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The mother of a 3-year-old girl who died of starvation and dehydration pleaded guilty Friday to child abuse resulting in death.

A man was sentenced Friday to 36 years in prison in the child abuse death of his 3-month-old daughter.

The abrupt resignation Thursday of a top elections official at the secretary of state's office happened in the midst of a watchdog group's investigation into her relationship with a local businessman who has contracts with that office.

Staff Sgt. Kennith Mayne talked to his mother two hours before he was killed early Thursday in Iraq.

When Alexia Montoya died, her tiny body was injured from head to toe. She was bleeding inside her head. Her face was bruised and so were her chest, both arms, a knee and a foot. Even her bottom was bruised.

So long, soccer moms; welcome, Wal-Mart women — this year's quintessential swing voters.

Today's appearance of John McCain and Sarah Palin in front of 10,000 Coloradans could make the statement that El Paso County is still firmly Republican, says a spokesman.

The Crocs fad is over, if the company's recent string of financial disasters is any indication. Is this it for the Niwot-based company, or can it recover?

More than half of the $50 million federal grant for security at the Democratic National Convention was planned for police and other salaries, according to city documents released Friday.

An 8-year-old student at a Golden elementary school will be expelled for a year for bringing a loaded gun to school, Jefferson County Schools officials said Friday.

Francis M. Hernandez, 23, has long history of traffic violations, forgery and fleeing and resisting police.

An Arapahoe District court judge today did not drop a murder case against 83-year-old Duane Herbert Frye, who is accused of beating his wife to death at their Colorado home in 1973.

A man was sentenced to 36 years in prison in the child abuse death of his 3-month-old daughter.

Patrick Romero, 34, and Antoinette Medina were indicted Thursday in the death of Alexia Montoya, 1, in October 2003. Alexia was Medina's niece.

Staff Sgt. Kennith Mayne talked to his mother two hours before he was killed early Thursday in Iraq.

An Arapahoe District court judge Friday did not drop a murder case against 83-year- old Duane Herbert Frye, who is accused of beating his wife to death at their Colorado home in 1973.

Nancy Quinones is not the daughter of a governor. Neither is Leslie Jones. Their lives are not swathed in support and privilege, but stitched with uncertainty and anxiety. And yet, they do have something intensely in common with the child of the governor who might be vice president.

A 47-year-old man from Arapahoe County has tested positive for Hantavirus, the Tri- County Health Department reported Friday.

Allegations that a former Grand Junction man had sex with a dog while forcing a 7-year-old boy to watch has astounded even the county's top prosecutor.

Today's high hit just 54, but then the cold front moves out and nice weather takes its place in time for the weekend.