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Police drag protesters away from Palin motorcade

Protesters tried to block the motorcade of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in Grand Junction, Colorado, on Monday, but police dragged them out of the way.

SI.com: Chris Ballard: Trevor Wikre sacrifices finger to keep playing football

Trevor Wikre felt something funny inside his right lineman's glove. Squishy, like wet popcorn. The athletic tape had come loose, he figured. He ran another practice play, but it still felt wrong, so he stripped off his glove and saw a shard of bone where the top of his right pinkie used to be. The rest of the finger hung at a 45-degree angle, like a Popsicle sliding off the stick. It was then that Wikre, a senior right guard for Division II Mesa State College in Grand Junction, Colo., realized what had happened: While blocking for a bootleg his 280 pounds had gone one way and his finger, hooked in a teammate's jersey, had gone the other.

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Money Magazine: Real Estate: Last of the red-hot markets

When Elisabeth and Tom Merrill decided to sell their home in Wenatchee, Wash. (pop. 107,000), they braced themselves for a long slog.

Democratic fundraiser arrested in Colorado

Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu, who failed to appear at a bond hearing Wednesday in San Francisco, was taken into custody in Grand Junction, Colorado, Thursday evening, the FBI and local police said.

FSB: Save money, buy a plane

Richard Arroyo was sitting in his Phoenix office when he learned that one of his company's drivers had rolled her beverage delivery truck off an icy road and into a ditch while traveling through Fl...

Former air controller arrested in Colorado bombings

The fired air traffic controller suspected of planting bombs at the homes of his former co-workers last month has been arrested in Utah, Colorado police announced Thursday.

Nearly 20 hurt in Colorado lodge explosion

Nearly 20 people were injured Saturday in an explosion at a secluded mountain lodge near Grand Junction, Colorado, hospital and law enforcement officials said.

CNNMoney: Tycoon in the making

Growing up along the Front Range of eastern Colorado, Cody Kennedy got a good grounding in traditional ways: Respect your elders, eat your vegetables -- and always pay off your old purchases before you buy anything new.

Rock slide closes I-70 in Colorado

A stretch of Interstate 70 in western Colorado was closed indefinitely Thursday after what officials called a "very severe" rock slide, forcing motorists to take a detour of more than 200 miles.

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