New Air Quality Rules Proposed

Under pressure to tighten air quality standards for oil and gas drillers, Colorado officials have proposed the nation's first statewide standards for methane emissions and other heightened safeguards. The rules proposed Monday don't require more state inspections of drilling sites. But they propose a system of infrared cameras to speed detection of leaks from tanks and pipelines. The monitoring has an estimated price tag to the industry of $30 million. Colorado's Air Quality Control Commission could make the rules final by February.

State Wants New Sanity Check on Holmes

Prosecutors in the Colorado theater shooting case want defendant James Holmes to undergo another sanity evaluation, suggesting that first evaluation might have found he was insane. The findings of the first evaluation haven't been publicly disclosed, but longtime Denver defense attorney Dan Recht says it's highly unlikely prosecutors would ask for another one if the first one found Holmes was sane. Holmes pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to charges of killing 12 and injuring 70 in 2012. A finding of insanity would make it much harder for prosecutors to persuade a jury to convict Holmes of murder and sentence him to death.