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Friday, June 07, 2013  Sen. Mark Udall says he was aware the federal government was broadly monitoring Americans' telephone and email communications and has "tried everything short of leaking classified information" to try to bring attention to the issue.

Friday, June 07, 2013  Some farmers in southeast Colorado say they won't have a wheat crop this year because of an ongoing drought.

Friday, June 07, 2013  Supporters of former U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar are welcoming him back to Colorado.

Thursday, June 06, 2013  Former U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has a new job.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  The publisher of The Gazette in Colorado Springs says the newspaper will move its printing operations to The Denver Post's press facility in April.

Monday, February 04, 2013  Colorado Springs will serve as a host community for the 2013 Ride the Rockies Bicycle Tour.

Friday, January 25, 2013  Colorado's senators haven't decided whether to support a Democratic push to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines like those used in the Newtown, Conn. school massacre.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials say they're having a tough time enforcing laws that bar felons from hunting in the state.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  Colorado officials are promising to add a telephone hotline and provide more training following the deaths of 175 children under state supervision over the past six years.

Thursday, December 27, 2012  The Colorado Bureau of Investigations says a backlog in background checks for firearms buyers is now up to several days.

Monday, December 17, 2012  The Colorado Department of Higher Education is considering changes to the way it allocates $70 million for need-based college grants.

Monday, December 03, 2012  Autopsies reveal that of the five people killed in a Denver bar that was later set on fire, two of the victims were stabbed more than a dozen times each.

Monday, November 26, 2012  Officials at the Supermax federal prison in Florence are taking steps to improve treatment of inmates with mental illness.

Friday, February 03, 2012  The Denver Post, Colorado's largest newspaper, is endorsing Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010  The Denver Post reports that part of a newspaper column McInnis wrote in 1994 resembled a column that appeared earlier in The Washington Post.