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Firefighters battle 3-alarm blaze in Fort Collins

FORT COLLINS - Forty-two firefighters fought for almost an hour to get a three-alarm fire under control early Tuesday morning.

Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb, kills 51

MOORE, Okla. - A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday. At least 51 people were reported killed.

Woman finds dog alive in tornado rubble

MOORE, Okla. - US rescue teams launched a massive hunt for survivors Tuesday after a tornado tore through a suburb of Oklahoma City, causing chaos and leaving dozens dead, including children.

9Wants to Know: Denver's top 10 worst bike racks for thefts

DENVER-A police bike theft database obtained by 9Wants to Know reveals the worst back racks targeted by thieves.

Denver Colorado Weather Forecast

Last updated by Meteorologist Kathy Sabine 

TONIGHT:  Partly cloudy, light winds and cool. Overnight lows will be from 39 to 44 degrees. 

WEDNESDAY:  Partly cloudy and warmer in the morning and early afternoon.  Isolated thunderstorms are likely after 2 p.m.  Morning lows will be from 42 to 47 degrees, afternoon highs from 71 to 78 degrees.

Crews race to find survivors of Oklahoma twister

MOORE, Okla. (AP) - Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least nine children, and those numbers were expected to climb.

Fort Collins woman pleads guilty to killing ex-husband

FORT COLLINS - A Fort Collins woman pleaded guilty Monday to brutally stabbing her ex-husband to death after initially telling police she'd arranged for a stranger to attack him.

Lawyer: Evan Ebel forced Stevie Marie Anne Vigil to turn over gun

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - An attorney for a woman accused of providing the weapon used to kill Colorado's prisons chief says Evan Ebel forced her to turn over the gun.

How to help Oklahoma tornado victims

NBC NEWS - The loss of life, and the devastation, in Oklahoma City after a monster tornado ripped through the area, is heart-wrenching, as is the damage done to other areas in America's heartland because of tornadoes. Here's how you can help:

25 deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history

KUSA - On day number two for tornadoes in Oklahoma, 9NEWS continues to gather information on the massive tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday.

Colorado stoned-driving bill attracts lawsuit

DENVER (AP) - A stoned-driving bill awaiting the Colorado governor's signature is being challenged by a northern Colorado man who wants to block the measure.

AP photographer sees kids pulled from Oklahoma school

MOORE, Okla. (AP) - I left the office in Oklahoma City as soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV. I had photographed about a dozen twisters in the past decade, and knew that if I didn't get in my car before the funnel cloud hit, it would be too late.

Missy Franklin graduating from high school

AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Olympian Missy Franklin has graduated from high school.

Officials clear way for Interstate 70 traffic plan

FRISCO, Colo. (AP) - Colorado Department of Transportation officials are now working on their next move to maximize the capacity of the Interstate-70 mountain corridor.

Suicide at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

PARIS (AP) - Crowds of visitors were cleared out of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a man put a letter on the altar of the 850-year-old monument Tuesday, pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head, the cathedral's rector said.

Dumb Friends League resumes dog adoptions after pneumonia scare

DENVER - The Dumb Friends League will resume dog adoptions Tuesday after a four-week freeze. The shelter suspended intake and adoptions in April after five dogs died in a pneumonia outbreak.

Utah man, brother suspects in wife's disappearance

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) - Newly released police records show that Utah officials believe Josh Powell likely killed his wife and that his brother, Michael Powell, helped dispose of the body, but authorities felt they didn't have enough evidence to prove that theory in court.

$5 million made available for Eisenhower Tunnel

FRISCO, Colo. (AP) - New legislation is making $5 million available to install a fire suppression system in the Eisenhower Tunnel on Interstate 70, but it's unclear how the rest of the $25 million system will be funded.

Police release image of Pleasures robbery, shooting suspect

KUSA - Aurora police released an image of a man who shot a clerk during a robbery of Pleasures adult store on South Havana Sunday. 

Oklahoma twister a top-of-the-scale EF-5

MOORE, Okla. - The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Moore, Okla., was a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph.