The word "retard" makes Keenan O'Reilly cringe.

A man police shot in the stomach after he disobeyed officers' orders and reached for a toy gun in November accepted a plea deal while facedown on the courtroom floor Friday.

The owner of a Loveland gym was sentenced to four years in prison for selling painkillers to an undercover officer multiple times.

Loveland Police seized a large amount of synthetic marijuana at One Love Smoke Shop with an estimated retail value of $61,539.

A window was broken in an act of criminal mischief at the Fort Collins office for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign.

Now is the time for people who want to get the special Loveland postal cancellation on their Valentines to get their letters in the mail.

Kawhi Leonard and Malcolm Thomas, the top two scorers and rebounders on last year's 34-3 team now are playing together with the NBA's San Antonio Spurs.

LOVELAND - Statistically speaking, the Colorado Eagles are one of the top scoring offenses in the ECHL, but anyone watching Friday night's game against visiting Las Vegas at the Budweiser Events Center might think otherwise.

D'Arric Thomas, a cornerback and kick returner from Dallas with 4.37-second speed in the 40-yard dash, and Nolan Peralta, a standout linebacker from Wildomar, Calif., both said Friday that they would sign next week with CSU's football program.

The CSU women's basketball team takes on San Diego State today with first place on the line.

Fossil Ridge High School's girl's basketball team could not overcome a slow start Friday night in a 62-48 loss against Horizon.

THORNTON - Fossil Ridge High School's boys basketball team rolled to a 81-57 victory Friday night over Horizon to stay unbeaten in the Front Range League.

BOULDER - Fort Collins High School's girls basketball team dropped its second game in a row Friday night, letting a late lead slip away in a 45-39 loss to Fairview.

AIR FORCE ACADEMY - Robert Wasinger placed second in the 60-meter hurdles on Friday on his way to a 10th-place showing in the heptathlon at the Air Force Indoor Combined Events meet at Cadet Field House.

DENVER - Rudy Fernandez scored a season-high 23 in his return from a sore Achilles as the Denver Nuggets beat the short-handed Toronto Raptors 96-81 on Friday night.

DENVER - John Fox and Jack Del Rio are together again.