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  • Highlands Ranch grass fire extinguished

    HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. - A 4-acre grass fire that broke out in Highlands Ranch Wednesday afternoon was quickly extinguished and no damage or injuries were reported.Littleton Fire officials told 7NEWS that the fire started just after 3 p.m. near Highlands Ranch Parkway and University. It grew to 4 acres, but nine fire crews and a helicopter pounced on the fire and had it snuffed by 4:20 p.m., ...

  • Naked man repeatedly zapped by deputies

    GEORGETOWN, Colo. - A naked man was repeatedly stunned by deputies at the Sonic Bloom Music Festival in Georgetown over the weekend, and recordings of the incident were posted to YouTube.A spokesman for the Clear Creek County Sheriff's Office refused to comment on whether the deputies involved used appropriate force, but supervisors are reviewing the video to decide.In a 3 1/2-minute video ...

  • As fires rage feds cut prevention funds

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo - As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place.A combination of government austerity and the ballooning cost of battling the ruinous fires has taken a bite out of federal efforts to remove the dead trees and flammable underbrush that clog Western ...

  • Judge Holmes attorneys wont attend sanity exam

    DENVER (AP) -- The judge in the Colorado theater shooting case has rejected a request by defense attorneys to attend the suspect's court-ordered psychiatric ...

  • Camp evacuates as wildfire burns south of Rangely

    RANGELY, Colo. (AP) -- Sheriff's officials say a wind-driven wildfire about 20 miles southeast of Rangely has prompted the evacuation of a youth camp as a ...

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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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  • Hickenlooper still unsure on school finance says he expected hit in polls on Dunlap decision

    WASHINGTON - Gov. John Hickenlooper said Wednesday he was still undecided whether to back a ballot measure this fall that would fuel a new $1.1 billion tax increase necessary to pay for a newly overhauled system for administering the state's education dollars.But, Hickenlooper said it would be "crazy to put more money into the system unless you change the structure of the ...

  • Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper opens office in Washington

    ) WASHINGTON - Gov. John Hickenlooper has launched a Colorado office in the nation's capital to push the state's agenda in front of Congress and federal agencies.The state is now among 32 other states that have offices or advocates in Washington.The one-person office, headed by Colorado native and lawyer Jena Griswold, will monitor legislation on Capitol Hill and comb for federal grant ...

  • Holmes attorneys seek hospital video

    James Holmes stares during a hearing Tuesday morning June 04, 2013 at the Arapahoe County Justice Center. Holmes is accused of killing 12 people and injuring 70 others in a shooting rampage. (Photo By Andy Cross/The Denver ...

  • Sketch of Boulder scissor attack suspect

    BOULDER, Colo. - Police now have a sketch of the man who held a pair of scissors to a teenager's neck during an attack Saturday night in downtown Boulder.According to police spokeswoman Kim Kobel, the 18-year-old was walking with a woman in the area of 13th and Spruce Streets at 10:21 p.m. when the attack occurred."The victim says the suspect lunged at him with a pair of scissors, and ...

  • AG 12 indicted in marijuana scheme

    Conley Hoskins (from left), Gerald Searle and Dallan Dirkmaat are friends since childhood who have been indicted in an illegal medical marijuana scheme, the Colorado Attorney General's Office said on ...

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