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Colorado River seen as depleting regional resource
The federal government isn't going to tap the Missouri River to slake the thirst of a drought-parched Southwest, the government's top water official ...
As 'fiscal cliff' looms, voter angst is palpable
Five hundred miles from Washington, the lunch crowd at Robie's Country Store and Deli is filled with angst over America's elected leaders and their ...
Pot legalized in Colo. with gov's proclamation
Marijuana for recreational use became legal in Colorado Monday, when the governor took a purposely low-key procedural step of declaring the ...
Pot legalized in Colorado with gov's proclamation
Using marijuana for recreational use is now effectively legal in Colorado. Gov. John Hickenlooper declared a voter-approved marijuana legalization ...
Legal pot complicates drug-free work policies
Pot may be legal, but workers may want to check with their boss first before they grab the pipe or joint during off hours. Businesses in Washington ...
Colo. shooting suspect: Brief romance, few friends
It didn't take long for suspicions to surface at a Colorado university that the man who just hours earlier shot up a midnight movie was a student who ...
5 states to increase class time in some schools
Open your notebooks and sharpen your pencils. School for thousands of public school students is about to get quite a bit longer. Five states announced ...
Mitch Unrein helps Broncos beat Bucs 31-23
What Mitch Unrein lacks in dance moves he more than makes up for in shock value. The second-year defensive lineman out of Wyoming helped the Denver ...
Manning throws 3 TDs as Broncos top Bucs 31-23
Ah, that growing list of Broncos playmakers: Peyton Manning. Von Miller. Demaryius Thomas. Mitch Unrein? Well, yes. The second-year defensive lineman ...
Strategy, timing key to states' pot legalization
In the late-1980s heyday of the anti-drug "Just Say No" campaign, a man calling himself "Jerry" appeared on a Seattle talk radio show to criticize U.S
Police: Hero instructor fought son in arrow attack
Gravely wounded by an arrow fired into his head, a Wyoming college instructor still managed to wrestle with his 25-year-old son who carried out the ...
Man accused of stealing Tim Allen's Chevy Impala
A man suspected of stealing one of Tim Allen's custom cars says the comedian left the keys so he could drive it to Denver. Denver police spokesman ...
Economy makes for tougher Thanksgiving journeys
Millions of Americans piled their families into cars, hopped on buses and waited out delays at airports Wednesday as they set off on Thanksgiving ...
Internment camp letters found in Denver building
Some letters arriving from Japanese-American internment camps during World War II were very specific, asking for a certain brand of bath powder, cold ...
Von Miller helps Broncos sack Chargers, 30-23
Peyton Manning isn't the only player the Denver Broncos brought in to make things happen. Von Miller got the call from Denver, too, and the ...
Manning throws for 3 TDs in Broncos 30-23 win
Passing by Peyton. Dancing by Von. On the day Peyton Manning threw three touchdown passes and drew even with John Elway in the career win column, it ...
Mother: Sky Harbor woman has mental health issues
The 21-year-old woman who crashed through a gate at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and drove on the runway with her infant son in the car ...
Woman with infant drives on Phoenix airport runway
A woman driving with her infant son in her car crashed through a gate at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and drove on the runway in the ...
LeBron leads Heat past Nuggets 98-93
The Miami Heat's decade-long drought in Denver is history. LeBron James had 27 points and 12 assists, and the short-handed Heat beat the Nuggets 98-93 ...
With pot legal, police worry about road safety
It's settled. Pot, at least certain amounts of it, will soon be legal under state laws in Washington and Colorado. Now, officials in both states are ...
Elway puts it on the line again in latest comeback
He could have stayed on the sideline. Instead, John Elway wanted back in the game. The king of the comeback is directing his latest rally from the ...
Southwest jet slides off taxiway at Denver airport
A Southwest Airlines jet slid off a taxiway at Denver International Airport on Saturday amid light snowfall and freezing temperatures. DIA spokeswoman ...
Colo., Wash. await federal response to pot measure
Should marijuana be treated like alcohol? Or should it remain in the same legal category as heroin and the most dangerous drugs? Votes this week by ...
Colorado police officer killed by friendly fire
A police officer was shot and killed Friday by another officer after several agencies responded to a report of shots fired at a home in the Denver ...
Colo., Wash. await federal marijuana response
Two states that approved recreational use of marijuana are waiting to hear how the federal government intends respond to the measures. The governor ...