News Headlines for Akron, Colorado

McCain, Palin fire up crowd in Colorado Springs (Rocky Mountain News)
Fresh off their triumphant appearances at the Republican National Convention, John McCain and Sarah Palin wowed thousands of supporters at a rally in Colorado Springs today.

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Can the Colorado Rockies do it again? (The Sports Network)
Can the Colorado Rockies do it again?

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Purdue beats N. Colorado 42-10 (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue wasn't sure whether to celebrate or worry after a season-opening 42-10 win over Northern Colorado on Saturday afternoon.

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Northern Colorado no match for Purdue (Rocky Mountain News)
Curtis Painter passed for 286 yards and two touchdowns as Purdue beat Northern Colorado 42-10.

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Purdue beats N. Colorado 42-10 (San Diego Union-Tribune)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Curtis Painter passed for 286 yards and two touchdowns, and Purdue defeated Northern Colorado 42-10 on Saturday. Desmond Tardy caught three passes for 112 yards and Kory Sheets ran for 81 yards and two touchdowns for Purdue (1-0).

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Colorado rallies past Eastern Washington 31-24 (San Diego Union-Tribune)
BOULDER, Colo. – The University of Colorado Buffaloes might want to stick to playing the big boys. The smaller schools give them way too much trouble.

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Colorado rallies past Eastern Washington 31-24 (KHQ Spokane)
BOULDER, Colo. - The University of Colorado Buffaloes might want to stick to playing the big boys. For the second time in just over two years, the Buffaloes got all they could handle from a Big Sky Conference team before rallying past Eastern Washington 31-24 Saturday.

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McCain, Palin Draw Huge Crowd In Colorado Springs (KMGH 7 Denver)
Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin tried to make the most of their post-convention bounce Saturday with a noon rally in Colorado Springs that drew a larger crowd then organizers expected.

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Colorado Trade Gomez To Wizards (Goal.com)
Twenty-six-year old striker Herculez Gomez was traded from the Colorado Rapids to the Kansas City Wizards on Wednesday afternoon. The Rapids received a fourth round pick in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft and a first-round pick in the 2009 supplemental draft.

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Purdue beats N. Colorado 42-10 (WTHR Indianapolis)
The heavily favored Boilermakers struggled to finish drives season-opening 42-10 win over Northern Colorado.

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