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Monday, November 5th, 2012, 5:05pm

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Where to Vote in Colorado

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Monday, November 5th, 2012, 2:53pm

DENVER — Election Day is almost here. Do you know where your voting center is?

The first step is to make sure you are registered to vote. Voter registration ended on Oct. 9. You can check your registration status on the Colorado Secretary of State’s website.

If you are looking for voting information for your county, visit this website, which has an interactive map of clerks and recorders offices by county around the state.

Checking your registration status will also allow you find out which voting location you should go to on Election Day. You can use the Google map below to find the closest polling place to your home. Just enter your address below.

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Leopard suspected of eating 15 people in Nepal

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Saturday, November 3rd, 2012, 3:53pm

Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN) — A ferocious leopard may have killed 15 people in Nepal in a 15-month span, its latest victim a 4-year-old boy that the creature dragged away into the jungle to eat.

The head of boy was found in the forest a kilometer from his home Saturday morning, said Kamal Prasad Kharel, the police chief of the Baitadi district, an area about 600 kilometers (373 miles) west of Kathmandu.

The grisly discovery, which came after teams of people searched for the child, marks the 15th victim in the past 15 months in that remote district in western Nepal.

The police chief suspects that a single man-eating leopard is responsible for the deaths. If not, there are at most two of the man-eating creatures around, he believes.

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CDOT: C-470 closing between Yosemite, I-25 Saturday

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Friday, November 2nd, 2012, 5:22pm

DENVER — CDOT will close the eastbound lanes of C-470 between S. Yosemite Street and Interstate 25 Saturday morning while Lone Tree police conduct an investigation into a crash that killed one person earlier this week.

The closure is expected to last about an hour and will start at 8:30 a.m. said CDOT spokeswoman Stacey Stegman.

All traffic will be diverted off the highway at Yosemite. An alternative route includes S. University Boulevard or S. Quebec Street onto E. Lincoln Avenue, across Interstate 25 and back onto C-470 at Peoria Street.

Detectives plan to be on the highway looking for more evidence in a crash that killed a 51-year-old man Thursday morning. Authorities have not said specifically what they will be looking for.

Dennis Dolce died when Erin Finn, 20, was driving west on the highway, crossed the median and collided with his vehicle head-on, police said.

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Police: Woman fled deadly C-470 crash by hitchhiking in Halloween costume

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Friday, November 2nd, 2012, 1:08pm

LONE TREE, Colo. — According to an arrest affidavit, the woman suspected of causing a deadly crash on C-470 early Thursday morning fled the scene cloaked in a Halloween costume by hitchhiking a ride from another driver.

Police say Erin Finn, 20, was driving west on C-470 when she crossed over the median and collided with a gray SUV going east near the Yosemite exit. The driver of that vehicle, Dennis Dolce, 51, died in the collision.

Finn was arrested for hit-and-run approximately 15 hours after the accident, which took place at 3:05 a.m. Police closed eastbound C-470, a busy route for commuters, for the entirety of the Thursday morning rush hour during their investigation.

The driver who picked Finn up came forward to police, saying he saw law enforcement activity in the area but did not see the wreck. He said he took Finn to a nearby 7-Eleven, at which point Finn called a friend to pick her up.

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Superstorm strands Colorado high school students in NYC

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Tuesday, October 30th, 2012, 8:35pm

Sandy’s wrath left some Colorado high school students stranded in New York City.

Two area high schools competed in an international mock trial competition that ended Sunday.

But while the competition is over, the Big Apple isn’t done with them yet.

The monster storm shut down the flights for seven students and three chaperones from Rock Canyon High School in Highlands Ranch and nine students and two chaperones from Glenwood Springs High on the Western Slope.

They can talk a good game.

They even walked away with trophies.

But their words proved powerless against a superstorm of historic proportions.

“We were supposed to come home yesterday (Monday) afternoon. Now, all the airports are closed. We hope to get out by early Thursday morning,” says Glenwood Springs student Andrew Schied during a group interview on Skype.

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Colorado team of firefighters on standby to help in superstorm recovery

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Tuesday, October 30th, 2012, 8:28pm

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — A team of 80 Colorado firefighters, engineers, and medical experts are on standby to be deployed to the East Coast to assist in recovery efforts following Hurricane Sandy.

The team, known as FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Colorado Task Force One, is packed up and prepared to be deployed with just a few hours notice.

“We’re like the elite heavy system for the national system,” said Cpt. Rod Tyus, a commander of the task force.

The group, which has been used in national emergencies including 9/11, is part of a nationwide system that encompasses firefighters specially trained in rescue missions. FEMA maintains 28 similar teams nationwide that are often deployed in natural disasters that require complicated cleanup and rescues.

“We have to make sure we can feed everybody, make sure their equipment’s working,” said April Walker-Stemple, a logistics coordinator for FEMA on Tuesday.

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