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  • Black Forest Fire Update 9am

    BLACK FOREST, Colo. - Officials at the Black Forest Fire have scheduled a news conference 9 a.m. Wednesday to update the media and the public about the status of the fire.The fire has burned 14,280 acres and was 85 percent contained, as of Tuesday. However, fire commanders were still concerned about an area off Goshawk Road.About 2,609 people remain evacuated. (See the evacuation map below or ...

  • Colorado foreclosures drop 50 percent

    DENVER - Colorado foreclosure filings dropped 50 percent in metro counties in May compared with the same period last year.The Colorado Division of Housing said Wednesday it's the lowest level in May since 2007.Foreclosure filings are the initial filing that begins the foreclosure ...

  • San Juan Wilderness Act passes federal hurdle

    The San Juan Wilderness Act crossed an important threshold Tuesday, passing the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. It now goes to the full ...

  • 2 convicted in terror plot ask judge to reconsider

    CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) -- Two brothers convicted of planning to attack military personnel on installations in New Jersey and elsewhere are asking a judge to vacate their convictions, saying their lawyers made key mistakes in their ...

  • Man killed in crash on I-76 near Sterling

    A man is dead after a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 76 near Sterling Wednesday morning.Trooper Nate Reid, a spokesman for the Colorado State Patrol, said the crash happened on eastbound I-76, 13 miles west of Sterling, shortly after 5 a.m.One of the vehicles rolled, Reid said, but there was no immediate word on what caused the crash.No other injuries were immediately reported.One eastbound ...

Movie Review

Kingpin

It has always been said that funny is a matter of taste. "Kingpin" is a matter of being funny by being tasteless. "Kingpin" is a gross, screwball comedy sprinkled with social and cultural satire, then loaded with bathroom humor and a whole heaping of cinema in-jokes and movie spoofs, plus one good sheep joke. If anything, "Kingpin" features a great competition between two characters for the worst ... ...

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  • Repurposing Denver Post content - Guidelines

    The Denver Post has always taken copyright issues very seriously, both as a creator of content and as a user of other people's content. In fact, everything that appears in a typical edition of the newspaper is copyright protected. Nonetheless, our work is illegally reproduced everyday on websites across the country. The federal Copyright Act protects our right and our readers' ...

  • Amnesty International USA Brings Guantanamo Cell Replica to Denver

    Human Rights Organization Will Tour Cell Across the Nation Urging the Bush Administration to Close Detention Facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba WASHINGTON - August 13 - Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) will bring its national tour of a life-size Guantanamo prison cell replica to Denver, Colorado starting Sunday, August 24 through Tuesday, August 26; visitors are encouraged to experience the ...

  • Deadly crash on EB I-76 west of Sterling

    STERLING, Colo. - A crash involving two vehicles caused a deadly rollover on Interstate 76 about 13 miles west of Sterling early Monday morning.One man in the vehicle that rolled was killed, according to Trooper Nate Reid with the Colorado State Patrol.There was also a child in the vehicle that rolled who is believed to be injured, Trooper Reid said. The extent of the child's injuries was ...

  • VIDEO Tornado touches down at Denver airport

    DENVER (AP) -- Radar indicated a tornado briefly touched down Tuesday over the east runways of Denver International Airport, where thousands of people took shelter in bathrooms, stairwells and other safe spots until the dangerous weather passed, officials said. Airport spokeswoman Laura Coale reported no damage. Nine flights were diverted elsewhere during a tornado warning that lasted about 40 ...

  • Judge orders Sudan refugee lawsuit to go forward

    DENVER (AP) -- A federal judge is refusing to dismiss civil rights claims in a lawsuit filed by the family of a Sudanese refugee who was shot to death after a 911 operator told him to return to Denver from a neighboring suburb to settle a traffic ...

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