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Thursday, July 12, 2012  An Ellicott man who was hospitalized Wednesday now faces an attempted murder charge after deputies said he attacked his wife before trying to commit suicide.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012  El Paso County Sheriff's deputies said two people are recovering after a "disturbance" left both with injuries Wednesday morning.

Monday, May 21, 2012  Police aren't sure why a man shot his wife at a Denver area nursing home before turning the gun on himself.

Friday, May 11, 2012  The Colorado Agricultural Statistics Service is forecasting a winter wheat harvest of 92.25 million bushels in the state this year.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011  A funeral service was held Monday for a Colorado Springs mother and her three children who died when their van was washed out during a storm while they were camping in Wyoming Tuesday.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011  Updated with official statement from president and chief concept officer. An Alabama law firm claims in a lawsuit that Taco Bell is using false advertising when it refers to using "seasoned ground beef" or "seasoned beef" in its products.

Thursday, January 13, 2011  Winter wheat wasn't the only crop to have a good year in Colorado in 2010.

Tuesday, June 01, 2010  Recent cash prices for Colorado wheat have ranged between $3.50 and $4 a bushel. That's close to the average price over the past decade but much lower than the record $6.47 set in 2008 following a worldwide grain shortage.

Tuesday, March 02, 2010  Police say no officers were hit by gunfire and no one was seriously hurt in the incident Tuesday morning. Television helicopter video showed a dazed suspect collapsing on a sidewalk and being loaded into an ambulance, but no specifics were available.

Friday, February 19, 2010  U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu says promoting Colorado's renewable energy industry is key to generating jobs and easing dependence on foreign oil.

Friday, November 20, 2009  The billboard in Wheat Ridge shows a cartoonish Obama wearing a turban. The billboard says, "PRESIDENT or JIHAD?" The words "WAKE UP AMERICA! REMEMBER FT. HOOD!" appear on the bottom.

Thursday, November 19, 2009  SGB USA Inc. is a subsidiary of Starkstrom-Geratebau, based in Regensburg, Germany. General manager Kerwin Stretch said Wednesday that SGB chose the Denver suburb partly because of the area's high concentration of renewable energy manufacturers and researchers.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009  That tops the forecast last month of 88.8 million bushels and a prediction at the time by the Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee of 91 million.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009  The storm that included two weak tornadoes and a possible microburst tore through the southern and western Denver suburbs.

Friday, July 10, 2009  If the USDA forecasts are correct, Colorado would vault up to having the third-highest winter wheat production in the country behind No. 1 Kansas and Washington state, which is ranked second in the forecast. Colorado was 10th last year.