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  • 'The King' is dethroned from fast food chain

    August 19, 2011 1:41 PM

    Burger King's spooky "The King" mascot is retiring so the struggling burger chain can refocus its marketing to reach new customers. The mascot has been around for years, but recently has become a more prevalent and somewhat creepy presence in ads - showing up in people's beds and peeping in... more »
  • Beetle-infested trees removed in Colorado

    September 22, 2010 8:56 AM

    The U.S. Forest Service has begun cutting down beetle-infested trees in the Silverthorne area. Crews with chain saws moved into the area Monday and Forest Service officials say the work will continue indefinitely depending on firefighters' availability. The tiny beetles that burrow under the bark of pine trees... more »
  • Pueblo chain gang starts operation

    July 6, 2010 12:36 PM

    Pueblo County work crews are back for the summer, using labor provided by county jail inmates. Started in 2003, the program was discontinued after Sheriff Kirk Taylor was elected and now reinstated. The goal is trash pick-up and beautification of Pueblo County. Select inmates make up the Chain... more »
  • Colorado-based Quiznos expanding rapidly

    May 19, 2010 11:24 AM

    The sandwich chain Quiznos says it plans to develop up to 600 new stores nationwide by the end of the year. The privately held chain, based in Denver, already has about 4,000 restaurants. It says the planned expansion could create about 7,500 jobs. Quiznos said Tuesday that the... more »
  • Health law will make calorie counts hard to ignore

    March 23, 2010 10:43 AM

    Calorie counts will be impossible for many restaurants to hide and harder for consumers to ignore under a provision tucked into the health care overhaul. The new law, expected to get President Barack Obama's signature Tuesday, will require more than 200,000 chain restaurants to put calorie counts on menus, menu... more »
  • 26 operations, 13 kidneys in largest donor chain

    December 14, 2009 12:35 PM

    Twenty-six operations put healthy kidneys into 13 desperately ill people: Doctors in the nation's capital just performed a record-setting kidney swap, part of a pioneering effort to expand transplants to patients who too often never qualify. "A whole new doorway of hope opened," says Tom Otten, a suburban St.... more »
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