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Some makers of electronic cigarettes are taking to television advertising, just like the big tobacco companies did decades ago. A loophole allows TV advertising of E-cigarettes, and some in Congress want the Food and Drug Administration to step in and regulate E-cigarette advertising just like tobacco. Some of the criticism indicates the ads are targeting […]

1. Official: Avs goalie’s arrest a conspiracy to weaken Russia Olympic team A day after Avalanche goalie turned himself over to authorities on domestic violence charges, a Russia Olympic official claims the arrest was “not normal at all,” and made in an effort to weaken his country’s national hockey team. 2. Judge could grant transfer request to affluent […]

NEW YORK — The New York City Council has approved a change to the minimum age required to buy cigarettes, raising it from 18 to 21 years of age. WPIX-TV reports the vote also applies to other tobacco products and even e-cigarettes, and is part of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s larger fight against tobacco use in […]

AURORA, Colo. — Police are now offering $20,000 — the largest reward offered in the history of the department — for information about a man who pulled an 8-year-old girl from her bed in Aurora on Monday morning. The reward increased Tuesday after Aurora’s Shortline Auto Group offered $10,000 for information leading to the suspect’s […]

AURORA, Colo. — Police are now offering $20,000 — the largest reward offered in the history of the department — for information about a man who pulled an 8-year-old girl from her bed in Aurora on Monday morning. The kidnapping was described as “bold and brazen” by Aurora police, who said the incident took place […]

DENVER — A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates more young adults are turning to e-cigarettes in a form of smoking that’s become even more popular with adults. Electronic cigarettes, which come in several different varieties and prices, are gadgets that turn nicotine and other chemicals into a vapor which […]

HOUSTON — Texas authorities freed four men Friday who they said appeared to have been held captive in a north Houston home — some in a garage-turned-prison — where the men were forced to turn over their disability and veterans checks.

DENVER — June 1 is the day the Starbucks Coffee chain will put in effect a new, perhaps safer, smoke-free zone around its shops. Signage has been put up letting customers know about the change in how, when, and where they can smoke while enjoying coffee, tea, or healthy donuts. “I do smoke and I […]

(CNN) — Lucifer cannot be born in New Zealand. And there’s no place for Christ or a Messiah either. In New Zealand, parents have to run by the government any name they want to bestow on their baby. And each year, there’s a bevy of unusual ones too bizarre to pass the taste test. The […]

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Super Bowl commercials are known for being controversial. But what happens when one stirs things up among advertisers themselves? Apparently, they never get to hit the air. SodaStream learned that the hard way. The home soda maker had prepared to air an ad during the NFL showdown that took on soft […]

DENVER — It was something no one expected. A woman gets caught smoking a cigarette on a concourse at Denver International, and then strips naked “out of the blue and for no reason at all,” according to a witness. FOX31 Denver’s Justin Joseph has an exclusive interview with a witness who couldn’t believe what bizarre […]

BOULDER — It isn’t easy to find a place to smoke indoors in Colorado. Now city leaders in Boulder want to light up a new ban in outdoor areas as well. Boulder Mayor Matt Appelbaum and other city council members are proposing an idea to block cigarette smoking on the Pearl Street Mall and possibly […]