Midnight unions for gay couples as Colorado law takes effect
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The first gay couple granted a civil union in Colorado said their vows before hundreds of people early Wednesday morning at a downtown Denver municipal building, where eager couples and members of the public gathered to celebrate the first legal unions.
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Clerical error set Colorado slaying suspect free nearly 4 years early
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If it weren’t for a clerical error, Colorado’s state prisons chief might still be alive today.
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Did white supremacist kill Colorado prisons boss, pizza delivery man?
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Investigators are looking into whether a paroled white supremacist may have killed a pizza delivery man and gunned down the top prisons official in Colorado before he led Texas authorities on a wild chase and shootout.
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BREAKING: Colorado governor signs gun-magazine limits, expanded background checks
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed landmark new gun laws on Wednesday expanding background checks on gun purchases and limiting the size of ammunition magazines, placing the traditionally firearm-friendly state among the handful to pass new restrictions in the wake of the shooting in Newtown, Conn.
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Colorado department of corrections chief shot dead in home
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The executive director of Colorado’s department of corrections was shot dead by an unknown gunman at his home on Tuesday night, authorities in Colorado confirmed to NBC News.
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Bunnies invade Denver airport, nibble on car cables
Unfortunately for the security at Denver International Airport, furry troublemakers are invading their large parking lot.
Officials with the U.S. Agriculture Department’s Wildlife Services in the Denver area claim that rabbits are chewing wires under the hoods of cars, according to the Los Angeles Times. The animals are causing hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars in damage.
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Aurora, Colo., theater opens to shooting victims and their families
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The Aurora, Colo., theater where a gunman opened fire at movie-goers in a midnight premiere of a Batman movie, killing 12 and injuring 58, is open to victims and their families.
The theater was reopened on Tuesday and Wednesday for private visits, and on Thursday a grand opening ceremony and formal reopening is planned, local media reported.
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Police: 4 dead, including gunman, in Aurora, Colo., hostage situation
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Three people were found dead inside a home in Aurora, Colo., after a gunman took them hostage early Saturday morning, police told NBC affiliate KUSA. The gunman was also shot and killed by police after hours of failed negotiation attempts.
Another person who had been inside the house was able to escape and alert authorities, KUSA reported.
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Recreational marijuana users could get pot from vending machines, company says
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If a California company has its way, recreational marijuana users in Colorado and Washington state will one day be able to get their pot out of vending machines.
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Columbine shooter’s mom: I prayed for his suicide
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The mother of Columbine shooter Dylan Klebold says in a new book that she prayed for him to commit suicide when she was told he was a suspect during the shooting spree at a Colorado school that killed 13 people.
Source: MSN
Colorado coffin races put the ‘fun’ in funeral
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Take one morbid historical story and a town noted for celebrating the stranger side of life and what do you get?
If the town is Manitou Springs, Colo., you get the Emma Crawford Memorial Coffin Races, a madcap and macabre annual event set to take place on Oct. 27 this year.
Source: nbcnews.com
Gay couple sues after photo used in anti-gay flier
Tom Privitere and Brian Edwards posed for their engagement photo, holding hands and kissing, in front of the Brooklyn Bridge in 2010. The image captured one of the happiest days of their lives. But earlier this year, their special moment was soured when the photo was used in two anti-gay mailers in Colorado.
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Polls: Obama ahead in Colorado, Iowa and Wisconsin
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President Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney in Colorado, Iowa and Wisconsin, reaching the key 50 percent support threshold in all three battlegrounds, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls of these states.
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