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  • Partial open carry ban OKd in Jeffco

    GOLDEN, Colo. - Jefferson County commissioners approved an ordinance to prohibit the open carrying of firearms in select county buildings, including the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, District Attorney’s Office and Department of Human Services.County commissioners approved an open carry ban Tuesday that will apply to county owned or leased buildings that have been deemed ...

  • Attempt to recall state Rep. McLachlan falls short

    http://bit.ly/13JA9i4 ) the campaign to recall the Democrat needed to submit at least 10,587 petition signatures from voters in McLachlan's district by Tuesday. Campaign organizer Dave Saleh says about 8,500 were ...

  • University of Denver police investigate third date rape drug claim

    The Denver Post's crime and courts reporters take you beyond the press release with more Denver and Colorado crime coverage. University of Denver police are investigating a possible third incident of a women being slipped a date rape drug. The third reported incident happened Sunday at a bar in the 2000 block of South University Boulevard, according to campus ...

  • RJ Sangosti named photojournalist of the year by National Press Photographers Association

    RJ Sangosti. (Denver Post file) Denver Post photographer RJ Sangosti has been named 2013 Photojournalist of the year, winning the National Press Photographers Association award for larger market newspapers over journalists from The New York Times and Getty Images.Sangosti's work on the Aurora theater shooting, a story that won The Denver Post ...

  • 3rd DU date rape drug incident reported

    DENVER - Campus safety at the University of Denver received a report of a woman who may have been given date rape drugs over the weekend, bringing the total number of reports this month this to three.In all three cases, the victims said they were at a bar in the DU neighborhood, after which they had several hours of memory loss -- a symptom of date rape drugs.Sgt. Stephen Banet said Thursday ...

Movie Review

Lake Placid

"Lake Placid" is a silly, jokey, utterly forgettable but not unwatchable creature feature about a 30-foot crocodile that has apparently swum all the way from Asia and taken up residence in a secluded lake in Maine. ...

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  • Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in baby boom

    Four different kinds of animals are welcoming new babies at the Colorado Springs Mounatin Zoo. Over the past month, a new Red River Hog baby, a Porcupine, Lynx kittens, and two Joeys have been born. The zoo say's that this is an indication that they have healthy, happy animals. When animals reproduce in zoos, it means they feel comfortable with their ...

  • Man sentenced for stabbing fellow federal inmate

    DENVER (AP) -- An inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary in Florence has been sentenced to seven more years in prison, followed by three years on supervised release, for stabbing another inmate last ...

  • $41 million gifts fund aging center engineering school at DU

    The single-largest gift in University of Denver history - nearly $27 million from former chancellor and Board of Trustees chairman Daniel Ritchie - will help fund a new center for the study of aging as well as a school for engineering and computer science.Other donors contributing to the total gift of $41 million are Betty Knoebel, widow of Denver food-service pioneer Ferdinand "Fritz" ...

  • Denver police union Chiefs staffing plan is dangerous

    Leaders of the Denver police union are urging Chief Robert White to abandon a new plan that has officers working in teams with their supervisors, saying it dangerously delays response times, puts officers in harm's way and exposes the city to lawsuits.Such risks outweigh any potential financial benefits of the "team concept," in which sergeants work the same days as the officers ...

  • Lakewood police seek help in locating developmentally disabled woman

    Lindy Whiteman-Jones (Handout) Lakewood police are asking the community for help in locating a developmentally disabled adult who walked away from her residence after a disagreement.Lindy Whiteman-Jones, 24, left her home in the 2400 block of S. Holland Court around 7:15 p.m., Monday, police said. Whiteman-Jones is developmentally disabled with lower level functions, police said.Whiteman-Jones ...

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