Toxic Waste Eliminated From One Part of El Paso County
Last Updated: 5:38 PM 10/11/08 -
More than 200 people did some Spring cleaning on Saturday. Folks in Western El Paso County and the Chapita Park area were able to drop off all sorts of household wastes for free at the Ute Pass Fall Clean-Up Event. (Full Story) |
Panel Says Palin Abused Power
Last Updated: 9:30 PM 10/10/08 -
A bi-partisan legislative panel's chief investigator says Alaska Governor Sarah Palin unlawfully abused her power by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper. (Full Story) |
Judge Orders State To Preserve Palin's E-Mails
Last Updated: 1:42 PM 10/10/08 -
A judge has ordered the state of Alaska to preserve any government-related e-mails that Gov. Sarah Palin sent from private accounts. (Full Story) |
KKTV Does Not Endorse Any Campaign
Last Updated: 7:48 AM 10/10/08 -
Lately your mailbox is being flooded with all kinds of campaign literature. One mailer even has KKTV in it, but we want you to know... 11 News does not get involved in politics. We only report on it. (Full Story) |
Voter Purging Concerns
Last Updated: 10:09 PM 10/09/08 -
A follow up to a story CBS news first reported late last month. Colorado is among six states charged with illegally taking voters off the books. State officials say these reports are inaccurate. (Full Story) |
Who Won the Debate?
Last Updated: 2:38 PM 10/09/08 -
Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain squared off in their second debate with the economic meltdown the top concern among voters. (Full Story) |
National Rifle Association Endorses McCain
Last Updated: 7:22 AM 10/09/08 -
The National Rifle Association is endorsing John McCain for president despite its differences with the Arizona senator on gun-show rules and campaign finance restrictions. (Full Story) |
Robert Kennedy Jr. Starting Obama Campaign Swing
Last Updated: 6:11 AM 10/09/08 -
The son of Robert F. Kennedy is headed to Boulder to campaign for Barack Obama. (Full Story) |
Voter Purges In 6 States May Violate Law
Last Updated: 6:51 AM 10/09/08 -
A newspaper reports that tens of thousands of eligible voters have been removed from voter registries in at least six states, including Colorado. The exclusions may violate a federal law. (Full Story) |
Obama Rejects McCain's Plan To Buy Mortgages
Last Updated: 6:40 PM 10/08/08 -
Barack Obama says the nation is suffering from "irrational despair." (Full Story) |
Man Indicted In Hacking Of Palin's E-Mail Account
Last Updated: 6:32 AM 10/08/08 -
A federal grand jury in Tennessee has indicted a man in connection with the hacking of the e-mail account of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. (Full Story) |
Biden Calls Palin's Criticism 'Mildly Dangerous'
Last Updated: 5:54 AM 10/08/08 -
Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden says his Republican rival's criticism of Barack Obama as a friend of a domestic terrorist is part of an effort to inject fear and loathing into the campaign. (Full Story) |
McCain Would Buy Bad Homeowner Mortgages
Last Updated: 8:07 PM 10/07/08 -
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is proposing a $300 billion program for the federal government to buy up bad home mortgages and allow homeowners to keep their houses. (Full Story) |
Gay Candidates Anticipate Breakthroughs On Nov. 4
Last Updated: 8:03 PM 10/07/08 -
The historic quest by Jared Polis to become a Colorado congressman is part of a nationwide trend in which a record number of openly gay, lesbian and bisexual candidates are seeking office this November. (Full Story) |
McCain Linked To Group In Iran-Contra Affair
Last Updated: 6:28 PM 10/07/08 -
A news article and two documents are raising questions about when John McCain resigned from the U.S. chapter of an international group linked to ultra-right-wing death squads in Central America. (Full Story) |
217,000 Register To Vote In Colorado This Year
Last Updated: 8:05 AM 10/07/08 -
State officials say more than 217,000 people have registered to vote in Colorado this year, including nearly 113,000 since the end of July. (Full Story) |
Obama Says McCain Is Trying To Divert Attention From Economy
Last Updated: 2:22 PM 10/06/08 -
Barack Obama says there's a reason John McCain and Sarah Palin are trying to focus attention on people he's been associated with in the past -- like his former pastor and a 1960s-era radical. (Full Story) |
Last Day To Register For November Elections
Last Updated: 2:01 PM 10/06/08 -
It's the last day to register to vote in Colorado to vote in next month's presidential contest. (Full Story) |
McCain Calls Obama A Liar
Last Updated: 1:14 PM 10/06/08 -
The GOP presidential candidate told a campaign rally: "Sen. Obama has accused me of opposing regulation to avert this crisis. I guess he believes if a lie is big enough and repeated often enough it will be believed." (Full Story) |
Palin Criticizes Obama's Ties To Wright, Ayers
Last Updated: 1:44 PM 10/06/08 -
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is criticizing Barack Obama's ties to his incendiary former pastor and a 1960s-era radical. (Full Story) |
In Pueblo, McCain Promises "Team Of Two Mavericks"
Last Updated: 6:47 PM 10/03/08 -
John McCain opened his town hall meeting in Pueblo by telling supporters that he and running mate Sarah Palin are a "team of two mavericks." (Full Story) |
Big Audience For Joe Biden-Sarah Palin TV Debate
Last Updated: 6:48 PM 10/03/08 -
Far more people watched Thursday's vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin on television than watched the first presidential debate. (Full Story) |
Obama Turns Bad Job News On McCain
Last Updated: 8:47 AM 10/03/08 -
Obama has told an audience in Abington, Pa., that the policies McCain and running mate Sarah Palin are promoting "are killing jobs in America every single day." (Full Story) |
Judge Refuses To Block Alaska Troopergate Probe
Last Updated: 6:48 AM 10/03/08 -
An Alaska judge has refused to block a state investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power when she fired her public safety commissioner this summer. (Full Story) |
McCain Campaign Writes Off Michigan
Last Updated: 6:45 AM 10/03/08 -
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is giving up on Michigan as his campaign tries to regroup in the face of dominating economic issues. (Full Story) |
Who Do You Think Won The VP Debate?
Last Updated: 9:39 PM 10/03/08 -
A CBS News/Knowledge Networks Poll of uncommitted voters who watched the debate says 46 percent thought Joe Biden won, with 21 percent siding with Sarah Palin. What did 11 News viewers think? (Full Story) |
McCain In Denver: Bailout Will Pass
Last Updated: 6:16 PM 10/02/08 -
On the eve of a make-or-break second try for the bailout package in the House, McCain held a town hall meeting with female voters in Denver. The economy is a top concern for his audience. (Full Story) |
McCain "Confident" Palin Will Do Fine
Last Updated: 7:55 AM 10/02/08 -
He tells Fox News that he's "confident" she'll do fine in tonight's debate against Joe Biden. He says, "She's smart, she's tough" and has been in debates before. (Full Story) |
VP Candidates Prep For Tonight's Debate
Last Updated: 7:45 AM 10/02/08 -
The vice presidential candidates are intensely preparing to debate each other tonight. (Full Story) |
Colorado's Ballot The Longest In Almost A Century
Last Updated: 10:02 PM 10/01/08 -
When you head to the polls in November, build in some extra time. This year’s ballot in Colorado is the longest ballot we've seen since 1912. (Full Story) |
Obama Leads By Seven Points In New AP Poll
Last Updated: 2:18 PM 10/01/08 -
Barack Obama has a seven-point lead in a new poll. The Associated Press-GfK poll finds he has the support of 48 percent of those surveyed, compared to 41 percent for John McCain. (Full Story) |
Bill Clinton Campaigns For Obama
Last Updated: 1:56 PM 10/01/08 -
Bill Clinton has been campaigning in Florida Wednesday for Barack Obama, telling voters that Obama would be better than John McCain at finding answers for the nation's problems. (Full Story) |
Questions Raised About Moderator's Impartiality
Last Updated: 1:27 PM 10/01/08 -
Ifill said Wednesday that she hasn't even written her chapter on Obama for the book "The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama," which is to be published by Doubleday on Jan. 20, 2009, the day a new president is inaugurated. (Full Story) |
McCain Says Tough Times Show What US Can Achieve
Last Updated: 9:23 AM 10/01/08 -
In an economic speech Wednesday in Independence, Mo., McCain says that the current financial crisis is an opportunity for the nation to come together. (Full Story) |
Obama Tells Vibe Readers 'I Need You' In Letter
Last Updated: 9:12 AM 10/01/08 -
In a letter to be published in the November issue, the Democratic presidential candidate is given a page to address the readers of the urban music monthly magazine. In it, Obama urges them to register to vote, saying, "We are at a defining moment in our history." (Full Story) |
Celebrities To Make Obama Push At CO Colleges
Last Updated: 8:12 AM 10/01/08 -
Actors Eva Longoria Parker, Kal Penn and Adam Rodriguez are coming Saturday to the Auraria Campus in Denver, the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley and Colorado State University in Fort Collins. (Full Story) |
Palin Says Media Coverage Hasn't Been Sexist
Last Updated: 6:31 AM 10/01/08 -
Palin says that while she sees some double-standards in media coverage, she believes it's more attributable to the media elite in Washington not knowing who she is. (Full Story) |
Polls: Obama Leads In Critical Trio Of States
Last Updated: 6:12 AM 10/01/08 -
Barack Obama has vaulted ahead of John McCain in polls from three crucial battlegrounds states, just five weeks before the election. (Full Story) |
Palin: Pakistan Comment Response To 'Gotcha' Query
Last Updated: 7:59 PM 09/30/08 -
Sarah Palin says her weekend comment about attacking terrorist targets in Pakistan, which appeared to contradict the position of running mate John McCain, was a response to a "gotcha" question. (Full Story) |
McCain, Obama Call Bush On Bailout Plan
Last Updated: 7:56 PM 09/30/08 -
The White House says both Barack Obama and John McCain have called President Bush this morning to discuss what to do next to save the financial system. (Full Story) |
McCain Urges Treasury Department To Take Action
Last Updated: 7:54 PM 09/30/08 -
Republican presidential nominee John McCain is urging the Treasury Department to intervene aggressively to limit damage from the financial meltdown, action that McCain says President Bush can take with the stroke of a pen. (Full Story) |
Politicians In Colorado Springs For Economic Roundtables
Last Updated: 6:33 PM 09/30/08 -
Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius was in Colorado to hold economic roundtables with business leaders. (Full Story) |
Michelle Obama's Rally Will Be On CU Campus
Last Updated: 6:30 PM 09/30/08 -
Michelle Obama's voter registration rally in Boulder Wednesday will be on the University of Colorado campus. (Full Story) |
McCain, Obama Advocate Upping US Deposit Insurance
Last Updated: 7:36 AM 09/30/08 -
Both say Congress needs to redouble efforts to save the plan that the House rejected Monday. (Full Story) |
Group Protests Outside Obama's Local Campaign Office
Last Updated: 3:15 PM 09/29/08 -
The group says they are Christians in conjunction with Christians in Washington DC, and were protesting Obama's support of Roe vs. Wade and his views on abortions. (Full Story) |
McCain Says Obama Policies Will Deepen Recession
Last Updated: 2:21 PM 09/29/08 -
McCain also said Obama stayed on the sidelines in recent days while Congress struggled to draft a bailout for the financial industry. (Full Story) |
Obama: McCain's Deregulation Too Risky For Economy
Last Updated: 1:53 PM 09/29/08 -
Speaking to a packed gymnasium at Mountain Range High School in Westminster, Obama associated McCain's economic views with a news report about the six-term Arizona senator's closeness to the gambling industry, without ever mentioning the news story itself. (Full Story) |
Three Courts Clear Way For Early Voting In Ohio
Last Updated: 1:48 PM 09/29/08 -
The decisions were a victory for Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, a Democrat. Republicans had accused her of interpreting state law to benefit her own party. (Full Story) |
Candidate Says Congress Will Produce Bailout Bill
Last Updated: 1:46 PM 09/29/08 -
The Democratic presidential candidate spoke minutes after the House rejected a 700-billion-dollar rescue package. He says he's sending Congress a message: "Get it done." (Full Story) |
Obama In Colorado Monday
Last Updated: 1:57 PM 09/29/08 -
The free event Monday marked Obama's second trip to Colorado since he accepted his party's presidential nomination in Denver in August. (Full Story) |
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