KRISTEN WYATT

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APNewsBreak: Colo. seeks new pot classification

Colorado has become the third state to ask the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to reclassify marijuana in way that allows doctors to prescribe it as a medical treatment.

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Virtual schools booming as states mull warnings

More schoolchildren than ever are taking their classes online, using technology to avoid long commutes to school, add courses they wouldn't otherwise be able to take — and save their school districts money.

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Obama's likability is keeping him afloat

People like Christine Alonzo are keeping President Barack Obama afloat and giving his political team hope that he can win re-election despite high unemployment and sour attitudes about his policies and the country's future.

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Tuition hikes fail to stop cutbacks in higher ed

America's public colleges and universities have burned through nearly $10 billion in government stimulus money and are still facing more tuition hikes, fewer course offerings and larger class sizes.

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Judge blocks Colorado school voucher program

A Denver judge blocked Colorado's first school voucher program Friday, calling the program to give parents in the state's wealthiest county checks for tuition at religious schools a "substantial disservice to the public interest."

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Denver bets on a county fair, aiming at hipsters

Denver has an ambitious plan to revive the county fair: blend throwback chic with urban grit to draw crowds celebrating everything weird and crafty. Mix funnel cakes with drag queens, add a dash of old-time quilting and newly hip knitting, and the recipe could produce what organizers hope is a new flavor of county fair.

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Pot, marriage could play roles in '12 Colo. races

Colorado's position as a key battleground state in the 2012 presidential race comes with a wrinkle neither party seems to like: A freewheeling ballot initiative tradition that could put both legalizing marijuana and gay marriage before voters on Election Day next year.

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Pot activists to sue over Colorado rules

Marijuana groups representing thousands of patients and caregivers are suing to block Colorado's sweeping limits on how pot can be sold starting Friday.

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Budget cuts force libraries to re-examine roles

A century after the nation's library building boom, public libraries are under siege: plunging tax revenues are forcing closures and staff cutbacks, while e-readers and the Internet can make a library seem quaint as a place to find a book or do research.

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Pot docs face new rules in Colorado

Colorado's dispute over which doctors can recommend medical marijuana could become more confusing this week when state health authorities consider tighter limits at the same time lawmakers debate conflicting rules.

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State budget cuts decimate mental health services

State budget writers looking for cash to balance the books have stripped a cumulative $1.8 billion from mental health services over the last 2 1/2 years, putting the public at risk as the mentally ill crowd emergency rooms and prisons, according to the nation's largest mental health advocacy group.

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Colo. legislator dropping organ-donor proposal

A Colorado bill that defaults all driver's license applicants as organ donors is unlikely to become law this year.

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Wilderness rules restored for public lands

The Obama administration plans to reverse a Bush-era policy and make millions of undeveloped acres of land once again eligible for federal wilderness protection, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Thursday.

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States that lost school money face reform dilemmas

It's like buying a fancy dress but having no date to the prom — dozens of states that crafted new education policies to compete for a share of the $3.4 billion "Race to the Top" school reform grant prizes were shut out.

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Colorado weighs difficulties of pot regulations

What's in that joint, and how can you be sure it's safe?

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Little-known Democratic senator keeps Colo. seat

Michael Bennet can't take all the credit for his upset win over Republican Ken Buck, the tea party favorite who cast himself as the outsider in the nation's most expensive Senate contest.

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Several Senate, governor races remain uncertain

Senate races in three states and a handful of gubernatorial races remained extraordinarily close Wednesday and seemed destined for contested vote counts that could drag on for weeks.

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Stimulus spending looms large in midterm contests

A photo of President Barack Obama hangs on the wall in CoraFaye's Cafe, a short walk from the Denver museum where Obama signed into law the most sweeping U.S. economic package in decades in an attempt to put people back to work and end the worst downturn since the Great Depression.

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Dropped rape case dogs GOP Senate candidate

Colorado Republican Senate candidate Ken Buck decided against prosecuting a 2006 rape case and suggested a jury might deem it a "case of buyer's remorse" — a remark that Democrats and women's advocacy groups blasted Tuesday as insensitive.

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Colo. Senate hopeful trips over abortion measure

A conservative Republican trying to unseat a rookie Democratic senator in Colorado is scrambling to explain his position on abortion in light of a ballot proposal to outlaw the procedure.

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Judge: State pot law no defense for drug charges

A Colorado pot grower trying a first-in-the-nation drug defense based on Obama administration memos about marijuana saw his case take a serious blow Wednesday when a federal judge felled the effort.

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Colo. pot sellers face new growing requirement

Don Boring owns a grocery store, a liquor store and now, a medical marijuana dispensary. The main difference among them is that he has to produce his own pot inventory.

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Proposed swap for Salazar donor raises hackles

A proposed land swap in western Colorado that would benefit a Florida billionaire who is a political donor to U.S. Rep. John Salazar has drawn intense opposition from hunters and fishermen, who claim the plan smells of political favoritism.

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Buck wins Colorado GOP Senate nomination

Tea party favorite Ken Buck has defeated former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton to clinch Colorado's Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate.

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Years later, politicians tripping over 'trackers'

They're as common at campaign stops as colorful banners: hand-held cameras wielded by politicians' opponents to catch them making a stupid mistake.

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