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DENVER — James Eagen Holmes came from a well-tended San Diego enclave of two-story homes with red-tiled roofs, where neighbors recall him as a clean-cut, studious young man of sparing words. Tall and dark-haired, he stared clear-eyed at the camera in a 2004 high school yearbook snapshot, wearing a white junior varsity soccer uniform — No. 16. The son of a nurse, Arlene, and a software company manager, Robert, James Holmes was a brilliant science scholar in college. AP Photo/Ed Andrieski John Priest, left, and Vory Boots wat...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The deadly crash of a military cargo plane fighting a South Dakota wildfire forced officials to ground seven other Air Force air tankers, removing critical firefighting aircraft from the skies during one of the busiest and most destructive wildfire seasons ever to hit the West. AP Photo/The Denver Post, Helen H. Richardson A United States flag flies on a burnt car as residents were allowed back on Sunday, into the Mountain Shadows subdivision of Colorado Springs, Colo., to visit their homes after the... Full story
Crews at Colo. wildfire get help from air DAN ELLIOTT,Associated Press GOLDEN, Colo. — The incident commander for a fire that has burned nearly 2 square miles of steep, wooded terrain west of Denver says the blaze could be 80 percent contained by Friday. That's the latest from Rowdy Muir, who is leading the estimated 290 firefighters battling the blaze in the foothills near Golden. The crews are getting help from helicopters and planes now that winds are diminishing. Gusts up to 75 mph Tuesday had grounded air support, but t... Full story
A deal for the Northern Arapaho Tribe in Wyoming to sell organic, grassfed beef to Whole Foods Market Inc. has fallen through, a beef distributor said Wednesday. Panorama Meats Inc., which bought the beef from the Tribe and sold it to Whole Foods, said the agreement ended in March when tribal officials asked for a 29 percent price increase. "That's a heck of a jump in one fell swoop," said Mack Graves, CEO of Vina, Calif.- based Panorama. Graves said the increase was more than Whole Foods wanted to pay. Officials of the...