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• GOP co-chair: Debt talks a `roller coaster ride'

  November 13, 2011 12:20 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Republican co-chair of a committee in charge of slashing the nation's deficit on Sunday called deliberations a "roller coaster ride" and gave no indication that a deal could be struck before the panel's Thanksgiving deadline. Texas Rep. Jeb Hensarling told CNN's "State of the Union"... more »

• Black Hills Energy rates talks in Pueblo

  August 12, 2011 6:08 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado regulators are heading to Pueblo to hear public comments on a proposal by Black Hills Energy to raise annual electric revenues by $40.2 million, or nearly 19 percent. That translates to an increase of about $18.96 per month for typical residential customers, or $67.20 per... more »

• "Maybe two weeks to go" before a settlement is likely in NFL dispute

  June 23, 2011 11:40 AM

  NFL owners and players met in the Boston area Wednesday in the latest attempt to work out a new collective bargaining agreement. That's according to a person with knowledge of the talks who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. One NFL player told The Associated Press that... more »

• Bigger fights looming over state budget talks

  April 9, 2011 12:19 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado senators have given preliminary approval to a $7 billion budget plan, but not before Republicans presented amendments to forbid the state from contracting with abortion providers or from withholding funding from departments and universities. Those amendments failed yesterday. The Senate will take a final vote on... more »

• ProLogis, AMB in talks on combining

  January 27, 2011 7:43 AM

  SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-Industrial real estate investment trust ProLogis says it is in talks with rival AMB Property Corp. about combining the two companies. Denver-based ProLogis, which owns warehouses and other industrial properties, says the deal would be an all-stock transaction. It says there is no guarantee the deal will... more »

• United, Continental pilots reach transition agreement

  July 20, 2010 10:28 AM

  United Airlines and Continental Airlines say they've agreed to the main points of a transition agreement with their pilots. Pilots at both airlines are represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, but they have different contracts. The two airlines are aiming to combine by the end of this year,... more »

• U.S. talks with Cuba about approaching oil

  May 19, 2010 12:51 PM

  A U.S. State Department official says U.S and Cuban officials are holding "working level" talks on how to respond to the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill that is believed to be dumping some 5,000 barrels of crude a day into the Gulf of Mexico. The talks are the latest... more »

• Afghan leader in Washington for talks

  May 10, 2010 8:24 AM

  Afghan leader Hamid Karzai begins a four-day visit to Washington today as tensions between the countries continue to simmer. Washington has tried sidelining, snubbing and strong-arming Karzai to get him to do more against government corruption. For his part, Karzai has felt undermined and sometimes belittled by Washington. Karzai... more »

• North Korea threatens nuclear attack over US drills

  February 25, 2010 9:43 AM

  North Korea has reacted to U.S.-South Korean military maneuvers scheduled next month with a threat and a warning. Pyongyang says it could launch a "powerful" attack if the drills proceed, warning that it could even resort to nuclear means. The threat, routinely issued before the regularly scheduled military exercises,... more »

• C-SPAN: Health care talks should be televised

  January 5, 2010 11:25 AM

  The C-SPAN television network is calling on congressional leaders to open health care talks to cameras - something President Barack Obama promised as a candidate. Instead the most critical negotiations on Obama's health plan have taken place behind closed doors, as Republicans repeatedly point out. In a Dec. 30 letter... more »

• Grocery union voting to get underway--again

  November 25, 2009 4:50 PM

  After six months of negotiations, unionized Colorado grocery workers at Safeway and Kroger Co.'s King Soopers and City Market chains are going to start voting on the companies' last, best and final contract offers. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 says ballots are being mailed starting Friday, and... more »

• Iran will allow Swiss access to detained Americans

  September 29, 2009 12:19 PM

  U.S. officials say Iran has notified the Swiss government that it can have access to three Americans who have been detained in Iran since being arrested for illegal entry in late July. The move could be seen as a conciliatory gesture on Iran's part, coming ahead of a meeting between... more »

• Workers start voting on Safeway contract offer

  September 19, 2009 1:18 PM

  Members of a union representing Colorado workers at Safeway and Kroger Co.'s King Soopers and City Market chains are voting on new contract offers and whether to authorize a strike. Voting started Saturday for Safeway meat warehouse workers in Denver represented by United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7. Votes... more »