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  • Rapids Game Day preview Colorado at San Jose Earthquakes

    San Jose forward Chris Wondolowski SANTA CLARA, CA - MAY 02: Chris Wondolowski #8 of the San Jose Earthquakes in action against the D.C. United at Buck Shaw Stadium on May 2, 2012 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) --> (Ezra Shaw, Getty ...

  • Cooler stormier by Sunday

    DENVER - Things heated-up across Colorado to wrap up the work week! Most locations along and east of I-25 topped out well into the 80s Friday afternoon -- well above the average high of 72. Cooler days are ahead, along with some rain.Although clouds have increased over the last few hours, the storm/rain chance remains very low at this time. There will be an occasional breeze overnight, along ...

  • Chatwood ready to take on Lincecum Giants

    With Colorado starter Jeff Francis moving to the disabled list on Thursday with a left groin strain, the Rockies called up right-hander Tyler Chatwood to start Saturday's game against the Giants. In Chatwood's last outing on April 29, he threw six scoreless innings in a 12-2 victory over the Dodgers before he was sent down to Triple-A Colorado Springs to clear room for the return of ...

  • Big man battle getting physical in Nuggets-Warriors series

    JaVale McGee refused to comply with the unusual request. Locked in an a tight playoff game, the Denver Nuggets center found himself face-to-face with Andrew Bogut, who pointed to his chin and shouted over the din of the sellout crowd at Oracle Arena. "He told me to punch him in the chin," McGee said. "I don't know why you'd want somebody to punch you in your ...

  • Colorado sheriffs file federal lawsuit challenging gun bills

    Fifty-four Colorado sheriffs have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit over two of the gun bills passed during this year's state legislative session.At a news conference held at the Independence Institute, a free-market think tank, the sheriffs and representatives from the Colorado Farm Bureau, Women for Concealed Carry and members of Outdoor Buddies - a charitable organization for disabled ...

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Be Kind Rewind

Be Kind Rewind

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, long before DVDs and Blu-Rays and certainly before Netflix and DVR and downloadable movie files, there were these things called videocassettes. They were rectangular and plastic and slightly bulky, and they made a rattling sound when you sh ... ...

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  • Fear rational or not leads to record-breaking gun sales in Colorado

    Firearm sales in Colorado continued to soar while lawmakers passed a significant gun-control package this legislative session. The 146,949 background checks processed for would-be gun buyers increased by 69,628 from January to March this year compared to that same time span last year, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation's latest data.Gun-control measures passed in Colorado ...

  • Denver council on June 10 wont have a quorum will cancel meeting

    For the first time that anyone can remember, the Denver City Council on June 10 won't complete its weekly meeting because too few council members will be present.City law mandates the council hold a meeting every Monday except on specific holidays - New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day. At least seven members of the 13-person body must be present for a quorum. But ...

  • Pachecos slam helps Rockies solve Giants

    Pacheco crushes a go-ahead grand slam to left DENVER -- A Rockies team that almost never delivers the big hit against the Giants finally came up with one on Friday night. Jordan Pacheco, who hadn't homered this season, drove a first-pitch slider from Giants starter Madison Bumgarner into the left-field seats with two out in the fifth inning for his first-career grand slam. ...

  • Colorado Springs police Teen found naked in squalid home

    COLORADO SPRINGS -- A former Colorado Springs city councilman and his wife have been cited for child neglect after police found their 13-year-old son naked and living in a home littered with human waste. Charles Wingate and his wife, Sharon Starkey, were reported to police by a neighbor. According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, the boy was living with live and dead rodents. "The boy ...

  • 54 of 64 Colorado county sheriffs sue over gun restrictions

    DENVER -- Colorado sheriffs upset with new state gun restrictions adopted in the aftermath of last year's mass shootings are trying to invalidate the regulations with a federal lawsuit filed Friday that argues the measures violate the Second Amendment. At issue are two laws passed this spring that are set to take effect July 1, limiting the size of the of ammunition magazines to 15 rounds ...

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