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Memo dramatizes White House dilemma over Vietnam War
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WASHINGTON - Documents released Tuesday from Richard M. Nixon's White House years shed new light on just how much the government struggled with growing public unrest over the protracted war in Vietnam. The National Archives opened nearly 200 hours of White House tape recordings and 90,000 pages of documents.
Univ. of Toledo official, fired over controversial column, sues
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TOLEDO, Ohio - The firing of a college administrator over her criticism of gay rights has sparked a debate about free speech and whether universities have the right to regulate what employees say outside of their jobs. Crystal Dixon filed a lawsuit Monday in federal court seeking to be reinstated to her University of Toledo job, which she lost after writing in a newspaper column that gay rights can't be compared to civil rights because homosexuality is a choice.
Ritter says money for roads, bridges a Colorado priority
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DENVER - Money to maintain Colorado's roads and bridges and boost the state's emerging alternative-energy industry are atop Gov. Bill Ritter's wish list for president-elect Barack Obama's economic stimulus package. Ritter was among the governors who met with Obama in Philadelphia on Tuesday and offered suggestions after Obama pledged to help their ailing economies.
India attacks may have Pakistani roots
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WASHINGTON - Evidence suggests that a group partly based in Pakistan carried out last week's attack in India, U.S. officials said Tuesday, and they also revealed the U.S. had warned the Indian government that terrorists appeared to be plotting an assault on Mumbai.
GM says it needs $12 billion loans by March
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WASHINGTON - General Motors Corp. said Tuesday it needs $12 billion in government loans to keep operating, telling Congress in a bluntly worded report that its collapse could have "severe, long-term consequences to the U.S. economy." GM said it would seek up to $18 billion from the government: $12 billion in loans, including $4 billion by the end of December, and a separate $6 billion line of credit in case market conditions worsen.
Obama vows to help states weather economic woes
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PHILADELPHIA - President-elect Barack Obama promised swift action Tuesday on an economic plan "to solve this crisis and to ease the burden on our states," and he cast governors as his partners in crafting a recession-rebound strategy. "This administration does not intend to delay in getting you the help that we need," Obama said as he met with the chief executives of most states and sought to rally bipartisan support for an economic stimulus.
Order in the Court
Mock trial gets real
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On Sept. 24, 2006, after a fiery debate between professor Lane Hamilton and Midlands gubernatorial candidate Drew Walton, shots were fired. Lane Hamilton was killed. Within an hour, Blitz News Network's Reagan Thomas, who was at the debate, reported that Walton had killed Hamilton.
NoCo Chabad mourns loss of Jewish leaders in Mumbai
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The message was clear Tuesday night at Northern Colorado's Chabad Center: The worldwide Jewish community vows to continue the work of Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivkah, who were tragically slain in a series of devastating terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India last week.
Spurlock shares life story, experiences with Fort Collins
'Super Size Me' spawns Spurlock's show '30 Days'
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Morgan Spurlock, star and producer of "Super Size Me" and "Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden," conveyed to a Lincoln Center audience Tuesday night stories of his struggles and accomplishments throughout his career. Spurlock kicked off the seven-month long series Thought Leaders, presented by the local organization Beet Street, which will bring celebrities to the community said Carol Bennis, executive director of Beet Street.
Young entrepreneur to talk about secret of economic success
Johnny Cupcakes to speak tonight in the LSC
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As Johnny Cupcakes says, "people like what nobody else has," and no one else touts a clothing company with a cupcake and crossbones. Hosted by the Association for Student Activities Program and CSU's chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, the 26-year-old entrepreneur will tell students about his unique company that has garnered him millions of dollars in just under a decade.
Student struck by sliding car
Driver blames icy conditions
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A vehicle sliding on treacherously slick pavement struck a student crossing the street at the intersection of Laurel and Sherwood Wednesday afternoon. Mike Schofield, a Senior Health and Exercise Science major who witnessed the accident, said a line of traffic had stopped in the east-bound left lane of Laurel Street as the woman began to cross Laurel heading north.
Automakers plead with Congress; votes lacking
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WASHINGTON (AP) _ Imperiled automakers and their union worked feverishly Wednesday to sell a skeptical Congress on a $34 billion aid plan, promising labor concessions and restructuring, but the Senate's Democratic leader said there still weren't enough votes to tap the $700 billion federal bailout fund to prop up the foundering Big Three.
