April 2010 Archives

That's the message from the Wyoming State Game and Fish Department. For many the arrival of warm summer weather means boating, particularly at some of the scenic reservoirs of Wyoming.

This Saturday will see the expiration of a sales-tax exemption for candy and soda sold in Colorado.

Improvements in patient safety continue to lag, according to the 2009 National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report issued today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

The Supreme Court today invalidated a federal law that had criminalized the sale of certain depictions of animal cruelty, including violent dogfighting videos. An 8-1 majority on the Court said that the law was "substantially overbroad, and therefore invalid under the First Amendment," affirming the right of free speech in the face of some government-imposed restrictions.

The state's $18 million rebate program for energy-efficient appliances and home improvements was overwhelmed this morning when it began at 8 a.m. The program -- Recharge Colorado -- issued about 7,300 rebate reservations by 1:30 p.m., said a spokesman for the Governor's Energy Office (GEO).

A bicyclist was killed in a collision with a car at West 29th Avenue and Perry Street in Denver this week, following the death of a bicyclist struck by an RTD bus on April 6th. With the warm weather, bicycle lanes are filling up so motorists need to be more aware. And bicyclists need to ride defensively.

At least 25 workers died on April 5th in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine, owned by Richmond-based Massey Energy Co. The company's chief executive, Don Blankenship, is a highly active GOP fundraiser and bankroller known for his outspoken opposition to labor unions; the Upper Big Branch Mine is not unionized.

Over the course of just four days, Regional Transportation District buses were involved in three accidents that killed a total of four people. Those four days alone -- from April 3 through last Tuesday -- produced more fatalities from RTD bus collisions than any full year from 2005 through 2009.

A man who says he suffers from "electromagnetic sensitivities" has sued a neighbor and now former friend in New Mexico state court, seeking $530,000 in damages and a court order requiring her to turn off her wireless electronic devices.

A successful produce merchant in Los Angeles was able to pay for a liver transplant himself. That enabled him to have the life-saving surgery when his insurer--after initially approving coverage for the surgery--rejected his doctor's recommendation to seek a transplant out-of-state, where the wait time was expected to be much shorter.