Four Busted for Armed Robbery

Fort Morgan Police arrested four people on charges of aggravated armed robbery and felony menacing in connection with robbery on Friday night. Police got the call just after 9 p.m.from African Grocery at 406 East Railroad Avenue. The victim told police that one person came into the store wielding a handgun and demanding money. The suspect then fled on foot after getting the cash. Fort Morgan Police and Morgan County Sheriff's officials later served search warrants in several locations arresting four people. They're identified as 19 year old Alexis Barton, 21 year old Brittany Shurden, 19 year old Joshua Shurden, all of Fort Morgan. The fourth person is identified as 19 year old Dalton Roseberry of Wiggins. They were all booked into the Morgan County Detention Center.

Brush Board Cuts Not as Much as Predicted

The Brush Board of Education will not be cutting as much in the way of academics as first thought. They said they took several of the nearly 20 subjects off the cut list last week. Superintendent Priscilla Huston told the board that she hoped they would cut academics carefully. The board did decide not to cut nursing, technology or Head Start. The board will continue its discussion of what to cut and what not to cut at a special meeting tomorrow night at 6 p.m.

Japan quake briefly cut US military computer links

The Air Force says computer links with some U.S. bases in the Pacific were severed by the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, but one of its cyber squadrons restored them within five hours.

The Air Force said Thursday that bases in Japan, Korea and Guam were affected. It wasn't immediately clear what the consequences were.

The 561st Network Operations Squadron in Hawaii coordinated the repairs. The squadron is part of a unit at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado. The Air Force Space Command, which ultimately oversees all Air Force cyber operations, is also based at Peterson.

The Air Force says the Hawaii squadron also canceled planned interruptions for maintenance on Pacific computer networks so they would remain open.

4 questioned after plane returns to Denver gate

A United Airlines plane bound from Denver to California returned to the gate before takeoff after a man complained about three other passengers.

Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson says United Airlines Flight 593 was supposed to be headed to Santa Ana, Calif. But it returned to the gate at Denver International Airport before takeoff around 10 p.m. Thursday. Law enforcement officials met the plane at the gate.

Three men whose actions were reportedly suspicious and the male passenger who complained were taken off the plane and questioned separately. Authorities did not say what the man found suspicious.

Colorado Added Residents, Lost Jobs Between 2008-2010

Even as jobs evaporated across Colorado from 2008 to 2010, the state actually welcomed new residents. During that period, the state lost 130-thousand jobs but added more than 145-thousand residents. Economists even believe population here could grow by another 85-thousand people by year's end. Experts think the contrast might be due to a younger workforce choosing location over occupation.

Bill Would Expand No-Contact Rule For Offenders

A state bill senators are expected to debate today would bar offenders from contacting victims of numerous crimes. Colorado law currently says offenders can't contact victims of domestic violence, meaning a man in prison can still write his daughter, whom he molested. The bill would enforce the no-contact rule for victims in cases for almost three-dozen crimes listed in the Colorado Victim Rights Act. That would include things like murder and careless driving. Stephanie Drobny, whose husband raped and beat her, and molested their daughter, told the "Denver Post" unwanted letters, calls and gifts let offenders victimize people all over again.