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From relentless rains to devastating droughts, the effects of the climate upheaval known as El Nino are still being felt. Last week, for example, out-of-control forest fires in rain-starved Mexico continued to send clouds of smoke into the U.S., spreading haze from Houston to Denver. But if El Nino's immediate impact on people has been hard to miss, there are equally important, if less obvious consequences for wildlife. In the oceans as well as on land, many animals are struggling to find enough to eat, while others--including disease-bearing rodents and insects--are unexpectedly flourishing...
Then there's the one about Denver architect William Elkjer, 57, who always wanted to launch himself on an adventure he would remember forever. In April, he and his wife Candy took an eight-day, professionally led dogsled trip across 180 miles of Alaska. Elkjer cashed in all of his Diners Club points--500,000 of them--to take the plunge. "I had been saving these points for years for something special," Elkjer says. "This was really an event of a lifetime...
...director of the Pluralism Project since 1991. The project has involved undergraduates and graduate students to do research on religious communities in their own hometowns. For four years, they have compiled data such as the number of Buddhist temples, mosques and other places of worship in cities like Minneapolis, Denver, Salt Lake City and Pittsburgh...
...Washington, Colorado Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell isn't waiting for studies. Denouncing the jumping mouse as a "killer" of jobs and economic growth, he says the Federal Government should be tossing animals and plants off the endangered list rather than putting them on. But the public feels otherwise. A Denver Post poll in March showed that 81% support protecting the little mouse that's seldom seen. "Their habitat is shrinking fast," warns Boulder mammalogist Carron Meaney. "We might find the mouse in 100 places now, but in 10 years 95 of those will be under concrete...
Normally, when celebrities not famous for their artistic skills are left alone with the paint box, the results can be a real cringe-o-rama. So it's heartening to see that when Hospice of Metro Denver sent out a bunch of white-faced masks for big names to paint (the results of which will be auctioned off in May), the celebs didn't take their artistic selves too seriously. LARRY KING attempted a sweet self-portrait, as did Broncos quarterback JOHN ELWAY, although the face guard looks more like skull fractures. Author AMY TAN even displayed some ability, while...