Nicholas Riccardi

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Nemias Ayala, left, and Mailen Gonzales practice stripping and making hotel room beds in a guest room attendant class at the Culinary Academy of Las Vegas Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, in Las Vegas. The academy is funded through a trust created by culinary and bartenders unions as well as management from 26 properties on the Las Vegas Strip. Nevada has become an increasingly Democratic state. And the Culinary Union's track record gives a dispirited labor movement some hope even as it continues to hemorrhage workers and reels from the signature of a right-to-work law in Michigan this week. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Right-to-work Nevada a rare bright spot for labor

Nicholas Riccardi · December 17, 2012 8:25 am

Many single women, a key bloc, are avoiding GOP

Nicholas Riccardi · December 15, 2012 5:00 am

This photo taken on Dec. 7, 2012 shows bison feeding at the Buffalo Herd Overlook west of Denver. They're kept behind fences about 20 miles west of town on Interstate 70, where an overlook near Exit 254 offers great opportunities to photo the creatures with the Rocky Mountains on the horizon. Interstate 70 can be seen in the distance. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

5 free things to do in the Denver area

Nicholas Riccardi · December 13, 2012 3:09 pm

FILE - In this July 23, 2012 file photo, James Holmes, accused of killing 12 people in a shooting rampage in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater, appears in Arapahoe County District Court in Centennial, Colo. The University of Colorado at Denver has released thousands of documents that may relate to the man accused in the Colorado theater shootings. More than 2,000 records were released Wednesday Dec. 5, 2012, after news organizations, including The Associated Press, requested them to learn about James Holmes' year at the school. (AP Photo/Denver Post, RJ Sangosti, Pool, File)

Colo. shooting suspect: Brief romance, few friends

Nicholas Riccardi · December 6, 2012 10:38 am

Obama campaign slams Romney budget plans

Nicholas Riccardi · October 16, 2012 1:17 am

Tight Nevada Senate race despite ethics issues

Nicholas Riccardi · September 27, 2012 11:59 pm

Obama backers bash Romney on housing

Nicholas Riccardi · September 14, 2012 9:06 pm

Romney touts Massachusetts health plan

Nicholas Riccardi · August 23, 2012 7:27 pm

FILE - In this Sunday, July 22, 2012 file photo, family members hold hands in Aurora, Colo., at a prayer vigil for the victims of Friday's mass shooting at the Century 16 movie theater. With their anger and tears stirred by the sight of James Holmes in a courtroom with red hair and glassy eyes, the families of those killed in the Colorado theater massacre now must go home to plan their final goodbyes. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, AAron Ontiveroz, Pool, File)

Alleged shooter was surrounded by brain experts

Nicholas Riccardi · July 24, 2012 4:00 am

School mum on trouble signs in shooting suspect

Nicholas Riccardi · July 23, 2012 9:20 pm

Colo. shooting suspect used Internet for arsenal

Nicholas Riccardi · July 23, 2012 4:00 am

This photo combination shows a variety of facial expressions of James E. Holmes during his appearance at Arapahoe County District Court Monday, July 23, 2012, in Centennial, Colo. Holmes is accused of killing 12 and wounding 58 in a shooting rampage in a movie theater on Friday, July 20 in Aurora, Colo. (AP Photo/Denver Post, RJ Sangosti, Pool)

Shooting suspect in court with orange-red hair

Nicholas Riccardi · July 23, 2012 4:00 am