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Teen to get 70 years in shooting

An 18-year-old man will be sentenced to 70 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the drive-by shooting of a former Wasson High School football player near Memorial Park.

At the Democrats' party, a Pentecostal minister

The request befuddled Leah Daughtry. The experienced political hand in charge of planning next month's Democratic National Convention — a self-described "black chick from Brooklyn" and ordained Pentecostal minister who keeps a Bible in her purse — didn't know what to tell the atheists.

Arkansas River search continues for missing man

Authorities in rafts are searching the Arkansas River in Pueblo for a 31-year-old man missing for nearly two days.

Charges dropped against son of Greeley officer

Prosecutors have dropped an assault charge filed against the son of a Greeley police officer accused of being involved in a bar fight in Red Feather Lakes.

Music festival's mantra: Build it, and they'll come

The phrase "it was a city unto itself" seems like a cliche until you actually see thousands of people building that city on an open piece of land. Check back today and Sunday for live updates from the first Mile High Music Festival.

Fitz-Gerald attacks Polis over investment

Congressional candidate Joan Fitz-Gerald struck back at Jared Polis on Friday, accusing her rival of failing to divest himself of a mutual fund that includes investments in mining companies with spotty records on the environment and human rights.

Lawyers ready to defend protesters who land in jail

Free speech rights are personal to Denver criminal defense lawyer Sean McAllister.

Denver says it won't broom the homeless

The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless issued a statement Friday insisting free movie tickets and bus tokens aren't being used to hide Denver's homeless during the Democratic National Convention next month.

Greeley mayor escapes charges

Mayor Ed Clark, accused of throwing a 15-year-old boy to the ground because he refused to stop riding his motorbike, will not face criminal charges, the Larimer County district attorney's office said Friday.

Rising costs, falling donations hit nonprofits

For Judy Reader, the good minutes of each slender-thread day always come in late morning. That's when the Meals on Wheels volunteer stops by her Lakewood apartment with a tray of hot food and a morsel of small talk.

TEMPLE: Nuke workers need help not silence

They built the nuclear weapons that helped win World War II and the Cold War. When the nation's future depended on them, they stood firm. Now where is their government when they need its help?

Frontier Days kicks off

The abrupt pulling-out of a popular rock band didn't put much of a hitch in the Cheyenne Frontier Days celebration, which gets under way this weekend.

Woman sues Lakewood, Denver cops in husband's beating death

The widow of a man who died in a confrontation with Denver and Lakewood police officers is seeking at least $6 million in damages, according to a lawsuit filed Friday in federal court.

JOHNSON: Denver attorney sees rough ride for free speech at DNC

I know now, thinking back on it, that I did not go simply to figure out a new way to attend the DNC and not get my backside thrown in jail.

Aurora cops try car-pooling patrols

Higher fuel prices are hitting Aurora's coffers hard, prompting the police department to experiment with doubling up some officers in patrol cars to shave costs.

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