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Toys with pedals to the metal aren't good for kids. When Congress ratcheted up restrictions on lead and other harmful chemicals in children's toys last year, it was a victory for child safety: So long, Thomas the Tank Engine, goodbye Dora the Explorer .

Global warming skeptics out there, take note: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper is looking to change your mind.

Denver prosecutors will not seek the death penalty against Willie Clark, Shun Birch and Brian Hicks for the 2006 murder of witness Kalonniann Clark.

A 2-year-old child was injured in a two-vehicle accident when he was thrown from the vehicle he was riding in, police said.

The offices of Ecumenical Refugee and Immigration Services reside on the fourth floor of an office building at 16th Avenue and Downing Street.

The Cannabis Holiday Health Fair is free and open to the public. There is currently a lot of fear surrounding the medical marijuana because of lack of understanding and misinformation about the issue.

This Saturday make plans to attend a Candy Cane Festival in Denver. At the festival your children will have the opportunity to tour a candy factory, enjoy storytelling, decorate gingerbread cookies, ride a trolley, have their face painted and more.

Somewhere around South Lowell Boulevard, Diane Godfrey figured it was all over, that she would have to crash the car into something to keep from killing innocent people.

The Denver City Council is on the verge of settling for $85,000 in a lawsuit filed on behalf of a widow whose husband was killed when a Denver police officer crashed into a pickup.

The International Youth Ballet presents The Nutcracker! Great entertainment for the whole family and magical start for your holiday season.

Signs in a Safeway store at East Sixth Avenue and Corona Street tout the chain's price-cutting on groceries.

Share + Dec 2, 2009 1:54 pm US/Mountain A tense standoff in northeast Denver ended late Wednesday morning.

Will Ranchipur, a 43-year-old bull currently living at the San Diego Zoo, one day call Denver home? I know a few lady elephants who sure hope so.

Next Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, from 10 a.m. 2 p.m., CBS4 is sponsoring a Toy Drive collection event at King Soopers in Aurora at 6412 S. Parker Road and at King Soopers in Broomfield at 2355 W. 136th Avenue.

This Saturday take the family to the 35th Annual Holiday Fair at Denver Waldorf School.

Lloyd D. St. Croix, 83, of Fort Collins, Colo., passed away at home on Dec. 1, 2009.

The identities of two bodies found a day apart in Denver alleys last month have been identified.

Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and a member of Gov. Bill Ritter's staff plan to attend the international climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Bandits have now hit 165 banks in Colorado. That makes Colorado the number two state in the country for bank robberies just behind Oregon.

Soup. The word doesn't quite inspire the same level of excitement as those like "sushi" or "crepes Suzette," but is there a better dining choice after a long, cold day on the slopes? Or a more versatile way to put anything from macaroni to squid together in a single dish.