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Hip-hop vs. beach music led to soldier's death, ex-wife says

January 6, 2009

U.S. Army Special Forces soldier Richard Lopez survived combat wounds in Afghanistan, says his ex-wife. But she said he couldn't survive a beating he received after slipping on ice outside a Steamboat Springs bar.

Colorado's freshman legislators take their seats

January 6, 2009

Colorado's congressional delegation had a facelift today as one new U.S. Senator was sworn into office, another waited in the wings, and three new U.S. House members settled in.

Prison time looms for drug-bust defendants

January 6, 2009

More than a dozen of the people indicted in a sweeping 2007 federal gang and drug bust are scheduled to be sentenced to prison this month, bringing the case nearer to a close.

DU grad student dies in carbon monoxide leak

DU grad student dies in carbon monoxide leak

January 6, 2009

The 23-year-old student died after her apartment building near campus filled with high levels of carbon monoxide.

DA says no to U.S. attorney job

January 6, 2009

The man many considered the frontrunner to be Colorado's next U.S. attorney said Monday he is not interested in the job.

Weather: Slush, ice in mountains; warm, windy in town

January 6, 2009

Metro Denver wakes up to a warmer but windier day today ... and then it just gets warmer and windier.

Nuggets guard J.R. Smith due in court in fatal crash

January 6, 2009

Denver Nuggets guard J.R. Smith is due to appear in a New Jersey municipal court next week to face traffic summonses stemming from a car crash that killed a friend in 2007.

Denver council backs 43% pay raise for DA over 4 years

January 6, 2009

Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey will get a 43 percent pay raise totaling $63,000 over the next four years under a plan approved Monday by the City Council.

Clerks back status quo on voting machines

January 6, 2009

The Colorado County Clerks Association wants the legislature to pass measures that would keep the status quo regarding voting machine certification and to govern certain election-related matters from the secretary of state's office instead of through state law.

Fort Bragg soldier dies after bar fight in Steamboat Springs

January 6, 2009

A soldier assigned to a special forces unit at Fort Bragg, N.C., died Monday morning in Denver from injuries suffered during a weekend bar fight in Steamboat Springs over a Jimmy Buffett song.

Extra! January 6

January 6, 2009

News and notes from around Colorado

Police searching for SUV used in shooting

January 6, 2009

Denver police said Monday they were seeking a dark-colored SUV involved in a weekend shooting on Interstate 25 that left one man critically injured and two others wounded.

Three teens sought in Thornton robbery

January 6, 2009

Thornton police are searching for three teens who they believe rammed a car early Monday, pistol-whipped the occupants and fled with wallets.

Chase leads to charge of attempted murder

January 6, 2009

Adams County prosecutors charged a man Monday with attempted murder after he and other passengers in a vehicle allegedly opened fire on a sheriff's deputy during a chase last week.

Suspect at large in crash-and-rob

January 6, 2009

Lone Tree police continued to search Monday for a man who crashed into the rear of a woman's car Wednesday morning, pulled a gun and robbed her near the Lone Tree Library.

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