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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Collegian 21 Is Rescued Off Colorado Mountain After Getting High On Mushrooms Stripping Off Her Clothes

    Meet Taylor Powers. The college student, 21, had to be rescued yesterday afternoon off a Colorado mountain after she ingested mushrooms, stripped off her clothes, and scuffled with two classmates with whom she had been hiking. After receiving a 911 call that a female hiker was "high on mushrooms and in distress," Boulder County Sheriff's Office deputies and other assorted rescue ...

Movie Review

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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  • Mountain biker hurt in endurance race

    DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. - A mountain biker injured in the Indian Creek Rocky Mountain Endurance Series had to be airlifted to the hospital on Saturday.Deputies said the cyclist was on the Power Line Trail southwest of Roxborough State Park when he hit a log and fell forward.The Douglas County Sheriff's Office said the man landed on his face.Douglas County Search and Rescue was volunteering at ...

  • Middle school evacuated after threat

    WESTMINSTER, Colo. - Hundreds of students at Shaw Heights Middle School were evacuated Monday morning after a threat was left on voicemail for the school.The students were moved to Ranum Middle School out of "an abundance of caution," according to Adams County 50 School District spokesman Steve Saunders.Police and K-9s searched Shaw Heights and found nothing, officials said.Students ...

  • Escapee arrested after one month on run

    DENVER - An inmate who apparently took a vehicle and drove away from a state correctional facility in Golden last month is back behind bars.Kenneth Gomez was arrested Friday evening by the Fugitive Location and Apprehension Group. The Colorado Department of Corrections said Gomez was alone and was arrested without incident.Gomez was just 10 miles from the Colorado Correctional Center, also known ...

  • High School State Swimming Championships Colorado 4A Boys

    THORNTON, Colorado, May 20. AIR Academy scored 324 points to claim the championship title at the Colorado State High School 4A Swimming and Diving Championships. The meet was held May 17-18 at the Veterans' Memorial Aquatic Center in Thornton.D'Evelyn took second place, six points ahead of Coronado (239-233). Rounding out the top five teams were Thompson Valley (194) and Discovery ...

  • Colo. firefighters use ladder truck to rescue bear

    This image provided by the Colorado Springs Fire Department shows a bear being rescued from a tree after being tranquilized May 19, 2013 in Colorado Springs, Colo. The bear weighed between 150 and 200 lbs. State wildlife division spokesman Michael Serpahin a wildlife officer and firefighters put a harness around it. Then they lowered the bear to the ground as it dangled from the ladder. (AP ...

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