<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Colorado</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/states/co?nav=rss_nation/states/co</link><description>Colorado</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[CIA Plans to Shift Work to Denver]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41539-2005May6.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41539-2005May6.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 5:02:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The CIA has plans to relocate the headquarters of its domestic division, which is responsible for operations and recruitment in the United States, from the CIA's Langley headquarters to Denver, a move designed to promote innovation, according to U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials.]]></description><author> Dana Priest</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Delays Plans for Old Convention Center Site]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35461-2005May4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35461-2005May4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 5:02:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ At the urging of D.C. Council Chairman Linda W. Cropp, council members yesterday held up plans for redeveloping 10 acres of the old convention center site at New York Avenue and 11th Street NW  --  a move that further delays a project already a year behind schedule.]]></description><author> Dana Hedgpeth</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wanted: A Handle for the Scandal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35453-2005May4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35453-2005May4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 5:02:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Just a few months ago, House Majority Leader    Tom DeLay  (R-Tex.) looked to be in fine shape to weather a new round of allegations that he'd run afoul of House ethics rules.]]></description><author> Al Kamen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not a Win,  But Quite A Showing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35277-2005May4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35277-2005May4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 5:02:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The four Howard County high school athletes who cooked their way to the National ProStart Student Invitational in Orlando last week fell short of placing among the top three state teams but won praise from the judges in Maryland's first trip to the finals, their coach said.]]></description><author> Jon Gallo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wet Winter Doesn't Douse Water Wars]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30201-2005May2.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30201-2005May2.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 5:02:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ DENVER  --  After five years of consistent drought, the vast arid stretches of the American West finally had a winter of heavy precipitation in 2004-05. As the spring thaws begin, the federal Bureau of Reclamation says, the mountain snow pack that feeds the Colorado River is above average for the first time in years.]]></description><author> T.R. Reid</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Verizon Sits but Still Could Buy MCI]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27071-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27071-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 5:02:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Communications Inc. yesterday let a deadline pass to increase its bid for MCI Inc., although the New York-based telecommunications giant has other means of raising its offer if it wants to try to block rival Qwest Communications International Inc. from winning the bidding war.]]></description><author> Yuki Noguchi</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adelphia, U.S. Settle For $715 Million]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16419-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16419-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 5:02:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Adelphia Communications Corp., the nation's fifth-largest cable television company, yesterday agreed to pay $715 million to settle federal investigations stemming from rampant earnings manipulation and self-dealing by its corporate founders.]]></description><author> Carrie Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOP Volunteer Probed on Role at President's Speech]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10420-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10420-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 5:02:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The U.S. Secret Service is investigating whether a Republican volunteer committed the crime of impersonating a federal agent while forcibly removing three people from one of President Bush's public Social Security events, according to people familiar with the probe.]]></description><author> Jim VandeHei</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Qwest Raises Its Bid for MCI A Third Time]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8104-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8104-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 5:02:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Qwest Communications International Inc. yesterday increased its bid for MCI Inc. by more than $800 million, trying for the fourth time to woo the Ashburn company to abandon its plans to merge with Verizon Communications Inc.]]></description><author> Yuki Noguchi</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rep. Tancredo Suggests DeLay Resign]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57531-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57531-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 5:02:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) said yesterday that it "may be a productive move" for House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) to step aside while charges against him are investigated, but added that  he believes the accusations are  "trumped-up charges" by Democrats.]]></description><author> Mike Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[MCI Keeps Ownership Cap]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45476-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45476-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 5:02:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  MCI's board of directors said it would not remove the "poison pill" provision that blocks a shareholder from owning more than 15 percent of the company's stock. The announcement came after New York-based Verizon Communications agreed to purchase 13.4 percent of MCI's shares from Mexican telecom magnate Carlos Slim Helu for $1.1 billion in cash. The provision prevents Verizon from being able to buy all of MCI by negotiating deals with other major shareholders. Verizon is trying to block Denver-based Qwest Communications International from getting enough shareholder support for a rival deal. Qwest released a statement saying that MCI's rejection of its latest offer is not consistent with shareholders' best interests.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[MCI Again Rejects Qwest Merger Offer]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28449-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28449-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 5:02:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MCI Inc.'s board of directors late Tuesday rejected Qwest Communications International Inc.'s $8.9 billion offer, spurning the company's bid for a third time in favor of Verizon Communications Inc.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Yuki Noguchi</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Female Boxer Dies After Knockout]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28298-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28298-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 5:02:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Athlete killed by blunt-force trauma to the head is the first woman ever to die in a sanctioned amateur boxing match.]]></description><author> T.R. Reid</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Examiner Publisher Steps Down]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26672-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26672-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 5:02:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Washington Examiner said yesterday that publisher and president James McDonald has stepped down and is being replaced by Herbert W. Moloney III, a veteran advertising executive of two metropolitan daily newspapers.]]></description><author> Annys Shin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education Statistics Difficult to Interpret]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26231-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26231-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 5:02:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the past year, many newspapers published a disheartening set of graduation rate estimates compiled by the Denver-based National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, a nonprofit group that does policy work in higher education.]]></description><author> Jay Mathews</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truckin' On]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23747-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23747-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 5:02:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[We're halfway through the famed "60 Stops in 60 Days" tour to tout the Bush administration's ideas on Social Security, and administration officials already have logged more than 100 events in 32 states.]]></description><author> Al Kamen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Qwest Mulls Proxy Fight, Will Increase Bid]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14486-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14486-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 5:02:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Qwest's current offer of $8.45 billion in cash and stock is already $800 million more than what Verizon has agreed to pay for MCI. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Yuki Noguchi</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[MCI Accepts Sweetened Verizon Bid Over Qwest]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11437-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11437-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 5:02:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MCI and Verizon reaffirmed their intention to merge Tuesday as executives from Qwest contemplated whether to pursue a potentially hostile takeover or walk away from the protracted negotiations.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Yuki Noguchi</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three Are Told to Leave Bush Town Meeting]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10969-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10969-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 5:02:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Denver residents charged they were forcibly removed from one of the president's meetings on Social Security because they displayed a bumper sticker on their car condemning the administration's Middle East policies.]]></description><author> Jim VandeHei</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governors Fight Tax Limits]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3903-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3903-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/co</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 5:02:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the past two years, Republican governors have dumped no-new-taxes pledges to push for major new revenue  and increased state spending.]]></description><author> T.R. Reid</author></item></channel></rss>