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  • Frontier threat suspect acted paranoid

    A fellow passenger took this photo of a man arrested for allegedly making a bomb threat on a Denver-bound Frontier Airlines flight on 6/14/2013. 7NEWS blurred the man's face because authorities have not confirmed he is the ...

  • Wildfire and hail claims push premiums higher

    Homeowners in Colorado have made some of the most expensive claims on their insurance of any state in the country in recent years. Carole Walker with the trade group the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association says the state ranks among the top 10 in terms of claims for catastrophic loss. That designation is pushing premiums higher for everyone. Walker says claims for hail damage ...

  • Mayor Bach says thanks to CSPD CSFD for Black Forest fire effort

    City leaders gathered Tuesday morning for Mayor Steve Bach's monthly press briefing, and a lot of them were praised for their efforts fighting the Black Forest Fire. Mayor Bach thanked Colorado Springs Deputy Fire Chief Steve DuBay and Police Chief Pete Carey for their efforts dispatching crews to aid in the firefight and evacuation efforts in the county. Bach said the disaster in Black ...

  • Rental properties scarce for those displaced by Black Forest fire

    People displaced by the Black Forest fire may run into trouble finding rental homes. Economist Ryan McMaken with the Colorado Division of Housing says apartment and single-family home rentals are hard to come by as it is. In the last ten years there's been little new construction in the city and county, and that combined with a growing number of people looking for temporary housing already ...

  • Dish wont submit revised bid for Sprint

    Satellite TV operator Dish Network Corp. said Tuesday it would not submit a revised bid for Sprint, leaving the path open for the wireless carrier to accept what it already considers a superior offer from Japan's ...

Movie Review

I, Robot [DVD]

I, Robot [DVD]

I, Robot was inspired by Isaac Asimov's classic 1950 short story collection of the same title, but anyone looking for intense, thought-provoking science fiction should probably stick with the page-bound source. This is not to say that this big-budget summer tentpole movie is devoid of idea ... ...

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  • Colorado wildfire destroys more than 500 homes new blazes menace West

    Colorado wildfire destroys between 80 and 100 homes DENVER/LOS ANGELES - 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 neighbourhoods, and other threatening blazes grew in Alaska and elsewhere in the West. Authorities said the so-called Black Forest Fire, which has burned in the ...

  • Ex-volunteer firefighter pleads to setting fire

    The fire burned hundreds of acres and evacuated the town of Elbert at a time when other wildfires were straining firefighting resources around the ...

  • Jeffco Sheriff seeks communitys help in locating man 57

    Ronald Kuetemeier. (Jefferson County Sheriff's Office) The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is asking the community for help in locating a 57-year-old man reported missing. Ronald Kuetemeier was last seen at his home in Evergreen on Friday, and was reported missing Saturday by his wife, according to a Tuesday news release from the sheriff's office. Kuetemeier is believed to be on ...

  • Colorado Springs Bishop Michael Sheridan takes helm of Pueblo Diocese

    Bishop Fernando Isern was appointed Oct. 15, 2009, by Pope Benedict XVI. (Pueblo Chieftain file) Colorado Springs Bishop Michael Sheridan has been named administrator of the Diocese of Pueblo after the sudden resignation last week of Bishop Fernando Isern.Isern, 54, was ordained bishop of the Pueblo Diocese's more than 100,000 Catholics in 2009. His resignation because of health concerns ...

  • Man in jail after driving Hummer into Denver house

    A man who police said seriously injured a woman when he slammed his Hummer into her southwest Denver home on Saturday has been arrested on charges of vehicular assault.Court records show Jesse Ulibarri, 27, remained in the Downtown Denver Detention Center, where he was being held without bond. The incident happened about 1:15 a.m. in the 3500 block of West Ohio Avenue near the intersection of ...

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