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Colorado stories: 103 news summaries

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Obama Fights for Latino Vote

Deploys innovative, high-risk strategies in face of Clinton's entrenched ties

Feb 2, 08 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - The Barack Obama campaign is at work in places like Greeley, Colorado, and Las Cruces, New Mexico, trying to break Hillary Clinton's hold on the crucial Latino vote. Obama strategists have taken an unusual tack: focusing on areas outside major cities where campaigns rarely stray, a wager that they can... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Super Tuesday • New Mexico • Latino voters • Colorado

For Dems, West May Be Winnable in November

The states moving fastest from right to left are not in the East

Feb 1, 08 8:56 PM CST
(Newser) - The political geography of Western states has been shifting from Republican to Democratic, and four—Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and Arizona—could be winnable for Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton for the first time in decades, Colorado Confidential writes. Party brass wouldn’t talk up a “Western strategy,”... More »

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John McCain • Arizona • Harry Reid • New Mexico • Latino voters • Nevada • Colorado

X Games Grow More Xtreme

Yesterday's edgiest trick is today's standard move

Jan 25, 08 10:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Snowboarders and freeskiers are waging a cold war, the New York Times reports, putting top competitors under constant pressure to develop next-generation tricks. At this year's Winter X Games, under way in Aspen, the stakes are higher than ever: A new event named big air calls for competitors to launch... More »

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Colorado • skiing • snowboarding • freeskiing • X Games • winter sports

Western Towns Rebuild Library Jeffs Destroyed

Books disappeared under reign of jailed Utah polygamist

Jan 21, 08 3:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Two tiny towns on the Utah-Arizona border are pushing to restock the shelves of their library, reports the Deseret Morning News, in a first step toward healing rifts caused by imprisoned polygamist Warren Jeffs. With Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz., firmly in the grip of the Mormon splinter group's... More »

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polygamy • Utah • libraries • Mormon • Mormonism • Colorado • Warren Jeffs

Towns Battle for 'Icebox of US' Status—in Court

Cold war between Colorado, Minnesota towns heads to court

Jan 14, 08 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Who's the coldest one of all? A court will have to decide, because the battle is on between International Falls, Minn., and Fraser, Colo. Both claim the right to boast of being the "Icebox of the Nation," the Summit Daily News of Frisco, Colo., reports. Fraser sued International... More »

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lawsuit • Minnesota • Colorado • snowball fight • snowshoe • icebox of the nation

Off-Roaders, Greenies
Spar Over Western Lands

ATV-riders also vie with quieter nature lovers

Dec 30, 07 4:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Outdoor enthusiasts are bickering with the feds and each other over the use of federally owned lands in Colorado, Utah, and Montana, the New York Times reports. Off-roading fans of motorcycles, pick-ups, and ATVs are butting heads with quieter explorers who hike or ride horseback and want to preserve the... More »

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environment • Montana • hiking • Utah • motorcycle • Colorado • ATV • Factory Butte

NASA Delays Mars Probe to 2013

Conflict of interest in purchasing phase pushes mission back

Dec 21, 07 6:40 PM CST
(Newser) - A conflict of interest has forced NASA to delay a scheduled Mars probe by two years and spend an extra $40 million, the Associated Press reports. The panel choosing between two firms for the mission had to be replaced, and because Mars is only within reach every 26 months, the... More »

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NASA • Mars • space • Colorado • conflicts of interest

FBI Warned on Colorado Shooter

Internet forum alerted feds after anti-Christian postings

Dec 12, 07 12:34 PM CST
(Newser) - The FBI was alerted to Internet postings supposedly written by Colorado church shooter Matthew Murray between his two rampages, the AP reports. The operator of the forum for the Association of Former Pentecostals said a member contacted the FBI the day of the shootings after “nghtmrchild26,” thought to... More »

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Colorado • New Life Church • gunman • church shootings • Matthew Murray • nghtmrchild26 • Association of Former Pentecostals • Rachel Works • Stephanie Works

Colorado Church Gunman Killed Himself

Shooter's 'love to hate' Christians comments surface online

Dec 12, 07 2:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Though Colorado church gunman Matthew Murray was shot by a security guard, the wound that killed him was self-inflicted, reports the Los Angeles Times. Murray shot himself after he was wounded by the volunteer guard who opened fire when Murray burst into the church with three guns and 1,000... More »

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Minneapolis • Colorado • shooting rampage • church shootings • Matthew Murray • Jeanne Assam

Colo. Church Gunman 'Hated Christians'

Was expelled from missionary school  where he killed 2

Dec 10, 07 8:15 PM CST
(Newser) - The gunman at two Colorado church shootings yesterday had been expelled from the missionary school where killed two people, the AP reports. He also sent the school hate mail in recent weeks and may have "hated Christians," police said. The school admitted that it had kicked out the... More »

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church • Christians • Colorado • Colorado Springs • megachurches • Ted Haggard • gunman • church shootings

Colo. Shooter Had Ties to Church

Lone gunman ID'd as ex-mission worker who sent threatening letters

Dec 10, 07 2:44 PM CST
(Newser) - A former mission worker was the shooter in both of yesterday’s Colorado church shootings, CNN reports. The killer, identified as Matthew Murray, worked with Youth With a Mission in Arvada, where the first shooting occurred. The Rocky Mountain News describes Murray as the 24-year-old son of a local neurosurgeon,... More »

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crime • Colorado • megachurches • Ted Haggard • New Life Church • gunman • church shootings • Matthew Murray • shooting

Link Sought in Church Shootings

Another victim dead; police to search suburban house

Dec 10, 07 3:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Investigators believe there may be a link between deadly shooting sprees yesterday at two Colorado religious sites—a megachurch in Colorado Springs and a Christian missionary center outside Denver. A second victim has died from wounds suffered at the New Light Church, where a guard killed the black-clad gunman who... More »

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Colorado • Colorado Springs • megachurches • gunman • church shootings • shooting

UPDATED

Gunman Dead in Church Attack

Suspect nabbed in Haggard church incident; no link yet

Dec 9, 07 7:14 PM CST
(Newser) - The gunman who opened fire at a Colorado megachurch today killed one and wounded four before being fatally shot by a security guard, CNN reports. Police Chief Richard Myers called the guard at New Life Church "a courageous security staff member who probably saved many lives today." Some... More »

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Colorado • Colorado Springs • megachurches • New Life Church • gunman • church shootings • shooting

4 Shot at Haggard's Colo. Church

Unclear if related to earlier shooting at missionary center 70 miles away

Dec 9, 07 3:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Gunfire struck Colorado Christians a second time today, hitting at least four people in the parking lot of Ted Haggard's New Life Church this afternoon, the AP reports. It was unclear if the incident, in Colorado Springs, was linked to two earlier shooting deaths at a missionary training center 70... More »

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Colorado • Colorado Springs • megachurches • Ted Haggard • New Life Church • gunman • church shootings • shooting

Gunman Kills 2 at Colo. Missionary Center

2 more injured; suspect still at large

Dec 9, 07 11:02 AM CST
(Newser) - A lone gunman opened fire at a missionary training center today in Colorado, killing a man and a woman and injuring two others before fleeing, CNN reports. Police are still searching for the gunman, a white male who looked about 20 years old. "These kids were like our kids,... More »

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Christian missionaries • Colorado • Youth With a Mission • shooting

7 Dead as Storm Pelts Midwest

Winter storm shuts airports, turns roads deadly

Dec 2, 07 4:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Freezing rain and snow continued to pelt Iowa today as the rest of the Midwest struggled with power outages, treacherous roads, and tangled air traffic in the aftermath of yesterday's storm. At least seven people have died, all victims of collisions on ice-slicked roads. Dozens of accidents were reported in... More »

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Mitt Romney • Hillary Clinton • Iowa • Chicago • Milwaukee • Bill Clinton • ice • Colorado • winter storm

Abortion Foes' New Strategy: Personhood
for Embryos

States asked to grant rights to fertilized eggs

Nov 23, 07 12:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Tired of waiting for a more right-leaning court to revisit Roe v. Wade, opponents of abortion in several states are adopting a new strategy: constitutional amendments to grant human status to embryos. The LA Times reports on a grass-roots movement to put referendums on state ballots: It faces considerable obstacles... More »

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abortion • embryo • Colorado

World's Best Green Hotels

Leave a footprint as small as your carry-on at a luxurious eco-hotel

Nov 5, 07 10:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Solar-heated pools, energy-conserving lights, composted food scraps . . . hotels aren't all bastions of consumption and waste. Travel+Leisure teamed up with Conservation International to assemble a list of 20 eco-friendly hotels:
  1. Spice Island Beach Resort, Grenada
  2. Soneva Fushi Resort & Six Senses Spa, Maldives
  3. Heritance Kandalama, Sri Lanka
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Australia • green building • ecotourism • Sri Lanka • Switzerland • Tanzania • Egypt • list • ecology • Philippines • hotel • spa • Bahamas • Colorado • green travel • LEED • Maldives • Zanzibar

West's Water Woes May Be Permanent

Diminishing snowcap, shrinking reservoirs could 'wipe out' states

Oct 21, 07 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Officials out West are worried about water, the New York Times reports, and not just for the short-term. In what the Times calls the "other water problem" caused by global warming, snowcaps that feed the the Colorado River—which quenches the thirst of 30 million people in seven states—... More »

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environment • California • drought • global warming • water • Arizona • New Mexico • Utah • Wyoming • Nevada • Colorado

Rockies Grab Game 1 in Philly

Francis, bullpen shut down Phillies Top 4

Oct 3, 07 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Colorado ace Jeff Francis dazzled the Phillies' top 4 hitters as the Rockies won 4-2 today, taking a 1-0 division series lead. Philly's quartet of Jimmy Rollins, Shane Victorino, Chase Utley, and Ryan Howard fizzled with a collective 0-15 and 9 strikeouts. Utley put up 4 Ks all by himself,... More »

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MLB • Denver • Philadelphia • Colorado • NL playoffs • NLDS • baseball

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