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Julie Poppen

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Doctor backs push to check pregnant women for HIV

February 25, 2009

The head of Denver's HIV prevention program said Wednesday he doesn't recall the last time an HIV-positive baby was born here.

A medical miracle for septic shock victim

February 21, 2009

Donald Lee Roberts grew up surfing in California, eating lobster when it was still cheap and drinking beer on the beach.

Friday 13th doesn't scare off lovebirds

February 14, 2009

The Denver clerk and recorder's office was redder and pinker than normal Friday, with brides and grooms showing up in the sweets-, flower- and heart-filled Lucky Lounge for a marriage license. Video

Denver clerk's office shares the love

February 13, 2009

t's Friday the 13th, but that potentially unlucky detail isn't diminishing the love permeating a certain Denver city office — part of which is now being called the Lucky Lounge.

Online predators using phones, Blackberrys

February 12, 2009

Kyra Schraiber's mom didn't let her or any of her five siblings have a computer because she had heard so many stories about online sexual predators.

Local teen warns others of dangers of online predators

February 11, 2009

"I try to tell them to stay off MySpace and Facebook," says Kyra Schraiber, a 13-year-old eighth-grader, who says she was sexually assaulted after meeting a 20-year-old man on a networking site. Photo gallery Video

Ex-real estate broker 'skating'

February 9, 2009

A former prison guard whose real estate transactions led to more than 150 foreclosures and millions in losses, apparently will face no more serious punishment than losing his real estate license.

E. coli outbreak may be linked to stock show event

February 7, 2009

The head of the National Western Stock Show expressed sympathy Friday for those sickened by an E. coli outbreak that may be linked to the event but said visitors also must take responsibility for their hygiene.

DU installing detectors of deadly gas

February 5, 2009

Just days after graduate student Lauren Johnson's death from carbon monoxide poisoning, staff at the University of Denver began installing carbon monoxide detectors.

Meth's toll in Colorado pegged at $1.4 billion

February 4, 2009

The toll includes lost productivity at work, and the cost of drug treatment and hospital care, social services and criminal justice intervention.