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Teen tells tale of terror, tragedy

As the gunshots exploded inside the Toyota Sequoia, the 16-year-old girl in the back seat twisted and ducked in a desperate fight to get away from the death unfolding around her.

Davidson's illicit career irked Net companies

Edward "Eddie" Davidson's career as a spammer dated back to the late 1990s when he was in his mid-20s.

Dam road reopens to cheers

Denver Water officials reopened the Dillon Dam Road Friday afternoon, relenting to public outcry in Summit County and pressure from local officials.

A half-century of bad feelings boils over dam

Nearly 50 years ago, they picked up the town of Dillon and moved it up the mountain to make way for the future.

Teen may have drowned at rec center

A 15-year-old Commerce City girl apparently drowned while swimming in a pool at the Commerce City Recreation Center on Friday night.

Draft proposal offers three ideas on roadless plan

Federal officials have released proposed rules for managing about 4 million acres of roadless national forest land in Colorado as part of a state-federal plan that has drawn criticism from environmental, hunting and angling groups.

Grizzly captured near Yellowstone Park

Wildlife officials have captured a grizzly bear in the Soda Butte Campground east of Cooke City, Mont. - the same area where an Oregon man was attacked by a bear last week.

Wolves kill two llamas in Montana

Wolves have killed two llamas and injured a third in the Bitterroot Valley south of Florence, Mont.

Man killed wife, then self with 2 guns

Lakewood police officer William O'Shell killed his wife, Tiffany Cuinn O'Shell, and himself in a murder-suicide last month near Commerce City.

Police have warrant out for 'Family Ties' actor

Boulder police have a warrant out for the arrest of Brian Bonsall, a former cast member of the 1980s television show Family Ties.

Body found in parking lot near CSU

Fort Collins police have launched a homicide investigation after finding a body in the parking lot of an apartment complex.

PHOTOS: Dragon Boat Festival

With the chime of temple bells and the beat of ceremonial drums, the Dragon Boat Festival got underway this morning (Saturday) at Sloan's Lake.

Richardson campaigning for Obama in West, Florida

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson helped rally canvassers for Barack Obama in Denver on Saturday, part of an effort to reach out to Hispanic voters in Colorado as well as Nevada, New Mexico and Florida.