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On Sundays, Jeanne McEvoy sits in the office of her Loveland, Colo., liquor store and turns away customers.
Colorado, with its large population of independent voters, could become the ultimate battleground state in the general election.
Colorado led the nation with a 73 percent increase in the number of children living in poverty over six years, according to a new report
A Colorado legislator was ordered to leave the podium of the state House of Representatives on Monday because he called Mexican workers "illiterate peasants"
A Colorado woman is being pursued as a "person of interest" in connection with phone calls that triggered the raid of a Texas polygamist ranch, authorities said Friday.
Firefighters were hoping rain and snow Wednesday would help them quell blazes that scorched thousands of acres, forced hundreds of residents to evacuate, and killed three
Not long ago, I got an illuminating e-mail from a woman who went off about how the federal government had to stop the "invasion" of illegal immigrants from Mexico and how the Mexican government had to stop its people from crossing into the United States without proper documents.
BIGGEST CLIMB: Carolina (14 to 9) BIGGEST FALL: Colorado (8 to 15)
The number of suspected salmonella cases linked to an outbreak in this southern Colorado town topped 200 Sunday
It could be three more weeks before residents of a southern Colorado town can drink water straight from the tap after dozens of cases of salmonella poisoning were linked to municipal water, putting seven people in the hospital
On Sundays, Jeanne McEvoy sits in the office of her Loveland, Colo., liquor store and turns away customers.
Colorado, with its large population of independent voters, could become the ultimate battleground state in the general election.
Colorado led the nation with a 73 percent increase in the number of children living in poverty over six years, according to a new report
A Colorado legislator was ordered to leave the podium of the state House of Representatives on Monday because he called Mexican workers "illiterate peasants"
A Colorado woman is being pursued as a "person of interest" in connection with phone calls that triggered the raid of a Texas polygamist ranch, authorities said Friday.
Firefighters were hoping rain and snow Wednesday would help them quell blazes that scorched thousands of acres, forced hundreds of residents to evacuate, and killed three
Not long ago, I got an illuminating e-mail from a woman who went off about how the federal government had to stop the "invasion" of illegal immigrants from Mexico and how the Mexican government had to stop its people from crossing into the United States without proper documents.
BIGGEST CLIMB: Carolina (14 to 9) BIGGEST FALL: Colorado (8 to 15)
The number of suspected salmonella cases linked to an outbreak in this southern Colorado town topped 200 Sunday
It could be three more weeks before residents of a southern Colorado town can drink water straight from the tap after dozens of cases of salmonella poisoning were linked to municipal water, putting seven people in the hospital
BIGGEST CLIMB: Colorado (14 to 9) BIGGEST FALL: Boston (8 to 14)
Shares of Level 3, the Broomfield, Colo., telco wholesaler, fell 13% Monday after co-founder and president Kevin O'Hara resigned. The move raises concerns about the health of the company's business amid a weak wholesale market.
BIGGEST CLIMB: Boston (12 to 8), Colorado (18 to 14) BIGGEST FALL: St. Louis (21 to 27)
Question: My 63-year-old mother earns about $1,200 a month, has $90,000 in savings and, as a result of a recent refinancing, has a $90,000 30-year mortgage. In three years she will begin collecting an estimated $1,300 a month from Social Security. A financial adviser suggests she put $60,000 into a variable annuity that is guaranteed to double in value in 10 years. Is this a good idea? --David, Denver, Colorado
BIGGEST CLIMB: N.Y. Rangers (19 to 13) BIGGEST FALL: Philadelphia (6 to 11), Colorado (11 to 16)
Question: My 53-year-old unemployed sister has recently received a small amount of money, probably $5,000 to $10,000. She wants to know how to invest it, but she finds financial matters confusing. I've tried to help her before, but like many people who are waiting for the big lottery win, she seems to lack the discipline to manage money effectively. I want to help her, but I struggle advising her and other family members because of the huge gap between my financial status and theirs. Is there some wise advice I can give to someone in her circumstances? --Ken, Colorado
Dear FSB: Our guitar store is struggling at its size. If we subdivided our space, what types of businesses should we consider to fill the empty space? What other concerns should we look out for?
BIGGEST CLIMB: Edmonton (27 to 21) BIGGEST FALL: Colorado (11 to 15), Toronto (26 to 30)
Nine people were killed and 19 injured after a tour bus carrying people on a ski trip left a highway and rolled over Sunday night in southeastern Utah, a highway patrol spokesman said.
A Colorado man terrorized by threats after testifying against his daughter's abusive boyfriend says he has spent $10,000 on a security system, hired a bodyguard for his son's wedding and never leaves home without a .45-caliber handgun strapped to his chest.
Rather than let units go unfilled in their prime season, ski-condo owners post discounted prices online to entice spontaneous folks (and procrastinators) to book at the last minute. Prices dip lower as the deadline approaches. "I tell my friends to search about a week in advance," says Tony Lopes, manager of Ownerdirect.com, which lists condo rentals all over the world, including at many ski resorts.
Colorado could become the first state to vote on whether embryos should be considered people. Nationwide, however, the anti-abortion movement appears to be fracturing
BIGGEST CLIMB: Atlanta (27 to 21) BIGGEST FALL: Colorado (4 to 9)
We're on the road to Las Vegas, Nevada. That's where CNN and the Nevada Democratic Party will hold a presidential debate Thursday.
Touring a drilling site on a dusty mountain plateau above Rifle, Colo., Harold Vinegar stops, grins and then announces out of the blue, "I love that smell!"
Who'll it be this weekend? Which fat and happy and favorite will be the latest victim in this, the Year of the Upset? Which are the fans whose face paint will be streaked with tears? (I personally suspect No. 1 LSU is walking into a trap at Kentucky.)
Five workers who died in a hydroelectric plant fire Tuesday initially radioed to authorities to say they were not injured, company officials said.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) -- Medical tests confirm Colorado State star Kory Sperry has a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, ending the senior's season.
Some consumers pay $5 or $6 a gallon for organic milk, up to twice as much as the conventional kind. They're not always getting their money's worth.
While most Americans continue to get fatter, Coloradans stand out as being among the fittest in the country, the Trust for America's Health says.
It's so hard to choose.
The golfing great offers a hole-by-hole guide to the links he personally designed for the Red Sky Golf Club in the Colorado mountains.
Dear Annie: I started a new job in human resources at a medium-sized company about six months ago, and one of the tasks I took on (because I had done it successfully elsewhere) was starting up a formal mentoring program here.
Colorado has been overmatched in the NL West for nearly a decade, not having finished above fourth place since 1998. But even while losing, the Rockies have always been a solid source of offensive fantasy talent. This year should be no different.
Note: All statistics are through Sunday.
Up the mountain from the Steamboat Springs Ski Resort, atmospheric scientists have studied everything from snow crystals and pollution to the impact of ultraviolet radiation on vegetation.
The worry used to be that illegal immigrants were stealing welfare. Then it was jobs. Now, we're told, they're stealing people's identities.
FSB gets a taste of why business is booming at craft breweries.By Christopher S. Stewart, FSB Magazine
The idea of an 800 number was fairly new 26 years ago when the Turkey Talk-Line started, yet 11,000 people called. At the time there were only seven phone representatives.
The pain continues for some hard-pressed homeowners: Foreclosure filings leaped again last month to their highest levels of the year, indicating many Americans are facing difficulties paying their mortgages.
Colorado school gunman Duane Morrison used to run haunted houses and was interested in guns and the outdoors, according to published reports.
If realtors are trying to put Randy Calhoun out of business, he has yet to feel the heat.
The fired air traffic controller suspected of planting bombs at the homes of his former co-workers last month has been arrested in Utah, Colorado police announced Thursday.
Nebraska Lottery officials said Monday they believe they were the victims of a hoax after a call from a potential winner of a $365 million Powerball prize turned out to be from a Colorado radio station.
The Justice Department on Friday announced a 65-count indictment against 11 environmental activists accused of ecoterrorism attacks in five states.
Resources to help you plan your leaf-peeping adventures:
Cruising down the highway is more than just a summer ritual, it can be a hazard too. The National Highway Safety Administration says summer is one of the most dangerous times of the year for young drivers.
The highways hum at rush hour in Denver, Colorado, with more than a million commuters fighting a daily battle for space and time.
Nearly 20 people were injured Saturday in an explosion at a secluded mountain lodge near Grand Junction, Colorado, hospital and law enforcement officials said.
Politicians are trying to legislate free speech on college campuses. Is that a good idea?
Q. My wife and I have three-year-old twins. We don't like to invest, so we'd rather use any grandparent gifts to help pay off our mortgage early than have to manage college savings accounts. Is tha...
Q. My wife and I have three-year-old twins. We don't like to invest, so we'd rather use any grandparent gifts to help pay off our mortgage early than have to manage college savings accounts. Is that a bad idea?
Money talks everywhere. But on American mountains these days, it practically shouts.
NBC Sports President Dick Ebersol was injured when a plane carrying him and five other people crashed and burned on takeoff in southwestern Colorado, the network said in its nightly news program.
A stretch of Interstate 70 in western Colorado was closed indefinitely Thursday after what officials called a "very severe" rock slide, forcing motorists to take a detour of more than 200 miles.
Democratic state Rep. John Salazar will win his tight battle for retiring Rep. Scott McInnis' open seat in Colorado, CNN projects.
Here's the nightmare scenario: it's Nov. 3, the morning after the presidential election, and there is no winner.
My wife and I are newlyweds and have just begun saving for a home. We put $6,500 into a money-market account at our local bank that pays just 0.3 percent interest. I noticed that several banks on the Internet are paying 2 percent on their money-market accounts for the same deposit. Can there really be such a huge difference in rates -- and is it worthwhile for me to switch?
With three new polls showing the race a dead heat, the Kerry-Edwards campaign launches a pre-convention tour in Colorado today with a new Web site, a new "army of patriots," a new Ohio supporter (Dennis Kucinich) and, most importantly, a new labor deal between Boston's police union and Mayor Tom Menino. (Camp Kerry's code word du jour: "new." More on this below.)
Women may still have trouble breaking through the corporate glass ceiling, but they rule in small business, according to a recent survey by the Center for Women's Business Research. Between 1997 an...
A 40-ton steel support girder on an overpass west of Denver, Colorado, collapsed onto Interstate 70 on Saturday, killing three people and blocking eastbound traffic on the interstate, a state official said.
Gov. Bill Owens signed Colorado's first-in-the-nation college voucher plan into law Monday, calling it a landmark step that will empower thousands of students.
A British balloonist soared into the Colorado sky Tuesday in an open wicker basket, saying he reached 42,000 feet in what would be a world record for a gas and hot air balloon.
University of Colorado head football coach Gary Barnett was suspended from his duties Wednesday, a day after he made disparaging comments about Katie Hnida, a former Colorado kicker who alleges she was raped by a teammate. Also Thursday, a sixth woman came forward and claimed a Colorado player raped her.
This year's flu vaccine had little or no effectiveness against influenza-like illnesses, according to a preliminary study released Thursday.
NO SNOW JOB You can schuss your way into some serious ski bargains in January, when resorts are eager to fill their hills between the December holidays and President's Day weekend.
ILENE MATTESON LITTLETON, COLO.
Lizardhead Brewing Co. CORTEZ, COLO.
In the minds of many Americans, serious skiing takes place primarily at a small number of elite resorts located in Colorado, with Aspen and Vail at or near the top of any short list. The reasons ar...
--CAMPING The National Parks Less Traveled.
$10 Box seats for a Yankees game at Legends Field in Tampa during baseball's spring training cost $16 less than they do in the Bronx. Find all the teams' schedules and nearby hotels on the Web at w...
Few things pique the appetite like skiing. But after a day full of double black diamonds, it's nice to dig in to something more civilized than a burger. These western outposts offer high-end dining...
Planning to pop a few corks soon? We asked Thomas Matthews of Wine Spectator and Jean-Louis Carbonnier of the Champagne Wines Information Bureau to name restaurants that offer an impressive variety...
The American dream once meant owning the house where you lived. These days, for 10% of American households, it also means owning a place where you can escape from it all. And why not? What's more a...
Of course it's unfair that all your friends were off skiing in exotic places during the holidays while you were stuck with the in-laws. But they booked their vacations last summer. Is it too late t...
Toasters, hell! Red-blooded bank depositors who can't abide sissy premiums can get a shotgun or a rifle when they buy CDs from Colorado's Bank of Boulder. Boulder's program picks up steam in late J...
HOPING TO HELP OTHERS AVOID TRANSFUSION-related AIDS, the killer of both her parents (see page 145), Joleen Swain Ottosen of Woodland Park, Colo. has written The Blood Conspiracy (Aspen Leaf Press,...
Regulators and members of Congress are becoming increasingly alarmed by the ways that banks are selling mutual funds, both their own and those run by other companies. Bank sales of load funds (whic...
More discipline and higher standards. It sounds like a recipe for military reform, but respondents to MONEY's March Readers' Poll believe it is also the answer to the question we posed: How would y...
-- Grab the goodies that dozens of public companies offer shareholders. Buying even one share of Walt Disney ($37.50), for example, gets you up to 40% off lodging at selected Disney resorts. Snag R...
There's only one leading indicator in the ski industry: snow. And not the fake stuff made on the slopes. When real snow comes down, the skiers come up -- even if they're buried in recession. In the...
The 10% to 25% domestic air-fare price cuts that were announced last month by most major carriers take effect Jan. 7 and generally end March 31. If you plan to travel to Arizona, Colorado or parts ...
They're more rugged than glamorous. And they certainly aren't cheap: At $300,000, a 4,000-square-foot example costs as much as a conventional brick dwelling. So why have Walt Disney CEO Michael Eis...
A federal tax hike that took effect this year could raise your state taxes too. Under the new rule, you must reduce certain itemized deductions on your federal return by 3% of any portion of your a...
In the mid-1980s, homeowners trembled over the health risks posed by radon, the odorless cancer-causing gas that the Environmental Protection Agency estimates is found in unhealthful concentrations...
You surely must have been kidding when you published your April cover story, ''Who Cheats on Their Income Taxes?'' They all do! You also must have been kidding when you wrote the following: ''Volun...
Companies that knowingly pollute can no longer count on their insurance policies to cover the cleanup costs. A California superior court jury decided that Shell Oil was aware that it was damaging t...
On a rolling prairie near Pueblo, Colorado, black smoke billows from the tumbled wreckage of a freight train. Two figures wearing white hard hats watch as a lone fireman edges toward an upended tan...
LAKEWOOD, COLORADO -- High school band directors ((have)) been ordered to wear earplugs during indoor rehearsals because of worker compensation cases . . . Band directors in the school district . ....
Homeowners beware. A fictitious firm, Jefferson Financial Services, passing itself off as a savings institution, recently sent letters to 3,000 Colorado property holders informing them that it had ...
If you prefer sipping pina coladas at poolside to poring over prospectuses and performance data, then you are a candidate for a hands-off approach to mutual fund investing. The goal: to build a por...
There were two signals in September that bankers expect interest rates to rise -- sooner and later. The near-term indicator: rates moved up slightly during the month, raising the national average f...
This ski season's forecast calls for several resort operators taking a powder on a base of deep gloom. Lift ticket sales rose less than 1% last year, far from the rapid growth of the Sixties and Se...
As house prices climb -- up 10.7% in the past year -- more buyers are extending their finances by turning to lower-interest adjustable-rate mortgages. Last month the average ARM hovered at 8.48%, c...
''WHAT DO YOU expect for 300 calories?'' asks the narrator of a new set of commercials running on television screens across the country. With Beethoven's ''Ode to Joy'' providing background flavor,...
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