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The Associated Press
WASHINGTON _ Consumers, jolted by a credit crisis, job cuts and soaring energy costs, turned in the weakest spending performance in 17 months during February, further evidence that the risks of a recession are increasing.
The Commerce Department said Friday that consumer spending edged up by just 0.1 percent […]

Households and businesses are being asked to turn out the lights tomorrow between 8 and 9 p.m. for Earth Hour.
Earth Hour is an international energy saving event that asks that lights and non-essential electrical appliances be turned off.
The event is sponsored by Imagination Celebration in Colorado Springs.
The first Earth Hour was […]

Health care spending is expected to grow at the same pace between last year’s levels and 2017 – a steady 6.7 percent a year.
That amount is anticipated to be higher than annual growth in both the overall economy (4.9 percent) and in general inflation (2.4 percent), according to the Centers for […]

Colorado Technical University Online has awarded full scholarships to 25 wounded service members at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
CTU online worked with the Helping Our Heroes Foundation to develop this one-time scholarship program. Recipients were chosen by a 10-person selection board, which included educators and military officers.
Each scholarship includes a […]