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Denver Post News

• Judge calls 911 operator's actions "conscience shocking" June 18, 2013
  Calling the actions of a 911 operator "conscience shocking," a federal judge said he would allow a civil rights lawsuit to go forward on behalf of the family of a man gunned down after being told to return to Denver.
• More evacuees go home as Black Forest fire 85% contained June 18, 2013
  The El Paso County Sheriff's Office has downgraded additional mandatory evacuation areas, allowing more people who have been in limbo because of the Black Forest fire to go home for the first
• Denver urban fishing: Anglers catch bass, carp and trout in the city June 18, 2013
  Some Colorado anglers reserve their fishing rods for the right high-mountain streams or tucked-away rivers in the foothills. But not Ronnie Crawford. "I probably fish the Platte right here in town five, six times a week," Crawford said recently as he cast a spinner into the South Platte River's surprisingly clear water.
• Home loan payoffs in Colorado surge June 18, 2013
  The number of home loans paid off in Colorado was up 31.4 percent from the first quarter of 2012 to the first quarter of 2013, according to a report released Tuesday by the Colorado Division of
• Report: Multiple errors led to fatal shooting of Lakewood officer June 18, 2013
  Multiple missteps by Lakewood police the morning officer James Davies was shot by a fellow officer contributed to Davies' death, a review board looking into the incident has found.
• Poll of Westerners on drilling on public lands: 65% protection; 30% drilling June 18, 2013
  A new poll finds that 30 percent of the residents of Colorado and the western United States favor oil and gas drilling on public lands, while 65 percent support protecting wilderness, parks and open space for future generations.