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Colorado teacher sentenced for assaulting boy over Pledge

BOULDER – A Colorado middle school teacher accused of assaulting a student who refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance has pleaded guilty and has retired from teaching. Boul...

Couple must turn over funds raised for homeless man

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. – A couple who raised more than $400,000 for a homeless man after he used his last $20 to fill up the woman’s gas tank after she became stranded in Philadelphia must now tu...

Gallopin dominates Stage 7 of Vuelta

POZO ALCON, Spain – French rider Tony Gallopin broke away in the final kilometers and held on to win the seventh stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Friday, while countryman Rudy Molard had anoth...

Ohio State’s Urban Meyer rebukes suspension reasons in statement

Meyer’s tweeted statement intended to clarify ‘incorrect media reports’

Search continues in Colorado for missing Illinois hiker

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK – Rangers are looking for an Illinois man who didn’t return from a hike in Rocky Mountain National Park. Rangers learned on Tuesday that Jens “Jay” Ya...

Denver works to legalize children’s lemonade stands

DENVER – Denver officials are working to legalize children’s lemonade stands after police shut down a neighborhood stand earlier this year for lacking the proper city permits. The...

Bouhanni sprints to win Vuelta’s Stage 6, Molard leads

Durango’s Kuss riding strong through first week

Officer who shot Aurora homeowner shot man month before

AURORA – The Aurora police officer who shot an armed homeowner who had killed an intruder attacking his grandson last month was also involved in a police shooting in late June. ...

Teen dead after shooting on Colorado Springs campus

COLORADO SPRINGS – Police say a teenage male is dead after being shot on the campus of the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. He was shot Wednesday night in a parking lot a...

New Mexico accord unveiled over event celebrating ‘conquest’

Fiesta organizers apologize to Pueblo Indians

Top basketball organizations join for expanded prep training

COLORADO SPRINGS – USA Basketball is expanding its men’s junior national team program, partnering with the NBA, NCAA and National Basketball Players Association to bring about 80 high school...

Sepp Kuss 17th on Stage 5 at Spanish Vuelta

Frenchman Molard grabs lead