Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:52 PM EST
Congressional Republicans are investigating e-mails stolen from a British climate change research center that they say show scientists attempting to suppress data that does not support man-made global warming.
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Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:46 AM EST
A Houston-based oil and gas drilling company facing complaints of racial discrimination has been ordered to turn over its personnel records as part of an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation.
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Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:14 AM EDT
An investigation into possible criminal charges for a Colorado couple who told authorities their son floated off in a balloon shaped like a flying saucer has spread to those who worked with them.
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Mon Oct 19, 2009 6:10 PM EDT
Police have released a 911 call they received from a Colorado couple who told authorities they believed their 6-year-old son had floated away in a giant helium balloon.
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Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:14 PM EDT
Authorities investigating the family accused of perpetrating the balloon boy hoax to promote a reality show said Monday they don't expect to bring possible charges until at least next week.
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Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:08 PM EDT
Authorities investigating the family accused of perpetrating the balloon boy hoax to promote a reality show said Monday they don't expect to bring possible charges until at least next week.
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Fri Sep 4, 2009 2:43 PM EDT
Perjury charges have been filed against two men who police say were in an SUV when it was used in the drive-by shooting death of Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams.
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Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:46 PM EDT
A federal judge has indefinitely blocked oil and gas drilling on a wildlife refuge that sits next to the Great Sand Dunes National Park in south-central Colorado.
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Tue Sep 1, 2009 7:33 PM EDT
Colorado officials plan to release roughly 15 percent of the state's 23,000 prisoners early to help slash millions of dollars from the state budget.
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Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:11 PM EDT
Two companies and two executives accused in the deaths of five workers in a 2007 fire inside a tunnel at a Colorado hydroelectric plant have been indicted on federal charges.
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Wed Aug 26, 2009 8:30 PM EDT
A Washington man has been indicted for allegedly threatening the family of an employee at one of the few clinics in the country that performs late-term abortions.
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Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:40 PM EDT
A federal appeals court on Monday reversed a judge's decision that granted the copyright of the Unix computer operating system to Novell Inc.
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Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:30 PM EDT
Two brothers accused of running a drug ring that imported and distributed millions of dollars worth of methamphetamine in Denver bought hundreds of collector comic books to launder the money, authorities said Monday.
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Wed Aug 5, 2009 2:16 PM EDT
Bracing for an influx of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, the Department of Veterans Affairs has launched an ambitious effort to locate veterans who've had minor brushes with the law and offer them treatment to try to prevent repeat crimes.
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Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:09 PM EDT
Colorado's senators urged the Army Tuesday to include Fort Carson in a pilot alcohol abuse program, responding to a military study of soldiers at the base accused of several killings in the region.
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Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:20 AM EDT
Kimberly Spencer's 9-year-old son went to Audubon Ambulatory Surgery Center last month for what was supposed to be a routine surgery. The rambunctious child stuck a BB in his ear and doctors had to operate to remove it.
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 7:43 PM EDT
The family of a college student beaten to death 12 years ago told her killer that his life was spared Monday because his victim would not have wanted anyone, even her murderer, to receive the death penalty.
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Mon Jun 1, 2009 9:18 PM EDT
A former nurse admitted stealing pain medication meant for surgical patients and substituting tap water or saline solution as part of an agreement with prosecutors Monday.
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Mon May 4, 2009 8:49 PM EDT
Attorneys for Oklahoma went before a federal appeals court Monday to defend a law that requires companies doing business with the state to use a federal database to verify their workers and contractors are eligible to work in the U.S.
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Sun May 3, 2009 1:10 PM EDT
Colorado is one of 10 states that have considered abolishing the death penalty this year to save money, but Colorado's proposal has a twist: It would use the savings to investigate about 1,400 unsolved slayings.
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Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:34 PM EDT
Lauren Townsend's parents recently were invited to attend the university graduation of a student who had received a scholarship in their daughter's name.
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Sat Apr 18, 2009 1:30 PM EDT
The first officers on the scene had never trained for what they found at Columbine High School: No hostages. No demands. Just killing.
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Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:51 AM EDT
A man accused of beating an 18-year-old transgendered woman to death with a fire extinguisher "snapped" after finding out the teen was biologically male, a defense lawyer argued Thursday as the murder trial began.
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Wed Apr 8, 2009 9:13 PM EDT
A former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints allegedly operated a Ponzi scheme from his suburban Denver home for about 15 years, bilking investors out of millions of dollars to collect religious art and classic cars.
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Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:27 AM EDT
Former Colorado Gov. Bill Owens denied making veiled threats to get a University of Colorado professor fired after the professor compared some Sept. 11 victims to Nazi Adolf Eichmann.
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