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Hickenlooper: ‘Teach a child to read’

At last week's TEXxMileHigh gathering at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, Governor John Hickenlooper made a simple request of the people of Colorado: Teach one child how to read.

Another band tells McCain: Stop playing our song

Ann and Nancy Wilson — the Seattle sisters better known as '70s rockers Heart — on Thursday joined a cavalcade of musicians upset with John McCain for using their songs at campaign events. Heart's lawyer fired off a cease-and-desist letter to the McCain campaign after Ann heard "Barracuda" playing at the Republican National Convention. The song played during the day and after McCain's acceptance speech as delegates toasted Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, nicknamed "Barracuda" when she played high school basketball in the early '80s.