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SB13-013: Federal Agents Can Double as Local Cops in Colorado?

Feds get more power as state's governor signs progressive gun control legislation.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - A new bill gives a special agent, uniform division officer, physical security technician, physical security specialist, or special officer of the United States secret service limited peace officer authority while working in Colorado.

The tension surrounding the notion of regulating firearms is leading to new, unexpected federal involvement in local authority. Desperation is showing on all fronts in this fight. Large numbers of gun owners refuse to accept the idea of any type of gun regulation, and anti-gun proponents are willing to showcase national tragedy in an attempt to change firearm laws.

Marijuana: The Oregonian Positively Promotes Pot

Thank you Oregonian for free advertising.

(PORTLAND, OR) - I thought I was hallucinating when I read the latest Oregonian story March 17, 2013, boldly advertising marijuana as medicine under the risqué title: 'Rocky Mountain High'.

Of course they were writing about marijuana in Colorado, but as the saying goes, "Say anything but spell the name right".

Marijuana Clubs in the US and Marijuana Research in Israel

It is becoming a panacea and even the first line drug for many conditions.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Denver, the "Mile High City", received highly beneficial TV and news advertising over the holidays about their 'Club 64' named after their legislative Bill, making marijuana totally legal. (So to speak).

The DEA is sulking around Club 64. A $40 membership gives members access to the room but not to marijuana itself??? All members.

Did Holmes Hearsay Confession Come from Woman With Ties to Colorado Corrections System?

Bloggers are catching clues the mainstream reporters are missing.

(AURORA, CO) - On September 20th, KDVR, a local news station broadcasting in Colorado, interviewed a woman who wished to be identified by the name “Marie”.

Marie claimed that she was only a few cells away from James Holmes in the Psych ward wing of the jail.

Possibly Drugged & Taken to Boulder Please Help Find Missing 16-Year Old Avery Workman

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Denver Police Department at 720-913-2000 or Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.

(DENVER,CO) - Friends and family members of a missing Elbert County teenager handed out missing-child fliers in Boulder on Tuesday after a police investigation indicated the girl, last seen in downtown Denver, may have been taken to Boulder by an unknown man, searchers say.

Avery Dawn Workman, 16, last communicated with someone she knew at 2:45 p.m. Sunday...

Double Standards of Mass Murder (GRAPHIC IMAGES)

"Now, even as we learn how this happened and who's responsible, we may never understand what leads anybody to terrorize their fellow human beings like this. Such violence, such evil is senseless." --Barack Obama

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - A Virginia college, a Colorado high school, a Texas military base, an Arizona strip mall, a Colorado movie theatre—all have become part of a recurring event in America: mass murder.

Following the latest massacre, Tom Mauser, father of a 15-year-old victim at the Columbine High School slaughter in 1999, described the inescapable scene...

Who is Photoshopping Colorado`s Crime Scene?

A knife in plain sight disappeared.

(AURORA, CO) - What appears to have been a large knife recovered from the shooting scene down on the back right corner of the theater, has been removed either from the Denver Post pictures, or it has been physically removed.

This is important because James Holmes was found sitting in his car with a gas mask and knife on him.

Colorado Mass Murder Suspect Sent Advance Warning to University

Sadly, the opportunity to head off the catastrophe was missed by the mail room.

(SALEM) - James Holmes is the suspect in custody for the killings at the Batman premiere in Colorado last week. He was a student at the the University of Colorado’s neuroscience doctoral program until a few weeks ago.

Gunman Shoots and Kills Many Moviegoers at Batman Premiere

Being called the "worst mass murder in American history": 12 are dead and 57 injured at last report.

(AURORA, Colo.) - The Aurora Police Department issued the following news release concerning the Aurora, Colorado theater shooting

Aurora Police are investigating a shooting at the Century 16 Movie Theater, located at 14300 E Alameda Ave, involving approximately 50 victims with at least 12 confirmed dead.

No End in Sight to Colorado Fire Weather

The air over the region is much too dry to allow the rain falling at cloud level in the storm to reach the ground.

(STATE COLLEGE, PA Accuweather.com) - A lack of drenching rainfall could continue through much of the summer over Colorado and neighboring areas, adding to wildfire woes.