DENVER, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Former candidates for the Republican nomination for president Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani have scheduled trips to Denver this week, an official says.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. Republicans, led by President Bush George W. Bush, have seized on the New Jersey Supreme Court ruling on civil unions as a campaign issue.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Oct. 25 (UPI) -- An ad for a South Dakota conservative accidentally wound up on a racy Web site for gay men, the Sioux Falls Argus reported Monday.

COLORADO SPRINGS, March 5 (UPI) -- Air Force investigators will return to Colorado next week after complaints that their investigation of alleged rapes at the Air Force Academy failed to include civilian rape counselors or enough victims.

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(Part of UPI's Special Report on Election 2002) DENVER (UPI) -- The major candidates are the same in Colorado's U.S. Senate race as they were six years ago but the stakes are much higher this time.