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• Maine and the Democrats’ gay-marriage problem

  Progressives ought to demand their presidential candidates and presidents fully support gay marriage. [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:07pm EST
  

• Unlicensed drivers and traffic deaths in Colorado: 3 letters

  Re: “Illegal drivers’ havoc,” Nov. 3 news story. Regarding Colorado’s large number of motorists driving without a valid license, and their disproportionate involvement in traffic fatalities, it appears the state’s current penalties are ineffective. Even jail time does not deter many such motorists from getting back on the highway without being [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:05pm EST
  

• Hurdle will start new chapter with Rangers

  NEW YORK — I wasn’t surprised that teams wanted Clint Hurdle as a hitting instructor. Nor was I surprised that he landed the gig with the Texas Rangers, edging out four other finalists. Pity the guy that has to interview after Hurdle. He is as persuasive and charming as anyone [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:05pm EST
  

• Manuel entertains press before Game 6

  NEW YORK — Phillies manager Charlie Manuel humored the press tonight in his pregame chat. The primary topic was Ryan Howard and feelings. First, Manuel was asked if he considered dropping Howard in the lineup. In a word, no. “If my manager did that to me, I would have words with [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:23pm EST
  

• Live review: Hanson @ the Ogden Theatre

  Hanson — all grown up, and with such beautiful hair! Photos by Jennifer Cohen. Twelve years ago, when “MMMBop” was on the collective radios and lips of America, the Hanson brothers were three ambitious kids from Tulsa, Okla., vying for position among the now defunct boy-bands of the ‘90s. Not having [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:09pm EST
  

• Six degrees of Timberlake separation

  Here’s the trivia to end all football trivia this week. What does pop star Justin Timberlake have in common with both Colorado State and UNLV? Timberlake hosted a golf tournament in Las Vegas last month won by CSU alum Martin Laird. While [...] [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:05pm EST
  

• As long as it helps morale, Guv

  Gov. Ritter's administration shouldn't have spent $484 million in non-essential contract services during the time Ritter ordered a freeze on such purchases. [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:27pm EST
  

• Land owners to help fund 14th Street upgrades

  Private property owners along 14th Street voted Tuesday to contribute $4 million to the overall cost of a $14 million streetscaping project by forming a general improvement district. The remaining $10 million will be provided by the Better Denver Bond Program that was created in 2007. Through the public-private initiative, sidewalks will [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:25pm EST
  

• Weekly Event Round-up: Baby Buffalo, Trains, Mile High Magic, and more!

  Saturday. Bring your family to see North America’s largest land mammal right in Denver at Home on the Range out at The Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo by Rick Keen/DPRA, Inc.) Three ... [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:54am EST
  

• Just shocking …

  The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) just sent me a fax (that’s a “transfer of a facsimile through telephone lines” for those of you in the 21st century) highlighting the least scandalous political news I’ve heard in years: Republican congressional frontrunner Cory Gardner is a former Democrat who realized in college [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:36am EST
  

• “Mad Men,” JFK and Aquanet

  While digesting the clever interweaving of the JFK assassination into the fictional storyline of “Mad Men”….love the fact that Harry Crane (Rich Sommer), the head of the TV department and thus the guy who watches TV for a living, missed the initial CBS bulletin. I realized Matt Weiner has been [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:53am EST
  

• New condos for Broomfield

  Ascent Builders Inc. is planning a 20-unit condominium development in Broomfield on land it bought from Engle Homes. Fairwind at McKay, at 14300 Waterside Lane near 144th and Zuni streets, will feature two- and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 1,100 square feet to 1,400 square feet with attached garages and [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:10am EST
  

• CU’s Hagan will stick with what he has

  There has been some Internet chatter among CU fans wondering if redshirt-freshman safety Ray Polk might move back to running back, now that the stable is without Darrell Scott. Don’t look for that to happen. Defensive backs coach Greg Brown said moving Polk to the starting lineup has really solidified the secondary. And [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:38am EST
  

• One Whole Duck, A Whole Lotta Meals

  Last summer I helped my friend Marliee Gilman slaughter and process about 24 fat ducks. Marliee and her husband Charlie have a beautiful farm in Hotchkiss, Colorado and they have grown or raised just about everything: from pigs to cutter bees to blue corn tortilla chips. Anyway, when Marliee told [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:55am EST
  

• The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook iPhone, iPod Touch App

  Have you ever had one of those situations as a mom when your child is stung by a bee at the park and you do not know what the heck to do? Well, great news, ... [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:01pm EST