CATHERINE TSAI

Associated Press Writer
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Economists see fewer Colorado job losses in 2010

University of Colorado economists expect the state to add jobs in the second half of next year, but they still predict the state will lose 3,200 jobs overall in 2010.

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Sugar beets spur county to reconsider biotech food

Famuer Rasmussen Jr. and five other farmers filed what they thought was a routine request to grow genetically modified sugar beets on public land in Colorado's Boulder County. The county already had allowed genetically altered corn.

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Beauty supply stores caught up in NY terror case

The young man visited the Denver-area beauty supply store more than once in recent weeks, asking about chemicals for sale and engaging in small talk with employees.

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Timeline of events in NYC terror probe

A timeline leading to the arrests of Najibullah Zazi, his father and an associate in a terror investigation, according to arrest warrant affidavits prepared by FBI special agents, public statements and public records:

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New ski boot to be comfy but pricey at $1,295

Skiing, fun. Walking in ski boots back to the lodge, not so much.

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Colorado sees slowing spread of deadly cattle STD

The spread of a venereal disease that can cause cows to lose their calves appears to be slowing in Colorado, and state agriculture officials plan to strengthen policies to keep it that way.

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Auto recyclers leery of cash for clunkers

Not all auto recyclers are relishing the government's new cash for clunkers program, which requires car dealers to destroy the gas-guzzlers they get as trade-ins from new car buyers.

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Warden of Supermax prison in Colorado retiring

The warden of the federal Supermax prison that holds some of the country's most notorious criminals, including Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui and "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski, is retiring.

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Some operations at 14 US prison factories closing

The government-owned company that employs federal prison inmates is closing some factory operations at 14 prisons and downsizing operations at four more amid multimillion-dollar losses, according to a copy of a memo provided by a prison union official.

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Colorado company offers banana coffins

Casket makers catering to natural burials have offered biodegradable coffins made of such materials as recycled newspapers or cardboard. Ecoffins USA, based in Montrose, Colo., is selling caskets made of banana sheaves.

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USAID, Western Union program aids African business

A U.S. aid agency and Western Union Co. are teaming up to offer a cash boost to sub-Saharan Africans who live in the U.S. but have business plans back home.

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Colorado skier visits down 5.5 percent last season

The number of people skiing and snowboarding at Colorado resorts fell 5.5 percent last season amid a travel slump, according to preliminary figures from Colorado Ski Country USA.

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Parking pros tout role in economic development

Parking lots have a lot to do with economic recovery. Really.

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Safeway, workers agree to continue labor talks

With the threat of a strike looming, Safeway agreed to resume negotiations with its union workers a day after they authorized a strike, a company spokeswoman said Sunday.

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Dozens 'lie down' at Capitol for Columbine event

Dozens of people participated in a "lie-down" at Colorado's state Capitol Monday to demand stricter gun control and mark the 10th anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings. Thirteen people representing those killed at Columbine lay like spokes of a wheel at the west steps of the Capitol. They had wrapped blue and white ribbons around their necks, the official colors of the suburban Denver school.

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Ex-Qwest CEO tries again to delay surrender

Former Qwest Chief Executive Joseph Nacchio is still trying to put off the day he must report to prison.

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Some dairy operations urged to pay into price pool

A dispute over how milk processors and bottlers pay dairy farmers for their product is raising years-old arguments over who's playing fair.

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Nacchio prison term delayed; tests show no cancer

A federal judge says former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio doesn't have to report to prison on Monday as scheduled because his lawyers plans to ask the Supreme Court on Friday to review his insider-trading conviction.

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Former Qwest CEO Nacchio seeking new trial

Citing new evidence, former Qwest Communications CEO Joe Nacchio has asked a Denver federal court for a new trial less than a month before he is to start serving a six-year prison term for insider trading.

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Scrappy Rocky Mountain News closing its doors

The Rocky Mountain News has long been a scrapper: It beat the Cherry Creek Pioneer by 20 minutes to become Denver's first newspaper on April 23, 1859, and it survived an 1864 flood that swept away its building.

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JOAs are a dying breed amid changing markets

The joint operating agreements that were meant to save dying publications in two-newspaper cities like Denver are themselves dying off.

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SEC's civil lawsuit still awaits Nacchio

A court ruling Wednesday reinstating the insider-trading conviction of Joe Nacchio doesn't end the former Qwest chief executive officer's legal battles.

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DeVotchKa heads to ski slopes, instruments in tow

The Denver quartet DeVotchKa formed more than a decade ago, but it wasn't until they worked on the soundtrack for "Little Miss Sunshine" that wider audiences got to hear their blend of accordion, theremin, guitar, sousaphone, strings, piano and trumpet.

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New home door locks can be controlled online

What if locking the front door of your home while you're away were as easy as hopping on the Internet?

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Denver band Flobots all over town during DNC

Colored wristbands run halfway up Stephen Brackett's arm, each one marking a show he and his band, the Flobots, have played the last several days.

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