Updated 3:42 p.m. ET Continuing his push to identify more historic sites important to the nation’s Hispanics, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar plans to tout a new report Wednesday identifying several sites tied to Latino heritage in Colorado and New Mexico that could one day become national parks or historic landmarks. Read full article > >

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Updated 3:42 p.m. ET Continuing his push to identify more historic sites important to the nation’s Hispanics, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar plans to tout a new report Wednesday identifying several sites tied to Latino heritage in Colorado and New Mexico that could one day become national parks or historic landmarks. Read full article > >

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The minimum wage increases in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont and Washington will be 28 cents to 37 cents an hour.

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8 States to Raise Minimum Wage

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether a Colorado man who touched and berated then-Vice President Dick Cheney can sue the Secret Service for arresting him. An appeals court said Steven Howards of Golden, Colo., could proceed with his suit that his arrest violated his free speech rights. The incident occurred during a chance encounter with Cheney at a Beaver Creek shopping center in 2006. Read full article > >

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A $50 million art project, “Over the River,” will suspend nearly six miles of fabric panels along a 42-mile stretch of the Arkansas River.

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U.S. Approves Christo’s ‘Over the River’ Project in Colorado

A prize-winning goat in Colorado is disqualified from competition after testing positive for an illegal feed additive, but its owners cry foul.

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Prize-winning goat in doping row

Many American farmers are finding that the more they try to do something concrete to address immigration and joblessness, the worse off they find themselves.

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Farmers Strain to Hire American Workers in Place of Migrant Labor

Raymond Davis, a CIA contractor charged with two counts of murder in Pakistan, faces misdemeanor assault charges in Colorado after authorities say he was involved in a fight over a parking spot.

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CIA contractor charged in parking fight

Born: A son to openly gay Colorado Rep. Jared Polis and partner Marlon Reis Friday. The new parents declined to say whether 8 lb., 12 oz. Caspian Julius was adopted or born via a surrogate, but joked in a birth announcement that the “baby has learned to cry already!” reports the Boulder Weekly. Read full article > >

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Love, etc.: A baby for Rep. Jared Polis and partner

With his support among blue-collar white voters far weaker than among white-collar independents, President Obama is pinning his hopes on changing demographics in formerly Republican states.

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Obama Sees a Path to ’12 Victory Beyond the Rust Belt

16 fatalities linked to cantaloupes from a Colorado farm.

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Listeria Outbreak Deadliest In a Decade

Melons from Colorado carried listeria.

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Deadly Cantaloupes Kill Four People

The possible realignment of college football conferences raises a host of interesting questions about fan loyalty.

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The Quad: Geography of College Football Fans (and Realignment Chaos)

Two US men are arrested in Denver, Colorado, for visiting bars and a strip club with the body of a friend in their car after discovering him dead.

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Pair ‘drive dead friend to bar’

A cat that disappeared from Colorado five years ago has turned up, nearly 3,000 km away, on the streets of Manhattan.

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VIDEO: Missing cat found 3,000km away