 Big campaign contributors land lucrative school building contracts
 Every year from 2007 through 2010, Adams County voters in the Mapleton School District were asked to approve a massive reconstruction of their school buildings. State Land Board clears oil and gas lease for 26,000 acres east of Aurora
Colorado's State Land Board has approved a controversial metro-Denver drilling project, voting this morning to approve a deal with ConocoPhillips that will bring $137 million for a lease to tap oil and gas under 26,000 acres east of Aurora. Snow showers possible in Denver today, warmer weather over weekend
Uzbek refugee Jamshid Muhtorov has been placed in a special housing unit for his own protection because inmates housed in the same jail may believe he is on the same level as the terrorists involved in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, federal court records show. Drivers lose control on slick Parker Road
Two drivers lost control of their vehicles this morning on a stretch of road just north of Parker. |
 US stocks slip; Yelp jumps 60 percent after IPO
 Stock indexes crept lower Friday, putting the Dow Jones industrial average on track for its third losing week this year. The Dow fell 9 points to 12,970 as of 2:30 p.m. Eastern time. That's a loss of 0.1 percent. American Express Co. dropped 1.1 percent, the biggest fall among the 30 companies in the Dow. Sony Pictures pulling out of downtown Albuquerque
Sony Pictures Imageworks is closing its downtown Albuquerque studio this July when the company's lease expires. Whole Foods in Basalt to fill 100 positions
Whole Foods Market anticipates that it will start taking applications in early June to fill scores of positions at a new store in Basalt, a store official said Thursday. |
 Interior Department: Reps. Cory Gardner and Doug Lamborn are wrong
 The Interior Department says Republican Reps. Cory Gardner and Doug Lamborn are just plain wrong. Total oil production on federal lands has increased by 13 percent in the first three years of the Obama administration and 2011 was the second best year for natural gas production on public lands in this decade. Sen. Bennet endorses gay marriage
Democrat Sen. Michael Bennet, a national co-chair for President Barack Obama's re-election bid, said this week that he supports rights for gay couples to marry. Female Colorado senators to remember 1st elected
Female lawmakers in Colorado are donning antique hats and giving out cupcakes to mark 100 years since the election of Colorado's first female state senator. |
 MLB expands playoff format from 8 teams to 10
 Major League Baseball expanded its playoff format to 10 teams Friday, adding a second wild-card in each league. The decision establishes a new one-game, wild-card round in each league between the teams with the best records who are not division winners, meaning a third-place team could win the World Series. The latest on free agent Wilson Chandler
The March 1st offer-sheet deadline has come and passed, so it appears that free agent Wilson Chandler can only sign with one NBA team this season – the Denver Nuggets. Team Helton takes on Team Giambi in Rockies intra-squad game
It's Team Helton vs. Team Giambi in the quasi-first game of spring training. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. today at Salt River Fields. |
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