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STRASBURG – Several fire agencies have finished putting out a 60-acre fire that started Wednesday night.

The lead detective in the Tim Masters’ murder investigation was indicted this morning on eight counts of felony first-degree perjury.

The Denver manager of safety issued disciplinary orders Tuesday terminating the employment of three Denver police officers.

The CALL7 Investigators have learned that state officials determined that patients at the Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo were in “immediate jeopardy” following the suicide of a 21-year old man. The Colorado Department of Health detailed serious errors by hospital staff, and state investigators were concerned other patients could die.

A one-year ban on issuing medical marijuana business licenses takes effect this week.

Federal regulators said Wednesday they have found high levels of the toxic metal cadmium in trinkets that were distributed for free to children at some doctor and dentist offices over the past five years.

FORT COLLINS – A top police commander has been indicted on eight counts of first-degree perjury by a grand jury in connection with the now-overturned Tim Masters murder conviction.

LARKSPUR – A fire burned a house Wednesday morning, but fire fighters say it could have been a lot worse.

GLENDO, Wyo. – For thousands of Coloradans, the destination year after year is Wyoming’s Glendo State Park.

CENTENNIAL – Brianna Canacari’s room looks like a room of any 12-year-old. The music is on, her clothes are on the bed; her drawings are on her door.

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DENVER – Two parents are facing charges of child abuse after investigators discovered a medical marijuana grow operation in their home where they lived with three children, ages 7, 9 and 11.

Eighty-two Globeville residents will receive checks totaling $440,000 this week from the settlement of a lawsuit against a company that released arsenic from a smelter in the Denver neighborhood.

DENVER – After two grueling months of not knowing where his dog was, a man was reunited with his best friend on Wednesday.

BROOMFIELD – A coroner has identified an 84-year-old man who was gunned down in his apartment on Monday.

DENVER – $440,000 has ended a 13-year lawsuit involving Globeville residents and American Smelting and Refining Company (Asarco).

BOULDER (AP) – Boulder Police didn’t need a detailed description of the suspect they were seeking.

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LONGMONT – An elderly man involved in a fatal motorcycle crash near Lyons could soon face charges. Investigators believe the man was distracted when his car plowed into a motorcycle driven by the Lyman White.

A man on a bicycle crossing Colfax Avenue was hit by a car this afternoon near Civic Center.

The Boettcher Foundation today awarded six biomedical researchers from Colorado universities three-year grants of up to $250,000 each.

An Elizabeth police officer was justified in shooting a pit bull that had gotten out of its pen in May, according to an outside investigation.

An Apache helicopter crashed in Teller County overnight.

DENVER – Dozens of the nation’s governors, including Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter (D-Colorado) called on Congress Wednesday to pass legislation extending Medicaid payments to the states that was initially part of the federal stimulus plan.

A Windsor man has received a 64-year prison sentence — enhanced by a habitual criminal ruling — for a string of fast food restaurant robberies.

Police and the FBI are seeking the public’s help in identifying a bank robber whose image was captured by a surveillance camera.

The flying car has now been approved by U.S. air authorities.

DENVER (AP) – Colorado’s brisk wildfire season has U.S. Sen. Mark Udall asking whether there are enough federal resources and where and how money intended to reduce fire risk by removing trees killed by bark beetles is being spent.

DENVER – Two years ago, Superintendent Tom Boasberg says he looked at the economic climate and realized the school district needs to brace for a storm. He says that is now paying off.

ASPEN – The United States is preparing the battlefield for a future cyber-war by encoding trap doors, viruses and secret codes in enemy power grids, defense systems and modes of transportation, according to a top Homeland Security expert.

A Fruita woman who crashed her car into a canal blamed a vampire for the accident.

Two people died in a single-vehicle crash this morning in Fort Collins when they were thrown from an SUV.

At 63 years old, an Arvada woman is about to graduate with her third college degree, motivated by a goal to help veterans.

DENVER – In his 30 years of practicing law, family law attorney David Littman of David Littman, P.C. law firm says he now uses the Internet to gather as much evidence in divorce cases more than ever before.

Firefighters doused a blaze inside a southwest Denver duplex this morning and one injured person was taken to a local hospital.

DENVER – Janet Nukubana has spent the week far away from her native Rwanda in and effort to spread an important message in Denver.

ENGLEWOOD – Firefighters battled a fire at a duplex Wednesday afternoon.

After five days, fire fighters have controlled the Round Mountain Fire.

Police in Parker are trying to track down a man who may be trying to lure girls into his van.

DENVER – The Denver Zoo is celebrating the birth of four endangered Amur tiger cubs, which were born May 31 in a private maternity den.

DENVER (DP) – Safety Manager Al LaCabe, on his second-to-last day in office, fired three police officers in connection with an April 18, 2008, excessive force case against 16-year-old Latino Juan Vasquez.

The Denver zoo released photos of four Amur tiger cubs born last month that the zoo says are healthy.

TRINIDAD – A dozen people were arrested Tuesday and another was served with a warrant after a lengthy narcotics investigation.

Eight La Plata County residents interested in growing plants for the medical marijuana business have turned in paperwork before a new moratorium on the activity kicks in.

KENOSHA PASS – A hiker who got lost while hiking the Colorado Trail was found Wednesday morning.

A military helicopter crashed early this morning south of Pikes Peak during a training exercise.

Anna Chapman has been called the femme fatale of a spy case with Cold War-style intrigue – a striking redhead and self-styled entrepreneur who dabbled in real estate and mused on her Facebook page, “if you can dream, you can become it.”

DENVER (AP) – The FBI’s Denver field office officially has a new home.

Vestas Wind Systems says it has an order for 139 turbines for a new wind farm on the eastern plains of Colorado.

LARIMER COUNTY – Fort Collins police have identified two victims of a crash early today in which alcohol and speed are suspected. The crash caused a Ford Expedition to collide into a building near Lemay Avenue and Elizabeth Street.

A Craigslist ad offered a free baby in Canon City and a phone number. The woman who answered the phone says she doesn’t even have a child.

DENVER (AP) – The Interior Department has fined BP America $5.2 million for allegedly submitting false reports about energy production on an Indian reservation in Colorado.

A Vegas to Chicago flight was diverted to Denver Tuesday night because of a disruptive passenger.

DENVER (AP) – The FBI says it doesn’t expect to file charges against a passenger accused of disruptive behavior on a United Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Chicago.

Representatives of both sides in the fight over the University of Colorado’s gun ban don’t expect the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on handgun bans to be a significant factor.

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DENVER (AP) - Campsites in Colorado state parks are filling up quickly for the Fourth of July weekend.

Building a new library is one thing, but building it without a flagpole is stirring controversy in Adams County.

Camp sites in Colorado state parks are filling up quickly for the Fourth of July weekend.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK (AP) – A 911-acre fire burning in Rocky Mountain National park is 40 percent contained.

A swarm of bees invaded part of the check-in area at Denver International Airport on Tuesday.

The Colorado Rockies aren’t intimidated by Petco Park’s spacious outfield.

A federal proposal for managing land that oil and gas companies have eyed in northwest Colorado would keep energy development off the remote Vermillion Basin.

A truck driver from Illinois will face negligent homicide and other charges after parking on the shoulder around a curve and forcing a traffic situation that caused a fatality on Interstate 70 in Mesa County Tuesday.

In a dingy, wood-paneled restaurant with a $9 pizza buffet, Ken Buck is waging the latest fight with a Republican Party establishment that favors candidates with shinier political pedigrees.

Sen. Mark Udall wants the federal government to do more to prevent wildfires. The Democratic senator planned an announcement Wednesday to talk about his efforts to get more federal assistance in fighting fires.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The mothers of three Americans held in Iran are marking 11 months of their captivity with a letter to the country’s supreme leader pleading for their release.

She went to police for protection but officers arrested her instead.

Cyclists across the state of Colorado gathered on the steps of the capitol Tuesday evening to protest the city of Blackhawk’s ban on bicyclists.

EL PASO COUNTY – Two pilots suffered non life-threatening injuries early Wednesday morning when a helicopter made a hard landing near Pikes Peak.

DENVER (AP) – State health officials are recommending more people get vaccinations following a meningitis outbreak.

Mel Gibson’s breakup from Russian singer Oksana Grigorieva was supposed to be a quiet affair, but a confidential settlement and sealed court case haven’t kept the former couple’s troubles from hitting the spotlight.

DURANGO (AP) – Eight La Plata County residents interested in growing plants for the medical marijuana business have turned in paperwork before a new moratorium on the activity kicks in.

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KUSA – The Fourth of July means fireworks and fun for many families. For pets however, Independence Day can cause anxiety and even injury.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS (AP) – In a dingy, wood-paneled restaurant with a $9 pizza buffet, Ken Buck is waging the latest fight with a Republican Party establishment that favors candidates with shinier political pedigrees.

DENVER (AP) – Sen. Mark Udall wants the federal government to do more to prevent wildfires. The Democratic senator planned an announcement Wednesday to talk about his efforts to get more federal assistance in fighting fires.

DENVER – Jack Koller should have been 13 months old now.

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DENVER – Most road food would not win any healthy-eating awards, but some regional fare is so fattening it could take your diet on a complete detour.
- Study shows obesity rates still rising

CHICAGO (AP) – A flight from Las Vegas to Chicago was briefly diverted to Denver after a passenger aboard the plane became disruptive.

FRUITA – A woman says she crashed into a canal after spotting a vampire in the middle of a dirt road on the Western Slope on Sunday night.

An 87-year-old grandmother subdued by police with a stun gun while she was lying in bed hooked up to an oxygen machine is suing her Oklahoma hometown.

BOULDER – The man accused of kidnapping two hikers and tying them to a tree struggled with mental problems, according some of his former coworkers.

A woman told state troopers she was fleeing a vampire when she ran her sport-utility vehicle into a canal in Mesa County Sunday night, KKCO television station in Grand Junction reported.

Air and ground crews are standing guard on the fire lines, keeping a close watch on the 903-acre Cow Creek Fire burning in a remote corner of Rocky Mountain National Park.

The city of Golden is cracking down on motorcycle noise, ticketing bikers who have outfitted their motorcycles with noisy modified mufflers.

A man suspected of robbing the same Thornton convenience store four times in less than a month was arrested at a home in Johnstown last week, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office said this

Denver police has scheduled a press conference at an animal hospital Wednesday to urge humans to consider their pets’ safety during Fourth of July revelry.

BROOMFIELD – A homicide investigation is under way in Broomfield after an elderly man was shot and killed in his apartment.

COLORADO SPRINGS – “Twilight” fans didn’t want to miss the chance to be the first to see the latest installment of the series “Eclipse.”

DENVER – More than 100 bicyclists from across Colorado gathered at the State Capitol Tuesday evening to protest the city of Black Hawk’s bike ban.

ASPEN – Despite billions of dollars spent on securing our nation’s airports since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, experts say terrorists are still testing and targeting aviation security because an attack could kill a lot of people, undermine public confidence and cause significant economic damage.

Elizabeth Edwards says it was not easy to leave her husband in the wake of the two-time presidential contender’s infidelity, writing in a new chapter to her memoir.

A transient was arrested Monday afternoon, accused of abducting two local hikers at gunpoint on a Boulder County trail.

7NEWS checks the “Facts or Fiction” of the new Jane Norton radio political ad.

DENVER – Passengers noticed the crime tape at Denver International Airport on Tuesday afternoon, and while they may not have seen the reason for it, they could easily hear it.

A homeowner who discovered a burglary in progress exchanged gunfire with several burglary suspects early Tuesday morning in Fort Collins.

Most parents think childhood obesity is a problem. Just not their kids’ problem.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK (AP) – A 900-acre wildfire burning in a remote part of Rocky Mountain National Park is about 10 percent contained.

The King Tut exhibit at the Denver Art Museum features more than 100 striking objects spanning 2,000 years of ancient Egyptian history.

Former President Bill Clinton is backing a challenger to Colorado’s new Democratic senator. It’s a departure from President Barack Obama, who endorsed the incumbent.

A 53-year-old Boulder man is in custody, suspected of killing his stepfather in a Broomfield apartment complex and then going to another apartment and firing through the front door of his

FORT COLLINS – Police are searching for three suspects involved in an early Tuesday morning home invasion.

COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) – Two Colorado Republicans running for Senate turned up the campaign heat Tuesday in their first debate since the Republican ballot whittled down to Weld County prosecutor Ken Buck and former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton.