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  • 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 ...

  • Drones raise privacy questions

    DENVER - A move is under way to put some regulations in place concerning privacy and the use of unmanned aircraft, otherwise known as drones.Senator Mark Udall, (D) Colorado, is proposing legislation that would create some limits about their usage, in an effort to protect personal privacy and protection. Under the measure, it would be illegal to conduct surveillance of someone using the machines ...

  • Officer bitten during arrest after crash

    DENVER - Denver police are investigating a crash involving a wanted party at Mississippi and Quebec.The police pursuit started at Evans and Oneida, according to Denver Police Spokesman Sonny Jackson, after officers tried to make a stop on the wanted party..Police tweeted that the person was arrested and also bit a police officer as he was taken into custody at about 8:30 p.m.Both the officer and ...

  • Growing problem of graffiti being tackled by clean up crews

    The problem of graffiti is growing in the city of pueblo. In a year, more than 8,775 sites have been hit with graffiti, compared to 4,893 sites in 2011. That is a 80% increase in graffiti calls, cases and cleanup. Bessemer 1,222 (66% increase over 2011) Downtown 1,734 (136% increase) West side 499 (17% increase) South side 2,441 (83% increase) North side 409 (14% increase) East side 1,924 (76% ...

  • Family of murdered Springs teen still waiting for justice 16-years later

    The family of Steven Eugene "Gino" Romero, murdered in Colorado Springs 16-years ago, is still waiting for justice. Just after midnight on May 24, 1997 Romero was killed while riding in the back seat of a car during a drive-by shooting near the intersection of Lelaray St. and Circle Dr. Colorado Springs Police believe Socorro Gutierrez and Vinnicio Martinez fired 25-rounds into the ...

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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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  • Lawyers defending Colorado shooting suspect question state insanity defense law

    Lawyers defending Colorado movie theater shooting suspect James Holmes Thursday questioned the very constitutionality of Colorado's insanity defense statute.Holmes, who officially pleaded "not guilt by reason of insanity" earlier this month, now faces court-ordered mental evaluations, during which he is expected to admit to last summer's shooting at a midnight showing of a ...

  • Brewers team up on beer to help military families

    RICHMOND, Va. — Craft breweries from around the country are teaming up to raise money for military families by selling a beer aged on baseball bats. The Hops for Heroes project began in 2011 as a collaboration between Center of the Universe Brewing Co. in suburban Richmond and Fremont Brewing Co. in Seattle. This year, the list also includes breweries in Florida, Pennsylvania, Missouri, ...

  • Wilson Chandler understands Danilo Gallinaris pain

    Danilo Gallinari a basketball brother. Chandler, a soft-spoken forward raised by his grandmother in the upper-Midwest, was entering his second NBA season with the New York Knicks when he first met Gallinari, an outgoing teenager from Italy. They spent two-plus seasons in New York before moving to Denver in the three-team megatrade between the Knicks, Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves on Feb. ...

  • Notebook Denver Nuggets have compassion for Kobe Bryant

    George Karl 's side. He's been the entire rose bush. Karl and the Nuggets have been eliminated from the playoffs by Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers three times in the past five years, including last spring when Denver fell in an entertaining seven-game series. Bryant also was a member of the Lakers team that beat Karl when he was coaching the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1998 Western ...

  • Aurora theater shooting Attorneys for James Holmes address insanity plea

    CENTENNIAL -- Lawyers for Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes asked a judge Thursday to clear away their legal questions so Holmes can plead not guilty by reason of insanity. They argued state laws on the insanity plea and the death penalty work in combination to violate Holmes' constitutional rights. They want the judge to address the questions before Holmes agrees to ...

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