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12/24/2012

Flying out of Springs airport smooth today

Posted 5:50 PM 12/24/2012 by Joe Bevans

Local man finds shredded bank statements, emails in box ordered from Walmart.com

12/23/2012

Beam me to work, Scotty! Sort of

Posted 9:53 AM 12/23/2012 by Matt Stafford

PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - More employees are working remotely with computers, smartphones and video-conferencing. But those technologies are still no substitute for actually being in the office. A growing number of tech companies are trying to address that problem with so-called (More)

12/22/2012

Water spill at oil and gas site was fresh water

Posted 9:56 AM 12/22/2012 by Matt Stafford

El Paso County inspectors say there were no hazardous materials released in spill of 1.8 million gallons of water at an oil and gas exploration site in the eastern part of the county.

This was at an oil and gas exploration site run by Hilcorp Energy Company on Meyers Road. Hilcorp reported (More)

12/19/2012

Construction on Trump Towers Rio to begin soon

Posted 9:01 AM 12/19/2012 by Lauren Molenburg

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Rio de Janeiro is getting its own Trump Towers. A consortium headed by the Trump Organization says construction on the first two of five planned towers will begin in the second half of next year. The 38-floor towers will go up in Rio's dilapidated (More)

12/18/2012

Arbitrator: Beauty queen defamed pageant, owes $5M

Posted 4:29 PM 12/18/2012 by Matt Stafford

NEW YORK (AP) - A contestant who claimed the Miss USA contest was fixed has been ordered to pay the pageant $5 million for defamation. In a decision signed last week, an arbitrator found that Sheena Monnin's comments were false, harmful and malicious. Monnin was Miss Pennsylvania (More)

Justice reaches settlement with Penguin on e-books

Source of persistent Gulf sheen remains a mystery

12/17/2012

5 topics for CO's marijuana regulators

Posted 6:38 PM 12/17/2012 by Matt Stafford

DENVER (AP) - Colorado's new marijuana regulators will consider five areas for potential recreational pot rules. The areas of concern are: - REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: The task force will look at big-picture regulation questions, including which alcohol regulations make sense for use on (More)

El Paso County considering new marijuana rules; already changes to City enforcement

12/12/2012

No more loud commercials starting tomorrow

Posted 4:13 PM 12/12/2012 by Joe Bevans

NEW YORK (AP) - TV viewing could soon sound a little calmer. The CALM Act, which limits the volume of TV commercials, goes into effect on Thursday. CALM stands for Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation. The act is designed to prevent TV commercials from blaring at louder volumes than the (More)

12/11/2012

Plea deal reached for New Frontier Bank loan officer

Posted 9:22 PM 12/11/2012 by Kate Richards

DENVER (AP) - A plea deal has been reached for a former New Frontier Bank loan officer who is facing federal fraud charges. The U.S. Attorney's Office Tuesday announced Gregory Bell and prosecutors have reached an agreement. A change of plea hearing is set for Feb. 5. (More)...

Do away with the penny?

12/6/2012

Netflix gets SEC notice over CEO's Facebook post

Posted 4:31 PM 12/6/2012 by Tony Spehar

NEW YORK (AP) - Netflix says it is facing scrutiny from antitrust regulators over a Facebook post made by CEO Reed Hastings in July.The Securities and Exchange Commission sent notices to Netflix Inc. and Hastings regarding the July 3 public post on Hastings' account. The SEC sent (More)

Marketers fooling you with greenwashing

12/5/2012

Olive Garden owner to hold off on worker changes

Posted 6:16 PM 12/5/2012 by Matt Stafford

NEW YORK (AP) - The owner of Olive Garden and Red Lobster says it won't bump any full-time workers down to part-time status, after its tests aimed at limiting health care costs resulted in a publicity backlash that took a bite out of sales. At the same time, Darden Restaurants Inc. (More)...

New additions for Memorial Hospital

12/3/2012

CU economist forecasts Colo. job growth in 2013

Posted 6:54 PM 12/3/2012 by Matt Stafford

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - A University of Colorado economist forecasts the state will keep adding a wide array of jobs in 2013, putting it in position to be among the top 10 states for job growth next year. Richard Wobbekind of CU's Leeds School of Business said Monday that the state is (More)