Fri Jan 27, 2012 1:26 PM EST
One of three siblings who was part of a multistate crime spree and nationwide manhunt planned to escape from a Colorado jail with his sister, telling the FBI in a letter that he had enjoyed his stay, authorities said in a document released Friday.
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Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:39 AM EST
In a trial of a politically divisive program, U.S. prosecutors in Denver and Baltimore are reviewing thousands of deportation cases to determine which illegal immigrants might stay in the country — perhaps indefinitely — so officials can reduce an overwhelming backlog by focusing mainly on detainees with criminal backgrounds or who are deemed threats to national security.
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Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:48 AM EST
For years, Patrick Sullivan was the anti-drug crusader, the hero and the law enforcer who knew how to get what he wanted.
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Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:11 PM EDT
The wave of uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East that have overturned three governments in the past year have prompted the U.S. government to begin developing guidelines for culling intelligence from social media networks, a top Homeland Security official said Monday.
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Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:49 PM EDT
A high-ranking U.S. Justice Department official who wrote a memo saying state medical marijuana laws do not provide immunity from federal prosecution refused to say Wednesday whether a recent crackdown in California signals a shift in federal policy that may result in a crackdown in other states.
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Tue Oct 4, 2011 8:55 PM EDT
A judge ruled Tuesday that a videotaped statement by former Broncos cornerback Perrish Cox made in a holding cell can't be used at his upcoming sexual assault trial, but a written summary of his statements will be allowed.
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Fri Sep 30, 2011 3:07 AM EDT
Eric Jensen surveys his dusty cantaloupe field and seems equally stunned and puzzled at the fate that has befallen his crop: row upon row of melons rotting on the vine.
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Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:46 PM EDT
A 13-year-old boy who prosecutors say was playing with toy trucks and planes right before he shot and killed his parents was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in juvenile detention after pleading guilty to murder.
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Mon Aug 1, 2011 3:48 PM EDT
A mixture of marijuana and alcohol played a role in the death of a man who fell from a stairway during a Colorado Rockies game, according to an autopsy report released Monday.
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Tue May 31, 2011 5:10 PM EDT
A criminal trial in the deaths of five workers at a Colorado hydroelectric plant began Tuesday in the rare prosecution of a company.
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Fri May 6, 2011 4:32 PM EDT
An ex-convict suspected of planting a homemade bomb at a Denver-area shopping mall has pleaded not guilty to charges of using a destructive device and arson.
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Tue Apr 26, 2011 7:37 PM EDT
A man suspected of leaving a homemade bomb at a Colorado shopping mall was captured without a fight outside a grocery store some 30 miles away Tuesday following a nationwide alert in which the FBI warned he should be considered armed and dangerous.
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Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:37 PM EDT
The U.S. Department of Justice has sided with attorneys for two Secret Service agents who were sued after arresting a man who confronted former Vice President Dick Cheney.
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Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:02 PM EDT
A Colorado woman is demanding that the U.S. government do more to find the body of her husband, six months after he was presumably gunned down on a lake along Texas' border with Mexico.
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Tue Feb 15, 2011 5:31 PM EST
A law firm that targets the unauthorized use of news content on the Internet has filed 32 lawsuits in federal court in Colorado seeking to stop the use of a Denver Post photograph showing an airport pat-down.
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Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:16 PM EST
A Colorado radio station owner who aired an editorial denouncing the holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. has lost his gun permit.
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Wed Jan 5, 2011 4:33 PM EST
Facebook has agreed to modify its terms and conditions for agencies within states across the country, removing obstacles in resolving legal issues that arise from using the social networking site.
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Fri Dec 10, 2010 3:20 PM EST
A Colorado sheriff's online database mistakenly revealed the identities of confidential drug informants and listed phone numbers, addresses and Social Security numbers of suspects, victims and others interviewed during criminal investigations, authorities said.
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Sat Oct 30, 2010 7:00 PM EDT
George Hickenlooper, who won an Emmy Award in 1992 for directing "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse," has died. He was 47.
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Wed Oct 6, 2010 1:02 AM EDT
Police said Tuesday they are investigating the deaths of a Colorado Springs woman and her 13-year-old twins as homicides and have not ruled out anyone as suspects.
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Sun Sep 19, 2010 12:31 PM EDT
Fire management officials and homeowners living in the heavily wooded, steep mountainsides, draws and canyons west of Boulder had planned for years for the fire that swept through the area on Labor Day.
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Fri May 21, 2010 4:52 PM EDT
An 18-year-old Colorado man has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a 12-year-old girl whose decomposed body was recovered this week in an irrigation ditch, police said.
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Thu May 20, 2010 5:59 PM EDT
Police confirmed Thursday that a body found in an irrigation ditch in northern Colorado is that of a missing 12-year-old girl who was last seen walking to a friend's house for a birthday party.
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Wed May 19, 2010 2:51 PM EDT
Police retrieved a decomposed body from an irrigation ditch in northern Colorado on Wednesday, about a half-mile from the home of a missing sixth-grader.
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Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:22 PM EDT
A gang member convicted of killing Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams in a drive-by shooting was sentenced Friday to life in prison plus 1,152 years after family members recounted the devastating impact of the killing.
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