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  • Roller-coaster enthusiasts flip for rides in Denver

    Whether they were waiting for the next big drop or throwing their hands up as the world flipped upside-down, every whirling rider was certain of one thing.There is no such thing as a bad roller coaster. More than 100 members of the American Coaster Enthusiasts club leaned into turns and whipped around six rides at Elitch Gardens Theme & Water Park on Saturday. Group members enjoyed two hours ...

  • NBA award is team effort for Nuggets coach...

    Garrett Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images As a service representative for the manufacturing company Bell & Howell in Pittsburgh, Joseph Karl was a blue-collar worker in a town that cornered the market on blue-collar living. He never played sports but understood the impact they could have on a person's legacy because they offered the unique opportunity to accomplish things that could never be ...

  • Sandbags still available for families in Colorado Springs

    Sandbags are still available to people who live near the Mountain Shadows area of Colorado Springs to help provide a barrier to flooding. The city says they have many leftover sandbags from a distribution event earlier today, and residents are welcome to pick them up. The bags are located in the parking lot of the Verizon store at Garden of the Gods & ...

  • Water quality a high priority for Denver and surrounding area

    water quality very serious, as do surrounding communities in Colorado. There have been tests of that commitment and even the State gets tested from time to time regarding safe drinking ...

  • Aurora Public Schools open first community garden

    Solemi Pedraza and her children, Nemiah, 10, and St. Marks, 13, work in their family plot during the North Middle School Garden Festival in Aurora, CO May 18, 2013. Solemi says she plans to donate her vegetable to a local food bank. The celebration marked the opening of the first school-based community garden in Aurora Public Schools. (Craig F. Walker, The Denver ...

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Pépé le Moko [DVD]

Pépé le Moko [DVD]

Pp le Moko is the film that made consummate French actor Jean Gabin a star. It was hardly his first rolehe had already played in a dozen movies since 1930, and he would eventually star (that is, play the lead role) in dozens and dozens of films over his multi-decade career. Deviously handsome in an unconventional way, Gabin excelled at conveying confidence and authority, even when trapped ... ...

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  • When you buy a Powerball ticket where does the money go

    Coloradans are lining up at grocery stores and gas stations across the state, buying tickets for a chance at Saturday's enormous $600 million Powerball jackpot. Odds are huge that your ticket won't be the big winner, but that doesn't necessarily mean your purchase is a waste of money. By law, profits earned by lottery sales in Colorado are distributed to Great Outdoors Colorado, ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 18

    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. ...

  • Tonights Powerball jackpot is second-largest in U.S. history

    Would-be multimillionaires have until 7:30 p.m. MDT to purchase tickets for Saturday's estimated $600 million Powerball drawing, the largest jackpot in the game's history. The jackpot, which could grow beyond the estimated $600 million figure by the time the drawing is held, is the second-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history. Here's a look at the top 5 U.S. lottery jackpots of ...

  • 3 arrested in death of Colorado Springs-area man

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Three people have been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a Colorado Springs-area man, including the victim's wife and ...

  • First tornado watch of the year issued for Eastern Plains

    The National Weather Service has issued the first tornado watch for Colorado this year.The watch will remain in place for several counties along the Eastern Plains until 11 p.m. on Saturday. A number of severe thunderstorm warnings are also in place for the area and will remain in effect until later Saturday afternoon.Forecasters predict that the bulk of the weather system will impact western ...

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