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Thursday
Becoming windy with scattered thunderstorms developing. High near 70F. S winds at 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 50%.
Thursday night
Windy with a few clouds from time to time. Low 44F. Winds WSW at 20 to 30 mph.
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Eugene Felix Martinez (Denver Police Dept.)
- A wanted sex offender slipped his handcuffs and escaped from custody at Denver police headquarters Wednesday afternoon. Eugene Martinez, 48, has an extensive history of sex crimes against children and other offenses in Denver and Pueblo, court records show. He remains at large.
- Longmont police are looking for a man who reportedly followed a woman on her walk on Tuesday night and then pushed her into Mountain View Cemetery and sexually assaulted her
- Broomfield police are asking the community for help in identifying a man who broke into the Range Mobile Home Community Clubhouse and stole checks and money orders.
- Colorado's child protection ombudsman will investigate why it took so long for authorities to rescue four small boys from a filthy Denver apartment filled with flies and feces when concerns about the family were registered more than a year ago.
- Investigators found envelopes addressed to a Denver man suspected of human rights violations in Ethiopia when they searched the home of a man being tried for immigration fraud, a witness said Wednesday.
- Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter as well as Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are in Denver to help build new townhomes.
- The judge in the Colorado theater shooting case says it could take up to three months to pick a jury.
- Rain described as "unprecedented" by Denver Water has filled area reservoirs to levels well above the average for this time of year.
- The Town of Lyons has begun testing water lines for possible problems in preparation for eventual restoration of water service to homes and businesses.
- The Federal Emergency Management Agency will start closing its Colorado flood Disaster Recovery Centers on Sundays, beginning this weekend.
- Boulder County is reopening several more open space areas and trails to the public after its Parks and Open Space Department staff has determined that the areas are now safe and accessible.
- Boulder County Commits to Kids, the campaign for Amendment 66, is hosting a rally at 10 a.m. Saturday in Boulder.
- Sprinkler repair crews have put out a warning that thieves are targeting copper pipes again.
- All City Market and King Soopers stores in Colorado, including those in Craig and Steamboat Springs, have voluntarily stopped selling potentially dangerous chicken.
- In a decision that both sides read as favoring Xcel Energy, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission on Wednesday ruled that it will decide which assets Boulder can condemn for a future municipal electric utility -- and that Boulder should pay Xcel not just for those assets, but the replacement costs of any equipment that needs to be rebuilt to maintain system reliability.
- NASA's Jupiter-bound spacecraft, built here in Colorado, hit a snag Wednesday soon after it used Earth as a gravity slingshot to hurtle toward the outer solar system, but mission managers said it's on course to arrive at the giant planet in 2016.
- Mulch dropped by helicopters and timbers laid across charred slopes mostly held through the recent flood — proving the value of a $10 million gambit Greeley and Fort Collins took to protect urban water supplies after wildfires last year.
