Colorado Times: 04/20/14

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Sharks take 2-0 series lead with 7-2 win vs. Kings

The San Jose Sharks got a spark from an unusual place and turned a close game into another laugher against Jonathan Quick and the Los Angeles Kings.

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4th liners provide spark as Sharks beat Kings 7-2 to take 2-0 series lead

SAN JOSE, Calif. - The San Jose Sharks got a spark from an unusual place and turned a close game into another laugher against Jonathan Quick and the Los Angeles Kings.

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After bombs, Boston Marathon under tight security

For years, state and local officials have conducted a "tabletop exercise" before the Boston Marathon, a meeting that allows them to study a map of the 26.2-mile course from Hopkinton to Boston's Copley Square and plan...

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Impulsive? A procrastinator? Blames your genes

New research suggests the tax office should expand the list of acceptable explanations for procrastinators' yearly extension requests and late tax filings. Two possibilities: "I was born this way" and "failure to evolve".

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The MLS Wrap: Emerging talents making U.S. national team player pool even deeper

With the U.S. national team just weeks way from naming the players who will battle for U.S. World Cup roster spots, several MLS talents are blooming a bit too late to make the cut

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Idaho leads nation in payday loans interest rates

SALT LAKE CITY — Idaho, Nevada and Utah have among the nation’s highest interest rates for payday loans, according to a report.

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10 Things to Know for Monday

By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday:

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Metro State softball star Aubree Maul successfully battles cancer

Aubree Maul describes it as a roller coaster, but in truth it was a far scarier, far more heart-wrenching odyssey than any carnival ride.

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Avalanche coach Patrick Roy says Matt Duchene will try skating Monday

With the Avalanche holding a 2-0, first-round series lead over Minnesota, and Game 3 set for Monday night at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, the team didn't practice Sunday before convening to catch a chartered flight to the Twin Cities area.

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John Paul's legacy stained by sex abuse scandal

Pope John Paul II is rightly credited with having helped bring down communism, of inspiring a new generation of Catholics with a globe-trotting papacy and of explaining church teaching on a range of hot-button issues as...

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Sharks take 2-0 series lead with 7-2 win vs. Kings

The San Jose Sharks got a spark from an unusual place and turned a close game into another laugher against Jonathan Quick and the Los Angeles Kings.

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After bombs, Boston Marathon under tight security

Kuchar rallies from 4 back to win RBC Heritage

Matt Kuchar saw his well-struck 5-iron on the 18th hole at the RBC Heritage come up way short of the target and settle in a front bunker.

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Volume turned up on Red Rocks ruckus as Jeffco enters the fray

A brewing dispute over claims of window-rattling sound levels during certain shows at Red Rocks Amphitheatre has now drawn Jefferson County into the controversy, just as the iconic venue kicks off its summer concert season.

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John Paul's legacy stained by sex abuse scandal

Aldridge leads Portland over Houston 122-120 in OT

LaMarcus Aldridge scored a franchise playoff-record 46 points and Damian Lillard added 31, including the go-ahead free throws in overtime, to lift the Portland Trail Blazers to a 122-120 victory over the Houston Rockets on...

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Copyright infringement fine strikes sour note with Springs bar owner

A Colorado Springs bar owner has been fined $21,000 for violating copyright infringement by using songs of artists, including Toby Keith, on her karaoke machine.

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A cellphone ban Ignoring inconvenient data

A feel-good cell phone ban will inconvenience drivers without necessarily improving safety.

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AP Top News at 3:45 a.m. EDT

MOKPO, South Korea (AP) — The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster rose past 50 on Sunday as divers finally found a way inside the sunken vessel, quickly discovering more than a dozen bodies in what almost certainly is just the beginning of a massive and grim recovery effort. About 250 people are still missing from the ship, the vast majority of them high school students who ...

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In Colorado, a pot holiday tries to go mainstream

Once the province of activists and stoners, the traditional pot holiday of April 20 has gone mainstream in the first state in the nation to legalize recreational marijuana.

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In Colorado, a pot holiday goes mainstream

DENVER (AP) — The 4/20 stoner holiday is going mainstream in Colorado. April 20 has traditionally been a day for marijuana activists to defiantly light up to protest their drug of choice being outlawed. But Colorado has legalized pot.

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Hometown favorite wants to win Boston, for Boston

BOSTON (AP) — Shalane Flanagan grew up in nearby Marblehead with a reverence for the Boston Marathon and dreamed, like many locals and foreign runners alike, that she would win the race someday.

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4 French journalists freed from Syria captors home

Four French journalists kidnapped and held for 10 months in Syria have returned home to France.

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Divers pull bodies from sunken ferry; toll tops 50

The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster rose past 50 on Sunday as divers finally found a way inside the sunken vessel, quickly discovering more than a dozen bodies in what almost certainly is just...

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Divers pull bodies from sunken ferry; toll tops 50

4 French journalists freed from Syria captors home

Four French journalists kidnapped and held for 10 months in Syria have returned home to France.

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Saturday's NHL playoffs roundup: Blackhawks cheap shot puts Blues in the driver's seat

Vladimir Tarasenko and St. Louis were in trouble Saturday before a vicious hit by Chicago defenseman Brent Seabrook provided an opening for the Blues. That little crack was all St. Louis needed to put another dent in the Blackhawks' bid for a second straight Stanley Cup title.

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UPI Sports Schedule for Sunday, April 20

Caroline Lee April 17 (UPI) -- A roundup of all the sporting events scheduled for April 20, 2014.

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In Colorado, a pot holiday goes mainstream

The 4/20 stoner holiday is going mainstream in Colorado.

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MLB: Rays sting Yankees

Ryan Hanigan: Hit two home runs and six RBIs against Yankees Two home runs from Ryan Hanigan, as well as six RBIs, helped the Tampa… via Emag.co.uk

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Lather, rinse, then repeat: Seattle scores late yet again

CARSON, Calif. — Seattle Sounders FC fell into a pattern on its just-concluded run of three straight road games.

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Jim Shea: Porn Viewing Habits of Red and Blue States

Connecticut makes mediocre showing When you come across a story that asks who views more porn, those in red states (Republicans) or those in blue states (Democrats), well you have to read on.

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Divers pull bodies from sunken ferry; toll tops 50

Egypt gunmen kill intelligence officer near Cairo

Egypt's Interior Ministry says gunmen have killed a captain from the intelligence services and a policeman on a desert road outside Cairo.

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In Colorado, a pot holiday goes mainstream

The 4/20 stoner holiday is going mainstream in Colorado.

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Hundreds of Colorado marijuana convictions can be overturned – court

Ruling could affect hundreds of people in Colorado who were given jail time for minor marijuana offences

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Dater: Avs coach Patrick Roy believes risk worth it on pulling goalie

"Take me out, Coach," Avalanche coach and Hall of Fame former goalie Patrick Roy used to think at the end of games with his teams down by a goal or more.

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Marian Koons Aloise

Marian Koons Aloise Aug. 24, 1920 - April 11, 2014. For 93 ½ years she talked and listened to family and friends, cooked great food, rooted for NY sports teams, laughed heartily and lived well. Now she is with her loved ones who preceded her in death including her beloved husband, George, and her son, Michael. She will be missed by many, including her daughter and son-in-law Pat Aloise-Young ...

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Kickin' it with Kiz: Troy Tulowitzki's time with Rockies might be running short

Kiz: We've all heard the buzz about hot-shot pitchers Eddie Butler and Jonathan Gray in the Colorado farm system. Not to put pressure on two guys still in the minors, but if these guys aren't bona fide top-of-the-rotation starters sooner rather than later, then it will only be a matter of time before the Rockies will have to consider trading Tulowitzki and bring on the umpteenth rebuilding plan ...

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Nationals pull Harper in loss to Cardinals

Lance Lynn was sharper than he had had been all season, which made it all the more frustrating for him when he failed to make it out of the sixth inning. Bryce Harper didn't get past the sixth inning either.

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Mavs release 2014-15 schedule

The UNO hockey team released its schedule Thursday for the Mavs' second season in the NCHC.

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UNO's Guentzel named NCHC rookie of month

Freshman forward Jake Guentzel on Wednesday was named the National Collegiate Hockey Conference rookie of the month — the second time he has earned the award.

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4/20 Denver: Concerts, the Cannabis Cup, festivals, burlesque and more

What are you doing for 4/20?On this first 4/20 after legal recreational marijuana sales started, the cannabis world is coming to Colorado.

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CU system resets health care with $63M personalized medicine division

Ellen Smith received a death sentence for her advanced lung cancer five years ago, but it was commuted by a revolution in human genetics, drug therapies and clinical approaches unfolding at the University of Colorado Hospital.

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'Corn Mother' Border Book Festival celebrates books, arts, music and corn

LAS CRUCES>> It's a corny fiesta to celebrate a significant borderland milestone.

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Many faiths, cultures share egg tradition at Easter

Earlier this month, at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Denver, a team of women boiled 1,200 eggs and colored them red with dye imported from Greece. "It's just like we did it there," said Dena Kitsos, who grew up in Pikarni, a small village outside Athens.

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Briefs

Three people were injured early Saturday morning when an apartment exploded and sparked a fire near Fort Collins. All three people were treated and transported to hospitals.

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'Touched..Angel' Producer back to TV; Couple Die Hours Apart; Raptor News

'Touched by an Angel' producer back in series TV... Ohio couple married 70 years die 15 hours apart... Post-rehab, injured snowy owl released into wild... Golden eagle found dead in Wyoming ties for second-oldest...

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Testing portion of Colorado teacher evaluations lagging behind

With less than two months remaining in the school year, Amanda Sharrow still doesn't know how much of her performance evaluation will be based on student test scores or even what tests will be

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"Scrounge": Recycling junk into art at Denver's Republic Plaza

More than paint, clay or thread, and way more than any structured material like bronze or stone, the found object is the artistic medium of the millennium.

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MacKinnon's speed helps Avalanche beat Wild 4-2 to take 2-0 lead in series

DENVER - Teenager Nathan MacKinnon is growing up fast. Almost as fast as he skates. The speedy 18-year-old delivered another stellar performance for the Colorado Avalanche, scoring his first NHL post-season goal and dishing out three assists in a 4-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night.

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CSU Rams product Weston Richburg at center of NFL draft drama

An NFL locker room is jammed with players who come from tough neighborhoods.Growing up on the mean streets is about survival.

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