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  • Columbine survivor electrocuted at work

    CARLSBAD, New Mexico - A man who survived the Columbine High School massacre as a teenager was electrocuted.Matthew Depew, 30, now of Carlsbad, New Mexico, was working on some power lines Saturday when he was shocked. He did not survive."Our thoughts and prayers go out to all the friends, family and co-workers affected by this tragic accident," Xcel Energy said in a statement sent to ...

  • Fire stopped at one evacuees driveway

    Scott said he was standing about 50 feet from the flames when his neighbor's home caught fire. "The fire was huge, unbelievably powerful," Scott ...

  • Larimer DA rules stabbing was self-defense

    FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) -- The Larimer County District Attorney's office has decided not to file charges in the April stabbing death of Kenneth ...

  • Black Forest fire crews focus on mop up cost to fight fire hits $8.5 million

    James Gonzales of Wildfire Support Team from Santa Fe, New Mexico, takes his team to another home where the crew scours the properties for any kind of hotspots inside of the Black Fire fire zone on June 17, 2013. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver ...

  • NBA Fan Code of Conduct

    The National Basketball Association, the Denver Nuggets and Pepsi Center are committed to creating a safe, comfortable, and enjoyable sports & entertainment experience. NBA fans have a right to expect an environment where: Players will respect and appreciate each and every fan. Guests will be treated in a consistent, professional and courteous manner by all arena and team ...

Movie Review

Kingpin

It has always been said that funny is a matter of taste. "Kingpin" is a matter of being funny by being tasteless. "Kingpin" is a gross, screwball comedy sprinkled with social and cultural satire, then loaded with bathroom humor and a whole heaping of cinema in-jokes and movie spoofs, plus one good sheep joke. If anything, "Kingpin" features a great competition between two characters for the worst ... ...

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  • Colorado Wildfire Burns Thousands of Homes Kills 2

    In the aftermath of the most destructive wildfire in Colorado's history, authorities identified a husband and wife who were killed in the fire as they were trying to escape. ...

  • Black Forest Fire Update 9am

    BLACK FOREST, Colo. - Officials at the Black Forest Fire have scheduled a news conference 9 a.m. Wednesday to update the media and the public about the status of the fire.The fire has burned 14,280 acres and was 85 percent contained, as of Tuesday. However, fire commanders were still concerned about an area off Goshawk Road.About 2,609 people remain evacuated. (See the evacuation map below or ...

  • Colorado foreclosures drop 50 percent

    DENVER - Colorado foreclosure filings dropped 50 percent in metro counties in May compared with the same period last year.The Colorado Division of Housing said Wednesday it's the lowest level in May since 2007.Foreclosure filings are the initial filing that begins the foreclosure ...

  • San Juan Wilderness Act passes federal hurdle

    The San Juan Wilderness Act crossed an important threshold Tuesday, passing the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. It now goes to the full ...

  • 2 convicted in terror plot ask judge to reconsider

    CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) -- Two brothers convicted of planning to attack military personnel on installations in New Jersey and elsewhere are asking a judge to vacate their convictions, saying their lawyers made key mistakes in their ...

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