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Bush praises Musgrave in Denver
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Mark Couch and Jim Hughes - - Denver Post
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The president's whirlwind visit to Denver raised $450,000 for Musgrave's re-election campaign and called attention to congresswoman's steadfast support of Bush's agenda.
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Oil executives defend profits
Wednesday, November 9, 2005
AP's H. JOSEF HEBERT - - Denver Post
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The chiefs of five major oil companies defended the industry's huge profits today at a Senate hearing where they were exhorted to explain prices and assure customers they're not being gouged.
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AF tries to walk fine line on faith
Wednesday, November 9, 2005
Eric Gorski - - Denver Post
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Under interim guidelines on religious expression issued for the entire Air Force in late August, "brief nonsectarian prayer" is permissible during significant events such as graduations, deployments and change- of-command ceremonies.
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Mexican consul unhappy with bill
Monday, November 7, 2005
Felisa Cardona - - Denver Post
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New legislation that cuts foreign aid to countries that refuse to extradite suspected cop-killers should not include Mexico, the Mexican consul general of Denver said today.
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TABOR the big topic today
Tuesday, November 1, 2005
AP's Steven K. Paulson - - Denver Post
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With polls suggesting a vote too close to call, Colorado residents decided today whether to hand state government more than $3 billion in taxpayer money to stave off potentially drastic cuts to everything from higher education to health care for the poor.
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Salazar 'disappointed' by Alito
Monday, October 31, 2005
Bruce Finley - - Denver Post
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The Supreme Court political battle intensified with Democrats challenging President Bush's nomination of veteran judge Samuel Alito to replace Sandra Day O'Connor.
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Hybrids could overrun transit lanes, CDOT says
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Jeffrey Leib - - Denver Post
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State transportation officials worry that surging sales of hybrid-electric cars and SUVs could flood "high-occupancy" lanes with single-occupant vehicles, slowing travel times and defeating the purpose of carpooling and mass transit.
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For soldiers, it's not 'just another number'
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Jeremy Meyer - - Denver Post
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Gone are the yellow ribbons on highway overpasses, flags flapping from car antennas and even protesters whose demonstrations once closed down a major street with tear gas. But the war in Iraq is still here, vividly underscored Tuesday by announcement of the 2,000th soldier killed in the conflict.
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Cheney shows gravity of Colo. race
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
John Ingold - - Denver Post
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Those seeking evidence that Colorado's 7th Congressional District race will probably become one of the fiercest in the nation should look no further than Monday's visit by Vice President Dick Cheney.
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AFA welcomes '73 grad as new chief
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Steven Saint - - Denver Post
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Lt. Gen. John F. Regni's 32-year Air Force career came full circle Monday when he assumed command of the Air Force Academy as the school's 17th superintendent.
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Academy in new hands
Monday, October 24, 2005
AP's ROBERT WELLER - - Denver Post
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A new superintendent took command of the Air Force Academy today, saying his goal is to make the school a safe environment for cadets amid complaints of sexual assault and religious intolerance.
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Federal funding sought in cops' probe
Monday, October 24, 2005
Felisa Cardona - - Denver Post
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Denver's crackdown on illegal massage parlors doesn't end with the raid of 18 businesses and the arrests of 35 people. State Rep. Alice Borodkin, D-Denver, is seeking a $450,000 federal grant to fund for three years the local task force investigating human trafficking.
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Salazar seeks Miers' assurance on adherence
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Anne C. Mulkern - - Denver Post
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When Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar meets today with Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, he will seek her assurance that previous court decisions like Roe v. Wade are the law of the land and should not be overturned.
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John Salazar won't join governor's race
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Chris Frates - - Denver Post
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One day after seemingly leaving the door open to a gubernatorial bid in 2006, U.S. Rep. John Salazar on Tuesday released a statement saying, "under no circumstance will I run for governor."
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Marijuana backers remove woman's billboard photo
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Michael McCollum - - Denver Post
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A marijuana advocacy group on Wednesday removed a controversial photo of a woman's battered face from its billboard urging voters on Nov. 1 to legalize small amounts of marijuana.
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2 British security workers killed in southern Iraq blast
Sunday, July 31, 2005
AP's BASSEM MROUE - - Denver Post
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Bombs killed two British contractors in southern Iraq and seven people in the heart of the capital Saturday as framers of the new constitution were pessimistic they could meet an August deadline for parliament to approve a draft.
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Turkey condemns Tancredo remarks
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
AP's Benjamin Harvey - - Denver Post
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Turkey's foreign minister today condemned comments made last week by a U.S. congressman that the United States could "take out" Islamic holy sites if there was a nuclear attack on America by Muslim fundamentalists.
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Religious-expression rules drafted for AFA
Sunday, July 17, 2005
Ann Schrader and Erin Emery - - Denver Post
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Newly drafted Air Force guidelines for religious expression at the U.S. Air Force Academy will emphasize respect for others' beliefs, while supporting spirituality, officials said Saturday.
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Terrorism fuels concerns about security at U.S. chemical sites
Sunday, July 17, 2005
Bruce Finley - - Denver Post
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Government officials estimate that a terrorist attack on a facility such as an oil refinery or power plant upwind of Denver could kill up to 10,000 people. And thousands more people near dozens of other facilities around Colorado could be threatened if chemicals were released during an attack.
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Court prospect in Denver
Wednesday, July 6, 2005
Jim Hughes - - Denver Post
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While visiting today to meet with local Justice Department officials, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said in an interview that he is not running as a “candidate” or actively vying as a “contender” for the open spot on the Supreme Court. But he would not rule out the possibility of his nomination.
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Report denies bias at AFA
Thursday, June 23, 2005
Anne C. Mulkern, Erin Emery, and Eric Gorski - - Denver Post
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Air Force officials Wednesday reported finding "a perception of religious intolerance" in their probe of the Air Force Academy but denied any overt bias against cadets who are not evangelical Christians.
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Lobbyists under scrutiny
Sunday, June 19, 2005
Mike Soraghan and Anne C. Mulkern - - Denver Post
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When a Louisiana Indian tribe called on lobbyist Jack Abramoff to help stop a rival tribe from opening a competing casino operation, he used a Republican environmental organization with Colorado roots to get access to the woman who'd make the final decision: Interior Secretary Gale Norton.
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Naturally occurring asbestos stretches fibers' deadly reach
Sunday, June 19, 2005
Katy Human - - Denver Post
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Asbestos is most often associated with fireproof insulation in old buildings, or dying workers who handled the toxic fibers without protection. But veins of natural asbestos wind through Colorado's mountains, California, the hills of Virginia and at least 12 other states. Worse, there's growing evidence that the natural fibers can be just as deadly as their commercial counterpart.
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High court rules on diabetes defense
Monday, June 13, 2005
AP's Jon Sarche - - Denver Post
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A diabetic man convicted of trying to kill his wife won a chance for a new trial today when the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that low blood sugar can cause involuntary intoxication and leave someone incapable of following the law.
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Rather expresses regret for Bush Guard report
Sunday, June 5, 2005
Jim Hughes - - Denver Post
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Mistakes were made, he and people he works with at CBS News made them, and now his hunt for the next story goes on, a humbled Dan Rather told an audience of journalists at the annual conference of Investigative Reporters and Editors in Denver on Saturday.
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Tancredo working to turn the tide
Sunday, June 5, 2005
Michael Riley - - Denver Post
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With the desert heat still stifling well after dark, an air conditioner whisks an arctic breeze through the cavernous convention center. On stage, the keynote speaker addresses a Memorial Day gathering of activists called Unite to Fight Against Illegal Immigration, his voice rising and falling as he fires up the crowd.
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DeGette wins stem-cell fight via guts, guile
Sunday, May 29, 2005
Anne C. Mulkern - - Denver Post
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Teenager Cody Unser rolled her purple wheelchair into lawmaker Heather Wilson's office seeking a favor. She wanted to walk again, and needed Wilson's help. Wilson, a New Mexico Republican who often votes anti-abortion, decided to support legislation expanding embryonic stem-cell research. Republican Reps. Mary Bono of California and Charlie Bass of New Hampshire grabbed colleagues in hallways and extracted promises of "yes" votes on the bill.
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Chief justice could come from Denver
Sunday, May 29, 2005
John Aloysius Farrell - - Denver Post
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Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar had a very good Monday. Rep. Diana DeGette's Tuesday was even better. But the biggest winner of a week in which unruly moderates seized control of Congress might be someone you've passed a hundred times on the streets of Denver, not dreaming he could be the next chief justice of the United States.
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Owens vetoes bill for gays on the job
Saturday, May 28, 2005
Mark P. Couch - - Denver Post
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When Gov. Bill Owens rejected a bill that would protect gays and lesbians from workplace discrimination, he refused to hold private employers to the same standard followed by the state government.
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Bush is defied on stem cells
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Anne C. Mulkern - - Denver Post
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In an emotional vote that saw 50 Republicans rebel against President Bush, the House on Tuesday approved legislation to allow expanded federal funding of embryonic stem- cell research.
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Supreme Court takes on abortion case
Monday, May 23, 2005
AP's HOPE YEN - - Denver Post
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The U.S. Supreme Court, re-entering the politically charged abortion debate, agreed today to hear a state appeal seeking to reinstate a law requiring parental notification before minors can terminate their pregnancies.
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DeGette's stem cell research bill generates heat
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
AP's LAURIE KELLMAN - - Denver Post
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A U.S. House of Representatives debate over stem-cell research opens with emotional appeals from celebrity supporters as well as parents who "adopted" their children as embryos and oppose a bill that would ease restrictions on federally funded disease studies - which some say could lead to cures.
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Judicial pick may be fall guy in political fight
Monday, May 23, 2005
John Aloysius Farrell - - Denver Post
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William Myers is seen as industry-friendly by some, but being viewed as an expendable nominee may hurt him most.
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Science teaching goes under microscope
Sunday, May 15, 2005
Karen Rouse - - Denver Post
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With federal and state education officials so intensely focused on math and literacy over the past few years, science teachers have often felt a little left behind. But matters of mitosis, photosynthesis, atomic energy and the solar system are on the verge of a comeback.
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Feds won't cut Colorado River water releases from Lake Powell
Monday, May 2, 2005
AP's KEN RITTER - - Denver Post
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The federal government will not cut releases of Colorado River water this year from drought-depleted Lake Powell, Interior Secretary Gale Norton announced today.
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Working parents await the fate of time-off bill
Friday, April 29, 2005
Jim Hughes and Amy Herdy - - Denver Post
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A proposal to grant workers unpaid time off to attend their children's parent-teacher meetings awaits a final state House vote expected today, but even its current, watered-down form faces an shaky future.
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Filibuster fight a warm-up for the Supreme showdown
Sunday, April 24, 2005
John Aloysius Farrell and Anne C. Mulkern - - Denver Post
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The nasty skirmishing between conservative preacher James Dobson and Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar over the Senate filibuster rule is no random collision; it's a harbinger of the impending battle over the future of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Sen. Salazar, Focus spar over judicial nominations
Thursday, April 21, 2005
Mike Soraghan - - Denver Post
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Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar angrily denounced the influential Christian conservative organization Focus on the Family on Wednesday as "unchristian." In response, the Colorado Springs group accused the lifelong Roman Catholic of taking an "anti-Catholic" stance.
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Salazar, Focus escalating salvos
Friday, April 22, 2005
Mike Soraghan - - Denver Post
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Democratic Sen. Ken Salazar stepped up his war of words with Focus on the Family founder James Dobson on Thursday, calling on his group to stop attacking the faith of Democratic senators.
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Study says being overweight not as dangerous as believed
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
AP's CARLA K. JOHNSON - - Denver Post
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Being overweight is nowhere near as big a killer as the government thought, ranking No. 7 instead of No. 2 among the nation's leading preventable causes of death, according to a startling new calculation from the CDC.
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Last shipment of high-level radioactive waste leaves Rocky Flats
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
AP's ROBERT WELLER - - Denver Post
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The $7 billion cleanup of Colorado's former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant reached a major milestone today when the last shipment of high-level radioactive waste rumbled off toward a dump site in New Mexico.
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Owens vetoes emergency-contraception bill
Wednesday, April 6, 2005
AP's Steven K. Paulson - - Denver Post
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Gov. Bill Owens vetoed a bill today that would have forced hospitals to tell rape victims about emergency contraception, saying it would "violate fundamental constitutional principles."
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Giuliani weighs in about CU
Monday, April 4, 2005
George Merritt - - Denver Post
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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani took it upon himself to call professor Ward Churchill's 9/11 essay irresponsible and hurtful Sunday when no one asked him about it during a Q-and-A session.
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CU prof plans tough defense
Thursday, March 31, 2005
Amy Herdy - - Denver Post
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Ward Churchill is unapologetic. He didn't plagiarize anyone's work, he says. He didn't misrepresent himself as an American Indian. And he didn't untruthfully accuse the U.S. Army of intentionally spreading smallpox to Indians in 1837. Despite the brouhaha surrounding the controversial professor - perhaps even because of it - he said he is now determined to stay on at the University of Colorado.
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Drilling bill's death riles lawmakers
Thursday, March 31, 2005
Jim Hughes - - Denver Post
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Rural lawmakers clashed Wednesday over the death of a controversial oil-and-gas bill that could have forced companies to pay more for harming private property where they drill.
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Police immunity pursued
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Anne C. Mulkern - - Denver Post
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U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday considered whether a former Castle Rock resident can pursue her quest to sue the city's Police Department, which she holds responsible for the deaths of her daughters.
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Assaults still plague academies
Saturday, March 19, 2005
AP's LIZ SIDOTI - - Denver Post
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Female cadets and midshipmen at three U.S. military academies say there have been 302 incidents of sexual assault against them since they entered the schools, a Pentagon inspector general's survey has found.
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VA seeks parcel set for bio-science at Fitzsimons site
Saturday, March 12, 2005
Anne C. Mulkern - - Denver Post
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In the latest move to find a place for a new veterans hospital at the Fitzsimons site, Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson has asked redevelopment leaders to sell land earmarked for a bio-science park.
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Carman: Hoffman empowered her critics
Tuesday, March 8, 2005
Diane Carman - - Denver Post
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It was hard to find anyone celebrating the abrupt resignation of University of Colorado president Betsy Hoffman on Monday. The regents, who 10 months ago insisted they had "the utmost confidence in the leadership of president Hoffman," held the door for her over the weekend.
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Shiite party chooses candidate for Iraq prime minister
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
AP's MAGGIE MICHAEL - - Denver Post
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Interim Vice President Ibrahim al-Jaafari was chosen as his Shiite ticket's candidate for prime minister today after Ahmad Chalabi dropped his bid, senior alliance officials said.
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Bush wins NATO support for training Iraq security forces
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
AP's TOM RAUM - - Denver Post
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President Bush, working to cement an era of stronger U.S.-European relations after the divisiveness of Iraq, hailed NATO's modest pledge to help train security forces there today, saying "every contribution helps."
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Deadly car bombing at Iraq hospital
Sunday, February 13, 2005
AP's Sinan Salaheddin - - Denver Post
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A car bomb exploded in front of a hospital in a mostly Shiite town south of Baghdad today, killing 17 people and wounding 21 others, officials said, a day after 23 people were killed in two attacks aimed at the Shiite community.
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Wireless viruses, spam rising
Sunday, February 13, 2005
Ross Wehner - - Denver Post
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Computer ills such as spam and viruses are spreading fast to cellphones and other hand-held wireless devices, according to two studies released Wednesday.
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Tracking devices on school pupils outrage parents
Sunday, February 13, 2005
AP's LISA LEFF - - Denver Post
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Sutter, Calif. - The only grade school in this rural town is requiring students to wear radio frequency identification badges that can track their every move. Some parents are outraged, fearing it will rob their children of privacy.
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CU prof's writings doubted
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Dave Curtin and Howard Pankratz - - Denver Post
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University of Colorado officials reviewing Ward Churchill's writings and qualifications will find questions about his scholarship and accuracy dating back at least eight years.
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CU relents on canceled Churchill speech
Tuesday, February 8, 2005
Howard Pankratz - - Denver Post
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The University of Colorado this afternoon reversed an earlier decision, announcing that CU professor Ward Churchill can speak tonight about his essay comparing victims of the World Trade Center attack to a Nazi.
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Prof: Never back down
Wednesday, February 9, 2005
Howard Pankratz and George Merritt - - Denver Post
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Met by wild applause Tuesday night from hundreds of supporters, controversial University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill strongly attacked Gov. Bill Owens and the CU Board of Regents and said he would never back down from his comparison of some 9/11 victims to Nazi Adolf Eichmann.
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More radical comments by prof weighed
Saturday, February 5, 2005
Arthur Kane - - Denver Post
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Top state and University of Colorado officials say more radical comments by professor Ward Churchill calling for the United States to be put "out of existence" and saying that more "9/11's are necessary" should be included in a review of whether to fire the controversial professor.
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After a crumby ending, donated dough rolls in for 2 cookie deliverers
Saturday, February 5, 2005
Electa Draper - - Denver Post
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The Cookie Defense Fund has swelled to thousands of dollars. Hundreds of Denver Post readers e-mailed and called to express "shock" and "outrage" that two 18-year-old Durango girls were sued for something they did last summer: drop off a plate of cookies and a paper heart on a neighbor's porch.
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Prof faces CU review
Friday, February 4, 2005
Arthur Kane - - Denver Post
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University of Colorado regents on Thursday apologized to "all Americans" for remarks an ethnic-studies professor made comparing victims of the 9/11 attacks to a Nazi leader.
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Webb drops race for DNC
Tuesday, February 1, 2005
Susan Greene - - Denver Post
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Wellington Webb endorsed Howard Dean on Monday after backing out of contention to chair the Democratic National Committee.
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Prof quits chair over 9/11
Tuesday, February 1, 2005
Howard Pankratz - - Denver Post
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University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill, criticized for comparing victims of the September 2001 attack on the World Trade Center to Nazis, resigned Monday as chair of the school's ethnic-studies department.
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Race for DNC chief tilts Dean's way
Sunday, January 30, 2005
John Aloysius Farrell - - Denver Post
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With just two weeks left before the Democratic Party picks a new chairman, former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb has failed to persuade his party's dispirited legions that he is the man to lead them to victory.
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Committee OKs VA nominee Nicholson
Monday, January 24, 2005
Anne C. Mulkern - - Denver Post
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A Senate committee today approved President Bush's nomination of Coloradan Jim Nicholson as Secretary of Veterans Affairs, moving the nomination to a vote of the full Senate.
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Allard reintroduces constitutional gay-marriage ban
Monday, January 24, 2005
AP's ROBERT WELLER - - Denver Post
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Wasting little time in asserting the GOP's new strength nationwide, U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard of Colorado today reintroduced a constitutional ban on gay marriage.
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Democrats 'need to frame' political debate, Webb says
Sunday, January 9, 2005
Anne C. Mulkern - - Denver Post
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Former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb cast himself Saturday as the man best-equipped to save the Democratic Party from extinction, as he and six other men vied to become the next Democratic National Committee chairman.
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Campbell takes adviser position at D.C. law firm
Friday, January 7, 2005
Mike Soraghan - - Denver Post
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Former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell has taken a job in the Washington office of a law and lobbying firm, where he'll tap his experience as chairman of the Indian Affairs Committee to work on American Indian issues.
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Salazar affirms kinship with Bush AG nominee
Friday, January 7, 2005
Mike Soraghan - - Denver Post
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Almost as soon as the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee was done criticizing White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales on Thursday, Sen. Ken Salazar spoke up to endorse him for attorney general.
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State's charter schools buck trend
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Karen Rouse - - Denver Post
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Defying the national pattern, Colorado's charter-school students have outperformed their traditional public-school peers on the state assessment test.
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Sacre bleu! French claim new bridge tops Royal Gorge
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
AP's Perrine Latrasse - - Denver Post
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Millau, France - Thundering fighter jets streamed the blue, white and red of the French tricolor as President Jacques Chirac today dedicated what is billed as the world's tallest bridge, a skyway span dwarfing the Eiffel Tower by more than 50 feet.
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General: U.S. will keep record troop levels in Iraq after election
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
AP's PAUL GARWOOD - - Denver Post
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The U.S. military will have a record-high 150,000 troops in Iraq through the Jan. 30 elections and "a little bit after," Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said today during a visit to Iraq.
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Canadian Supreme Court rules in favor of gay marriage
Friday, December 10, 2004
AP's Beth Duff-Brown - - Denver Post
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In a landmark opinion, Canada's Supreme Court said today the government can redefine marriage to include same-sex couples.
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Campbell misses historic vote
Thursday, December 9, 2004
Mike Soraghan - - Denver Post
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The first overhaul of the U.S. intelligence community since 1947 would have been a historic final vote for retiring Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado, but he missed it. The Republican from Ignacio was on a family vacation Wednesday and could not make the vote, said spokeswoman Kate Dando.
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A look at Nicholson's life, career
Thursday, December 9, 2004
AP's LIZ SIDOTI - - Denver Post
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Jim Nicholson, a Denver attorney and developer who says he grew up "dirt poor" on a tenant farm in Iowa, went on to serve as a cadet at West Point, an Army Ranger in Vietnam and chairman of the Republican National Committee. For the past three years, he has been U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.
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After hearing complaints, Rumsfeld vows to address problems
Friday, December 10, 2004
AP's ROBERT BURNS - - Denver Post
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A day after being challenged by a soldier on the Army's failure to provide adequate armor for vehicles used in Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said today he expects the Army to do its best to resolve the problem.
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Fort Carson halts access for The Post
Thursday, December 9, 2004
Eileen Kelley - - Denver Post
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The Army is denying The Denver Post access to Fort Carson and to information on military activities in the wake of a Sunday article in The Post on military medical holds.
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Controversial Interior deputy leaving post
Wednesday, December 8, 2004
Anne C. Mulkern - - Denver Post
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J. Steven Griles, the Interior Department's controversial deputy secretary who favored aggressive energy development in the West and became the subject of an ethics probe, submitted his resignation Tuesday.
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College aid for vice-free students
Wednesday, December 8, 2004
Dave Curtin - - Denver Post
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Gov. Bill Owens on Tuesday proposed a new scholarship program to allow deserving low-income students to get financial help for college. But they have to stay away from drugs, alcohol and tobacco to qualify.
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Survivors recall terror of attack on U.S. consulate
Tuesday, December 7, 2004
AP's Faiza Saleh Ambah - - Denver Post
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The militants stormed into the compound's inner courtyard, firing their guns from behind trees, bursting into offices and shouting: "Where are the Americans? Where are the Americans?"
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Supreme Court sides with Colorado in Arkansas River dispute
Tuesday, December 7, 2004
AP's LIBBY QUAID - - Denver Post
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The U.S. Supreme Court on today ruled against Kansas in its attempt to get $24 million more from Colorado in a decades-long dispute over the Arkansas River.
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Sen.-elect Salazar to resign as attorney general Jan. 4
Monday, December 6, 2004
AP's Steven K. Paulson - - Denver Post
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Attorney General Ken Salazar said today he hopes Colorado's Republican governor and Democratic legislature don't get bogged down in a long battle over his successor when he resigns next month to become a U.S. senator.
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Drought's toll: No tannenbaum, no tannenbaum
Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Joey Bunch - - Denver Post
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For Colorado tree farmers, it's the drought that stole Christmas. A lack of rain - with its invitation to insects and disease - has all but wiped out what's left of the state's long-declining tannenbaum industry.
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NRA has gun lawsuits in cross hairs
Monday, November 22, 2004
Anne C. Mulkern - - Denver Post
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Emboldened by the results of the month's elections, the nation's largest gun lobby will push again for a federal law shielding gunmakers and sellers from lawsuits. When the new Congress convenes in January, the National Rifle Association says, it will have four more pro-gun senators. The trade group hopes that will help make the difference in passing a bill that died in the Senate in March.
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Iran says it has suspended nuclear-weapons activities
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
AP's ALI AKBAR DAREINI - - Denver Post
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Iran has suspended uranium enrichment and all related activities, state-run radio reported today, honoring an agreement with Europe designed to head off possible U.N. sanctions.
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Hefley letter scolds congressman for complaint against DeLay
Friday, November 19, 2004
AP's LARRY MARGASAK - - Denver Post
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A letter co-written by U.S. Rep. Joel Hefley of Colorado, chairman of the House ethics committee, says the complaint that led to a rebuke of Republican leader Tom DeLay in October was filled with exaggerations, and warned lawmakers of possible discipline if it happens again.
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Salazar supports Bush on migrants
Friday, November 19, 2004
Mike Soraghan - - Denver Post
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U.S. Sen.-elect Ken Salazar expressed cautious support for President Bush's immigration policy and his selection for attorney general Thursday after his first White House meeting since winning election.
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Nevada's Reid picked to lead Senate Democrats
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
AP's DAVID ESPO - - Denver Post
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Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada won election as Senate Democratic leader today, taking over a party with fewer seats than at any time since the Great Depression more than 70 years ago.
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New to Capitol, Salazars learn congressional ropes
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Mike Soraghan - - Denver Post
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U.S. Rep.-elect John Salazar sat down to lunch Monday and found himself talking to President Bush. "I didn't even realize it was him at first. I don't know why they put me there," Salazar said. "I found him to be just like any person." Such are the moments for lawmakers-elect as they make their first tentative strides through the corridors of power. One moment, they're learning how the disbursing office works. The next they're comparing ranches with the president of the United States.
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Rocky Flats museum dealt funding blow
Saturday, November 13, 2004
Kim McGuire - - Denver Post
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If the Rocky Flats Cold War Museum is ever going to open its doors, it can't depend solely on federal funds, a draft report from the Department of Energy's Office of Legacy Management states.
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Arafat in 'final phase' of life, aide says
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
AP's Lara Sukhtian - - Denver Post
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A top Islamic cleric read passages from the Quran at Yasser Arafat's hospital bedside today, with the comatose Palestinian leader in what an aide called the "final phase" of his life.
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New command at Peterson
Saturday, November 6, 2004
Eileen Kelley - - Denver Post
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For the first time in its 46-year history, the North American Aerospace Defense Command is being overseen by a Navy admiral, signaling even more changes in the post- Sept. 11 world.
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Supreme Court to decide Colorado restraining-order case
Monday, November 1, 2004
AP's Gina Holland - - Denver Post
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The U.S. Supreme Court said today it will decide whether local governments can be sued for failing to enforce restraining orders, using the case of a Castle Rock mother whose three daughters were killed by their father.
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Nail-biter or not? What to watch for
Sunday, October 31, 2004
John Aloysius Farrell - - Denver Post
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There are a few sharp dissents amid the clamorous predictions that Tuesday will yield voting fraud, endless litigation and a replay of the 2000 recount election. Both sides claim to feel a breeze filling their sails and expect the concession speech to come from the other party. So here's a tout sheet on the race, in the form of a viewing guide that should help you decide at a reasonable hour if you'll need to brew a pot of coffee and stay up all night.
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Kidney donor jailed for child-support debt
Thursday, October 28, 2004
AP's BILL POOVEY - - Denver Post
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Rob Smitty, who donated his kidney to a Colorado man in a deal brokered through a website was jailed today for failing to pay child support.
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Young voters a wild card
Thursday, October 28, 2004
Erin Cox - - Denver Post
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There's a new force in Colorado politics, an elusive voting bloc that both parties want on their side: the young voter.
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Salazar's tour bus is hive of activity
Thursday, October 28, 2004
Karen E. Crummy - - Denver Post
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Ken Salazar gets off his campaign bus in almost every Colorado town armed with a smile, a swagger and a small, white index card that fits in the palm of his hand. On it, aides have neatly printed names of a sheriff, business owner, retiree or any other supporter Salazar should remember and thank. Before he leaves the bus, he studies it - and keeps it in his palm, just in case.
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Coors' route is packed with pep
Thursday, October 28, 2004
Mark P. Couch - - Denver Post
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Pete Coors ambles out of his house before sunrise Wednesday to the idling SUV in his driveway. The Republican U.S. Senate candidate climbs into the passenger seat, still groggy from late campaigning Tuesday. He gobbles a Krispy Kreme doughnut, grumbles about falling asleep during the World Series game the night before and cracks the books to prepare for another long day on the campaign trail. At 6:49 a.m., Pete Coors is on the road again.
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Colo. counties count on 4 different ballot systems
Thursday, October 28, 2004
Howard Pankratz - - Denver Post
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Thanks to new laws and new worries after the 2000 debacle in Florida, voters in Colorado are casting their ballots on some of the newest - and oldest - technology available.
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Party Crashers
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Douglas Brown - - Denver Post
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In battleground-status Colorado, both President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry depend on platoons of organizing wizards and small armies of volunteers to help them gain the state's nine electoral votes. One key pillar of Ralph Nader's Colorado strategy: the Vote Wranglers, Amber O'Shea and Austin Pferd and Van 15.
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Cassini snaps photos of Saturn's moon
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
AP's John Antczak - - Denver Post
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The international Cassini spacecraft began beaming close-up images of Saturn's giant moon Titan to Earth late Tuesday.
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