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Too Many Innocents Abroad - New York Times

THE Peace Corps recently began a laudable initiative to increase the number of volunteers who are 50 and older.

Sunday liquor ban limits stores

From the article: Booze and beer are up for debate at the Capitol next year, and lobbyists hope people are tired of the Sunday liquor ban and grocery stores without wine. State legislators are considering changing both laws, as well as letting art galleries and jewelry shops ha …

Tenor Pavarotti dead at 71

From article: ROME (Reuters) - Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti, hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, died in the early hours of Thursday, his manager Terri Robson said.

Student stabbed at CU - Boulder

A University of Colorado freshman, identified by family members as Michael George Knorps, is hospitalized with a knife wound after being cut outside of the student center this morning, the first day of classes on the Boulder campus.

Tagging Up Denver

From the article: He is tattooed and pierced, with heavy, sad eyes and a translucent mustache. He walks with a combination of swagger and caution, his hands sunk deep in the pockets of his baggy jeans. He is in his mid-teens — not a little kid and not an adult.

Blue party, green plans for Dem convention

Blue is the color of Democratic territory on the national map, but green will be the unofficial color of next summer's Democratic National Convention. Party officials are vowing to make the convention the most environmentally friendly gathering in memory.

State's first rabid coyote in 30 years spurs pet alert

A coyote has tested positive for rabies — the first such finding in Colorado in at least 30 years.

Audit spurs college leader's firing

One of Colorado's leading advocates for urban education lost her job Tuesday amid allegations of financial and personnel problems during her tenure as president at Community College of Denver.

Energy lab basks in funding surge

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory was facing a $10 million budget cut last year and 40 layoffs. Today, the Golden-based lab is set to receive a $130 million infusion and 100 new hires.

19th-century weapon found in whale

A 50-ton bowhead whale caught off the Alaskan coast last month had a weapon fragment embedded in its neck that showed it survived a similar hunt — more than a century ago.

In photography we trust

Don't get me wrong, I have a huge respect for photojournalism and photography in general. But I think there is a ridiculous amount of faith put into fidelity of the lens to capture events. The practice of photomanipulation has been around as long as photography itself has.

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City and suburbs alike touched by gang raids

From the article: The raids happened in fancy new suburban neighborhoods where homes with three-car garages are the norm. They also happened in working-class, inner-city neighborhoods where residents are doing their best to keep up homes and yards and keep out crime.

A new face for Denver?

From the article:Power brokers and city leaders have spent the past year sifting through ideas about how to shape downtown Denver over the next 20 years.

Aurora's class crisis

From the story: Inside the Aurora Public Schools administration building, Superintendent John Barry has set up a room with floor-to-ceiling graphs charting the education deficits of the 30,000 students in his district.

Site of 1864 massacre of Indians dedicated

From the article:After years of effort, the place where some 160 Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho were massacred 143 years ago by Colorado militia troops was dedicated today as a national historic site.

CU student's arrest heats up free-speech debate in Boulder

From the article Stirring the free-speech pot This isn't the first time the Bill of Rights has gone up against public safety, according to legal experts. Debate over when and where security should trump civil liberties is as old as the constitution itself, experts said.

University student suspended, arrested for making joke about Virgina Tech

A University of Colorado junior known for his controversial newsletter was arrested and suspended from school Tuesday after he made "threatening" comments that seemed sympathetic with the Virginia Tech gunman, according to campus officials and police.

Same crime, different treatment? Critics: Women in sex cases get more leeway

From the article: A Louisville woman accused of sexually assaulting a boy was allowed to leave the Boulder County Jail after posting the same amount of bail as someone accused of possessing marijuana.

California counties file multimillion dollar Medicare claim

SAN DIEGO ---- In what could be the prelude to a lawsuit, San Diego and four other counties filed a claim Tuesday charging that the federal Medicare system had illegally withheld billions of dollars from doctors and counties nationwide, including $155 million from San Diego Count …

Maltese Falcon flies the coop / Copy of famed statuette stolen over the weekend

From the article: The busted cabinet doesn't look like much. It's old wood and is stained with the smoke of a thousand cigarettes.

Support your local marshal

The Wild West town of Ward, 20 mi. West of Boulder, is soon to be without a certified marshal. So far no one has stepped up to take over his role. The 100 or so residents don't take kindly to outside police, so they are hesitant of the sheriff coming in. From the article:

Sen. wants IRS to take on Pimps, Elliot-Ness style

From article- "Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa is hoping to stamp out the sex trade by taxing pimps and prostitutes, then jailing them when they don't pay.

Students' hunger strike at University of Colorado in day 6

Boulder - Eleven University of Colorado students enter the sixth day of a hunger strike today over a disagreement with CU administrators about sweatshop labor and CU-licensed goods.

New hope for smoke-ban foes

The Colorado smoking ban set to take effect July 1 could need a fix if a legal review determines it infringes on the religious rights of American Indians, the proposal's chief sponsor said Monday.

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