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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
DENVER - Casket makers catering to natural burials have offered biodegradable coffins made of such materials as recycled newspapers or cardboard. Ecoffins USA, based in Montrose, Colo., is selling caskets made of banana sheaves.They take six months to two years to biodegrade.Marketing director Joanna Passarelli says the company sold $40,000 worth of banana-sheaf or bamboo coffins to funeral homes last...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
DENVER -- Casket makers catering to natural burials have offered biodegradable coffins made of such materials as recycled newspapers or cardboard. Ecoffins USA, based in Montrose, Colo., is selling caskets made of banana sheaves.
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WayOdd (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Colorado company is selling caskets made from banana sheaves, bamboo or pandanus that decomposes together with the body as a way of promoting ecologically-friendly burials. The so-called Ecoffin, short for eco-friendly coffins, of Ecoffins USA takes six months to two years to biodegrade. The company's marketing director, Joanna Passarelli, said the Ecoffins is better for the environment than cremating...
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THE PASSIONATE PRO-LIFER (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gualberto Garcia Jones held his 2 week old son Leonardo and told reporters, July 2, 2009, at a press conference announcing Personhood 2010, that his newborn had fewer rights than dogs and cats - a mere 15 days ago. Jones was referring to a tragic 2008 Grand Junction, Colorado drunk driving case in which a judge declared that "A Fetus is not a person "! Penalties for killing a pet are stronger...
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
DENVER - A former surgery technician may have exposed thousands of Colorado patients to hepatitis C when she swapped her own dirty syringes for ones filled with a powerful narcotic, federal authorities said Thursday.Kristen Diane Parker faces criminal charges for allegedly making the swaps while working at Audubon Ambulatory Surgery Center in Colorado Springs and Rose Medical Center in Denver.Authorities...
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
For Joe Kiely, the drone of thousands of trucks passing his Colorado plains town signals economic prosperity.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
For Joe Kiely, the drone of thousands of trucks passing his Colorado plains town signals economic prosperity.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
For Joe Kiely, the drone of thousands of trucks passing his Colorado plains town signals economic prosperity.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
The fans here know the group better as Cheese, and they're aware it's rare to see a live performance from the Colorado band. The Rothbury gig is being promoted as its only concert this year.
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Thomas J. Morgan PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A strain of the fungus that caused the Irish potato famine of the 1840s is on the loose in Rhode Island and is damaging potato and tomato crops. The state Department of Environmental Management's Division of Agriculture Friday advised gardeners, farmers and commercial growers that an outbreak of Late Blight , scientific name Phytopthora infestans, should be countered...
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
A former surgery technician may have exposed thousands of Colorado patients to hepatitis C when she swapped her own dirty syringes for ones filled with a powerful narcotic, federal authorities said Thursday.
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Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
DENVER (AP) -- A former surgery technician may have exposed thousands of Colorado patients to hepatitis C when she swapped her own dirty syringes for ones filled with a powerful narcotic, federal authorities said Thursday....
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
A former surgery technician may have exposed thousands of Colorado patients to hepatitis C when she swapped her own dirty syringes for ones filled with a powerful narcotic, federal authorities said Thursday.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
DENVER -- A former surgery technician may have exposed thousands of Colorado patients to hepatitis C when she swapped her own dirty syringes for ones filled with a powerful narcotic, federal authorities said Thursday.
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THE WEEKLY VICE (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Fort Collins, Colorado ( The Weekly Vice ) - Richael L. Michels , a 45-year-old Fort Collins, Colorado mother has been arrested after allegedly having an in-person relationship with a teenage boy she met over the Internet . Michels is accused by the Larimer County District Attorney's Office of "the three felony counts of sexual contact to coerce a child, three counts of felony sexual assault on...
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vrickad | 03/19/2009
Solar panels are a great way to reduce fuel and electricity costs. Energy produced with the help of solar panels is one of the best sources of renewable, eco-friendly energy. Besides that it is much easier and more affordable than most people think. If...
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mlatimer | 03/12/2009
By Lauren Sigman, Certified Financial Planner™ Located in Denver, Colorado Divorce creates a huge emotional upheaval for both parties. Addressing financial concerns of a divorce in a calm and objective manner will benefit everyone in the long-term. Here are five of the most frequent divorce financial mistakes and how to avoid them. 1. Taking the house. The spouse who will have custody of the children...
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parisius | 03/11/2009
Ten people were killed in Alabama last night – including the wife and child of a police officer – after a gun massacre that brought back grim memories of atrocities in Columbine, Colorado, and Blacksburg, Virginia. Michael McLendon, 27, began the killing spree in Samson, a town of 2,000 in the southeast of the state, and continued it in nearby Geneva, killing members of his own family and attacking