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  • DENVER - NOVEMBER 16: Students listen as First Lady Michelle Obama meets with them at South High School on November 16, 2009 in Denver, Colorado. She planned to share personal stories, discuss her career and answer student questions during the visit. The trip was part of the White House leadership and mentoring initiative, designed to put students in touch with older people who can serve as their mentors.

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  • List of top 15 cable shows in Nielsen ratings

    ...compiled by the Nielsen Co. for the week of Nov. 9-15. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses:1. NFL Football: Pittsburgh vs. Denver (Monday, 8:30 p.m.), ESPN , 11.35 million homes, 16 million viewers.2. "ICarly" (Saturday, 8 p.m.), Nickelodeon , 3.44... |more

  • Cloud Peak Energy falls in first day of trading

    ...offering generated gross proceeds of $459 million. Underwriters can purchase up to an additional 4.6 million shares.Previously, Denver -based Cloud Peak was a Rio Tinto subsidiary overseeing mines in a coal-rich region of the western U.S. A little more than... |more

  • Tiny Iowa town has the chargers, awaiting drivers

    ..., as the first host of charging stations he wants to install along the Interstate 80 corridor through Iowa and eventually from Denver to Chicago . Four more charging stations are planned for next year.Americans have been slow to transfer their loyalty from... |more

  • GRIDIRON GUIDE: Chargers will get revenge

    ...Marquee matchup CHARGERS (6-3) at BRONCOS (6-3) Line: OFF Over/Under: OFF The Chargers got Hochulied on their last trip to Denver . In a karmic payback, Kyle Orton's ankle injury will force the slumping Broncos to start Chris Simms. The Bolts might be more... |more

  • SF health care a model during national debate

    ...San Francisco's health department has provided technical assistance to other cities, including New Orleans , Miami , Pittsburgh and Denver , where officials wanted to learn if the program would work for them.President Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi... |more

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  • Suburban Denver billboard links Obama with jihadists

    ...the finishing touches on a sign featuring drawings of President Barack Obama for a sales lot for pre-owned vehicles along Interstate 70 in the northwest Denver suburb of Wheat Ridge, Colo., on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/David Zalubowski)... 10 m ago |more

  • The Bell Tolls: Caution needed as the NFL tackles head injuries

    ...NFL for USA TODAY. His regular feature, 'The Bell Tolls,' takes readers inside the NFL every Friday. -- TiVo It: San Diego at Denver. The race for the A-West crown seemed pretty much a formality a few weeks ago, when the Broncos smacked around the Chargers... 46 m ago |more

  • Mass arrests made in downtown beatings, robberies

    ...have arrested 32 people, part of a sweep to end a four-month spree of racially motivated assaults and robberies in downtown Denver. (Handout) The Denver Police Department announced today that they have made 32 arrests during a sweep to end a four-month spree... 47 m ago |more

  • Suburban Denver billboard links Obama with jihadists

    ...RIDGE, Colo. - A billboard showing President Barack Obama wearing a turban has sparked a lot of attention at the suburban Denver used car dealership that put it up. The sign, completed Friday by artist David Lee of Arvada, shows a grinning, cartoonish Obama... 6:09 PM |more

  • Daniels Fund awards $5.5M in grants

    ...the homeless. Top recipients in the funding round include: Among other recipients were: A+ Denver; Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver; Colorado Legacy Foundation Math and Science Initiative; Colorado Meth Project; Family Tree Inc.; Kempe Foundation for the... |more

About Denver

The City and County of Denver is the most populous city and the capital of the State of Colorado. Denver is located in the South Platte River Valley on the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Southern Rocky Mountains. The Denver downtown district is located immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek with the South Platte River, approximately 15 miles (24 kilometers) east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Denver has a consolidated city and county government. Residents of Denver are known as Denverites.

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