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Rocky used Twitter to report its closure 8 comments

February 27, 2009

When Scripps CEO Rich Boehne announced he was closing the Rocky Mountain News, we used Twitter to report the event live. Comments were copied and pasted from Twitter. You will need to read them in reverse order, starting at the bottom of the page.

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Rocky used Twitter to report its closure 8 comments

February 27, 2009

When Scripps CEO Rich Boehne announced he was closing the Rocky Mountain News, we used Twitter to report the event live. Comments were copied and pasted from Twitter. You will need to read them in reverse order, starting at the bottom of the page.

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Deadly Denial »

Sick Rocky Flats workers can't wait any longer for payments 4 comments

February 4, 2009

When Mark Udall represented Colorado's 2nd Congressional District, one issue that never slipped far from the top of his agenda was ensuring some sort of justice for civilian employees who got sick after working at the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant.

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Denver @ 150 »

By hook or crook, Denver scores

November 20, 2008

Happy birthday, Denver! Tomorrow. Generally, I'm not one to assume anything. But looking back over the past 149 years, the odds seem good the city of Denver will have no problem turning 150 years old Saturday. After all, Denverites have always seemed to find a way.

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Rocky At 150 »

February 27, 1978: DCPA's mixed debut

February 26, 2009

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts did for music and theater what Apollo 11 did for moonwalking - it elevated the arts in Colorado's capital to a place it had not been before.

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Frontier Bankruptcy »

Frontier loses $28 million in January on reorganization, fuel costs

February 26, 2009

Bankrupt Frontier Airlines reported a $28 million net loss in January.

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The Legend of Caribou »

BROWN: Stars came out before Caribou 3 comments

February 2, 2008

With Caribou Ranch opening its gates for the first time in years for our special report last week, music fans were reminded of the big names that came there: Elton John, John Lennon, Joe Walsh.

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Tim Masters »

Ex-cop recounts spy tactics 2 comments

November 8, 2007

3:35 p.m. A former Fort Collins investigator testifies he isn't sure why he never documented an elaborate surveillance operation in connection with Peggy Hettrick's 1987 murder.

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Colorado Oil and Gas »

At the confluence of clashing cultures

December 12, 2007

Workers flooding northwest Colorado to participate in the state's unprecedented natural gas boom are taking shelter where they can find it, and many are ending up in the convivial, home-on-wheels environment of RV parks.

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Rocky Flats Nuclear Workers »

Flats protesters return, reflect 17 comments

April 14, 2008

It's just a wide spot on Colorado 93 now, but 30 years ago the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant loomed just over the horizon.

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RTD Fastracks »

RTD cost-cutting hits Sixth Avenue segment hard 4 comments

October 26, 2007

We stashed one of our cars at the Cold Spring park-n-Ride on Union Boulevard and began the final day of our hike along the West Corridor light-rail line.

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Darrent Williams »

Letter implicates Bronco’s killer 37 comments

May 30, 2008

The Rocky Mountain News has obtained a copy of a letter believed to be signed by a 26-year-old gang member that says he fired the shots that killed Denver Broncos player Darrent Williams.

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Aarone Thompson »

Chief 'fiercely proud' of officers' hard work

May 18, 2007

When Daniel Oates became Aurora's police chief 18 months ago, the department was under fire for not arresting serial rapist Brent J. Brents before he committed a string of sex crimes.

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Immigration »

Griego: This river churns relentlessly, tossing two cultures together 4 comments

April 27, 2007

Were you to measure this street - Border Street, as it has been called here, though it appears on city maps by another name and in neighborhood memory by yet another - you would find it to be just under one-tenth of a mile, a short block by most standards, a hyphen in a neighborhood of sentences.

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Nacchio on Trial »

Joe Nacchio's conviction reinstated 35 comments

February 25, 2009

Former Qwest Chief Executive Joe Nacchio has one final chance to avoid spending years in a federal prison: the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Immigration: The Border Within »

Griego: This river churns relentlessly, tossing two cultures together 4 comments

April 27, 2007

Were you to measure this street - Border Street, as it has been called here, though it appears on city maps by another name and in neighborhood memory by yet another - you would find it to be just under one-tenth of a mile, a short block by most standards, a hyphen in a neighborhood of sentences.

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Platte Canyon High School Shooting »

EXTRA!, July 3

July 3, 2007

A tribute CD honoring shooting victim Emily Keyes is making the rounds in the mountain communities of Bailey, Conifer and Evergreen.

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Columbine High School Shootings »

Columbine Web posts were link

November 13, 2007

Web sites glorifying Columbine High School killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold became a virtual meeting space for two teens a world apart who planned their own high school massacres, authorities said.

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JonBenet Ramsey »

Ramsey case timeline

July 11, 2008

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Ward Churchill »

Ward Churchill to teach unsanctioned course on CU campus

September 28, 2007

Fired University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill will return to the Boulder campus next week to begin teaching an unsanctioned course that's being organized by his student supporters.

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A Change in the Air »

A Change in the Air: Vital Signs

December 13, 2005

The marmot was holding his own until the second coyote blindsided him. The coarse-furred, groundhog-like rodent emerged from his hibernation burrow last April onto a thick crust of snow that blanketed this former mining town several miles north of Crested Butte.

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Growing up Melo »

Around the rim, November 1

November 1, 2006

On a rainy afternoon Carmelo Anthony and newly acquired guard J.R. Smith make their way across an Albertson's parking lot back to their hotel room at the Doubletree in Durango on the first week of training camp at 2:30 p.m.

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Patrick Roy »

May 29, 2003: Exit comes with goalie’s typical resolve

June 29, 2006

Eras end. Time goes by. Jim Carrey makes more movies. We understand all this. That doesn't mean we have to like it. It was hard not to notice how happy Patrick Roy looked announcing his retirement. In fact, he seemed a lot happier than anyone else in the room, except possibly his kids, and even they didn't seem all that excited about moving back to Canada.

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Hunter S. Thompson »

Literary gang 'gathered' for farewell

August 19, 2005

Hunter S. Thompson's literary heroes may see his ashes explode 300 feet into the summer sky this weekend.

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Lisl Auman »

Family, friends celebrate Auman's second chance

August 23, 2005

The honored guest was en route to the Denver County Jail, but the celebration went on at Racines restaurant Monday morning for Lisl Auman's family and friends.

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