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A new report says rent in the city goes down, but suburban rents are on the rise
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The average monthly rent in Denver has declined in recent months because of COVID-19, but the cost of renting in the suburbs is increasing. According to a report from Apartment List, rent prices in Denver are down 2.6% since January, while the cost of rent in nearby suburbs has increased 1.3%. “We’re seeing demand and prices…
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Colorado drone mystery: Air Force denies involvement as investigation intensifies
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The Air Force issued a “not us” denial Thursday, a week after The Gazette questioned whether a Wyoming base was behind the mysterious sightings of drone swarms over northeastern Colorado in recent weeks. F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, which controls a string of missile silos in an area where drones have been spotted,…
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Colorado’s Buck, Neguse hammer along party lines in Trump impeachment hearing
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Two Coloradans sitting on opposite sides of a wide partisan divide questioned legal scholars Wednesday as the House Judiciary Committee conducted its first day of hearings to determine whether to impeach President Donald Trump. U.S. Reps. Ken Buck and Joe Neguse each held the microphone for five minutes during tense, day-long testimony that featured four…
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ASPEN SECURITY FORUM | What’s keeping generals up at night? Cyber threats
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ASPEN ? The Pentagon is recruiting a new cadre of computer geeks to address a threat that the military’s top intelligence officer says keeps him up at night. At the Aspen Security Forum, Pentagon leaders and industry chiefs said the biggest arms race that America faces might be in cyberspace, where even smaller nations such…
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ASPEN SECURITY FORUM | Amid Fort Carson bloodshed, Afghanistan seeks an end to war
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ASPEN ? The Aspen Security forum spent much time pondering conflict with American rivals China and Russia, but little on the war that is still costing the lives of Colorado-based troops. The fighting in Afghanistan that has left five Fort Carson soldiers dead this year comes as America seeks a peace deal to end 18…
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Presidents club assembles for Bush funeral, Trump on fringes
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WASHINGTON – The nation’s most exclusive fraternity – the presidents club – assembled Wednesday to mourn George H.W. Bush, putting on public display its uneasy relationship with the current occupant of the Oval Office. The uncomfortable reunion brought President Donald Trump together in the same pew with past White House residents who have given him…
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US coal consumption drops to lowest level since 1979
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WASHINGTON – Americans are consuming less coal in 2018 than at any time since Jimmy Carter’s presidency, a federal report said Tuesday, as cheap natural gas and other rival sources of energy frustrate the Trump administration’s pledges to revive the U.S. coal industry. A report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration projected Tuesday that 2018…
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George H.W. Bush dies at 94
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HOUSTON – He was the man who sought a “kinder, and gentler nation,” and the one who sternly invited Americans to read his lips – he would not raise taxes. He was the popular leader of a mighty coalition that dislodged Iraq from Kuwait, and was turned out of the presidency after a single term.…
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Writing, speaking, meatball subs: Justice Gorsuch’s 1st year
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WASHINGTON – Neil Gorsuch became the Supreme Court’s newest member a year ago this Tuesday. President Donald Trump’s pick for the high court, its 113th justice, has now heard more than 60 cases on issues including gerrymandering, fees paid to unions and the privacy of certain cellphone records. It’s generally unwise to predict anything about…
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May: Iran’s latest unfree and unfair election
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The Islamic Republic isn’t a democracy, but a theocratic dictatorship News must be new but it needn’t be surprising. The decidedly unsurprising news out of Iran last week: There was an election (of sorts) and the winner was Hassan Rouhani, the incumbent president. An apparently mild-mannered cleric with a beatific smile, he has presided over…