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Judge orders woman adopted as baby deported to Mexico

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TACOMA, Wash. — A federal immigration judge has ordered a 38-year-old woman adopted by an American couple from Mexico when she was 5 months old to be deported back to her native country...

Elizabeth Smart’s abductor found guilty of kidnapping, rape

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SALT LAKE CITY — A federal jury in Salt Lake City on Friday convicted a self-proclaimed prophet and street preacher of kidnapping and repeatedly raping then-14-year-old Elizabeth Smart, rejecting arguments by the defense that Brian David Mitchell was insane at the ...

Finding Loko locally? Good luck

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It seems that the phenomenon of Four Loko will mirror the effect it has on those who drink it: After a brief but soaring high, it appears set to come crashing down...

Skunky money

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Over the past year, banks as small as Elevations Credit Union and as...

Smokin’ bowls

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The city of Lafayette is not the first place anyone thinks of when the words “cutting edge” or “revolutionary” get tossed around, but when it comes to municipal skateparks, of which there are many in the state of Colorado, the tiny Boulder ’burb stands atop the ...

Briefs | Humane Society wins $100K

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Humane Society wins $100K The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) recently announced that the Humane Society of Boulder Valley has won the ASPCA’s $100K Challenge, a national contest designed to inspire animal shelters across the country...

Porn performer who tested HIV positive calls for mandatory condom use

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LOS ANGELES — The adult film performer who tested HIV positive at a Los Angeles...

9/11 bill faces Senate hurdle

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WASHINGTON — A $7.4 billion...

Colorado Mountain Ranch asks for tree donations

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Colorado Mountain Ranch, the Gold Hill establishment nearly decimated by the Fourmile Canyon fire, is deep in the process of rebuilding lost structures and cleaning up the mess left by the flames. The Walker family, longtime owners of the ranch, are now asking the ...

Suicide bombers kill 50 in Pakistan

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A pair of suicide bombers attacked a large gathering of anti-Taliban elders inside a government compound in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 50 people in one of the worst terror strikes to hit the country's volatile tribal belt ...

Google brings e-book battle to Amazon with new platform

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LOS ANGELES — Google Inc. is penning the next chapter in the story of electronic books...

Fellow veterans offer funds, support for comrade jailed in Westboro case

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WICHITA, Kan. — Veterans from across the country are reaching out to support a Kansas man charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated battery and other crimes against members of a controversial Topeka, Kan., church, saying they know what he has gone through since ...