I don't like the way the line has been abused this season. Overlays have triumphed, which is why you see so many of the handicappers' records in your paper above .500. The consensus of writers' panels always leans to the favorite. I said it after the first week, and then again after the second and the third: Look out for the dog. There is a great week of upsets coming. And so they did last week -- for the first half. Then things settled down.
Air fares are up, right? The short answer is yes -- 22 fare increases this year. But fares in some cities are flat or even down, as fierce competition keeps airlines from charging as much as they would like.
NEW YORK -- If you like football, and you like football players, you've got to be happy for two people this morning, regardless of your rooting interests: Brian Griese and Chad Pennington.
The Eagles were tremendous last night. All that stood between them and beating the best team in football on the road was a botched Donovan McNabb-to-Brian Westbrook handoff with nine minutes left at the Dallas 33, trying to expand on a three-point lead. That's a once- or twice-a-year event, that kind of stupid play, and it shouldn't take away from what the Eagles showed the country in a scintillating football game.
Sen. Barack Obama became the first African-American to lead a major party ticket Wednesday as he secured the Democratic Party's nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.
In the electoral college of rock, Joel Stein reports from Denver, the Democrats hold a commanding lead
Kanye West raising the roof. Charlize Theron leading the charge. Gwyneth Paltrow and Edward Norton stumping for the arts.
The last place Kathy Archuleta could have ever imagined she'd spend the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, was at a happy hour sponsored by the Republican Party.
One of Denver's best-kept secrets is just a seven-minute drive from downtown. With the Democratic National Convention in town this week, the Highlands Square shopping district near 32nd and Lowell hopes to get the word out.
I don't like the way the line has been abused this season. Overlays have triumphed, which is why you see so many of the handicappers' records in your paper above .500. The consensus of writers' panels always leans to the favorite. I said it after the first week, and then again after the second and the third: Look out for the dog. There is a great week of upsets coming. And so they did last week -- for the first half. Then things settled down.
Air fares are up, right? The short answer is yes -- 22 fare increases this year. But fares in some cities are flat or even down, as fierce competition keeps airlines from charging as much as they would like.
NEW YORK -- If you like football, and you like football players, you've got to be happy for two people this morning, regardless of your rooting interests: Brian Griese and Chad Pennington.
The Eagles were tremendous last night. All that stood between them and beating the best team in football on the road was a botched Donovan McNabb-to-Brian Westbrook handoff with nine minutes left at the Dallas 33, trying to expand on a three-point lead. That's a once- or twice-a-year event, that kind of stupid play, and it shouldn't take away from what the Eagles showed the country in a scintillating football game.
Sen. Barack Obama became the first African-American to lead a major party ticket Wednesday as he secured the Democratic Party's nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.
In the electoral college of rock, Joel Stein reports from Denver, the Democrats hold a commanding lead
Kanye West raising the roof. Charlize Theron leading the charge. Gwyneth Paltrow and Edward Norton stumping for the arts.
The last place Kathy Archuleta could have ever imagined she'd spend the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, was at a happy hour sponsored by the Republican Party.
One of Denver's best-kept secrets is just a seven-minute drive from downtown. With the Democratic National Convention in town this week, the Highlands Square shopping district near 32nd and Lowell hopes to get the word out.
The would-be first lady is prepared for her prime-time convention speech – but what to wear?
With $100 million in federal taxpayer funds, the U.S. Secret Service has transformed the two cities playing host to the national political conventions into high-tech fortresses.
The Democratic National Convention -- and a quirky Colorado radio show -- promise to bring environmentalism to the forefront of the U.S. political agenda once and for all
An Arapahoe County Jail inmate was charged in federal court Friday with mailing a threatening letter to Sen. John McCain's Denver, Colorado, campaign office, according to the U.S. Attorney's office in Denver.
The city is a pioneer of pay for performance, but a teachers' contract fight threatens its role model status
On August 25, the Democrats meet in Denver, Colorado, and a week later, the Republicans gather in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota.
A report on three heart transplants involving babies is focusing attention on a touchy issue in the organ donation field: When and how can someone be declared dead?
High-alcohol brews, known in the trade as big or extreme beers, are among many craft beers that are grabbing a growing market share in the United States
Kept away from the action in 2004, protesters have taken their cases to federal courts in Denver and St. Paul, Minn., in hopes that their efforts might hit their intended targets
At almost 8,500 feet in the Rockies, it can take a few breaths to walk up Central City's steep granite hills lined with Victorian homes, souvenir shops -- and an opera house that has served 19th-century gold miners as well as modern-day visitors.
You get what you pay for. And that means you don't get much anytime you fly these days.
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
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
Dear FSB: I just started a financial services research company here in Denver that provides financial data analysis, market analysis, and international - especially Asian market - information. Can you provide some local resources to grow my business?
I started sewing when I was 4 years old. I was using my mother's sewing machine when I turned 10, and in college I earned extra money by making and mending clothes. I would buy $5 suits from thrift stores, and then rip the seams apart and reconstruct the jackets and pants to fit me.
If there is a heart to the city of Denver, it is the Weil family. Two years ago, Mayor John Hickenlooper even named a street named after the patriarch, Jack A. Weil, who at 106 still heads to work every morning at Rockmount Ranch Wear, the company he founded in 1946.
Some CNN.com readers make it a policy to stay home for the holidays, while for others, a tumultuous day at the airport is a small price to pay for turkey in the company of loved ones.
Denver and the small town of Hailey, Idaho, join the liberalizing trend toward rolling back the tough laws on pot
It seemed inevitable: to the 50,000-plus who showed up at Coors Field on Monday night, waving those white towels and adjusting their ski caps and chanting "Too-Low!"; to the hundreds of thousands more around the city, giddy with anticipation, who wore purple blouses and purple ties and smiled at strangers, buzzed on communal belief; to the street vendors selling purple brooms for $5 at the corner of 19th and Blake; hell, even to the players and managers themselves. Before the game, there was Bob Melvin, Arizona's manager, quietly telling reporters, without much conviction, "We just have to find a way to win that first one," while Rockies manager Clint Hurdle was basking in his team's surreal run, saying, "This is one of those things where you get everybody back 10, 20 years down the road and you have a reunion gig."
The weather can affect your travel, your mood and apparently the size of your family.
The travel industry is sinking billions of dollars into technology like online booking tools, check-in kiosks and phone systems that recognize your voice, promising it will make you next trip easier than ever.
A tuberculosis patient with a rare and dangerous form of the disease arrived at Denver's National Jewish Medical and Research Center for treatment Thursday
Carmelo Anthony never rebounds, Allen Iverson never passes, Kenyon Martin never plays, J.R. Smith won't be seen until October, the team makes too much money and coach George Karl is too volatile to be trusted with a pro club.
Out-of-town golfers may be susceptible to altitude sickness in Denver, but you certainly won't suffer from sticker shock: the cloudscraping city that marries modern office towers with Rocky Mountain views boasts some of the country's best affordable golf. Plus that extra yardage you gain from the thin air is a great ego-booster,especially when you're not thinning your wallet at the same time.
If you like surprises, basketball hasn't very good to you this year.
After more than 10 extraordinary seasons in Philadelphia -- his gutsy, MVP-worthy performances unfolding against the backdrop of his numerous clashes with authority -- Allen Iverson is aiming to lead the Nuggets to their first postseason series win in 13 years. At 31, the almost waifish guard with the third-highest career scoring average (27.9) in NBA history is sharing the spotlight with Denver's young star, Carmelo Anthony, and, three months after the trade that shook the NBA, finding peace.
While the bottom feeders in the Eastern Conference are seemingly doing their best to stay out of the playoff race (the difference between a legitimate shot at Greg Oden and a first-round sweep is frighteningly small), their West counterparts are battling for the conference's final two playoff spots.
Also in this column: • Bad karma for the Heat's Riley • Top 10: Coaching-salary curiosities • Scout's Take: Pistons are rolling
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First Christmas weekend. Now New Year's.
It's that time of the year again, and newspapers around the world been devoting more than a few column inches to Christmas news.
The blizzard bearing down on Denver is expected to delay packages arriving for Christmas but won't have a major impact on shipping outside the immediate region, FedEx and UPS said Thursday.
From Glenn Lowry's vantage point at the Museum of Modern Art, the momentum American museums enjoy today requires only more ... momentum.
Cycle your way out of traffic jams and high fuel costs -- without breaking a sweat.
Making $100,000 or more is nothing to sneeze at.
One of the most frustrating things about CDs and DVDs is that one bad scratch can render them worthless. Now a Denver startup called Scratch-Less Disc is marketing a version that can be clawed at, ...
Eco-Friendly developer Jonathan Rose, 53, has almost completed Highlands' Garden Village, a $102 million, 27-acre property ten minutes from downtown Denver. About 650 residents occupy 306 units, ra...
Several once high-flying housing markets in the United States have come down to earth recently. Could yours be next?
Golfing in Denver has its advantages. The beauty and majesty of the Rocky Mountains to frame your shots. The high altitude (and thin air) to give you a little extra oomph off the tee. And generally great golfing conditions in the summer and early fall.
Are you lucky when it comes to air travel? If you live near an airport that's the hub of a low-fare carrier, you are very lucky to be blessed with low prices and few restrictions. But unfortunately, air travel luck is not spread uniformly across the country, and major carriers continue to gouge where they are able.
If any trade seems to have been doomed by the Internet, it's the travel agent's. Yet nearly a decade after the industry's death was foretold, there remain solid reasons to consult a good one.
For the past five years the quality that has given residential real estate its magic glow is supreme "affordability." As interest rates kept plunging, Americans bought more and more expensive house...
"I wondered if it would be inevitable" that I would get breast cancer, says a young brunette in a dramatic TV ad that has been airing in Denver and Atlanta for the past six months; soon the campaig...
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For Tim and Barb Steier, the owners of a crop-dusting business in Blue Earth, Minn., the first aftershock of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks came on the following Saturday. While watchi...
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There's nothing like an inflight movie to make a cramped sojourn in coach class pass quickly. But what if you've already seen that sappy Julia Roberts film? Inmotion Pictures has an answer: In a gr...
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