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  • Cop shoots armed man in gun battle

    LONGMONT, Colo. - A Longmont Police officer pulling over a man driving without his headlights Wednesday morning suddenly ended up in a shootout.Longmont Police said the officer pulled the driver over at the Harvest Junction North Shopping Center on Ken Pratt Boulevard around 2:15 a.m."Immediately after stopping, the suspect exited his vehicle, advanced on the officer and began firing ...

  • Colorados Freedom Memorial dedication

    AURORA, Colo. - Nearly 12 years of fundraising becomes a reality Memorial day weekend when the Colorado Freedom Memorial will be dedicated.The memorial stands ten-feet high and is 120-feet long. Glass panels are engraved with the names of nearly 6,000 Colorado men and women who have died in wars dating back to the Spanish American War in 1898.KEZW's "Breakfast Club"host Rick ...

  • Clemency or death Gov. decides soon

    Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper could announce Tuesday whether convicted killer Nathan Dunlap will be executed or will be given clemency.The CALL7 Investigators have learned that the governor cleared his scheduled for today.The Denver Post is reporting that Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler has heard the governor could make his decision as soon as today. Brauchler has ...

  • Colorado lawmaker receiving White House honor

    DENVER (AP) -- A Colorado state senator is visiting the White House to receive an honor given to openly gay, lesbian and transgendered public ...

  • Nuggets-Warriors Game 3 Gameday

    Andre Iguodala 's half-court heave bounced off the front of the rim as time expired in Game 3 of their Western Conference playoff series Friday night. The Warriors grabbed a 2-1 lead in the best-of-7 series, with Game 4 set for Sunday at Oracle Arena. "We're ready for war, man," Nuggets point ...

Movie Review

Schizopolis [DVD]

Schizopolis [DVD]

Steven Soderberghs Schizopolis is as fragmented and confounding as its title implies. It was made as a low-budget personal bomb lobbed simultaneously into the worlds of independent art film (where Soderbergh started) and mainstream commercial filmmaking (where he was headed). Unlike his other experimental film, the tiresome Full Frontal (2002), Schizopolis works best when not ... ...

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  • De La Rosa hopes to bounce back in finale against D-backs

    Since beginning the year with losses in each of his first three decisions, D-backs right-hander Trevor Cahill has been nothing short of brilliant. Over his last five outings, the 25-year-old has surrendered just six earned runs over a combined 33 innings, good enough for a 1.64 ERA. The only problem for Cahill since righting his ship has been walking too many batters. Over that same 33-inning ...

  • Gun recall effort against Colorado lawmaker fails 3 more pending

    The first of four separate efforts to recall Democratic lawmakers over their gun votes failed as organizers attempting to oust Rep. Mike McLachlan of Durango didn't collect the required number of signatures needed to put the issue on the ballot.Those spearheading the recall effort against McLachlan collected "8,500 plus" signatures, but needed at least 10,586 valid signatures, ...

  • Family of 5 rides out tornado in bathtub

    Joshua Hornsby speaks at a memorial service for his 9-year-old daughter, Ja'Nae, who was killed when the tornado smashed Plaza Towers Elementary ...

  • Colorado gubernatorial GOP primary getting crowded

    Secretary of State Scott Gessler and former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo , also are considering entering the race. All three are Republicans.Hickenlooper was asked about the sudden display of Republican enthusiasm in a race some party leaders had written off just months earlier."They're not really excited," he said Tuesday. "They've sat around the campfire and figured out that ...

  • Betancourt to undergo MRI with groin injury

    Email DENVER -- Rockies closer Rafael Betancourt has been pitching and succeeding through right groin tightness since late April. But after two uncharacteristically uncompetitive pitches to the D-backs' Paul Goldschmidt in the top of the 10th inning Tuesday night, he knew the pain had caught up to him. After being given a few pitches to test how he felt, Betancourt left the game, and ...

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