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SAN FRANCISCO – A priest who admitted sexually abusing a 12-year-old altar boy fled to Mexico after his bishop failed to immediately report the confession to authorities, a law enforcement official said. The Rev. Xavier Ochoa was suspended April 28 after admitting to the abuse to the Roman Catholic bishop …

FORT LUPTON, Colo. – An explosion at an EnCana natural gas pumping station injured one employee Sunday afternoon near Dacono and southwest of Fort Lupton. Weld County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Margie Martinez said the gas line feeding the station was shut down and the fire was burning itself out. The employee, …

WASHINGTON – U.S. home sales will drop in 2006 as mortgage rates climb and house prices inch up at rates far below those notched last year, a trade group said on Tuesday, noting the long-awaited housing slowdown has begun. The outlook from the National Association of Realtors came shortly after …