Colorado Times: 03/09/15

Monday, March 9, 2015

Colorado police fatally shot an unarmed black man last week: Report

DENVER - Police in the Denver suburb of Aurora said on Monday that an individual who was fatally shot by an officer during an incident on Friday was an unarmed 37-year-old black man, the Denver Post newspaper reported.

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Gas prices expected to rise again

Average retail gasoline prices in Colorado have risen 5.0 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.

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Shoe Cruizer needs donations

Share the Spirit Foundation -- a community based organization -- is looking for NEW shoes and socks to stock their Shoe Cruizer truck.

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CU football: Family fuels Laguda's push for perfection

Afolabi Laguda, a junior college transfer who joined the Colorado football program in December, is 6-foot-1 and 200 pounds with the speed to play cornerback and the pop for safety.

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Puig's homer backs Anderson's solid LA debut

The first matchup of the Cactus League season between the Dodgers and Giants settled into a 5-5 tie and set the stage for what figures to be a wild battle between the National League West rivals this season.

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GOP moving bill to repeal Colorado's ammo magazine limits

DENVER (AP) - Republicans have advanced their last stab at repealing gun-control laws, a repeal of a 2013 limit on ammunition magazines. But the hearing in a Senate committee controlled by the GOP lacked the crowds brought in previous years. The hearing wrapped up hours before planned, with dwindling numbers ...

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CU football: Family fuels Laguda's push for perfection

Coach Mike MacIntyre has been impressed with Afolabi Laguda this spring in Colorado football practices, but he seems to be in awe of Laguda's parents.

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Cain turns in solid spring debut in draw with Dodgers

Colorado Senate committee passes bill to repeal ammo magazine limits

A 2013 law that limited ammunition magazines to 15 rounds or less is headed for repeal by the Colorado Senate because, in the words of former Weld County Sheriff John Cooke, the measure

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No. 5 Arizona looking to win elusive Pac-12 tournament title

Arizona was the overwhelming favorite to win the Pac-12 and held up its end by rolling to a second straight conference title.

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Ex-Army medic who pleaded insanity convicted in fatal crash

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A former Army medic with post-traumatic stress disorder has been found guilty in a fatal crash in Fountain after jurors rejected the defense's claim that he was temporarily insane because of his condition. The Gazette (http://bit.ly/1zydPUt ) reports that 46-year-old Andrew Marsh was convicted of ...

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Global recognition for NIWA research

World-class climate and ozone research by scientists at NIWA’s Lauder Atmospheric Research Station has been recognised by meteorology’s leading organisation in Geneva, making Lauder the fourth upper-air site in the world to be certified by the global climate-data network.

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Delaware bill eyes experimental drugs for terminally ill

DOVER, Del. (AP) - Delaware lawmakers are introducing a bill allowing terminally ill patients access to experimental medicines that have not received final approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Republican Sen. Colin Bonini of Dover and other lawmakers planned to discuss the so-called "Right to Try" bill at a ...

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Colorado police fatally shot an unarmed black man last week: Report

Giants' Cain perfect in spring debut

Matt Cain pitched two perfect innings in his spring debut, Yasiel Puig hit his first home run of the exhibition season, and the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants played to a 5-5 tie Monday.

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Cracking the Code: Innovative Startups Bring Coding to the Masses

If ever there was an industry ripe for disruption, the US education industry is it. Statistics show that students educated in the U.S. K-12 system consistently rank below their peers on multiple key measures, particularly in the fields of science technology, engineering, and math (disciplines known as STEM). What’s more, among those students who express an interest in a STEM-related career when ...

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Tulowitzki, Gonzalez Return for Rockies in Tie Vs. Reds

Tulowitzki 0 for 2, Gonzalez 0 for 1 in return from surgeries; Rockies tie Reds 2-2

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Plans announced for Stapleton tower building

A Denver-based company announces plans to turn the old Stapleton Airport control tower building into a new restaurant.

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Marchers find irony in re-enactment walk from Selma to Montgomery

It had all the markings of poetic justice. Harold Richardson noticed it right away.

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NV5 Awarded $1 Million Contract With the City of El Centro

HOLLYWOOD, FL--(Marketwired - Feb 10, 2015) - NV5 Holdings, Inc. (the "Company" or "NV5") ( NASDAQ : NVEE ), a provider of professional and technical engineering and consulting solutions, announced today that it has been awarded a contract valued at more than $1 million with the City of El Centro, California, to provide On-Call Engineering, Plan Check, Surveying, Inspection, Geotechnical ...

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Lachlan Star Limited ACN 000 759 353 (Administrators Appointed) Announces Request for Relief from Financial Reporting ...

PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA--(Marketwired - Feb. 24, 2015) -

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What's Up

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Trade, injury talk takes toll on Rockies' Troy Tulowitzki

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - The constant trade talk finally began to affect Troy Tulowitzki over the winter. "I think this offseason was the first time it really hit me, just because it was every single day and pretty hard," Tulowitzki said Monday. "I do pay attention and, yeah, I saw ...

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Cain Goes 2 Innings, Puig Homers in 5-5 Tie

Cain pitches 2 innings, Puig hits first homer as Dodgers and Giants play to 5-5 tie

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Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg dominated Formula One in 2014 - now for that difficult second album

Despite writing music more than ever, Hamilton tells Daniel Johnson his focus for now is on the start of the new season in Melbourne

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Ecotech Institute Names Donald Smith as New Director of Electrical Engineering Technology and Power Utility Technician ...

Industry-Seasoned Electronics Scholar Will Guide Students in Their Pursuit of an Education in Renewable Energy

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Berthoud disqualifies all signatures on petition to put annexation on ballot

Colony Ridge resident Gary Richardson said he was shocked when he got the news from the town of Berthoud: None of the 314 signatures collected to place the recent Heron Pointe annexation on the ballot were valid.

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US weather agency National Centers for Environmental Prediction wants to partner with IMD

US weather agency National Centers for Environmental Prediction wants to partner with IMD

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Colorado sheriffs spent violent offender tracking funds on T-shirts, dinners with spouses

Sheriffs in Colorado used nearly half the money the federal government gave them to track violent offenders on impermissible expenses like promotional T-shirts and restaurant dinners with their spouses, according to the latest investigation to expose weak oversight of Justice Department grants. This tale of law enforcement money gone wrong ...

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Four Eags Earn Big Sky Honors

Junior guard Tyler Harvey and junior forward Venky Jois were honored by the league coaches as first team All-Big Sky selections, while Bogdan Bliznyuk was recognized as the Freshman of the Year.

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DPD sees almost 1,000% increase in pot seizures

Even though marijuana has been decriminalized in Colorado, Denver Police say seizures are up nearly 1,000% since 2011.

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Colorado health insurance exchange officials clash over Medicaid role

Medicaid patients enrolling through the state health insurance exchange are taking too much of its resources, exchange board members said Monday, but state officials propose an even tighter

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Poll: Nearly 60% Looking For Change in '16. Will They Get It?

More Americans are clamoring for change in the upcoming 2016 presidential election than they were in 2008, according to a new NBC/WSJ poll.

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Death Cab for Cutie Fill in North American Tour; Newly Announced Dates Include Shows at NYC's Madison Square Garden ...

Official Companion Video Premieres Today at Noisey; Tour Heralds Hugely Anticipated Eighth Studio Album; Pre-Orders Available Now on the iTunes Store; "KINTSUGI" Arrives on March 31st

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Lent, Christian season of sacrifice, provides major revenue boost for some restaurants

It's a time for sacrifice and abstention, but at least for some, the 40-day Christian season of Lent, which begins this week, represents a marketing opportunity. Lent has nowhere near the economic clout of Christmas and Easter, but for selected businesses and industries, it can mean a major boost in ...

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Colorado Rockies beat Wilin Rosario in arbitration

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Colorado defeated catcher Wilin Rosario in salary arbitration Wednesday, and Pittsburgh's Pedro Alvarez and Arizona's Mark Trumbo went to hearings. Rosario was given a $2.8 million salary instead of his $3.3 million request. Elizabeth Neumeier, Phillip LaPorte and James Oldham heard arguments Tuesday. Rosario, who ...

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For Colorado native, it’s good to be a Globetrotter

DENVER, Colo. — The legendary Harlem Globetrotters entertain and engage fans all over the world. They put on more than 200 shows in the span of 4 months. Only about a dozen of women have ever played for the Harlem globetrotters and two of them grew up in Colorado. Fatima “TNT” Maddox who is in her […]

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Weisner helps No. 7 Oregon State to 66-44 win over Colorado

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Talk about a possible league crown isn't taboo or off limits, just something the Oregon State players don't really discuss right now. Way too much work left to do. Still, No. 7 Oregon State moved a step closer to its first Pac-12 title by beating Colorado ...

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GM Canada February Sales Up 6 Per Cent

OSHAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - March 3, 2015) - Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac dealers delivered 13,806 vehicles in February 2015, an increase of 6 per cent from February 2014.

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2 widely different medical marijuana bills to butt heads

ATLANTA (AP) - Sebastien and Annett Cotte don't plan to come home to Atlanta from Denver until after their 4-year-old son Jagger dies - or the Georgia Legislature passes a bill making medicinal marijuana legal. At 15 months, doctors told the Cottes their son wouldn't make it to 3, then ...

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Demo work begins on former CU Hospital campus at 9th and Colorado

The long-awaited redevelopment of the former University of Colorado Health Sciences Center launched Monday with the start of demolition at the east Denver campus.

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No. 5 Arizona seeks first Pac-12 tournament title in 13 years

Arizona was the overwhelming favorite to win the Pac-12 and held up its end by rolling to a second straight conference title.

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Avalanche's Semyon Varlamov named one of NHL's three stars of week

Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov was named one of the three stars of the week in the NHL along with Calgary Flames center Jirir Hudler and New York Rangers goalie Cam Talbot.

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Colorado police say black man fatally shot last week was unarmed: report

DENVER (Reuters) - Police in the Denver suburb of Aurora said on Monday that an individual who was fatally shot by an officer during an incident on Friday was an unarmed 37-year-old black man, the Denver Post newspaper reported.

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Web Extra: OSU Before Pac-12 Tourney

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Head Coach Wayne Tinkle, Guards Langston Morris-Walker, Gary Payton II and Malcolm Duvivier preview their upcoming match-up against Colorado as well as going into detail on how the Pac-12 Tournament will represent a fresh start for the Beavs.

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