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Dougco deputy bitten by rattlesnake

As a deputy sheriff tried to move a rattlesnake from a group of kids on Friday, the venomous rattler bit the deputy, causing severe pain and swelling.

Lightning strike knocks game off air

Some people watching the Fox 31 broadcast Sunday of the Denver Broncos-Tampa Bay Buccaneers game found themselves temporarily in the dark when a lightning strike at Lookout Mountain knocked out the station's coverage.

Four hurt after man allegedly runs light

Four people were hurt when a minivan landed on its roof after the driver allegedly ran a red light about 11:20 a.m. Sunday.

Reward offered in hospice vandalism

A $1,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever tossed rocks through the windows of the Hospice of Saint John.

Former prison secretary admits relationship with inmate

A former prison secretary who says she had an ongoing relationship with an inmate took her children off her life insurance policy and made the inmate her beneficiary instead.

Winter storm won't amount to much

A storm predicted to drop 6 inches to 10 inches of snow in the western mountains fizzled by Sunday afternoon.

57 were ejected from CU-Texas game

University of Colorado police ejected 57 people from CU's Homecoming football game at Folsom Field on Saturday night, mainly for alcohol-related violations.

Scientists flock to 'deluxe' bat colony near Aspen

Tucked into a crack on a shoulder of Mount Sopris lives a bat colony so unique that experts from around the region have come to study it.

Poll: Coloradans evenly split in presidential race

A new poll shows Coloradans evenly split over the presidential race, with Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain each gaining support from 44 percent of likely voters.

Weather: Sunny today, but possible frost tonight

Overnight rain will give way to a sunny 67-degrees today with winds gusting to 23 mph.

Immigrant health care offered

Free preventive health care will be offered beginning today to immigrants who have settled in Colorado.

Guv sticking to plan for roadless forests

Colorado officials worry about a potential loophole that could allow gas drilling in some roadless forests, but don't plan to scrap their plan for managing 4 million acres of the backcountry.

Race for the Cure is 62,000 strong

They turned out to remember their mothers and their sisters and their best friends. And to support finding a cure for breast cancer.

Mom wills self to survive cancer

When Cindy Goyette learned she had breast cancer, she steeled herself to do the one thing her own mother never had a chance to do. Live - and watch her daughters grow up.

Thousands turn out for Race for the Cure

A river of pink flooded downtown Denver this morning as more than 60,000 people ran and walked in the 16th annual Komen Race for the Cure to support people affected by breast cancer.

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