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  • THORNTON - FEBRUARY 24: Registered nurse Susan Eager (R) explains a new medical regimen to Brandon Awise while performing a home health care visit on February 24, 2010 in Thornton, Colorado. Eager works for the Dominican Sisters Home Health Agency, a non-profit that performs some 25,000 home visits each year in the Denver area. It provides free home nursing care to patients with chronic diseases, helps them to better manage their disabling illnesses and provides custodial services with the aim of keeping patients in their homes and out of more expensive nursing home care.

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  • CO lawmakers to feds: Halt medical marijuana raids

    ...Justice Department spokeswoman, said the department would review the letter but declined further comment.Last month, a suburban Denver man who said he was a medical marijuana provider was charged with drug possession in federal court after DEA agents raided... |more

  • US veterans return to Iwo Jima for 65th reunion

    ...done, the Marines do it for you."The 11 veterans had only three hours on Iwo Jima â now officially called Iwo To â but White, of Denver, said he was happy for the opportunity to return."I saw a lot of Suribachi from the flatlands, but this is the first time... |more

  • Striking number of obesity risks hit minority kids

    (AP) â The odds of obesity appear stacked against black and Hispanic children starting even before birth, provocative new research suggests.The findings help explain disproportionately high obesity rates in minority children. Family income is often a |more

  • Zazi's classmates face new indictment in bomb plot

    ...men and Zazi conspired to attack Manhattan subway lines last Sept. 14, 15 or 16. Zazi admitted during his plea that he traveled from Denver to New York City the previous week with bomb-making chemicals and detonators, and planned to construct the bombs on... |more

  • 'Idol' judges admire unique female semifinalists

    ...â "American Idol" semifinalist Lilly Scott is right where she belongs.The 20-year-old singer from Denver was among a handful of unique crooners who impressed the Fox singing contest's judges Tuesday. The platinum-haired street musician played the guitar during... |more

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  • 2010 Spring Break Freebies

    ...the Denver Art Museum offers a free visitor day on Saturday, April 3rd. For details, go to Denver Botanic Gardens, Chatfield and Denver Art Museum. Be Free in Boulder Tour the Celestial Seasonings tea production plant in Boulder. Tours here are always free... 26 m ago |more

  • Colorado school shooting suspect says he heard voices

    ...is charged with attempted murder and other counts in the Feb. 23 shooting at Deer Creek Middle School in Jefferson County outside Denver. Eastwood was tackled by a teacher and arrested. He's being held in lieu of $1 million cash bail and hasn't entered a... 49 m ago |more

  • WEINTRAUB'S REGRETS OVER DENVER FALLOUT=20

    ...fatal 1997 plane crash, because pair ended t heir business relationship on bitter terms. The Ocean's Eleven producer, who was Denver's manager before he began w orking in film, details his rocky relationship with the late musician in forthcoming memoir, When... 59 m ago |more

  • Denver No. 7 on ‘green-cities’ list

    ...ranks in seventh place among 43 U.S. metro areas in a report on America’s “green cities.” The “Green Cities Index” ranks metro areas on a variety of environmental factors, including traffic congestion, transit use, water quality, carbon emissions, LEED-certified... |more

  • Nuggets' Karl to miss rest of road trip

    ...-- Denver Coach George Karl, undergoing treatment for cancer, will miss the remaining three games of the Nuggets' current road trip, the NBA team said Friday. The Nuggets started the trip with a win Wednesday at Minnesota without Karl but it was thought he... |more