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Family Glance: 'Fast & Furious 6,' 'Star Trek Into...

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:55:15 -0400

A guide to movies from a family perspective: - "Fast & Furious 6"

Missy Franklin graduating from high school

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:29:06 -0400

AURORA, Colorado - Olympian Missy Franklin has graduated from high school.

Aurora 7th grader finalist in Nat'l Geographic Bee

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:20:16 -0400

AURORA, Colorado - A seventh-grader from Aurora will represent Colorado in the final round of the National Geographic Bee.

Colorado sheriffs sue over new gun restrictions

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:54:32 -0400

DENVER - Colorado sheriffs upset with gun restrictions adopted in the aftermath of last year's mass shootings filed a federal lawsuit Friday, challenging the regulations as unconstitutional.

Theater attack prompts new Colo. mental health law

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:40:25 -0400

DENVER - Days after a gunman entered a suburban Denver movie theater, killing 12 moviegoers and injuring 70 others, Gov. John Hickenlooper and Colorado health officials began talking about revamping a state mental health system that had been devastated by budget cuts.

List of governor consultations on Dunlap clemency

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:46:37 -0400

Here are the names of 15 prosecutors, defense attorneys, investigators and others with whom Gov. John Hickenlooper has spoken about whether to grant clemency to Nathan Dunlap, who faces execution for the deaths of four people. Hickenlooper's office released the list. He also spoke with victims and victims' family members and others whose names were not released.

Judge stops Colo. foreclosure, questions remain

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:52:16 -0400

AURORA, Colorado - A federal judge on Tuesday stopped the foreclosure auction of the house of a woman who is challenging the constitutionality of Colorado's foreclosure law. But it's unclear if the judge will rule on the law itself.

Charges unlikely in accidental school shooting

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:54:35 -0400

AURORA, Colorado - Police say a high school employee who accidentally shot a student in the leg likely won't face criminal charges.

New partners found for proposed hotel near DIA

Thu, 09 May 2013 19:07:17 -0400

AURORA, Colorado - Economic development officials in Aurora have found new partners for a proposed Gaylord brand hotel and conference center near Denver International Airport.

Survivors to wed on anniversary of Colo shootings

Wed, 08 May 2013 16:30:24 -0400

AURORA, Colorado - A young couple who survived the Aurora theater shootings have scheduled their wedding for the anniversary of the tragedy.

Judge halts Aurora foreclosure due to Colo. law

Tue, 07 May 2013 16:19:50 -0400

DENVER - The auction of an Aurora woman's home is on hold as a federal judge weighs whether Colorado's foreclosure law is constitutional.

Aurora studies response to theater shootings

Tue, 07 May 2013 10:02:23 -0400

AURORA, Colorado - The Aurora City Council has commissioned a study of the emergency response to the July 20 theater shootings that killed 12 people and left 70 injured.

Editor gets death threats after anti-NRA column

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:52:05 -0400

AURORA, Colorado - The editor of a Denver-area newspaper is receiving death threats for a column comparing the National Rifle Association to terrorists.

Aurora mulls outside review of shooting response

Sun, 05 May 2013 16:41:52 -0400

DENVER - The Aurora City Council is reconsidering an outside review of the city's response to last summer's theater shooting.

Man fatally stabbed at Aurora apartment

Sat, 04 May 2013 12:24:03 -0400

AURORA, Colorado - Authorities are investigating a fatal stabbing at an Aurora home.

Police: No crime in Colorado student mouth taping

Fri, 03 May 2013 18:55:46 -0400

AURORA, Colorado - Police say no crime occurred when a second-grade Colorado teacher taped her students' mouth shut when they wouldn't be quiet.

Gun violence victims demand meeting with Flake

Thu, 02 May 2013 15:26:28 -0400

PHOENIX - An Arizona woman injured in the Tucson shooting that wounded Gabrielle Giffords and a mother whose son was killed in last year's movie theater shooting in Colorado demanded a meeting Thursday with Republican Sen. Jeff Flake over his vote against gun control legislation.

Giffords shooting victim's mom a public advocate

Thu, 02 May 2013 03:03:03 -0400

TUCSON, Arizona - After her fearless, joyful 9-year-old daughter was shot dead on Jan. 8, 2011, Roxanna Green did not want to talk about guns, let alone get involved in advocacy for stricter gun laws.

Communications failure cited in Aurora shootings

Wed, 01 May 2013 12:22:29 -0400

AURORA, Colorado - Police and fire officials failed to tell each other when and where rescuers were needed following the Aurora theater shootings, according to reports obtained by the Denver Post that portray a chaotic and confused scene.

Man charged in death of woman in wheelchair

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:54:27 -0400

AURORA, Colorado - Prosecutors have filed charges including first-degree murder and aggravated robbery against a man accused of fatally stabbing a woman in a wheelchair in Aurora.

CBS' Miller rises above the fray in Boston case

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:55:58 -0400

NEW YORK - If John Miller had scheduled an earlier flight, the CBS News coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing and its aftermath would have been much weaker.