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NEWS ABOUT: Colorado

Colorado stories: 103 news summaries

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(Newser) - Despite their reputation for being unfriendly to the environment, several ski resorts have become more sustainable, says Treehugger, which lists seven of the nation’s greenest mountain getaways.
  1. The Aspen Skiing Company, Colorado: This four-mountain resort said to be at the center of the green movement began eco-friendly initiatives
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recycling • greenhouse gases • carbon footprint • biodiesel • wildlife • Aspen • Colorado • skiing

Colo. Resort Town Mulls 'Pay as You Throw' Trash Plan

Vail program would encourage recycling

Feb 2, 09 1:28 PM CST
(Newser) - A Colorado resort town is trying out a newer, greener trash collection program, the Denver Post reports. The new “pay-as-you-throw” system would charge residents of Vail based on how much junk they throw away each week, but provide curbside recycling for free. More »

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recycling • trash • Aspen • Colorado • resorts • Vail

Noisy Teens Sentenced to Manilow Sessions

'Music misery' sentences used to bring noisemakers in line

Jan 21, 09 3:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Call it cruel and unusual punishment—or at least unusual. When a Colorado judge sentences teenagers guilty of blasting car stereos too loud in Fort Lupton, he often imposes a session of enforced "musical misery," the Los Angeles Times reports. That means a Friday night in his courtroom... More »

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music • Willie Nelson • Colorado • Pink Floyd • teenager • Barry Manilow • noise violation • Barney • Beethoven • Simon & Garfunkel • Bing Crosby

 Accident Leaves 
 Pantless Ski Bum 
 Dangling From Lift 

Freed after suffering from exposure

Jan 7, 09 5:03 AM CST
(Newser) - A bizarre accident at Colorado's tony Vail ski resort left a pantless skiier dangling from a chair lift for 15 minutes until rescuers could save him, reports the Smoking Gun. The man, who was riding with a child, became entangled in the chair mechanism and slipped through the slats. His... More »

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Colorado • skiing • snow • ski accidents

New Colo. Sen. Bennet Kicks Off 2010 Campaign

Newcomer to campaigning could struggle in midterm election year

Jan 5, 09 12:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Talk about hitting the ground running: Less than 24 hours after he was named to replace Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar, schools superintendent Michael Bennet was already staffing up for the 2010 campaign, reports the Rocky Mountain News. Says a former Barack Obama operative, “I had just unpacked my bags... More »

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Senate • Colorado • Ken Salazar • Election 2010 • Michael Bennet

Denver Schools Chief Will Succeed Salazar

Colo. governor taps Bennet to serve out Senate term

Jan 2, 09 4:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Bill Ritter has chosen Michael Bennet to fill the US Senate seat vacated by Ken Salazar, President-elect Obama’s choice for secretary of the Interior, the Denver Post reports. Bennet, superintendent of the Denver public school system, reportedly was an education secretary candidate. Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper had sought to... More »

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Barack Obama • Senate • Denver • Colorado • Bill Ritter • President Obama • John Hickenlooper • Michael Bennet

Drunk Drivers Must Install Breathalyzer Ignition Locks

Six states institute laws requiring gadgets

Jan 2, 09 1:38 PM CST
(AP) - Motorists convicted of driving drunk will have to install breath-monitoring gadgets in their cars under new laws taking effect in six states this week, the AP reports. The ignition interlocks prevent engines from starting until drivers blow into the alcohol detectors to prove they're sober. Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Nebraska, and... More »

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Alaska • crime • South Carolina • DUI • Nebraska • Washington • drunk driving • Illinois • Colorado • cars • Mothers Against Drunk Driving • ignition locks

 Aspen Bomb Plot Suspect Kills Himself 

Pair of threats paralyzed resort town for New Year's Eve

Jan 1, 09 11:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Jim Blanning, the 72-year-old parolee police suspect sent threatening notes and mysterious packages to a pair of Aspen banks yesterday, was found dead east of town this morning, having apparently shot himself, the Denver Post reports. Police identified Blanning, a former Aspen native now living in Denver, from bank... More »

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Aspen • Colorado • bomb threat • New Year's Eve

 Denver Mayor Guns for 
 Salazar's Senate Seat 

Hickenlooper interested, joining mix that includes outgoing senator's brother

Dec 23, 08 2:39 PM CST
(Newser) - The jockeying has begun for the Colorado Senate seat to be vacated by Ken Salazar, with Denver mayor John Hickenlooper telling the Denver Post he is interested in, if not “actively seeking,” the spot. Salazar has been designated as Barack Obama’s interior secretary; other names floated for... More »

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Denver • Colorado • Ken Salazar • US Senate • Bill Ritter • President Obama • replacement • John Salazar • John Hickenlooper

 'Pumpkin Streaker' 
 Cops a Plea in Colo. 

Student, one of 12, will do community service, avoid sex-offender status

Dec 19, 08 2:05 PM CST
(Newser) - A University of Colorado student who ran through a pedestrian mall naked except for a pumpkin on her head on Halloween agreed yesterday to a plea deal, the Boulder Daily Camera reports. The 20-year-old will do 6 months of probation and 8 hours of community service, and will not have... More »

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crime • nudity • court • University of Colorado • Colorado • Halloween • public nudity • Boulder • pumpkins

Colo. Sen Salazar Tapped as Interior Secretary

He's to play 'critical role' in moving US toward energy independence

Dec 16, 08 1:43 AM CST
(Newser) - President-elect Barack Obama has tapped Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar to be his secretary of the interior, sources have told the Denver Post. Salazar is "all but certain" to be given the job this week, pending a background check, the newspaper reports. The first-term senator serves on the Senate Energy... More »

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Department of the Interior • Colorado • Ken Salazar • Mark Udall • US Senate • President Obama • Gov. Bill Ritter • Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

9-Year-Old's Dating Book Headed for the Big Screen

Fox buys movie rights to How to Talk to Girls

Dec 9, 08 3:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Alec Greven, 9, knows more than How to Talk to Girls: He knows how to land a movie deal. Fox has purchased the rights to the fourth-grader’s self-help book, which offers advice like combing your hair and acting less hyper, the Hollywood Reporter notes. Fox paid in the low-to-mid... More »

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Fox • HarperCollins • Colorado • book • self-help • Alec Greven

No Snow Job: Owner Wants $500K for Vail Parking Spot

Space at prime ski destination may appeal to recession-proof snow bunnies

Nov 26, 08 2:44 PM CST
(Newser) - America’s economy may be going downhill, but evidently not in the ski destination of Vail, Colo., where one resident is offering a parking space close to prime slopes for $500,000, the Vail Daily reports. “There’s always somebody out there who has money to spend on a... More »

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recession • parking space • luxury goods • Colorado • skiing • economy • financial crisis • Vail

Punishment Fits the Crime
for Colo. Noise Offenders

Teens made to listen to an hour of Manilow after late-night backyard gig

Nov 24, 08 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - One Colorado judge has had it with teenagers making repeat appearances in his court for noise violations. So rather than issue a fine for mom and dad to pay, he’s devised his own punishment: Noise violators are forced to listen to an hour of gloriously un-hip music, from Barney... More »

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music • capital punishment • Colorado • fine • noise pollution • Barry Manilow • noise violation • Barney

 Ravenous Beetles 
 Decimate West's Pines 

Harsh winter sole hope for containing insect that has affected millions of acres—and is moving east

Nov 18, 08 1:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Peanut-sized bark beetles have drilled into and killed millions of acres of green pines from New Mexico to British Columbia, threatening the Rockies’ iconic lodgepoles with extinction, reports the New York Times. With only costly and temporary fixes available, preservationists are hoping for an atypically frigid winter to contain the... More »

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environment • Montana • insects • Colorado • environmental damage • beetle • pine trees

 Talking Heads 
 Vow Restraint 
 ... Sort of 

Networks vow some restraint

Nov 4, 08 8:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Television news executives have vowed they won't jump the gun and project a president-elect until one man has 270 electoral votes. And they won't count electoral votes until polls are closed, reports the Los Angeles Times. But if key states in the East and Midwest back Obama, viewers will likely... More »

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California • New Mexico • Rick Davis • Nevada • Colorado • CBS News • exit polls • David Axelrod • Election 2008 • television news • network news • projections

glossies

 Why Pro-Lifers 
 Shun Her Abortion Ban 

But 20-year-old who pioneered it fights on
in Colorado

Nov 1, 08 7:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Why is Kristi Burton not a pro-life star? The 21-year-old has single-handedly conceived and championed an amendment to Colorado’s constitution that, if approved by voters, would define a fetus as a person, paving the way for an abortion ban. But top pro-life organizations are keeping away from Burton and... More »

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abortion • Roe v. Wade • Colorado • anti-abortion activists

Obama Speech
Draws 100,000 
in Denver

Red states flicker as McCain struggles to fill stadiums in Iowa, Ohio

Oct 27, 08 5:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain insists his campaign is “doing fine” even as his rallies in key states pull a fraction of the crowds turning out for Barack Obama, the Chicago Tribune reports. The Republican drew about 2,000 supporters at each of his recent events in Iowa and Ohio. Obama, meanwhile,... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Iowa • Ohio • Colorado • Meet the Press • Election 2008 • Tom Brokaw

ANALYSIS

John McCain, Here's How You Can Still Win This Election

Forget about Pa.; focus on Virginia, Florida, FiveThirtyEight says

Oct 26, 08 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain, the polls aren’t looking good and your running mate is being accused of going “rogue,” but Nate Silver has some advice on how you can still eke out a victory. “No razzle-dazzle here,” Silver writes for FiveThirtyEight, “McCain simply has to pick... More »

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Florida • John McCain • Iowa • Wisconsin • electoral college • New Hampshire • New Mexico • Ohio • North Carolina • Pennsylvania • Indiana • Virginia • Minnesota • Missouri • Colorado • Nate Silver

Hard Times Turn Latino Voters
to Obama

Their support in key Western states could decide election

Oct 25, 08 7:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Campaign workers walking Latino precincts in Las Vegas are finding padlocked doors, foreclosed homes, jobless residents—and more voters supporting Barack Obama, the Los Angeles Times reports. "The economy is so bad, and I am afraid McCain has the same ideas as President Bush," one man told a... More »

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Barack Obama • New Mexico • Latino voters • Nevada • Colorado

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