Colorado Times: 12/20/14

Saturday, December 20, 2014

The Year in Pot: Marijuana Hits Milestones

Marijuana has been legalized for recreational use in both colorado and washington. But what exactly does that mean?

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Interim coaching jobs present challenges in bowls

LINCOLN, Neb. — Barney Cotton choked up as he described the challenges that come with serving as Nebraska's interim head coach. He wants to accomplish the seemingly impossible task of maintaining a business-as-usual atmosphere in the wake of Bo Pelini's firing. He vows to make sure the players have the best experience possible at the Holiday Bowl.

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N. Korea proposes joint probe over Sony hacking

(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes). An exterior view of the Sony Pictures Plaza building is seen in Culver City, Calif., Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. President Barack Obama declared Friday that Sony "made a mistake" in shelving the satirical film, "The Interview,"...

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Human rights in spotlight after US-Cuba deal

To many exiles and their allies, President Raul Castro is a brutal dictator who locks up dissenters in gulag-like jails, snuffs out political discourse and condemns his people to socialist poverty.

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Tick-tock: Tips for last-minute shoppers

Mayor Bill de Blasio was elected last year after making promises to keep crime low while improving relations between police and the community. As the tensions between those promises continue to mount, Friday showed...

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Human rights in spotlight after US-Cuba deal

T-Mobile agrees to pay $90 million over 'cramming'

Wireless carrier T-Mobile has agreed to pay $90 million to settle charges that it profited by allowing third-party billers to bilk its customers by "cramming" unwanted charges onto their phone bills, the Federal Communications Commission said Friday.

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Colorado teenager injured in 1-vehicle wreck on I-70

ELLSWORTH - A Colorado teenager was injured Thursday morning when her car left the roadway and hit a tree on Interstate 70.

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Memorial Hermann opens second Mental Health Crisis Clinic to help close service gap

Moving to address the mental and behavioral health gap in Harris and surrounding counties, Memorial Hermann recently opened the second of four Mental Health Crisis Clinics.

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N. Korea proposes joint probe over Sony hacking

North Korea on Saturday proposed a joint investigation with the U.S. into the hacking attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment, warning of "serious" consequences if Washington rejects a probe that it believes will prove...

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Software upgrades re-create old-school toys as smart playthings

Balls. Dolls. Race cars. So dull.

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Twelve Weeks To A Six-Figure Job

With that pitch, coder boot camps are poised to get much, much bigger. Is this a new education delivery system?

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N. Korea proposes joint probe over Sony hacking

College football TV schedule: Bowl season begins Saturday

There are five postseason college football games Saturday as the 2014 bowl season gets underway across the country.

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After turbulent year, Obama aims for quiet Hawaii getaway

A tumultuous year all but behind him, President Barack Obama set off for his annual winter getaway in Hawaii hoping for one thing: Quiet.

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Keep car data private

Most commercial airplanes have an indestructible flight recorder known as a "black box” — even though the casing is actually bright orange — that records information from the flight computers. Another box records cockpit audio and other sources around the plane.

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Software upgrades re-create old-school toys as smart playthings

Balls. Dolls. Race cars. So dull.

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After turbulent year, Obama aims for quiet Hawaii getaway

A tumultuous year all but behind him, President Barack Obama set off for his annual winter getaway in Hawaii hoping for one thing: Quiet.

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Kidnapped Mozambican businessman released

Authorities in Mozambique say a wealthy businessman, who was kidnapped last month, has been released.

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Tick-tock: Tips for last-minute shoppers

The clock is ticking, and your holiday shopping list isn't complete.

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Tick-tock: Tips for last-minute shoppers

The clock is ticking, and your holiday shopping list isn't complete.

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N. Korea proposes joint probe over Sony hacking

Kurds advance against IS group in Syria's Kobani

A Kurdish official and an activist group say Kurdish fighters have advanced in the contested northern Syrian town of Kobani after heavy clashes with the Islamic State group.

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Winona native to read in town from new teen book series

Shawn McGuire, a Winona native and author of “The Wish Makers” teen-oriented book series, is coming to Winona for two book reading and signing events early next week.

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Corbett woman works with orphanage in El Salvador

When Jan Aho’s mother died nearly 20 years ago, she felt compelled to turn the tragedy into a positive experience. “Whenever anyone had a child sick or had gotten into trouble or gotten into some kind of a life mess, they would call my mom,” Aho, of Corbett, said during ...

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Prepackaged caramel apples linked to 4 deaths

Health officials are warning consumers to avoid prepackaged caramel apples because they are linked to four deaths and more than two dozen illnesses in 10 states. Click to Continue »

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Extremists in Nigeria lining up elderly and shooting them

Islamic extremists in northeast Nigeria are turning their guns on elderly people, killing more than 50 this week in a new tactic that has instilled more fear in areas the militants call an Islamic caliphate.

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2012 film shooting hung over decision

LOS ANGELES — When a group claiming credit for the hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment threated violence against theaters showing “The Interview,” the fate of the movie’s big-screen life was all but sealed.

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LA Dodgers chart new course with rebuilt roster

Andrew Friedman has thoroughly overhauled a 94-win team in his first two months running the Los Angeles Dodgers. None of his myriad moves made a bigger, more baffling splash than his trade of popular slugger Matt Kemp and...

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1st Nevada drone crashes seconds into FAA test flight

The first drone authorized to be flown in Nevada crashed just seconds into its test flight near Boulder City on Friday morning.

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Lawyer: Woman did not intend to hit pedestrians

The attorney for a 56-year-old woman accused in the deaths of four people, including a 6-year-old boy, said it was an accident when she ran her car into nearly a dozen pedestrians outside a California church, describing...

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Old St. Nick, not Santa, for her kids

DEAR ABBY: I have decided that when I have kids I don't want to do the whole Santa thing. I'd rather tell them about the real St. Nicholas and what it means to give rather than to receive. Even though I'm not religious, I'll tell them about the birth of Jesus (even though he wasn't born in December), and tell them about the winter solstice.

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American wins Gardena downhill for third time

VAL GARDENA, Italy — With performances like this, Steven Nyman should have no problem regaining his funding from the U.S. Ski Team. He may even find a helmet sponsor, too.

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Rallying for a Pueblo title

KANSAS CITY — They are about 650 miles away from home. Some came by train, some through the air and others took the long drive.

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Hospitalized vets inspire Pack

CHIEFTAIN PHOTO/ANTHONY A. MESTAS Colorado State University-Pueblo football player Deontrae Cooper visits with an unidentified military veteran Friday at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Leavenworth, Kan. Teammate CJ Roberts is in the background.

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Several local candidates fined

The 2014 election cycle saw a few large fines and a handful of smaller ones, mostly for minor offenses such as filing expenditure and contribution reports late.

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Russia dismisses new US sanctions as useless

LA Dodgers chart new course with rebuilt roster

Lawyer: Woman did not intend to hit pedestrians

Vonn wins women's World Cup downhill in France

(AP Photo/Pier Marco Tacca). Lindsey Vonn of United States competes during training for an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill in Val d'Isere, France, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. Austrian skier Anna Fenninger posted the fastest time in a World Cup downhi...

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Russia dismisses new US sanctions as useless

Vonn wins women's World Cup downhill in France

American skier Lindsey Vonn won a World Cup downhill race Saturday on the same course where she re-injured her troublesome right knee one year ago, clinching a 61st career victory to continue her strong comeback following...

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Vonn wins women's World Cup downhill in France

Game and Fish working to support sheep mountain mule deer

Wildlife managers are considering ways to improve mule deer habitat in the Snowy Range area as they hope to increase the size of the Sheep Mountain mule deer herd.

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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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