I'm Davan Maharaj, editor of the Los Angeles Times. The federal agency that's supposed to protect rivers fouls one badly in Colorado; and a European judge finds a U.S. "supermax" prison "cruel and unusual." Here are some story lines I don't want you to miss today. TOP STORIES Colorado's Stream of Trouble It's a tragedy when someone fouls your river with toxic chemicals. It's a travesty when the fouler is the Environmental Protection Agency. That's what happened near Durango, Colo., where efforts to clean up an old gold mine sent 3 million gallons of toxic sludge into the pristine Animas River, threatening many rural livelihoods.
Today: A River Turns Toxic. Murder in Mexico.
