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In the 1970s, the BBC's Upstairs Downstairs became one of the most popular British television series to date. The show took a leisurely look back at a Britain in which class distinctions were firmly embedded in the culture and everybody knew their place: upstairs were the titled and wealthy Bellamys, and downstairs were the working class heroes who made their lives as smooth and elegant as possible.

And now, Upstairs Downstairs is back.

Colorado Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet are hosting a deficit forum in Denver Friday afternoon.  It’s just not clear whether either of them will actually be there.

For pregnant women who get diagnosed with a short cervix, an ordinary pregnancy can become an exercise in anxiety about a baby that might arrive too soon.

The condition increases the chances of delivering a premature baby by 50 percent or more.

All roadblocks in and around the Crystal fire northwest of Ft. Collins were lifted as of noon today.

Republican 3rd District Congressman Scott Tipton is urging the U.S. Forest Service to use any unspent funds from the 2010 budget on mitigating the bark beetle epidemic in Colorado.