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State Fair to allow one member of banned family to enter goat show
March 23, 2012 12:25 PM
PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) - A boy who was disqualified from the Colorado State Fair after his goat tested positive for a banned drug will be allowed to compete this year. General manager Chris Wiseman announced Thursday that Ben Weinroth will be able to participate "due to the circumstances." Wiseman refused... more » -
Student banned from prom gets to go after all
June 5, 2011 7:27 PM
SHELTON, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut teen who was briefly barred from prom for his over the-top invitation to his date finally got to go. Shelton High School senior James Tate attended the prom Saturday, nearly a month after he was prohibited for posting his invitation to Sonali Rodrigues... more » -
Punishment for failed Colorado bank
February 3, 2011 7:18 AM
GREELEY, Colo.-Two former lending officers for the failed New Frontier Bank in Greeley have been sanctioned. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. says Jamie Weeks and John Kundert are banned from working in banking. The Greeley Tribune reports both were commercial loan officers. Neither admitted or denied the FDIC's... more » -
Engineer banned from chemistry in explosives case
November 13, 2010 4:38 PM
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - A Longmont engineer who repeatedly ran into legal trouble for improper explosives has been banned from pursuing chemistry. Retired electrical engineer Ronald Swerlein received the unusual sentence Friday after his second explosives possession conviction. Swerlein holds 11 patents but suffered a brain injury in a car... more » -
Grand Junction votes to close marijuana centers
October 5, 2010 12:45 PM
The Grand Junction City Council passed a measure to close medical marijuana businesses in the city. The council voted 6-1 to pass the ordinance Monday night. Mayor Teresa Coons was the only member to vote against it. The ordinance requires that all dispensaries and other pot businesses shut... more » -
Czech Republic bans Google Street View
September 22, 2010 9:09 AM
The Czech Republic's privacy watchdog says Google has not been granted permission to expand its mapping feature Street View because it invades peoples' privacy. The Office for Personal Data Protection last week refused Google the necessary registration for Street View in the eastern European country but did not explain... more » -
Overhaul of Medical Marijuana Regulations in El Paso County
July 8, 2010 9:52 AM
El Paso County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on medical marijuana regulations next week. The legislature passed a law this year requiring medical marijuana dispensaries to obtain state and local licensing approval and to be in compliance with all local zoning codes. Next week's hearing is the first... more » -
Once-presidential phrase casualty of word war
December 31, 2009 8:47 AM
A Michigan school has proposed interring "shovel ready" and other phrases in its annual list of Words to Be Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness. Lake Superior State University also suggests that "transparent/transparency," "czar," "sexting," "tweet," "teachable moment" and "app" should join "shovel ready" in... more » -
Neighbors threaten woman over her use of a clothesline
November 20, 2009 4:59 PM
Residents and town officials in Perkasie, Pennsylvania don't want to see Carin Froelich's unmentionables, but she is determined to show them. "It's your freedom, it's your right," Froelich said. Though it's not illegal, more and more people across the country are being bullied and criticized by local government... more » -
Brown pelicans no longer endangered
November 11, 2009 12:50 PM
After nearly 40 years on the brink of extinction, the brown pelican is coming off the endangered species list. The bird now prevalent across Florida and the Gulf and Pacific coasts was declared an endangered species in 1970, after its population was devastated by the use of the pesticide DDT.... more » -
Evans Army Hospital restricts visitors
October 23, 2009 1:33 PM
Evans Army Hospital has joined other local hospitals in restricting visitors to prevent the spread of H1N1 swine flu. Visitors under 13-years-old are banned. Visitors 13 and older will have their temperatures taken before entering patient rooms; those with a temperature of 100.4 or greater will be issued a... more » -
DDT deposit off Southern California will be capped
October 5, 2009 6:03 PM
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has chosen a $50 million strategy to place a cap of clean material on a vast deposit of DDT and PCBs on the ocean floor off Southern California. Keith Takata, EPA's Superfund director for the region, said Monday the cap will be placed over the... more »
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