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  • Will you pay for Colo. education change

    DENVER - Colorado's governor will sign a bill Tuesday overhauling the state's education system.However, the changes will only take effect if Colorado voters approve about $1 billion a year in higher taxes.The tax question will be petitioned onto ballots by advocacy groups, so it's too soon to say what exactly the proposed tax would be. Governor John Hickenlooper has said ...

  • 787 Dreamliner to land in Colorado today

    DENVER - The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner is set to land at Denver International Airport after a delay caused by battery failures.The first flight Tuesday is a United Airlines flight from Houston.The first international flight between DIA and Tokyo is scheduled for June 10.Battery problems on planes owned by other airlines prompted the grounding. Federal authorities cleared the planes to fly again ...

  • Elbert Co. putting officers in schools

    The move to have police in schools comes after the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., where gunman Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 students and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary ...

  • Today’s Colorado ski and snow report Memorial Day preview

    noted here yesterday , the top of Aspen Mountain will open for the weekend following a weekend (plus Monday) of snowy weather above 9,000 feet or so. There was also a hint from A-Basin yesterday that the ski area may go beyond its initial (and tentative) closing date of June 2, so keep your fingers crossed on that one. Now, the weather is back on a more summery/springtimey track and we should ...

  • Former RI senate candidate runs for Colo. governor

    Former Cranston Mayor Steve Laffey took on then-incumbent U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee (CHAY'-fee) in the Republican primary in 2006. Laffey had the backing of conservative groups such as the Club for Growth, and lost. Chafee went on to lose in the general ...

Movie Review

Just My Luck [DVD]

Just My Luck [DVD]

Just My Luck is a riff on body-switch comedies, except this time it's not entire souls that swap corporeality--just one's luck. The movie skates along on the brittle-thin premise that some people are lucky and others are not, and if those people happen to kiss, they can swap fortu ... ...

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  • Fort Collins police warn of burglary fire danger

    FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) -- Fort Collins police are warning residents to lock their doors after two separate homes along a Fort Collins street were burglarized and had gas left on ...

  • Ascent Solar launches retail business in Colorado

    Victor Lee, CEO of Ascent Solar Technologies Inc., holds the companys EnerPlex Kickr IV, a flexible solar-power panel capable of charging phones, music players and other small, electronic equipment. Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. today said it has launched a retail presence in Colorado for its EnerPlex line of consumer solar products. The Thornton-based maker of flexible thin-film photovoltaic ...

  • Police motorcycle officer involved in Denver accident on I-25

    A traffic accident involving a police officer on a motorcycle is slowing traffic on I-25 northbound near Alameda Avenue. The accident happened about 4:50 a.m., according to a Denver Police Department dispatcher. The officer was not seriously injured. Two right lanes were closed to clear the scene and to allow investigators to gather evidence. Kieran Nicholson: ...

  • 787 Dreamliner flies out of Denver today

    A United Airlines copy of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner that was parked at DIA last fall. The Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner goes into service at Denver International Airport today following its three-month grounding for battery problems. United Airlines -- the only U.S. carrier currently flying the new jet -- returned the Dreamliner to U.S. service Monday with flights out of its Houston ...

  • 3-alarm fire burns Ft. Collins apts.

    FORT COLLINS, Colo. - A 3-alarm fire burned through an apartment building in Fort Collins early Tuesday morning.Witnesses told 7NEWS the fire happened at the Buffalo Run Apartments on East Lincoln Avenue and South Lemay Avenue.The fire was first reported at 3:55 a.m.More than 40 firefighters were called out to fight the fire, according to Captain Patrick Love with the Poudre Fire Authority.Love ...

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