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Please vote for what you think were Colorado's top 10 stories of the year.

Response Percent Votes
Former Qwest Communications CEO Joe Nacchio receives six years in prison for insider trading.
8% 22
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. completes $26 billion acquisition of First Data Corp.
1% 3
J&F Participacoes S.A. acquires Swift & Co. in a $225 million cash deal.
0% 2
Whole Foods Market Inc. completes $565 million purchase of rival Wild Oats Markets Inc.
2% 7
Gunman Matthew Murray kills four people at Youth With A Mission in Arvada and New Life Church in Colorado Springs.
6% 16
Winter storms cause devastating losses for Colorado ranchers, feedlot operators.
7% 20
Denver wins 2008 Democratic National Convention.
10% 27
Former Northern Colorado backup punter Mitch Cozad gets seven years in prison for stabbing a rival.
0% 2
Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams is killed after leaving a Denver nightclub, his limousine sprayed with bullets in a drive-by shooting.
7% 21
Colorado Rockies' remarkable run to reach World Series.
16% 44
Republican state Rep. Debbie Stafford switches parties to Democrats.
1% 3
Gov. Bill Ritter issues executive order allowing union representation of state workers.
3% 8
University of Colorado agrees to pay $2.85 million to settle a lawsuit by two women who claimed they were gang-raped at an off-campus party attended by football players and recruits.
2% 6
Drought forces bears into urban areas in search of food; human-bear encounters set state record.
1% 4
Fugitive Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu is arrested in Grand Junction.
2% 6
Roan Plateau becomes national battleground over energy independence as state fights federal government over gas drilling.
2% 6
Atlanta attorney Andrew Speaker is treated at National Jewish Medical Center for what initially is believed to be an XDR strain of tuberculosis.
2% 6
The Army delays expansion of its Pinon Canyon training site pending further review.
1% 4
University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill is fired on research misconduct allegations amid outrage over his comments about Sept. 11 victims.
3% 8
Aaron Snyder is shot and killed by a patrolman after showing a weapon in the Capitol and said, ‘I am the emperor and I'm here to take over state government.’
2% 6
Memorial dedicated for victims of the Columbine massacre.
1% 5
Aaron Thompson is indicted on charges including child abuse resulting in the death of his missing daughter, Aarone.
0% 2
Five workers are killed in an underground chemical fire at a hydroelectric plant near Georgetown.
1% 4
Tom Tancredo's dark horse campaign for GOP presidential nomination.
1% 3
Gov. Ritter calls for reducing the state's greenhouse gases by 20 percent from 2005 levels.
1% 4
Molson Coors Inc. and Miller Brewing Co. propose a joint venture to target No. 1 Anheuser-Busch Cos.
1% 5
Tornado sweeps through Holly, killing a 28-year-old mother and destroying at least 35 homes.
3% 8
Many former workers at the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant are denied easy access to compensation for work-related cancers.
1% 4
Former Denver District Court judge and City Attorney Larry Manzanares commits suicide just hours after being charged with stealing a state laptop computer.
2% 6
University of Colorado President Hank Brown says he will resign early next year.
0% 1
Republican Sen. Wayne Allard announces he won't seek re-election in 2008.
0% 2
Total * Due to rounding, total may not equal 100%. 265
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