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  • A couple brief tornadoes sighted

    DENVER - Severe thunderstorms erupted across eastern Colorado Monday afternoon, spawning a couple of tornadoes and dropping some large hail.The tornadoes were reported near Stratton in Kit Carson County and near La Junta. There was some wind damage in the La Junta area, along with some local flooding from very heavy rains.The largest hail was golfball sized near Sugar City in Crowley County. ...

  • Hail rain strong wind in eastern Colorado

    LA JUNTA, Colo. (AP) -- A storm has brought hail, heavy rain and strong winds to parts of eastern Colorado, with fire officials in La Junta (lah-HUN'-tah) reporting damage to an airport hangar and downed power ...

  • Tornado spotted near La Junta

    La Junta Fire Chief Aaron Eveatt tweeted this photo of a tornado passing near La Junta Industrial Park on 6/17/2013. (Photo by La Junta Fire Chief Aaron ...

  • De La Rosa on short end of pitchers duel in loss

    COL@TOR: De La Rosa tosses seven scoreless frames TORONTO -- Rockies left-handed pitcher Jorge De La Rosa's form returned in a big way Monday night, but Matt Belisle's consistency left him at a bad time. De La Rosa held the streaking Blue Jays to one hit in seven spectacular innings, but Belisle couldn't hold the tie, as the Rockies lost, 2-0, at Rogers Centre in front of ...

  • Panel reports findings in Lakewood officers death

    LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- A panel that reviewed the death of a Lakewood officer who was shot after being mistaken for a suspect found several missteps, including by the slain ...

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Sling Blade [Blu-Ray]

Sling Blade [Blu-Ray]

As written and performed by Billy Bob Thornton, Karl Childers, the central character of Sling Blade, is one of the most fascinating, moving, and complex characters to come across a movie screen. A drawling, slow-moving and slow-thinking, but deeply felt man from Arkansas, Karl bear ... ...

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  • Investigators zeroing in on Colorado wildfire start

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Rain helped firefighters douse Colorado's most destructive wildfire in state history, while a new wind-whipped blaze in California forced evacuations and threatened homes Monday near Yosemite National Park. Investigators believed Colorado's Black Forest Fire was human-caused, and were going through the charred remains of luxury homes destroyed and ...

  • Denver committee offers compromise in naming of west library

    The new library on Denver's west side should be named after former library commissioner Lena Archuleta and the late Chicano activist Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales, a library committee on Monday recommended before a Thursday vote by the library commissioners."I propose that the library be named the Archuleta-Gonzales library," said Commissioner Gloria Rubio-Cortez.The ...

  • Grateful Black Forest residents return investigators zero in on cause of fire

    Cyrena McVey holds up a large American flag while a beautiful double rainbow sits over the Black Forest Fire burn area on Monday, June 17, 2013. Colorado Springs residents turn out each and every night with signs and flags to cheer on the firefighters as they come off the line for the night. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver ...

  • MLB Toronto 2 Colorado 0

    Maicer Izturis broke up a scoreless duel with a two-run single in the eighth inning Monday, boosting Toronto to a 2-0 interleague win over Colorado. After Rockies ...

  • Investigators ‘zeroing in’ on what caused Colorado wildfire

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Rain helped firefighters douse Colorado's most destructive wildfire in state history, while a new wind-whipped blaze in California forced evacuations and threatened homes on Monday near Yosemite National ...

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