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Josephine Echols, mother of pastor De Lono Straham, gunned down at church (47)

Video below.Josephine Echols was always front and center when her son, De Lono Straham (seen at right), officiated services at The Destiny Christian Center, an Aurora church where he acts as pastor. B »

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Najibullah Zazi, beauty-supply bomber, testifies at terrorism trial

Najibullah Zazi.The story seemed too crazy to be true: A DIA shuttle driver conspiring to blow up New York's subway system with bombs made from components found in Aurora beauty-supply stores? But aft »

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Najibullah Zazi's classmate and alleged co-conspirator goes on trial today

Najibullah Zazi.Terrorism hit close to home in September 2009, when Aurora resident Najibullah Zazi, an airport shuttle driver, was indicted for being part of a conspiracy to bomb the subways of New Y »

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Homicide at Dayton and Montview intersection in Aurora: Little info three days later (43)

Graphic below.​Is it possible that a murder could have taken place in broad daylight at a traffic-light-controlled intersection in a sizable American city and no one saw much of anything? That' »

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Eleanor Dewey of Colorado Anti-Violence Program on the power of the (young) people

Big photo below.​Editor's note: This is the latest profile in Kelsey Whipple's ongoing series highlighting local political activists. When Eleanor Dewey dropped out of Aurora's Grandview High S »

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Aurora: Top five tourist destinations

​There are no amusement parks in Aurora, no baseball stadiums or aquariums or world-class art museums. But the upstart city to the east does have some gems when it comes to tourist attractions, »

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ICE surge in Aurora nets twelve immigrants subject to deportation

​ A federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement surge conducted in Aurora over seven days last week and early this week resulted in the identification of twelve immigrants subject to deportation »

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Gaylord Entertainment makes pitch for tourism incentives to build hotel in Aurora

Gaylord Opryland.​ The addition of a 1,500-room hotel and conference center in Aurora would definitely give out-of-towners a reason to visit. And Aurora is looking for 'em, as explained in our c »

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Visit Aurora! It's not a tourist trap, but the Denver suburb hopes you'll stay for a spell

​You'd probably never honeymoon in Aurora, Colorado. But city officials hope the strip mall-laden Denver suburb will attract visitors from several niche demographics, including obscure conferenc »

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Photos: Immigrants and advocates protest ICE surge in Aurora

​Today is the last in a seven-day "surge" being conducted in Aurora by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Their supposed target? Deportable aliens who have been arrested, or those issued court »

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Mohammed Zazi, father of confessed terrorist, will be sentenced today

Mohammed Zazi.​Terrorism hit home in September 2009, when Aurora shuttle driver Najibullah Zazi was accused of conspiring to blow up the New York City subway system with homemade bombs made from »

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Tobacco-Free Aurora pushes for city ordinance requiring retailers to be licensed

​What Tobacco-Free Aurora lacks in longevity and membership, it makes up for in ambition. Founded a little more than a year ago with a rotating volunteer staff of twelve to thirty, the group rec »

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Polly Sullivan murder: Vidocq Society shines a light

​Polly Sullivan kept lighthouses in her window, miniature beacons that illuminated the old military dorm at Lowry that had become Crooked Tree, a shelter for the once-homeless. Tenants saw it as »

Homicide on 1200 block of North Xanadu in Aurora not seen as random act of violence

​Residents of an Aurora neighborhood got a very violent wake-up call this morning, thanks to the sound of gunfire. One man died as a result of the shots, and his killer remains at large at this »

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Gerardo Noriega receives administrative closure on deportation case, now waits in limbo

Gerardo Noriega.​Gerardo Noriega, a 21-year-old Smoky Hill High School graduate, now knows he won't be deported to Mexico in the near future, but his future is still in limbo. As part of the imm »

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