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Huge tree invades historic hotel

Huge tree invades historic hotel

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BOULDER - The annual challenge arrived again: figuring out how to bring a 28-foot-tall Christmas tree into the Hotel Boulderado without destroying the tree or the hotel.

Denver businessman picks Rwanda for investment

Denver businessman picks Rwanda for investment

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RUHENGERI, Rwanda - Most people who want to invest internationally might consider India or China. Instead, Denver businessman Gaylord Layton decided to put money into a small African country with a history of violence and poverty. [ more... ]

Coloradans save lives, learn touching lesson in Rwanda

Coloradans save lives, learn touching lesson in Rwanda

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NEAR KIBUYE, Rwanda - They could be on a beach. They could be at Disneyland. Instead they've chosen a much less traditional way to spend two weeks of precious vacation time. [ more... ]

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CU engineers improve life for Rwanda's orphans

CU engineers improve life for Rwanda's orphans

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KIGARAMA, Rwanda - In a place known as the Land of a Thousand Hills, one hill at the edge of Lake Kivu belongs to children. [ more... ]

Coloradans give kids in Rwanda gift of technology

Coloradans give kids in Rwanda gift of technology

RUHENGERI, Rwanda - Most children in this small African country are living in homes with no electricity. Their families work their small patches of land by hand, and cook with firewood. About one in every nine kids is an orphan. Imagine what it means for those kids to walk into a school, sit down at a computer, and access the Internet.
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CU Denver doctors help future doctors in Rwanda

CU Denver doctors help future doctors in Rwanda

BUTARE, Rwanda - If you were one of the 10 million people in Rwanda and you needed surgery, if Dr. Theo Twarumugabe were in your operating room, you'd be considered lucky. He's one of only 11 anesthesiologists in the entire country. He graduated from the only medical school in Rwanda but also had to go to France to get complete training. [ more... ]

Not a fish story: This vet operates on fish

Not a fish story: This vet operates on fish

KUSA - It may be hard to visualize a goldfish undergoing surgery on an operating table, but there really is a veterinarian in Denver who specializes in such surgeries. [ more... ]

Denver inspires development in Rwanda

Denver inspires development in Rwanda

Kigali, Rwanda - It's a tiny African country that can hardly be spotted on a map of the enormous continent. The world didn't know much about Rwanda until it was too late. [ more... ]

The duck in a truck

The duck in a truck

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MINNEAPOLIS - So, you're driving down the road and you pull up alongside a flatbed truck and you glance to your left, and, what the... duck? [ more... ]

Irreverent punishment has teenagers enduring Manilow

Irreverent punishment has teenagers enduring Manilow

FORT LUPTON - The members of the rock band Revolving Reverence have big plans. They want platinum albums. They want sold-out shows. They want legions of fans. [ more... ]

Say beef! Trying to make cows look sexy at the Stock Show

Say beef! Trying to make cows look sexy at the Stock Show

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DENVER - Take the winning animal and its owner and snap a photo. If that sounds simple, you've never tried to get a kid and a cow to stand still for a picture. [ more... ]

Pen pals changing lives half-a-world away

Pen pals changing lives half-a-world away

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DILLON - For two years, Nora Hall has searched for a way to help her son Jacob do better in school. Eight-year-old Jacob struggled with reading and writing. [ more... ]

Three small canisters contain national treasures

Three small canisters contain national treasures

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ENGLEWOOD - Tony and Albert Fagler didn't know too much about Grandpa Albert, except that he did something with photography in the armed forces during World War II. [ more... ]

Tom and Tiffany, running through life

Tom and Tiffany, running through life

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BUENA VISTA - Do you remember being a freshman in high school? There was that awkward feeling of wanting to "fit in" and be a part of the school. [ more... ]

Medals in mail surprise Vietnam veteran

Medals in mail surprise Vietnam veteran

LOVELAND - When Dennis Henneberg picked up the package outside his Loveland home, he didn't even care to open it right away. He simply didn't think there was anything important inside. [ more... ]

Return to Afghanistan lets daughter continue legacy

Return to Afghanistan lets daughter continue legacy

DENVER - A dollar doesn't go as far as it used to, but one American dollar can still help change a life in other parts of the world. It's all a matter of perspective. [ more... ]

Man teaches thousands to dance in Wash Park

Man teaches thousands to dance in Wash Park

DENVER - When he emigrated from Russia in 1951, Schukur Basanow had an idea. He wanted to share his experience as a dancer with all of the new people he would be destined to meet. [ more... ]

Still skating after all these years

Still skating after all these years

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DENVER - Yvonne Dowlen remembers the day like it was yesterday. She was 5 years old and her parents took her to City Park in Denver. [ more... ]

Trying to save Boots' Beach

Trying to save Boots' Beach

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LAKEWOOD – For the past 56 years, Boots Stockton-Beran has kept her backyard pool open to the community. Now, she may have to stop. [ more... ]

Historians rally to save all-Black ghost town

Historians rally to save all-Black ghost town

DEARFIELD - If you drive down Highway 34 west of Fort Morgan, you'll pass by a place that doesn't look like much now. But, it contains a story that some want all Coloradans to remember. [ more... ]

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