Colorado Times: 02/13/14

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Carmon and Leona Mae Phillips

Carmon Phillips was born in Oklahoma in 1913. In the late 1930s he promoted, managed, and restored several movie theatres in New Mexico.

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Will Flood Insurance Rates Hit Housing?

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Merle Lee Johnson, 69

Merle Lee Johnson (Mert, Merlito, VernMerleEarl, Snicker) of Bayview, ID passed away Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, in the Circle of Life unit at Kootenai Health. He was surrounded by his wife, Dorothy, his nephew, Roger Johnson and wife Lori, and many friends.

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Doctor: Abbott could have been injured by hard fall

U.S. figure skater Jeremy Abbott took a hard fall on the ice Thursday after ...

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Avalanches a skiing risk, court rules

DENVER - Avalanches are one of the risks skiers face when skiing in a Colorado ski resort, ruled the Colorado Court of Appeals. An in-bounds avalanche killed Christopher Norris in Winter Park, two days after an in-bounds avalanche killed Taft Conlin in Vail.

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Facebook users, others react to gender options

Winter wallop hits U.S. northeast, while south reels from ice

Yet another storm paralyzed the Northeast with heavy snow and sleet Thursday, giving the winter-weary that oh-no-not-again feeling, while hundreds of thousands across the ice-encrusted South waited in the cold for the electricity to come back on.

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Sen. Dick Durbin nominates Elmhurst residents for service academies

ELMHURST – U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-IL, nominated two Elmhurst residents to attend the nation’s service academies Tuesday.

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Drug policy must change in U.S., Europe -Uruguay president

By Malena Castaldi and Felipe Llambias MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - The United States and Europe need a new strategy in the war on drugs and should look at alternatives such as the regulated sale of marijuana, says Uruguayan President Jose Mujica, whose country recently legalized the production and sale of cannabis. "For a small country, it's possible to experiment with this, but it's also very ...

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Latvia's Martins Dukurs man to catch in skeleton

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — He's the scariest slider in skeleton, bar none. Latvia's Martins Dukurs makes sliders shake on their sleds. "He's definitely in guys' heads," said U.S. team member John Daly of Smithtown, N.Y. "He's always a factor."

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Wi2Wi Announces New Board Member

Wi2Wi Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel Phelan to the Company’s Board of Directors.

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Pizza Delivery Man Recorded Before Shot

Federal prosecutors say a Colorado parolee who shot a Montague County deputy last March, forced a pizza delivery man to read a statement right before he was killed.

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CDOT director says U.S. 36 contract with Plenary will close within two weeks

Lawmakers will not get the 60-day period they asked for to review a controversial contract with a private firm to operate and maintain the Boulder Turnpike for the next 50 years, Colorado Department of Transportation Director Don Hunt said this afternoon.

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'Snow is a four-letter word': Northeast hit with another storm; South still reeling from ice

"Snow has become a four-letter word," lamented Tom McGarrigle, a politician in suburban Philadelphia, where shovelling out has become a weekly — sometimes twice-weekly — chore. Among the dead was a pregnant woman who was struck by a mini-plow in New York City. The victims also included a man hit by a falling tree limb in North Carolina. Washington, D.C., had at least 8, and federal offices and ...

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Colorado insurance director involved in Udall dispute leaves job

The director from Colorado's Division of Insurance, who was at the center of a dispute with U.

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Fitch Affirms CD 2007-CD4

Fitch Ratings has affirmed 24 classes of CD Commercial Mortgage Trust commercial mortgage pass-through certificates series 2007-CD4. A detailed list of rating actions follows at th

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'Oh, not again': Northeast is hit by another storm

Sochi Olympics: Paul Stastny keys U.S. over Slovakia in men's hockey

Sochi Olympics: In men's hockey, Paul Stastny scores two goals to key 7-1 victory by U.S. over Slovakia, his father's homeland.

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5 things to know about the Colorado Rockies

DENVER (AP) Five things to know about the Colorado Rockies as they start their first spring training camp in two decades without first baseman Todd Helton: ICONIC FIGURE: Helton received a horse as a retirement gift last season and rode off into the sunset. Well, to his farm just north of Denver, anyway. Helton was the face of the franchise, the voice everyone listened to in the locker room ...

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PHOTO STORY: A deer in the woods

A deer peeks through the tangled branches and snow in a small pach of trees near the intersection of Weld County road 47 1/2 and 58 on a cloudy Wednesday east of Greeley.

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5 things to know about the Astros

SPENDING MONEY: The Astros put some money into the major league team after several years of focusing on restocking their once-barren farm system. They had the lowest payroll in the majors last season at less than $30 million and it lost a franchise-worst 111 games.

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Third Annual Wranglers' Midnight Circus Returns

Las Vegas - The third annual Wranglers' Midnight Circus will return to Orleans Arena on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 11:59pm.

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School-board recording bill fires up Colorado House, heads to Senate

School boards would have to tape record all of their executive sessions, even portions their attorneys previously declared off limits, under a bill that produced fireworks in the House amid

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Facebook users, others react to gender options

Facebook announced on Thursday that its 159 million U.S. users now have dozens of options for completing the gender question on their profiles. The social media giant has been working with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights groups to expand the choices beyond male and female.

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5 things to know about the Colorado Rockies

DENVER (AP) -- Five things to know about the Colorado Rockies as they start their first spring training camp in two decades without first baseman Todd Helton:

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Top 10 Most Costly Areas for ACA Health Insurance Plans

If you find health insurance plans on exchanges too pricey, learn what your other options are for buying medical coverage.

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National VOAD Announces Recipients of UPS Foundation Grants for Colo. Flood Recovery

National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster has announced the recipients of the Colorado Flood Recovery Mini-Grants, made possible through a generous $25,000 donation from the UPS Foundation. (PRWeb February 13, 2014) Read the full story at http://ift.tt/1dp340C

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Malone Left Seeking Consolation Prize After Second Deal Defeat

John Malone is getting used to losing.

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5 things to know about the Astros

HOUSTON (AP) Five things to know about the Houston Astros as they start spring training: SPENDING MONEY: The Astros put some money into the major league team after several years of focusing on restocking their once-barren farm system. They had the lowest payroll in the majors last season at less than $30 million and it lost a franchise-worst 111 games. Houston signed Scott Feldman to a three ...

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DALCOMP NEGOTIATED CALENDAR

Feb 13 - IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE TIME TO ENTER ALL NEW ISSUE INFORMATION, DALCOMP ASKS THAT FIRMS CALL US AT 212-404-8107 OR USE OUR FAX 212-404-8153 TO INFORM US UPCOMING ISSUES. WE WILL ADD ANY ...

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Weingarten Realty Continues Portfolio Transformation and Increases Dividend by 6.6%

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Weingarten Realty (NYSE: WRI) announced today the results of its operations for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2013. Fourth Quarter Operating and Financial Highlights Recurring Funds from Operations (“FFO”) was $0.48 per diluted share; Continued progress of the portfolio transformation with $85.3 million of high quality acquisitions and $38.6 ...

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Public comment sought on plans for HUD flood-relief grants

The public is invited to comment on Colorado's action plan for allocating flood-relief funds through federal Community Development Block Grants.

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Winter storm slams Northeast ... again

The latest storm to roll off nature's assembly line this bustling winter spread heavy snow and sleet along the Northeast corridor Thursday, while utility crews in the ice-encrusted South labored to restore power to hundreds of thousands of shivering residents.

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Facebook users, others react to gender options

Huge US thermal plant opens in Southern Nevada as industry grows (see photo gallery)

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Weingarten Realty Continues Portfolio Transformation and Increases Dividend by 6.6%

Weingarten Realty announced today the results of its operations for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2013.

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InPlay from Briefing.com

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APNewsBreak: New gender options for Facebook users

MENLO PARK, Calif.—You don't have to be just male or female on Facebook anymore. The social media giant has added a customizable option with about 50 different terms people can use to identify their gender as well as three preferred pronoun choices: him, her or them.

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Beauty, not health gets teens to wear sunscreen

If you want teens to wear sunscreen, don't bother telling them it prevents skin cancer. Tell them it keeps their skin from getting wrinkly and old-looking.

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Men’s hockey: Just the anti-climax Mike Babcock wanted

The Canadian men's hockey coach wanted a tough opener, and Norway—improbably—supplied it

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Huge US thermal plant opens as industry grows

PRIMM, Nevada—A windy stretch of the Mojave Desert once roamed by tortoises and coyotes has been transformed by hundreds of thousands of mirrors into the largest solar power plant of its type in the world, a milestone for a growing industry that is testing the balance between wilderness conservation and the pursuit of green energy across the

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Slain officer's dad wants to ask jury for mercy in death penalty case

Holding a tiny box of his son's ashes, Bob Autobee told a judge on Thursday why he doesn't want his son's killer to be put to death.

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Hottest trend in marijuana

For a growing number of users, 'vaping' is replacing smoking as the best way to consume the plant. Here are stocks to watch in this area.

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'Oh, not again': Northeast is hit by another storm

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Yet another storm paralyzed the Northeast with heavy snow and sleet Thursday, giving the winter-weary that oh-no-not-again feeling, while hundreds of thousands across the ice-encrusted South waited in the cold for the electricity to come back on.

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Occidental Selling US Gas Assets For $1.4 Billion

Feb 13 (Reuters) - Occidental Petroleum Corp on Thursday said it reached a deal to sell its interests in a large natural gas field in the central United States for a pre-tax price of $1.4 billion, with proceeds earmarked for share repurchases.

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Package bomb in Tennessee claims second victim; reward offered for leads

The death toll from a mail bomb left at the home of a retired Tennessee lawyer has climbed to two, as Marion Setzer, like her husband earlier, died of injuries sustained in the blast. Mrs. Setzer died on Wednesday evening, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation told news outlets. Two days before, her husband, John Setzer, died at the scene when a package he was carrying exploded just outside ...

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Huge US thermal plant opens as industry grows

PRIMM, Nevada (AP) - A windy stretch of the Mojave Desert once roamed by tortoises and coyotes has been transformed by hundreds of thousands of mirrors into the largest solar power plant of its type in the world, a milestone for a growing industry that is testing the balance between wilderness conservation and the pursuit of green energy across the American West.

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