Man who led police on wild car-theft spree ID'd

Marty Coniglio has your Thursday afternoon forecast. 9NEWS at 11 a.m. 07/24/14.

Crews are battling a wildfire that has scorched about 20,000 acres in northwestern Colorado and killed three cattle. 9NEWS at 11 a.m. 07/24/14.

What not buy buy college-bound students. 9ENWS at 7 a.m. 7/24/14.

Firefighters and police officers from all the state are taking part in the annual competition. 9NEWS at 8 a.m. 07/24/14.

Do you watch 9NEWS often? Then you're probably a fan of 9NEWS' Gardening Expert Rob Proctor. 9NEWS at 8 a.m. 07/24/14.

Three college-aged men broke into a restaurant on Bonita Beach in Florida and stole red bell peppers, 3 cases of hamburger meat and 3 pounds of bacon. One of them was clad only in his underwear. The other two were stark naked.

Duff Watson and his two kids were asked to exit a Southwest airplane in Denver, after he tweeted about a disagreement he had with a gate agent over their boarding priority. Southwest eventually let them back on the plane and issued a statement.

It took nearly two hours for convicted murderer Joseph Rudolph Wood III to die by lethal injection. A reporter witnessing the execution said he heard Wood gasping. But the victims' family had strong words for anti-death penalty advocates.

Police say the woman was seriously hurt, but is expected to survive. 9NEWS at 6 a.m. 07/24/14.