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Base camp of lost Boulder, Colorado climbers found

July 27, 2012

Gil Weiss and Ben Horne were supposed to go on a 7-10 day climbing trip in Peru. After their families had not heard from them in nearly two weeks, they contacted the pair's guide. A three man rescue...

Colorado paleontologist to lead Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

July 27, 2012

The nation's largest and most popular museum will now be lead by a Colorado man. The Smithsonian named Kirk Johnson the director of the National Museum of Natural History on Thursday. Jonson currently...

64th annual Burro Days celebrates ‘haulin ass’ in Fairplay Colorado

July 27, 2012

Most animal races involve humans riding the animal. In the World Championship Pack Burro Race, the humans drag a burro 29 miles and up 10,000 vertical feet. Fairplay, Colorado will be hosting the...

ESPN’s live coverage of Denver Broncos training camp all because of Peyton Manning

July 27, 2012

It seems like any time you turn on Sportscenter in the past two days, they're hyping up the fact that they're live from Englewood at the Broncos training camp. The Broncos opened camp Thursday  with...

A list of things to do on Colorado's birthday

A list of things to do on Colorado’s birthday

July 26, 2012

Don't worry, I didn't know this factoid either. But according to Karl Isberg at the Pagosa Springs SUN, Colorado was brought into the union on August 1, 1876, meaning that it's almost time to celebrate...

It's not right that an Aurora shooting survivor is suing Warner Brothers

It’s not right that an Aurora shooting survivor is suing Warner Brothers

July 26, 2012

I've focused on keeping coverage of the Aurora theater shooting to the victims and pertinent information since the tragedy took place late last week. It just doesn't seem right to post about the political...

Why Denver should host the Olympics, but never will

Why Denver should host the Olympics, but never will

July 26, 2012

Earlier today, Mark Sappenfield wrote a post titled "The $14 billion Summer Olympics, Why does London even want them?" for The Christian Science Monitor. In it, he touches on the fact that, while hosting...

Scholarship fund in honor of Aurora victim Jessica Ghawi surges past $20,000 goal

July 26, 2012

Alex Branch at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram is reporting that a scholarship fund for Aurora Theater victim Jessica Ghawi has surpassed its initial goal of $20,000. At the time of this post's writing,...

Durango man mistaken for Aurora shooter

Durango man mistaken for Aurora shooter

July 24, 2012

With several cases of mistaken identities arising around the common name of the Aurora shooter, James Calvin Holmes III, of Durango might be the most ludicrous. The Durango Herald said: Physical characteristics...

Colorado man accused of illegally downloading porn sues back, claims he has never watched porn

July 24, 2012

Jeff Fantalis, a Colorado man, was accused of illegally downloading Porn, chose not to stomach this accusation and filed a a counter suit.  According to Beta Beat, in a 53 page counter claim,  he...

Swansea City takes on Colorado Rapids: A room of Welsh people didn't help us notice

Swansea City takes on Colorado Rapids: A room of Welsh people didn’t help us notice

July 24, 2012

Tonight Swansea City will play the Colorado Rapids at 7 p.m. at Dick's Sporting Goods Field. Box Score World Sports Wire said: The Swans arrived in Denver on Sunday night and are currently preparing...

Political attacks resume in wake of Aurora shooting

Political attacks resume in wake of Aurora shooting

July 23, 2012

According to the Denver Business Journal, President Obama will keep all of his Colorado campaign ads off air for the rest of the week, as will Mitt Romney, out of respect for the victims of the Aurora shootings early Friday morning.

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