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On Tuesday, January 29th, there will be a public hearing on a proposed ballot initiative at the State Capital in Denver."The Fair Share Health Care Initiative" would make an amendment in the Colorado Constitution requiring companies that employ 20 or more to offer health insurance coverage to employees and their dependents.A Colorado Springs postal worker, Chuck Bader, initially wrote the...

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On Wednesday, January 23rd, two companies that managed and designed the Big Dig project in Boston, MA, will have to pay $407 million to the state and federal governments due to leaky tunnels and a fatal ceiling collapse which killed a woman who was driving through a tunnel to Logan International Airport.The two companies, Bechtel Infrastructure Corporation and Parsons Brinckerhoff acknowledged...

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On Monday morning, a United Airlines flight en route from Los Angeles to Chicago, had to land in Denver due to severe turbulence.As soon as the plane landed, paramedics came on scene to take two flight attendants and eight passengers that were injured on board to a nearby hospital.The plane landed at 3:00am according to the Denver International Airport and the plane checked out ok for...

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On Tuesday, January 15th, the Food and Drug Administration stated that food from cloned animals is safe to eat. This makes it possible for milk and meat from cloned cows to be sold in grocery stores.Numerous farmers and cloning companies have been pushing the government to approve products from cloned animals for some time. However, animal breeding takes time so it may be many years before we...

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New health plan pays for healthy choices.UnitedHealthcare unveiled a new program this month which will allow Coloradoans to save as much as $4000.00 in their insurance deductibles if insureds maintain low blood pressure and smoke free, among other things. The plan, called "Vital Measures" will be tested in Colorado, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Ohio. The plan is only available to those...

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Thursday, December 14th, two people pleaded guilty to federal arson charges for their role in the 1998 Vail ski resort fire. The blaze did $12 million worth of damage and gained national attention to the activities of radical environmentalists. The Two Elk Lodge, a restaurant, ski patrol office, and operators' shack of four ski lifts were all burned in the fire. Chelsea Gerlach and Stanislas...

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On Tuesday, December 12th, Authorities began deporting workers rounded up in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid on the Swift & Co. meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colorado. The raids took place at meatpacking plants in Colorado and 5 other states, Texas, Utah, Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa. At the Greeley plant Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents seized 261 workers. About a month...

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In early November, a class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of a plaintiff class and the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless alleging that the "two document rule" was both illegal and unconstitutional. The "two document rule" states that a passport must be accompanied by another identification document in order to acquire a license or ID card. The law is intended to stop illegal immigrants...

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The Accountacy Agency, Department of Regulatory Agencies, State of Colorado has proposed a program for temporary practice permits to be issued to out-of state certified public accountants in good standing. A hearing on the proposed rule or amendment is set for Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at 09:00 am at 1560 Broadway, Suite 1380, Denver CO 80202. For more information about the proposed rule or...

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Just eight months after losing the bid for medical-device maker Guidant, Johnson & Johnson is suing Boston Scientific and Abbott Laboratories saying that the two companies intentionally interfered and induced Guidant to breach the deal by leaking confidential information to Abbott to arrange a prepackaged divestiture of Guidant businesses to Abbot.J&J wanted to purchase Guidant which was one of...

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission today announced a voluntary recall of the several notebook batteries for at least three machine models.Latitude: D410, D505, D510, D600, D610, D800, D810Inspiron: 510M, 600M, 6000, 8600, 9200, 9300, XPS Gen 2Precision M20 and M70 mobile workstations. These batteries were sold with with the computers and as secondary batteries and in response to...

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Identity theft is a significant threat to personal security and information. A combination of the sheer volume of poorly protected personal data, insecure passwords and companies and government's with poor operations security practices, identity theft may become the most common crime to affect American's overall. Some areas of the U.S. may facilitate this type of theft through poor security...

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According to a report on MSNBC.com, during the first six months of 2006, commercial real estate continues to boom in the Denver-metro area. According to a market overview by Cushman & Wakefield of Colorado Inc., 2006 has seen $2.3 billion in commercial properties sold in Denver, and record capital inflow and sales.

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Microsoft has filed federal lawsuits against two Colorado companies who allegedly sold pirated Windows and Office software. Microcomp Solutions Inc. of Denver and Computers Plus USA of Grand Junction are accused of pirating software or installing the software on computers. Microsoft was made aware of the problem from system builders who are going out of business because they can't compete with...

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A friend of mine recently posed the following question to me in regard to commercial construction and the corresponding contract that he entered into with his builder: My company contracted with a builder to construct a new commercial office building for my business. After we moved in, we had numerous problems that I believe the builder is responsible for. The builder told me that we have a...

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