City officials also deny being influenced by a sales pitch from landowners; rather, they say, the city is following the lead of other cities that are acquiring property in watersensitive areas. City Manager Jesus Garza notes that councilmembers expressed interest in buying watershed land through the water utility a year ago, and money was set aside in the current budget to facilitate that possible move. If the Nature Conservancy was pursuing land in the area at the same time, Garza says, it was the nature of the nonprofit's work and strictly a coincidence.Everyone in the AFC West was still alive, but Denver's loss wasn't too damaging because Oakland (77) fell to Detroit. Even though San Diego (77) beat Baltimore on Sunday night, the Broncos have a onegame lead with two games left: at Buffalo and home against Kansas City (68). The Chargers need to win at Detroit and at Oakland and have Denver lose out..

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