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Childhood hunger in Colorado is on the rise

One thing you can say about a kid who goes to bed hungry is that he will wake up the same way. Odds are he'll go to school hungry as well. Repeat that cycle a few times a week and you've got a problem. Experts say it is a problem that can be solved, even though it hasn't been yet.

Ritter praised by Washington Post for hunger efforts

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter gets a call-out in this Sunday's (Nov. 21) Washington Post -- from Academy-award winning actor Jeff Bridges no less. "As we...