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  • Man killed in Fruita PD shooting IDd

    GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Coroner's officials say a man who was killed in a shooting involving Fruita police officers had multiple gunshot wounds.They identified the man Monday as 61-year-old Lewis Pollard.Police officers tried to pull him over around 12:40 a.m. Saturday, and he was shot while allegedly trying to run away from the officers, according to the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office, ...

  • Francis savors chance to start in native Canada

    Growing up in Vancouver and making his offseason home in London, Ontario, Rockies left-hander Jeff Francis finds extra significance any time he heads north of the border to face the Blue Jays. Francis will make his second career start in Toronto on Tuesday as the two clubs square off at Rogers Centre. Francis won his only start there, pitching for the Royals and holding the Jays to two runs on ...

  • Note to readers New comic strip Stone Soup by Jan Eliot is coming to The Denver Post

    ," by Jan Eliot. The new strip takes the place of "For Better or for Worse," which is no longer being produced and has been in re-runs since July 2010. To continue reading strips from the "For Better or for Worse" archive, go ...

  • Denver urban fishing Anglers catch bass carp and trout in the city

    Fly-fisherman John Davenport, left, climbs down to the South Platte River as Ronnie Crawford works his spinning gear at the falls by Overland Pond Park. Denver offers some surprising options for urban anglers. IPTC: DENVER, CO. - MAY 13: Urban fishing on Monday, May 13, 2013 along the South Platte River in Denver with John Davenport, left, and Ronnie Crawford at the falls by Overland Pond Park. ...

  • Ex-Loveland officer pleads to child porn

    LOVELAND, Colo. - A former Loveland police officer has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges.Rodney Bretches, 48, pleaded guilty to felony attempt to commit sexual exploitation of a child and misdemeanor unlawful sexual contact during a Monday hearing in Larimer County District Court, according to ...


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The Prestige

The Prestige

Christopher Nolan's The Prestige has the unfortunate task of arriving as the second of this fall's turn-of-the-20th-century thrillers involving magicians. A few months ago, Neil Burger's The Illusionist gave us Edward Norton as a tortured Viennese spiritualist up to all kinds ... ...

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  • Greeley laundry thief caught on camera

    GREELEY, Colo. - A Greeley mother of five said a thief stole ten loads of her laundry, and it was all caught on camera."Those are my towels," said Crystal Martin, watching video of a woman quickly unloading a dryer at the Speed-O-Mat Laundry in Greeley. "They're not even dry yet!"Martin, a mother of five young daughters, already has her hands full with a broken washing ...

  • Frontier threat suspect at Denver Health

    A fellow passenger took this photo of a man arrested for allegedly making a bomb threat on a Denver-bound Frontier Airlines flight on 6/14/2013. 7NEWS blurred the man's face because authorities have not confirmed he is the ...

  • A couple brief tornadoes sighted

    DENVER - Severe thunderstorms erupted across eastern Colorado Monday afternoon, spawning a couple of tornadoes and dropping some large hail.The tornadoes were reported near Stratton in Kit Carson County and near La Junta. There was some wind damage in the La Junta area, along with some local flooding from very heavy rains.The largest hail was golfball sized near Sugar City in Crowley County. ...

  • Connelly New Boss at Nuggets

    (Reuters) - The Denver Nuggets named Tim Connelly as their new general manager on Monday after Masai Ujiri joined the Toronto Raptors last month. The first task for 36-year-old Connelly, who spent the last three years as the assistant general manager in New Orleans, will be finding a new head coach to replace George Karl, who was sacked at the end of the season. "We have a lot to do," ...

  • Tornado spotted near La Junta

    La Junta Fire Chief Aaron Eveatt tweeted this photo of a tornado passing near La Junta Industrial Park on 6/17/2013. (Photo by La Junta Fire Chief Aaron ...

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