Updated: 8:26 PM In the past decade the number of hikers ascending Colorado's 14ers has tripled, and the number keeps rising.

Updated: 8:19 PM Colorado Springs police arrest a woman suspected of abandoning another woman's baby at a local bar. Monica Jo Riley is facing charges of misdemeanor child abuse.

Updated: 8:10 PM For the first time in nearly 70 years, a presidential candidate stumps in La Junta. Democratic presidential nominee, John Kerry, and running mate, Senator John Edwards, came through town this afternoon.

Updated: 1:35 PM Prison escapee Robert Dana has been captured by police in the Texas panhandle community of Dumas.

Updated: 1:57 PM The government is wrapping up its initial case against the female soldier accused of abusing Iraqi prisoners.

Updated: 1:22 PM A statewide grand jury convened in Denver on Friday to investigate missing documents from the Columbine High School investigation.

Updated: 1:09 PM A 90-year-old Mesa County woman has become the first person to die from West Nile virus-related complications in Colorado this season.

Updated: 3:13 PM Heavy rainfall prompted serious flash flooding in parts of the area on Wednesday evening. More of the same could be on tap for Thursday.

Updated: 3:03 PM Seven people are recovering after an explosion at a Frisco convenience store destroyed a recreational vehicle and damaged two other vehicles.

Updated: 1:44 PM A Department of Corrections official says they now believe prison escapee Robert Dana has left the El Paso County area.

Updated: 2:51 PM The officer in charge of interrogations at the Abu Ghraib prison says she was shocked when she saw pictures of naked Iraqis---saying that conduct would have violated military rules.

Updated: 2:51 PM Rescue crews are searching for a man who may have been swept down fast-moving Monument Creek in Colorado Springs Wednesday night.

Updated: 6:40 AM Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar is investigating several hundred allegations of voter fraud, after complaints from voters that their party registrations were changed without their consent.

Updated: 6:39 AM An Air Force Academy cadet whose graduation was put on hold will find out in about a week whether he should face court martial for allegedly smuggling steroids from Mexico.

Updated: 6:42 AM The Article 32 hearing for a soldier accused of Iraqi prisoner abuse has ended for the day at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Updated: 6:40 AM A spokeswoman for Kobe Bryant's prosecution team says newly released transcripts provide only limited details from a closed-door hearing on the sex life of Bryant's accuser.

Updated: 6:43 AM The former coach of a Colorado traveling girls basketball team has been arrested in New York on charges he molested one of his teen players.

Updated: 4:29 PM Authorities are searching for a convicted sex offender who has escaped from the Arrowhead Correctional Center in Canon City.

Updated: 4:34 PM An Article 32 hearing began Monday for an Air Force Academy cadet who is facing charges related to an illegal steroid investigation.

Updated: 3:58 PM Early voting began Monday in most Colorado counties for the state's primary election.

Updated: 4:16 PM Colorado's public school students are improving on statewide assessment tests, but progress has been "painfully slow." That's the word from educators who released the latest results from the annual benchmark on Monday.

Updated: 1:59 PM Vice President Dick Cheney arrived at Peterson AFB on Monday to deliver a speech designed to rally military personnel.

Updated: 1:19 AM Pueblo police are looking for a man they believe is responsible in a fatal stabbing.

Updated: 8:16 PM Colorado Springs Police are looking for 41year-old Shari Crull.

Updated: 8:09 PM The state's booster seat law is already in effect. Parents must strap their kids in or pay the price.