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  • One person killed in auto-ped

    An auto-pedestrian crash has killed one person in Colorado Springs. It happened tonight just after 10 p.m. on Platte Avenue between Prairie Road and Iowa Avenue. Colorado Springs Police tell us this was a hit and run. They do not have much information on the suspect vehicle. They tell us it could have been a small sedan or coup that will have front-end damage. Platte Ave. between Prairie Rd. ...

  • Oswalt set to make Rockies debut in DC

    The Rockies are hoping veteran Roy Oswalt can channel his younger, dominant self when he makes his 2013 Major League debut against the Nationals on Thursday. Oswalt's long-anticipated start comes after he collected a 2.16 ERA in five starts with Double-A Tulsa. A three-time All-Star who finished among the top five in the Cy Young Award voting five times, Oswalt struggled in nine starts ...

  • Lawyers for accused Colorado gunman barred from psychiatric exam

    DENVER (Reuters) - Lawyers for James Holmes, who has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to killing 12 moviegoers in a Colorado theater last year, cannot be present during his court-ordered psychiatric examination, the judge in the murder case ruled on ...

  • Update The Scout Ranch Fire

    The Scout Ranch Fire is burning below the east Spanish Peak in Huerfano County. Approximately 250-300 acres have burned with no containment. Approximately 150 people have arrived at the shelter at John Mall High School. That location is at 355 Pine Street. The Red Cross has set up a "Safe and Well" hotline. They ask that you only call 719-890-8750 to ask about a family member who has ...

  • Nicasio cant recover from rough start as Rox lose

    COL@TOR: CarGo goes yard to make it a two-run game TORONTO -- Rockies right-hander Juan Nicasio wore a new number, but was the same guy. That isn't entirely bad, but nonetheless needs to improve. Nicasio was competitive for five innings, and was hurt by a couple of errors, but the three-run homer he served up to the hottest of the hot Blue Jays, Adam Lind, was the key blow in a 5-2 loss ...

Movie Review

Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris

Literate and funny, light-hearted yet frequently eloquent, Midnight in Paris, Woody Allens 41st theatrical feature, is one of his best in years and the kind of film that could only be made by a filmmaker decades into his career. The subject of the film is nostalgia, that ... ...

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  • Scout ranch evacuated in Huerfano fire

    WALSENBURG, Colo. - The Spanish Peaks Boy Scout Ranch in Huerfano County was evacuated Wednesday after a 50-acre fire erupted nearby.The Scout Ranch Fire was reported at 60 acres with zero containment, according to the Huerfano Office of Emergency Management. Flames were reported to be 150- to 200-feet high. Evacuations have also been ordered for county roads 320, 310, 317.1, 317, 312, 314, 313, ...

  • Wild Rose Fire burns in outside Rangley

    RANGLEY, Colo. - The Wild Rose Fire is burning on the west side of Texas Mountain in Rio Blanco County, spreading primarily to the east.High winds have pushed the fire through the pinion and juniper trees and the fire had burned 850 acres by Wednesday evening.Hampering firefighting efforts is limited access, rugged terrain, thick smoke and high winds. Fire fighters observed embers spotting up to ...

  • Flight attendant mom clash in flight

    DENVER - Northern Colorado resident Carey Belveal was returning to Denver after a trip to Houston with her 7-year-old son Tristen when an inflight incident occurred.She was upset when she claims a Spirit Airlines flight attendant did nothing to help her son open the lavatory door."I said to her, 'Why don't you help my son?' I was like that. Because you could see he was ...

  • West Fork Fire Complex doubles in size

    The West Fork Complex fires doubled in size Wednesday to an estimated 8,375 acres.When the Red Flag conditions developed Wednesday afternoon, both fires in the West Fork Complex became very active.The West Fork fire demonstrated extreme fire behavior and moved deeper into the Weminuche Wilderness. As of 6:30 p.m., the fire had not crossed the Continental Divide. This fire generated the majority ...

  • Could Denver be the Friendliest City in the US

    I think I may just be so used to it now that it seems normal, but Denver does seem to have a case of serious friendliness; not that there's anything wrong with that! Earlier this year a friend visited from Manhattan and, over our journeys through ...

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