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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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New Energy Draws Obama
to Colo. to Sign Stimulus

Highlights

Feb 16, 09 9:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Last week Barack Obama's team chose Denver for the site of a stimulus rally like the one in Elkhart, Ind., but now that the bill’s been passed, the visit Wednesday has been repurposed as a bill signing. In both cases, the point of picking Colorado was to highlight what... More »

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alternative energy • Denver • Colorado • economic stimulus package

 'Demon Horse' 
 Divides Denver 

Critics stampede to complain about sculptire of 32-foot mustang with blazing red eyes

Feb 7, 09 10:11 AM CST
(Newser) - A fierce controversy has reared up in Denver over a gigantic blue mustang that looms at the gateway to the city's airport, reports the Wall Street Journal. Naysayers complain that a "terrifying" 32-foot sculpture with glowing red eyes isn't the kind of first impression Denver should be giving visitors.... More »

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Denver • art • sculpture • Denver International Airport

 US Airline 
 Safety Record 
 Best Ever 

No fatal crashes for two years

Jan 12, 09 6:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Airline safety has improved so much that the chances of dying in an air crash are now less than being elected president, according to a safety expert. For the first time since jet travel began, not a single person died in a crash of a US carrier for two years,... More »

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Denver • airline safety • NTSB • Continental Airlines • fatalities • Air Transport Association • Flight 1404 • Flight Safety Foundation • Flight 1549 • Hudson crash

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

(Newser) - New York may be America's cultural capital, but Seattle and Minneapolis top the list as the nation's most literate cities, reports LiveScience.  The rankings are based on newspaper, magazine, and online news readership, library usage, book purchases, and educational levels. The two cities also topped the list last year.... More »

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newspaper • Minneapolis • San Francisco • Atlanta • Boston • Washington DC • Denver • St. Louis • literacy • libraries • Seattle • Cincinnati • book • online newspapers • Portland, Oregon • readership • St Paul • Central Connecticut State University • Jack Miller

 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

Tires, Brakes Linked to Crash; Voice Data 'Good'

Voice, data recorders in Washington, should produce info tonight

Dec 22, 08 5:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Brakes, tires, or landing gear likely caused the Denver airliner crash that injured 40 on Saturday, a source tells CNN. Meanwhile the National Transportation Safety Board is continuing its probe of the accident, and revealed that both black boxes on the plane contained clear information. "Tonight, we should have... More »

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investigation • black box • Denver • plane crash • brakes • NTSB • Continental Airlines • National Transportation Safety Board • Denver International Airport • landing gear • malfunction • takeoff

updated

Plane Veers Off Runway
in Denver; 38 Injured


Dec 20, 08 10:30 PM CST
(Newser) - A Continental jet at Denver's airport veered off a runway and into a ravine tonight, sending 38 people to local hospitals, the Denver Post reports. None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening. The 737 jet, which had been trying to take off for Houston, caught fire on one side... More »

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Denver • runway • airport • winter • winter travel • airplane

 Few Voting 
 Problems in 
 Key States 

Most problems reported in Michigan

Nov 4, 08 1:52 PM CST
(Newser) - The 2008 election is proceeding well in most states. Cleveland polling places were hit with high turnout at the 6:30am open, but voting tapered off as the morning continued, in part thanks to the 250,000 who voted early, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. In South Florida, voters faced... More »

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Cleveland • Denver • Detroit • Miami • voting irregularities • Election 2008 • electronic voting • voting process • early voting

 Oprah on Obama: 
 'I Cried My Lashes Off' 

Talk-show host calls Dem's acceptance speech 'transcendent'

Aug 29, 08 10:44 AM CDT
(AP) - Oprah Winfrey is leaving Denver with the candidate she wanted, but reportedly without her eyelashes. The talk-show host said she was moved to tears by Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the DNC. "I cried my eyelashes off," she said from Invesco Field. "I think it's the most... More »

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Barack Obama • Denver • Democratic National Convention • Oprah Winfrey

(Newser) - Barack Obama made the most of his historic night at Denver's packed Invesco Field with a broad-based attack on the "broken politics of Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush," Reuters reports. "We are here because we love this country too much to let the... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • Denver • Democratic National Convention • Election 2008 • Invesco Field


 Fake Reporters
 Are Rock Stars
 in Denver

Quick turnaround and evasive guests make Stewart's life a little harder on the road

Aug 28, 08 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - it's hard enough for the reporters swarming all over the Democratic Convention to score good interviews; fake reporters have it even harder. The Daily Show's correspondents are now such big stars they draw admirers—and hecklers—every time they try to record, USA Today reports. Which doesn't exactly help them... More »

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Denver • Democratic National Convention • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • Minneapolis-St. Paul • Republican National Convention

Big Stage Leaves Plenty of Room for GOP Potshots

Dems fear lavish stadium production could hurt Obama

Aug 28, 08 3:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Top Democrats are fretting over the mile-high risks their party faces tonight in Denver when Barack Obama takes the stage at Invesco Field. Officials fear rock-star treatment, complete with Greek-inspired staging Republicans dubbed “Barackopolis,” could reinforce claims of an out-of-touch candidate. “It’s likely that the campaign... More »

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Barack Obama • Denver • Democratic National Convention • Colorado • Invesco Field

COMMENTARY

 What Journos Really
 Do at the DNC

Hint: Most aren't covering anything

Aug 28, 08 12:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - A whopping 15,000 journalists arrived in Denver to cover the Democratic National Convention. The Columbia Journalism Review sent Justin Peters to find out what they're doing:  
  • 7,500 mostly mill about: "Only a small number of reporters actually have a reason to be here."
... More »

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Denver • list • journalist • Colorado • media coverage • DNC • Pepsi Center

 Obama Girls Hoped
 for Jonas Bros,
 Got Dad Instead

Mom's "surprise" was "Daddy" instead of rockers

Aug 28, 08 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Malia and Sasha Obama had hoped that a surprise visit Monday night after their mom’s convention speech was from someone with a little more rock-star quality than their dad, CNN reports. “Is it the Jonas Brothers?” 10-year-old Malia asked when Michelle Obama leaned down on stage to tell... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • Denver • Democratic National Convention • Jonas Brothers • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama

 Denver: Not the Life of the Party

Dems may be nervous about election or about drinking at altitude

Aug 28, 08 11:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats are having an unusual problem at this year’s convention: They’re not having much fun, the New York Times reports. “Normally at conventions, you’d have people regaling you with what happened the night before,” said one exec who’s been party-hopping. “This time,... More »

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Denver • Democratic National Convention • Obama 2008 • Colorado • party • delegates

Opinion

 Clinton Passes
 the Torch—
 or Does He?

Clinton passes the torch - or does he?

Aug 28, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pundits are raving over Bill Clinton’s speech at the Democratic Convention last night. Here’s what they’re saying:
  • Mark Halperin of Time gives Clinton an A+ for a speech seemingly untouched by primary bitterness. “Let's face it: while Obama is a marvelous speaker, Clinton is
... More »

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Denver • Democratic National Convention • Bill Clinton • speech

ANALYSIS

From Rockies, Dems Can See Their Future

Party can mine the West's demographic, ideological shifts

Aug 28, 08 7:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - The past few years have shown a surprising trend toward a Democratic preference in the Mountain West, but that doesn’t mean voters are embracing the party line, Ryan Lizza writes in the New Yorker. Governors like Colorado’s Bill Ritter—who gained office on a coalition more of new... More »

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Barack Obama • Denver • Colorado • Democratic Party • centrism • Bill Ritter • New Deal coalition

 ABC Producer Busted
 Filming DNC Bigwigs

Sheriff's deputy gets rough with newsman probing role of VIP donors

Aug 28, 08 5:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - An ABC News producer was busted in Denver while filming senators and big donors leaving a hotel meeting near the Democratic National Convention. He was manhandled into traffic by a sheriff's deputy, handcuffed and hauled away on charges of interference, trespass, and failure to obey a lawful order, reports ABC... More »

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Denver • Democratic National Convention • arrest • journalist • ABC News • television news

 Biden Attracts West Wing Love

Richard Schiff, who played White House insider, is candidate's Hollywood connection

Aug 26, 08 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - He probably wouldn’t merit a Washington appointment, but Joe Biden’s biggest Tinseltown fan has small-screen political experience, the Los Angeles Times reports. Richard Schiff, who won an Emmy for his role as White House communications director on West Wing, is stumping for his “real deal” candidate this... More »

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Joe Biden • Denver • Democratic National Convention • Cher • Jeffrey Katzenberg • celebrity • Michael Eisner • Barry Diller • political endorsement • Election 2008 • Richard Schiff • Barry Manilow

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