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		<title>Colorado Abortion Fund Saw 84 Percent Jump in Spending on Procedures in 2025</title>
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					<dc:creator>Thomas Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 07:47:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Denver Senior Living Facility Infested With Bedbugs for a Year, Resident Claims</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:28:36 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>When COVID Jumped the Fence at the Denver Zoo, Researchers Seized the Opportunity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:52:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Denver Church Offers Affordable Housing to Men of &#8220;Any Faith or No Faith at All&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 07:36:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Newly Arrived Mosquito, Kissing Bugs Bring New Disease Threats to Colorado</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:29:28 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Providers Work to Overcome Difficulties for Reproductive Health Care Access in Rural Colorado</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:32:25 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title>The Kratom Conundrum</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 06:31:00 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title>The Veteran and His Venoms</title>
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					<dc:creator>Brendan Joel Kelley</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 11:09:03 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title>El Grito 5K Returned, Reviving Chicano Tradition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:57:46 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Fear and Teetotaling in Denver: How I Started the City&#8217;s Two-Hour Prohibition</title>
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