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  • Small plane flips at Centennial Airport

    CENTENNIAL, Colo. - A small plane registered to an aviation club flipped on the north side of Centennial Airport Wednesday.The Diamond DA 20-C1, a small single engine plane, ended up with its wheels pointing skyward and visible damage to the canopy and propeller.Becky OGuin, spokeswoman for South Metro Fire, said the plan had just landed with an instructor and a trainee aboard when they lost ...

  • Dr Alex Constantinides The Angel of Colorado’s Fight Community

    The Never Alone Foundation is exactly one of those types of foundations. The horrifying scene that unfolded back in the summer of 2011 for Dr. Alex Constantinides and his family is the kind of tragedy that literally leaves you speechless, breathless, shocked and grasping for your loved ones. "Dr Alex" (as he is affectionately known) is one of Colorado's most beloved MMA ...

  • Boulder DA legislator support reprieve for Dunlap

    Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett (Michael Albert ) Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett and Boulder Rep. Clare Levy applauded the decision Wednesday by Gov. John Hickenlooper to grant convicted killer Nathan Dunlap a "temporary reprieve" from an execution and expressed hope it would help spark a conversation about repealing the death penalty in Colorado altogether. ...

  • Colorado parole director on leave of absence

    The interim head of the Colorado Department of Corrections, Roger Werholtz, said in a staff email Wednesday that Tim Hand would be away on leave. Werholtz didn't say why but said he was making the announcement "after careful thought and discussion over the past several ...

  • Faith groups keep vigil on Boy Scouts Thursday vote on gay policy

    Leaders of the Boy Scouts of America are set for a final vote Thursday on a proposal to end a ban on openly gay scouts while continuing the ban on gay adult scout leaders.Some 1,400 local leaders convene as the BSA National Council in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine this week.Churches and religious groups, which sponsor almost 70 percent of the more than 100,000 scouting units in the ...

Movie Review

The Other Guys [Blu-Ray]

The Other Guys [Blu-Ray]

The buddy-cop action movie has been parodied, gently and otherwise, so many times at this point that it would be reasonable to think that there is very little left to do with it (and if you had the misfortune of sitting through Kevin Smiths obnoxiously unfunny Cop Out earlier thi ... ...

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  • Cahill Diamondbacks lose to Colorado 4-1

    Arizona Diamondbacks starter Trevor Cahill (35) pitches against the Colorado Rockies during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Denver. (AP Photo/Barry ...

  • Parole division boss put on paid leave

    DENVER - Following several CALL7 investigations, the head of Colorado's parole division was put on leave by the interim director of the Colorado Department of Corrections.DOC spokeswoman Allison Morgan said it is paid leave and that Hand will remain at that status until an audit of the department is completed. There is no timeline for that work, Morgan said.This comes after several CALL7 ...

  • Cargo powers Rockies past D-Backs

    DENVER - Carlos Gonzalez homered and drove in two runs, Jorge De La Rosa pitched effectively into the sixth and the Colorado Rockies beat Arizona 4-1 on Wednesday to take two of three from the Diamondbacks. Dexter Fowler had two hits in his first start in the cleanup spot and Nolan Arenado added an RBI double as the Rockies caught Arizona in the standings. The Diamondbacks entered the day tied ...

  • CarGos homer triple clinch series for Rockies

    ARI@COL: CarGo launches a solo homer to right field DENVER -- Sometimes quantity means as much as quality. Rockies left-hander Jorge De La Rosa battled for 5 1/3 innings, throwing 103 pitches, and was rewarded with a key victory, as the Rox topped the D-backs, 4-1, in front of a crowd of 31,763 at Coors Field on Wednesday afternoon. The Rockies, who benefited from a home run and an RBI ...

  • Anschutz executive donates $1.5 million to CU School of Medicine

    Colorado Classroom covers local and state education issues affecting K-12 and higher education students in the state of Colorado. Craig Slater, chairman of the Anschutz Investment Co., and his wife, Colleen, have donated $1.5 million to the department of ophthalmology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.The money will be used to establish the Slater Family endowed chair in ...

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