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Our Melanie Asmar has been reporting about efforts to attract more moviemakers to Colorado -- and one great selling point is to check out the classics that have been partly filmed here over the years.

Below, count down our ten favorites, as culled from the flicks listed on the FilmInColorado.com website, including vintage posters, the Colorado locations included and the film office's description of each. Check them out here.

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Former defensive player of the year Charles Woodson had the chance to sign with either the Super Bowl-contending Denver Broncos or the lowly Oakland Raiders. And last night, he chose the Raiders.

Having played in Oakland for eight years, Woodson should know as well as anyone that the Raiders suck. Must've slipped his mind. So, as a reminder, we present this gallery of Raiders suck memes, perfect for Woodson to ponder next year, when Oakland's not in the playoffs and the Broncos are. See them below.

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Graduation at CU-Boulder happened just over a week ago, but the CU-Boulder Missed Connections Facebook page hasn't slowed down a bit. The site features lotsa fresh posts...

...fresh in many different ways....

...in which romantic students search for the one who got away. We've collected and photo-illustrated our ten recent faves. Count them down below, and predict for yourself whether love will be back in the fall.

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To mark National Dog Bite Prevention Week, the U.S. Postal Service has assembled an unusual list: The top fourteen cities during fiscal 2012 when it comes to dog attacks on postal workers.

No, dogs biting mail deliverers isn't just a staple of old sitcoms. It actually happens a lot, and Denver made the roster. The entire list is below, complete with terrifying photos that should probably be rated PWG -- Postal Worker Guidance advised -- plus USPS tips about avoiding bites. Check it all out below.

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CardHub.com has come up with its summer 2013 list of the best and worst travel cities, and Denver finished first in the domestic category when it comes to the combo of inexpensive flights, short travel times to popular destinations and accessibility, both logistically and financially. The methodology's below.

What about the ten worst for domestic travelers? We count them down, complete with photos and fun facts about each one whose figurative asses were kicked by the mighty blue Mustang. Here they are.

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The folks at the Asthma and Allergies Foundation of America recently ranked 100 cities in terms of how good, or bad, they are for residents with allergies. The worst was Jackson, Mississippi, while Denver placed in the ten best cities -- at number ten.

That means nine cities ranked higher than the Mile High City. Count them down below, along with graphics and stats from the report that will give those of us hacking and sneezing in D-Town a better sense of where conditions might help us to breathe a little easier.

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Last week, we highlighted the ten favorite dog names in Colorado as collated in the Banfield State of Pet Health 2013 report, which offers a huge amount of info about our best friends on a state-by-state basis. Today, cats take center stage. We've spotlighted and photo-illustrated the ten favorite cat names in Colorado, which are very different from the dogs list with one notable exception: The top dog name is the second-favorite cat name. (Bet you can figure out why.) We've also included the complete report and other stuff at Colorado cats. Check it all out below.

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According to Banfield's State of Pet Health report for 2013, Colorado is a great place to live if you're a dog or cat -- because the state is among the top two (along with Montana) for longest life span.

But that's hardly the only fascinating factoid in the report, which breaks down tons of info on a state-by-state basis -- even the favorite names for dogs in Colorado. We've spotlighted and photo-illustrated the top ten below, along with even more stuff about the state your pooch is in. Check it all out below.

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Motovo, the same website that said Denver was the tenth nerdiest city in America, recently declared Colorado Springs to be the second-worst-dressed city, behind only...well, the complete list is below.

Really, Motovo? We think you're being unfair to our brothers and sisters to the south -- and to prove it, we've assembled ten great looks associated with Colorado Springs to show that the folks there are plenty stylish. Count down our examples below, and be prepared to eat your list!

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This week, CU-Boulder Regent Jim Geddes argued that the university should add more conservative faculty as a way of striking a better ideological balance at the famously liberal institution -- this after CU chose Steven Hayward as the Board of Regents' first "visiting scholar in conservative thought."

But what will these conservative instructors teach? We've come up with a whole new curriculum sure to put students in a right state of mind. Check out the ten suggested, catalog-ready classes below.

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