Sex Offender Registry Available on Web (AP)

AP - Information on sex offenders in 21 states and the District of Columbia is now available on an Internet site launched this week by the federal government. (http://www.nsopr.gov)

Critics assail Denver's pit bull ban

Since May, more than 380 pit bull dogs have been impounded and at least 260 destroyed after they were banned in Denver, and lovers ...

Crews brace for possibility of new wildfires in Colorado

Fire crews battled two blazes near Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado on Wednesday and braced for the possibility ...

Wildfire Forces Evacuation in Colorado - Yahoo! News

BEULAH, Colo. - Authorities urged about 1,000 people to evacuate their homes Sunday ahead of a fast-moving wildfire fueled by tinder-dry brush in southern Colorado. The 8,000-acre blaze %u2014 which quadrupled in size in 24 hours %u2014 was threatening 750 houses,...

Religious Insensitivity Cited at Academy

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) -- A Pentagon investigation into complaints that evangelical Christians at the Air Force Academy have bullied Jews and cadets of other faiths found no overt discrimination, but "certainly insensitivity," military officials said Wednesday.

College towns lead in marijuana use

Both college towns, Boston and Boulder, Colorado, share another distinction: They lead the nation in marijuana use. Northwestern Iowa and southern Texas have the lowest use.

Antibiotics Used by the Ton in Animal Feed Every Year

According to a report released yesterday, 25.6 million pounds of antibiotics are mixed with farm animals’ food every year -- almost all of it concentrated in just 23 states, mainly in the Mid-Atlantic and the South. Nearly 70 percent of all the antibiotics used in the US...

The deserters: Awol crisis hits the US forces

JE McNeil, who heads the Centre for Conscience and War in Washington DC, a Christian group whose members also staff the GI Rights Hotline, said many troops she spoke with had been lied to by recruiters. "I had an 18-year-old who was told he did not have to serve in...

Snow in Denver still a bit patchy

Just got in from Denver.  Snow  was better than Vermont this time of year but still a bit rocky.

Amtrak Derails Near Utah-Colorado Line

An Amtrak train derailed after running into a pickup-sized boulder, authorities said. Six people were injured, none seriously. AP has more details.