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LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER
CSU MINISTRY TRAVELS TO BELIZE
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Belize is often advertised for its beautiful environment and tourist appeal, but it's also poverty stricken. To help alleviate the suffering, CSU students will be traveling to Belize to tutor school children in English literacy skills, lead arts, crafts and recreation for Spring Break.
Girl Scouts stuck with bogus $50 after selling 3 boxes of cookies
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LOUISVILLE - Somebody handed a group of Girl Scouts a bogus $50 bill and left with three boxes of their famous cookies and $40.25 in change, police said Wednesday. Volunteer Catherine Prior was helping her daughter and other Girl Scouts selling cookies last week outside a grocery store in Louisville, about 20 miles north of Denver, when a man bought one box each of Thin Mints, Tagalongs and Do-Si-Dos, paid with the $50 and left, according to a police report.
100 survive after jet bursts into flames
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Yogyakarta, Indonesia - Survivors of the fiery crash-landing of a Boeing 737-400 Wednesday said the plane appeared to be going too fast and shook violently before it touched down, lurched off the runway and exploded in flames, killing at least 21 people. About 115 dazed and bloodied survivors staggered from the Indonesian jetliner after it broke through a fence and came to rest in a rice paddy.
Lawmakers kill measure imposing stiffer drunken-driving penalty
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DENVER - The House Judiciary Committee killed a measure on Wednesday that would have extended the driver's license revocation for first-time drunken-driving violators to five years and required them to use a locking device. The measure (House Bill 1189) failed after lawmakers questioned the cost.
Jeffs indicted for his time on the run
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SALT LAKE CITY - A federal grand jury indicted the leader of a polygamous sect Wednesday, accusing him of fleeing to avoid prosecution on Utah sex charges during a manhunt that ended with his arrest near Las Vegas. The one-count indictment covers a five-month period in 2006, although Warren Jeffs was believed to be on the run for a longer stretch.
Highlights of the legislative session at halfway point
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(AP) - Gov. Bill Ritter signed an executive order establishing a preferred drug list, a necessary step for entering a multistate purchasing pool for pharmaceuticals. Supporters say the pool would save money on drugs for Medicaid clients and help Coloradans who don't qualify for Medicaid but can't afford prescriptions or insurance.
Major overhaul of Britain's House of Lords gains support
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LONDON - It's a tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages allowing Britain's non-elected elite to hold political power but lawmakers voted Wednesday to pursue radical reform of the House of Lords with a plan for a wholly elected second chamber stripped of dukes and earls.
Georgia man lays claim to half of $390 million lottery jackpot
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DALTON, Ga. - A Georgia truck driver stepped forward Wednesday to claim half of a $390 million jackpot, the richest lottery prize in U.S. history. "I'm going to do a lot of fishing," Ed Nabors, 52, of Rocky Face, Ga., about 90 miles north of Atlanta, said in a deep Southern drawl.
Anticipating huge demand, CBS doubles bandwidth for NCAA video streams
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NEW YORK - CBS Corp. is doubling the amount of bandwidth available for viewing NCAA tournament games this year, but will still have to restrict the number of viewers to keep the system running smoothly. The video streams proved very popular last year. CBS is also beefing up the image quality for the video and making the online video player larger, which will take up some of the added bandwidth.
Taliban has 4,000 fighters ready to battle NATO, commander says
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A top Taliban commander said Wednesday the group has 4,000 fighters bracing to rebuff NATO's largest-ever offensive in northern Afghanistan, now in its second day. Suicide bombers are ready, land mines have been planted and helicopters will be targeted, Mullah Abdul Qassim, the top Taliban commander in Helmand province told The Associated Press.
(Not) burning down the house
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For those leaving town over spring break, there are several precautions they can take to minimize the chances of coming back to a ransacked or burned down house. "It's a good idea to stop your mail and newspaper delivery because that way people won't know you are gone," said Sgt.
All's fair in love and war
Sex fair draws giggles, preaching
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It wasn't a typical fair.
Dildos served as door prizes at the Safer Sex Fair on Wednesday - and they were the most conventional of sex toys. Amid a throng of tables covered in condoms, candy and other bedroom fare, Jiu Jitsu masters taught their craft to potential sex crime victims.
Miriam Mensah-Bonsu, however, dropped by with a simpler mission.
"Honestly, I came for the free condoms," the freshmen open-option major said.
And she wasn't alone. More than 100 stopped by the fair in the Lory Student Center's Art Lounge, forcing Northern Colorado AIDS Project volunteers to run back to their offices to restock their supplies of free condoms.
But at least one visitor had qualms with the fair's message.
Dan Wiesner jumped onto a rock on the Plaza, and began to preach against promiscuity.
"I believe in safe sex between a married man and woman. Period," said Wiesner, who describes himself as first and foremost a Christian.
Former Ram leads Sharks to success
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A friendly work environment is all it takes to go from being one of many Rams to the No. 1 Shark - at least that's how it worked for Greg Jamison. The CSU alumnus and current CEO of an NHL franchise stressed the importance of being friendly in gaining success in today's business world in front of about 400 students inside the East Ballroom of the Lory Student Center Wednesday afternoon.
