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Tuesday
Sunshine and clouds mixed. Hot. High near 95F. WNW winds shifting to NE at 10 to 15 mph.
Tuesday night
A stray thunderstorm is possible through the evening. Partly cloudy skies. Low 63F. Winds SE at 10 to 15 mph.
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- A longtime Littleton police officer is facing federal drug charges. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Jeffery Johnston was arrested at his home in Parker on Friday. Johnston was advised Monday that he faces charges of possession of Ecstasy with intent to distribute; maintaining a drug-involved premises; possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; and using a telephone to facilitate a drug trafficking felony. Prosecutors say Johnston was arrested after allegedly buying Ecstasy from an FBI informant Friday. The affidavit says a search of Johnston's home turned up suspected cocaine and steroids.(AP)
- Von Miller, considered the most dominant player on the Denver Broncos' defense, will be suspended for the first four games of the 2013 season, pending an appeal, for violating the NFL drug policy, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation.(GC)
- The Colorado Lottery's award of a $62 million contract to an overseas company has raised questions about whether the state's selection process was fair and reignited criticism that the lottery is poorly managed.(DC)
- Colorado's second-largest city is poised to ban recreational marijuana stores. The Colorado Springs City Council planned to vote Tuesday on allowing retail marijuana stores. Four of nine council members have said they'll vote against retail pot, and even if the sales are approved, Mayor Steve Bach says he'll veto recreational pot shops.(DP)
- Eight men were arrested Friday at an Aurora hotel in a case involving an alleged child prostitute. The suspects went to the hotel to have sex with a 17-year-old, according to an Arapahoe County District Attorney's Office media release. The arrests were made based on an investigation by the Aurora Police Department and Denver's FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets/Innocence Lost Task Force.(DP)
- The Colorado National Guard will be conducting large-scale, multi-agency emergency exercises in Colorado Springs and the Denver metro area this week.(GC)
- The University of Colorado says it raised a record $258.8 million during the past fiscal year, which is up 13 percent from the previous record set a year ago.(DC)
- Weld County's commissioners will give the public four opportunities to provide feedback on the recent idea of creating a 51st state out of northeastern Colorado.(DP)
- The Denver City Council on Monday is expected to agree to pay $75,000in liability claims in a move to settle with a woman who waged sexual harassment allegations against a former staffer and close friend to Mayor Michael Hancock.(DP)
- Investigators continue to work Monday on a weekend hit-and-run traffic incident in Lakewood that killed a teenager.(GC)
- For the 100th time, the Denver Cold Case Project has used DNA evidence to close a case that had previously been unsolved.(KMGH)
- Doctors who examined the body of Evan Ebel, suspected of killing Colorado prisons chief Tom Clements and Denver pizza delivery driver Nathan Leon, found anti-anxiety medication in his system but no evidence of harder drugs, according to an autopsy report.(DP)
- A Boulder company has developed a free app for smartphones to provide avalanche-safety tools that can help save the lives of hikers and skiers in Colorado's backcountry.(KRDO)
- The city of Longmont conducted a second round of citywide mosquito spraying to combat West Nile, after the virus was found in a high number of mosquito pools.(KMGH)
- Drew Pomeranz struggled once again an the Rockies lost 3 - 1 to the Marlins last night.(GC)
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