Denver News

The southbound lanes of Interstate 25 are closed tonight south of Fort Collins because of a car fire, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.

LOS ANGELES—He already has a Super Bowl ring, and now football star Donald Driver can add the "Dancing With the Stars" mirrorball trophy to his awards collection.

http://business-news.thestreet.com/denver-post/story/regulators-eyeing-morgan-stanley-facebook-flub-report/11548755(hidethestreet) NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The Massachusetts Secretary of State is issuing a subpoena to Morgan Stanley(:MS) over allegations that it may have communicated negative news.

A woman was wounded in the wrist in Park Hill tonight when alleged rival gang members scuffled until someone pulled a gun, Denver police said.

Boulder's Naropa University has chosen a familiar face to be its next president: Charles G. Lief, chairman of the school's board, will take the helm in August. Lief -- a nonprofit executive, entrepreneur and lawyer -- has deep roots with the Buddhist-inspired university, helping found it in 1974.

WASHINGTON—Mitt Romney swept the Kentucky and Arkansas Republican presidential primaries Tuesday, inching closer to the GOP nomination he is certain to win.

BANGKOK—Reports that Greece is considering preparations to leave the euro common currency sent Asian stock markets lower Wednesday.

MIAMI—Tropical Storm Bud is still swirling well off the Mexican coast but is not strengthening.

The Colorado Rockies have stumbled to one of the worst starts in team history, but owner Dick Monfort said today that he will not fire manager Jim Tracy or general manager Dan O'Dowd.

LONDON—A Channel Islands auction house says it's selling a vial that allegedly contains blood residue from Ronald Reagan—a move denounced Tuesday by the late U.

OKLAHOMA CITY—Oklahoma City police made an arrest Tuesday in the late-night fight that escalated into gunfire and left eight people injured shortly after the Thunder-Lakers NBA playoff game ended a few blocks away.

The 12.1 mile West Rail Line will open on April 2013, eight months earlier than original projections, prompting praise from Regional Transportation District officials Tuesday night.

SAN JOSE, Calif.—A man was in custody Tuesday on suspicion of murder and kidnapping after his DNA was found in the bag of a missing girl whose abduction was believed to be a random act of violence, authorities said.

DENVER—A judge is considering whether the federal government followed environmental regulations when deciding to allow drilling for natural gas on Colorado's Roan Plateau.

Denver's manager of safety is appealing a decision to reinstate a police officer who was fired after a drunken, off-duty joy ride that was clocked at 143 mph in a 55 mph zone.

A Denver man accused of stealing handguns, badges and computer equipment from the home of a Boulder County sheriff's deputy whom he was in a relationship with is now being charged in the 2010 burglary of another Boulder deputy he also was in a relationship with, according to court records.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Police on Tuesday defused a pair of powerful firecrackers hidden in a Buenos Aires theater and apparently timed to explode just when a crowd of high-paying guests would have gathered to greet former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.

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A small group of mothers and children from Erie marched into the building that houses Encana Corp.'s Denver headquarters Tuesday to present a petition signed by 21,000 people demanding that the energy giant forgo a planned natural gas drilling site near elementary schools and an adjoining neighborhood.

For all practical puposes, the 7,685-acre Hewlett fire in remote areas of Larimer County has fizzled out, authorities said this afternoon.