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Colorado Republican Romeo stripped of $120K during RNC

"Republican by day, Romeo by night, robbed by morning," is the headline that the St. Paul Pioneer Press slapped on a story about a Denver attorney and GOP delegate who took a woman to his hotel room, got naked, got slipped a mickey and then got robbed of a reported $120,000 in cash and bling during the Republican National Convention.

Follow up: Out-of-state soldiers worked Dem convention

Soldiers from as far away as Georgia were stationed in Denver during the Democratic National Convention according to new information released by military officials.

UPDATED: Obama, Palin set Colorado events Monday

Two weeks after accepting the nomination at Invesco Field, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign announced a return visit to Colorado scheduled on Monday. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin returns to the state early in the week too, according to the Rocky Mountain News.

Colorado brother of Klan victim denied redress

James Moore, who lives in Colorado Springs, fought for years to rectify his brother's death. In 1964, Charles Moore and a friend, both 19-year-old black males, were found dead in the Mississippi River. Decades later, James Moore pieced together a painstaking narrative that named James Ford Seale, a Ku Klux Klan member, responsible for the disappearance and ultimate death of his brother.

No prostitution arrests during DNC

Despite a warning about the influx of prostitutes and johns http://www.coloradoindependent.com/4144/workers-gear-up-to-battle-the-seedy-underbelly-of-the-dnc/ coming to the Denver area Aug. 25-28 for the Democratic National Convention, Denver police made no prostitution-related arrests during the last week in August.

Obama and McCain on the issues

With Barack Obama and John McCain less than three weeks away from their first presidential debate, Stateline.org, a nonpartisan online news site, has come up with a virtual tete-a-tete between the two candidates.

INVESCO dispatches: The headliners are up

Al Gore gets a raucous reception from the 75,000 strong at INVESCO. More on the flipside. 6:49 p.m.: Gore slams McCain on environment and green economy Where...

GOP worries Gustav could blow away convention

Top Republican strategists huddled Wednesday, fearing another hurricane could swamp the GOP convention just days after the third anniversary of Katrina's landfall.

Porn protesters push the weirdness envelope at the DNC

On day 3 of the DNC, it’s official: we’ve seen it all on the protest front. An organization calling itself Stop Bird Porn marched on Denver’s 16th Street Mall Wednesday, warning people that “bird watchers are voyeurs who seek vicarious sexual gratification in the woods” by observing “God’s defenseless creatures mating.”

Rep. Chet Edwards: Obama a friend to Vets

Texas Congressman Chet Edwards Wednesday introduced an emotional video about America’s veteran, touting Sen. Barack Obama as a friend to veterans, criticizing Sen. John McCain, a Vietnam veteran for his record on veteran's issues.
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