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Scripps puts Rocky Mountain News up for sale
Colorado's oldest newspaper faces financial woes
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DENVER - The Rocky Mountain News, Colorado's oldest newspaper, was offered for sale on Thursday after owner E.W. Scripps Co. said it lost about $11 million on the operation in the first nine months of the year. Cincinnati-based Scripps said in a news release that if no acceptable offers emerge by mid-January, it will "examine its other options.
CSU collaborates with Japan universities
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Following an announcement made by a Congress-established panel this week - one which predicted a major terrorist attack by the year 2013 - CSU will collaborate with Japan's Gifu University to propose the formation of a food emergency network, a university professor said Thursday.
Automakers face skeptical senators on aid plan
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WASHINGTON - U.S. automakers drew fresh skepticism from lawmakers Thursday in a rocky confrontation over their pleas for an expanded $34 billion rescue package they say they need to survive. Congressional analysts said one bailout plan under consideration would fall short of what the carmakers want.
U.S. mulls unusual tactic as Blackwater charges loom
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WASHINGTON - Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in the deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting of Iraqi civilians could face mandatory 30-year prison sentences under an aggressive anti-drug law being considered as the Justice Department readies indictments, people close to the case said.
Students fight the 'Dawn,' send letters to raise cancer awareness
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A spirit of goodwill filled the air Thursday night as 150 CSU students scribbled down the names and addresses of seemingly everyone they knew onto white envelopes that read simply "Up 'til Dawn." The letters were then stuffed with slips asking for donations to St.
Peace activist to teach stress release
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Amid an increasingly conflicted world ridden with war and economic crisis, peace and human rights activist Richard Reoch will offer ways in which to ease these stresses through speech and meditation tonight in the Lory Student Center. As a life-long Buddhist and expert in oriental medicine, author, former global media chief for Amnesty International from 1978 to 1993 and president of the Shambhala, a global community of more than 170 Buddhist organizations, Reoch will offer his insight on ways to cope with life stresses through contemplation and meditation.
Idled workers occupy factory in Chicago
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CHICAGO (AP) - Workers laid off from their jobs at a factory have occupied the building and are demanding assurances they'll get severance and vacation pay that they say they are owed. About 200 employees of Republic Windows and Doors began their sit-in Friday, the last scheduled day of the plant's operation.
Peace activist to teach stress release
Author, human rights activist, Buddhist to confront current conflicts
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Amid an increasingly conflicted world ridden with war and economic crisis, peace and human rights activist Richard Reoch will offer ways in which to ease these stresses through speech and meditation tonight in the Lory Student Center. As a life-long Buddhist and expert in oriental medicine, author, former global media chief for Amnesty International from 1978 to 1993 and president of the Shambhala, a global community of more than 170 Buddhist organizations, Reoch will offer his insight on ways to cope with life stresses through contemplation and meditation.
Names in Student Accident Released
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The names of the student hit by a vehicle Wednesday afternoon and the driver who hit her we're released Friday. Alexandra Carroll, a senior biology major, was struck by Christopher Winstead's white Saturn as she attempted to cross a very icy Laurel Street near the Sherwood intersection shortly after 4 p.
