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Chris Kuper during practice on Jan. 8. (credit: CBS)

Broncos G Kuper Ready For 1st Playoff Appearance

Peyton Manning’s pocket of protection is about to get an upgrade. A finally healthy Chris Kuper is expected to return at right guard Saturday when the top-seeded Denver Broncos host the Baltimore Ravens in an AFC divisional playoff.

2013/01/09

Montana Teacher’s Body Likely Found In North Dakota

Authorities said Wednesday they believe a body found outside Williston, N.D., is that of a missing Sidney, Mont., high school math teacher who disappeared Jan. 7 during a morning run.

2012/03/21

Filing Says Montana Victim Choked, Buried

An affidavit filed Friday in the kidnapping of a Montana school teacher describes a crack-fueled, seemingly random abduction of 43-year-old Sherry Arnold, who was allegedly choked to death and then buried in a shallow grave on a North Dakota farmstead.

2012/02/17

Lester Vann Waters Jr. and Michael Keith Spell (credit: Williams County Sheriff's Department)

Montana Authorities Seek Extradition Of Colorado Men In Kidnapping

Authorities have started extradition procedures against two men held in North Dakota in the kidnapping of a Montana teacher now presumed dead.

2012/01/18

Suspects In Missing Teacher Case Want Hearing

Two men held in the disappearance of eastern Montana teacher Sherry Arnold faced extradition hearings Tuesday in a North Dakota courtroom.

2012/01/17

2 Colorado Men Held After Montana Teacher Disappears

Authorities are staying tight-lipped about their investigation into a Montana teacher who is missing and presumed dead.

2012/01/16

CBS4's Alan Gionet talks with Dr. Stephen Sonnenberg of the Colorado School of Mines (credit: CBS)

Billions Of Barrels Of Oil Possible Under Colorado

Wattenburg in Colorado is part of a massive expansion of oil production in the lower 48 states, resulting in a change in exports.

2012/01/03

AP Source: Ex-USOC Chief To Lead Hockey Conference

A person familiar with the negotiations says former U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Jim Scherr will be the first commissioner of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference.

2012/01/03

Man Given Bus Ticket To North Dakota To Return To Colorado

A homeless man who was given a bus ticket by a shelter in Aspen, Colo., to find a job in North Dakota says he will return to the tony ski resort town the first chance he gets.

2011/12/29