Provides the latest RSS feeds for Colorado News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Colorado State News.net http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/cat/c5561a463525350d/ en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 23:05:49 -0400 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:05:49 -0400 30 The interim head of the Colorado Department of Corrections, Roger Werholtz, said in a staff email Wednesday that Tim Hand would be away on leave. Werholtz didn't say why but said he was making the announcement "after careful thought and discussion over the past several ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214703699/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 20:53:03 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214703699/scat/c5561a463525350d Leaders of the Boy Scouts of America are set for a final vote Thursday on a proposal to end a ban on openly gay scouts while continuing the ban on gay adult scout leaders.Some 1,400 local leaders convene as the BSA National Council in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine this week.Churches and religious groups, which sponsor almost 70 percent of the more than 100,000 scouting units in the ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214703700/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 20:46:14 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214703700/scat/c5561a463525350d Arizona Diamondbacks starter Trevor Cahill (35) pitches against the Colorado Rockies during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Denver. (AP Photo/Barry ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214702624/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 20:09:23 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214702624/scat/c5561a463525350d DENVER - Following several CALL7 investigations, the head of Colorado's parole division was put on leave by the interim director of the Colorado Department of Corrections.DOC spokeswoman Allison Morgan said it is paid leave and that Hand will remain at that status until an audit of the department is completed. There is no timeline for that work, Morgan said.This comes after several CALL7 ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214702396/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 20:06:46 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214702396/scat/c5561a463525350d DENVER - Carlos Gonzalez homered and drove in two runs, Jorge De La Rosa pitched effectively into the sixth and the Colorado Rockies beat Arizona 4-1 on Wednesday to take two of three from the Diamondbacks. Dexter Fowler had two hits in his first start in the cleanup spot and Nolan Arenado added an RBI double as the Rockies caught Arizona in the standings. The Diamondbacks entered the day tied ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214702397/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 20:06:45 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214702397/scat/c5561a463525350d ARI@COL: CarGo launches a solo homer to right field DENVER -- Sometimes quantity means as much as quality. Rockies left-hander Jorge De La Rosa battled for 5 1/3 innings, throwing 103 pitches, and was rewarded with a key victory, as the Rox topped the D-backs, 4-1, in front of a crowd of 31,763 at Coors Field on Wednesday afternoon. The Rockies, who benefited from a home run and an RBI ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214702398/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 19:45:04 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214702398/scat/c5561a463525350d Colorado Classroom covers local and state education issues affecting K-12 and higher education students in the state of Colorado. Craig Slater, chairman of the Anschutz Investment Co., and his wife, Colleen, have donated $1.5 million to the department of ophthalmology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.The money will be used to establish the Slater Family endowed chair in ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214702627/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 19:37:25 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214702627/scat/c5561a463525350d An effort to recall Colorado state Sen. Evie Hudak, D-Westminster, has been suspended, somewhere short of collecting 18,962 petition signatures needed to force a public vote.The recall requirement is based on 25 percent of the total vote in a district's last election. The recall committee faces a June 10 deadline to file petitions with the Secretary of State's Office.Gun rights ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214702626/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 19:37:25 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214702626/scat/c5561a463525350d vegan world, but she's no rookie when it comes to setting goals and making them happen. Her success is evident by the waiting lists for her vegan cooking classes and her busy consulting business that trains people how to ditch the traditional diet for a vegan diet that is full of variety.She also makes it clear that success in itself isn't some elusive option open to only to the ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214701237/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 18:47:39 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214701237/scat/c5561a463525350d Denver Comic Con . Last year they shattered expectations with over 25,000 attendees and this year they are expecting even greater numbers. This amazing three day party will take place at the Colorado Convention Center May 31-June 2, 2013 and tickets can still be purchased on their website. Their celebrity guest lineup incredibly includes comic ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214701236/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 18:47:39 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214701236/scat/c5561a463525350d DENVER – Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper indefinitely delayed the execution of convicted killer Nathan Dunlap on Wednesday and said he was unlikely to allow it as long as he is governor. Hickenlooper said he had doubts about the fairness of Colorado's death penalty system and about the state's ability to get the lethal drugs required for an execution. Dunlap, 38, was convicted ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214701238/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 18:31:09 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214701238/scat/c5561a463525350d A condemned man is spared, for now. But after a day of drama in Denver, questions about Colorado's death penalty and the case of Nathan Dunlap remain ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214701239/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 18:30:52 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214701239/scat/c5561a463525350d Frogs, toads and other amphibians are vanishing so fast nationwide that if the decline continues at the same rate, they'll be gone from half their current habitats in 20 years, a federal study has found. U.S. Geological Survey officials on Wednesday unveiled the study, done over a decade, on 48 species at 34 sites from California to Colorado high-country to Florida swamps. Federal scientists ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214701240/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 18:29:00 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214701240/scat/c5561a463525350d Garrett Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images DENVER, May 8, 2013 - After leading the Denver Nuggets to a team-record 57 wins, George Karl is the recipient of the Red Auerbach Trophy as the 2012-13 NBA Coach of the Year, the league announced today. Karl, who guided the Nuggets to the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference, joins Doug Moe as the only coaches in franchise history to win the award. It also is ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214700983/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 18:21:55 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214700983/scat/c5561a463525350d The Ring of Fame induction ceremony for Tom Nalen will take place Sept. 29 at halftime of the Eagles-Broncos game at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. (Denver Post file) The player who former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan once called "an absolute warrior, one of the toughest guys I've ever been around" will take his place among the franchise's greatest players during the ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214700984/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 18:19:59 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214700984/scat/c5561a463525350d MORRISON, Colo. - Eighteen horses were seized from a Morrison horse rescue facility by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office over allegations of mistreatment.Investigators and animal control officers served a search warrant at 17346 Forest Ave. in Morrison as part of an on-going investigation.Since 2001, the owners of the property, identified as Paso Fino Horse Rescue, have received four ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699593/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 17:49:00 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699593/scat/c5561a463525350d DENVER -; Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper indefinitely delayed the execution of convicted killer Nathan Dunlap on Wednesday and said he was unlikely to allow it as long as he is ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699306/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 17:47:31 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699306/scat/c5561a463525350d PUEBLO - Pueblo City Schools has placed the following schools on secured perimeter: Heaton Middle School, Belmont Elementary School and Haaff Elementary School, as they cooperate with a local law enforcement investigation. Bus transportation is currently delayed and we are asking that parents not to go to schools at this ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699584/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 17:44:37 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699584/scat/c5561a463525350d Email DENVER -- Rockies closer Rafael Betancourt had an anti-inflammatory shot in his right groin on Wednesday, and expects to return to the mound Friday at San Francisco and avoid the 15-day disabled list. Betancourt has been pitching with groin tightness since late April, yet he is 10-for-10 in save opportunities this year and has a 1.56 ERA in 19 games. However, he was removed after two ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699597/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 17:27:13 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699597/scat/c5561a463525350d Email DENVER -- Left-hander Jeff Francis (left groin strain) felt good Wednesday after a 25-pitch bullpen Tuesday. Actually, Rockies head athletic trainer Keith Dugger said he had wanted to limit Francis to a "touch-and-feel" 'pen session, but the fact that he was able to throw 25 pitches was positive. Francis will accompany the team to San Francisco, where he will play long toss ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699595/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 17:27:13 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699595/scat/c5561a463525350d Email DENVER -- Rockies infielder DJ LeMahieu's three-hit, two-double game in Tuesday night's 5-4, 10-inning victory over the D-backs earned him a start at second base Wednesday in the No. 2 spot. In his first six games since being called up from Triple-A Colorado Springs, LeMahieu sizzled at .462 with two RBIs. Before joining the Rockies, he hit .364 with one home run, eight doubles ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699847/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 17:27:13 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699847/scat/c5561a463525350d Email DENVER -- The Rockies gave shortstop Troy Tulowitzki planned rest Wednesday, which means he will have two off-days before Friday's series opener in San Francisco. The move took some fans by surprise and enraged the more vocal set on social media. The first-place D-backs -- tied with the Giants -- and the Rockies entered Wednesday separated by one game. But on May 22, manager Walt ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699598/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 17:27:13 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699598/scat/c5561a463525350d Email DENVER -- Rockies center fielder Dexter Fowler arrived at Coors Field on Wednesday looking quite cool in his designer jacket and pants and bow tie. And he managed to keep his cool after being hit with a surprise. With the Rockies resting cleanup man Troy Tulowitzki, not wanting to disrupt No. 3 hitter Carlos Gonzalez and wanting to move hot second baseman DJ LeMahieu up in the order to ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699599/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 17:27:12 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699599/scat/c5561a463525350d 05/22/2013 03:02 PM MDT - NEW YORK-U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a favorite among liberals for her forceful advocacy for consumers and attacks against the financial industry, has a book ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699848/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 17:19:24 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699848/scat/c5561a463525350d MORRISON, Colo. (CBS4) – Jefferson County Sheriff's Office investigators and animal control officers seized 18 horses from owners of a property in Morrison on Wednesday. The property owners claimed they were running a Paso Fino horse rescue operation at the property located at 17346 Forest Avenue. Authorities said in a statement that there had been an on-going investigation of ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699601/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 17:15:52 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699601/scat/c5561a463525350d Garrett Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images After a well-deserved weekend off, the Nuggets returned to practice Monday with a renewed sense of optimism about starting point ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699602/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 17:12:33 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699602/scat/c5561a463525350d AeroGrow International Inc. soared past all other Colorado stocks Wednesday as the value of the companys shares rose 21 percent. The increase in the stock price brought AERO shares to $1.21, or 21 cents higher, in light trading. Among more actively traded stocks, the biggest gains belonged to: Prospect Global Resources Inc. (PGRX): up 4.36 percent, or 1 cent, to 22 cents. Gevo Inc. (GEVO): up ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699851/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 16:52:32 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699851/scat/c5561a463525350d DENVER - Governor John Hickenlooper has granted a reprieve to condemned killer Nathan Dunlap, who otherwise would have been executed in August, the CALL7 Investigators have confirmed.DA George Brauchler told CALL7 Investigator Theresa Marchetta that the governor is going to grant a reprieve. Brauchler says that means Dunlap will not be executed as long as Hickenlooper is in office.Hickenlooper is ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214698233/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 16:38:51 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214698233/scat/c5561a463525350d Scott Hall, CEO of Black Diamond Minerals, displays an open hole log that indicates microfractures used in oil production. Prospect Energy LLC, the only oil and gas company working inside Fort Collins, will be able to drill new wells and used hydraulic fracturing under an operating agreement approved by the city council. The agreement requires Prospect to adhere to stricter standards than those ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699850/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 16:30:57 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214699850/scat/c5561a463525350d Kindra's endless passion for food generates enthusiasm and energy which keep her going while scouring the streets of Denver in search of the best dishes. When not eating her way through Denver, Kindra enjoys testing and creating recipes in her own kitchen with her favorite foodie helper ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214698497/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 16:28:34 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214698497/scat/c5561a463525350d FILE -- Nathan Dunlap at a May 1, 2013 court hearing at the Arapahoe County Court in Division court room 408 in Centennial. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214698223/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 16:08:47 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214698223/scat/c5561a463525350d "." Larimer Associates, leasing company for the Denver Union Station remodel, on Wednesday announced the names of three restaurants coming to the historic terminal when it opens next year. They are Snooze, an A.M. Eatery; The Kitchen Next Door, and a new concept restaurant by the chef of Fruition Restaurant. Larimer Associates is part of the Union Station Alliance (USA) team that is ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214697628/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 15:48:48 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214697628/scat/c5561a463525350d BOULDER, Colo. - A former Boulder Police Department DUI-enforcement officer will serve home detention and pay a fine for driving with a blood alcohol content more than three times the legal limit.Elizabeth Ward, 46, was arrested on Dec. 4 in Thornton after an off-duty officer from Arvada saw her weaving through traffic and fluctuating speeds on Interstate 25. Eventually, Ward stopped the car on ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214697045/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 15:28:09 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214697045/scat/c5561a463525350d THORNTON, Colo. - A church in Thornton is sending a relief team to Oklahoma next week and they are willing to take certain donations with them.ThornCreek Church says it plans to send volunteers with water, Gatorade, crisis care kits and other items to Moore, Oklahoma, the town devastated by a EF5 tornado on Monday afternoon.ThornCreek Church said it is coordinating its relief and clean-up effort ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214696834/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 15:28:09 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214696834/scat/c5561a463525350d Polygraph expert Warren Holmes helped free wrongly convicted men from death row, and was working on a report about the man long believed to have killed a candy ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214696523/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 15:22:02 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214696523/scat/c5561a463525350d The rendering for East West Partners' newest office building at the Denver Union Station redevelopment. East West Partners Wednesday unveiled plans for its newest building in the Denver Union Station redevelopment project, its third overall in the area. The 10-story office structure, dubbed The Triangle Building, will be at 1550 Wewatta St. Construction is expected to begin in October, ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214697610/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 15:18:03 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214697610/scat/c5561a463525350d Surveillance cameras captured this image of a robber at Wells Fargo Bank, 1001 S. Monaco St. in Denver on March 14 at 4:00 p.m. (Provided by FBI) Local police and the FBI are after a group of busy bank robbers known as "The Trick or Treat Bandits." Investigators believe the group is responsible for at least nine recent bank robberies in Denver and Aurora, according to a Rocky Mountain ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214697046/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 14:56:56 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214697046/scat/c5561a463525350d Colorado has reached an agreement with Penguin Group (USA) to settle the state's allegations that Penguin colluded with other major publishers and Apple Inc. to manipulate prices in the e-book market.The agreement with Penguin must be approved by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.The Colorado attorney general's office said that when finalized, the agreement ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214697047/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 14:47:35 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214697047/scat/c5561a463525350d A screen shot of the Postmodern Co. website. Denver's Postmodern Co. has been named to the 2013 "Inner City 100" list of fast-growing businesses in economically distressed urban areas nationwide. Its the media production firm's fifth straight year on the list. The list, in its 15th year, is produced by the Boston-based nonprofit Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) and ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214696088/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 14:33:46 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214696088/scat/c5561a463525350d DENVER - From anger to sadness, the family of Nathan Leon experiences a roller coaster of emotions each day. The father of three was gunned down on March 17, while working his part-time job. Many know Leon as a pizza delivery driver, but his wife says there was much more to the man than the job he did one day a week to earn extra money for his family."He had a name. He was a good person. He ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214695278/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 14:14:28 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214695278/scat/c5561a463525350d DENVER - Some of the most accident-prone areas in Denver for bicycles are designated as bike routes, CALL7 computer-assisted investigation found.The bike route on 12th Avenue in the Capitol Hill and downtown areas was among the highest for accidents.Cyclists say a few simple improvements could make the route safer and the city's Department of Public Works is reviewing conditions on 12th in ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214695279/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 14:14:26 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214695279/scat/c5561a463525350d You could be living in a former meth lab right now and not even know it. A News 5 investigation recently uncovered a Colorado Springs family who unknowingly rented out a former meth lab that was never cleaned up. News 5's Jacqui Heinrich stayed on top of that story and discovered hundreds of families could be in the same situation. Three hundred and nine: that's how many meth labs were ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214695265/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 14:09:54 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214695265/scat/c5561a463525350d David Lyle, CEO of the National Geographic Channel, has seen enough of the letters to know how they go. The writer is typically a longtime reader of the magazine, who perhaps recalls the times he leafed through its glossy pages while perched on grandpa’s ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214694920/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 14:09:00 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214694920/scat/c5561a463525350d Denver's culinary scene has continued to skyrocket over the last few years. From James Beard winners to cozy culinary hideaways within the Mile High City, the new Denver Union Station will be home to three new spaces that have foodies in a frenzy ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214695537/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:02 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214695537/scat/c5561a463525350d Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214695538/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 13:52:04 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214695538/scat/c5561a463525350d crash on Halloween night has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide. Shaini Elizabeth Davenport, 21, entered guilty pleas this week to vehicular homicide plus four additional counts for driving under the influence of alcohol, according to a Jefferson County District Attorney's Office media release. Michelle Adams, 29, died in the crash, which injured four others. On Halloween, Davenport picked ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214695539/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 13:44:21 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214695539/scat/c5561a463525350d ASPEN - The U.S. Forest Service is making a simple, seemingly insignificant change to its fee-collection system at the Maroon Bells this summer, but the move is tied to a national fight that will end up in the lap of Congress next year.The Aspen-Sopris Ranger District announced Tuesday that it won't charge a fee for vehicles that drive to an inconspicuous spot called the Stein Meadow ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214695540/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 13:44:19 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214695540/scat/c5561a463525350d State insurance officials wanted to offer the public an easy way to check new health policy prices in preparation for "Obamacare," but their site wasn't working after launch early Wednesday.The glitch was an ominous sign for those critical of health-care reform as too complex and bound to lose consumers in glitch-prone computer systems. The exchange will start signing up the ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214695541/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 13:44:18 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214695541/scat/c5561a463525350d The space on 56th Avenue in Arvada was vacant when Odyssey Beerwerks leased it. (Eric Gorski, The Denver Post) Colorado's craft beer renaissance knows no geographic boundaries. Breweries have taken root in small towns and urban neighborhoods, in industrial parks and on farms. With fewer and fewer blanks to fill on the state's beer map, one underrepresented area is now getting its due: ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214694427/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 13:34:32 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214694427/scat/c5561a463525350d LOVELAND, Colo. - Larimer County sheriff's deputies are investigating the attempted abduction of a 13-year-old girl near a Loveland school on Tuesday afternoon.Deputies were called at 3:30 p.m. to Carrie Martin Elementary School at 4129 Joni Lane on the report of a male driver trying to pick up a young girl. A 13-year-old Loveland girl told investigators a man driving a maroon car followed ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214693625/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 13:01:26 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214693625/scat/c5561a463525350d A federal judge in Denver is contemplating an injunction against Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and J.M. Hollister LLC after ruling earlier that nearly 250 of their clothing stores that cater to a hip, young clientele are unfriendly to the disabled.The lawsuit was filed on behalf of several Colorado customers who said they had trouble getting into the retailers and that the sales countertops are too ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214693702/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 12:58:44 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214693702/scat/c5561a463525350d PUEBLO - A district wide phone outage for all of Pueblo City Schools has been restored. Spokesman Scott Jones says the service was restored as of 4:00 p.m. Tuesday. A local utility contractor reportedly severed the main line for the school district sometime just before ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214693615/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 12:56:07 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214693615/scat/c5561a463525350d LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) -- The killing of a 10-year-old Westminster girl prompted development of a new computer application to track children and issue a warning when they are off ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214693850/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 12:36:40 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214693850/scat/c5561a463525350d Senior U.S. District Judge John Kane has rejected a plea agreement that would have reduced a drug dealer's sentence by almost four years, calling it an attempt by both prosecutors and defense lawyers to "circumvent justice."Kane attracted attention from the national legal community when he rejected an earlier plea bargain in a child pornography case because it required the ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214693852/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 12:29:35 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214693852/scat/c5561a463525350d A semi-tanker truck hauling gasoline crashed on U.S. Highway 50 between Montrose and Gunnison, shutting down the road. The crash happened about 1 a.m. when the driver failed to negotiate a curve and the semi did a one-quarter roll onto its side, said Trooper Nate Reid, a Colorado State Patrol spokesman. The driver was not injured. The truck caught fire and the fire spread to a grassy hill. The ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214693851/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 12:29:35 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214693851/scat/c5561a463525350d A long stretch of I-70 in the mountains has been shut down by a fatal accident involving a vehicle and a semi-truck. The crash happened at 4:36 a.m. near the Hanging Lake Tunnel in the Glenwood Canyon section of the highway, said Trooper Nate Reid, a Colorado State Patrol spokesman. The crash happened in a construction zone, Reid said. The driver of a Mazda, a woman, died in the accident. An ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214693853/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 12:29:34 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214693853/scat/c5561a463525350d LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) -- Some northern Colorado communities are looking to strictly regulate oil and gas drilling rather than stopping it all ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214692242/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 11:24:33 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214692242/scat/c5561a463525350d Colorado during the spring with sunny skies and mild temperatures. Soon though Mother Nature began cooking a dangerous concoction of conditions that would spawn a deadly, ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214690512/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 10:25:06 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214690512/scat/c5561a463525350d In the light welterweight main event, Raul El Chino' Carrillo (11-1, 6 KO's) takes on Corey 'Wolf Dawg' Alarcon (17-18-1, 4 KO's) in what should be an exciting battle between two tough Colorado competitors. With just 12 professional bouts under his belt 'The Pride of Longmont, Colorado' Raul Carrillo has established himself as one tough hombre and with recent ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214690513/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 10:25:05 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214690513/scat/c5561a463525350d Sign up here . Leading Off: o CO Recall: There are some new recall efforts underway that you may not yet know about, but you'll want to. Last fall, Democrats succeeded in winning the Colorado state House back from Republicans, giving them full control of the legislature and the governorship. That's allowed Democrats to pass a number of progressive pieces of legislation, including ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214690514/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 10:04:09 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214690514/scat/c5561a463525350d AURORA, Colo. - A seventh-grader from Aurora is representing Colorado in the final round of the National Geographic Bee.Pranit Nanda is one of 10 students from across the country competing in Wednesday's finals in Washington, D.C. The 13-year-old attends Aurora Quest K-8 School and is competing for prizes including a $25,000 college scholarship and a trip to the Galapagos Islands.Nanda ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214688840/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 09:17:17 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214688840/scat/c5561a463525350d LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) -- Longmont police say a 28-year-old man is in critical condition after being shot three times by a police officer after the man opened fire with a ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214689018/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 08:53:17 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214689018/scat/c5561a463525350d The 38-year-old Dunlap is on death row for the 1993 ambush slayings of four people in a Denver-area pizza restaurant. He was convicted and sentenced to die in 1996, and the U.S. Supreme Court turned down his last guaranteed appeal this ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214689020/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 08:53:17 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214689020/scat/c5561a463525350d LONGMONT, Colo. - A Longmont Police officer pulling over a man driving without his headlights Wednesday morning suddenly ended up in a shootout.Longmont Police said the officer pulled the driver over at the Harvest Junction North Shopping Center on Ken Pratt Boulevard around 2:15 a.m."Immediately after stopping, the suspect exited his vehicle, advanced on the officer and began firing ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214687597/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 08:06:25 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214687597/scat/c5561a463525350d AURORA, Colo. - Nearly 12 years of fundraising becomes a reality Memorial day weekend when the Colorado Freedom Memorial will be dedicated.The memorial stands ten-feet high and is 120-feet long. Glass panels are engraved with the names of nearly 6,000 Colorado men and women who have died in wars dating back to the Spanish American War in 1898.KEZW's "Breakfast Club"host Rick ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214687451/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 08:06:24 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214687451/scat/c5561a463525350d Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper could announce Tuesday whether convicted killer Nathan Dunlap will be executed or will be given clemency.The CALL7 Investigators have learned that the governor cleared his scheduled for today.The Denver Post is reporting that Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler has heard the governor could make his decision as soon as today. Brauchler has ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214687452/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 08:06:23 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214687452/scat/c5561a463525350d DENVER (AP) -- A Colorado state senator is visiting the White House to receive an honor given to openly gay, lesbian and transgendered public ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214687598/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 07:42:14 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214687598/scat/c5561a463525350d Andre Iguodala 's half-court heave bounced off the front of the rim as time expired in Game 3 of their Western Conference playoff series Friday night. The Warriors grabbed a 2-1 lead in the best-of-7 series, with Game 4 set for Sunday at Oracle Arena. "We're ready for war, man," Nuggets point ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214687599/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 07:28:58 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214687599/scat/c5561a463525350d Since beginning the year with losses in each of his first three decisions, D-backs right-hander Trevor Cahill has been nothing short of brilliant. Over his last five outings, the 25-year-old has surrendered just six earned runs over a combined 33 innings, good enough for a 1.64 ERA. The only problem for Cahill since righting his ship has been walking too many batters. Over that same 33-inning ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214683155/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 03:13:38 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214683155/scat/c5561a463525350d The first of four separate efforts to recall Democratic lawmakers over their gun votes failed as organizers attempting to oust Rep. Mike McLachlan of Durango didn't collect the required number of signatures needed to put the issue on the ballot.Those spearheading the recall effort against McLachlan collected "8,500 plus" signatures, but needed at least 10,586 valid signatures, ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214683329/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 02:56:51 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214683329/scat/c5561a463525350d Joshua Hornsby speaks at a memorial service for his 9-year-old daughter, Ja'Nae, who was killed when the tornado smashed Plaza Towers Elementary ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214682172/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 02:29:01 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214682172/scat/c5561a463525350d Secretary of State Scott Gessler and former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo , also are considering entering the race. All three are Republicans.Hickenlooper was asked about the sudden display of Republican enthusiasm in a race some party leaders had written off just months earlier."They're not really excited," he said Tuesday. "They've sat around the campfire and figured out that ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214682169/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 02:11:28 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214682169/scat/c5561a463525350d Email DENVER -- Rockies closer Rafael Betancourt has been pitching and succeeding through right groin tightness since late April. But after two uncharacteristically uncompetitive pitches to the D-backs' Paul Goldschmidt in the top of the 10th inning Tuesday night, he knew the pain had caught up to him. After being given a few pitches to test how he felt, Betancourt left the game, and Wilton ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214682173/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 02:06:42 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214682173/scat/c5561a463525350d DENVER -- A frequent marijuana user who says Colorado's pending pot DUI legislation violates the constitution is suing to block the bill. Brandon Baker, of Nunn, said he uses marijuana for religious reasons and that the blood limit at which drivers would be considered impaired is too low for frequent users. Baker planned to file his lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in Denver. The bill ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214682369/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 01:58:47 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214682369/scat/c5561a463525350d Garrett Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images Seven NBA teams have won at least 50 games this season. Six of those teams were represented by at least one player at the NBA All-Star game, with the Denver Nuggets (54-24) being the lone exception. "(Denver) is a great example of executing the strategy and the system that the coach wants to employ," San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said before ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214682175/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 01:52:16 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214682175/scat/c5561a463525350d Ty Lawson is doing his best to take things slowly. "It's annoying to me. I feel like being out there playing," Lawson said after a light workout on the Pepsi Center practice court. "Being patient is not one of my strong suits." For the first time since being diagnosed with a plantar fascia tear in his right heel, Lawson did some light jogging and shooting Saturday. He ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214682174/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 01:52:15 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214682174/scat/c5561a463525350d DENVER - Wilin Rosario drove in Carlos Gonzalez with a one-out single in the 10th inning to lift Colorado past the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-4 on Tuesday night after the Rockies squandered a late four-run lead. Gonzalez hit a double and reliever Matt Reynolds (0-2) intentionally walked Troy Tulowitzki to get to Rosario, who came through with a liner to right on the first pitch. Rosario lifted his ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214681161/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 01:20:26 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214681161/scat/c5561a463525350d Oakland Raiders. The Raiders' Oakland stadium contract expires next year, and managing owner Mike Davis has said he may move the NFL team back to Los Angeles to get a better stadium deal. Santa Clara is also a ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214681160/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 01:20:26 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214681160/scat/c5561a463525350d AP-- Colorado sheriffs upset with gun restrictions adopted in the aftermath of last year’s mass shootings filed a federal lawsuit Friday, challenging the regulations as unconstitutional. The lawsuit involves sheriffs from 54 of Colorado’s 64 counties, most representing rural, gun-friendly areas of the ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214680722/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 01:00:33 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214680722/scat/c5561a463525350d ARI@COL: Rockies walk off on Rosario's single in 10th DENVER -- Wilin Rosario's 10th-inning single gave the Rockies a 5-4 victory over the D-backs at Coors Field on Tuesday night in front of 27,096 fans. Carlos Gonzalez doubled to right with one out in the 10th against D-backs reliever Matt Reynolds, a former member of the Rockies, who entered with a 0.92 ERA. Reynolds intentionally ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214681162/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 00:57:57 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214681162/scat/c5561a463525350d DENVER - The FBI confirms to 7NEWS it’s investigating a series of armed bank robberies in the Denver metro area and Aurora. So far, nine banks have been struck since December 2012 by the "trick-or-treat" bandits, as they are called by investigators."One of the individuals carries a large bag around. It looks like a pillowcase as they're collecting money from the bank and ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214680340/scat/c5561a463525350d Wed, 22 May 2013 00:11:28 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214680340/scat/c5561a463525350d Convicted killer Nathan Dunlap arrives back in court after a short recess. Judge William Sylvester set an execution date for Dunlap for the week of August 18th-24th 2013. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214680341/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 23:40:45 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214680341/scat/c5561a463525350d Garrett Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images The 80s and 90s had Siskel & Ebert, two cantankerous film critics who rarely shared the same opinion on popular movies. The 2013 NBA postseason has Karl & Jackson, two competitive coaches who have opposing views when it comes to the physical tactics being employed in the first round of their Western Conference playoff series. Roughly 16 hours after ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214680140/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 23:33:36 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214680140/scat/c5561a463525350d < 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } Tuesday came and went without the Avalanche naming a head coach, but Patrick Roy remains a strong candidate for the job.Whether the Avs and Roy can work out a deal remains to be seen. The Avalanche would not comment on ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214680342/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 23:31:20 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214680342/scat/c5561a463525350d DENVER - A northern Colorado minister is suing the state over a stoned driving bill that is expected to be signed into law by Gov. John Hickenlooper next week.Rev. Brandon Baker of Green Faith Ministry Native American Church in Nunn, Colo. says he uses marijuana for religious reasons and that the blood limit at which drivers would be considered impaired is too low for frequent users.Baker’s ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214679110/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 23:02:00 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214679110/scat/c5561a463525350d A bear is seen climbing a fence on Pleasant Street and looking down on trash cans that had been left out on Monday, May 20, 2013. Wildlife officers killed the bear Tuesday after it entered two houses in Boulder. (Courtesy Colorado Parks and ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214679111/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 23:01:59 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214679111/scat/c5561a463525350d DENVER -- Pedro Astacio, one of the most accomplished pitchers in Rockies history and now a part-time pitching instructor and advisor, will represent the Rockies at the MLB First-Year Player Draft on June 6 at the MLB Network studios in Secaucus, N.J. Astacio, who went 53-48 and set a Rockies record with 14 complete games for the club from 1997-2001, served as an instructor this year during part ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214679114/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 22:38:55 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214679114/scat/c5561a463525350d Email DENVER -- Rockies second baseman Josh Rutledge believes he can see success at the end of his struggles. Manager Walt Weiss started DJ LeMahieu on Tuesday night against the D-backs, instead of Rutledge, who went into Tuesday 2-for-16 during the current homestand. "I've been feeling good at the plate, my swing feels good," Rutledge said. "I've hit a few balls hard. ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214679112/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 22:38:55 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214679112/scat/c5561a463525350d Email DENVER -- Right-handed-hitting Jordan Pacheco, who had one of the three hits and the lone RBI the Rockies managed against lefty Patrick Corbin in Monday night's 5-1 loss to the D-backs, started against righty Ian Kennedy on Tuesday. Pacheco went into Tuesday 4-for-9 with a double, a home run and seven RBIs in his previous three games. "Tomorrow, with [D-backs righty Trevor] ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214679113/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 22:38:55 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214679113/scat/c5561a463525350d Wildlife officers routinely kill bears that are deemed to pose a conflict with humans. Wildlife officials say to keep trash in bear-proof containers and not to leave out pet food, bird feeders or other food that could attract bears to venture closer to ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214679323/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 22:37:57 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214679323/scat/c5561a463525350d By Aaron J. Lopez, Nuggets.com, 4-26-13 SAN FRANCISCO - Seeking better defensive matchups, Nuggets coach George Karl said Friday he is leaning toward re-inserting Kenneth Faried into the starting lineup in place of center Kosta Koufos. "I'm not guaranteeing it, though," Karl said after the team's shootaround. If Karl sticks with that plan, Denver's starting lineup for ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214679117/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 22:23:24 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214679117/scat/c5561a463525350d The matchup between Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried and Warriors big man David Lee will have to wait until next season. Lee will miss the remainder of the playoffs with a hip flexor ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214679118/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 22:23:22 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214679118/scat/c5561a463525350d Garrett Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images The skeptics have stalked the Denver Nuggets all season. They're too young. They don't have a closer. They can't win a slow-down game. They can't win on the road. After providing evidence to the contrary over the past four months, the Nuggets have one more theory to disprove. "I'm excited because a lot of people say our style ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214679119/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 22:23:21 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214679119/scat/c5561a463525350d GOLDEN, Colo. - Jefferson County commissioners approved an ordinance to prohibit the open carrying of firearms in select county buildings, including the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, District Attorney’s Office and Department of Human Services.County commissioners approved an open carry ban Tuesday that will apply to county owned or leased buildings that have been deemed ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214678157/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 21:51:34 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214678157/scat/c5561a463525350d http://bit.ly/13JA9i4 ) the campaign to recall the Democrat needed to submit at least 10,587 petition signatures from voters in McLachlan's district by Tuesday. Campaign organizer Dave Saleh says about 8,500 were ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214678359/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 21:28:15 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214678359/scat/c5561a463525350d The Denver Post's crime and courts reporters take you beyond the press release with more Denver and Colorado crime coverage. University of Denver police are investigating a possible third incident of a women being slipped a date rape drug. The third reported incident happened Sunday at a bar in the 2000 block of South University Boulevard, according to campus ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214678360/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 21:21:34 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214678360/scat/c5561a463525350d RJ Sangosti. (Denver Post file) Denver Post photographer RJ Sangosti has been named 2013 Photojournalist of the year, winning the National Press Photographers Association award for larger market newspapers over journalists from The New York Times and Getty Images.Sangosti's work on the Aurora theater shooting, a story that won The Denver Post ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214678361/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 21:21:33 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214678361/scat/c5561a463525350d DENVER - Campus safety at the University of Denver received a report of a woman who may have been given date rape drugs over the weekend, bringing the total number of reports this month this to three.In all three cases, the victims said they were at a bar in the DU neighborhood, after which they had several hours of memory loss -- a symptom of date rape drugs.Sgt. Stephen Banet said Thursday that ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214677149/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 20:42:36 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214677149/scat/c5561a463525350d Four different kinds of animals are welcoming new babies at the Colorado Springs Mounatin Zoo. Over the past month, a new Red River Hog baby, a Porcupine, Lynx kittens, and two Joeys have been born. The zoo say's that this is an indication that they have healthy, happy animals. When animals reproduce in zoos, it means they feel comfortable with their ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214677145/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 20:37:52 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214677145/scat/c5561a463525350d DENVER (AP) -- An inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary in Florence has been sentenced to seven more years in prison, followed by three years on supervised release, for stabbing another inmate last ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214677336/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 20:19:25 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214677336/scat/c5561a463525350d The single-largest gift in University of Denver history - nearly $27 million from former chancellor and Board of Trustees chairman Daniel Ritchie - will help fund a new center for the study of aging as well as a school for engineering and computer science.Other donors contributing to the total gift of $41 million are Betty Knoebel, widow of Denver food-service pioneer Ferdinand "Fritz" ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214677339/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 20:12:55 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214677339/scat/c5561a463525350d Leaders of the Denver police union are urging Chief Robert White to abandon a new plan that has officers working in teams with their supervisors, saying it dangerously delays response times, puts officers in harm's way and exposes the city to lawsuits.Such risks outweigh any potential financial benefits of the "team concept," in which sergeants work the same days as the officers ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214677338/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 20:12:55 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214677338/scat/c5561a463525350d Lindy Whiteman-Jones (Handout) Lakewood police are asking the community for help in locating a developmentally disabled adult who walked away from her residence after a disagreement.Lindy Whiteman-Jones, 24, left her home in the 2400 block of S. Holland Court around 7:15 p.m., Monday, police said. Whiteman-Jones is developmentally disabled with lower level functions, police said.Whiteman-Jones is ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214677337/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 20:12:54 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214677337/scat/c5561a463525350d A prison gang member at the supermax Florence ADX has been sentenced to serve additional time after he stabbed another prisoner in a gang-related attack. Michael Kelewood, 27, was sentenced to seven more years on May 15 for stabbing another inmate multiple times with a homemade knife on April 5, 2012, according to a Tuesday news release from Jeff Dorschner, spokesman for the United States ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214677340/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 20:12:53 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214677340/scat/c5561a463525350d Authorities are trying to identify this robber, who is likely wearing a wig and fake beard, who held up a Wells Fargo Bank in Carbondale on ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214676159/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 19:34:25 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214676159/scat/c5561a463525350d Revenue North educational exposition will feature 62 speakers on business topics of sales, marketing, customer retention, acquisition of top talent and access to capital. The focus of the Summit is to help existing businesses grow to the next ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214676160/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 19:23:55 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214676160/scat/c5561a463525350d DENVER (AP) -- A Boulder-based company that helps people manage their recreational sports teams' schedules and rosters online has acquired assets of Weplay Inc., a sports social-networking site that had been backed by athletes including Peyton Manning, Derek Jeter and LeBron ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214676162/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 19:11:15 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214676162/scat/c5561a463525350d ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Oil production in New Mexico has increased by nearly 50 percent over the last three years, making it one of five western states that have helped boost national production over the last three ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214676163/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 19:11:14 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214676163/scat/c5561a463525350d A serious motorcycle accident closed a street in Colorado Springs for more than an hour Tuesday afternoon. Police say a motorcycle was driving north on Chestnut St. at a high rate of speed around 2pm when it was hit by a car pulling out onto the street. The driver of the motorcycle was transported with severe but non life-threatening injuries and was wearing a helmet. The driver of the car was ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674591/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 18:17:48 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674591/scat/c5561a463525350d COLORADO SPRINGS - Last minute changes in state election laws and the potential recall of State Senator John Morse could leave the El Paso County Clerk and Recorders Office nearly $130,000 in the red. Clerk Wayne Williams told the Board of County Commissioners today he estimates it will cost an additional $134,212 in order to meet the requirements of House Bill 13-1303. The anticipated Morse ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674592/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 18:17:47 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674592/scat/c5561a463525350d This undated image provided by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation shows Stevie Marie Ann Vigil, 22, who was arrested Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Vigil is accused of buying the gun used to kill Colorado's prisons chief, and plans to plead not guilty, her lawyer said Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Colorado Bureau of ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674088/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 17:54:40 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674088/scat/c5561a463525350d Braco (HANDOUT | ) If it's been a while since a loving gaze has fallen upon you, consider buying an $8 ticket for a group session with Croatian faith gazer Braco at a Boulder hotel Wednesday and Thursday.A full-day pass to gazing sessions costs $72. Braco's supporters and promoters say "through a silent gaze, Braco has helped transform the lives of thousands throughout ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674854/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 17:51:54 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674854/scat/c5561a463525350d Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law a new school finance bill Tuesday that would change the way the state doles out money for education - but only if taxpayers pass an estimated $1 billion tax increase.Senate Bill 213, spearheaded by Sen. Mike Johnston, D-Denver, passed both legislative bodies without Republican support. Next, a coalition of stakeholders will narrow 16 possible ballot ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674855/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 17:51:53 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674855/scat/c5561a463525350d 05/21/2013 03:33 PM MDT - The owner and accountant for Quantum Title have been indicted after investigators found about $3 million missing from the company's escrow account, the Colorado attorney general's office ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674099/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 17:41:57 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674099/scat/c5561a463525350d DENVER - Tea party activists rallied outside the IRS office in Denver to protest IRS scrutiny of conservative groups.About 50 people held signs and listened to speakers at Tuesday's event. Dozens of others dropped by for a few minutes to show support, and some drivers passing by the downtown building honked their horns in solidarity.Protesters took turns speaking with a megaphone, ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671791/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 17:11:05 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671791/scat/c5561a463525350d CONIFER, Colo. - West Jefferson Middle School in Conifer was evacuated Tuesday afternoon over an unidentified compound found in the chemistry lab. The Sheriff's Office originally described it as an "unstable item."Melissa Reeves, a spokeswoman for the school district, said that during a routine inspection of the science lab, an unlabeled bottle of a liquid was found. Following ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671792/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 17:11:04 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671792/scat/c5561a463525350d CHICAGO -; An Iowa letter carrier has been sentenced to 37 years in prison for sending dud pipe bombs with threatening letters signed "The ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671461/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:27 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671461/scat/c5561a463525350d Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to declare Friday, May 24, 2013 as "Don't Fry Day." The agencies are encouraging Americans to take simple steps to prevent skin cancer throughout the summer. The CDC lists Colorado among the states with the ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214672033/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 16:59:14 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214672033/scat/c5561a463525350d DENVER (AP) -- Tea party activists rallied outside the Internal Revenue Service office in Denver on Tuesday to protest IRS scrutiny of conservative ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214672034/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 16:46:41 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214672034/scat/c5561a463525350d About 40 Denver-area restaurants will offer dietitian-verified healthy meals under a new program being launched Wednesday by the University of Colorado's Anschutz Health and Wellness Center. The Healthy Dining in Colorado program builds on a national template that Healthy Dining, a nutritional consulting company, has undertaken by listing good-for-you options at participating restaurants on ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674069/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 16:45:35 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674069/scat/c5561a463525350d Wayne LaPierre's NRA trying to oust Democrats in Colorado. Hosting two of the biggest gun massacres in recent years, Colorado decided to get serious about gun safety ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214672035/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 16:40:25 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214672035/scat/c5561a463525350d The bomb squad from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is responding to West Jefferson Middle School on Tuesday afternoon.The sheriff's office reports that students were evacuated from the school, 9449 S. Barnes Ave., Conifer, after an unstable item was found in a chemistry lab.The evacuated students were gathered at the football field while the danger was assessed.The incident ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214672036/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 16:40:12 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214672036/scat/c5561a463525350d "." Target Corp. will begin hiring 200 new employees for its new Tamarac Square store with a three-day job fair that starts Thursday, the company said Tuesday. The 135,000-square foot store, at the corner of East Hampden Avenue and South Tamarac Drive, is scheduled to open in July. Its one of 11 stores the Minneapolis-based company (NYSE: TGT) is opening nationwide in 2013. It will be the ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671235/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 16:37:21 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671235/scat/c5561a463525350d Juan Ocampo/NBAE/Getty Images NEW YORK, May 1, 2013 - Kenneth Faried of the Denver Nuggets has been voted the 2012-13 winner of the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award, named after the second commissioner of the NBA and presented annually by the Professional Basketball Writers Association to the player, coach or trainer who shows outstanding service and dedication to the community. Faried, a ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671793/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 16:32:55 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671793/scat/c5561a463525350d Officials at the Milwaukee County Zoo say the death of Mahal, a young orangutan immensely popular with visitors, was caused by a severe tapeworm infection. The determination was made after months of work and DNA examination by epidemiologists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Tuesday. Tissue from Mahal, who died Dec. ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671896/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 16:32:12 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671896/scat/c5561a463525350d The Denver Business Journals May 21 CFO Forum today focuses on two timely trends that chief financial officers deal with adapting to the ever-changing corporate world and helping their companies do deals such as mergers and acquisitions. The forum at the Marriott Hotel Denver City Center hotel includes two panel discussions: Navigating a changing corporate landscape and Denver Deals Behind the ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671049/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 16:09:41 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671049/scat/c5561a463525350d AURORA, Colo. - The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado wants to force the Department of Corrections to reveal exactly how they plan to put Nathan Dunlap to death in August.Dunlap was a 19-year-old former Chuck E. Cheese employee when he walked into the restaurant in Aurora in 1993 at closing time and shot five people in the head and then stole $1,500 from a safe.Three teenagers and a ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670074/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 15:59:29 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670074/scat/c5561a463525350d COLORADO SPRINGS - The graduates of United States Air Force Academy Class of 2013 may have to hold their hat a little longer for this year's flyover. Since the Air Force Thunderbirds have been grounded indefinitely by sequestration budget cuts, the Texas Flying Legends and WestPac Restorations have stepped up to fly their World War II era aircraft over Falcons Stadium. The pilots are ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670066/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 15:54:22 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670066/scat/c5561a463525350d COLORADO SPRINGS - The owner of the local Porsche dealership gave two wounded warriors and their wives a VIP trip to Hollywood to thank them for their service. Don Hicks of Porsche of Colorado Springs made the winning bid of $4,250 for the trip at a charity fundraiser auction for the Memorial Health Foundation earlier this month. Hicks says he knew immediately that he wanted to use the prize to ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670065/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 15:54:22 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670065/scat/c5561a463525350d A new poll concludes that Colorado Hispanics are largely uninformed about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, and the area of the law Hispanics are most likely to cite is the section dealing with fines for persons who opt not to buy insurance. The poll, commissioned by the Adelante con la Salud: Latino Health Care Engagement Project and conducted by the firm Latino ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670318/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 15:49:57 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670318/scat/c5561a463525350d bill failed after Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) voiced opposition and suggested a possible veto. A few months later, Colorado's death penalty is still firmly in place, and the state is poised to complete what would be only the second execution in 45 years (the last was in 1997). Few dispute that Nathan Dunlap committed a horrific crime and murdered several people at a Chuck E. Cheese. But ... http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670319/scat/c5561a463525350d Tue, 21 May 2013 15:41:47 -0400 http://www.colorado.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670319/scat/c5561a463525350d