Thursday, November 20, 2014
Neighborhood watch: Area family serves Thanksgiving dinner to seniors
In the 23 years that Geta and Janice Asfaw have hosted their annual neighborhood Thanksgiving Dinner, a number of things have changed.
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Recount looming for Measure 92
Current margin now within automatic trigger; counties must certify results to state Tuesday. An automatic recount now appears likely for Measure 92, a ballot initiative that would require labeling of food sold in Oregon containing genetically modified organisms. The latest unofficial count Thursday from the Oregon secretary of state lists ...
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Measure 92 tally may trigger recount
Latest totals put it within automatic trigger. An automatic recount now appears likely for Measure 92, a ballot initiative that would require labeling of food sold in Oregon containing genetically modified organisms. The latest unofficial count Thursday from the Oregon secretary of state lists 750,989 votes against it, 749,505 for ...
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Researchers Advance 'Quantum Teleportation'
Quantum mechanics can be confusing. This cartoon helps explain recent research by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, University of Geneva and NIST. For a full cartoon please go here .
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NHL Capsules
PHILADELPHIA (AP) " Jason Zucker scored with 45.4 seconds left to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.Nino Niederreiter had a goal and an assist, and Marco Scandella also scored...
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Colorado PUC hearing on Xcel rate increase focuses on fossil fuels
A public hearing Thursday on Xcel Energy's request for a $157.7 million increase in electric rates turned into a forum on climate change and fossil fuels.
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Grand Ave. bridge planners get earful at hearing
From left, Tom Newland, Royal Laybourn, Steve Damm and Michael Dunn look over a model of the planned new Grand Avenue Bridge. They attended the open house portion of a public hearing Wednesday at Glenwood Springs Elementary School regarding the Grand Avenue Bridge Environmental Assessment.
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Now on sale: Fiddler's Green on Foo Fighters' sonic highway next summer
Say what you will about the songwriting on Foo Fighters' new album, "Sonic Highways," but Dave Grohl and company are not lacking in ambition.
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Men’s basketball splits two to begin season
Last weekend, the men’s basketball team competed in the Colorado College Tip-Off Invitational, playing its first games of the new season. After losing to George […]
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"Silk Road" leads to fascinating discoveries
today-May 3. People, animals, spices, textiles and more traveled the 5,700-mile Silk Road from China to the Roman Empire, but the ideas
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CSO cellist steps out with Dvorak
The Colorado Symphony Orchestra works as an ensemble, though it does have a few stars in its ranks.
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Colorado Art Show Openings, 11/21/2014
Art Show Openings Center for Visual Art"Greater Than the Sum: National Collage Society Annual Exhibition," artwork by 91 artists, through Jan.
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Colorado Theater Openings, 11/21/2014
Theater Openings Adams Mystery Playhouse's "The Great Mustache Murder" Through Jan. 17: It's Copper Valley, 1972, and as a hippie commune goes commercial with a mustache contest, someone is
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CSU Rams are determined to ignore distractions in 9-1 football season
Colorado State football coach Jim McElwain has spoken frequently about avoiding being distracted by "clutter," and how that has been a key in the Rams' surprising success.
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DU Pioneers getting homegrown boost in hockey from goalie Evan Cowley
Raised in Evergreen and taught hockey in Arvada, Evan Cowley's story never gets old and becomes more extraordinary the more he plays.
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Colorado radio voice Larry Zimmer, 79, improving after Oct. 5 fall
Larry Zimmer is showing improvement. The longtime radio voice of Colorado football continues to recover from a fall Oct. 5 at his home in the Lookout Mountain area.
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Sources Say: Furthest left on Left Coast? That's right, it's Oregon
Oregon’s reputation as one of the most liberal states in the country was reinforced by U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley’s victory over his Republican challenger in the general election. Merkley easily defeated Monica Wehby by a margin of 55 percent to 38 percent, with minor-party candidates picking up the rest. ...
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Round 2: Buffalo braces for another wintry wallop
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A new blast of lake-effect snow began pounding Buffalo on Thursday, piling more misery on a city already buried by an epic, deadly snowfall that could leave some areas with more t
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Schedule night games equitably
CORVALLIS — When Oregon State visits Washington for a 7:30 p.m. Saturday matchup at Husky Stadium, it will be the seventh time in 11 games the Beavers have started a game at 7 p.m. or later this season. A week ago, during a meeting with the media at Reser ...
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Main Events
Thursday, Nov. 20 College volleyball: Portland State-Northern Colorado at Idaho State, Big Sky playoffs, noon; BYU at Portland, 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21 Blazers: Chicago at Portland, 7:30 p.m. (KGW 8, ESPN). Prep football: 6A quarterfinals — West Linn-Central Catholic at Hillsboro Stadium, 7 p.m.; Jesuit at Tigard, 7 ...
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Country of origin label for meat cuts endangered
The U.S. is running out of options in its effort to tell consumers where fresh cuts of meat originated after a successful challenge to package labeling by Canada and Mexico.
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Obama's immigration actions do have limits
As broadly as President Barack Obama may push the limits of his authority to shield from deportation millions of immigrants illegally in the United States, the fate of millions more will still be left unresolved.
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Ducks say nothing taken for granted
Oregon takes note as hungry underdogs rise up in late season EUGENE — In 2011, Oregon Ducks receiver Keanon Lowe was a redshirt freshman playing mostly special teams. When the Ducks made the inaugural Pac-12 championship, Lowe didn’t think a lot about it. When Oregon beat UCLA at Autzen Stadium, Lowe ...
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Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility Breaks Ground on Project
RTL Networks, Inc. and Platte River Networks, Inc. jointly announces their Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility virtualization and server consolidation project is in full swing and primed to support the Eagle P3 Project commuter rail lines – East, Gold and the Northwest Rail Westminster Segment. (PRWeb November 20, 2014) Read the full story at http://ift.tt/1qwQIwe ...
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NBA's Silver sends message on domestic violence
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver wanted to send a strong message on the league's lack of tolerance for domestic violence.
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Man charged in wife's death planned fatal hike
A suburban Denver man charged with pushing his wife to her death off a cliff in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park could not explain to investigators why he had a park map with an "X'' drawn at the spot...
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Algieri hopes to be Rocky story against Pacquiao
No one questions Chris Algieri's toughness, not after he got up from two first round knockdowns and fought half-blinded the rest of the way to somehow pull out a decision win in his June title fight with the feared...
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Former Puebloan dies in crash
A man originally from Pueblo died Monday when the car he was in ended up in Clear Creek off Colorado 58 east of the Coors Brewery in Golden.
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Pinon Canyon meeting tonight
The Army’s plan to use a wider array of weapons, such as drones, at the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site east of Trinidad, is the topic of a public-comment meeting tonight at the training range.
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Round 2: Buffalo braces for another wintry wallop
A new blast of lake-effect snow began pounding Buffalo on Thursday, piling more misery on a city already buried by an epic, deadly snowfall that could leave some areas with more than 8 feet of snow on the ground when...
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Charles Raymond Baxter obituary
JONESVILLE — Charles Raymond Baxter, 74, went home to be with his Lord on Monday, Nov. 17, 2014. He was born March 12, 1940 in Wayne to Maurice and Evelyn (Elliott) Baxter. Chuck was married Sept. 21, 1963 to Marjorie Yarger and she survives.
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College football's calm-before-the-storm Saturday
We interrupt this exciting college football season, the race for the first playoff and the Heisman Trophy chase, to bring you this Saturday. By chance and by plan, this weekend's college football schedule does not have much to get excited about. Most of the Southeastern Conference is ...
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