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• Jurors to hear conclusion of doctor's interview in Michael Jackson trial

  October 11, 2011 8:21 AM

  LOS ANGELES (AP) - The trial of the doctor charged in connection with Michael Jackson's death resumes Tuesday with jurors expected to hear the conclusion of the physician's police interview. The remainder of the recording includes Dr. Conrad Murray's description of telling Jackson's mother and young children that the... more »

• Events leading up to Michael Jackson's death expected to be discussed in case against Conrad Murray

  September 28, 2011 8:21 AM

  LOS ANGELES (AP) - Prosecutors in day two of the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor are expected to move toward the events that led to the pop star's death and their immediate aftermath. Testimony from Paul Gongaware, an executive with concert promoter AEG Live, will continue this morning, and... more »

• Opening statements to Jackson Trial

  September 27, 2011 6:23 AM

  LOS ANGELES (AP) - The trial of the doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death opens with a bit of star power and the one thing the King of Pop enjoyed throughout his life - a worldwide audience. Prosecutors plan to call the superstar's friend and choreographer, Kenny Ortega, as... more »

• Bill Clinton stumps for Bennet in Colorado

  October 19, 2010 8:48 AM

  Former President Bill Clinton is pleading with Colorado Democrats to stick with Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet, saying that a vote for Republicans would return the nation to dangerous times. About 2,000 people packed a high school gym Monday in northeast Denver to hear Clinton speak in a rally that... more »

• Bill Clinton to stump for Sen. Bennet in Denver

  October 11, 2010 8:35 AM

  Former President Bill Clinton will be in Denver in support of Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet as early voting begins in Colorado. Clinton has not always been on Bennet's side. He endorsed Bennet's Democratic primary challenger Andrew Romanoff and recorded a telephone appeal urging voters to choose Romanoff. But... more »

• Andrew Romanoff lands job at anti-poverty group

  October 6, 2010 11:37 AM

  Unsuccessful Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff has landed a new job at an anti-poverty group that helps farmers in developing countries. The Democrat tells The Denver Post that he'll work for Lakewood-based International Development Enterprises, where he'll travel frequently. The former state House speaker turned down being considered for... more »

• Cashing in 10 years after divorce

  August 24, 2010 1:10 PM

  Michael Douglas' starring role in a sequel to Wall Street has gotten him an unwanted part in a legal sequel to his 2000 divorce. Lawyers for the Academy Award-winning actor and for ex-wife Diandra Douglas argued Tuesday in a New York court over her claim that she's entitled to... more »

• Ken Buck to give up 2 months pay while he campaigns

  August 24, 2010 8:36 AM

  Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck plans to give up two months pay while he campaigns for the U.S. Senate. He earns $140,000 a year and will give up $11,666 in pay for September and October. Buck says he'll stay in regular contact with his office while he campaigns... more »

• Lance Armstrong joins anti-cancer telethon

  August 19, 2010 9:43 AM

  Lance Armstrong, Robin Roberts and Michael C. Hall are among the celebrities affected by cancer who are set to appear in a TV fundraiser next month. "Stand Up to Cancer" announced a lineup that will include other actors, athletes and musicians who have faced the illness, including Maura Tierney,... more »

• Sprint time for Colorado Senate candidates

  August 9, 2010 11:09 AM

  It's sprint time for Colorado Senate candidates in primary elections. They're working the phones, waving signs on busy street corners and putting final touches on what they hope will be victory speeches Tuesday night. Democrats are focusing on Colorado Springs. That's because El Paso is the most populous Colorado... more »

• Colorado senators back EPA in global warming

  June 10, 2010 8:23 AM

  Colorado's two Democratic senators have affirmed support for federal environmental regulators as the Senate prepared to take its first vote on a measure some see as a test of the Senate's stand on climate change. Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet both have vowed to vote against a Republican-led... more »

• Heaviest contestant ever wins The Biggest Loser

  May 26, 2010 12:23 PM

  Michael Ventrella is half the man he used to be, and for that the Chicago DJ is the newest champion of "The Biggest Loser." He lost 264 pounds on his way to winning $250,000. When he walked onto the show's ranch with his mother, Maria, Michael weighed 526 pounds.... more »

• Bennet calls for limits on lobbying

  April 28, 2010 3:58 PM

  Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado is repeating his call to limit lobbying in Washington by giving all members of Congress a lifetime ban on lobbying after leaving office. Bennet on Wednesday introduced the lifetime ban, one of several proposals under consideration to reduce the influence of lobbyists. Bennet's... more »

• Man indicted in asbestos scam

  April 15, 2010 12:45 PM

  Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced Thursday that attorneys from the Criminal Justice Section have secured an indictment from the Statewide Grand Jury against a Parker man suspected of contributing to the release of a hazardous substance by misleading state officials. According to the indictment, Michael Merit, 45, falsely... more »

• Father sentenced in abuse of infant son

  March 29, 2010 7:21 PM

  A Colorado Springs man will spend 25 years behind bars, for leaving his son brain-damaged. 25-year-old Michael Anthony Douglas received the sentence Monday, after he was convicted of abuse in January. Authorities say Douglas hit his son back in 2007, when he was less than a month old. The... more »

• Michael Jackson's doctor pleads not guilty

  February 8, 2010 5:21 PM

  Michael Jackson's doctor has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of the pop star. Dr. Conrad Murray, a Houston cardiologist who was with Jackson when he died June 25, entered his plea Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court just hours after he was charged. He... more »

• Trial set to begin in Mass. girl's fatal overdose

  January 19, 2010 10:50 AM

  A mother accused of killing her 4-year-old daughter by overmedicating her with powerful prescription drugs is to go on trial on a murder charge. Testimony in Carolyn Riley's trial is scheduled to begin Tuesday in Brockton Superior Court. Riley and her husband, Michael, are accused of overusing drugs... more »

• Missing Pueblo man died in crash

  September 24, 2009 4:26 AM

  A missing Pueblo man has been found dead by the Colorado State Patrol. Troopers say 51 year old Steven Michael Casias crashed his truck early Tuesday on Highway 160 about 20 miles west of Walsenburg, near La Veta Pass, in Huerfano County. Troopers say Casias's truck left the roadway,... more »

• Wounded troops mend as war coverage wanes

  September 14, 2009 11:37 AM

  A year after Capt. Sam Brown was set ablaze when a bomb blew up his Humvee in Afghanistan, the 25-year-old West Point graduate endures a steady schedule of painful surgery and stretching to break up knotty burn scars. He also has another routine: checking a Web site that counts... more »

• Anti-abortion activist killed near Michigan school

  September 11, 2009 4:12 PM

  A man fatally shot an anti-abortion activist Friday outside a high school as horrified parents and students watched, then told police arresting him that he was involved in the killing of a gravel pit owner earlier that day, authorities said. Officials found the body of Mike Fuoss, 61, in... more »

• Police release composite sketch of murder suspect

  August 25, 2009 7:27 PM

  Pueblo Police have released two composite sketches of the man they believe is responsible for the murder of Michael Vigil. Vigil, 19, was killed Aug. 12 on Pueblo's east side in an apparent gang murder. One sketch was drawn on a computer and the other by a sketch... more »