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Cada Boston marathon runners in Colorado vow to run it again
Boston native and Fort Collins resident Celeste O'Conner (at right, in gray shirt) nears the finish line of the Boston Marathon April 15. (Provided by Celeste ...
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Arizonas Corbin Improves to 7-0 With Win Over Colorado
(Reuters) - Arizona's Patrick Corbin delivered a dominant nine innings to lead the Diamondbacks to a 5-1 win over Colorado and improve his unbeaten start to 7-0 on Monday. The 23-year-old struck out 10 and allowed just three hits during his complete game, while Didi Gregorius went 3-for-5 with two RBIs to help keep Arizona top of the National League West. Corbin is now one of five ...
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Activist group chases down sex assault suspect criticizes Pueblo Police Department
A Pueblo activist group patrolling their east side neighborhood on Sunday chased down a man they believed to be a suspect who exposed himself to a child and sexually assaulted another, in explaining their actions they heavily criticized the Pueblo Police Department. On Monday, the American Indian Movement rallied at Mitchell Park in Pueblo. The group has taken to making patrols in the ...
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Chacin looks to right ship against D-backs
The month of April couldn't have gone much better for Jhoulys Chacin. The Rockies right-hander went 3-0 in four starts and left the month carrying a miniscule 1.46 ERA. Unfortunately for Chacin and Colorado, the 25-year-old hasn't been able to duplicate the same success at all so far in May. In his first three starts this month, Chacin is 0-3 while surrendering a combined 16 runs (15 ...
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Dems strike back at GOP voting measures
FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2012 file photo, Madeline Nicole Kreyger, from Santa Barbara, Calif., casts her vote at a polling station on the campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo. As a divisive legislative session ended this month, Colorado Democrats muscled through the Statehouse a massive elections reform bill that allows voters to register up until Election Day and still cast their ...
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Patrick Corbin dominates Rockies
DENVER - Patrick Corbin tossed a three-hitter for his first complete game and struck out a career-high 10, lifting the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-1 win over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night. Corbin (7-0) joined Randy Johnson as the only lefties in team history to begin the season 7-0. He also turned in his club-record ninth straight start where he's pitched at least six innings and ...
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Loveland reports water treatment problem
LOVELAND, Colo. - The City of Loveland says an equipment malfunction on March 25 resulted in some water not being properly coagulated, a process that removes bacteria and particles.In all, about 350,000 gallons may be contaminated.7NEWS reporter Molly Hendrickson asked why it took the City of Loveland nearly two months to notify residents."We have not had anybody report to us any illnesses ...
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Motorcycle crash victims family pleads for helmet safety
The family of a man who died in a motorcycle crash in northeast Colorado Springs Saturday is pleading with all motorcyclists to wear a helmet while riding. Benjamin O'Neal, 27, was not wearing a helmet when he went off the side of eastbound Rangewood Road just west of Austin Bluffs Parkway Saturday night. "He lost control of his bike, slammed into a tree, was not wearing his helmet, ...
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Denvers top spots for the best breakfast of your life
top 4 breakfast spots in Denver , and they are asking readers to vote on which should be named the best breakfast in the city. The winner will be included in Thrillist's "Best Day of Your Life" itinerary - which illustrates where you should go and what you should do on the best day of your life. On June 21st, the longest day of the year, Thrillist is encouraging their readers to ...
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Rockies stall against D-backs Corbin
Pacheco puts Rockies on the scoreboard DENVER -- It takes more than momentum to beat D-backs left-hander Patrick Corbin. The Rockies seemed to be rolling after winning three of four games against the Giants over the weekend, but Corbin twirled a complete game, holding Colorado to three hits while striking out 10 in a 5-1 victory in front of 23,053 at Coors Field on Monday night. The Rockies ...
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Driver pleads guilty to DUI in crash in Boulder
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- A driver who told police she was on her way to an Alcoholic Anonymous meeting when she struck a food truck in a church parking lot, a University of Colorado student eating lunch, and then the church has pleaded guilty to all charges against ...
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First-round future still up in the air for Nuggets
Garrett Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images Just who will the Nuggets face in the first round of the playoffs - and will they have home-court advantage? The possibilities are enough to make your head spin. With two games remaining, Denver (55-25) is locked in a tight race for the 3, 4 and 5 seeds with the Los Angeles Clippers and Memphis Grizzlies. As division winners, the Clippers (54-26) hold ...
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MLB Arizona 5 Colorado 1
Patrick Corbin fired a complete-game three-hitter Monday and the first-place Arizona Diamondbacks cruised to a 5-1 victory over Colorado. Corbin (7-0) turned in his ninth straight start of allowing two or fewer earned runs with the dominating performance while lowering his ERA to 1.44. The left-hander allowed only one run and struck out 10 in the 97-pitch gem, which boosted the National League ...
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Dumb Friends to resume dog adoptions
Denver Dumb Friends League will resume dog adoptions on Tuesday, May 21, at its Quebec Street shelter after voluntarily suspending dog adoptions and intake for a month following a pneumonia outbreak that killed five dogs.After the outbreak in mid-April, the shelter has had no new cases of severe respiratory illness in dogs since April 24, Dumb Friends League president and CEO Bob Rohde said in ...
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Two bank robberies in the Springs Monday afternoon
Two banks were robbed within a couple of hours in Colorado Springs Monday.The Academy Bank off Briargate Boulevard was held up around 4:30pm. The suspect threatened the teller, made off with cash, although police don't know if he had a weapon.Earlier, a man robbed the Wells Fargo bank off South Nevada. Police say he said he did have a gun. Police got a quick heads up on the suspect from a ...
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Body of 62-year-old Estes Park man found in lake
The body of a 62-year-old Estes Park man was found Monday in Lake Estes. The man was identified as Gregory George Hurt.The Estes Park Police Department and the Larimer County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a body in Lake Estes at about 11 a.m. Members of the Estes Valley Fire Protection District Dive Team recovered the body.The case is under investigation, and no other details ...
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Colorado offers help to Oklahoma
DENVER - Colorado's government is offering assistance to Oklahoma after a massive tornado devastated the town of Moore Monday afternoon.Eric Brown, a spokesman for Governor John Hickenlooper, said the administration had offered assistance through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. So far, however, no assistance has been requested.Brown added that the Governor's office has ...
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Plea deal offered over southwest Colorado wildfire
CORTEZ, Colo. (AP) -- A judge is holding off on approving a plea deal for a man charged with starting the Roatcap wildfire last October, saying he wants more assurances that victims will be compensated ...
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Trial set in alleged gun control threats
AURORA, Colo. - A "not guilty" plea has been entered for a man accused of threatening a Colorado lawmaker as the Legislature debated gun control.A judge on Monday also set a Nov. 20 trial date for Franklin Sain. He is accused of sending profane and threatening emails and phone messages that were laced with racial slurs to Democratic Rep. Rhonda Fields of Aurora.Sain is charged with ...
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Debate grows over renewable energy bill
mandates rural electric cooperatives produce at least 20 percent of their electricity from solar, wind and other renewable sources by the year 2020. Previous standards required the co-ops to produce just 10 percent by that same deadline. The accelerated timetable will likely mean expensive capital improvements for the non-profit co-ops. Ratepayers like George Schubert, a sod farmer in Calhan, ...
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Palliative care in Colorado CU Medical School training
palliative care grows, the need for medical providers with special training is growing, too. Palliative care is now a medical specialty, thanks to a recent decision by the American Board of Medical Specialties. Doctors, nurses and other providers can receive special training and certifications. The University of Colorado College of Nursing has a certificate program for nurses. ...
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Fowler uses clear head to get back on track
Email DENVER -- After a lengthy slump, center fielder Dexter Fowler went 10-for-20 as the Rockies won three of four games against the Giants. He raised his batting average from .254 before the series to .286 going into Monday night's opener of a three-game set against the D-backs. Fowler worked on some swing flaws during an early hitting session in Chicago, where the Rockies played the ...
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Lefty-swinging CarGo thriving against southpaws
Email DENVER -- It would seem to be a poor matchup -- the Rockies' left-handed-hitting Carlos Gonzalez entered Monday's game against D-backs sizzling left-hander Patrick Corbin. Not only did Corbin enter 6-0 with a 1.52 ERA, but he had held left-handed batters to a .125 batting average. However, Gonzalez is not performing like a typical lefty batter. Going into Monday night, ...
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Cuddyer could return on Friday
Email DENVER -- Rockies right fielder/first baseman Michael Cuddyer will play two days this week at extended spring training in Scottsdale, Ariz. If all goes well, he will rejoin the active roster Friday in San Francisco. Cuddyer, on the 15-day disabled list with a bulging disk in his neck, said Monday that he is doing all baseball activities without pain and is ready for game action. Playing ...
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Rahim Moore ready for new beginning
DENVER - Rahim Moore wants so badly to forget it all. No one seems willing to let that happen. Ever since Moore mistimed his leap and fell helplessly to the grass as Baltimore wide receiver Jacoby Jones hauled in Joe Flacco's desperation 70-yard TD in the playoffs, the Denver Broncos' free safety has been absolutely bombarded. Moore said after practice today, "Once I came in ...
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