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  • Colorado University weighs anti-discrimination protection for conservatives

    View results DENVER - College campuses are known for proudly proclaiming their refusal to tolerate discrimination against any minority group, but try telling that to a conservative.Few would disagree that conservative professors are an endangered species on campus, which is why the University of Colorado Board of Regents is scheduled to consider Thursday a resolution that would prohibit ...

  • Bull Gulch Fire burns in Fremont County

    CAON CITY, Colo. - A 50-acre fire was burning north of Highway 50 on BLM-managed lands in Fremont County on Wednesday afternoon.The Bull Gulch Fire, approximately one mile east of Table Mountain and about nine miles northwest of the intersection of Road Gulch and Copper Gulch Road, was burning in brush, pinyon pine and juniper trees.It started about 1 p.m.Eight smokejumpers and two 20-person ...

  • Big city style in Denver An interview with hair stylist Ted Medina

    Stylists are a lot like boyfriends - once you find a good one, you tend to hold onto them. You live with your hair every day, and these are the people that set the tone for your ...

  • Cuddyer extends unique hitting streak

    Email TORONTO -- Severely bruised ribs interrupted Rockies right fielder Michael Cuddyer's season, but they didn't break his consistent hitting approach. Cuddyer singled off Blue Jays starter Mark Buehrle in the first inning Wednesday night to extend his career-best hitting streak to 17 games. It is the longest for a Rockies player since Matt Holliday went 17 straight in 2007. A lot ...

  • Francis locker cleared out before game

    Email TORONTO -- Quietly, the Rockies cleared out the locker of left-hander Jeff Francis on Wednesday. Manager Walt Weiss did not announce that he has been bumped from the team's active roster for veteran right-hander Roy Oswalt, who will make his Rockies debut on Thursday in Washington. Weiss said he will announce the corresponding move before Thursday's game. But the locker was ...

Movie Review

Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris

Literate and funny, light-hearted yet frequently eloquent, Midnight in Paris, Woody Allens 41st theatrical feature, is one of his best in years and the kind of film that could only be made by a filmmaker decades into his career. The subject of the film is nostalgia, that ... ...

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  • Gonzalez gets a laugh out of batting second

    Email TORONTO -- Hard-swinging Rockies left fielder Carlos Gonzalez laughed when he saw manager Walt Weiss put him second in the Rockies' batting order against the Blue Jays on Wednesday night. Often the No. 2 hitter is a bat-handler who can bunt or perform the hit-and-run. Let's say Gonzalez, with 21 home runs and 57 RBIs after a solo shot in the fifth inning on Wednesday, has no ...

  • Teen accused of killing girl seeks to move trial

    GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) -- Lawyers for a teen accused of killing a suburban Denver girl, as well as attacking a jogger months earlier, want his trial moved out of Jefferson ...

  • Natural gas pipeline rupture near Kersey

    Weld County authorities are responding to a natural gas pipeline rupture near Kersey."We are just at the onset of getting things there," said Roy Rudisill,Weld County's deputy director of emergency management.Kersey fire department officials were among those responding, Rudisill said."All know is we have a gas line leak," Rudisell said.It is unclear if there are any ...

  • Academy 3 midshipmen charged with sexual assault

    The U.S. Naval Academy has charged three midshipmen - all current or former football players - with sexually assaulting a female student at an off-campus house in Annapolis more than a year ago. The ...

  • Tracking danger in the parole system

    DENVER - The failings of an underequipped and overtaxed Parole Division led to two high profile murders and repercussions that are still reshaping the Colorado Department of Corrections.In recent weeks, following a series of CALL7 investigations, the DOC has fired their parole chief and pledged to purchase new equipment for parole officers. The Denver Post also plans to publish an investigation ...

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