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Armored car dumps $3000 in coins on Hwy
WELD COUNTY, Colo. - A Brink's armored car dumped $3,000 in coins onto Highway 66 in Weld County after the back doors came open, according to the Weld County Sheriff’s ...
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KHOW host Peter Boyles off the air Fri.
DENVER - TalkRadio 630 KHOW host Peter Boyles did not host his morning show on Friday.The Denver Post reported that it was because of a confrontation with Boyles' producer on ...
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The Colorado River The High Plains Aquifer And The Entire Western Half Of The U.S. Are Rapidly Drying Up
Economic Collapse May 24, 2013 What is life going to look like as our precious water resources become increasingly strained and the western half of the United States becomes bone dry? Scientists tell us that the 20th century was the wettest century in the western half of the country in 1000 years, and now things appear to be reverting to their normal historical patterns. But we have built ...
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CU-Boulder seeks drone test site in Colorado
University of Colorado research support member James Mach works on his laptop next to an unmanned aircraft system at CU s Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles in February. (Jeremy Papasso, Camera file ...
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Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park opening today
Rocky Mountain National Park road crew members encountered drifts of 18-to-22 feet in clearing Trail Ridge Road this spring. (Courtesy Rocky Mountain National ...
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Officials review I-70 construction over accidents
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Colorado Department of Transportation officials are reviewing the Interstate 70 construction zone on the east end of Glenwood Canyon following the second fatal car accident in the five-mile stretch during the past six ...
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Expert Denver metro luxury homes sales red hot
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage .A total of 93 homes in the region sold for more than $1 million in April, up from 44 in April 2012. On a monthly basis, luxury sales were up 31 percent from the 71 transactions in March.The figures are based on Multiple Listing Service data of all homes sold for more than $1 million last month in the metropolitan area.The report said that the median sale ...
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Pueblo shuts off gas pumps for nonprofits
http://tinyurl.com/op25dn4 ), 17 local nonprofits will no longer be allowed to fill up with tax-free fuel, which allowed them to avoid an 18-cent federal gas tax and 23-cent state tax on each ...
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Motorcycle rider killed in collision with truck on I-225
A motorcycle collided with a truck in a construction zone on southbound Interstate-225 Friday morning and the motorcyclist was killed, officials say.The motorcycle rider was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Lt. Robert Jackson, Aurora police spokesman. The rider's name, gender and age was not immediately available.The cause of the accident, which happened at about 6:45 a.m., is ...
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Nuggets-Warriors Game 2 Gameday
Posted April 24 2013 02:17 The snow gave way to sun by midday in Denver on Tuesday. The Golden State Warriors then brought rain into the forecast. A downright downpour. Playing without All-Star power forward David Lee, the Warriors went small and turned their shooters loose in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets. The result was a deluge of 3s from Stephen ...
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Pastor complains after Denver jail bans baptisms
DENVER (AP) -- A Pentecostal pastor is complaining after officials at the Denver County Jail banned baptism of inmates by total immersion in a bathtub-sized ...
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Traffic blocked after armored car spills coins
Authorities say they were called to investigate a complaint of a truck blocking a highway on Thursday and discovered the rear doors of the armored vehicle had come open. They say a large amount of coins had fallen out of the ...
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Pedestrian dies after being hit by vehicle in Denver
A pedestrian who was crossing a street in Denver overnight was killed after being struck by a vehicle.The Denver Police Department said the collision happened when the pedestrian crossed mid-block near South Havana Street and East Exposition Avenue, according ...
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Retailer HM planning store in Colorado Springs
Clothing retailer H&M, which opened its first Colorado store on Denver's 16th Street Mall in 2011, is now planning to open its first location in Colorado Springs, The Gazette reports. The company hasn't made any announcement, but the architectural firm working on improvements to the Chapel Hills Mall told the newspaper H&M will be in the mall. H&M is expected to open later this year in ...
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Audit of Colorado parole system expanded
DENVER (AP) -- An audit of Colorado's parole system is being expanded to review whether budget issues are keeping parole officers from placing some high-risk parolees under intensive ...
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Nuggets-Warriors Game 4 Gameday
Posted April 29 2013 01:23 OAKLAND, Calif. - The Denver Nuggets won at least three straight games eight times during a record-setting regular season. They will need to put together one more winning streak to extend their postseason. After making a second-half surge, the Nuggets witnessed a one-for-the-ages performance by Stephen Curry on Sunday night at Oracle Arena, leaving themselves no ...
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For metro Denver business energy savings all about the bulbs
Scot Kelley, account manager at Colorado Lighting, with client Gary Hegener, construction manager at Pester Marketing, in the 1st Stop convenience store at East Iliff Avenue and Highway 225 in Aurora where Colorado Lighting revamped the lighting inside and outside of the store for more efficiency. Sometimes, making big cuts in energy use really is as easy as changing a light bulb. Especially if ...
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In Colorado could solar thermal energy be a more efficient answer
Laurent Meillon of Capitol Solar Energy stands in front of the array he installed at a business in Lakewood. The ability to produce electricity from sunlight via photovoltaic panels has garnered much attention in recent years. But some say using the suns heat, via solar thermal technologies, is a better way to cut utility bills. Solar thermal is a mature technology thats been around since the ...
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Hearing in maid slavery case
A Saudi national serving eight years to life in Colorado after being convicted of sexually assaulting a housekeeper has a parole hearing Tuesday.Homaidan al-Turki's hearing will be at the Limon Correction Facility.Adrienne Jacobson of the Department of Corrections said Thursday the hearing is unrelated to al-Turki's earlier request to be sent to his native Saudi Arabia to serve out his ...
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Drones raise privacy questions
DENVER - A move is under way to put some regulations in place concerning privacy and the use of unmanned aircraft, otherwise known as drones.Senator Mark Udall, (D) Colorado, is proposing legislation that would create some limits about their usage, in an effort to protect personal privacy and protection. Under the measure, it would be illegal to conduct surveillance of someone using the machines ...
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Officer bitten during arrest after crash
DENVER - Denver police are investigating a crash involving a wanted party at Mississippi and Quebec.The police pursuit started at Evans and Oneida, according to Denver Police Spokesman Sonny Jackson, after officers tried to make a stop on the wanted party..Police tweeted that the person was arrested and also bit a police officer as he was taken into custody at about 8:30 p.m.Both the officer and ...
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Growing problem of graffiti being tackled by clean up crews
The problem of graffiti is growing in the city of pueblo. In a year, more than 8,775 sites have been hit with graffiti, compared to 4,893 sites in 2011. That is a 80% increase in graffiti calls, cases and cleanup. Bessemer 1,222 (66% increase over 2011) Downtown 1,734 (136% increase) West side 499 (17% increase) South side 2,441 (83% increase) North side 409 (14% increase) East side 1,924 (76% ...
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Family of murdered Springs teen still waiting for justice 16-years later
The family of Steven Eugene "Gino" Romero, murdered in Colorado Springs 16-years ago, is still waiting for justice. Just after midnight on May 24, 1997 Romero was killed while riding in the back seat of a car during a drive-by shooting near the intersection of Lelaray St. and Circle Dr. Colorado Springs Police believe Socorro Gutierrez and Vinnicio Martinez fired 25-rounds into the ...
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Lawyers defending Colorado shooting suspect question state insanity defense law
Lawyers defending Colorado movie theater shooting suspect James Holmes Thursday questioned the very constitutionality of Colorado's insanity defense statute.Holmes, who officially pleaded "not guilt by reason of insanity" earlier this month, now faces court-ordered mental evaluations, during which he is expected to admit to last summer's shooting at a midnight showing of a ...
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Brewers team up on beer to help military families
RICHMOND, Va. — Craft breweries from around the country are teaming up to raise money for military families by selling a beer aged on baseball bats. The Hops for Heroes project began in 2011 as a collaboration between Center of the Universe Brewing Co. in suburban Richmond and Fremont Brewing Co. in Seattle. This year, the list also includes breweries in Florida, Pennsylvania, Missouri, ...
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