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Yarbrough to sell homes
Penley sells lakeside home for more than $1 million
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Former CSU Police Chief Dexter Yarbrough placed his two Larimer County homes on the market earlier this month, just four days before university officials announced his resignation Friday afternoon. The highest-paid officer in the state with a $156,000-a-year salary, Yarbrough listed one 6,300 square-foot Fort Collins home that boasts four bedrooms, 3.
Pres. Obama OKs 'imperfect' spending bill, with earmarks
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WASHINGTON - Calling it an "imperfect" bill, President Barack Obama signed a $410 billion spending package Wednesday that includes billions in earmarks like those he promised to curb in last year's campaign. He insisted the bill must signal an "end to the old way of doing business.
Proceed with caution: Travel alert issued for Mexico
United States Department of State warns travelers of increased violence due to drug cartels across the border
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Due to an increase in violence among Mexican drug cartels along the U.S. Mexican border, the U.S. Department of State issued a travel alert late last month and CSU's Office of International Programs advised all students and staff to heed the warning over spring break.
Physician: Majority of sexually active people will contract HPV
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As part of HPV Awareness Day Wednesday afternoon, local health experts revealed to CSU students that HPV is the most common sexually transmitted disease and currently, over six million contract it yearly. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that about 20 million Americans currently live with human papillomavirus and that the disease is most common among adolescents and young adults.
ASCSU: Students want reductions to athletics, marketing first
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In light of CSU's projected $13.1 million shortfall, student government officials at Wednesday's University Budget Hearings pleaded with campus administration to avoid cuts to faculty, curriculum, in-class resources and stable advising. Per the results of the over-200 students they surveyed last month, student government President Taylor Smoot, Vice President Quinn Girrens, student at large Blake Gibson, Sen.
System heads discuss chancellor position with Rotary Club
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CSU Interim President Tony Frank and CSU System Board of Governors Chair Doug Jones gave Fort Collins Rotary Club members a detailed explanation of CSU's new chancellor position, which they plan to fill as soon as possible. After former President Larry Penley's abrupt resignation last November, the BOG split the roles of CSU chancellor and president of the Fort Collins campus to allow one person to focus solely on the separate duties in each position.
Administration: recession requires global action
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Warning that the global recession is deepening, the Obama administration on Wednesday called on major U.S. allies to do their part and support strong stimulus programs to fight the downturn. The administration said decisive action was needed by all countries to complement what is being done in the United States.
Sarkozy: France should rejoin key NATO command ?
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PARIS (AP) - President Nicolas Sarkozy forcefully defended his intention to return France to the heart of NATO's military command after 43 years away and insisted Wednesday that staying outside the alliance's highest echelons any longer would weaken France.
Pakistan bans rallies, arrests 100s before march
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ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan rounded up hundreds of opposition activists Wednesday and banned protests in two provinces hoping to thwart an anti-government march on the capital, saying it would not allow "the law of the jungle" to cause instability. The crackdown threatened to undermine support for the year-old elected government, which the U.
Teen kills 15 in Germany before taking own life
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WINNENDEN, Germany (AP) - A 17-year-old wielding a Beretta 9 mm pistol burst into classrooms at his former high school Wednesday and gunned down students - some of whom died with their pencils still in hand - in a rampage that ended with 15 dead before he took his own life, authorities said.
DA says Ala. shooter had revenge list of employers
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SAMSON, Ala. (AP) - A gunman who killed 10 people in the worst mass shooting in Alabama history had a list of employers "who had done him wrong," including the nearby sausage plant he quit days before the spree and the metal factory where he shot himself, authorities said Wednesday.
Gas leak postpones space shuttle Discovery launch
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA postponed the launch of space shuttle Discovery just hours before it was to head to the international space station Wednesday because of a hydrogen gas leak that could have been catastrophic at liftoff. The leak was in the same system that has already caused a vexing one-month delay.
Brewer suspended for all of '09 season
LB: 'I made an error in judgment'
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The university suspended star linebacker Ricky Brewer for the entire 2009 season on Thursday. The athletic department did not specify the reason for the suspension in a released statement. "It's unfortunate, but we need to accept the consequences," coach Steve Fairchild said.
Stop the Presses
Coloradoan to outsource printing, ax 48 jobs
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Just more than a week after the Rocky Mountain News published its final issue, the Denver Newspaper Agency found a new printing client in the Fort Collins Coloradoan as the Gannet-owned newspaper announced it would contract out printing to the DNA, axing 48 positions.
Colleges, admin prepare for cuts
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As CSU prepares to take a 2 to 3 percent hit to academics, individual colleges and departments presented proposals to university heads Wednesday regarding how the deficit would be best dispersed. Interim Provost Rick Miranda said the proposals were prepared in response to the $13.
