Colorado Times: 03/18/15

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

VA hospital cost higher than similar projects

The cost of the troubled Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital in Aurora skyrocketed to $1.73 billion on Tuesday.

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US destroying its largest stockpile of chemical weapons

DENVER — The U.S. Army began destroying the nation’s largest remaining stockpile of chemical weapons Wednesday, using explosives to rip open a container of mustard agent inside a sealed chamber...

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Pueblo County establishes zoning regulations for hemp grows

A new industry is expected to set up roots in Pueblo County. Commissioners established zoning regulations Wednesday, which will allow farmers to grow hemp in areas zoned for agricultural use. Commissioner Sal Pace said Pueblo County is the first county in the state to set zoning rules for hemp production. Commissioners addressed concerns that hemp grows can damage marijuana grows with cross ...

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Rockwood Elem. students star in educational video

Rockwood Elem. students star in educational video

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Sean Curtis Band mixes country, rock and compassion

Tim Elliott of Loveland isn't usually a country drummer, but when Sean Curtis, who was on season 12 of American Idol, got in touch with him about joining his band, Elliott realized he was a perfect fit.

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Roswell shelter animals set to be euthanized flown to forever homes in Colorado, Utah Wednesday

Roswell's animal shelter has been a hotbed of controversy for some time, and in the center of it all are rules over cats and dogs being euthanized.

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Editorial: S.C. Gamecock women basketball team on a mission

THINGS JUST continue to get better and better for the University of South Carolina women’s basketball team. Click to Continue »

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SALTON SEA: Lawmakers, public plead for restoration plan

Coachella Valley residents, water officials and lawmakers — fearing the dire health, economic and environmental impacts of a shrinking Salton Sea — called on the state to fulfill its 15-year-old promise to fund restoration of the lake. “The...

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Purdue faces another elimination game

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WISH) — Matt Painter hopes the road of elimination-like games Purdue traveled to get into the NCAA Tournament has his Boilermakers ready for the pressure they’ll face on Thursday night.

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CDOT grant to help Greeley's Sheep Draw Trail extension

The Colorado Department of Transportation will give $419,000 to the city of Greeley to help extend the Sheep Draw Trail. -h- ----y c---- -- p-r- -f $7.4 --ll--- -- gr---- -- --r-h-r- C-l-r--- c----------. C--- ------c-- -h- gr---- W-------y -- - --w- r-l----.

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Drought Deepens But No New Water Restrictions For San Diego County

Four years of drought combined with record high temperatures have depleted water supplies in San Diego County and across the state. Local reservoirs , which account for 5 percent to 10 percent of the county’s water supply, have dropped to 41 percent of capacity.

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Colorado Forest Restoration Grants available

The Colorado State Forest Service is accepting proposals from Colorado landowners, communities and others seeking funding to restore forested areas and protect water supplies.

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Rapids Partner with Transamerica for Major Jersey Sponsorship

The Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer and Transamerica have signed a sponsorship agreement that will feature the financial services company's logo on the Rapids uniforms throughout the 2015 and 2016 seasons.

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Rifle lands aerial firefighting center

The Rifle-Garfield County Airport has been selected as the site for a major aerial firefighting research center, the Colorado Department of Health’s Division of Fire Prevention and Control announced Wednesday.Seen as a needed economic boost as the natural gas industry contracts in the region, the new Center of Excellence for Advanced Technology Aerial Firefighting is envisioned as a way to put ...

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Grizzlies Open 7-Game Home Stand Friday, Saturday

Friday, March 20; Bakersfield at Utah, 7 p.m.

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Garth Brooks says hello to fans young and old at Children’s Hospital ahead of Denver concerts

DENVER — Garth Brooks is performing in Denver for the first time in 18 years. The country music mega star began a run of nine shows at Pepsi Center Wednesday night. More than 150,000 people are expected to see his concerts during the next few days. He spent part of his day Wednesday at Colorado […]

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Introducing your Hartford ... Yard Goats

HARTFORD — The Yard Goats go yard. Maybe it will grow on fans yet. Either way, it’s official. A year from now, the New Britain Rock Cats will become the Hartford Yard Goats when they relocate to their new stadium in Connecticut’s capital city.

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Western states coalition opposes listing sage-grouse as endangered

DENVER | A coalition of rural Western counties and business interests is contesting the science being used to decide whether to list the Greater sage-grouse as endangered or threatened, accusing the Obama administration of relying on "selective, false and biased" research. Denver attorney Kent Holsinger filed three Data Quality Act ...

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23 SXSW Trends That Will Impact USA Swimming

Weird. Wild. Overwhelming. Sensory overload. Food trucks. Live music. Everything you have heard about SXSW in Austin, Texas, is true. We had the chance to attend for the first time, and Matt served on a panel as part of SXSports with colleagues Kurt Kamperman from the U.S. Tennis

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Running back Todd Gurley can only watch during Georgia's pro day

While he continues to rehab his knee - and his reputation - Todd Gurley is relying on game film to make his case for the NFL draft.

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Erik Johnson close to returning for Avalanche

GLENDALE, ariz. — Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson is not traveling with the team and will miss consecutive-night, two city games beginning Thursday at the Arizona Coyotes.

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Ross fans 5 before Decker's slam carries Padres

Tyson Ross struck out five in 3 2/3 innings, and Cody Decker's eighth-inning grand slam broke open a tight game Wednesday as the Padres defeated the Rockies, 10-3, at Salt River Fields.

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Pearson defends monitoring of social media for PARCC test items

Colorado's testing contractor has flagged a handful of cases of students sharing material from new state tests on social media — the modern-day equivalent of snagging a paper test off the teacher's desk and sharing it with classmates, officials say.

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Rockies tab Kendrick, De La Rosa for openers

The Rockies will start newly signed right-hander Kyle Kendrick on Opening Day in Milwaukee on April 6. Lefty Jorge De La Rosa -- the most productive Coors Field pitcher in club history -- will start the April 10 home opener against the Cubs, Rockies manager Walt Weiss said.

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Stubbs stays hot with HR, 2 RBIs in Rox loss

Drew Stubbs continued his hot spring with a solo home run and an RBI single, but the Padres' offense erupted late to down a split-squad Rockies team, 10-3, on Wednesday at Salt River Fields.

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For Calgary Flames, winning four of next seven games may not be enough to keep pace

Of their 10 seven-game segments this season, the Calgary Flames have won at least four games on eight occasions.

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Hartford Yard Goats Have the Best New Name in All of Sports

Yard Goats!

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Mammoth Begins 'Lacrosse out Cancer' Jersey Auction

DENVER - Sometimes a jersey is more than just fabric sewn together.

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Rebounding economy, boosts tax revenues, triggers TABOR refunds

Colorado is preparing to issue rebates to taxpayers for the first time in nearly 15 years.

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U.S. begins destroying its largest cache of chemical weapons

Destroying the Pueblo, Colorado, stockpile of mustard agent — which can can maim or kill by damaging skin, the eyes and airways — will take four years. Read more

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Middlebrooks, Solarte Stay Hot, Padres Beat Rockies

Middlebrooks, Solarte each drive in runs in tight 3B competition, Padres rout Rockies 10-3

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US begins destroying its largest cache of chemical weapons

The U.S. Army began destroying the nation's largest remaining stockpile of chemical weapons Wednesday, using explosives to rip open a container of mustard agent inside a sealed chamber and then flooding it with another...

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Garth Brooks visits Children's Hospital Colorado ahead of 9-show run at Pepsi Center

Staff and patients lined the atrium at Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora to get a glimpse of Garth Brooks Wednesday, the country music super star helping celebrate the grand opening of the Child Life Zone.

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Website ranks Williamsburg among the 50 best college towns in which to live permanently

The website College Ranker does exactly that, ranking colleges and the localities that host them in a variety of polls. One list on the site Wednesday afternoon included Williamsburg.

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W. Basketball. @HerdWBB Readies for WBI Battle with Norse

Marshall women's basketball (16-14) will play only its second postseason game as an NCAA program when it faces the Northern Kentucky Norse (19-13) with a 7 p.m. ET tip at The Bank of Kentucky Center in the first round of the Women's Basketball Invitational on Thursday.

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Republicans face major governing test: passing a budget (+video)

When Republicans took control of both houses of Congress, a major benchmark they set for themselves was a return to a normal budgeting process. The House and Senate unveiled their budgets this week, with key points dividing the GOP.

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Wal-Mart wage hike hides deeper problem for US economy (+video)

Wal-Mart won wide praise for raising employee wages. But many employees remain underemployed, working less than a full workweek. It's a problem across the US.

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Purdue coach hopes fight to get in NCAAs helps vs Cincinnati

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Matt Painter hopes the road of elimination-like games Purdue traveled to get into the NCAA Tournament has his Boilermakers ready for the pressure they'll face on Thursday night. Only one Boilermaker, guard Jon Octeus, has played a tournament game before transferring from Colorado State, while senior ...

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For Calgary Flames, winning four of next seven games may not be enough to keep pace

Of their 10 seven-game segments this season, the Calgary Flames have won at least four games on eight occasions.

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PDC Energy Announces Pricing of Common Stock Offering

DENVER -- PDC Energy, Inc. ("PDC" or the "Company") today announced that it has priced a public offering of 3,480,000 shares of its common stock for total gross proceeds (before underwriters' ...

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Bill Would Allow Certain Convictions To Be Sealed For First-Time Offenders

Colorado lawmakers are hearing a bill that would allow people convicted of 400 different crimes to have their records sealed.

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Rifle lands aerial firefighting center

Hash oil production worries sheriff: 'You can blow yourself up'

A booming side-business to marijuana production comes with an explosive danger, the Lane County sheriff warned commissioners Wednesday.

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For Calgary Flames, winning four of next seven games may not be enough to keep pace

Of their 10 seven-game segments this season, the Calgary Flames have won at least four games on eight occasions.

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Dear Mars, what’s that dust? MAVEN seeks answers

NASA's MAVEN craft has sent back data on auroras and dust at high altitudes above Mars - the latter is a mystery to observers both amateur and professional. Back in February a couple of amateur stargazers first announced spotting this dust cloud (having spotted it all the way back in 2012). There was quite a bit of nay-saying at the … Continue reading

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Ramirez pitches 4 shutout innings, Mariners beat A's 4-0

PEORIA, Ariz. — Erasmo Ramirez, making a bid for a spot at the back end of the Seattle rotation, pitched four shutout innings and the Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 4-0 Wednesday.

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Middlebrooks, Solarte stay hot, Padres beat Rockies

Will Middlebrooks and Yangervis Solarte gave no ground in their tight competition for San Diego's starting third base job, each driving a run in the Padres' 10-3 victory over a Colorado Rockies split squad Wednesday.

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2015 already warmest year globally so far

Just two months after data confirmed 2014 was the warmest year on record globally we know that 2015 is off to an even warmer start than 2014 was one year ago. In fact, the first two months of 2015 are significantly warmer than January and February 2014 globally.

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Track. USC To Host Trojan Invitational This Weekend

The USC track and field team begins to transition into the outdoor season full-time by hosting the annual Trojan Invitational at Loker Stadium on March 20-21. The hammer and discus throw competitions will be held at Cal State Los Angeles starting at 1 p.m. on March 20, followed by the 3000m steeplechase races held at Loker Stadium beginning at 6 p.m. The majority of the meet will take place at ...

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Purdue-Cincinnati Preview

Matt Painter hopes the road of elimination-like games Purdue traveled to get into the NCAA Tournament has his Boilermakers ready for the pressure they'll face on Thursday night. Only one Boilermaker, guard Jon Octeus, has played a tournament game before transferring from Colorado State, while senior Neal Beshears was in uniform in 2012 for Purdue's last NCAA berth. With eighth-seeded Cincinnati ...

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