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Pueblo man organizes donation drive for Oklahoma
Posted 6:32 PM 5/24/2013 by Kirsten Bennett
A local business owner in Pueblo is organizing a donation drive for the community of Moore, Oklahoma.
Brian Mater owns a transport company and is using one of his semi truck trailers to take to these goods to Moore and Shawnee, OK.
Drop off locations are in Pueblo at All Star (More)
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UPDATE: Firefighters battle a wildfire in La Veta, Colorado
Posted 5:48 PM 5/24/2013 by Tony Spehar
Firefighters are trying to contain a wildfire west of La Veta, Colorado. Several fire departments are on the scene working to contain the wildfire located near 9200 W. U.S. Hwy. 160.
The fire started around 2:30 p.m. Friday. According to the La Veta Fire Chief David Tray, the winds are (More)
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Deputies search for a bank robbery suspect
Posted 5:30 PM 5/24/2013 by Connie Murphy
El Paso County Sheriff deputies are searching for a man who robbed a bank in the Monument area.
Investigators say a man approach a teller and demanded money around 1:50 p.m. at the People's National Bank located at 1899 Woodmoor Drive. No word on whether the suspect was carrying a (More)
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Hillman bulks up for second season with Broncos
Posted 4:52 PM 5/24/2013 by Jordan Mason
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - Coach John Fox declared in the aftermath of Denver's loss to Baltimore in the playoffs that the Broncos needed to bulk up their backfield.
Turns out they didn't have to draft Wisconsin running back Montee Ball to accomplish that feat.
Ronnie (More)
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Severe Thunderstorm Watch Eastern Colorado
Posted 2:51 PM 5/24/2013 by Mike Daniels
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch will be active until 10pm for Baca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers, Yuma, Logan, Sedgwick, Phillips and Washington counties in eastern Colorado. Conditions are ripe for violent thunderstorms to develop across far eastern Colorado. Large hail and damaging wind are likely with todays storms. Severe thunderstorms can also produce tornadoes. People in far eastern Colorado should be ready for threatening weather between now and 10pm.
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Police bust S. Ore. medical marijuana dispensaries
Posted 2:41 PM 5/24/2013 by Jesse
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Police have arrested four people in raids on medical marijuana dispensaries in Southern Oregon.
Medford Police Chief Tim George said the arrests Thursday followed a two-year investigation in which undercover police bought marijuana.
The charges allege (More)
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Students safe after armed man reported at school
Posted 2:40 PM 5/24/2013 by Patricia Collier
THORNTON, Colo. (AP) - Authorities say all the students at a Denver-area high school are safe after a report that a man with a rifle was seen outside the building.
Thornton Police spokesman Matt Barnes said Friday the search of Thornton High School is nearly complete and no gunman has been (More)
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9th Circuit panel rules 2011 raids constitutional
Posted 2:36 PM 5/24/2013 by Jesse Cohen
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A panel of appellate judges has upheld as constitutional the 2011 federal raids on Montana medical marijuana businesses, warehouses and homes that pot providers claimed violated their right to operate under state law.
The three-judge 9th U.S. Circuit Court of (More)
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16 hurt in shuttle bus crash near Atlanta airport
Posted 2:19 PM 5/24/2013 by Eric Ross
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) - Authorities say 16 people have been taken to hospitals following a crash between a hotel shuttle bus and a tractor-trailer near Atlanta's airport.
College Park Police Sgt. Keith Stanley says the department received a call around 10 a.m. Friday about the crash (More)
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Budget cuts mean unpaid day off for many in gov't
Posted 2:18 PM 5/24/2013 by Eric Ross
WASHINGTON (AP) - No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS. Forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at any of the Housing and Urban Development offices nationwide.
Roughly 5 percent of the federal workforce - 115,000 people at six government agencies - got an (More)
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Obama's drone rules leave unanswered questions
Posted 2:17 PM 5/24/2013 by Eric Ross
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant power over how and when the weapons can be deployed.
National security experts say (More)
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Stocks fade, post first weekly loss in a month
Posted 2:16 PM 5/24/2013 by Eric Ross
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks prices are closing mostly lower on Wall Street, giving the market its first weekly loss in a month.
The Dow Jones industrial average edged up eight points to 15,303 Friday, a gain of 0.1 percent. The Dow was supported by a big gain in Procter & Gamble. (More)
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Colorado teen to be tried as adult for school bomb
Posted 10:45 AM 5/24/2013 by Patricia Collier
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - A 16-year-old boy accused of bringing an explosive device to his Lafayette high school has been charged with first-degree attempted murder and will be prosecuted as an adult.
The Daily Camera reports Andrew de Bartolome was charged Friday and is being held on $100,000 (More)
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