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Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 at 8:02 p.m.

Red Cross gives families the opportunity to record messages for soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan

With the holidays fast approaching, families are beginning to make plans to be with one another.  But for the families of deployed soldiers, being together at Christmas is impossible.

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Forty-six-year-old Dan Tang pleaded guilty Friday in Denver federal court. His Heaven Dragon restaurant in Thornton features photos of Tang with Republican notables including former President George W. Bush.
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Mina Brees, an attorney from Austin, Texas, and mother of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, died on Aug. 7 while visiting Colorado. This week Grand County coroner Brenda Bock concluded that she died of a prescription drug overdose and ruled the death a suicide. Bock said Brees died while staying at the home of a friend in Granby near Rocky Mountain National Park.
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Prison spokeswoman Katherine Sanguinetti says the alleged murder took place in the cellhouse. Killed was Ronald Ferguson, 50, who was in prison for sexual assault on a child in Arapahoe County, convicted for the crime in 1996. He allegedly had a history of violence in prison, including assault on and threats to other inmates.
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The figures released Friday by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment show that about 184,300 residents are looking for work. At the same time, state officials say that some of the Colorado's biggest industries also added jobs in October.
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Peter W.S. Grigg was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn to serve five years probation, with the additional sentence of 180 days in-home detention, to begin Jan. 1, 2010. Grigg was also ordered to forfeit any and all assets and property, namely $4,755 in cash seized from his briefcase, $12,215 in cash seized from a safe in his home, and a number of valuable coins seized from his briefcase or storage unit.  Grigg also agreed to abandon nine firearms, including two Smith & Wesson handguns, two Glock 40 handguns, and a Marlin Model 81G .22 rifle.
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The latest installment of the film maker's adventures takes the team to the nether reaches of Asia.
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US attorney nominee says she didn't use database
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Stephanie Villafuerte has refused to answer questions from the media about what conversations she had two years ago about an illegal immigrant who became a controversial figure in race. But in a letter to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, the former Denver chief deputy district attorney says the answer to whether she used a database for campaign purposes "is emphatically no."
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The Associated Press reviewed nomination records at the U.S. Naval, Military and Air Force academies over five years. Most congressional members make many nominations. About half of all House lawmakers nominated more than 100 students each over the period.
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Eldora, Vail start ski season Friday
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Eldora Mountain Resort and Vail Mountain were offering limited terrain for their first day Friday. Seven other resorts opened earlier this fall. About the same amount will be opening for the season next week.
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The employee told police a man with a silver handgun demanded cash, left the store where the employee tackled the suspect from behind outside in the parking lot. All of the money and the handgun were recovered by the employee during the struggle. The employee was not injured.
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4 arrested after man reports kidnapping in Kersey
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A Greeley man told police his former girlfriend, her father and two of their friends were responsible for the attack. All four were arrested.
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