Mead Gruver, Associated Press
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Authorities say a Colorado man is dead after being bitten by his pet Gila monster. If confirmed, the death would be a rare case of someone dying from a Gila monster, which live in the southwestern U.S. Gila monster bites can cause intense pain but aren't normally deadly.
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Some librarians who've been fired as they take a stand against discrimination and banning books are turning to a federal civil-rights enforcement agency for help. Librarians in Colorado, Texas and Wyoming have filed discrimination claims with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency tasked with enforcing federal laws about workplace discrimination.
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The federal government is forgiving the loans of Colorado students who enrolled in a now-defunct career school. The U.S. Department of Education and Colorado attorney general on Tuesday announced the federal loan refunds and balance forgiveness for former students of CollegeAmerica.
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Wyoming's first full-service abortion clinic in years defiantly opened Thursday despite an arson attack that ravaged it last year and legal obstacles that could shut it down with some of the toughest abortion restrictions in the U.S.