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Gessler repays taxpayers for trip to RNC
Colorado's Secretary of State is picking up the tab for a trip he took to the Republican National Convention that he originally billed to the taxpayers.Scott Gessler had spent state money to travel to Tampa and speak at a panel on election law last year. He is a Republican and critics said he should not have used public funds for a partisan event. A watchdog group filed a complaint before ...
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Abandoned donkeys rescued in So. Colo.
OTERO COUNTY, Colo. - More than a dozen abandoned donkeys were rescued in Otero County in Southern Colorado this week by the Colorado Humane Society, SPCA, Otero County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Forest ServiceThe donkeys were abandoned on national forest land by their owner, according to the Colorado Humane Society."The forest service and our agents wish to thank the Picket Wire ...
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Head of Colorado parole division put on leave of absence
The director of Colorado's parole division, the target of criticism for the past two months, has been put on a paid leave of absence, a prison official says. Steve Hager, warden of the youth offender system, will replace parole director Tim Hand, The Denver Post reported Thursday. Announcing the personnel change in an e-mail, interim corrections chief Roger Werholtz said Hand "will ...
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Go becomes AutoNation in metro Denver
Chief operating officer Mike Maroone spoke to a crowd of AutoNation employees at Sports Authority Field, May 23, 2013. (THE DENVER POST | RJ ...
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Tips identify wanted man no charges
LOVELAND, Colo. - Deputies have identified and interviewed the man who scared a 13-year-old girl on Tuesday when he offered her a ride home from school.The girl told investigators a man driving a car followed her as she walked home from Carrie Martin Elementary School in Loveland and then offered her a ride, according to the Larimer County Sheriff's Office.The girl ran into the school and ...
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Containers needed for OKC victims
The Colorado Springs Home Builders Association is taking donations for victims of the Oklahoma City tornado. Victims are needing suit cases with rollers, crates, and any storage containers. They are accepting donations at the Freedom Financial Services Expo Center, 3650 N. Nevada in the Springs, until 8:00 pm tonight. The HBA is expecting to have the donations in Oklahoma by this weekend. ...
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Springs water quality report out
The annual water quality report for Colorado Springs is out. Even with concerns about contaminated runoff from the Waldo Canyon Fire, quality remains good. The EPA requires that the report be sent to all Springs Utilities customers. This year the report can be reviewed on line by going to the CSU web site. This first time access will save CSU thousands of ...
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Deputy shot by Colo. suspect to return to work
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- A North Texas sheriff's deputy has been cleared to return to work, two months after he was shot by a paroled inmate suspected of slaying Colorado's prison ...
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Wheat Ridge doctor pleads guilty in oxycodone pill mill case
Jefferson County osteopath Kevin Clemmer pleaded guilty to illegally distributing oxycodone, a synthetic opiate, in U.S. District Court in Denver on Thursday. Clemmer, 59, faces not more than 20 years in federal prison on the illegal distribution charge and not more than 10 years on a second count of engaging in a monetary transaction involving criminal activity. The plea bargain he negotiated ...
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Floridas CNL is selling resort villages including Copper Mountain
The largest resort owner in North America is testing the market by listing seven of its resort villages - including Copper Mountain's base village - for $142.5 million."We are exploring what pricing the market might deliver for that portfolio," said Steve Rice, managing director of Florida real-estate investment trust CNL Lifestyle Co.CNL's portfolio includes eight Eastern ...
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Bombing suspect linked to triple slaying
ORLANDO, Fla. - A Chechen immigrant shot to death in Florida during a confrontation with an FBI agent implicated himself and Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in the unsolved 2011 murders of three men, one of them Tsarnaev's best friend, according to news reports.Ibragim Todashev's Chechen roots and mixed martial arts background mirror that of Tsarnaev, the 26-year-old ...
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Other companies challenging contraception mandate
DENVER -; Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is challenging the part of the federal health care law that requires for-profit companies to offer employees health coverage that includes products the business owners find morally objectionable, such as certain types of ...
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Water Battles in El Paso County
Water, or the lack of it, has been a problem for years for residents living in the Cherokee Metropolitan District. It's a small enclave of homes and businesses on the eastern edge of Colorado Springs. Cherokee Metro has a new water source, but it's going to impact neighbors in the Black Forest neighborhood in northern El Paso County. A battle is growing between homeowners there, and ...
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Cooler and gray today
More rain is possible along the Southern Front Range today, but unlike the past couple of days the afternoon should be mostly quiet. Our Thursday will begin with clouds and perhaps some spotty areas of light rain. Temperatures will hold steady under the clouds in the 50's for most of us throughout the first half or the day. After the noon hour, the clouds will break up and finally start the ...
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Denver summer festival preview Denver Day of Rock 2013
Denver Day of Rock takes over the Sixteenth Street Mall area of downtown Denver each Memorial Day weekend, bringing a great selection of local and national talent together on multiple outdoor stages to benefit Concerts for Kids, a nonprofit organization funding several local children's charities. The 2013 Day of Rock will take place this Saturday, May 25, with live music starting at 2:30 ...
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The Eight Most Xenophobic Stances Of Tom Tancredo Candidate For Colorado Governor
grant a temporary reprieve to an inmate on Death Row. Over his five terms in Congress, his single-issue anti-immigrant White House bid, and various other political campaigns, Tancredo has earned a reputation as one of America’s most ...
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Colorado governor re-ignites death penalty debate
Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., reacts to the surprise decision from Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper to indefinitely delay the execution of a convicted ...
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Saudi man in Tom Clements probe to appear before Colorado parole board
Homaidan al-Turki IPTC: FILE - Sarah Khonaizan, left, and her husband Homaidan Al-Turki, both Saudi citizens, arrive at the Arapahoe County courthouse in Centennial, Colo., in this May 12, 2006, file photo. The linguist, convicted of sexually assaulting a housekeeper and keeping her a virtual slave for four years in Colorado, has cleared initial administrative hurdles for a transfer to Saudi ...
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Denver Water votes to delay drought pricing by one month
Denver Water has some good news for customers hoping to keep their lawns green: The Denver Water Board of Commissioners voted at their meeting Wednesday to delay drought pricing by one month as a result of heavy rain and snowfall during the April and May months.Stage 2 drought pricing, which raises rates for water usage and aims to encourage less water ...
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James Holmes insanity-plea challenges to be heard in court
FILE -- Prosecutor Karen Pearson, dressed in red suit, and the prosecution team at their table during the proceedings where District Court Judge William Sylvester entered a Not Guilty plea on behalf of Holmes on March 12, 2013. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver ...
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Legal battle continues over Burnt Mountain
SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo. (AP) -- An environmental organization that unsuccessfully tried to prevent Aspen Skiing Co. from thinning trees on a portion of Burnt Mountain last year is back in court to try to bar any potential for chairlifts or grooming on property adjacent to ...
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Preschool closure leaves parents in a bind
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Parents in Steamboat Springs are in a bind after they were given a memo from Laurel Street Preschool's board of directors informing them of a decision to close the ...
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Tom Tancredo running for Colo. governor
DENVER - Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, known for his strong stances on immigration, formally announced plans to run for governor on Peter Boyle's conservative talk radio show Thursday."This Dunlap thing is the last straw," said Tancredo in a message.Tancredo, a Republican, referred to Gov. John Hickenlooper’s decision on Wednesday to grant a temporary reprieve on the ...
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Man who assaulted girlfriend sought
Colorado Springs - On Tuesday afternoon, May 21, at approximately 4:26pm Colorado Springs police officers were dispatched to the 1300 block of Rainier Dr regarding a domestic disturbance involving a gun. Several witnesses told the officers a man had assaulted and pistol whipped a woman outside a home in the area. The witnesses said the female was bloody when she left the area in a vehicle with ...
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Former Rep. Tancredo running for Colorado governor
Tancredo said Thursday on radio station KHOW the last straw was a decision by Hickenlooper to delay the execution of convicted murderer of Nathan Dunlap, who killed four people in 1993. Tancredo said he is also upset with Hickenlooper's approval of sweeping gun legislation this year, including a law limiting the size of ammunition ...
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