Colorado Times: 12/19/14

Friday, December 19, 2014

Thai seafood company to buy Bumble Bee tuna firm

Thai Union Frozen Products announced Friday it is acquiring Bumble Bee Seafoods, a major seller of canned tuna in the United States, for $1.5 billion.

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Pope boosts Rome's 2024 bid but warns: 'I won't be around'

Pope Francis has given a papal thumbs up to Rome's bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics amid talk that the Vatican might host some events. But he is warning: "I won't be around."

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39 bowl games, 39 reasons to watch

Over the next three weeks, 38 bowl games and a national championship game will be played from Boise to the Bahamas and various points in between. You should watch them all. Here's why: Saturday, Dec. 20 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Nevada (minus 1) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Why watch? Someone thought it would be fun to start a football game at 10 a.m. in New Orleans. Wait for the crowd shots and ...

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Japan scientist quits as cell research discredited

The Japanese researcher whose claim of a major breakthrough in stem cell research was discredited resigned after the government lab where she worked failed to replicate her results.

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Smashing Pumpkins' Corgan looks ahead, not back

The Smashing Pumpkins are dead. Long live the Smashing Pumpkins.

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Pope boosts Rome's 2024 bid but warns: 'I won't be around'

Pope Francis has given a papal thumbs up to Rome's bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics amid talk that the Vatican might host some events. But he is warning: "I won't be around."

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The tsunami-early warning system for the Indian Ocean – ten years later

The day after Christmas this year will mark the 10 anniversary of the tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean. On 26 December 2004, a quarter of a million people lost their lives, five million required immediate aid and 1.8 million citizens were rendered homeless. The natural disaster, which caused extreme devastation over huge areas and the accompanying grief and anxiety, especially in Indonesia ...

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Comeau lifts Pens over Avs in OT

PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Penguins and captain Sidney Crosby hope that a recent bout with the mumps is a thing of the past. Blake Comeau scored 2:24 into overtime to give the Penguins a 1-0 victory against the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night.

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Fresh Direct changing grocery-buying landscape

Major retailers like Walmart and Amazon are looking to online grocery business as the next frontier in e-commerce, and one opened its doors for an inside look

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Pakistan: 77 militants killed after school massacre

Pakistani warplanes and ground forces killed at least 77 militants in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said Friday, days after Taliban fighters killed 148 people - most of them children - in a...

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Finish Line Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2015 Results

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Mistrial declared for man accused of stalking Ashanti

A juror's illness has prompted a Manhattan judge to declare a mistrial for a man accused of stalking R&B star Ashanti.

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Alpenglow Sports Winter Film Series Underway

For the last nine years, Tahoe City-based Alpenglow Sports has sponsored a winter film series featuring world-class athletes. The sessions are free, open to everyone, and raise money for local non-profit groups.

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10 Things to Know, Friday, Dec. 19

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. Spy’s parents search for son after Cuba-U.S. deal Neither Cuban nor American officials have confirmed that Rolando Sarraff Trujillo, whom Obama hailed as one of Washington’s most valuable assets, was spirited off the island. 2. Calls for Read More... The post 10 Things to Know, Friday, Dec ...

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Knock knock. Who's there? Amazon's best-selling holiday author

By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - It sounds like the usual setup for a knock-knock joke: Who is the best-selling author on all of Amazon.com this holiday season? Rob Elliott. Rob Elliott who? Yet it's no laughing matter for Rob Teigen, a father of five in Grand Rapids, Michigan who, under the pen name Rob Elliott, currently owns the No. 1 and No. 2 spots on Amazon.com’s best-selling book ...

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College football bowl frenzy starts Saturday with five postseason games

The college football postseason begins this weekend with five games filling the airways on Saturday, Dec. 20.

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Trade between China and Mozambique nears $3 billion

Colorado was poised Wednesday to award more than $8 million for medical marijuana research, a step toward addressing complaints that little is known about pot's medical potential.

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Colorado vows to defend pot law against states' challenge

Colorado's top law enforcement official promises to vigorously defend the state's historic law legalizing marijuana after Nebraska and Oklahoma asked the U.S. Supreme Court to declare it unconstitutional, ...

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Sony hack adds to security pressure on companies

Faced with rising cybercrime like the attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, companies worldwide are under pressure to tighten security but are hampered by cost and, for some, reluctance to believe they are in danger.

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Miller on track to race in January

Bode Miller is skiing again and remains on schedule for a January return after undergoing November surgery on a disc in his back. U.S. Ski Team... Read more ...

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2 states challenge Colorado marijuana legalization

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska and Oklahoma on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to declare Colorado's legalization of marijuana unconstitutional, saying the drug is being brought from Colorado int

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James Holmes' parents plead for him to be spared from death penalty

James Holmes, the man who killed 12 people inside an Aurora movie theater two years ago, is "a human being gripped by a severe mental illness," his parents write in a letter that pleads for him to be spared from execution.

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Finish Line Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2015 Results

The Finish Line, Inc. today reported results for the thirteen weeks ended November 29, 2014.

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Forget Resolutions! Local Life Time Destinations Open Doors to Everyone Ready to Make a Healthy Commitment Jan. 1 to 4

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Trade between China and Mozambique nears $3 billion

China's ambassador to Mozambique says trade between the two countries increased to nearly $3 billion this year.

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The next Napa earthquake could be much bigger, scientists find

The magnitude 6 earthquake that shook the Napa Valley in August was the strongest the region had felt in more than 20 years. But the next earthquake in the area could be much stronger, according to preliminary research from the University of California, Davis, presented this week at the American Geophysical Union conference in San Francisco.

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Forget Resolutions! Local Life Time Destinations Open Doors to Everyone Ready to Make a Healthy Commitment Jan. 1 to 4

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Commitment Day Festival and Fun Run urges Americans to make a healthy commitment in the New Year.

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Sony hack adds to security pressure on companies

AP PHOTOS: 4 seasons in 1 war on WWI battlefields

A century on, the four seasons bring constant changes to the scarred landscapes and ruins of the World War I battlefields in Belgium and northern France.

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NASA's spaceborne carbon counter maps new details

The first global maps of atmospheric carbon dioxide from NASA's new Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 mission demonstrate its performance and promise, showing elevated carbon dioxide concentrations across the Southern Hemisphere from springtime biomass burning.

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Need your daily dose of cute? Babies in Christmas stockings to the rescue

The four babies were born premature at 25 weeks in September.

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Colorado vows to defend legal pot against challenge by neighbouring states

5 die in Mozambique floods

Mozambican authorities say five people have died in floods in the capital Maputo, after days of torrential rain.

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From tragedy to triumph: Amy Purdy has become a courageous heroine

It’s an extraordinary story of courage, heroism and determination to overcome all the odds. Former Las Vegas massage therapist and Mount Charleston skier Amy Purdy lost her legs, underwent a kidney transplant and approached death’s door.

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Colorado Sued By Neighboring States Over Legal Pot

SternisheFan notes that Nebraska and Oklahoma are suing Colorado over marijuana legalization. The attorneys general of Nebraska and Oklahoma sued Colorado in the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, arguing state-legalized marijuana from Colorado is improperly spilling across state lines. The suit invokes the federal government's right to regulate both drugs and interstate commerce, and says Colorado ...

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It’s pulled-pork vs. salsa in football wager

Football games, let alone national championships, tend to bring out the betting man — or woman — in all of us. “We’re putting up a case of Pueblo chili salsa that the ThunderWolves win Saturday,” City Council President Steve Nawrocki said Thursday.

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Pack sports information director knows Mankato

KANSAS CITY — The sports information director at Colorado State University-Pueblo once wore purple and gold with pride. But this weekend, it’s going to be red, white and blue.

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Wiseman applies for top ag job

The Colorado State Fair Board of Authority learned during a Wednesday conference call meeting that Fair General Manager Chris Wiseman has applied for the position of Colorado Agricultural Commissioner.

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10 Things to Know for Today

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

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Global markets rally for 2nd day after Fed pledge

(AP Photo/Seth Wenig). Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014. The market is opening sharply higher, building on gains from the day before after the Federal Reserve indicated it was in no rush to ...

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Indonesia volcano erupts, injuring 4; 1 missing

Colorado was poised Wednesday to award more than $8 million for medical marijuana research, a step toward addressing complaints that little is known about pot's medical potential.

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EPA expected to treat coal ash waste like garbage

(AP Photo/Greeenpeace, Wade Payne). F ILE - In this Monday, Dec. 29, 2008 file image provided by Greenpeace, coal ash slurry left behind in a containment pond near the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant is shown in Harriman, Tenn., aft...

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Hack attack spurs call for more NKorea sanctions

(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File). FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014 file photo, a local resident walks her dog by the gates of Sony Pictures Entertainment Studios on Overland Avenue in Culver City, Calif. Suspicions that North Korea was behind a...

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Colorado vows to defend pot law against states' challenge

Forget Resolutions! Local Life Time Destinations Open Doors to Everyone Ready to Make a Healthy Commitment Jan. 1 to 4

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Poll: Americans skeptical of commercial drones

(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File). FILE - I this March 12, 2014 file photo, a drone flown by Brian Wilson, prepares to land after flying over the scene of an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York. Ameri...

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Weird weather lingers in Alaska's largest city

Colorado was poised Wednesday to award more than $8 million for medical marijuana research, a step toward addressing complaints that little is known about pot's medical potential.

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Marathon bombing survivor in 'Yes to Dress' finale

(AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File). FILE - In this May 23, 2013 file photo, Boston Marathon bombing survivor Pete DiMartino, of Rochester, N.Y., and his girlfriend, Rebekah Gregory, hold hands prior to DiMartino throwing out the ceremonial first pitch befo...

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US agriculture has big appetite for Cuba trade

(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File). FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2014 file photo a farmer drives his tractor past a soybean field toward grain storage bins near Ladora, Iowa. U.S. agriculture has a big appetite for freer trade with Cuba, and soybeans are on...

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