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Nation: Microsoft offers challenge for hackers
After suffering embarrassing security exploits over the past several years, Microsoft Corp. is trying a new tactic: inviting some of the world's best-known computer experts to try to poke holes in Vista, the next generation of its Windows operating system.
Lance event grows
Denver hosts LiveSTRONG challenge
The Lance Armstrong Foundation is opening new doors and challenges with the inception of the national LiveSTRONG Challenge -- a five-city biking, walking and running race.
Sports Scoreboard for Aug. 3
Local sports scores
State: BLM suspends leases for two cities' watersheds for a year
Despite vocal opposition from residents of Grand Junction and Palisade, the Bureau of Land Management said Thursday it will issue oil and gas leases in the two cities' watersheds, though the leases will be suspended for a year.
Hayden's third-graders lead charge
District sees marked improvements in reading, writing scores
Practice makes perfect, at least in the case of Hayden Valley Elementary School's third-graders.
CSAP test results mixed
The Steamboat Springs School District traditionally outperforms others schools from across the state when it comes to Colorado Student Assessment Program tests.
Early voters happy with system
Bob Fry can forget about the days when he had to wait in his van outside of his precinct voting station on Election Day. Unable to make it up the snow-covered wheelchair ramps, Fry recalls having his wife, Connie, bring him paper ballots, which she would help him fill out.
World: Israel launches new airstrikes on Beirut
Israel renewed airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs Thursday and an Israeli missile killed three people in a border village, a day after Hezbollah launched its biggest rocket attacks yet on Israel.
Locals play in Triple Crown
Colorado teams kick off games at Howelsen fields
Routt County residents who think Triple Crown Sports' championship events are tourist-exclusive affairs should know that two youth baseball teams representing Northwest Colorado are competing in this week's tournament games.
Tennis group hosts tourney
Local players return with victories, titles
It was 110 degrees on the tennis courts in Grand Junction last week, but the temperature wasn't the only thing burning up the asphalt at the Taco Bell Western Slope Open.
Mutilated cat spurs investigation
The Oak Creek Police Department is looking for help from anyone with information about the mutilation of a cat.
Tennis scores wins
Local players return with victories, titles
It was 110 degrees on the tennis courts in Grand Junction last week, but the temperature wasn't the only thing burning up the asphalt at the Taco Bell Western Slope Open.
Project approval nearly done
Rhe process of approving a mixed-use development in Hayden is nearly complete. Tonight, the Hayden Town Board will consider approving the final plat for the Creek View subdivision.
Nation: Iraq fighting could become civil war, U.S. generals say
Two top Pentagon commanders said Thursday that spiraling violence in Baghdad could propel Iraq into outright civil war, using a politically loaded term that the Bush administration has long avoided.
State: CSU team eases hurricane prediction
A lowering of Atlantic Ocean surface temperatures and other factors have caused hurricane researchers at Colorado State University to revise downward their estimate of the number of major hurricanes this year from five to three.
Briefs for Aug. 3
SportReach, a Christian youth sports camp, is being offered for all children entering kindergarten through sixth grades. Sports disciplines offered are basketball, soccer, football and cheerleading. The camp for third- through sixth-graders is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 9-11 and costs $55.
The Record for August 1
12:10 p.m. A Rainbow Family gatherer reported items taken from his 1969 Ford that was temporarily parked on Routt County Road 129 near mile marker 10. A backpack, two checkbooks and a tent were missing.
Scott Stanford: A Pilot Web site revolution
Get ready for big changes to our Web site, steamboatpilot.com.
Soroco test scores average
Reed: District writing exam results disappointing
Soroco High School teachers and administrators have reason to be optimistic about the future.
O'Connell leads pack
Dog Days winner has home field advantage
If there is such a thing as home field advantage in the Steamboat Springs Town Challenge, then Chuck O'Con-nell used it Wednesday.
