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Colorado firefighters save cat after car fire damages 4 vehicles, 2 townhouse units
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Colorado firefighters save cat after car fire damages 4 vehicles, 2 townhouse units

By Austen Erblat | CBS Colorado Firefighters found and rescued a cat that went missing during a blaze that damaged several cars and townhouse units in a Denver suburb. The fire was first reported around 5:20 a.m. Saturday in the 1100 block of South Reed Street in Lakewood. West Metro Fire Rescue said it took crews less than five minutes to arrive at the scene and about 20 minutes to extinguish the fire. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Peacock: House Republicans should heed Texas’ warning on dangers of Democrat-Driven ‘Bipartisanship’
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Peacock: House Republicans should heed Texas’ warning on dangers of Democrat-Driven ‘Bipartisanship’

By BILL PEACOCK | The Federalist It appears the U.S. House of Representatives has entered an era of unprecedented bipartisan cooperation. Within the last month, a rare coalition of Democrats and Republicans voted to approve a rule to advance foreign aid to Ukraine and defeat a motion to vacate the chair and oust Speaker Mike Johnson from his office. In the past, the Democrats have relished voting against the Republican House leadership while watching the corporate media blame “hard-right conservatives [for] throwing the House and its Republican leadership into chaos.” With the recent votes, it is clear something has changed in the Democrats’ approach. It is doubtful, though, that the change includes supporting a more conservative agenda. So before getting too c...
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Alice Stewart, veteran of GOP campaign trail and ’16 Ted Cruz comms director before CNN, has died
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Alice Stewart, veteran of GOP campaign trail and ’16 Ted Cruz comms director before CNN, has died

By Matt Vespa | TownHall.com CNN was rocked by the news of the tragic passing of Alice Stewart on Saturday. Stewart was one of the few conservative voices on the network. Though she had voted for the former president, she wasn't a die-hard Trump supporter, often described as a straight-shooter, civil, professional, and kind among her colleagues. Stewart was a veteran of political campaigns, serving as communications director for Michele Bachman, Rick Santorum, and Mike Huckabee’s presidential campaigns. Her most recent gig on the campaign trail was for Ted Cruz’s 2016 bid. Around that time, she was hired as a commentator for CNN and co-hosted a podcast with noted liberal Maria Cardona. Ms. Cardona expressed shock at the loss of her friend, adding that they were scheduled to record...
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Rising price to eat out is ‘benefiting our business’, Walmart CEO says
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Rising price to eat out is ‘benefiting our business’, Walmart CEO says

By Jena Warburton | The Street If it feels like every time you visit the grocery store you part with a little bit more of your emotional well-being each time, you're probably not alone.  Plenty of goods and staples – food included – are more expensive than they were one year ago, or even one month ago.  The Consumer Price Index shows that, in April, prices increased by 0.3% from March. The CPI ticked up 3.4% on a 12-month basis, about in line with expectations but certainly showing no signs that inflation is coming down anytime soon.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE STREET
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Seize the Grey denies Derby winner Mystik Dan in Preakness, dashes hopes for Triple Crown
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Seize the Grey denies Derby winner Mystik Dan in Preakness, dashes hopes for Triple Crown

By ESPN News D. Wayne Lukas worked his way to Seize the Grey after his horse won the Preakness Stakes and kept getting interrupted by well-wishers offering congratulations. "I think they're trying to get rid of me," Lukas, 88, said. "They probably want me to retire. I don't think that'll happen." Not when the Hall of Fame trainer keeps winning big-time races. Seize the Grey ended Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan's Triple Crown bid Saturday by going wire to wire to win the Preakness, giving Lukas his seventh victory in the race, one short of the record held by his good friend Bob Baffert. READ THE FULL STORY AT ESPN NEWS
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After closing 48 locations, signs of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing exist for Red Lobster chain
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After closing 48 locations, signs of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing exist for Red Lobster chain

By Daniel Kline | The Street The big food court in the sky, or maybe it's a downtown entertainment district, features a lot of restaurants that once had a big following. You may not remember them all, but some brands that were once huge, fell into irrelevancy and then went away. Howard Johnson's, for example, used to be a staple of a road trip. If you couldn't find a HoJo's perhaps you would stop at a Big Boy, another chain that was once prominent. In addition, sometimes there are restaurant chains that maybe were never that well-liked but were still a big deal. Fashion Cafe and the Official All-Star Cafe were meant to reproduce the magic of the Hard Rock Cafe or Planet Hollywood but they never caught on. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE STREET
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Biden, Trump don’t even agree on crypto, with Trump saying he’s in support, Biden opposed
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Biden, Trump don’t even agree on crypto, with Trump saying he’s in support, Biden opposed

By The Street Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has recently signaled an about face on the digital assets industry, promising to support crypto in the U.S. during a recent campaign event and offering a stark contrast to apparent hostility from the Biden administration. “If you’re in favor of crypto you’re gonna vote for Trump because they want to end it,” Trump said recently.  Long-time advocates and investors in the space have decried harsh legislation from the Biden administration and Gary Gensler’s U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). For instance, the White House recently vowed to veto legislation that could allow regulated financial firms to custody digital assets. Now, crypto-focused voters have reason to believe that Trump would offer a friend...
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Ballot initiatives seek to ban biological boys in girls’ sports, require schools to notify parents over ‘gender incongruence’
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Ballot initiatives seek to ban biological boys in girls’ sports, require schools to notify parents over ‘gender incongruence’

By Marianne Goodland | Denver Gazette A parent who sued the Wellington School District over an LGBTQ middle-high school club is seeking to put a measure in front of voters in November that would require schools to notify parents when their child expresses "gender incongruence." Another ballot initiative would prohibit biological males from participating in girls' sports at the K-12 level. The group collecting petition signatures for the two measures is called "Protect Kids Colorado," which is led by former state Sen. Kevin Lundberg, R-Berthoud, and Erin Lee, a Fort Collins parent who earlier said her 12-year-old daughter was invited by an art teacher to an after-school art club that was really about gender and sexuality. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Caldara: The case for a 90-day Colorado legislative session
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Caldara: The case for a 90-day Colorado legislative session

By Jon Caldara | Complete Colorado I was that kid in high school who would wait until the night before the term paper was due to even get started, as you can tell, a practice I honor to this day with this column. Of course, it was good enough to slide through high school; the paper was always lousy. That’s OK, coming from a sloppy high school kid. But would you trust that kid to spend $35 billion of your money and make the laws that govern every aspect of your life? Because, you have. The Colorado legislative session is 120 days long and, yet again, almost all the important work was left to the last few days and done to the quality my high school teachers came to expect of me. A 120-day session is remarkably long. Texas, for example, has a 90-day session only every other year. ...
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Douglas County nullifies SB 131, allowing those with concealed carry permit to do so in government buildings
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Douglas County nullifies SB 131, allowing those with concealed carry permit to do so in government buildings

By Heather Willard | Fox 31 KDVR.com The Douglas County board of commissioners voted Tuesday to opt out of a new state law prohibiting individuals from carrying firearms in sensitive places, such as government buildings, schools and polling locations. The law will go into effect on July 1 and has a provision allowing local governments to enact legislation permitting people to carry firearms in the areas described in the bill. “Douglas County’s opting out of the requirements of the onerous SB24-131 allows visitors to county facilities and properties the ability to protect themselves as they choose,” said Commissioner Lora Thomas, a Republican, in a county release. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31
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