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Rahim Moore ready for new beginning

DENVER - Rahim Moore wants so badly to forget it all. No one seems willing to let that happen. Ever since Moore mistimed his leap and fell helplessly to the grass as Baltimore wide receiver Jacoby Jones hauled in Joe Flacco's desperation 70-yard TD in the playoffs, the Denver Broncos' free safety has been absolutely bombarded. Moore said after practice today, "Once I came in ...
Fight underway to recall Angela Giron

You have seen the signs and the people around Pueblo, asking to "Recall Giron". A local group is reaching out to the area asking for signatures for a petition to recall Colorado Senator Angela Giron (D-Pueblo). Brothers, Victor and Adam Head, whose grassroots organization "Pueblo Freedom & Rights" is leading the recall effort. They are trying to collect 11,500 signatures ...
Colorado Festivals 2013 The Boulder Creek Festival

The spectacular beauty of a Colorado Summer provides a perfect setting for outdoor festivals. Colorado is known for it's outdoor enthusiasts, so it's little wonder there is an amazing festival nearly every weekend of the ...
Nov. trial set over threats sent to Colo. lawmaker

A judge on Monday also set a Nov. 20 trial date for Franklin Sain. He is accused of sending profane and threatening emails and phone messages that were laced with racial slurs to Democratic Rep. Rhonda Fields of ...
Top of Aspen Mountain to reopen for holiday skiing

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) -- Aspen Skiing Co. is reopening the top of Aspen Mountain for skiing and snowboarding this Memorial Day weekend, after getting some late spring ...

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This Is It [Blu-Ray]

When Michael Jackson died unexpectedly on June 25th of last year, he was mere weeks away from launching a 50-date concert series in London that would hopefully reconfirm his status as the King of Pop by marking his return to the stage after a nearly decade-long absence. When Jackson and his ... ...

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Aspen Mountain open for skiing Memorial Day Weekend

It is not too late to get a little more skiing. The Aspen Skiing Company announced Monday the top of Aspen Mountain will be open for skiing and riding on Memorial Day Weekend, starting on Friday, according to a news release. The mountain will open with 16 runs and nearly 90 acres of mostly intermediate terrain. Uploading and downloading on the Silver Queen Gondola will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. ...
7th grader finalist in Natl Geo. Bee

WASHINGTON - A seventh-grader from Aurora will represent Colorado in the final round of the National Geographic Bee.Pranit Nanda was one of 10 students from across the country named a finalist in the competition in Washington on Monday. The 13-year-old attends Aurora Quest K-8 School.The finals will be held Wednesday and hosted by Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek.The winner will receive a $25,000 ...
JeffCo considers partial open carry ban

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. - Jefferson County Commissioners are poised to ban the open carrying of guns into certain county buildings.Jefferson County District Attorney Peter Weir is a self-described proponent of the Second Amendment, but also says he supports the proposal.In particular, Weir says there are some offices that deal with emotionally charged issues where tensions are higher and ...
RTD looks for homes for prairie dogs

AURORA, Colo. - RTD may have to euthanize hundreds of prairie dogs that live along the future course of the I-225 FasTracks project.A RTD spokesperson told 7NEWS it estimated 720 black-tailed prairie dogs live in open fields that will be turned into train stops with parking lots. The spokesperson for the I-225 corridor Tina Jaquez said they contacted more than 30 locations, but everyone refused ...
Todays MLB starting lineups May 20

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. ...

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James Holmes to enter insanity plea for 'Batman' massacre

CENTENNIAL, Colorado - The man accused of the July 2012 massacre at a Batman film premier in Colarado will plead not guilty because of "insanity", his lawyers have said.

The lawyers said that the 25-year-old James Holmes will ask for the change at a May 13 hearing related to the case of the murder of 12 dead people in a shooting that also injured 70 last year.

A judge previously entered a not guilty plea after the defence said Holmes was not ready to plead. That was a standard not guilty plea.

If the judge accepts the insanity plea, Holmes would be sent to the state mental hospital, where doctors would determine whether he was insane at the time of the shootings on July 20, 2012.

Holmes can still be found guilty despite a medical finding of insanity as he faces more than 160 counts of murder and attempted murder and could be executed if he is convicted.

Colorado law defines insanity as the inability to distinguish right from wrong, caused by a diseased or defective mind.

Prosecutors have indicated they will seek the death penalty for the former graduate student as they described the slayings at the showing of the Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises" as "especially heinous, cruel or depraved". ...