune in Mesa and the Daily Sun-News in Sun City to a Colorado-based media company was approved Tuesday by a federal bankruptcy court judge in Delaware.
The $2 million deal between Freedom and 1013 Communications Group is expected to close next month. The buyer is a partnership of Boulder, Colo.-based Thirteenth Street Media and Reno, Nev.-based 10K Investments LLC.
Randy Miller, president and owner of Thirteen Street Media, will serve as publisher and run the daily operations.
Along with the Tribune and News-Sun print and web...

EAGLE COUNTY - Brad Higgins has been wary of Glenwood Canyon since Interstate 70 opened all four lanes through it more than 16 years ago. It didn't help matters when Higgins' truck was hit by a falling rock in the canyon last week.
Higgins, the director of the Eagle County Road and Bridge Department, is a believer in creating an emergency detour route to the canyon over Cottonwood Pass. But he also knows, perhaps better than anyone else, what a project like that might mean in the long run.
In the wake of a massive rockslide in...

BRECKENRIDGE - Steven H. Carter - the man accused of stabbing a woman before turning the 12-inch kitchen knife on himself last November - asked for more time to decide on an offered plea deal Monday. Carter now has until March 22 to file motions on how he wants to proceed.
Carter, 31, has been incarcerated in Summit County Jail since he was released from the hospital. He and a 44-year-old woman were found unconscious in a pool of blood outside a residence in Illinois Gulch near Breckenridge on Nov. 25.
Charges...