OnStar Helps Police Find Armed Robbery, Car Theft Suspect
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A man suspected of using a gun to rob a fast food restaurant, and stealing two cars got caught with the help of OnStar technology.
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Obama Donates Part Of Nobel Prize To Denver Charity
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President Obama said Thursday that he will donate $125,000 of his Nobel Peace Prize money to the American Indian College Fund. The Fund is among nine charitable organizations that will receive donations from Obama’s $1.4 million prize.
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State Animal Inspector Investigated
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A state inspector assigned to monitor the facility where nearly 100 starving dogs were found in December missed or ignored repeated warnings that the dogs were in danger, according to a complaint letter obtained by CALL7 Investigators.
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Child Welfare Reviewed After Colo. Deaths
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Colorado lawmakers have are considering increased oversight of its child welfare system following the deaths of 35 children under its care over the past three years. Under legislation approved Thursday by the Senate Health & Human Services Committee, the child protection ombudsman office would be set up as an independent office in the state Department of Human Services. The bill now goes to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Gov. Bill Ritter ordered a review of the system two years ago following the deaths of 13 children who had been involved in the child welfare system in 2007. Eleven more died in both 2008 and 2009.
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Deadly Rock Fall Kills Woman On Highway 40
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A woman was killed by a rock fall on Highway 40 in Routt County near
Steamboat Springs Wednesday morning. Colorado Dept. of Transportation
said the woman was traveling eastbound when one rock crashed into her
car.
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Another Assault Reported Near Auraria Campus
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A UC Denver student and a friend, who had attended classes at the Auraria campus, were followed from a light-rail station, beaten with brass knuckles and robbed at knifepoint outside a convenience store Wednesday night, police said.
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Jury Finds Willie Clark Guilty Of Killing Williams
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A jury on Thursday found suspected gang member Willie Clark guilty on all 21 counts against him in the death of Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams. Pat Bowlen, the president and CEO of the Broncos, said after the verdict was announced that it is “very gratifying to see closure brought to this case.”
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Guilty Verdict Reached In Williams Slaying Case
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The jury has reached a verdict against the man accused of firing the shots that killed Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams.
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2 Ariz Men Arrested In Robbery Spree Case
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Authorities say two Linden men have been arrested in connection with a series of armed robberies of banks and credit unions in four states. FBI officials say Joel Jay Glore and Ronald Michael Capito were taken into custody Thursday after a week of surveillance. The men, both in their early 50s, are suspected of being the so-called “High Country Bandits” who robbed up to 16 banks and credit unions in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah since September. The Arizona robberies were in Flagstaff, Heber, Pinetop and Payson.
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Denver Broncos Release Statement On Willie Clark Guilty Verdict
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The Denver Broncos organization issued a statement following a guilty verdict against the man accused of killing cornerback Darrent Williams.
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