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Obama plans U.S. terror trials to replace Guantanamo Bay
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WASHINGTON -- President-elect Obama's advisers are crafting plans to close the Guantanamo Bay prison and prosecute terrorism suspects in the U.S., a plan that the Bush administration said Monday was easier said than done. Under the plan being crafted inside Obama's camp, some detainees would be released and others would be charged in U.
Street sweeps to affect student parking
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Students and Fort Collins residents could see limited parking from now until December as the City of Fort Collins implements a month-long street sweeping campaign surrounding campus and areas nearby. From now until Dec. 1, the Streets Department's newest program, Operation Clean Sweep, will employ heavy machinery to remove all leaves and foliage from Fort Collins roads.
Death toll rises to 94 in Haiti school collapse
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PETIONVILLE, Haiti -- U.S., French and Haitian firefighters used sonar, cameras and dogs Monday in the search for victims at a collapsed Haitian school, but as the stench of death rose from the wreckage, they no longer expected to find anyone else alive. Three days after the concrete building suddenly collapsed during a children's party, killing at least 94 students and adults and severely injuring 150 more, Capt.
Board urged dismissal of No. 2 VP
System officials did not approve Lincoln's departing contract
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Under pressure from students, faculty and staff, the CSU System Board of Governors urged former CSU President Larry Penley to remove John Lincoln -- Penley's No. 2 as senior executive vice president -- two months prior to his resignation, a BOG spokesperson said Monday.
CSU prof. reflects on Vietnam War
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Pausing to look up at the POW/MIA plaque on his office wall in honor of a friend who died in the Vietnam War, Norman Dalsted said, "The ultimate game is hunting another human being -- until you win. And then you have to live with it." Sharing his story on the eve of Veterans Day, almost 40 years after fighting communism in one of the fiercest Vietnam War battle zones in South Vietnam, the agricultural economics professor said the "incidents and the experiences never go away.
Obama meets Bush at White House for 2 hours
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WASHINGTON - The Bushes welcomed the Obamas to the White House on Monday, visiting for nearly two hours and offering the nation a glimpse of a new first family at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. President-elect Obama and President Bush met in the Oval Office, their first substantive one-on-one session, while first lady Laura Bush and Obama's wife, Michelle, talked in the White House residence.
Denver construction unearths frontier cemeteries
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DENVER (AP) _ It's an unseasonably warm November day in Denver's Cheesman Park: Couples chatting, children playing and joggers hustling past gardens and a Doric-columned pavilion. The central Denver location is also the final resting place for at least 4,200 of its earliest residents, according to historical records.
Gov't to announce new loan aid effort
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WASHINGTON (AP) _ The government and the mortgage industry are set to announce the most sweeping effort yet to help troubled homeowners by speeding up the process for renegotiating hundreds of thousands of delinquent loans held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
