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  • Colorado company offers banana coffins (AP)
    AP - Casket makers catering to natural burials have offered biodegradable coffins made of such materials as recycled newspapers or cardboard. Ecoffins USA, based in Montrose, Colo., is selling caskets made of banana sheaves.
  • Dodgers beat Rockies 1-0 on Furcal's pinch single (AP)

    Los Angeles Dodgers' Rafael Furcal watches his single that scored the only run of the baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, during the eighth inning in Los Angeles, Wednesday, July 1, 2009. The Dodgers won 1-0. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Rafael Furcal had a pinch hit RBI single in the eighth inning Wednesday, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 1-0 in the final game of Manny Ramirez's 50-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's drug policy.



  • June auto sales tumble, Ford takes share (Reuters)

    A line of Ford autos wait for delivery at the Sill-TerHar Motors Ford dealer in Broomfield, Colorado June 2, 2009. REUTERS/Rick WilkingReuters - U.S. auto sales tumbled in June as the economy remained a deep concern for consumers, but Ford Motor Co posted far better results than other large automakers and shot ahead of Detroit rivals passing through federally sponsored bankruptcies.



  • Pirates send OF Morgan to Nats in 4-player deal (AP)

    In this photo taken on June 21, 2009, Pittsburgh Pirates' Eric Hinske swings at a pitch against the Colorado Rockies in the seventh inning of the Rockies' 5-4 victory in a baseball game in Denver. The former AL Rookie of the Year Hinske was acquired by the New York Yankees from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday June 30, 2009, for a pair of minor leaguers, Casey Erickson and outfielder Eric Fryer. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)AP - The Pittsburgh Pirates, swapping outfielders at a rapid rate for the second successive season, sent starting left fielder Njyer Morgan to the Washington Nationals in a four-player deal involving outfielder Lastings Milledge and also shipped backup Eric Hinske to the Yankees on Tuesday.



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Colorado became the United States thirty-eighth state on August 1, 1876, 100 years after the Declaration of Independence by the 13 colonies. The state's largest city and capital is Denver. Colorado gets its name from the Spanish words for the red rock found around the Colorado River. The United States Air Force Academy is located in the Centennial State. Colorado's land area is 103,729 square miles of which one third is owned by the Federal Government. Still, its size makes Colorado the 8th largest state in the Union.

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