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Good article: DNC: Inside the Protest Zone (On the Wilder Side)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:26:59 GMT

KW* Interesting article from way back on Monday of the convention in Denver. Good coverage of the Green Party Presidential ticket. DNC: Inside the Protest Zone By By Matt Brady Grand Junction CO, Colorado Monday, August 25, 2008 Denver — Reveling in a turnout that began as hundreds and swelled into at least a thousand protesters, Recreate ‘68 members naysayed those [...]

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Colorado Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Confirmed (Domestic Fuel)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:10:40 GMT

A cellulosic ethanol demonstration plant is planned for Grand Junction, Colorado. Lignol Energy Corporation has received approval from the U.S. Department of Energy to locate the facility on the western slope of Colorado. The approved location is a change from the originally proposed site adjacent to Suncor Energy refinery in Commerce City, Colorado. According to [...]

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Geovic Mining Corp.: Geovic Mining Announces Commencement of Trading on OTC Bulletin Board (Market Wire)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:45:00 GMT

GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO (MARKET WIRE) Geovic Mining Corp. ("Geovic" or "The Company") (TSX: GMC)(OTCBB: GVCM) is pleased to announce that it has commenced trading on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board(R) Market ("OTC BB") under the trading symbol "GVCM" as of Wednesday, August 27, 2008. Newbridge Securities Corporation of Florida registered with the OTC BB as a market maker in the securities...

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Daily Sentinel again uncritically reported misleading criticism of Udall's "present" vote on Animas-La Plata (Colorado Media Matters)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:18:43 GMT

An August 22 online article in The Daily Sentinel of Grand Junction uncritically reported that in a speech that day to the Colorado Water Congress , Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bob Schaffer criticized his opponent, U.S. Rep. Mark Udall (D), for voting "present" in July 2000 during consideration of a measure that would have approved the construction of the Animas-La Plata water storage...

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Lingerie store among Mesa Mall merchants making big changes - Grand Junction Sentinel (Lingerie Planet)

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 07:09:43 GMT

Lingerie store among Mesa Mall merchants making big changes Grand Junction Sentinel, CO - 1 hour ago The lingerie store is about to double its size at the Mesa Mall, and it’s telling of how people are spending what disposable income they do have. ...

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Colorado drivers sweep top classes at summer championships (billingsgazette.com top headlines)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:07:22 GMT

Grand Junction, Colo., is a lucky place to live - at least for Top Alcohol Funny Car and Dragster champions Terry Ruckman and Jim Whiteley, who both hail from the city. Ruckman and Whiteley won their respective classes at the NHRA Division 6 Summer Ch ...

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Colorado racer hits 264 mph in Top Alcohol Dragster qualifying (billingsgazette.com top headlines)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:45:32 GMT

ACTON - Jim Whiteley gave the crowd at Yellowstone Drag Strip what they came for Saturday afternoon. The Grand Junction, Colo., driver took the top qualifying spot in the Top Alcohol Dragster class with a run of 5.484 seconds and 264.13 mph in the NHR ...

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Home seller tosses new car into deal - Grand Junction Sentinel (Driive)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:48:24 GMT

Home seller tosses new car into deal Grand Junction Sentinel, CO - 8 minutes ago The automotive incentive tops a GrandValley home whose owners threw in a $2000 gas card. “I’d heard about them doing it in Las Vegas where the market was ...

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Oil and Gas Industry Full of Crap (ColoradoPols.com - Front Page)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:39:45 GMT

Do you remember a year ago when the oil industry confidently predicted "a billion dollars" in Roan Plateau lease revenue would go to Colorado, if we would just go along with their demands to "drill here, drill now?" Only off by $885 million or so , as the Grand Junction Sentinel reports: Both opponents and supporters of a federal drilling plan for the Roan Plateau are lamenting what they...

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Musgrave To Appear With "Darth Cheney" (ColoradoPols.com - Front Page)

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:44:02 GMT

The Grand Junction Sentinel's Mike Saccone reports : Vice President Dick Cheney will stop in Colorado Wednesday to appear at a reception for embattled Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave, R-Colo. Anyone who has followed the state's federal races has watched as the electoral winds moved the nonpartisan Cook Political Report to upgrade the race (in Democrats' eyes or "downgrade" the race in...

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Over the Rockies - Grand Junction, Colorado, United States (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:50:47 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Grand Junction, Colorado, United States We made it and boy was it gorgeious! Long drive, espeicially with the winds and rain in the Rockies. I felt so bad for Joe. My feet are so swollen and they hurt so much he ended up doing all the driving. The poor guy's shoulders were just killing him, and his knees and back. Fortunately...

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Moab More Terrifying Than Three Mile Island (Wash Park Prophet)

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:17:00 GMT

Moab, Utah, a village just over the Colorado border from Grand Junction, Colorado is known for its hiking and mountain biking tourism and quaint restaurants, and is vigorously advertising on the radio these days. It is a perfectly safe place to be a tourist, as long as you know that you that the only way to get a wine list in a restaurant is to ask for one, they can't leave them...

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Colorado Local Commissions Debate Invocation Policies (Religion Clause)

noreply@blogger.com (Howard Friedman) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:59:00 GMT

Yesterday's Grand Junction (CO) Daily Sentinel reports that Grand Junction, Colorado City Council will consider a resolution at their meeting tomorrow under which the city clerk will randomly select spiritual leaders from local congregations to offer an invocation "according to the dictates of his/her own conscience." However, the person delivering the prayer will be asked that...

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Movin, On - Grand Junction, Colorado, United States (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:47:33 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Grand Junction, Colorado, United States Here we are in Grand Junction, Colorado. No cell service, thankfully after buying minutes i could call out using OnStar. We going to get some rest and be on our way again soon. It is now 2:00am PDT.

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CSI - Grand Junction (Living The Grand Life)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:02:00 GMT

CBI Dedication Ceremony The Grand Junction Economic Partnership hosted a dedication and open house ceremony for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation's new facility today. The ceremony was attended by key state participants, including Governor Ritter, Senator Josh Penry, Representative Bernie Buesher and Representative Steve King. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation opened its...

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Is Water More Important Than Roads? Um, Yeah (ColoradoPols.com - Front Page)

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:23:51 GMT

Interesting story on Saturday in The Grand Junction Sentinel , with a really odd quote from Republican Sen. Josh Penry : A Grand Junction state lawmaker's plan to divert millions of dollars in mineral-tax revenues into transportation would have "a significant negative impact" on Colorado's ability to meet its water needs over the long term, according to a Department of Natural...

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Day 2 -- NDT Still Goes East, But Mostly Up (North Dallas Thirty)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:55:00 GMT

Day 2 started out infernally hot in Salt Lake City (insert your own religious joke here). Instead of following the mindless twisting ribbon of I-80, at 9:04 AM, I turned south towards Provo and then onto US 6, headed towards Grand Junction, Colorado -- where you pick up the more interesting twisting ribbon of the Colorado River. Of course there was a photo op. Vail Pass, Colorado...

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Daily Sentinel uncritically quoted attack on environmental groups without identifying source as energy industry lobbyist (Colorado Media Matters)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:40:43 GMT

In a July 17 article about prospects for natural gas development in Colorado, The Daily Sentinel of Grand Junction uncritically quoted "Greg Schnacke of Americans for American Energy " (AAE) as declaring, "Every time I turn around, they (environmental groups) are launching lawsuits or administrative or legislative challenges across the West." But the article by Gary Harmon failed to...

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Day 18 Leaving Denver (Travelblog)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:48:16 GMT

Truthfully we saw less of Denver than any other stop we have made so far. Next time we are in Denver we will have to explore all that it offers.Then we were on the road again this time for Grand Junction. Today was a mediumsized day of travel but Colorado certainly had a tremendous number of panoramas in store for us. All of a sudden I was singing old John Denver songs in my head. Leaving...

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Schaffer v. Facts (a Look at today's Sentinel guest column) (ColoradoPols.com - Front Page)

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:35:22 GMT

Today the Grand Junction Sentinel has an oil shale face off between Colorado Senate candidates Mark Udall and Bob Schaffer . I will get around to Rep. Udall's column, but since it is more factually based, I thought I would begin with Mr. Schaffer's column, which is rife with inaccuracies. Schaffer has been in the news repeatedly, primarily in ways his campaign would probably not prefer....

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