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Cause of Colorado home explosion: Uncapped, abandoned line, ‘fugitive gas’

An abandoned underground pipe running from a nearby Anadarko Petroleum well to the foundation of the Firestone home that exploded last month had not...

Fire burns Catholic Workers out of Five Points. Development booms

DENVER -- The fire that coursed up the stairs of the Catholic Worker House last week, pushing 12 people into the streets, did far...

Wiretap: California inmates injured in gun-range gas blast

Collision Course A natural-gas pipeline exploded in a tower of white flames on Friday near Fresno, California. The explosion took place at a gun range...

Littwin on a very Hickenlooper State of the State speech

That's the Hickenlooper who drives Republican pols crazy and a few Democratic pols, too. The Hickenlooper who stakes out middle ground and insists everyone join him there.

Esquire profile of 11 killed in Transocean fire delivers killer details

In the September issue of Esquire, Tom Junod has delivered a profile of the 11 men killed in the Transocean oil rig explosion and...