http://brucefinley.com Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:46:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Denver Water gives few details on Dillon Dam decision Denver water authorities citing unspecified security concerns suddenly close a crucial dam road in booming Summit County. Residents erupt in protest. The Denver water authorities concede there's no immediate threat, saying they based their move on a new vulnerability analysis by a federal security agency ... http://brucefinley.com/counter-terrorism/fuming-over-road-closure/ Privacy advocates worry that officers' snooping will entangle innocent people. Hundreds of police, firefighters, paramedics and even utility workers have been trained and recently dispatched as "Terrorism Liaison Officers in Colorado and a handful of other statres to hunt for "suspicious activity" - and are reporting their findings into secret government ... http://brucefinley.com/counter-terrorism/terror-watch-uses-local-eyes/ Local-hire Iraqi interpreters maimed during U.S. combat missions can't fathom why the nation won't pay for the high-tech prosthetics. Maimed Iraqi interpreters showing up in U.S. cities such as Denver wonder why nobody — neither the government nor its contractors — is assuming long-term responsibility for them and hundreds of other ... http://brucefinley.com/human-rights/iraqi-interpreters-at-loss-for-words/ A movement to buy locally grown meat hits schools, and students are chowing the burgers. Is it worth the cost? The growing movement that advocates buying and eating locally-produced food gains momentum in schools with the introduction of homegrown beef. Proponents contend switching from unknown industrial providers to local suppliers — ... http://brucefinley.com/environment/districts-prefer-the-beef-less-traveled/ As much as 15 percent of the U.S. Paralympic team will be drawn from the 31,000 men and women disabled by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Out of the carnage of roadside bomb blasts in Iraq, U.S. Paralympics recruiters are finding new competitors for world-class sports in Beijing and beyond. ... http://brucefinley.com/iraq-related/fresh-contenders-for-paralympics/ Tibetans from around the United States converge on San Francisco to try to stop China’s Olympic torch. Street action. For Tibetan-Americans, the day became a strategic battle of controlling tempers. They find they must draw on every bit of Buddhist teaching they had and the warning of their leader, the ... http://brucefinley.com/human-rights/sf-protests-force-olympic-torch-to-dodge-controversy/ Edwin Lara's circuitous final journey began in Denver's Funeraria Latina, then went by air to his home country of El Salvador, and finally he was driven on a road past a volcanic lake — nearly a month after he died — to the village where he was born. "He always wanted ... http://brucefinley.com/migration/immigrants-final-trip-home/ Frequent flying by Russian strategic bombers near American airspace — drawing U.S. fighter jets — has military officials at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs on guard and angling for greater openness and cooperation. While odds are low that these increasing Russian forays will cause a catastrophe, "there's more ... http://brucefinley.com/security/russian-bomber-flights-alarm-norad/ Soldier trains for his shot to compete in Beijing Games By any measure, Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Downs would appear a long shot to join the U.S. Olympic Boxing team at the Summer Games in Beijing. He's 33, the oldest on record for the team, a father of two and, ... http://brucefinley.com/china-olympics/battlefield-to-boxing-ring/ Some 625 China-bound U.S. athletes are targeted in a growing campaign by activist group Team Darfur to persuade athletes worldwide to use their voices in China to make a political point. U.S. Olympic Committee officials this year instituted mandatory "ambassador" seminars that teach about China and encourage athletes to think ... http://brucefinley.com/china-olympics/olympians-weigh-politics/