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Colorado girl suing U.S. attorney general to legalize medical marijuana nationwide
Alexis Bortell is hardly the first child whose family moved to Colorado for access to medical marijuana. But the 12-year-old is the first Colorado kid to sue U.S. Attorney Jeff Sessions over the nation's official marijuana policy. "As the seizures got worse, we had to move to Colorado to get cannabis because it's illegal in Texas," said Bortell, who was diagnosed with epilepsy as a young child.
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Sorry, Comcast: Voters say “yes” to city-run broadband in Colorado
Municipal broadband wins "David vs. Goliath battle" in Fort Collins, Colorado. By Jon Brodkin.
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A Cub Scout questioned a Colorado state senator at a meeting. Now he’s been kicked out of his den
A Cub Scout in Broomfield has been kicked out of his den, allegedly for asking pointed questions of a Colorado state senator at meeting organized by the Boy Scouts. By Kieran Nicholson. [Autoplay]
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Legal marijuana is saving lives in Colorado, study finds
Researchers say the trend is worth watching in other states.
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The water under Colorado’s Eastern Plains is running dry as farmers keep irrigating “great American desert”
Colorado farmers who defied nature’s limits and nourished a pastoral paradise by irrigating drought-prone prairie are pushing ahead in the face of worsening environmental fallout: Overpumping of groundwater has drained the High Plains Aquifer to the point that streams are drying up at the rate of 6 miles a year.
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Colorado GOP weighs whether to cancel its 2018 primary election, a move that would shut out unaffiliated voters
The decision about whether to opt-out of Proposition 108 and cancel the June 2018 primaries for Congress, the governor’s office and other positions is reminiscent of when the Colorado GOP vot…
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US man who said he was stabbed for looking like neo-Nazi actually stabbed himself
A Colorado man who claimed that someone had stabbed him because he looked like a “neo-Nazi” fabricated the story after he accidentally cut his hand with a knife, according to police. Joshua Witt, who has been arrested on false reporting charges, admitted to law enforcement in Sheridan, Colorado, that he lied to officers when he alleged that a black man had attacked him for having a haircut associated with white supremacists, police officials said Monday.
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Colorado bear drives car after getting stuck inside
A bear that got stuck in a car in the US state of Colorado took a short joyride before crashing, police say. Durango resident Ron Cornelius awoke to find a Subaru SUV crashed at the bottom of the hill at the end of his driveway. "Usually, I don't get up at 5 o'clock unless there is a bear driving a car down the street," he joked to the Durango Herald newspaper.
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How Trump Is Transforming Rural America
In Colorado, the President’s tone has started rubbing off on residents. By Peter Hessler.
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Marijuana taxes are giving Colorado a pot of money to rebuild its crumbling schools
The K-12 school in Deer Trail, Colorado, is in rot. The swimming pool is in such grave shape that students can’t use it anymore. People in wheelchairs have to be lifted up stairs. A sewage leak has closed the coach’s locker room. Even basic security is a problem, as the doors are so out of shape that they can be difficult to close and lock.
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Gordon Klingenschmitt: Americans Won’t Need Healthcare If We Stop Funding Planned Parenthood Because God Will Heal All Disease
Religious Right activist and former Colorado state legislator Gordon Klingenschmitt declared on his “Pray In Jesus Name” program last week that Americans would not need healthcare if this nation would simply stop funding Planned Parenthood because, if we do so, “God will heal your diseases.”
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Camping teen awakens to 'crunching sound' as bear bites his head
A camp staffer at a Christian summer camp in Colorado received medical care after he was made awake early Sunday by a bear chewing on his head. The 19-year-old said that he thought he was dreaming as he heard a "crunching sound," only to wake up in "immense pain" as the black bear attempted to drag him away from the Glacier View Ranch campsite, Colorado Parks & Wildlife spokeswoman Jennifer Churchill told CNN.
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Teen bit in head by bear wakes up to ‘crunching sound’
A teen staffer at a Colorado camp fought off a bear after waking up Sunday to find the animal biting his head and trying to drag him away.
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Police searches drop dramatically in states that legalized marijuana
Traffic searches by highway patrols in Colorado and Washington dropped by nearly half after the two states legalized marijuana in 2012. That also reduced the racial disparities in the stops, according to a new analysis of police data, but not by much. Blacks and Hispanics are still searched at higher rates than whites.
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Colorado Adds PTSD As A Medical Marijuana Condition
On Monday Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed Senate Bill 17 into law. This new bill allows patients suffering from PTSD to receive a doctor’s OK to use medical marijuana to treat their symptoms. Colorado doctors could begin recommending medical marijuana for treatment of PTSD in as soon as a week.
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Controversy erupts after Colorado animal sanctuary kills all its animals
The owners of an animal sanctuary in Colorado that recently euthanized all of its animals claim they were forced to do so by the government. Owners of the Lion’s Gate Sanctuary said they had to humanely euthanize three lions, three tigers and five bears in April after the Elbert County Board of Commissioners denied their request to move to a new location. Dr. Joan Laub and her partner Peter Winney wanted to build a sanctuary on a 45-acre property near Elizabeth instead, according to The Coloradoan.
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Radical Efforts to End Homelessness: A Sober Utopia
In a remote corner of Colorado, a radical experiment is underway to rehabilitate the state’s most downtrodden residents. By Will McGrath.
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Colorado To Kill Some Mountain Lions, Bears To Boost Mule Deer Numbers
The state plans to kill up to 15 mountain lions and 25 black bears beginning in the spring. Some biologists worry the plan ignores the threats of habitat destruction and energy development.
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Awake in the Night
Mary Kuanen escaped the violence of Sudan only to live through her husband’s murder in suburban Denver. Half a decade later, the single mother of five is still working to build the better life she was promised. By Robert Sanchez.
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Lightning over Colorado
Have you ever watched a lightning storm in awe? Join the crowd. Oddly, nobody knows exactly how lightning is produced. What is known is that charges slowly separate in some clouds causing rapid electrical discharges (lightning), but how electrical charges get separated in clouds remains a topic of much research. Lightning usually takes a jagged course, rapidly heating a thin column of air to about three times the surface temperature of the Sun. The resulting shock wave starts supersonically and decays into the loud sound known as thunder.
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