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  • Former Boulder DUI cop sentenced for DUI

    BOULDER, Colo. - A former Boulder Police Department DUI-enforcement officer will serve home detention and pay a fine for driving with a blood alcohol content more than three times the legal limit.Elizabeth Ward, 46, was arrested on Dec. 4 in Thornton after an off-duty officer from Arvada saw her weaving through traffic and fluctuating speeds on Interstate 25. Eventually, Ward stopped the car on ...

  • Local church taking donations to Okla.

    THORNTON, Colo. - A church in Thornton is sending a relief team to Oklahoma next week and they are willing to take certain donations with them.ThornCreek Church says it plans to send volunteers with water, Gatorade, crisis care kits and other items to Moore, Oklahoma, the town devastated by a EF5 tornado on Monday afternoon.ThornCreek Church said it is coordinating its relief and clean-up effort ...

  • Denvers Postmodern named to Inner City 100 of fast-growing businesses or 5th year

    A screen shot of the Postmodern Co. website. Denver's Postmodern Co. has been named to the 2013 "Inner City 100" list of fast-growing businesses in economically distressed urban areas nationwide. Its the media production firm's fifth straight year on the list. The list, in its 15th year, is produced by the Boston-based nonprofit Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) and ...

  • Widow Leon was loved and he counted

    DENVER - From anger to sadness, the family of Nathan Leon experiences a roller coaster of emotions each day. The father of three was gunned down on March 17, while working his part-time job. Many know Leon as a pizza delivery driver, but his wife says there was much more to the man than the job he did one day a week to earn extra money for his family."He had a name. He was a good person. He ...

  • Dangerous Denver streets for cyclists

    DENVER - Some of the most accident-prone areas in Denver for bicycles are designated as bike routes, CALL7 computer-assisted investigation found.The bike route on 12th Avenue in the Capitol Hill and downtown areas was among the highest for accidents.Cyclists say a few simple improvements could make the route safer and the city's Department of Public Works is reviewing conditions on 12th in ...


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Hellboy

Hellboy

Hes certainly not an above-the-title movie star, but theres no one else working in Hollywood who could have pulled off the eponymous role in Hellboy other than Ron Perlman. A consummate supporting actor with dozens of movies under his belt, Perlman is one of those actors you always recogni ... ...

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  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 22

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...

  • Driver Dies After Head On-Crash With Semi On I-70 On Western Slope

    GLENWOOD CANYON, Colo. (CBS4) – A woman has died and three people in the car she was driving were hurt early Wednesday morning on Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon when their car crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with a semi head-on. The crash happened in a construction zone and created major traffic problems. Emergency crews shut down both lanes of Interstate 70 going through the ...

  • Aurora 7th Grader Competes In National Geographic Bee

    AURORA, Colo. (AP) – A seventh-grader from Aurora represented Colorado in the final round of the National Geographic Bee on Wednesday. Pranit Nanda was one of 10 students from across the country who competed in Wednesday’s event in Washington, D.C. Twelve-year-old Sathwik Karnik of Plainville, Mass., won the ...

  • Colorado craft breweries land in close-in Denver suburbs

    The space on 56th Avenue in Arvada was vacant when Odyssey Beerwerks leased it. (Eric Gorski, The Denver Post) Colorado's craft beer renaissance knows no geographic boundaries. Breweries have taken root in small towns and urban neighborhoods, in industrial parks and on farms. With fewer and fewer blanks to fill on the state's beer map, one underrepresented area is now getting its due: ...

  • Attempted abduction near Loveland school

    LOVELAND, Colo. - Larimer County sheriff's deputies are investigating the attempted abduction of a 13-year-old girl near a Loveland school on Tuesday afternoon.Deputies were called at 3:30 p.m. to Carrie Martin Elementary School at 4129 Joni Lane on the report of a male driver trying to pick up a young girl. A 13-year-old Loveland girl told investigators a man driving a maroon car followed ...

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