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Colorado Suspect In Doctoral Program, Not Med School
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — The suspect in a mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater was in a doctoral program but was not in medical school.
Spokeswoman Jacque Montgomery says 24-year-old James Holmes was studying neuroscience in a Ph.D. p
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President Obama Reacts to the ‘Horrific and Tragic’ Shooting in Aurora
(AP) — President Barack Obama says he is “shocked and saddened” by a deadly shooting at a suburban Denver movie theater. He is urging the nation to “come together as one American family.”
Obama says he and first lady Michelle Obama were shocked by the “horrific and tragic” shooting. Obama says his administration will do everything they can to support the people of Aurora, Colo.
A gunman opened fir
‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Shooting Suspect was Former Med Student, Apartment Booby Trapped
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — A former medical student in a gas mask barged into a crowded Denver-area theater during a midnight showing of the Batman movie on Friday, hurled a gas canister and then opened fire, killing 12 people and injuring at least 50 others in one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent U
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Progress Made On Fire Near Glendo State Park
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Firefighters are making progress in trying to stop a fire near Glendo State Park in southeast Wyoming.
The Sawmill Fire started Saturday on a Wyoming National Guard training area. It has burned about 12 square miles of timber and grass and is 30 percent contained
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Wildfire Starts On Wyoming Guard Training Facility
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Another state park in southeast Wyoming is threatened by a wildfire.
Campers and visitors on the east side of Glendo State Park were evacuated Sunday night because of a wildfire burning on the nearby Wyoming National Guard training grounds
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Wyoming’s Largest Wildfire Destroys 30 Homes
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s largest wildfire has destroyed 30 homes and dozens of outbuildings.
Albany County assessors told the Associated Press that they’ve completed their survey of the damage caused by the 150-square-mile Arapahoe fire northwest of Wheatland.
They looke
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Rain, Cool Weather Helps Slow Wyo. Wildfires
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s largest wildfires remain in check after rain and cooler weather helped firefighters gain the upper hand over the weekend.
But warm, drier weather is returning, meaning conditions will soon again favor the spread of any new fires that might start.
The
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Rain, Cool Weather Helps Slow Wyo. Wildfires
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Rain and cooler weather has helped the fight against wildfires burning in Wyoming.
The largest of the fires is the roughly 150-square-mile Arapaho Fire burning northwest of Wheatland. Over the weekend, rain allowed firefighters there to attack parts of the fire that were previously inaccessible
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Winds Help Spread Squirrel Creek Fire Before Rain
NEWCASTLE, Wyo. (AP) — More rain is expected to help firefighters at the 17-square-mile Squirrel Creek fire but winds from thunderstorms have helped spread the fire a bit.
The fire about 30 miles southwest of Laramie grew by about 650 acres before some rain began falling Thursday
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Squirrel Creek Fire Determined To Be Human-Caused
NEWCASTLE, Wyo. (AP) — Fire officials say the nearly 17-square-mile Squirrel Creek Fire about 30 miles southwest of Laramie was human-caused.
Fire spokesman Larry Helmerick says an investigation is continuing.
The fire was 55 percent contained Thursday
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Rain Helps Fight Against Wyoming Fires
NEWCASTLE, Wyo. (AP) — Rain has helped crews battling some wildfires in Wyoming, including a 16-square-mile Squirrel Creek Fire about 30 miles southwest of Laramie.
The residents of about 15 homes were evacuated Wednesday evening because the fire grew to the southeast in beetle-killed timber
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Highlands Fire Contained In Northeast Wyoming, Southwestern South Dakota
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Fire crews have fully contained the Highlands Fire burning in southwest South Dakota and northeast Wyoming, and made progress on the White Draw Fire in South Dakota’s Black Hills.
The Highlands Fire destroyed five structures including two homes between Newcastle, Wyo, and Custer, S.D. It
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