KRISTEN WYATT

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Salvation Army's iconic kettles now credit ready

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — There could be less jingle in the Salvation's Army's hallmark red kettles this season. The charity is testing kettles that take debit and credit cards.

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Colorado ski town legalizes pot

The Colorado ski town of Breckenridge has voted overwhelmingly to legalize marijuana.

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Report: Colo. spent 20 pct of its stimulus funds

Colorado has spent about a fifth of its federal stimulus money.

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As workers choose health plans, skepticism abounds

Looking for happy faces? Don't go near employer health fairs in the coming months.

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FAA investigators may be focusing on balloon call

The parents who reported last week that their 6-year-old son may have been on board a giant, runaway balloon could potentially be in more trouble with the Federal Aviation Administration for making a phone call than for setting loose the saucer-shaped craft, aviation experts say.

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Colorado newspaper hiring marijuana critic

The store has a television lounge and a pool table, and snacks and acupuncture are free for customers who drop up to $130 an ounce on 16 varieties of marijuana. But a reviewer of the business warns the decor looks a little cliche, what with the Grateful Dead posters on the wall and the Mexican-blanket tablecloths.

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Abortion opponents try harder line on ban

There's nothing subtle about the sales pitch by abortion opponents who are gathering signatures at the Colorado State Fair for a ballot measure that would give legal rights to fertilized embryos.

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Senators tour US park, hear about global warming

Global warming is threatening America's national parks. But there is no consensus about how to prevent the harm.

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Obama headed to Colo. town lauded for medical care

For three decades, doctors in a small Colorado town have agreed to share the expense of treating the poor, lowering costs for everyone and recently gaining praise from Democrats as a model of what health care overhaul should look like.

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In rural America, skepticism of health care reform

Don't tell Dorothy J. Tenorio that Washington is nearing a deal to improve her health care.

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Summer camps: Swine flu isn't taking a vacation

Summer camps are contending with more than bug bites and poison ivy this year: They're on the lookout for swine flu.

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Colo. trying to help small businesses use stimulus

The mammoth federal stimulus package was signed into law months ago in Denver, but folks like Gary Yoshimura are still waiting to see what good it will do.

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Stimulus money boosts health clinics serving poor

Homeless teenagers at a central Colorado shelter are feeling the effect of the government's economic stimulus package. It's the feeling of a dentist's drill.

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Teens find summer work in gov't stimulus package

You know the economy's bad when teens can't get summer jobs at fast-food restaurants or movie theaters.

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US schools chief says kids need more class time

American schoolchildren need to be in class more — six days a week, at least 11 months a year — if they are to compete with students abroad, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Tuesday.

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Denver airport returning to normal after big storm

Fog, wind and drifting snow is making travel difficult on the Colorado plains as a potent spring storm plodded eastward into Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

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Bollywood-style dance classes drawing big crowds

Drawn to the lavish dance numbers in films from India, or just bored with their gym workouts, people are flocking to Bollywood-style dance classes that mix traditional Indian folk dances with hip-hop moves. And the U.S. exercise industry is taking notice.

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Western states remembering Abe Lincoln, too

When you think of Abraham Lincoln, you think of ... Idaho?

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Economic fears snuff out smoking bans

In this economy, lawmakers are more willing to let people smoke 'em if they got 'em.

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Colo.'s new senator relatively unknown to voters

Barack Obama knows Colorado's new senator better than most state voters do.

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Colo. Senate choice new to politics but has smarts

A whip-smart lawyer who has turned successively to the worlds of business and education, Denver Superintendent Michael Bennet won't have much trouble adjusting to the biggest promotion of his life: to U.S. senator.

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Illegal immigration foe Rep. Tom Tancredo retires

When Tom Tancredo, the lightning-rod Colorado conservative, went to Congress a decade ago, he promised he wouldn't disappear in Washington. He sure didn't.

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Colo. abortion measure backers face uphill battle

Those who hope Colorado becomes the first state where voters say life begins at conception are facing resistance from a seemingly unexpected place: The Roman Catholic Church and anti-abortion activists.

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Affirmative action before voters in Colo., Neb.

University of Colorado freshman Darian Salehy loves college life so far — except for one thing.

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Fed official: Colo. men no true threat to Obama

A group of suspected drug users arrested in Denver this weekend with methamphetamine, guns and bulletproof vests made racist threats against Barack Obama but posed no true danger to the presidential candidate as he accepts the Democratic nomination here this week, federal authorities said Tuesday.

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