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  • Social media reacts to Dunlap reprieve

    DENVER - A decision by Gov. John Hickenlooper to grant a reprieve to condemned Chuck E. Cheese killer Nathan Dunlap has stirred emotional reaction on social media.Dunlap was convicted of murder and sentenced to death by a Colorado jury. We was slated to be executed by lethal injection in August.Dunlap was a 19-year-old former employee when he walked into a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in Aurora in ...

  • Gun Owner Among Judges Hearing Colorado Gun Lawsuit

    DENVER (AP) – A federal judge assigned to hear a lawsuit filed by sheriffs challenging Colorado’s new gun laws is a gun owner herself but says she doesn’t believe a recusal is warranted. Judges typically disclose potential conflicts of interest in cases they ...

  • Amtrak Settles With Man Removed From Train In 2010

    DENVER (AP) – Amtrak has reached a settlement with a former convict who was taken off a train in southeastern Colorado and arrested after a fellow passenger thought she heard him make threatening statements. Ojore Lutalo sued Amtrak and the city of La Junta after his arrest in 2010 as he headed home to Elizabeth, ...

  • Accused Mansion Squatter Fires Lawyers Walks Away From Plea Deal

    CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (CBS4) – A man accused of squatting in a million dollar mansion he didn’t own was supposed to be sentenced Wednesday in Douglas County but there was an unexpected twist. At the last moment Sergio Hernandez fired his public defenders, walking away from a plea deal and past CBS4 cameras. CBS4 was there when Hernandez was evicted and charged with felony trespassing ...

  • I-70 At Pecos To Close Overnight For Bridge Project

    DENVER (CBS4) – Both directions of Interstate 70 and Pecos Street will be shut down starting at 9 p.m. Wednesday as crews will be installing a new pedestrian bridge across the highway. I-70 will reopen around 5 a.m. Thursday. The bridge is part of a larger $18 million project to replace the Pecos vehicle bridge over ...


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Boudu Saved From Drowning (Boudu sauvé des eaux) [DVD]

Boudu Saved From Drowning (Boudu sauvé des eaux) [DVD]

Boudu Saved From Drowning (Boudu sauv des eaux) was a perfectly respectable minor play about a middle-class family who redeems a homeless tramp by teaching him bourgeois civility that Jean Renoir turned into a wonderfully disreputable film about a middle-class ... ...

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  • Eagle County School District Hires New Superintendent

    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – As the state Legislature was nearing approval of significant changes to Iowa’s public school system, the Iowa Department of Education director accepted a job Wednesday as superintendent of a Colorado school district. Eagle County School District in Colorado announced that Iowa Education Department Director Jason Glass accepted the job. He starts July 1. ...

  • Small plane flips at Centennial Airport

    CENTENNIAL, Colo. - A small plane registered to an aviation club flipped on the north side of Centennial Airport Wednesday.The Diamond DA 20-C1, a small single engine plane, ended up with its wheels pointing skyward and visible damage to the canopy and propeller.Becky OGuin, spokeswoman for South Metro Fire, said the plan had just landed with an instructor and a trainee aboard when they lost ...

  • Woman 23 drowns while surfing in Lachine Rapids

    MONTREAL -- A 23-year-old woman drowned Wednesday morning while surfing in the Lachine rapids.Witnesses say the victim fell into the water and became caught below the surface, wedged between her board and a tree. Police say a wrong manoeuvre sent the 23-year-old into the rapids, which lie near LaSalle's shoreline in the St-Lawrence River.By the time a bystander saw the victim and jumped in ...

  • State-Wide Initiative To Eat Healthy In Colorado Uses Website App

    DENVER (CBS4) – There’s now an easier way to eat healthy in Colorado. It involves a website, a smartphone application, a unique state-wide initiative, and hundreds of restaurants are on board. There was an early lunch Tuesday for leaders in the fight against obesity. They got to sample salads and other healthy options found at area restaurants. "Americans love to eat ...

  • Bear Put Down After Breaking Into Homes In Boulder

    BOULDER (CBS4) – A bear in Boulder had to be euthanized Tuesday after breaking into two homes. The 2-year-old bear ransacked one house near 300 Arapahoe Avenue before breaking into the next home on Marine Street searching for more food. After the break-ins wildlife officers caught up with the bear in Eben G. Fine Park and had it put down. "This bear had become so habituated to all ...

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