Holmes lawyers try to clear path for insanity plea

Associated Press - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) -- Lawyers for Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes are trying to clear away legal questions Thursday so that Holmes can plead not guilty by reason of ...

Colorado killers reprieve sharply criticized

San Diego Union-Tribune - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Religious leaders from Colorado, from left, Dr. Jim Ryan, Colorado Council of Churches, Dean Peter Eaton, St. John's Cathedral, Rabbi Steven Foster and Catholic Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila listen as Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announces at a news conference at the Capitol in Denver on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, that he was granting a temporary reprieve to Nathan Dunlap from his death ...

Big man battle getting physical in Nuggets-Warriors series

Denver Nuggets - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

JaVale McGee refused to comply with the unusual request. Locked in an a tight playoff game, the Denver Nuggets center found himself face-to-face with Andrew Bogut, who pointed to his chin and shouted over the din of the sellout crowd at Oracle Arena. "He told me to punch him in the chin," McGee said. "I don't know why you'd want somebody to punch you in your ...

Moore teacher saved students

ABC 7 News - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

MOORE, Okla - A Moore elementary school teacher helped save several students by covering them with her own body when a tornado tore down their school around them."When you’re a teacher you’re love those kids as if they’re your own." said Rhonda Crosswhite, a sixth-grade teacher at Plaza Towers Elementary school. To hear her tell it, what she and the other teachers at ...

Tight series between Nuggets and Warriors is no surprise

Denver Nuggets - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Garrett Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images SAN FRANCISCO - In retrospect, two nights in November simply foreshadowed the future. Playing one another for the first time during the regular season, the Denver Nuggets and Golden State Warriors staged an entertaining duel that ended ...

Elite Eight Nuggets set for sprint to the finish line

Denver Nuggets - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Garrett Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images Eight games, 15 days, big implications. Locked in a battle with the Los Angeles Clippers and Memphis Grizzlies for the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference, the Denver Nuggets are poised for a frenetic finish over the next two weeks. Rather than worry about how things will shake out, the Nuggets are keeping the strategy simple. "We just have to go out ...

Denver Fashion Truck Brick Mortar and more mobile fashion retailers

Denver Post - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Adrian and Desiree Gallegos-Barragan with their Denver Fashion Truck, a mobile boutique that was formerly a locksmith and postal vehicle. IPTC: DENVER, CO. - MAY 20 Desiree, right, and Adrian Gallegos-Barragan with their Denver Fashion Truck, a former locksmith and postal vehicle on Monday, May 20, 2013. The couple will soon open the mobile boutique.They were on the Auraria campus for a photo. ...

Davidson Mutts Models take PetAid Colorado supporters to Mardi Growl

Denver Post - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Brita Saltzmann, a model with Wilhelmina Denver, escorted Truffles, a Newfoundland who is a pet therapy dog at Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge. (Photo by David Zalubowski, Special to The Denver Post) It's a good thing none of the models - the four-legged ones, at least - were hungry ...

Davidson Kuni Lexus partners with Denver Health for opening of new showroom

Denver Post - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Above from left: Gregg Stone, president/general manager of Kuni Lexus of Greenwood Village; Steve Hearne, Western Region general manager for Lexus; Paula Herzmark, executive director of the Denver Health Foundation; Dr. Arthur Gonzalez, CEO of Denver Health and Hospital Authority; and Greg Goodwin, CEO of Kuni Automotive Group. I'll say this much up front: The ...

Victim reacts to Hickenloopers decision to spare Dunlaps life

News First 5/30 - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

There's been a lot of reaction to Governor Hickenlooper's decision to spare convicted killer Nathan Dunlap's life. "The decision has weighed heavily on me for over a year now," Hickenlooper said during a news conference Wednesday in Denver. In the end, Hickenlooper decided to save Dunlap from lethal injection this August. "This is a conclusion I have come to on ...

Jeffrey M. Smith to speak at March Against Monsanto in Denver

Examiner - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

March Against Monsanto this Saturday May 25. Currently, marches against the multinational company are being planned on six continents, in 41 countries, totaling events in over 400 cities, including one at ...

Video shows Evan Ebel shoot Texas deputy

ABC 7 News - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Dash cam video obtained by 7NEWS from Montague County, Texas shows Evan Ebel shooting a deputy during traffic stop.Deputy James Boyd pulled Ebel over in a black Cadillac with Colorado plates. The video shows Boyd touch the back right corner of the vehicle as he approaches the passenger window. The video then shows Boyd get blown back as Ebel shoots and speeds off.The video is from March 21, two ...

Pat Bowlen honored for community service

ABC 7 News - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

For the first time ever, all four Hall of Fame members of the Denver Broncos gathered under one roof – an old hangar at what used to be Lowry Air Force Base – and they were there to honor team owner Pat Bowlen. With John Elway, Shannon Sharpe, Floyd Little and Gary Zimmerman on hand, the 69-year-old Bowlen received the Mizel Institute’s 2013 Community Enrichment Award for his ...

Chatwood draws task of keeping Scutaro quiet

Colorado Rockies - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

The Rockies know full well what kind of roll Marco Scutaro can get on. And though the Giants second baseman's hitting streak ended at 19 on Wednesday, there's a strong chance he'll start a new one Friday at AT&T Park, where the Giants and Rockies begin a weekend series. Scutaro, dealt from Colorado to San Francisco at last year's non-waiver Trade Deadline, went 0-for-3 ...

Ex-officer reacts to reprieve for death row inmate

Associated Press - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

http://on9news.tv/11cbHk4 ) that Gov. John Hickenlooper "passed the buck" when he granted Nathan Dunlap an indefinite reprieve from execution Wednesday. Hickenlooper stopped short of granting Dunlap clemency, which would have spared him the death ...

CORRECTED-Colorado governor grants reprieve to quadruple killer on death row

Reuters - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper becomes emotional as he discusses the shooting death of Tom Clements, the head of Colorado state's prison system at a news conference in Denver March 20, ...

Social media reacts to Dunlap reprieve

ABC 7 News - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

DENVER - A decision by Gov. John Hickenlooper to grant a reprieve to condemned Chuck E. Cheese killer Nathan Dunlap has stirred emotional reaction on social media.Dunlap was convicted of murder and sentenced to death by a Colorado jury. We was slated to be executed by lethal injection in August.Dunlap was a 19-year-old former employee when he walked into a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in Aurora in ...

Big differences in costs for Colorado small-group coverage under health reform

Business Journal - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Monthly premiums vary wildly for individual and small-group health plans that are proposed to be sold in Colorado in 2014 -- the first full year of implementation of the federal health care reform bill -- according to officials at the Colorado Division of Insurance and a Denver Business Journal review of insurance filings released Wednesday. For example, a typical 40-year-old non-smoking ...

Small plane flips at Centennial Airport

ABC 7 News - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

CENTENNIAL, Colo. - A small plane registered to an aviation club flipped on the north side of Centennial Airport Wednesday.The Diamond DA 20-C1, a small single engine plane, ended up with its wheels pointing skyward and visible damage to the canopy and propeller.Becky OGuin, spokeswoman for South Metro Fire, said the plan had just landed with an instructor and a trainee aboard when they lost ...

Dr Alex Constantinides The Angel of Colorado’s Fight Community

Examiner - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

The Never Alone Foundation is exactly one of those types of foundations. The horrifying scene that unfolded back in the summer of 2011 for Dr. Alex Constantinides and his family is the kind of tragedy that literally leaves you speechless, breathless, shocked and grasping for your loved ones. "Dr Alex" (as he is affectionately known) is one of Colorado's most beloved MMA ...

Boulder DA legislator support reprieve for Dunlap

The Daily Camera - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett (Michael Albert ) Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett and Boulder Rep. Clare Levy applauded the decision Wednesday by Gov. John Hickenlooper to grant convicted killer Nathan Dunlap a "temporary reprieve" from an execution and expressed hope it would help spark a conversation about repealing the death penalty in Colorado altogether. ...

Colorado parole director on leave of absence

Associated Press - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

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 ...