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Colorado River recreation generating money, jobs

Last updated Friday, May 4, 2012 - 5:43pm

DENVER -- Recreation on the Colorado River and its tributaries contributes about $17 billion in direct spending annually to the economies of six of the states that depend on its water, according to a study released Friday.

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New oil shale plan limits land open for research

Catherine Tsai The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 3, 2012 - 4:19pm

DENVER — The federal government’s new plan for oil shale development on public lands would keep activity off thousands of acres of environmentally sensitive areas, with new leases initially being issued strictly for research on how to commercially produce oil from oil shale in Utah, Wyoming and Colorado.

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Poll shows Westerners favor carbon cuts

Catherine Tsai The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 11:01pm

DENVER -- A survey of voters in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Utah and New Mexico shows that a substantial portion aren't convinced that action needs to be taken on global warming.

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Tail end of storms blast Western states

Catherine Tsai, The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, December 31, 2010 - 10:57am

DENVER -- Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico struggled against the tail end of storms New Year's Eve that left more westerly states recovering from a wintertime onslaught of snow, rain and bitter wind.

Denver faced its heaviest snows of the season early Friday, while parts of Wyoming and New Mexico bundled up against stormy weather and frigid temperatures.

Phoenix braced for a subfreezing Friday morning, a rarity in the desert city.

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Teacher tackles gunman supected in school shooting

Catherine Tsai, P. Solomon Banda The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 2:10pm

LITTLETON, Colo. -- The math teacher who has become a national hero after breaking up a potentially deadly school shooting near the site of the Columbine massacre said Wednesday that he was simply doing his job to protect his students from danger during his now-famous scuffle with the gunman.

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(The Associated Press) Denny Hanson, the company founder of Apex Sports Group, talks about the Apex ski book in Colorado.

New ski boot to be comfy but costly with a $1,295 price tag

Catherine Tsai The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 9:46pm

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

In mid-September, a company in Boulder will start selling a ski boot it says is so comfortable that skiers accustomed to having their feet clamped into rigid plastic shells will be able to walk around in their boots like snowboarders and maybe even drive.

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