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• Top 10 Deadliest Drugs

  Linda Snyder | April 08, 2008 4:31 PM | 3 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  In 1988, the AIDS activist group ACT UP staged a protest that led to a dramatic change in the US Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) drug approval process. Previously, the drug approval process was...

• Teen Dies in Alcohol Related Car Crash(2)

  Linda Snyder | March 31, 2008 4:35 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  According to the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph, police say two 18-year old men had been drinking at a party before the vehicle they were riding in rolled early Saturday, killing one and critically injuring the other.Neither was wearing a seatbelt and both were ejected. The passenger, Evan Kinnan, died in the one-car crash on Woodmen Road, and the driver, Craig Milos, suffered severe head...

• Major Car Accident in Colorado Springs

  Shannon Weidemann | May 18, 2007 3:45 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  A mulitple car accident on the Hancock Expressway closed down the road early this morning. Police believe that two cars were involved including one that rolled over. Police believe another car may be involved in the accident but it apparently left the scene to bring some injured people to the hospital.Police are calling it a serious injury accident and have called out their Major Accidents...

• Hoover Dam bypass clean-up after crane collapse

  Staff Writer | January 30, 2007 11:38 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  On September 15, 2006, high winds caused two 280-foot-tall steel cranes to collapse in a major construction accident at the site of the $234 million Hoover Dam bypass project. This week, a crew of divers is working to clean up the debris from the Colorado River. A story in Central Utah's Daily Herald details the construction accident that caused $50 million in damages and set back the project's...

• Text-Messaging Causing Car Accidents

  Staff Writer | January 17, 2007 7:50 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  State troopers say cell phone text messaging is causing more accidents than ever before. The problem is that while it's easy to spot people talking at the wheel, it is much harder to catch people texting at the wheel. Troopersare convinced cell phone use is causing wrecks, but drivers never admit to it. Trooper Lonnie Haschell sees drivers do it, but he can't stop them. "Unless there is...

• Deer-related Car Accident in Nebraska Kills Two Children

  Staff Writer | January 29, 2008 10:35 AM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  On Sunday night, January 27th, 14-year-old Michael Betts and 4-year-old Cora Betts were killed after the driver of their minivan, 37-year-old Michael Betts Jr., lost control of the car after trying to avoid hitting several deer that ran across the road.The accident happened on Interstate 80 in Odessa, Nebraska. The driver tried to avoid hitting the deer, however ended up hitting one and the...

• The Fair Act – How Does It Effect Colorado Consumers?

  Kyle Bachus | June 12, 2008 4:00 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  "Fair Accountable Insurance Rates Act" also known as the FAIR Act, claims to provide easy access to health and automobile insurance coverage for all Coloradans and create new reporting requirements...

• Wagner Paint Sprayers Recalled

  Chrissie Cole | May 05, 2009 2:07 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Wagner Paint Sprayers has voluntarily recalled its Paint Sprayers because the on-off switch can be dislodged from the casing resulting in exposure to electrical connections which poses a shock...

• Horrible Car Crash Kills Three

  April Armani | July 05, 2007 2:20 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  A horrible motor vehicle collision has left a mother, father and son dead with another toddler injured. The crash happened south of E. Mississippi Avenue and S. Chambers Road around 11 pm last night. A red 2002 Ford F650 tow truck was headed northbound on Chambers and hit a 1997 Honda CRV traveling in the same direction. The two truck then crossed the center median where it hit a 2003 Nissan...

• Parents Sue Bully. School District Next?

  Linda Snyder | March 27, 2008 7:45 PM | 1 CommentDenver, CO

  I find the whole concept of bullying to be interesting. You get a bunch of kids who decide that another kid is, for whatever reason, is a target for mental and physical abuse. And because bullying has been around since the time of cavemen, it's a somewhat socially acceptable behavior. The school district in Fayetteville, Arkansas may proclaim that they have a zero tolerance policy, but clearly...