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Within the first few days of the threefold tragedy in Japan, Wikipedia trend-spotters noticed a startling spike in searches ... for "Godzilla."

It feels callow to be discussing popular culture at a moment when bodies are still being pulled from rubble, says Grady Hendrix, co-director of the New York Asian Film Festival. "The Godzilla movies don't have anything to do with what's going on now," he says.

Governor John Hickenlooper signed a bill into law Tuesday that aims to better train coaches to recognize concussions in middle school and high school athletes.

The measure is named after 14 year old Jake Snakenberg, a football player from Grandview High School who suffered a concussion in 2004 after being hit in a football game. He eventually died.

“I’m so proud that we’re able to honor the memory of young Jake,” says bill sponsor Republican Senator Nancy Spence of Centennial.

A bill that would make it easier for Coloradans living overseas to vote is advancing at the state capitol. 

House Bill 11-1219 would direct the secretary of state’s office to establish an electronic transmission system for election materials.  That would allow Coloradans living abroad to register to vote and receive and possibly return ballots electronically.  The measure was motivated by a study done by The Pew Center on the States in 2008.

State Republicans have a new leader. Ryan Call inherited a divided and divisive party after just one round of party voting over the weekend.

Colorado Senator Mark Udall says he still has concerns and some unanswered questions about U-S military involvement in Libya after the President explained his decision Monday night.