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Rain: A long, steady soak today

7:56 a.m. | Cars are splashing through the gullies on highways this morning as a spring storm lashes the Front Range. Cars going too fast for conditions are hydroplaning on layers of water.

Death toll in China above 12,000 | 6

6:31 a.m. | Above, a student helps his schoolmate stranded in the ruins of a high school in the earthquake-affected Sichuan Province of China. The death toll from a powerful earthquake that toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants climbed to 12,000 in Sichuan province alone, while untold numbers remained trapped after the country's worst quake in three decades.

Cocaine allegations put school on spot | 12

11:03 p.m. | The assistant principal of a Denver charter school has been put on leave, and the school is reevaluating how it screens prospective and current employees.

Gas-line break forces evacuations

12:49 a.m. | Police are reporting that a large natural gas line broke in the 3700 block of South Lowell Boulevard in Sheridan this morning.

Prosecutor quits after allegation | 7

An assistant Denver city attorney has resigned and a Denver police officer has been disciplined after the cop admitted "fixing" a speeding ticket for the prosecutor's boyfriend.