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  • Farmers urge veto on renewable hike

    CALHAN - Farmers and ranchers in Colorado are pressuring Governor John Hickenlooper to veto a renewable energy bill that doubles portfolio standards for rural electric ...

  • Aurora 7th grader finalist in Natl Geographic Bee

    AURORA, Colo.-A 7th grader from Aurora will represent Colorado is the final round of the National Geographic Bee. Pranit Nanda was one of 10 students from across the country named a finalist in the competition in Washington, D.C. on Monday. The 13-year-old attends Aurora Quest K-8 School. The finals will be held Wednesday and hosted by Jeopardy! Host Alex Trebek. The winner will receive a ...

  • Denver businessman gets 30 months in prison for role in Ex-Im Bank fraud

    Scales of Justice The owner of a steel supply company in Denver was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud Ex-Im Bank of more than $11 million, according to the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank). Luis E. Moy, 47, was sentenced by Judge Lewis Babcock in U.S. District Court in Denver. Moy pleaded guilty on ...

  • Halliburton brings next generation of fracking equipment to Colorado

    Cutting-edge technology for hydraulic fracturing, developed by Halliburton Co., will be deployed in Colorado's booming Niobrara oil fields in coming months, including a solar-powered "SandCastle." This is probably the most high-tech office in the United States, with the next generation technology for the frack of the future, Jim Brown, Halliburtons Denver-based president of western ...

  • Colorado stocks Real Goods Solar up 50 Dow off 19 points

    Real Goods Solar Inc., which gained 129.87 percent Friday, moved up another 50.87 percent on Monday. RSOL ended at $6.08, a gain of $2.05, in extremely heavy trading. More than 34.4 million shares changed hands. The average volume is closer to 127,000 shares. Five other Colorado stocks also posted double-digit gains in their share price. They were: Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. (ASTI): up 34.48 ...

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Pretty Woman [Blu-Ray]

Pretty Woman [Blu-Ray]

It is a rare thing to get to witness an actress becoming a star in a single movie, but that is exactly what we witness happening with Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman. Playing Vivian Ward, a down-on-her-luck prostitute who works the corners of Hollywood Boulevard back when it was a ... ...

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  • Missy Franklin graduates from Regis

    AURORA, Colo. - Olympic star Missy Franklin is graduating from high school.The four-time gold medalist will get her diploma from Regis Jesuit High School in a ceremony in Denver on Monday evening.Franklin isn't ready to become a professional athlete yet. She'll swim in the world championships in Barcelona this summer before heading to the University of California at Berkeley in the ...

  • Water main break looked like geyser

    CENTENNIAL, Colo. - A water main break sent a geyser of water shooting into the air on Detroit Street in Centennial on Monday morning.Denver Water told 7NEWS a 12 inch main broke on South Detroit Street between Dry Creek Road and Jamison Avenue.Photos and video from 7NEWS viewer Jennifer Cler showed the water shooting more than 10 feet in the air.Denver Water crews shut off the water and will ...

  • 3 Colorado hospital execs honored

    John Harney, president and CEO of University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora. Three Colorado hospital executives are included on the list of the top 100 industry leaders nationwide issued Monday by Beckers Hospital Review. Beckers specializes in hospital business and legal issues. It says its annual 100 Leaders of Great Hospitals in America list includes officials who demonstrate a crystal clear ...

  • District Greeley elementary teacher came to school drunk

    GREELEY - A fourth-grade teacher at Billie Martinez Elementary School is being recommended for dismissal from the district after she came to work intoxicated earlier this month. In a letter to the Greeley-Evans School District 6 Board of Education, superintendent Ranelle Lang said Glennis Hughes , a teacher in the district for 23 years, consented to a Breathalyzer at 9:06 a.m. on May 8th.Her ...

  • Angry Pueblo mob pelts man thought to be sex attacker

    DENVER-Residents angry that police had not warned them about sex assaults of children took matters into their own hands, chasing down a man they thought was the attacker, pelting him with rocks and leaving him with a bloody face in Colorado, authorities said Monday. Pueblo police later released the man because of lack of evidence, The Pueblo Chieftain ...

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