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Colorado's urban population flipped the state from red to blue, allowing a referendum on a polarizing issue to pass. Wildlife officials are now preparing for the reintroduction of gray wolves.

U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, gave a status report to Congress on Tuesday. We read between the lines.

After a two-year investigation, a Senate report released Wednesday criticizes the Department of Homeland Security's "fusion centers" as ineffective, expensive, and encroaching on civil liberties. The centers were created after Sept. 11 to improve communication between federal counter-terrorism agents and state and local law enforcement. A department spokesman called the report flawed.

to reform campaign contribution laws, some corporations are looking for a way to curb political donations themselves. Most corporations don't believe Congress will pass any reform this year. There is currently no limit to how much soft money a company can contribute, only what a politician dares ask for.

in the field of data networking. Three-Com announced yesterday it will buy U.S. Robotics for more than six billion dollars. The new company will retain the Three-Com name, and with projected revenues of five billion dollars a year for its modems and circuit boards, will challenge industry leader Cisco Systems.

over a new anti- homeless law aimed at stopping people from living and sleeping in public areas. The law makes "urban camping" illegal and punishable by one year in jail, or a thousand dollar fine. It is part of a growing national trend that cities are trying as a way to clean up their urban centers.

to end a pre-natal care program will face opposition in court. The program benefits thousands of poor women and their children, but some of the women are illegal immigrants. According to federal welfare reform and Proposition 187 passed two years ago in California, the state can no longer provide benefits to illegal immigrants.

Journalist Frances Harrison has been the BBC's correspondent in the Iranian capital city of Tehran for the past 3 years. She says conditions have gotten worse, especially for women, under the increasing strictures being put in place by the ultraconservative Islamic government.

Military investigators have found there is evidence supporting allegations that U.S. Marines killed unarmed civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha last November, according to unnamed Pentagon sources. The investigation is ongoing and public results have not yet been announced.

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright's comments from the pulpit at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago have spotlighted on his church and his relationship with Barack Obama. The church being portrayed in the media, however, is unrecognizable to many who are familiar with the congregation.