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  • 3rd DU date rape drug incident reported

    DENVER - Campus safety at the University of Denver received a report of a woman who may have been given date rape drugs over the weekend, bringing the total number of reports this month this to three.In all three cases, the victims said they were at a bar in the DU neighborhood, after which they had several hours of memory loss -- a symptom of date rape drugs.Sgt. Stephen Banet said Thursday ...

  • Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in baby boom

    Four different kinds of animals are welcoming new babies at the Colorado Springs Mounatin Zoo. Over the past month, a new Red River Hog baby, a Porcupine, Lynx kittens, and two Joeys have been born. The zoo say's that this is an indication that they have healthy, happy animals. When animals reproduce in zoos, it means they feel comfortable with their ...

  • Man sentenced for stabbing fellow federal inmate

    DENVER (AP) -- An inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary in Florence has been sentenced to seven more years in prison, followed by three years on supervised release, for stabbing another inmate last ...

  • $41 million gifts fund aging center engineering school at DU

    The single-largest gift in University of Denver history - nearly $27 million from former chancellor and Board of Trustees chairman Daniel Ritchie - will help fund a new center for the study of aging as well as a school for engineering and computer science.Other donors contributing to the total gift of $41 million are Betty Knoebel, widow of Denver food-service pioneer Ferdinand "Fritz" ...

  • Denver police union Chiefs staffing plan is dangerous

    Leaders of the Denver police union are urging Chief Robert White to abandon a new plan that has officers working in teams with their supervisors, saying it dangerously delays response times, puts officers in harm's way and exposes the city to lawsuits.Such risks outweigh any potential financial benefits of the "team concept," in which sergeants work the same days as the officers ...

Movie Review

Lake Placid

"Lake Placid" is a silly, jokey, utterly forgettable but not unwatchable creature feature about a 30-foot crocodile that has apparently swum all the way from Asia and taken up residence in a secluded lake in Maine. ...

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  • Lakewood police seek help in locating developmentally disabled woman

    Lindy Whiteman-Jones (Handout) Lakewood police are asking the community for help in locating a developmentally disabled adult who walked away from her residence after a disagreement.Lindy Whiteman-Jones, 24, left her home in the 2400 block of S. Holland Court around 7:15 p.m., Monday, police said. Whiteman-Jones is developmentally disabled with lower level functions, police said.Whiteman-Jones ...

  • Florence prisoner sentenced for gang-related stabbing

    A prison gang member at the supermax Florence ADX has been sentenced to serve additional time after he stabbed another prisoner in a gang-related attack. Michael Kelewood, 27, was sentenced to seven more years on May 15 for stabbing another inmate multiple times with a homemade knife on April 5, 2012, according to a Tuesday news release from Jeff Dorschner, spokesman for the United States ...

  • Can you ID this Carbondale bank robber

    Authorities are trying to identify this robber, who is likely wearing a wig and fake beard, who held up a Wells Fargo Bank in Carbondale on ...

  • Revenue North Business Growth Summit returns to Denver

    Revenue North educational exposition will feature 62 speakers on business topics of sales, marketing, customer retention, acquisition of top talent and access to capital. The focus of the Summit is to help existing businesses grow to the next ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 21

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...

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