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| Lawmakers finally setting pride and partisanship aside and coming together at the 11th hour to pass a deal that averted a potential fiscal cliff disaster |
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| A bustling holiday season at DMR, with lift lines, parking, retail sales and on-slope crowds signifying skiers have returned in droves after a dismal 2011-12 season |
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| NHL owners and players returning to the bargaining table, giving hope that some sort of season might be salvaged after all |
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| The season’s first avalanche fatality, a veteran Snowmass ski patroller who was skiing out of bounds, as well as several close calls in the San Juans where drought and heavy snow have conspired to create characteristically sketchy backcountry conditions |
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2012 going down as the worst year for human-caused bear deaths in Colorado, with 83 bears killed or put down locally, more than double the amount in 2011
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| A recent full-page ad from Vail Resorts in the New York Times poo-pooing climate change and using the recent, long overdue storms to downplay the real threats |
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