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  • Pastor complains after Denver jail bans baptisms

    DENVER (AP) -- A Pentecostal pastor is complaining after officials at the Denver County Jail banned baptism of inmates by total immersion in a bathtub-sized ...

  • Traffic blocked after armored car spills coins

    Authorities say they were called to investigate a complaint of a truck blocking a highway on Thursday and discovered the rear doors of the armored vehicle had come open. They say a large amount of coins had fallen out of the ...

  • Pedestrian dies after being hit by vehicle in Denver

    A pedestrian who was crossing a street in Denver overnight was killed after being struck by a vehicle.The Denver Police Department said the collision happened when the pedestrian crossed mid-block near South Havana Street and East Exposition Avenue, according ...

  • Retailer HM planning store in Colorado Springs

    Clothing retailer H&M, which opened its first Colorado store on Denver's 16th Street Mall in 2011, is now planning to open its first location in Colorado Springs, The Gazette reports. The company hasn't made any announcement, but the architectural firm working on improvements to the Chapel Hills Mall told the newspaper H&M will be in the mall. H&M is expected to open later this year in ...

  • Man opens fire on Colorado Springs intruders

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- No injuries have been reported after a man opened fire at three people who broke into his apartment in Colorado Springs early ...

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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

In the 10 years since the planes crashed into the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon, Hollywood has treated 9/11 much like it treated the Vietnam War four decades ago: largely avoiding it. While other forms of artistic expression, from music ... ...

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  • Audit of Colorado parole system expanded

    DENVER (AP) -- An audit of Colorado's parole system is being expanded to review whether budget issues are keeping parole officers from placing some high-risk parolees under intensive ...

  • Nuggets-Warriors Game 4 Gameday

    Posted April 29 2013 01:23 OAKLAND, Calif. - The Denver Nuggets won at least three straight games eight times during a record-setting regular season. They will need to put together one more winning streak to extend their postseason. After making a second-half surge, the Nuggets witnessed a one-for-the-ages performance by Stephen Curry on Sunday night at Oracle Arena, leaving themselves no ...

  • For metro Denver business energy savings all about the bulbs

    Scot Kelley, account manager at Colorado Lighting, with client Gary Hegener, construction manager at Pester Marketing, in the 1st Stop convenience store at East Iliff Avenue and Highway 225 in Aurora where Colorado Lighting revamped the lighting inside and outside of the store for more efficiency. Sometimes, making big cuts in energy use really is as easy as changing a light bulb. Especially if ...

  • In Colorado could solar thermal energy be a more efficient answer

    Laurent Meillon of Capitol Solar Energy stands in front of the array he installed at a business in Lakewood. The ability to produce electricity from sunlight via photovoltaic panels has garnered much attention in recent years. But some say using the suns heat, via solar thermal technologies, is a better way to cut utility bills. Solar thermal is a mature technology thats been around since the ...

  • Hearing in maid slavery case

    A Saudi national serving eight years to life in Colorado after being convicted of sexually assaulting a housekeeper has a parole hearing Tuesday.Homaidan al-Turki's hearing will be at the Limon Correction Facility.Adrienne Jacobson of the Department of Corrections said Thursday the hearing is unrelated to al-Turki's earlier request to be sent to his native Saudi Arabia to serve out his ...

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