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Individuals' 401(k)s aren't the only investment portfolios taking a beating during the current financial meltdown. Public pensions have also been whacked by the market collapse.

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If you work for the city of Denver, you can stay home the day after Thanksgiving, but with the following catch: You won't get paid. The mayor is trying to save money in this rough economic stretch and is offering an unpaid furlough to those who want it.

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Is picture Obama paints really so bleak?

In his victory speech, Barack Obama listed the challenges ahead: "The greatest of a lifetime - two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century."

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WILMOT: Hospital-borne infections a growing woe

I want to thank the Rocky Mountain News for its Nov. 3 article, "Serious staph bug is cause for concern, not paranoia." It provided the beginning of some extremely important information to the community, but it is only the tip of the iceberg about the medical catastrophe known as hospital-acquired infections. Figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that 271 people die every day from infections they pick up in health-care facilities, making it the nation's fourth largest

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