Saturday, April 12, 2014

Impressive Predators stun stumbling Chicago

The Nashville Predators had seven different goal-scorers as they prevailed 7-5 over the Chicago Blackhawks in the NHL on Saturday.

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Smyth gets standing O in last game in Edmonton

It was a very emotional night in Edmonton, Alberta. After announcing his retirement from the NHL on Friday, Edmonton Oilers captain Ryan Smyth played the final game of his 20-season NHL career on Saturday.

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Smith-Pelly helps Ducks beat Kings 4-3 in shootout to clinch top seed in Western Conference

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Devante Smith-Pelly scored his first goal in regulation since Halloween, then got the only goal in the shootout as the Anaheim Ducks beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 Saturday night to secure the top seed for the Western Conference playoffs.

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UM women clinch regular season title

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Dorothy J. Davis

Dorothy J. Davis, 90, of Ft. Collins died April 6, 2014 at a local nursing home. Dorothy was born June 17, 1923 in Pierce, Colo. to Charles Reed and Mabel Hitchcock Reed. They moved to Ft. Collins when Dorothy was six months old. She lived her entire life in Ft. Collins.

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Captain Willis Lewis 'Slim' Somervell, Jr.

Captain Willis Lewis 'Slim' Somervell, Jr., U.S. Navy, Retired, of Fort Collins, 89, died peacefully on

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Barbara L. Rivera

Barbara L. Rivera, 90, of Fort Collins, died April 8, 2014 at her home.

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Aaron Matthew Tuneberg

Aaron Matthew Tuneberg passed away on Tuesday, April 8.

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Gary E. Maciel

Dr. Maciel led a life full of adventures and accomplishments that his family is

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Harold Wayne Brown

Harold Wayne Brown was born in Red Oak, Iowa on July 28, 1930 and went home on Monday, March 31, 2014 following a brief illness. After moving many times to follow his dad's military career, his family settled in Fort Collins, Colo. in 1947. After his 1949 graduation from Fort Collins High School, Harold enlisted in the Air Force where he was stationed in Tachikawa, Japan during the Korean War ...

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Kiszla: Broncos coach John Fox remains driven to win Super Bowl

Walk into the office of Broncos coach John Fox, and the eyes immediately gravitate to a 3-foot-long sword that could instigate serious bloodshed in a Quentin Tarantino movie.

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Helga Denfeld Burns

Helga Denfeld Burns (Fritzi), beloved mother and friend, 84, of Fort Collins, Colo., died peacefully at

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Howard Haise

Howard Ross Haise, 99, of Fort Collins died on March 24 at Good Samaritan Village.

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Oil and gas companies playing, but pay to Colorado counties is uneven

The Colorado shale oil boom is adding billions of dollars to oil company balance sheets and millions to the coffers in counties where drilling takes place — but it hasn't amounted to much for the rest of the state.

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Colorado Symphony Ball has a rock 'n' roll vibe

Roll over, Beethoven. A rock 'n' roll battle of the bands could well have left you and Tchaikovsky singing the blues, but it sure did raise a ton of money for the Colorado Symphony.

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Emotional night for Ryan Smyth as he plays his last game in Edmonton

By Nick Stoico

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GM faces dents to reputation in wake of 2.6 million recalls

Booming car sales and bad press about General Motors are on a collision course that could leave the Detroit automaker with a dented brand.

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Dempsey stars as Seattle wins at Dallas

FRISCO, Texas (AP) - Clint Dempsey scored twice to lead Seattle Sounders to a 3-2 win at Dallas on Saturday, moving the Sounders within three points of the early MLS Western Conference leader. Elsewhere, there was also an away win for Colorado at Toronto, Philadelphia needed a late ...

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Ducks beat Kings 4-3 in SO, clinch West's top seed

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Devante Smith-Pelly scored his first goal in regulation since Halloween, then got the only goal in the shootout as the Anaheim Ducks beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 Saturday night to secure the top seed for the Western Conference playoffs.

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CSU Rams football team helping 12-year-old boy battle leukemia

This is not a story about stars. It is, in part, a story about two players - exemplary high school students recruited by Ivy League programs - who remain backups.

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Prep track: Bowles, Ryan on top of their games

Coal Ridge High School senior Paige Ryan flies threw the air on her way to winning the long jump at the Coal Ridge Invitational, which took place Friday at Coal Ridge High School.

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Whatever it takes to win

The bullpen remained sharp and the offense produced enough runs Saturday for the Colorado Mesa baseball team to remain undefeated at home.

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Pitching + hitting = sweep

When Jessica Severinsen wasn’t popping the glove with fastballs from the pitching circle Saturday, she was popping pitches over the fence for home runs.

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Landeskog, MacKinnon, O'Reilly, Duchene passion players for Avalanche

The range in age among the four is only five years. The range in personalities among Avalanche forwards Gabe Landeskog, Ryan O'Reilly, Matt Duchene and Nathan MacKinnon is much larger.

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Washington lacrosse results | Thursday, April 10

Eds. note: We'll be running daily reports of boys and girls lacrosse games on the Prep Zone blog. For local teams, we will be posting individual boxes and reports in the newspaper and on the prep sports web page.

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Denver district hiring immigrant teachers

New federal policy allows innovation

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Land sought to graze 50-60 mustangs

Some may go to sanctuary of Wild for Life Foundation in Calif.

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Rockies-Giants Preview

AT&T Park might not be the best place for Brett Anderson to go looking for his first win with Colorado, and Matt Cain might not be the guy against whom the Rockies' potent lineup can expect to continue scoring. After dropping their first series of the year, Cain and the San Francisco Giants will try to secure a third straight series win Saturday at home against a Rockies team with little to show ...

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Bumgarner hits grand slam, Giants edge Rockies 6-5

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Madison Bumgarner just missed clearing the fences his first time up, hitting a sacrifice fly to the warning track in left field.

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The Grand Slam: Grady Sizemore’s comeback continues with clutch home run

So far, so good for Grady Sizemore in his comeback bid with the Boston Red Sox. The 31-year-old outfielder has been among Boston's most consistent players early in the season, and on Friday night … Continue reading →

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Sharks-Coyotes Preview

The Phoenix Coyotes can only blame themselves for failing to reach the playoffs for a second straight season. One night after being eliminated from postseason contention, the Coyotes look to avoid a seventh consecutive defeat as they host the playoff-bound San Jose Sharks. Phoenix's playoff hopes ended Friday night when Dallas won 3-0 over St. Louis to clinch the second wild-card spot in the ...

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Bumgarner leads Giants past Rockies with his bat

San Francisco Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner wasn't particularly sharp on the mound, but he hit a grand slam and drove in five runs to defeat Colorado

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UC Santa Cruz alumnus nominated to chair national organization

Santa Cruz >> President Obama announced this week his intent to nominate UC Santa Cruz alumnus William "Bro" Adams as chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Bumgarner slam makes up for shaky outing

Madison Bumgarner hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high five runs to overcome a shaky outing on the mound, sending the San Francisco Giants to a 6-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night.

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Looking out for county down-winders

It seems very long ago that nuclear weapons tests in this region of the Southwest sent plumes of radioactive material skyward, which then fell on downwind areas. As inconceivable as those tests seem today, there are still people around who witnessed them in the 1950s and early 1960s.

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Bonners Ferry men indicted in ATM thefts

Two former Bonners Ferry men were indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in Boise for a string of bank heists and firing on pursuing law officers.

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