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  • Police say bomb found near Colo. Springs park

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Colorado Springs police say a homemade bomb made with commercial fireworks was found just blocks from a park and an elementary ...

  • Julyan Stone prepared to join Denvers line of defense

    Julyan Stone was a long way from Des Moines. Three months after reporting for an NBA Development League assignment with the Iowa Energy, Stone checked into a playoff game with the assignment of slowing the hottest shooter on Earth. Stone only spent 82 seconds defending Golden State guard Stephen Curry, but he helped the Nuggets trim a 20-point deficit to 13 when Curry went off the court in the ...

  • Bear tranquilized removed from Colorado Springs tree

    Colorado Springs Fire Department crews and members of Colorado Parks and Wildlife worked together Sunday to remove a black bear from a high perch in a tree at the intersection of Chelton Road and Claremont Street in central Colorado Springs. The bear drew a large crowd of onlookers and crews worked for hours to determine how best to remove the bear from the tree to ensure the safety of both the ...

  • Patrick Roy back in mix as possible next Colorado Avalanche coach

    Patrick Roy is a strong candidate for the vacant Avalanche head coaching job, an NHL source confirmed Sunday. The former Avs goalie and NHL Hall of Famer is considered a rising star in the coaching ranks and was offered Colorado's coaching job in 2009 before turning it down. With the job open again, and with fewer personal ties to his job with the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior ...

  • Denver draws athletes vying for top Ninja title and reality TV fame

    Six grueling obstacles strung end-to-end along 370 feet stood between 31-year-old Isaac Caldiero, dressed as Jesus, and the chance to become the first American-born Ninja Warrior, so determined by reality television.The NBC competition is weeding the dreamers from the champions in Denver's Civic Center Sunday and Monday nights, and lasting until the early mornings.The top 15 will move on to ...

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The Number 23

The Number 23

The Number 23 is an overworked horror-thriller based on an absolutely ridiculous concept that, at various points in the movie, comes tantalizingly close to working. If you can get past the inherent silliness of being afraid of a number and go along with the arbitrary flow of findin ... ...

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  • Update Highway 50 back open after accident

    All lanes of Highway 50 have reopened following a motorcycle accident late this afternoon, east of Pueblo. The state patrol says a motorcycle crashed just after 4:00 p.m. between Fowler and Manzanola. The highway was closed in both directions for a time while emergency officials were on ...

  • Garland Rockies to face undefeated Corbin D-backs

    It's been six weeks in the making, but the baseball world is beginning to take notice of D-backs left-hander Patrick Corbin. Perhaps one of the biggest untold stories of the 2013 season, Corbin has begun the year by tossing at least six innings and allowing two or fewer runs in each of his first eight starts. His 1.52 ERA ranks third in the Majors behind only Shelby Miller and Clayton ...

  • SWAT teams seek fugitive considered armed and dangerous

    ) Denver and Jefferson County SWAT teams are searching for an at-large fugitive in the Pebble Creek/Tall Pines complexes near Hampden Avenue and Harlan Street, the Jefferson County Sheriff reports.The wanted man, David Shane Gosik, is considered armed and dangerous, according to a Denver Police Department tweet, and anyone who sees him is asked to call 911.Gosik, 34, is wanted in Arapahoe and ...

  • Nuggets seek crowd boost as series returns to Pepsi Center

    Garrett Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images SAN FRANCISCO - For two nights in Oakland, the Golden State Warriors were treated like rock gods by a crowd that started screaming an hour before tipoff and rarely sat down once the game started. Riding the euphoria, the Warriors passed, dunked and bombed away with abandon in seizing a 3-1 lead against the Denver Nuggets in their best-of-7 first-round series. ...

  • MLB Colorado 5 San Francisco 0

    Juan Nicasio tossed six shutout innings Sunday and Colorado caught San Francisco atop the National League West with a 5-0 win over the Giants. Nicasio (4-1) broke a personal three-start winless streak, taming the Giants on three hits. The right-hander walked one and struck out five in the ...

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