Colorado lawmakers debating big changes to how state spends its money

Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 25th, 11:03 am

DENVER (AP) — Facing another year of dwindling budgets, Colorado politicians are proposing sweeping changes to how the state spends its money.

But opinions vary widely about how Colorado should makeover its checkbook to smooth painful budget cuts.

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Colo. unemployment rate inches up to 8.8 percent despite 4 straight months of job growth

Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 25th, 11:58 am

DENVER (AP) — Colorado's unemployment rate has inched up slightly despite four straight months of job growth.

The state labor department said Tuesday that Colorado's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in December increased two-tenths of a percentage point to 8.8 percent.

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Town Hall Arts Center Presents: The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 25th, 10:48 am

The spirited tale of a legendary, real-life American original follows the exploits of feisty Molly Brown, as she marries a lucky prospector, enters the highest echelons of European society, survives the sinking of the Titanic and, most importantly, earns the approval she so desperately seeks of those ‘Beautiful People of Denver’. Music and lyrics by Meredith Willson. Book by Richard Morris.

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Man accused of stalking young girls on Facebook

Submitted by Anonymous on Friday, January 21st, 2:24 pm

LITTLETON, Colo. -- A teenage dance student says a 20-year-old man used her Facebook Page to make advances toward other students at the dance school in Littleton, some as young as 9-years-old.

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Bullet found at Highlands Ranch elementary school

Submitted by KDVR Web Staff

Thursday, January 20th, 2011, 10:23pm

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. -- A bullet was discovered Thursday inside a Highlands Ranch Elementary School, according to a letter sent home to parents.

A student found the bullet on the floor in the cafeteria after lunch at Redstone Elementary School, located in the 9900 block of Glenstone Circle.

The bullet was immediately turned in.

The school says there was no immediate threat, but it's not clear how the bullet got there.

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Boy, 10, faces felony charges in townhome fire

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Wednesday, January 19th, 2011, 1:31pm

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. -- A 10-year-old boy faces felony juvenile charges for what his parents say was an accident.

It happened last May when Tina Christenson’s son, Jacob, and his friend found a lighter and set a piece of paper ablaze. The flames spread to a bush, and then to a townhome.

The fire caused $100,000 in damage.

"He understands that what he did was horribly bad," Tina Christenson told us. “All he saw in his mind and in his thinking was lighting the piece of paper on fire, letting it go out, stomping it out, and that was it. I know he did not see beyond what could possibly happen."

She says Jacob knows what he did was wrong, and he needs to be held accountable. But -in her view- the felony charges are excessive.

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Silence could make Coloradans organ donors under proposed bill

Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 19th, 10:05 am

DENVER (AP) -- Colorado drivers sign up for organ and tissue donation at higher rates than in any other state. But state lawmakers are considering a first-in-the-nation change so that people getting driver's licenses would be presumed organ donors unless they indicate otherwise.

The "presumed consent" process has been considered in Delaware, Illinois and New York. But so far no state has adopted the measure amid ethical fears that "presumed consent" opt-out donation programs are coercive.

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