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Saturday
Mostly sunny. A stray afternoon thunderstorm is possible. High 88F. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday night
Isolated thunderstorms this evening, then skies turning partly cloudy after midnight. Low 59F. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
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- A powerful thunderstorm brought heavy rain and hail to areas across the Front Range.The storm is also responsible for a mudslide in Larimer County. The Colorado Department of Transportation has closed both directions of Highway 14 west of Ted's Place from mm 119 to mm 110 due to a mudslide. People in Larimer County reported hail ranging from the size of a pea to the size of a half dollar Friday night. There are reports of accidents, localized street flooding, downed utility lines and broken trees across the Fort Collins area.(AP)
- A father has been formally charged after his toddler fell from a moving vehicle. Ross McCoy has been charged with child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury, child abuse without injury, leaving the scene of an accident, aggravated driving after revocation and violation of a protection order.(KCNC)
- Longtime Denver radio voice Rick Barber. Rick Barber, for 30 years a fixture on the overnight KOA airwaves, keeping company with insomniacs in Colorado and surrounding states, died Friday morning following complications as a result of ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease.(DP)
- The Denver District Court has sentenced a man who shot at police and barricaded himself in a building to serve 28 years in prison. A press release by the District Attorney's Office Friday said the prosecution had asked for Ryon Olthoff to receive the maximum sentence of 32 years for first-degree assault on a peace officer. The 36-year-old was taken into custody by a Denver Police Department SWAT team after a seven-hour standoff on Sept. 12, 2012.(DP)
- Revenue from sales-and-use-tax collections from the first four months of 2013 in Denver is up about $7 million, or 5.5 percent, compared with the same period last year, according to data from the city's finance department.(DBJ)
- Finally after three days without being able to shower, flush the toilet and use the tap, dozens of people at the Aspen Park apartment complex finally got their water back while management has yet to explain delays in repairing a broken water line. (KUSA)
- The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has suspended all blood-alcohol and blood-drug testing at the state toxicology lab until further notice. The suspension comes one month after Colorado defense attorneys exposed a report by the health and environment department they say revealed potentially biased lab results.(AP)
- Colorado personal income declined 1.5 percent in the first quarter of 2013 after growing 3.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to a report released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.(DP)
- The federal Bureau of Land Management has approved a plan to explore for coal in western Colorado in an area that’s rich with wildlife, according to environmental groups.(DBJ)
- The Denver Post and 7News announced Friday a content-sharing partnership that will result in both newsrooms working together on major stories.(DP)
- Missy Franklin closed out the U.S. national championships with a flourish. She won the 100-meter backstroke in record time, hugged her friend and future college teammate before immediately turning her attention to next month’s world championships.(AP)
- Rockies outfielder Michael Cuddyer extended his hit streak to 25 games with power -- a two-run homer in the third inning of Friday night's game with the Giants at Coors Field. Colorado won 4 - 1. (GC)
