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Colorado Wildfire Burns Thousands of Homes Kills 2

In the aftermath of the most destructive wildfire in Colorado's history, authorities identified a husband and wife who were killed in the fire as they were trying to escape. ...
Black Forest Fire Update 9am

BLACK FOREST, Colo. - Officials at the Black Forest Fire have scheduled a news conference 9 a.m. Wednesday to update the media and the public about the status of the fire.The fire has burned 14,280 acres and was 85 percent contained, as of Tuesday. However, fire commanders were still concerned about an area off Goshawk Road.About 2,609 people remain evacuated. (See the evacuation map below or ...
Colorado foreclosures drop 50 percent

DENVER - Colorado foreclosure filings dropped 50 percent in metro counties in May compared with the same period last year.The Colorado Division of Housing said Wednesday it's the lowest level in May since 2007.Foreclosure filings are the initial filing that begins the foreclosure ...
San Juan Wilderness Act passes federal hurdle

The San Juan Wilderness Act crossed an important threshold Tuesday, passing the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. It now goes to the full ...
2 convicted in terror plot ask judge to reconsider

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) -- Two brothers convicted of planning to attack military personnel on installations in New Jersey and elsewhere are asking a judge to vacate their convictions, saying their lawyers made key mistakes in their ...

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Kingpin

It has always been said that funny is a matter of taste. "Kingpin" is a matter of being funny by being tasteless. "Kingpin" is a gross, screwball comedy sprinkled with social and cultural satire, then loaded with bathroom humor and a whole heaping of cinema in-jokes and movie spoofs, plus one good sheep joke. If anything, "Kingpin" features a great competition between two characters for the worst ... ...

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Man killed in crash on I-76 near Sterling

A man is dead after a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 76 near Sterling Wednesday morning.Trooper Nate Reid, a spokesman for the Colorado State Patrol, said the crash happened on eastbound I-76, 13 miles west of Sterling, shortly after 5 a.m.One of the vehicles rolled, Reid said, but there was no immediate word on what caused the crash.No other injuries were immediately reported.One eastbound ...
Neighbors Couple Killed Waited for Order to Leave

Bob and Barbara Schmidt dashed to their home on a dirt road in a heavily wooded area northeast of Colorado Springs as smoke from what would become the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history filled the air. After quickly grabbing a few items, they spotted their neighbors. "They were sitting on their porch, watching TV," said Bob Schmidt, adding that his wife urged their ...
Repurposing Denver Post content - Guidelines

The Denver Post has always taken copyright issues very seriously, both as a creator of content and as a user of other people's content. In fact, everything that appears in a typical edition of the newspaper is copyright protected. Nonetheless, our work is illegally reproduced everyday on websites across the country. The federal Copyright Act protects our right and our readers' ...
Amnesty International USA Brings Guantanamo Cell Replica to Denver

Human Rights Organization Will Tour Cell Across the Nation Urging the Bush Administration to Close Detention Facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba WASHINGTON - August 13 - Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) will bring its national tour of a life-size Guantanamo prison cell replica to Denver, Colorado starting Sunday, August 24 through Tuesday, August 26; visitors are encouraged to experience the ...
Deadly crash on EB I-76 west of Sterling

STERLING, Colo. - A crash involving two vehicles caused a deadly rollover on Interstate 76 about 13 miles west of Sterling early Monday morning.One man in the vehicle that rolled was killed, according to Trooper Nate Reid with the Colorado State Patrol.There was also a child in the vehicle that rolled who is believed to be injured, Trooper Reid said. The extent of the child's injuries was ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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Hundreds vacate homes in Colorado as wildfires rage

BLACK FOREST, Colorado - A wildfire forced authorities to evacuate more than 900 prisoners from a state prison near Colorado Springs early Wednesday, one of four wildfires that raged across the Front Range of the Rockies burning up scores of homes.

About 2,500 homes and businesses in northeast El Paso County have also been evacuated, affecting about 6,400 people.

The fires were reported in El Paso County, Royal Gorge, Rocky Mountain National Park and Huerfano County.

Colorado Public Radio's Megan Verlee said at least 60 homes have been destroyed by one of the fires. The most damaging blaze is the Black Forest fire that has engulfed several homes in a heavily wooded development near Colorado Springs, she said.

Black Forest is a residential area northeast of Colorado Springs named for its thick growth of Ponderosa Pines.

Six helicopters and an air tanker were on the scene, El Paso County sheriff Terry Maketa said. C-130 cargo planes are also being deployed to help fight the fire.

The area is not far from last summer's devastating Waldo Canyon Fire that destroyed 346 homes and killed two.

The National Inter-agency Coordination Center says the Black Forest Fire has so far consumed about 7,500 acres and is zero percent contained. ...