Author: P. Solomon Banda
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Records: Woman accused of taking baby said she was pregnant; listen to audio of 911 call
NOTE: Scroll down for audio of the 911 call LONGMONT — A Colorado woman accused of cutting open the belly of a pregnant woman and removing her unborn baby went to great lengths to show her family she was expecting a baby herself, even arranging to meet her husband for a pre-natal appointment on the…
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Denver-area students walk out of school in protest
ARVADA — Hundreds of students walked out of classrooms around suburban Denver on Tuesday in protest over a conservative-led school board proposal to focus history education on topics that promote citizenship, patriotism and respect for authority, in a show of civil disobedience that the new standards would aim to downplay. The youth protest in the…
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Police: Colorado student fire apparent suicide attempt
WESTMINSTER — A 16-year-old boy was critically injured Monday after setting himself on fire in the cafeteria at a suburban Denver high school in an apparent suicide attempt, authorities said. Westminster Police Department spokeswoman Cheri Spottke said the boy didn’t make any threats before starting the fire at about 7:15 a.m. at Standley Lake High…
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US Ski team suit features national anthem theme
BOULDER — The competition uniforms for the U.S. alpine ski team at the Winter Olympics in Sochi will feature a national anthem-inspired theme. The different shades of red, white and blue are meant to represent the reflection of the U.S. flag on Chesapeake Bay following the bombardment of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812,…
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Small Colorado-based company helps Twitter make money
DENVER — Twitter just issued its IPO but a lingering question is how the popular worldwide microblog company will turn a profit. One Colorado-based company thinks it has found one way to help Twitter, and itself, make money. Wayin has partnered up with the Denver Broncos to project tweeted photos and tweets from fans onto…
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Deputy: Dad likely saved girl in deadly Chaffee County rock slide
BUENA VISTA — A 13-year-old girl said her father shielded her as boulders crashed down on them on a Colorado hiking trail — an action that authorities say probably saved her life even as her father and four other family members were killed. Rescuers dug Gracie Johnson out of the rubble after Monday’s slide, and…
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Baby Lake doing fine 5 months after exit procedure
DENVER — Lake Annabelle Hall wouldn’t be alive today if doctors at Children’s Hospital of Colorado hadn’t operated on a cyst on her left lung before she was born. Doctors pulled her halfway out of her mother’s womb, leaving her connected to her the umbilical cord and placenta, which served as life support for her…
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Alleged Colo. gang member held on $250K bond
A Colorado Springs man believed to be a white supremacist prison gang member arrested in connection with the shooting death of Colorado’s prisons chief was ordered held on $250,000 bond on Monday. A magistrate set the bond for James Lohr, 47, as he made his first court appearance since his arrest Friday. Lohr is one…
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Aurora theater shooting suspect’s plea offer rejected
DENVER — Prosecutors in the Colorado theater massacre case have rejected an offer from suspect James Holmes to plead guilty in exchange for avoiding the death penalty, saying the proposal can’t be considered genuine because the defense has repeatedly refused to give them information needed to evaluate it. No plea agreement exists, prosecutors said in…
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Records: Ebel threatened to kill a guard while in prison
DENVER — The man suspected in the death of Colorado’s prisons chief threatened to kill a guard while he was in prison, the beginning of a long history of misconduct behind bars, according to his prison record released to The Associated Press on Thursday after an open records request. Within nine months of entering prison…