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Metro State College professor Luis Torres uses one word to describe his school’s decision to charge out-of-state tuition to U.S. citizens and Colorado residents...
Colorado’s director of higher education wants students who are U.S. citizens and Colorado residents to pay in-state college tuition, even if their parents are...
Mooning Over Saturn
Hyperion is the eighth largest moon of the planet Saturn. It orbits the planet about every 21 days. Its unusual sponge-like appearance...
California has made it official: they have moved up their presidential primary date to February 5th, 2008. Colorado legislators are considering the move as...
Western states are turning purple, and migrating Californians might be to blame, says a Los Angeles Times opinion piece today. West Coasters who can't...
A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent did not send an e-mail requesting assistance to defeat a Colorado ballot initiative, says a Denver agency spokesman....
Usually, federal drug agents make the news by arresting people. On the DEA's website, there are many pictures of disheveled captives wearing handcuffs, who...
The $33 billion leveraged buyout by private investors of the mammoth hospital chain, HCA, announced today could mean layoffs of staff and higher prices...