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Attack mailer labels Snowmass senator 'The Appropriator'Schwartz 'deeply disgusted' by 'thuggish and deceptive' tactic By Troy Hooper Real Aspen – October 8, 2010 The executive director of Colorado Conservation Voters has two words for a new mailer that features the face of state Sen. Gail Schwartz, D-Snowmass, superimposed over the body and hair of Donald Trump: “poor taste.” “It is an obvious leading candidate for the most tasteless piece of mail so far in the 2010 election cycle,” CCV’s Pete Maysmith said Thursday. “It’s over the top and in poor taste.” Western Tradition Partnership is responsible for the mailer, which,...

Maybe Gov. Tim Pawlenty was just out of practice after a year without professional hockey. The governor made an embarrassing slip of the tongue as he led the crowd in a cheer at the season opener for the Minnesota Wild hockey team. All 30 National Hockey League teams were back in action Wednesday after a year of labor unrest. The script called for the governor to say: "It's time to drop the puck. So everybody say it with me - 'Let's play hockey!"' It was the governor's tripping over the word "puck" that provoked the snickers. Instead of telling people...

Governor Apologizes for Slip of the Tongue Fri Oct 7, 4:26 PM ET ST. PAUL - Gov. Tim Pawlenty apologized for an embarrassing slip of the tongue during the Minnesota Wild's season opener Wednesday night as he led the crowd in a cheer. The script called for him to say: "It's time to drop the puck. So everybody say it with me — 'Let's play hockey!'" It was the governor's tripping over the word "puck" that provoked the snickers. Instead of telling people to drop the puck, he used a very similar-sounding word that made him sound more like Tony...

PHUKET, Thailand - While volunteers struggled to collect bodies washing up on the once-pristine beaches of this upscale resort isle, ghoulish tourists rolled out their towels yesterday, doffed their bikini tops and vacationed like nothing had happened. On Patong Beach and Kata Beach - where hundreds died or disappeared four days ago - the smell of suntan lotion wafted from the shore as a new influx of tourists determinedly ignored the carnage around them, frolicking in the surf or reading under umbrellas. An indignant Russian who arrived at the Novotel Phuket Resort on the day after the tsunami loudly complained...

Jakarta, Dec. 26. (AP): An earthquake measuring 8.5 on the Richter scale rocked large parts of Southeast Asia early today. The quake reportedly caused dozens of small buildings to collapse and triggered tidal waves in northwestern Indonesia, witnesses and officials said. Nine people were killed as a result of the undersea quake in Indonesia's northwestern province of Aceh, where most of the damage was reported, el-Shinta radio station quoted a witness as saying. It was not possible to immediately confirm the reports. Electricity and telephone networks in parts of the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, were knocked out and dozens of...

President Bush says he will submit a budget that cuts the deficit in half and mantains strict spending discipline. "We will provide every tool and resource for our military, we will protect the homeland," Bush said. He said he would "maintain strict discipline in spending tax dollars." In the 17th news conference of his presidency, Bush was pushing his second-term agenda. As for Iraq, Bush accused insurgents there of trying to "disrupt the democratic process" but he cautioned that next month's elections were just the first step of a long process in creating a stable, democratic country. "The elections in...

Last Updated: 11:30 pm, Tuesday, August 31st, 2004 WTO turns up heat on U.S. trade fightBy Gannett News Service   The European Union and seven other key U.S. trading partners won the right Tuesday to hit American goods with more than $150 million in penalties as compensation for a U.S. law deemed illegal under international trade rules.   A World Trade Organization panel gave the EU and others the green light to levy fines in retaliation for the failure of the United States to repeal an anti-dumping law known as the Byrd Amendment.   The ruling lets the EU,...