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Fracking: Website tries to show oil and drilling are great for Colorado
July 13, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Super PAC poll: Obama doing better in Colorado than other swing states
July 12, 2012 in The Latest Word
Barack Obama.A poll released yesterday by a pro-Obama organization shows that voters, well, generally like the President more than Republican challenger Mitt Romney across five key swing states. And breaking...
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Update: Seventy layoffs at GE PrimeStar after Aurora plant put on hold
July 12, 2012 in The Latest Word
Update: Over the next few months, dozens of General Electric employees in Colorado will face layoffs as part of the company's controversial plan to put a much-anticipated solar manufacturing plant...
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Diana DeGette's push for temporary-firefighter insurance gains a big ally: The President
July 11, 2012 in The Latest Word
Wildfire season -- which has included several massive Colorado blazes already this year -- puts thousands of seasonal firefighters to work. But because many have temporary status, they aren't eligible...
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PrimeStar founder Brian Murphy on GE layoffs, Aurora solar plant delay, technological doubts
July 11, 2012 in The Latest Word
Brian Murphy.There are a lot of lingering questions in the local renewable energy industry, and in Aurora, about news that General Electric is laying off employees and putting construction of...
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Denver cycling accidents on track for all-time record in 2012
July 10, 2012 in The Latest Word
Editor's note: This is the fourth in a series of reports about biking and bike safety in Denver and beyond. Update: After we reported yesterday that the number of bike-related accidents...
Denver City Council one of the worst for allowing public comments? Not anymore
July 10, 2012 in The Latest Word
With Mitt Romney fundraising in Colorado, state Dems jump on his offshore accounts
July 09, 2012 in The Latest Word
Commons Park assaults prompt city to improve lighting in the area
July 09, 2012 in The Latest Word
Pro-Romney group launches major Colorado ad blitz attacking Obama
July 06, 2012 in The Latest Word
More cyclists means more ticketing, increased enforcement
July 06, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Waldo Canyon fire update: Nearly out and investigators find the origin
July 06, 2012 in The Latest Word
More good news in the efforts to contain the Waldo Canyon fire near Colorado Springs: Investigators think they have found the origin of the devastating fire that's blazed for nearly...
No Olympics 2022 for Denver (or any American city), but still hope for 2026
July 06, 2012 in The Latest Word
John Buechner, former Boulder mayor, on how to make local government work
July 06, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Denver police cite 17 -- most adults -- for illegal fireworks
July 05, 2012 in The Latest Word
At least seventeen folks in Denver chose to ignore the ban on private fireworks yesterday, earning them citations or arrests, according to the Denver Police Department. And most of them...
Waldo Canyon fire update: 90 percent contained, rains expected tomorrow
July 05, 2012 in The Latest Word
More cyclists in Denver -- and record numbers of bicycle thefts
July 05, 2012 in The Latest Word
National campaign to improve third-grade reading launches in Denver
July 03, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Denver bicylists pedaling to work in greater numbers, city trying to keep up
July 03, 2012 in The Latest Word
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of reports about biking and bike safety in Denver and beyond. Denver has dramatically increased its spending on bike lanes and other...
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John Hickenlooper: Winter Olympics 2022 bid could bring Colorado together
July 02, 2012 in The Latest Word
John HickenlooperBringing the 2022 Winter Olympics to Denver has the potential to bring people together in a way that nothing else can, Governor John Hickenlooper said today, expressing serious interest...
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Photos: Eva Longoria, Valerie Jarrett come to Colorado to promote Obama 2012
July 02, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.If you're a woman, you would be totally friggin' insane to vote for Mitt Romney. That was the theme of most speeches at the official launch of Obama-campaign-sponsored...
Abound Solar bankruptcy: Does it raise concerns about Colorado's energy industry?
June 29, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Eva Longoria and Obama campaign team up to promote women's issues in Colorado
June 29, 2012 in The Latest Word
Eva Longoria.The Obama campaign is hoping to make news in Colorado for something other than today's presidential visit to the Waldo Canyon fire zone in the Springs. The fight for...
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Winter Olympics 2022: Denver committee recommends bid, dismisses 1976 rejection
June 28, 2012 in The Latest Word
Should Denver make a bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics? Yesterday, a panel of local experts and planners tasked with exploring the possibility yesterday gave state and city officials an...
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Supreme Court health care ruling: Advocates praise it, tout Colorado reforms
June 28, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big news today for Barack Obama and, you know, tens of millions of Americans across the country: The Supreme Court of the United States has finally issued its ruling on...
