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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

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The Economy just gets worse: Colorado man robs bank to pay rent, twice

June 26, 2012

If it wasn't obvious enough last week that times are getting tough for people in Colorado when a Colorado school teacher robbed a bank in Douglas County, this is surely confirmation. According to...

How Colorado attracts tourism

How Colorado attracts tourism

June 26, 2012

  We have all been watching television and seen a commercial encouraging us to visit California or New Mexico, but the ones that invite others to our state are never aired within its boarders....

(Slideshow) Colorado Brewers' Festival 2012

(Slideshow) Colorado Brewers’ Festival 2012

June 25, 2012

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Using it all: The State Capital’s not so environmentally friendly past

June 25, 2012

The Colorado State Capitol building cuts an impressive figure, clad in white marble and peaked with 200 ounces of 24 K gold. Standing atop capitol hill in downtown Denver, the 13th step of the building...

Colorado’s silly laws

June 25, 2012

With our state nearing its 140th birthday there are some pretty silly laws still on the books. They may have made a lot of sense when they were written and passed, but no longer hold much sway or are...

Record Heat hits Colorado: the hottest that it has ever been

June 25, 2012

With the weather forecasts for the next five days all well above 90 degrees Fahrenheit, many are wondering how hot it will get this summer. Some days, like Sunday, the only acceptable place to be is...

Online dating scam allegedly robs victims of $1 million

June 22, 2012

Finding love online has always been a fairly perilous endeavor. A mother and daughter from Brighton have been accused of adding to the danger by allegedly stealing more than   $1 million by impersonating...

Bus monitor shows there is hope for bullying victims not protected by Colorado school district policies

June 22, 2012

The state of Colorado did it's part to help protect LGBT youth by passing an anti-bullying law in 2011, but school districts haven't held up their end of the bargain in enforcement. According to...

Fort Collins weekend music calendar 6/22

June 22, 2012

The Aggie Theater Friday - Twista and Shawna with Lodo and B.T.P Doors 8 p.m. $25 Saturday - Jimkata with Gypsyfit and Funkma$ter Doors 8 p.m. Free Avogadro's Number Friday...

High Park fire retardent may be killing wildlife, plants and doing little to stop flames

High Park fire retardent may be killing wildlife, plants and doing little to stop flames

June 21, 2012

The fire retardent being dropped on the High Park blaze, and many other fires around the country, may be doing more harm than good, according Mead Gruver of the Associated Press. His story, which is running...

Already obnoxious Colorado State geese now closer to giving students the bird flu

Already obnoxious Colorado State geese now closer to giving students the bird flu

June 21, 2012

H5N1 is  two steps closer to causing mass hysteria (again.) That's because, according to Kate Kelland's article at Reuters, laboratory tests of the H5N1 virus showed that it needed to go through five...

Twitter goes down, an entire nation of journalists must change their pants

Twitter goes down, an entire nation of journalists must change their pants

June 21, 2012

A Poem: My news feed is broken. I can't promote what I've written. There's no way for me stalk my favorite journalists. I feel like my heart has been bitten.   Twitter, you are...

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