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  • Boulder County osprey cam knocked off the air

    http://bit.ly/12Baln4 ) the last image from the solar-powered webcam was captured at 4 p.m. May 8, with one of the adult birds sitting atop at least one egg. The camera provides live feeds and still images near the osprey nest that sits atop a platform on the eastern edge of Cattail ...

  • Inmate charged with killing cellmate in 2011

    STERLING, Colo. (AP) -- An inmate accused of beating and strangling his cellmate at the Sterling Correctional Facility has been charged with second-degree ...

  • Aspenites show little interest in mental health first aid class

    ASPEN - A two-night course that was to offer Aspenites certification in mental health first aid has been canceled, due to a lack of interest.The community's disinterest in the class came as a shock to officials who'd planned it in the wake of a string of suicides this winter and spring in Aspen, which prompted appeals from locals to look after one another's mental ...

  • Sheriffs file lawsuit seeking overturn of gun laws

    DENVER - Most of county sheriffs in Colorado have joined in a lawsuit against the state over the new gun control laws. In all, 54 of the state's 64 sheriffs have signed on as plaintiffs in the suit which seeks to overturn the high capacity magazine ban and expanded background checks. The sheriffs announced the filing of their suit at a news conference held Friday morning in the lobby of ...

  • Irritant spray hospitalizes 4 high school students

    http://bit.ly/Z2b1TW ) the Fairview High School student released the substance from a small canister in the student center at about 2:30 p.m. Friday. Four students were hospitalized, while two students and two staff members were treated at the ...

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Spy Kids

Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids is a high-octane children's fantasy in which a couple of kids find out that their parents are not only retired secret agents, but they have been kidnapped by an arch-villain and it is up to the two kids to save the day. It's the ultimate kid's dream come true in the way everything about reality is inverted to their liking. Adults become the victims in need of he ... ...

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  • War vet gets 21 years in biker shooting

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - An Iraq War veteran who was convicted of manslaughter in a motorcycle club shooting has been sentenced to 21 years in prison.Sgt. Christopher Mountjoy, assigned to the Army's Fort Carson, was sentenced Thursday in the shooting death of an unarmed man outside the Sin City Disciples motorcycle club in Colorado Springs in 2012.The Colorado Springs Gazette reports ...

  • Pet on the Web- Goliath

    Met Goliath! He is a six-year-old black Labrador retriever mastiff mix. Goliath is a big boy, at 110 pounds, and can be quite strong. He's looking for an experienced owner to help with some leash manners. His adoption fee is $130, and includes a voucher for a vet exam, a one-year license, 45-days of health insurance, and a microchip. For information on Goliath, or any other animal, ...

  • Magpul joins Colorado sheriffs in filing lawsuit against gun-control bills

    Magpul Industries joined 54 Colorado county sheriffs Friday in filing a federal lawsuit against the state’s recently signed gun-control bills.But even if the lawsuit is successful, the Erie-based firearms company is still planning to leave ...

  • Nuggets-Warriors Game 6 Gameday

    Posted May 3, 2013 05:40 OAKLAND, Calif. - Handed the toughest early season schedule imaginable, the Denver Nuggets banded together and persevered. After losing their best outside shooter to a knee injury in the first week of April, they went on to set a team NBA record with 57 victories and secured the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference. Conceding defeat wasn't part of Denver's ...

  • Denver Business Journal wins 33 awards in 4-state Society of Professional Journalists news competition

    The DBJ's award-winning coverage of the 2012 election. The Denver Business Journal staff has won 33 awards, including 13 first-place honors, in a four-state Society of Professional Journalists competition. The SPJ's "Top of the Rockies" awards for excellence in newspaper, digital and broadcast news were presented Friday night at the Denver Press Club. The Journal won nearly twice ...

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