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  • 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 ...

  • Xcel’s Summer Bills To Mirror Rise In Natural Gas Prices

    The average electric bill is expected to be about 6 percent higher than last summer. Xcel officials say that’s because of the recovery in the gas market its costs are going up and it is passing that increase on to ...


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Green for Danger [DVD]

Green for Danger [DVD]

Green for Danger is part of a long and rich history of English drawing room mysteries (epitomized most clearly in the works of Agatha Christie), but with an original and crucial twist: It takes place in a wartime surgery unit that is, no ... ...

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  • 2 Killed In Black Forest Fire Both Worked For The Air Force

    DENVER (AP) – Bob and Barbara Schmidt dashed to their home on a dirt road in a heavily wooded area northeast of Colorado Springs as smoke from what would become the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history filled the air. After quickly grabbing a few items, they spotted their neighbors. ';They were sitting on their porch, watching TV,'; said Bob Schmidt, adding that his ...

  • Holmes attorneys seek hospital video

    James Holmes stares during a hearing Tuesday morning June 04, 2013 at the Arapahoe County Justice Center. Holmes is accused of killing 12 people and injuring 70 others in a shooting rampage. (Photo By Andy Cross/The Denver ...

  • Sketch of Boulder scissor attack suspect

    BOULDER, Colo. - Police now have a sketch of the man who held a pair of scissors to a teenager's neck during an attack Saturday night in downtown Boulder.According to police spokeswoman Kim Kobel, the 18-year-old was walking with a woman in the area of 13th and Spruce Streets at 10:21 p.m. when the attack occurred."The victim says the suspect lunged at him with a pair of scissors, and ...

  • AG 12 indicted in marijuana scheme

    Conley Hoskins (from left), Gerald Searle and Dallan Dirkmaat are friends since childhood who have been indicted in an illegal medical marijuana scheme, the Colorado Attorney General's Office said on ...

  • Couple Who Rebuilt After Waldo Canyon Offers Hope To New Wildfire Victims

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – A couple whose home burned in the Waldo Canyon Fire last year wants to offer hope to the hundreds who similarly lost their homes in this month’s Black Forest Fire. Barry and Jean Timmons said they and their neighbors ';had no idea'; there might be a wildfire that could tear through their area in northwest Colorado Springs. The Waldo Canyon ...

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