CSBJ Daily

While it didn’t make the top 10 list of “best cities for relocating singles,” Colorado Springs ranked 38 out of 100 U.S. cities with the right male-female ratio, culture, night life and jobs to attract unattached 25 to 34-year-olds.

Denver came in at No. 59.
The big winners came from the northeast where Boston/Quincy, Mass; Nassau/Suffolk, N.Y; […]

Pinon Canyon landowners say the Army wants far more than 414,000 acres for its maneuver site expansion – they say the Army had plans for 6.9 million acres.

The army, in response to a landowner lawsuit, released a 2004 Fort Carson “Analysis of Alternatives,” which spells out in detail plans to acquire 6.9 million acres, or […]

The Financial Times of London is reporting that Los Angeles Times owner the Tribune Company is in merger talks with the Orange County Register and Freedom Communications.

The story posted yesterday says that Tribune “has held talks over a deal to either buy the Orange County Register from its owner, Freedom Communications, or to strike up […]

This just in: the rich cheat on their taxes more often than the middle class.
A study by the University of Michigan business school’s estimates that taxpayers whose true income ranged between $500,000 and $1 million a year understated their adjusted gross incomes by 21 percent overall during 2001.
Those earning between […]

The Associated Press
With a timely endorsement from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, there’s new life to the idea of Congress returning to Washington next month to pass a second round of measures aimed at injecting life into the economy.

The White House said Monday that President Bush was at least willing to consider a second stimulus […]

<p>David Klemmer, the Plan administrator for the El Paso County  Retirement Plan, announced his resignation this morning, effective at the end  of the year.</p><p>As of September 30th, the retirement plan&rsquo;s 2008 assets had  shrunk 16 percent. In remarks to the plan&rsquo;s board, Klemmer said that the  increasing volatility of financial markets played a role in […]

It seems to be taking longer to get a job, and once people do get one, they aren’t leaving it.
The Challenger, Gray & Christmas’ Job Market Index survey found that the average job searche is taking longer – now 4.4 months compared to 3.5 months during third quarter. One year ago, the average time it […]

El Paso County is home to the state’s first laboratory-confirmed case of the flu.
The state health department said an adult male was diagnosed.
The positive test shows that the influenza virus is starting to circulate in El Paso County, which had the highest rate of infections last season.
Health officials say the best way […]

Pueblo public officials have taken and active role in the dispute over the Colorado Department of Correction’s decision to remain in Colorado Springs.
After awarding a contract last month to Mortenson Construction to develop a new headquarters at the Vineyard Commerce Park in south Colorado Springs, the CDOC is being forced to review its decision.

Canon City […]

<p>If you&rsquo;ve discovered a strange rash on the side of your  face, it could mean you&rsquo;ve been talking on your cell phone too much.</p><p>The British Association of Dermatologists said in a report this week  that it attributes a strange rash on people’s ears or cheeks to too much  mobile phone talking.</p><p>One possible cause is the […]