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Colo. court weighs energy leases near Utah parks

A federal appeals court must decide if the Obama administration gave energy companies sufficient notice that it was scrapping oil and gas leases auctioned off near national parks in Utah in the closing days of the Bush presidency.

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Billy the Kid image sells for more than $2M

What is believed to be the only surviving authenticated portrait of Billy the Kid went up for auction in Denver on Saturday and sold for $2.3 million.

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Billy the Kid image sells for more than $2M

What is believed to be the only surviving, authenticated portrait of Billy the Kid went up for auction in Denver on Saturday and sold for $2.3 million.

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Billy the Kid image sells for more than $2M

What is believed to be the only surviving, authenticated portrait of Billy the Kid went up for auction in Denver and sold for more than $2.3 million.

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In bold move, Colorado alters teacher tenure rules

Colorado is changing the rules for how teachers earn and keep the sweeping job protections known as tenure, linking student performance to job security despite outcry from teacher unions that have steadfastly defended the system for decades.

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Colo. Senate OKs state pot dispensary regulations

A push to regulate the state's medical marijuana dispensaries appears to be nearing the finish line.

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Amazon reacts to new Colo tax, costing affiliates

Kristie McNealy blogs from her suburban Denver home about raising four children and health issues. Her husband, Rob, a floor installer, runs another Web site offering product reviews and advice on hardwood floors.

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Colo. pot dispensaries welcome state regulation

Colorado lawmakers have an unlikely ally in their first attempt to curb the state's booming medical marijuana industry: owners of the some of the shops that sell pot.

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Colo. gov wants to speed up candy, soda tax plan

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter wants to speed up a plan to tax things such as candy and soda, pesticides and industrial energy use to help balance the state budget.

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Colorado promises to adopt merit pay for teachers

Colorado vowed Tuesday to expand merit pay for teachers, change how educators are evaluated, and hire more Teach for America national service recruits as it tries to win $377 million in federal funding for schools.

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Colo. gov: 'Free and clear' of electioneering

Gov. Bill Ritter says he's dropping out of this year's election to focus on his family. But he also insists it will allow him to better lead Colorado as it struggles with the recession.

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Aspen confronts bolder bears looking for food

It's nearly 2 a.m. and authorities have found the suspect in a string of break-ins into multimillion-dollar homes. His nose led him right to their trap — a cage filled with barbecue-scented cantaloupe and peaches.

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Medical marijuana dispensaries thrive in Colo.

Boulder County Caregivers offers 16 glass jars of marijuana with names like Skinny Pineapple and Early Pearl Maui, priced at $375 to $420 an ounce. There are marijuana capsules and snacks made with cannabis butter, such as rice crispy treats.

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Colo. governor blocks Army expansion on ranchland

The Army's plan to expand a southeast Colorado training site is facing another obstacle now that Gov. Bill Ritter has signed a measure barring the use of state land for the project that is opposed by ranchers.

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Colo. Senate votes against repealing death penalty

The Colorado Senate on Wednesday rejected a proposal to abolish the death penalty and fund cold case investigations with the savings from ending capital punishment prosecutions.

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Colo. Senate panel backs cell phone bill

A bill requiring drivers to use handsfree devices while talking on cell phones is advancing at the state Capitol, but it could run into trouble later.

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Colo. lawmakers approve landmark oil, gas rules

The Colorado Legislature has given final approval to landmark new regulations for oil and gas drilling, despite warnings from opponents that the rules will hobble an ailing industry and eliminate jobs amid a deep recession.

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No real beer for supermarkets in Colorado

Convenience stores and supermarkets in Colorado won't be allowed to sell full-strength beer following protests by liquor store owners, who said a proposed law change could drive many of them out of business.

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Colorado lawmakers bag statewide plastic bag ban

Colorado shoppers will be able to keep using plastic grocery bags after lawmakers balked at what would have been the nation's first statewide ban on the synthetic sacks.

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Colo. 1st state with 2 black legislative leaders

Sharecropper's grandson Terrance Carroll was chosen Wednesday as speaker of Colorado's House of Representatives, making the state the first in the nation where blacks lead both chambers of its Legislature.

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Colo. voters soundly defeat anti-abortion measure

Colorado voters have defeated a ballot measure that would have defined life as beginning at conception.

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Purged Colo. voters to be allowed to cast ballots

Thousands of Colorado residents who had been scratched from voter registration rolls will be allowed to cast ballots on Election Day and their votes will be given special protection to ensure they are counted, following the resolution of a federal lawsuit filed against the state.

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Colorado ranch owner accused in deaths of 32 bison

Keep your bison off my property or risk having them hunted, software executive Jeff Hawn warned his neighbor outside this old Colorado mining town. In a lawsuit he said the animals knocked his satellite television dishes off line and left dung, tracks and hair on "pristine pasture on rolling hills."

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13 anti-abortion protesters arrested

Thirteen anti-abortion activists, including Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry, were arrested Tuesday during an orchestrated demonstration in which they blocked a security gate near the site of the Democratic National Convention.

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Nominee cut alfalfa during last Denver convention

The last time Denver hosted the Democratic convention, the city's elite drove electric cars, only three states allowed women to vote, and the all-but-certain nominee stayed home on his Nebraska farm cutting alfalfa.

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