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9:00 News on Denver Channel 20/9News campaign segment concluded with the AP report of Obama's illegal aunt. The story concluded with the Obama campaign's written response that Obama didn't know her status and that all applicable laws should be followed.

BEIJING, Sept. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- China on Tuesday denied it was building up troop numbers on its borders with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Myanmar. Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said China was replacing its armed police with military troops along the two border areas in a reform of border administration. Kong was responding at a regular press conference to reports that China replaced its armed police with military troops along the Sino-DPRK and Sino-Myanmar borders, and to journalists'questions on the timing and intent of the action. He said replacement of the armed police, who originally defended...

NAME CHANGE For one night only, Fat Tire beer will become Redistricting Unity Beer at a benefit for Texas House Democrats. • When: Monday, 5:30 p.m. • Where: Law offices of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, 1225 17th St., Denver

Lauren Orton's 11th birthday is still two weeks away, but she's already gotten the only thing she really wanted: a $30 million F-16 jet fighter - with her dad at the controls. "She said that if Daddy could come home by her birthday, that would be the best present of all," said her mom, Jill Orton, as the family waited on the tarmac at Buckley Air Force Base on Wednesday for Lauren's dad - and a lot of other kids' dads - to return from the war. Family and friends covered their ears and cheered as the F-16s thundered overhead...

Excerpted from John Temples's "From the Publisher" in the Rocky Mountain News (May 4, 2002): One final note about our staff. Holger Jensen has resigned his position as International Editor to pursue other interests. We appreciate his contributions over the past 11 1/2 years at the Rocky, and we wish him well in his future endeavors. For background see "Rocky Mountain Lie" in Opinion Journal which calls Holger Jensen to task for falsely attributing an anonymous interview to Ariel Sharon. (http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=105001944) Jensen's original piece ("Obsessed Sharon Applies Brutal Philosophy to Advance Zionism.") is apparently no longer available on the Rocky...