The Wage and Hour Division conducted a separate investigation that disclosed 77 child labor violations involving 15 underage employees and also found 59 workers were due a total of $56,285 in back wages for minimum wage and overtime violations. [...]
This year that will be easier thanks to the Buy Local Week kickoff party this Saturday at 6 p.m. The party, taking place at Swallow Hill, is primarily free and will launch Buy Local Week, November 30 through December 6. [...]
It turns out Kristen Diane Parker was just the first of many to get busted lurking in the hallways of local hospitals, stealing medications from their patients. [...]
Local retailers are still unsure whether this will be a good shopping year or a bad one, like last year. Macerich Company, which runs FlatIron Crossing Mall in Broomfield, is openly skeptical. [...]
The Wheat Ridge car dealer believes President Barack Obama might just be a jihadist. In Wolf's world, the president still lacks a legitimate birth certificate, despite evidence to the contrary, and the president might be connected to the shooting massacre at the Fort Hood U.S. Army post. [...]
The Denver Post's Troy Renck reports that catcher Yorvit Torrealba turned down a two-year, $4.5 million deal from the Rockies recently and is expected to jump ship. [...]
It took heated town hall meetings, intense deliberation, and presidential intervention for the U.S. Senate to arrive at a last-minute deal on Saturday to simply begin debating a massive, $848 billion health-care-reform bill. [...]
It took heated town hall meetings, intense deliberation, and presidential intervention for the U.S. Senate to arrive at a last-minute deal on Saturday to simply begin debating a massive, $848 billion health-care-reform bill. [...]
A single-engine plane flew over downtown Denver today towing a banner labeled "Salazar the Slaughter Czar," presumably referring to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's plan for wild-horse reserves in the West. [...]
In Europe, the decorated American skier requires a five-bodyguard escort to leave a race, yet in the U.S., she can stand in relative anonymity at the base of a mountain without garnering as much as a "hello." [...]
The Sierra Club estimates LED lights use just 10 percent of the energy of regular lights, an approximate $50 savings on electricity bills over the holiday season. [...]
In Colorado, there were 12,468 foreclosure filings in the third quarter, setting an all-time quarterly record. That's the fourth consecutive quarter in which foreclosures in Colorado have increased. [...]
The former Congressman and presidential candidate made waves recently when he announced he "fully" intends to seek the Republican Party nomination for Colorado governor. [...]
The Buffs took a 21-10 lead into the third quarter during last night's game, but they couldn't capitalize on the many mistakes of the two inexperienced quarterbacks Oklahoma State put on the field.' [...]
Jeanne-Claude, one half of the art team working on the controversial "Over The River" installation project on the Arkansas River, died yesterday in Manhattan, where she lived with her husband, Christo. [...]
Usually, when Colorado Public Radio asks its listeners for cash, the station keeps it. But between November 30 and December 2, CPR, known for its love of classical music, will conduct a rare, on-air fundraising drive. [...]
Despite some kind of promotional relationship with that cute Esurance gal, the future of the Monolith festival is "very grim." Those words come straight from the "Monolith team" that puts on the two-day indie-music festival at Red Rocks. [...]
Besides providing the famous Belgian fruit ales (peche, kriek, and framboise), the bar lays claim to a $44 (750 ml) bottle of "sparkling divine drink," also known as Deus-Brut de Flandres. [...]
Made from French hybrid Chambourcin grapes, the wine is deep cherry in color, smells of dark plums and black currant, and is slightly sweet, but not overbearing like many ports. [...]
Colorado Avalanche backup goalie Peter Budaj hasn't had many opportunities in the net this season, thanks to the stellar play of goalie Craig Anderson. And last night, Budaj proved there's been a good reason for that.' [...]
As the U.S. Senate rolled out an $849 billion health-care-reform bill yesterday, you may have missed the other big policy story of the day. In an impassioned plea that fell on many deaf ears, Colorado's senior senator argued that something needed to be done about credit card gouging. [...]
Compared to nearby states, Colorado is falling behind when it comes to winning new jobs that increase earnings, according to a new report, "Toward a More Competitive Colorado." [...]
Convicted "balloon boy" hoaxter Richard Heene and his family were caught by TMZ exiting a sushi restaurant in New York, where they were meeting with the network that put them on "Wife Swap." [...]
Twenty years ago, Bredo Morstoel died of heart failure. His body was put into a steel casket, the casket was put into a Tuff Shed in Nederland, and each month Bo Shaffer piles dry ice onto it to make sure Morstoel stays nice and chilly. [...]
Groupon.com has taken an interesting approach to delivering discounts to consumers, and, refreshingly, it seems mutually beneficial. They call it "collective buying power," and I've checked it out for the past week to see how it works.' [...]
Carmelo Anthony is third in the NBA in scoring, at nearly 30 points per game, having six games with 30 or more points and two 40-plus-point nights. [...]
