Colorado
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 09: (L to R) North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper , Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler, Colorado Attorney General John W. Suthers, and Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel listen during a news conference February 9, 2012 at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the federal government and 49 state attorneys general have reached a $25 billion agreement with the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers to address mortgage loan serving and foreclosure abuses.
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We're working with EPA to try and make sure their bureaucrats don't get in the way of commonsense Colorado ideas, and we'll continue to do that
Without a doubt that was a special year ... It put Colorado on the college basketball map for the first since time Chauncey Billups played (for the Buffs from 1995-97).
He shone a light on injustice and he shone a light on the need for equality for all people and he showed us that fighting against injustice lifts all of us ... Marching in the marade every year reminds me of the importance of keeping up that fight.More quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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Colorado looking into pot-banking co-ops
are also out of the question, Huron said. In order to build a warehouse to grow the marijuana he sells -- a requirement under Colorado law -- Huron had to grow pot during construction and sell the pot to make cash payments to finish the warehouse."It's very 12:59 PM Read more »
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Friedman: Santorum focuses on Iran
Santorum , who wrested some momentum from Mitt Romney by winning primary contests in Colorado , Minnesota , and Missouri , likes to cast himself as something of an expert on Iran, which has arguably become the top foreign-policy issue in the campaign. From Read more »
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In Maine, Paul vies to extend Romney losing streak
the outcome of what has become a two-man race in Maine.Neither Newt Gingrich nor Rick Santorum , who won in Missouri , Minnesota and Colorado on Tuesday, is actively competing in Maine, where party officials planned to declare a winner Saturday evening.Romney Read more »
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Official: 10 states get No Child Left Behind waiver
to improve how they prepare and evaluate students, The Associated Press has learned.The first 10 states to receive the waivers are Colorado , Florida, Georgia , Indiana , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Minnesota , New Jersey , Oklahoma and Tennessee . The only Read more »
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Mitt Romney battles Rick Santorum, Ron Paul in GOP caucuses
will notch a few wins, too," Beeson wrote. McCain, the Arizona senator, won the Republican nomination four years ago.In fact, Colorado and Minnesota were among the states that McCain failed to win, and he lost them to Romney.In the four years since, the GOP Read more »
Around the web
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Banking for pot shops rejected in Colorado
lawmakers considered a bill setting up a special cooperative banking institution. But the first-of-its-kind measure was defeated Tuesday. Lawmakers from both parties worried that because marijuana is illegal under federal law, states can't step in to help 41 m ago from Mail.com Read more »
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Colorado Rejects Banking For Pot Shops
(AP) - Medical marijuana is legal in 17 states, but the industry has a decidedly black-market aspect — it's mostly cash-only. Colorado lawmakers considered a bill setting up a special cooperative banking institution. But the first-of-its-kind measure was defeated 53 m ago from WNYW | Fox 5 New York Read more »
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Colorado's Rodney Stewart hoping to make big impression on NFL teams
no getting around it. Rodney Stewart can't change his height. He can only change opinions. So the 5-foot-6¼ running back from Colorado is working to earn his degree in sociology — he said he's on track to graduate in May — while trying to attract attention 8:42 PM from Denver Post Read more »
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Does Weak Snowpack Mean More Dams?
skimpy snowpack is setting off alarm bells for U.S. Reps. Cory Gardner and Scott Tipton. But not because they interpret the drought as a sign of human-caused climate change. The way they see it, Congress should slash environmental protections -- not strengthen 8:30 PM from Humanitarian News Read more »
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Happy Owl Studio's beautiful Apple accessories
early January, TUAW ran a story about Apple accessory manufacturer Happy Owl Studio . The company, now based in Golden, Colorado, makes some of the finest Apple accessories I have had the pleasure to review. I had a nice meeting with Happy Owl CEO Devon Read 8:28 PM from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) Read more »
