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Spring Is Back! Daylight-Saving Time Begins Tonight

We'll trade an hour's sleep this weekend for more evening sunshine to enjoy after work. Officially the change to daylight saving time occurs at 2 a.m. Sunday, local time, though most folks set their clocks and watches ahead an hour before going to bed on Saturday.

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:00:00 MST

Leadville Terror Suspect Released From Custody

Jamie Paulin-Ramirez was a straight-A nursing student when she abruptly left Colorado last fall with her 6-year-old son and turned up in Ireland, has been released by Irish police on Saturday night.

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:30:07 MST

Spork Gets 'Vicious Dog' Reprieve

Spork, the mini Dachshund facing vicious dog charges after biting a veterinary technician's face, got a reprieve Friday.

Published: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:46:39 MST

Stepmom Allegedly Poisons Baby's Juice

A New York state stepmother was arrested Thursday and charged with murder for allegedly killing her 2-year-old stepson by pouring poison in his juice.

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:34:52 MST

Thousands Expected To Mourn SoCal Teen's Death

Students have wrapped ribbons around 8,000 sunflowers to hand out at a memorial service for Chelsea King, the 17-year-old girl whose murder has shaken her community and spurred calls for legal changes in how child sex offenders are treated.

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:46:48 MST

Obama Promise: Focus On Getting Kids To College

President Barack Obama is promising parents and their kids that with his administration's help they will have better teachers in improved schools so U.S. students can make up for academic ground lost against youngsters in other countries.

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:40:29 MST

Leadville Residents Said Terrorist Suspect Kept To Herself

The town of Leadville, Colo., is trying to make sense of how a local woman, reported missing in September, ended up at the center of an international terrorist investigation in Ireland.

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:07:23 MST

Bear Poacher Headed To Prison

A Boulder County man who walked out on a halfway house sentence and poached a black bear is headed to prison.

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:48:38 MST

Budget Shortfall Looms For Colo. Lawmakers

It's time for midterms at the Colorado Legislature, halfway through their 120-day session, and by all accounts it's an incomplete.

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:19:05 MST

Caucuses Give Outside Pols Chance To Shine

It was the Democrats' biggest fundraiser of the year, and all their bigwigs were seated up by the stage. Congress members. Party leaders. And their newest U.S. senator, Michael Bennet.

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:07:22 MST

TV Show To Focus On Denver Gang Life

Hector "Pelon" Huerta's whole body is a warning sign, intricately etched in prison ink.

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:02:08 MST

Suspected Child Abuser Goes Missing

A 23-year-old Colorado Springs man suspected of abusing his daughter has vanished before facing attempted murder charges.

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:58:40 MST

Greeley Doctor Waging Own Battle With MS

When he began, after high school and starting college, being a doctor was never on his mind.

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:50:47 MST

Immigration Talk Slated By Democratic Lawmaker

Immigration reform is on the table Saturday for Democratic Rep. Jared Polis.

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:47:58 MST

Terror Probe Leads To CO Woman's Arrest

The mother of a Leadville, Colo., woman who went missing on Sept. 11, 2009, says her daughter has been arrested in Ireland.

Published: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:32:10 MST

Family Pleads For Help Finding Killer

Family members of a Centennial woman who was stabbed to death in her office are asking for help finding the killer.

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:35:29 MST

3 Accused In Boulder Ponzi Scheme

Boulder investigators say three men ran a very successful Ponzi scheme, targeting the nest eggs of churchgoers.

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:42:52 MST

Report: Leadville Mom Arrested In Ireland In Terrorist Probe

A Leadville, Colo. woman is under arrest In Ireland with six others, accused of conspiracy to commit murder, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. She is the second American woman arrested in the case.

Published: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:19:13 MST

Pedestrian Hit By Train On CSU Campus

Police at Colorado State University are investigating a fatal mishap involving a train and a pedestrian.

Published: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:38:43 MST

Darrent Williams Impromptu Memorial Grows

After Darrent Williams' killer was convicted Thursday, the mother and other relatives of the slain Denver Bronco left flowers and notes on the spot where he was gunned down in 2007.

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:37:37 MST