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  • Tracking danger in the parole system

    DENVER - The failings of an underequipped and overtaxed Parole Division led to two high profile murders and repercussions that are still reshaping the Colorado Department of Corrections.In recent weeks, following a series of CALL7 investigations, the DOC has fired their parole chief and pledged to purchase new equipment for parole officers. The Denver Post also plans to publish an investigation ...

  • Commotion Over the Sale of John Denver’s Sanctuary

    The 957 acres of Colorado land that was owned by the songwriter John Denver, to the left of the property line, was sold in an $8.5 million ...

  • Columbine Survivor Electrocuted On The Job In New Mexico

    DENVER (AP) – A survivor of the Columbine High School shootings has died while working in New Mexico for Xcel Energy. Thirty-year-old Matthew Depew was electrocuted Saturday morning while working to restore power outside of Carlsbad, N.M., where he was ...

  • J.D. Walton Will Miss Start Of Season After Another Surgery

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  • Lawsuit In City Limits 911 Murder Case Headed For Federal Trial

    DENVER (CBS4) – A federal judge will allow the lawsuit of the family of a man shot to death after a controversial 911 call last year to proceed in federal ...


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Movie Review

The Fly (1986) [DVD]

The Fly (1986) [DVD]

Near the middle of David Cronenberg's "The Fly," the main character, a brilliant scientist named Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum), declares, "You can't penetrate beyond society's sick, grave fear of the flesh." ...

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  • Nuggets president Josh Kroenke discusses 2012-13 season

    Garrett Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images Less than 24 hours after a disheartening finish to an otherwise remarkable season, Nuggets president Josh Kroenke sat on a wooden stool in the middle of the locker room and expressed how proud he was of his players for what they had accomplished. Despite being the third-youngest team in the NBA, he reminded them that they won 57 games, something no Nuggets ...

  • Highlands Ranch grass fire extinguished

    HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. - A 4-acre grass fire that broke out in Highlands Ranch Wednesday afternoon was quickly extinguished and no damage or injuries were reported.Littleton Fire officials told 7NEWS that the fire started just after 3 p.m. near Highlands Ranch Parkway and University. It grew to 4 acres, but nine fire crews and a helicopter pounced on the fire and had it snuffed by 4:20 p.m., ...

  • Naked man repeatedly zapped by deputies

    GEORGETOWN, Colo. - A naked man was repeatedly stunned by deputies at the Sonic Bloom Music Festival in Georgetown over the weekend, and recordings of the incident were posted to YouTube.A spokesman for the Clear Creek County Sheriff's Office refused to comment on whether the deputies involved used appropriate force, but supervisors are reviewing the video to decide.In a 3 1/2-minute video ...

  • As fires rage feds cut prevention funds

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo - As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place.A combination of government austerity and the ballooning cost of battling the ruinous fires has taken a bite out of federal efforts to remove the dead trees and flammable underbrush that clog Western ...

  • Indictment Plot To Rob Postal Worker Was Planned For Days

    DENVER (CBS4) – The robbery of a postal worker who was held at knifepoint while making holiday deliveries last year came was planned days ahead of time, new documents show. The robbery happened in Denver on Dec. 17 near 22nd Avenue and Oneida Street in Denver, right by a blue postal box. The mail carrier driving his postal truck had stopped to collect what was inside the box when the ...

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