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China hit by massive earthquake | 1

2:59 p.m. | A powerful earthquake toppled buildings, schools and a chemical plant today in central China, killing more than 8,700 people and trapping untold numbers in mounds of concrete, steel and earth in the worst quake in three decades. Above, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao picks up a shoe and a schoolbag today at a destroyed school in Dujiangyan, a city in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

Loveland GI, 26, dies in Afghanistan | 8

11:50 a.m. | "If you're a mother, you have to be strong," Elma Palomarez said. Her son, Isaac, was killed by a roadside bomb.

Snow, freezing temperatures tonight, Tuesday | 12

2:52 p.m. | Time to grab those old sheets and towels and head to the garden. Experts advise covering those new flowers and vegetable plants to save them from tonight's freeze.

New schools for poor? | 30

Some prominent Denver foundations are working on a plan that could create new schools for thousands of poor children in Colorado.

DNC sponsorships raise questions on motivations | 44

Everything is for sale, and this summer's Democratic National Convention in Denver is no exception.