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  • DIA tornado rated EF-1

    DENVER - The tornado that touched down at Denver International Airport on Tuesday was an EF-1.The Enhanced Fujita scale rates tornadoes on a scale of zero to five, based on wind speed and damage.An EF-1 tornado has wind gusts of 65-85 mph, The peak gust hit 97 mph, according to the 24/7 Weather Center.The tornado touched down east of the airport around 2:22 p.m., sending about 10,000 travelers ...

  • Emergency planning saves firefighter

    Members of Horseshoe Meadow and Arrowhead Interagency Hotshot Crews carry Luther E. Larkin Sr. to a medevac helicopter while Paramedic Kraig Schlueter (center), of Grand County Emergency Medical Services, attends to ...

  • Hundreds of seniors take part in games

    GREELEY, Colo - "How much can you bench press?"That is usually something high school students ask one another. But these days more and more people over age 50 are pumping iron.Need some workout motivation? Head to Greeley for the Rocky Mountain Senior Games. "We are about promoting a healthy and active lifestyle for 50-plus," said Tiffany Skoglund, Senior Center, City of ...

  • Fire evacuee finds her home intact

    BLACK FOREST, Colo. - One week after being evacuated, families in the Shoup corridor were given three hours Tuesday night to see their homes and collect any items they needed.Joanne Bostrom has been living in a hotel with her husband since the Black Forest Fire started June 11th. Tuesday afternoon, Bostrom was one of several families told they would be allowed to return home from 4 to 7 p.m. to ...

  • Statewide grand jury indicts marijuana providers

    DENVER (AP) -- A Colorado statewide grand jury has indicted 12 people on charges of defrauding investors and running an illegal medical marijuana growing ...

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The Good Shepherd

The Good Shepherd

In reviewing Robert Redfords somber Oscar winner Ordinary People (1980), Pauline Kael theorized that, when popular actors turn to directing, they feel the need to choose material as a penance for the frivolous good times theyve given us. While no one would accuse Robert De ... ...

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  • People with disabilities in Durango protest access

    DURANGO, Colo. (AP) -- People in wheelchairs protested a lack of access to buildings in Durango. And to prove their point, they rolled up and down stairs, banged into doors and waited for emergency responders to pull them out of tight ...

  • Fitch Rates Colorado Hsg Fin Auth VRBs Ser 2004A A+F1

    Money Market Funds Explore Callable Commercial Paper in Value Search Money market funds (MMFs) are slowly increasing exposure to a relatively new short-term instrument - callable commercial paper (CP), according to Fitch Ratings. MMFs are exploring callable CP as a way to add additional yield and diversification to portfolios, as well as in response to banks' reduced appetite for providing ...

  • Colorado wildfire leaves landscape of destruction

    (Image: Reuters/Rick Wilking) These burned-out cars bear witness to the deadly power of a wildfire burning out of control in the Black Forest area of Colorado, one of the ...

  • Family Sues Over Colorado Woman’s Death In Reality TV Project

    The survivors of a woman killed during the production of a reality TV show pilot have filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against Discovery Communications Inc. and Anthropic Productions Corp. Terry Flanell’s husband and daughter filed the lawsuit last week in federal court in Denver. It says the companies were producing a pilot focusing on the family’s Colorado Springs ...

  • Colorado Wildfire Burns More Than 500 Homes New Blazes in West

    The number of homes destroyed by a Colorado wildfire rose above 500 on Tuesday as rain dampened the flames and allowed damage assessment teams to enter charred neighborhoods, as other threatening blazes grew in Alaska and elsewhere in the West. The Black Forest Fire, which has killed at least two people and has burned outside Colorado Springs for the past week, was 85 percent contained by ...

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