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No new trial for man convicted of pushing wife off cliff, judge finds defense was effective
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A man convicted of murder for pushing his second wife off a cliff in Rocky Mountain National Park will not receive a new trial, after a federal judge rejected claims that his defense lawyer at trial was constitutionally ineffective. Harold Henthorn is serving a life sentence after a jury found him guilty in 2015 of…
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‘COVID Sucks!’: Customer leaves $1,400 tip at Estes Park cafe
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A generous customer calling himself the “COVID Bandit” left a $1,400 tip on a $20 tab Wednesday at the Notchtop Bakery & Cafe in Estes Park. Notchtop owner Nailya Khametvalieva said it was only the customer’s second visit to the cafe, but he told his server Gloria that he had worked in the restaurant industry…
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40 years later: Scores killed in Big Thompson Flood
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A year’s worth of rain fell in 70 minutes. Clouds piled 12 miles into the mountain sky unleashed a deluge on July 31, 1976, setting off the most powerful flood since glaciers retreated 10,000 years ago. The chaos along an otherwise trickling Big Thompson River killed 144 people, five of whom were never found, and…
