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February 27, 1928: Rails under the Rockies

February 27, 1928: Rails under the Rockies

January 7, 2009

The Rocky's lead story on Feb. 27, 1928, paid tribute to one of Colorado's great enduring industrial projects and the man who lost a fortune trying to build it. Beneath the banner headline, a secondary headline read:

Deadly Denial »

Years after he died, Flats worker a problem for feds 7 comments

December 13, 2008

Lane Christenson has been dead for more than a decade, but he is causing problems for the federal government.

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Frontier Bankruptcy »

Frontier seeks more time to file reorganization plan

January 5, 2009

Frontier Airlines has asked a bankruptcy court to give it an additional four months to file its reorganization plan.

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The Legend of Caribou »

BROWN: Stars came out before Caribou 3 comments

February 2, 2008

With Caribou Ranch opening its gates for the first time in years for our special report last week, music fans were reminded of the big names that came there: Elton John, John Lennon, Joe Walsh.

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Tim Masters »

Murder case a real 'whodunit'

November 8, 2007

The case against Tim Masters was so close that the lead prosecutor thought he'd lost at the end of testimony and arguments, one of the man's former attorneys testified this morning.

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Colorado Oil and Gas »

Pinedale provides cautionary tale for Colorado communities 2 comments

December 12, 2007

This town's many makeovers - from a cattle center to a scenic retreat to an oil and gas boomtown - are becoming a familiar story in the Rocky Mountain West.

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Rocky Flats Nuclear Workers »

Flats protesters return, reflect 17 comments

April 14, 2008

It's just a wide spot on Colorado 93 now, but 30 years ago the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant loomed just over the horizon.

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RTD Fastracks »

RTD cost-cutting hits Sixth Avenue segment hard 4 comments

October 26, 2007

We stashed one of our cars at the Cold Spring park-n-Ride on Union Boulevard and began the final day of our hike along the West Corridor light-rail line.

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Darrent Williams »

Letter implicates Bronco’s killer 40 comments

May 30, 2008

The Rocky Mountain News has obtained a copy of a letter believed to be signed by a 26-year-old gang member that says he fired the shots that killed Denver Broncos player Darrent Williams.

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Aarone Thompson »

Indictment hints at more to come in Aarone case

May 18, 2007

Aaron Thompson and Shely Lowe abused his daughter to death and harmed other children in their care, according to a 60-count indictment providing only a preview of what authorities say went on in a tormented household.

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Immigration »

Griego: This river churns relentlessly, tossing two cultures together 4 comments

April 27, 2007

Were you to measure this street - Border Street, as it has been called here, though it appears on city maps by another name and in neighborhood memory by yet another - you would find it to be just under one-tenth of a mile, a short block by most standards, a hyphen in a neighborhood of sentences.

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Nacchio on Trial »

Enron prosecutor on Joe Nacchio team 3 comments

July 23, 2008

The lawyer who prosecuted former Enron executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling is now on the other side of the white-collar crime legal fence - defending former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio from civil fraud charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Immigration: The Border Within »

Griego: This river churns relentlessly, tossing two cultures together 4 comments

April 27, 2007

Were you to measure this street - Border Street, as it has been called here, though it appears on city maps by another name and in neighborhood memory by yet another - you would find it to be just under one-tenth of a mile, a short block by most standards, a hyphen in a neighborhood of sentences.

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Platte Canyon High School Shooting »

EXTRA!, July 3

July 3, 2007

A tribute CD honoring shooting victim Emily Keyes is making the rounds in the mountain communities of Bailey, Conifer and Evergreen.

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Columbine High School Shootings »

Columbine Web posts were link

November 13, 2007

Web sites glorifying Columbine High School killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold became a virtual meeting space for two teens a world apart who planned their own high school massacres, authorities said.

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JonBenet Ramsey »

Ramsey case timeline

July 11, 2008

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Ward Churchill »

Ward Churchill to teach unsanctioned course on CU campus

September 28, 2007

Fired University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill will return to the Boulder campus next week to begin teaching an unsanctioned course that's being organized by his student supporters.

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A Change in the Air »

A Change in the Air: Vital Signs

December 13, 2005

The marmot was holding his own until the second coyote blindsided him. The coarse-furred, groundhog-like rodent emerged from his hibernation burrow last April onto a thick crust of snow that blanketed this former mining town several miles north of Crested Butte.

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Growing up Melo »

Around the rim, November 1

November 1, 2006

On a rainy afternoon Carmelo Anthony and newly acquired guard J.R. Smith make their way across an Albertson's parking lot back to their hotel room at the Doubletree in Durango on the first week of training camp at 2:30 p.m.

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Patrick Roy »

May 29, 2003: Exit comes with goalie’s typical resolve

June 29, 2006

Eras end. Time goes by. Jim Carrey makes more movies. We understand all this. That doesn't mean we have to like it. It was hard not to notice how happy Patrick Roy looked announcing his retirement. In fact, he seemed a lot happier than anyone else in the room, except possibly his kids, and even they didn't seem all that excited about moving back to Canada.

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Hunter S. Thompson »

Literary gang 'gathered' for farewell

August 19, 2005

Hunter S. Thompson's literary heroes may see his ashes explode 300 feet into the summer sky this weekend.

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Lisl Auman »

Opportunity to 'heal'

August 23, 2005

Denver police widow Anna VanderJagt and Lisl Auman, the woman she holds responsible for her husband's death, shared the same courtroom Monday for the first time in seven years.

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Rocky At 150 »

February 27, 1928: Rails under the Rockies

January 7, 2009

The Rocky's lead story on Feb. 27, 1928, paid tribute to one of Colorado's great enduring industrial projects and the man who lost a fortune trying to build it. Beneath the banner headline, a secondary headline read:

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