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9 min ago | Denver Post

IRS scandal: Colorado group awaits tax-exempt status

A Colorado conservative group believed to be targeted by the Internal Revenue Service is operating without any tax-exempt status and spent more than $1 million last year against Democrats, public records show.

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Related Topix: Representative Scott Tipton, US Politics, US News, Tax, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Ed Perlmutter

1 hr ago | 9NEWS

Escaped inmate caught in Denver

A convict who walked away from a minimum security facility a month age has been apprehended in Denver.

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Related Topix: Colorado Government

Fri May 17, 2013

The Honolulu Advertiser

Boy found naked in Colorado house littered with human waste

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.>> A former Colorado Springs city councilman and his wife have been cited for child neglect after police found their 13-year-old son naked and living in a home littered with human waste.

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AmmoLand

ReCall! Freedom Hating Colorado State Senate President John Morse

The recall is on track and doing well. We're quite optimistic at this point that we'll be successful in forcing the recall of a tyrant senator who thinks he's above the people.

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AmmoLand

Firearms Industry Joins Lawsuit Against New Colorado Gun-Control Laws

The National Shooting Sports Foundation , the trade association for the firearms industry, has joined with 54 county sheriffs, Magpul Industries, the Colorado Outfitters Association, several firearms retailers, disabled individuals and other parties in a federal lawsuit brought today in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado ... (more)

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Related Topix: Guns

The Miami Herald

Colorado sheriffs sue over new gun restrictions

Colorado sheriffs upset with gun restrictions adopted in the aftermath of last year's mass shootings filed a federal lawsuit Friday, challenging the regulations as unconstitutional.

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Related Topix: Colorado Government, Guns, Newtown, CT, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Fort Morgan Times

Colorado health insurance exchange for individuals, families, small businesses

State Policy Analyst Kyla Hoskins speaks about the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange at Progressive 15's Affordable Care Act Summit May 2, 2013, at the Country Steak-Out in Fort Morgan.

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Related Topix: Colorado Government, Health Insurance, Health, Small Business, Personal Finance, Fort Morgan, CO, US Governors, John Hickenlooper

Washington Times

The fate of Aurora theater shooter James Holmes may hinge on a death row inmate

The fate of one Colorado mass murderer has become entwined with that of another as Colorado Gov.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Governors, John Hickenlooper, Denver, CO

Daily Camera

Colorado man makes hard cider the old-world way

Shawn Carney is one of just a handful of cider makers in the United States making small-batch hard cider the old-world way.

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Related Topix: Boulder, CO, Cedaredge, CO, Wine, Drink

Denver Post

Snowplows blazing trails for Colorado's high-country travelers

A snowblower attached to the front of a Colorado Department of Transportation loader chews an 8-foot-wide swath through the 5-foot-high snowpack 2 miles from the summit of Independence Pass.

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Related Topix: Colorado Government, Avalanche

Thu May 16, 2013

CBS Local

Theater Attack Prompts New Colorado Mental Health Law

Days after a gunman entered a suburban Denver movie theater, killing 12 moviegoers and injuring 70 others, Gov.

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Related Topix: Colorado Government, Arts, Theater, Denver, CO

Denver Post

Staunton State Park, Colorado's newest, to open Saturday

It took more than 30 years, but a pristine slice of the foothills off U.S. 285 near Evergreen is set to open to the public as a state park.

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Freshnews

Colorado BioScience Association Applauds Signing of The Colorado...

The Colorado BioScience Association applauds the signing of The Colorado Advanced Industries Acceleration Act by Gov.

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Related Topix: Colorado Government, US Governors, John Hickenlooper, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO

Reuters

Medical weed could jinx recreational dope market in Washington state

Key officials helping to create Washington state's potentially lucrative recreational pot market say its success may hinge on preventing consumers from choosing to get high on readily available medical cannabis because of low and sometimes nonexistent taxes on it.

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Related Topix: Marijuana, Drugs, Colorado Government

The Tallahassee O

Anti-Gun Colorado Legislators Face Recall Elections |...

Following the passage of several new and strict gun control laws , four Colorado legislators are facing recall elections.

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Related Topix: Colorado Government, Guns, US News, US Governors, John Hickenlooper

Summit County Voice

Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper seeks statewide water plan

Colorado water experts will try to figure out how to manage the state's most precious resource in an era when all signs points to increasing shortages and the potential for growing conflicts within the state and the region over its allocation.

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Related Topix: Colorado Government, US Governors, John Hickenlooper, Agriculture, Science, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Environment

Wed May 15, 2013

USA Today

Study: Coloradans to smoke 2.2M ounces of pot in '14

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- A recent study says Coloradans will consume 2.2 million ounces of marijuana next year.

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Related Topix: Fort Collins, CO, Colorado Government, Colorado State University

The Telluride Watch

Guest Commentary | Busy Season at Capitol Was Good for Southwest Colorado

My first year in the legislature was one of the busiest in recent years, and I confirmed my belief that the only way to get things done is through compromise and respecting both sides of the aisle.

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Related Topix: La Plata County, CO

KKCO-TV Grand Junction

Men cited for giving away marijuana in Durango

Durango police say they still don't know why two men were giving away marijuana at a downtown street corner.

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Related Topix: Drugs

WTVY Dothan

3,500 Witnesses Could be Called in Colo. Theater Shooting Trial

Prosecutors in the Colorado theater shootings have listed in court documents about 3,500 potential witnesses they could call during the trial of defendant James Holmes.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Colorado Government

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