PUEBLO, Colo. — Xcel Energy will spend $1.5 million to muffle a high-pitched whine coming from a Colorado power plant that neighbors say is ruining their sleep and tormenting their dogs.

For the first time, toy maker Mattel allowed fans to choose the next line of work for its iconic doll in an online vote, and in a choice between architect, computer engineer, environmentalist, surgeon and news anchor, girls around the world overwhelmingly chose on-air journalist.

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GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Workers have reopened Interstate 70 in western Colorado, three days after a rock slide tore gaping holes in an elevated section and littered the highway with boulders.

Colorado State Patrol Troop 4B, which covers a five-county area, will conduct driving under the influence checkpoints beginning this week, troopers announced Thursday in a news release.

Witnesses tell 11 News the fire was contained to one three-story apartment building and flames could be seen shooting from the roof of the Berkshire Apartments on the 5700 block of Innsbrook near Academy and Vickers in Colorado Springs.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Workers are getting ready to reopen Interstate 70 in western Colorado, three days after a rock slide tore gaping holes in an elevated section and littered the highway with boulders.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The animal rights group PETA is offering to help cash-strapped Colorado Springs by paying to put trash cans back in parks, if the cans carry an anti-meat slogan and a picture of a woman in a lettuce bikini.

LAKEWOOD, CO--(Marketwire - 03/11/10) - Colorado Goldfields Inc. (OTC.BB: CGFIA - News ) is pleased to announce that the permitting process for its Pride of the West Mill officially commenced on Friday February 19, 2010. Following intense study, analysis, and collaboration, the Company's 500-page permit amendment application was deemed "complete for filing" under the Colorado Mined Land ...