Big snowstorm wallops Colorado, Wyoming
DENVER - An early blast of winter walloped some western states with deep snow and slowly pushed into Nebraska and Kansas Thursday, bringing blizzard conditions to the eastern plains and causing treacherous roads, closed schools and hundreds of canceled flights.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-10-29
Sheriff in balloon saga doesn't shy from soapbox
FORT COLLINS, Colo. - The sheriff at the center of the runaway balloon saga says he's not enjoying the media spotlight, but that's never stopped the John Wayne fan from using it to offer brash opinions on hot topics.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2009 Boy in Balloon Hoax Source:(AP)
2009-10-25
Pot advocates: Looser guidelines leave questions
SAN FRANCISCO - A new Obama administration policy loosening guidelines on federal prosecution of medical marijuana on Monday signaled to users that they had less to fear from federal agents but still left their suppliers to contend with a tangled mesh of state laws and regulations.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-10-19
Sheriff: Charges will be filed in balloon saga
FORT COLLINS, Colo. - A Colorado sheriff said he was pursuing criminal charges in the case of a 6-year-old boy who vanished into the rafters of his garage while the world thought he was zooming through the sky in a flying saucer-like helium balloon.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-10-17
Morning after: Balloon boy gets sick twice on TV
FORT COLLINS, Colo. - The father of a 6-year-old boy who was thought to be in a helium balloon that floated away said Friday accusations that the ordeal was a publicity stunt are "extremely pathetic." The sheriff said he will be asking more questions.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-10-16
Regulators close banks in Colorado, Mich., Minn.
NEW YORK - Regulators have shut Warren Bank in Warren, Mich., and two small banks in Colorado and Minnesota, boosting the number of failed U.S. banks this year to 98 as loan defaults rise in the worst financial climate in decades.
Nations:U.S. Spain Activities:Global Financial Crisis Source:(AP)
2009-10-03
Attorney: No evidence of bomb-making by suspect
DENVER - Claims that an Afghan immigrant was on the verge of unleashing a terrorist attack on New York City on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks are missing a key element: explosives or the chemicals allegedly used to make them, the man's attorney said.
Nations:U.S. Pakistan People:Barack Obama Activities:U.S. War on Terror Source:(AP)
2009-09-26
Suspect used Web to find bomb supplies
NEW YORK - Najibullah Zazi went from Pakistan to suburban Denver beauty shops in a hunt for the supplies and skill to make hydrogen peroxide bombs for al-Qaida, authorities charged in papers describing one of the most significant post-9/11 terror threats to the United States.
Nations:Pakistan U.S. People:Barack Obama Activities:U.S. War on Terror Source:(AP)
2009-09-25
FBI: Notes on bomb-making in Zazi's handwriting
DENVER - Investigators said they found notes describing how to make bombs in the handwriting of an airport shuttle driver arrested as part of a terrorism investigation, and they also discovered his fingerprints on materials -- batteries and a scale -- that could be used to make explosives.
Nations:Pakistan U.S. Afghanistan Activities:U.S. War on Terror Source:(AP)
2009-09-20
Analysis: Liberals tired of health care compromise
WASHINGTON - Frustrated liberals have a question for President Barack Obama and Democratic lawmakers: Isn't it time the other guys gave a little ground on health care? What's the point of a bipartisan bill, they ask, if we're making all the concessions?
Nations:U.S. People:Jon Kyl Charles Grassley Nancy Pelosi Barack Obama Activities:2009 US Health Reform Source:(AP)
2009-08-18
Swine flu cases pass 100 in US, vaccine pursued
WASHINGTON - U.S. authorities are pledging to eventually produce enough swine flu vaccine for everyone but the shots couldn't begin until fall at the earliest.
Nations:Mexico U.S. People:Joseph Biden Barack Obama Steven Chu Activities:2009 Swine Flu Source:(AP)
2009-05-01
Workers feel the brunt of health insurance woes
WASHINGTON - American workers -- whose taxes pay for massive government health programs -- are getting squeezed like no other group by private health insurance premiums that are rising much faster than their wages.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama Source:(AP)
2009-03-23
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