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  • Denver Water Continues Watering Restrictions But Eases Surcharges

    DENVER (CBS4) – The wet spring in Colorado could spell relief for more than a million homeowners who rely on Denver Water. All of those storms in April and May have eased the drought, and the utility is reacting. The number of days each week customers can water hasn’t changed, but some of the surcharges are changing, meaning the costs of keeping lawns and bushes green might not be ...

  • Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee cancels Denver Comic Con appearance Kirk beams down

    Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee cancelled his appearance at the 2013 Denver Comic Con, news that will leave most fans feeling like they were punched in the gut by one of Doctor Octopus' tentacles.But all is not lost, true believers.When one door closes, another opens. And in this case, James Tiberius Kirk, captain of the starship USS Enterprise, has walked in. Hollywood icon William Shatner, ...

  • Hearing set for Saudi man convicted of slavery

    DENVER (AP) -- A Saudi national serving eight years to life in prison in Colorado after being convicted in 2006 of sexually assaulting a housekeeper and keeping her a virtual slave for four years has been ordered to attend a parole hearing on ...

  • Wildfire Bills Get Governor’s Signature

    CORTEZ, Colo. (AP) – Wildfire prevention measures passed after Colorado’s tragic wildfire season last year have been signed into law by Gov. John Hickenlooper. The governor signed the bills at Mesa Verde National Park near Cortez. One of the bills puts new curbs on prescribed burns on state forest land. The safeguards include a new requirement that people tend the fire as long as ...

  • Hickenlooper’s Death Penalty Decision Has Invigorated Republicans

    DENVER (CBS4) – Gov. John Hickenlooper’s decision this week to issue a temporary reprieve of convicted killer Nathan Dunlap’s death penalty sentence has reinvigorated the Republican Party. Once thought unbeatable, Republicans now see Hickenlooper as vulnerable, and they’re plotting out what they hope will be a GOP win in the 2014 governor’s race. Tom Tancredo ...


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Movie Review

The Big Hit

There are scenes in "The Big Hit" that are so awful, they simply defy description. The movie is infected with the same kind of blunderheaded idiocy and misplaced confidence that made "Last Action Hero" (1993) such a chore to sit through. Presumably, "The Big Hit" is an action-comedy, a difficult but not impossible genre to pull off. Movies of this sort require a fine balance and careful tone, and ... ...

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  • Surveillance Video Shows Brash Coin Store Burglars Before Bust

    LITTLETON, Colo. (CBS4) – Four suspects are now in custody after being caught at one of the stores they were burglarizing overnight. The crimes happened at two coin collectibles stores in the southwestern part of the Denver metro area and possibly other stores have been hit recently. The suspects were arrested at A World of Coins near Wadsworth and Bowles. The other crime happened at All ...

  • Feds Keep Preble’s Mouse On Threatened List

    CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday it would continue to protect as a threatened species a mouse that lives along streams in Colorado and eastern Wyoming, saying human development continues to threaten the animal’s riparian habitat. The state of Wyoming and the group Coloradoans for Water Conservation have petitioned since 2003 to remove the ...

  • DOC buys travel for official on leave

    DENVER - After a series of CALL7 investigations exposing catastrophic failures in the Department of Corrections parole division, the head of parole was placed on administrative leave Wednesday while an internal audit is conducted.Yet even as Tim Hand was being shown the door, DOC was booking him a plane ticket to an out-of-state national parole commission meeting.CALL7 Investigator Theresa ...

  • Hobby Lobby tests birth-control coverage mandate

    DENVER (AP) -- In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. asked a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after ...

  • Secretary Of State Gessler Repays Colorado For Trip To RNC

    DENVER (AP) – Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler has picked up the tab for a trip he took to the Republican National Convention last year that he initially billed to taxpayers. By sending a check for $1,278 to the state treasury on Wednesday, it appeared Gessler was trying to close the book on the politically damaging episode as he mulls a run for governor. Gessler, a Republican, ...

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