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Barnhardt leads Reds over Rockies in series finale

Rockies can’t find ‘big hit’ in loss

Helicopter rescues teen after fall in Rocky Mountain Park

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK – A helicopter has rescued a 15-year-old boy from Boulder who was injured in a fall between the two highest peaks in Rocky Mountain National Park. Par...

Rural Nevada not equipped for big ‘storm Area 51’ turnout

LAS VEGAS – At first, the co-owner of the quirky alien-themed motel down a Nevada highway from the mysterious Area 51 site didn’t take a posting for a prank Facebook event too seriously. ...

Suárez, VanMeter power Reds past Rockies

CINCINNATI – Eugenio Suárez hit a two-run homer, Josh VanMeter added a solo shot, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Colorado Rockies 3-1 on Saturday night. Anthony DeSclafani and t...

American Willoughby wins BMX world championship

HEUSDEN-ZOLDER, Belgium – American Alise Willoughby won her second BMX world championship, recovering from a crash during one of the early runs Saturday before edging defending champion Laur...

Russi Taylor, longtime voice of Minnie Mouse, dies at 75

GLENDALE, Calif. – Russi Taylor, an actress who gave voice to Minnie Mouse for more than three decades, has died. Walt Disney Co. chairman Bob Iger announced Taylor’s death in a s...

New Mexico judge rejects company’s proposal to move water

ALBUQUERQUE – A judge has rejected a company’s proposal to pump billions of gallons of water annually from an aquifer in west-central New Mexico to the middle Rio Grande Valley. T...

1 injured in explosion at Albuquerque motel

ALBUQUERQUE – An explosion at a motel injured one person while damaging one room and causing extensive structural damage to the building. Cause of the Friday night explosion was...

Officials ID officers, victim in Colorado Springs shooting

COLORADO SPRINGS – Officials have released the names of the victim and the officers involved in a police shooting in Colorado Springs. Police said Friday that Sgt. Mark Keller alo...

Brothers who sold deadly cantaloupe face Kansas hemp charges

TOPEKA, Kan. – Two brothers from Colorado whose contaminated cantaloupe killed 33 people and hospitalized many more in 2011 are facing drug charges in Kansas related to an industrial hemp sh...

Witness against New Mexico prison gang killed outside home

ALBUQUERQUE – Las Vegas police are investigating the shooting death in the northern New Mexico city of a man who testified against prison gang members last year. The Albuquerqu...

Body recovered from Eagle River west of Vail

VAIL – Officials in central Colorado have recovered a body from the Eagle River west of Vail. The Vail Daily reports the Eagle County sheriff’s office received a report of a bo...