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Is Ft. Hood Like Columbine? By Columbine's Dave Cullen

Newsweek | Dave Cullen | Posted 11.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Dylan Klebold, Islam, Ft. Hood, Columbine Book, Crime, Eric Harris, Ethnicity, Bullying, Terrorism, Fort Hood, Fort Hood Victims, 9/11, Virginia Tech, Guns, Colorado, Texas, Columbine, Religion, Soldiers, Military, Fort Hood Analysis, Psychiatrist, US Soldiers, Nidal Hasan, Ptsd, Home News

My brain is about to bust with all the apparent parallels to Columbine, Virginia Tech and 9/11, and the startling differences to each as well. But the...

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Boulder Falls Closed Indefinitely

Daily Camera | Laura Snider | Posted 11.06.2009 | Denver

Read More: City of Boulder, Boulder Canyon, Open Space Department, Rock Fall Danger, Boulder Falls, Colorado, Denver News

The city of Boulder's open space department has decided to indefinitely close the popular Boulder Falls trail after finding no reasonable way to fix t...

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Ski Resort Openings: The Complete Schedule

Posted 11.06.2009 | Denver

Read More: Breckenridge, Crested Butte, Beaver Creek, Buttermilk, Aspen, Telluride, WInter Park, Colorado Ski Resorts, Steamboat, Eldora, Vail, Purgatory, Colorado, Snowmass, Monarch, Copper Mountain, Arapahoe Basin, Silverton, Denver News

It's officially the beginning of ski season here in Colorado! With four resorts already open, more opening this weekend and a slew of them opening ...

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Outside Magazine Ranks Five Colorado Ski Areas On List of Best Resorts (VIDEO)

Posted 11.05.2009 | Denver

Read More: Breckenridge, Snowmass, Crested Butte, Hall and Oates, Aspen, Alta/Snowbird, Steamboat, Vail, Outside Magazine, Colorado, Silverton, Denver News

Outside Magazine has released its annual list of North America's 16 Best Ski Resorts with five Colorado resorts making the list. Silverton placed at...

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Breckenridge Marijuana Legalization Could Inspire Other Ski Towns

Aspen Daily News | Brent Gardner-Smith | Posted 11.05.2009 | Denver

Read More: Adult Possession, Sensible Durango, Colorado, Marijuana Legalization, Durango, Breckenridge, Aspen, Denver News

While Pitkin County and Aspen have long had a reputation for a casual approach to drug enforcement, it may be Durango that is the next Colorado ski to...

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Denver Police: Doggy Doors Are Being Used To Break Into Homes

9News | Jeffrey Wolf and Kevin Torres | Posted 11.05.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado, Burglar, Denver, Doggy Door, Denver Police, Denver News

DENVER - You might think it's an unusual way for burglars to gain entry, but Denver Police say it's becoming more common for thieves to break in to ho...

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As Goes VA, So Goes CO? Not So Fast, My Friend

Laura Chapin | Posted 11.05.2009 | Denver

Read More: Elections, 2010, Ed Perlmutter, Colorado, Swing States, Virginia Governors Race, Jefferson County, Creigh Deeds, Virginia Politics, Denver News
Laura Chapin

What, if anything, does the Republican red swing in Virginia mean for fellow swing state Colorado? Not as much as the Republicans would like to think.

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Budget Votes Prove Unsuccessful Throughout Colorado

The Denver Post | Jessica Fender | Posted 11.05.2009 | Denver

Read More: Election Day 2009, Colorado Springs, Budget Crisis, 2009 Elections, Colorado, Tax Increases, Denver News

The Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts will continue to operate in aging, asbestos-filled buildings. Aurora will close four of its seven librar...

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TABOR Initiatives Shot Down In Maine And Washington, With Colorado Used As Negative Example

ColoradoPols | Posted 11.04.2009 | Denver

Read More: Ballot Initiative, Colorado, Tabor, Washington, Maine, Denver News

Yesterday, two versions of Colorado's controversial Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR) went before the voters in Washington state and Maine. Where, in...

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High Time!

Shan Wells | Posted 11.04.2009 | Denver

Read More: Breckenridge, Marijuana, George Will, Medical Marijuana, Drugs, War on Drugs, Marijuana Legalization, Cartoon, 2009 Elections, Legalize Marijuana, Drug Legalization, Weed, Colorado, Denver, Denver News
Shan Wells

When even old George Will thinks Mary Jane is riding the Freedom Express, you know that national legalization can't be too far away.

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Breckenridge Legalizes Marijuana

Mason Tvert | Posted 11.04.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado, War on Drugs, Denver, Legalization, Marijuana, Colorado Ski Town Marijuana, Breckenridge, Denver News
Mason Tvert

Ski resorts are offering everything from large discounts to specialty cheeseburgers to attract people to their towns. Perhaps offering skiers and snowboarders a hassle-free environment in which they can relax and recreate with marijuana could do the trick.

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Aaron Seibers Stabs Himself So He Doesn't Have To Work At Blockbuster

Posted 11.03.2009 | Denver

Read More: Saint Anthony's Hospital, Colorado, Aaron Seibers, Denver, Blockbuster, Edgewater, Man Stabs Himself Blockbuster, Stabs Leg Blockbuster, Denver News

An Edgewater man has admitted to stabbing himself in the leg Monday night because he didn't want to go to work. Aaron Seibers, 29, reported that he ...

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APA Stress Survey: Denver Is Most Stressed Out City

Rueters | Posted 11.03.2009 | Denver

Read More: Stress in America Survey, Colorado, American Psychological Association, Denver, Colorado Psychological Association, Denver News

The American Psychological Association released its annual survey examining stress levels across the country this week, revealing that 75 percent of D...

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Ryan Clark, Steelers Safety, May Not Play Next Week At Invesco Field

AP | ALAN ROBINSON | Posted 11.03.2009 | Denver

Read More: Sickle Cell Trait, Ryan Clark, Pittsburgh Steelers, Denver Broncos, Denver, Colorado, Denver News

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers safety Ryan Clark isn't injured, yet he isn't sure if he can play in the team's next game Nov. 9 at Denver. Cl...

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Pine Beetles Have State Officials Worried About Massive Power Outage

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 11.03.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Trees, John Salazar, Hayman Fire, Pine Beetles, Community Power Corporation, Colorado, Denver News

One of the least-publicized aspect of the mountain pine bark beetle epidemic, which has decimated nearly 2 million acres of trees in Colorado, is the ...

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Robert Bruce, Suspected "Ether Man" Serial Rapist In Colorado Jail

AP | HEATHER CLARK | Posted 11.03.2009 | Denver

Read More: Pueblo, Texas, Rapist, Robert Bruce, New Mexico, Ether Man, Colorado, Robert Howard Bruce, Ether Rapist, Howard Bruce, Robert Bruce Rape, Robert Bruce Rapist, Ether Man Arrested, Denver News

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Authorities say a man arrested in Colorado is suspected of raping 11 women in New Mexico and Texas over 15 years, and recent...

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Colorado Avalanche: 19-Year Old Man Survives Avalanche Near Copper Mountain (VIDEO, VOTE)

Posted 11.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: Backcountry Skiing, Slidepoll, Bartlett Peak, Eagle County, Summit County, Colorado Avalanche Information Center, Back-Country Skiing, Copper Mountain, Avalanche, Colorado, Skiing, Denver News

A 19-year-old man from Eagle County was injured in an avalanche in Summit County on Halloween as he was back-country skiing on Bartlett Peak between C...

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Huerfano County's Contaminated Water Supply Has Gas Company Playing Defense

AP | JUDITH KOHLER | Posted 11.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: Greenhouse Gasses, Facking, Clean Water Act, Huerfano County, Natural Gas, Colorado, Colorado Water Contamination, Denver News

WALSENBURG, Colo. — Bernice and Jerry Angely like to show visitors the singed T-shirt a friend was wearing when their water well exploded and sh...

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Naked Pumpkin Run At Risk: Boulder Colorado Police Threaten Crackdown

Wall Street Journal | STEPHANIE SIMON | Posted 10.31.2009 | Denver

Read More: Downtown Boulder, Rules, Jack O Lanterns, Naked Pumpkin Run Boulder, Mark Beckner, Colorado, Halloween, Naked Pumpkin Run, Sex Offenders, Cops, Matt Appelbaum, Nakedpumpkinrun, Nude, Runners, Naked Pumpkin Run Plan, SWAT Team, nakedpumpkinrun.org, Pumpkin, Boulder, Pumpkins, Aclu, Streak, Denver News

For nearly a decade, naked pumpkin runners did their thing unmolested, stampeding through the frigid dark past crowds of admirers who hooted, hollered...

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Breckenridge Pushes To Legalize Marijuana

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 10.30.2009 | Denver

Read More: Marijuana, Colorado, Marijuana Legalization, Legalize Marijuana, Denver, Breckenridge, Denver News

BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. — Voters in this Rocky Mountain resort town will decide next week whether to legalize pot for all adults at a time when the ...

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Tracy And Joanne Rinebarger Found Dead In Rio Grande County; 14-Year Old Son Held As Suspect

Posted 10.30.2009 | Denver

Read More: Tracy Rinebarger, Park County, Monte Vista, Fairplay, Joanne Rineburger, Colorado Murder, 14-Year Old Murderer, Rio Grande County, Colorado, Denver, Denver News

UPDATE Fourteen-year-old John Caudle, suspected in the double homicide of his mother and step-father, appeared in a Rio Grande County court Thursd...

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Whodunit? Mile High Experience Leaves Roger Daltrey Breathless

Michael Bialas | Posted 10.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pete Townshend, Paramount Theatre, Garth Hudson, Concert Tour, The Who, John Entwistle, Levon Helm, Roger Daltrey, Colorado, Keith Moon, Rock, Frank Simes, Denver, Mile High, Simon Townshend, Chieftains, Entertainment News
Michael Bialas

Going above and beyond the call of rock star duty, Roger Daltrey went the extra miles before a not-quite-sellout crowd at the Paramount Theatre in Denver.

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The New Epidemic: Entitlitus

Mark Olmsted | Posted 10.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Richard Heene, Desired Outcome, Reality TV, So-You-Think-You-Can-Dance, Balloon Boy, Culture of Celebrity, Gone With the Wind, Colorado, Entitlement, American Idol, Media News
Mark Olmsted

The desire for notoriety is as old as humanity; we confuse a lot of attention with a lot of love. But recently people seem to be unable to distinguish between wanting it and earning it.

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Colorado Air Division Thumbs Nose at Governor Ritter

Jeremy Nichols | Posted 10.27.2009 | Denver

Read More: Clean Air, Valmont Power Plant, Bill Ritter, Xcel, Climate, Boulder, Air Polution, Carbon Dioxide, Clean Energy, Coal, Global Warming, Colorado, Denver News
Jeremy Nichols

The Colorado Air Pollution Control Division rejected calls to keep CO2 emission in check at the Valmont coal-fired power plant in Boulder. Are there any limits on carbon in Colorado?

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Child Prostitution Ring: 24 Arrested In Denver During Nationwide Raids

Posted 10.27.2009 | Denver

Read More: Child Prostitution Ring, Massage Parlors, Prostitution, Operation Cross Country, Fbi, Child Prostitution, Colorado, Denver, Prostitutes Arrested in Denver 2009, Arrests Child Prostitution, Ring Child Prostitutes Arrested, Denver News

During a three-day FBI-led crack down on child prostitution nationwide, 27 people in the Denver area were arrested late last week and over the weekend...

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