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  • An AmeriCorps volunteer firefighter assigned to the El Paso County Sheriffs Office, Woodland Fire Crew, helps contain a spot fire in an evacuated area of forest, ranches and residences, in the Black Forest wildfire area, north of Colorado Springs, Colo.
  • Crews on Sunday were extinguishing hot spots to protect undamaged homes in Black Forest from flare ups
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  • Firefighters have at least temporarily battled to a "draw" with a fast-moving fire that has already killed two people and destroyed at least 360 homes, giving weary authorities and residents the first glimmer of hope after three days of mounting damage, a sheriff said
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  • A wildfire forced the evacuation of more than 900 prisoners at a state prison outside Colorado Springs early Wednesday, one of four blazes across the Front Range that destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands of people to flee.
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  • A judge on Tuesday accepted James' Holmes plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, setting the stage for a lengthy mental evaluation of the Colorado theater shooting suspect
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  • Gunfire erupted at a Denver pot celebration Saturday, injuring two people and scattering a crowd of thousands at a downtown park after they had just marked the first 4/20 counterculture holiday since the state legalized marijuana
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  • A game of make-believe caused a second grader to get suspended in Colorado
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  • A University of Colorado psychiatrist whose clients included the former student accused of the Aurora theater shooting reportedly tried to discuss the man with members of a campus behavioral and security committee about a month before the attack but the group never convened.
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  • Prosecutors have formally charged a former doctorate student with 24 counts of murder in the shooting at a movie theater
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  • As police officers pleaded for all available medics to converge on the scene of the Colorado movie theater massacre last week, a two-man ambulance crew and their rig were idling just a few miles away
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  • A dad killed in the massacre at a Colorado movie theater showing the new Batman movie has been mourned in the first memorial service for a victim of the shootings.
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  • As reports emerged of a suspicious package sent to a university the suspect in the Colorado theater shooting once attended, the first memorial service was held for a victim of the massacre
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  • Some of the victims fighting for their lives after being wounded in the movie-theater shooting rampage may face another challenge when they get out of the hospital: enormous medical bills without the benefit of health insurance.
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  • It was the first memorial service for one of the victims killed in the mass shooting inside a Colorado move theater last week
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  • The university once attended by a man accused of killing 12 people in a Colorado movie theater confirmed on Wednesday that it received a suspicious package two days earlier that was turned over to authorities, but it wouldn't confirm its contents or sender
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  • Firearms sales are surging in the wake of the Colorado movie theater massacre as buyers express fears that anti-gun politicians may use the shootings to seek new restrictions on owning weapons.
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  • The brother of one of 12 people killed in a shooting rampage at a movie theater in Colorado says the family will have a memorial service for her in Texas
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  • At least 3 men accused of making threats during or after watching the new Batman movie have been arrested in separate incidents, underscoring moviegoers' anxieties and heightened security in the wake of a deadly mass shooting at a Colorado theater showing the film
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  • With bright red hair, and looking dazed, James Holmes sat silently in court, often looking down at his lap during his first appearance
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  • A pregnant woman who escaped the Colorado theater attack uninjured is delivering her baby as her wounded husband lies in a hospital in critical condition.
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  • His hair dyed a shocking comic-book shade of orange-red, the former doctoral student accused of killing moviegoers at a showing of the new Batman movie appeared in court for the first time on Monday, but he didn't seem to be there at all
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  • University of Colorado officials won't say whether they saw any signs of academic or behavioral trouble in the man accused of gunning down 12 people and injuring dozens of others at a Colorado movie theater
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  • Prosecutors wouldn't comment on that and said they don't know if the suspect is on medication
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  • At least 12 people were killed and 59 others hurt when a gunman opened fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado
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  • Security was tight Monday outside the courthouse where the suspect in the Colorado theater shooting made his first court appearance
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  • A look at the lives of the victims involved in the Aurora, Colorado movie theater massacre
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  • Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes made his first court appearance on Monday
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  • Vigils were held Sunday to remember the 12 people killed when a gunman opened fire in a Colorado movie theater last week
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  • James Holmes
  • Colorado movie theater shooting suspect, handcuffed with reddish orange hair, showed little emotion
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  • Police still had the apartment building Holmes lives in blocked off with crime tape Sunday evening, but others were able to go home
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  • President Barack Obama's campaign and the Democratic party raised $71 million in June, well below the $106 million hauled in by rival Mitt Romney and the Republican party during the same period
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  • Wildfire
  • A raging wildfire destroyed dozens of houses overnight and charred land on the edges of the Air Force Academy on Wednesday, while thick smoke and intense, towering flames kept officials from learning the full scope of damage to Colorado's second-largest city
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  • Authorities say a wildfire that has charred nearly 92 square miles in northern Colorado since it began 10 days ago is now 50 percent contained
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  • Authorities ordered more evacuations as fire crews struggled against powerful winds fueling a wildfire that has charred more than 87 square miles of forested mountains in northern Colorado
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  • Utah authorities say there still is no sign of a 21-year-old Texas man who fell into the Colorado River during a trip with University of Texas at El Paso geology students
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  • A congregation is mourning after the pastor's mother was shot and killed in Aurora church
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  • A grandmother helped deliver her grandbaby in the car after her daughter didn't make it to the hospital
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  • Firefighters are battling a 3,000 acre willdfire in Colorado that has claimed at least one life
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  • Organizers of an annual Easter egg hunt attended by hundreds of children have canceled this year's event, citing the behavior of aggressive parents who swarmed into the tiny park last year, determined that their kids get an egg.
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  • Susan Cole of Denver stood out in a jury pool last summer, with mismatched socks and shoes, and her hair in curlers
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  • If you're looking for a workout buddy, your cat may not be the best companion. A high school senior in Colorado found that out the hard way
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  • A girl and her parents were recovering at hospitals Wednesday after their home exploded shortly after they smelled gas
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  • A Colorado firefighter is credited with saving a dog from an icy pond
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  • A soldier found dead in a barracks at a Colorado infantry post has been identified as a Houston woman whose death is being investigated as a homicide
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  • A seven-year-old Colorado boy who dresses like a girl wants to join the Girl Scouts, but they won't let him. Should they?
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  • A family-run jewelry store in Colorado loses more than $11,000 in a switch-a-roo scam
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  • A male model in Colorado shows off his unique treadmill workout
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  • The FBI is confirming that two men and a woman wanted for crimes in Florida and Georgia have been captured
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  • The siblings suspected of a bank robbery in Georgia reportedly spotted in Colorado
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  • Texas billionaire and philanthropist Charles Wyly, whose family donated millions to Republican causes and Dallas arts projects, died in a car accident Sunday near his home in western Colorado, authorities said
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  • Police say four people are dead in two separate shootings in Colorado Springs
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