GOING GLOBAL
6th is where the University of Colorado ranks nationally for the number of students who have received Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships for study abroad this academic year - 10 students in all.
The top six U.S. colleges and the scholarships awarded:
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New York University 19
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University of California at Los Angeles 19
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 14
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Evergreen State College, Washington 13
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Spelman College, Georgia 12
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CU 10
Other Colorado colleges with students receiving the scholarships of up to $5,000: Colorado State University, 2; Fort Lewis College, 2; the University of Colorado at Denver, 1; and the University of Denver, 1.
Source: Gilman International Scholarship Program
THEY SAID IT
"I think it's entirely possible somebody could have gotten irradiated . . . without being accounted for."
Jack Weaver
former deputy director of plutonium operations at the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant, on the government's search for ill workers 18
UFO ABODE SOLD
An out-of-this-world house featured in Saturday's Extra! has been sold for a down-to- Earth price. The flying saucer- shaped home - which Extra! compared with Colorado's Sleeper House - went for $135,000 at auction in Chattanooga, Tenn.
IT'S A WINNER
A Powerball ticket sold in Denver matched the first five numbers in Saturday's drawing to win the game's second prize of $200,000. The Colorado Lottery says the ticket was sold at a Circle K convenience store on Chambers Road.
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