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The State Department's point person on human rights says his office is in a "cat and mouse" game with authoritarian governments that are trying to restrict free speech on the Internet.

"We are trying to stay ahead of the curve and to provide technology, training and diplomatic support to allow people to freely express their views," Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner told a group of reporters at the State Department this week.

Internet freedoms will be one focus on this year's Human Rights report, which the State Department is releasing Friday.

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.