Colorado Times: 12/08/14

Monday, December 8, 2014

Jilted Big 12 must make changes

Near the end of Baylor coach Art Briles' news conference Sunday, after he had been asked more than a few times to describe his feelings about the Bears being left out of the inaugural four-team College Football Playoff, he'd apparently had enough. "We're in a room that feels like we just lost a football game," Briles said. "That to me is a travesty. That's what I hate. We won a big game last ...

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Pluto space probe awakens

Religious nonprofits challenge health law

DENVER (AP) — Faith-based nonprofit organizations that object to covering birth control in their employee health plans are in federal court Monday to challenge a birth-control compromise they say stil

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Hearing resumes in Ft. Carson soldier's murder

Spc . Jeffery T. Page,23, is charged with murder in the death of 19-year-old Spc . Adrian M. Perkins.

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Religious nonprofits challenge health law

DENVER (AP) — Faith-based nonprofit organizations that object to covering birth control in their employee health plans are in federal court Monday challenging a birth-control compromise they say still compels them to violate their religious beliefs. [...] they say the exemption doesn't go far enough because they must sign something to get the exemption, making them complicit in the ...

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Religious nonprofits unhappy with birth-control exemption challenge health law

Faith-based nonprofit organizations that object to covering birth control in their employee health plans are in federal court Monday challenging a birth-control compromise they say still compels them to violate their religious beliefs.

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10 most popular apres ski hotels

After a day of going downhill, these relaxing resorts should help pick you up.

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Chlorine powder sickens 19 at hotel holding 'furry' convention

Convention goers, many dressed in furry costumes, were forced to evacuate a hotel early Sunday.

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Religious nonprofits challenge health law

Electro Scan Begins Its Twelfth U.S. Project in Less Than Sixty Days

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electro Scan Inc. Announces New Projects and Growth in Revenue

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Sanderson letter: Laramie residents go above and beyond

In early November, while headed to northern Colorado for an elk hunt, I went into the ditch off a muddy road 20-plus miles south of Laramie. It’s likely that my four-wheel-drive pickup could have made it out unassisted, had I not hit a culvert and rolled my pickup on its side.

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Vertiba’s Chad Kelly Awarded Salesforce.com Technical Architect Certification

Kelly becomes second Certified Technical Architect in Colorado. Vertiba one of just 35 companies globally with Certified Technical Architects on staff. (PRWeb December 08, 2014) Read the full story at http://ift.tt/1yGRJTI

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Home Help: Make your new house feel like home

You know that moving into a new home can be one of life's biggest stressors: the packing, the paperwork, the unpacking and of course finding the nearest coffee shop.

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Liberals ramp up for state-by-state push in '16

Groups hope proposition push leads to U.S. action.

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The Kochs eclipse the RNC

Meet the guys behind the right's best data and messaging shops.

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Latest Florida sports

Jon Leuer scored a season-high 20 points and matched his career best with 12 rebounds to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to a 103-87 victory over the Miami Heat on Sunday.

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Space probe wakes up for close-up with Pluto

Three billion miles away from Earth, in an unchartered slice of our solar system, a small space probe is shaking off its deep sleep and getting ready to become the first spacecraft to visit Pluto and its moons. It's the "beginning of the mission's primary objective: the exploration of Pluto and its many moons in 2015," said Alan Stern, New Horizons principal investigator from Southwest Research ...

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Solanbridge Group Announces the Hiring of Director of Security, Keith McGuire

McGuire retired at the S/Sgt. Rank from RCMP in 2007 Houston, TX / ACCESSWIRE / December 8, 2014 / Solanbridge Group Inc ( OTC: SLNX ) is pleased to announce that it has hired Mr. Keith McGuire as SLNX's ...

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Electro Scan Begins Its Twelfth U.S. Project in Less Than Sixty Days

Electro Scan Inc. today announced the start of its twelfth project in less than sixty-days and disclosed that Company revenues would triple in its current fiscal year ending Decemb

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Special Report: In ever-clubbier bar, eight men emerge as Supreme Court confidants

By Janet Roberts, Joan Biskupic and John Shiffman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 30 seconds into an appearance before the U.S. Supreme Court this fall, lawyer Paul Clement was interrupted by a question. It came from Justice Elena Kagan, and it cut to the heart of his case. The exchange illustrates the familiarity that distinguishes a handful of lawyers from more than a thousand other attorneys who ...

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NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Wakes Up For Pluto Encounter In 2015

LAUREL, MD. - Pluto, get ready for your close-up: A NASA spacecraft has roused itself from the final slumber of its nine-year trek to the edge of the solar system, setting the stage for the first close encounter with Pluto next year.

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Latest Florida sports

Jon Leuer scored a season-high 20 points and matched his career best with 12 rebounds to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to a 103-87 victory over the Miami Heat on Sunday.

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Ligety shrugs off injury for 23rd World Cup giant slalom title

Ted Ligety caught up to his boyhood idol on a day when no one could come close to catching up to him, even with a broken wrist. The American used a... Read more ...

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The AP Top 25

By The Associated Press The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 6, total points based on 25 points for a first-place...

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Amway Top 25 Poll

The Amway Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 6, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking:

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College Basketball Rankings 2014-15: Bleacher Report's Week 5 Top 25

Kentucky, you have a challenger. That's the best news that came out of this past week of college basketball. Even if you hate Kentucky and you hate Duke, if you're a college basketball fan, you have to be excited about the possibility of those two behemoths squaring off in the national championship game in April. The Blue Devils' offense has approached Kentucky's defense in how categorically ...

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Despite perils of age, survivors gather to recall attack at Pearl

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Veterans who survived the Pearl Harbor attack that launched the United States into World War II attended Sunday’s 73rd anniversary ceremony with the help of canes, wheelchairs and motorized scooters.

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Latest Texas sports

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Arian Foster ran for 127 yards and a touchdown, and the Houston Texans beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 27-13 on Sunday. The Texans won consecutive games for the first time since Week 2 and kept pace in the muddled AFC wild-card race.

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Profile of Aspen summer visitors changes only slightly

They spend more, are younger and are coming from the south It has not gone unnoticed by summer visitors that the nightly rates at Aspen’s lodging properties don’t necessarily match the quality and condition of them. read more

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Companies’ oil drilling plans unchanged

GRAND JUNCTION — Two major Colorado natural gas producers who have turned their attention to drilling for oil elsewhere say they’re continuing to pursue that strategy for now even as oil prices drop, but they still plan to be flexible so they can renew their focus on natural gas development if natural gas prices improve. read more

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COMMUNITY BRIEFS

School board to discuss contract of Dr. Diana Sirko at its Wednesday meeting The Roaring Fork School District Board of Education will discuss extending Dr. Diana Sirko’s contract as district superintendent on Wednesday. The meeting will be held at the Roaring Fork High School in Carbondale and starts at 5 p.m. read more

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Business In Brief

Energy council gives Gold LEED certification to AVH read more

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The AP Top 25

Amway Top 25 Poll

Residents gather to remember slain teacher

Candle light vigil held in Dubai for the American teacher murdered in Abu Dhabi

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Colorado State, Utah to play in Las Vegas Bowl

LAS VEGAS — Colorado State and No. 23 Utah will play in the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 20. The teams were selected for the game Sunday. Colorado State went 10-2 to finish second behind Boise State in the Mountain West Conference's Mountain Division. Rams coach Jim McElwain left last week to become Florida's new coach. Offensive coordinator Dave Baldwin was named Colorado State's interim coach. Utah ...

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Hearing restarts for soldier charged with murder

Fort Carson officials are restarting a hearing on whether an infantryman should face a court-martial in the shooting death of another soldier when they were deployed in Jordan.

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The Sentinel published Wild Weather With Richard Hammond (BBC1, 9pm): TV Preview

IN case none of us realised it was vital, Richard Hammond investigates the crucial role water plays in life.Without water, reveals Hammond, there would be almost no weather – no rain, no snow, no hail, no clouds. You can only think he's broadcasting to an audience of aliens.Heading in pursuit of water in all its forms, Hammond tries to weigh a cloud, finds out how rain could crush a car, and is ...

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Marstel-Day Gives Prestigious Awards to Univ. of Mary Washington Students

Innovation in Environmental Stewardship Awards Presented at "Green Gala" (PRWeb December 08, 2014) Read the full story at http://ift.tt/1w5pGee

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Hearing restarts for soldier charged with murder

FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) - Fort Carson officials are restarting a hearing on whether an infantryman should face a court-martial in the shooting death of another soldier when they were deployed in Jordan.

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Latest Georgia sports

Paul Millsap scored 23 points, Kyle Korver added 15 points and the Atlanta Hawks won their sixth straight game with a 96-84 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday.

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Community, not notoriety, fuels Taylor’s “Silent Night” tradition

UPLAND – His seat was one of the best on the floor. That’s because he was. No not on a chair, he was literally on the floor. Jake Smith wasn’t even sitting, either. The Carmel freshman really couldn’t On the back of his brown hoodie were about two dozen wooden clips. It forced him to […]

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