Colorado freight train derails, tanker car lands on highway about 25 feet below

Colo. train car derails, falls 25 feet to road

Police: Squatter wearing only underwear found by returning homeowner, charged with burglary

Colo. man comes home, finds squatter in underwear

Colo. homeowner catches man in boxers suspected of breaking into home, showering, doing laundry

Colo. homeowner nabs suspected burglar in boxers

Companies say they’ve made progress in oil shale research, development despite dropping prices

GOLDEN, Colo. — Efforts to mine oil from rock are ongoing in Wyoming, Colorado and Utah, speakers at a symposium said Tuesday, the same day Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in Salt Lake City that he would cut the size of new oil shale leases.

Naked intruder found in Colorado home later spotted in another home wearing women’s clothing

GOLDEN, Colo. — Authorities said a naked intruder startled a woman in her home west of Denver, then fled in a sheet to another home where he was discovered wearing women’s clothing. Jefferson County deputies said the first break-in occurred shortly before 7 a.m. Monday. The man fled when the woman screamed.

Colorado police say accused burglar dubbed the ‘Nicotine Ninja’ prefers brand-name cigarettes

GOLDEN, Colo. — Jefferson County authorities are looking a man they’ve dubbed the “Nicotine Ninja” believed to be responsible for stealing $120,000 worth of cigarettes. Authorities said the suspect is completely clad in dark clothing and covers half his face with a black cloth when he breaks into liquor stores in the middle of the night. The man is believed to be responsible for 118 burglaries across the metro area during the last two years.

Nation’s primary alternative energy lab and other energy projects get $193M from stimulus

GOLDEN, Colo. — The primary U.S. lab for renewable energy will receive $110 million in federal stimulus funds and another $83 million will go toward wind energy and other alternative power and efficiency projects, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Wednesday.