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LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Actor Hill Harper will speak at the University of Wyoming later this month. Hill is best known for his current role as Dr. Sheldon Hawkes in the hit CBS drama series, “CSI: NY.” Hill will be the keynote speaker for [more]

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — The linebackers’ coach at Washington State University is joining the coaching staff at the University of Wyoming. The Cowboys announced Wednesday that Chris Tormey has signed a contract to become the team’s defensiv [more]

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Police in Laramie say a 21-year-old man was able to steal iPods, laptops and even a gun from cars simply by opening unlocked doors. Robert Akin Simpson of Laramie was arrested Thursday and on Friday police issued a warning to r [more]

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea on Monday urged its 24 million people to rally behind 20-something heir-apparent Kim Jong Un as the nation mourned the death of supreme leader Kim Jong Il. South Korea, meanwhile, put its military on high [more]

Panetta formally shuts down US war in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) — After nearly nine years, 4,500 American dead, 32,000 wounded and more than $800 billion, U.S. officials formally shut down the war in Iraq — a conflict that U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said was worth the price in blood and [more]

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees is holding a special meeting to hear the university’s response to requests for three possible budget-cutting scenarios. The meeting is scheduled Tuesday morning at the Laramie c [more]

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming senior center Adam Waddell has been named the Mountain West Conference player of the week. The weekly honor is the first of Waddell’s career and first for a Cowboy since Feb. 23, 2009. Waddell led the Cowboys over [more]

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) – A gunman killed a police officer in a Virginia Tech parking lot Thursday and then apparently shot himself to death nearby in a baffling attack that shook up the campus nearly five years after it was the scene of the deadl [more]