Xcel Energy wants to launch a pilot pricing program in Boulder that would charge more for electricity when demand on the grid is greatest.   Full Story

An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post Thursday, authorities said, a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded in the worst mass shooting ever at a military base in the United States.   Full Story

A 12-person jury will continue deliberating Friday whether a 49-year-old Niwot man who admitted to drinking an 8-year-old girl's urine and spending time with her in the nude is guilty of sex assault on a child.   Full Story

Boulder and Broomfield counties' apartment vacancy rate during the third quarter decreased to 5.5 percent from the second quarter's 7.2 percent rate, according to a report released this week.   Full Story