Orbital View: Our Backyard

Instant analysis from CU’s 37-21 loss to KU at Geha Field: Wrong Sanders: For the Buffs to win, they needed a Sanders in the headline. Just not that one. Shedeur in the big type or Deion in bold meant a victory. Shilo? Not so much. The senior safety struggled again. Sanders recorded three penalties – a horse collar tackle, offsides and personal foul – in a game where discipline and winning in the margins was critical.

Jamal Murray shoved the ball away from him like it was a heat pad. With 4.2 seconds left and the Nuggets trailing Dallas, 121-119, Murray stepped up for the second of two free throws with the intention of missing. The Blue Arrow pushed the rock at the rim on a rope, with exquisite disgust. It banked off the backboard and tushed right through the net. One of those nights.

A Civil Air Patrol plane crashed in the mountains near Drake on Saturday, killing two people and seriously injuring a third, according to the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were alerted to the downed plane in the area of Storm Mountain about 11:12 a.m., the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post.

HEALDSBURG, Calif. — A major storm dropped more snow and record rain in California, causing small landslides and flooding some streets, while on the opposite side of the country blizzard or winter storm warnings were in effect Saturday for areas spanning from the Northeast to central Appalachia. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Another storm system is expected to arrive for Thanksgiving week and linger into Tuesday in the Pacific Northwest, dumping rain as well as snow in the higher elevations, according to Torry Dooley, meteorologist with the National Weather Service. The Midwest and Great Lakes regions will also see rain and snow Monday while the East Coast will be the most impacted by weather on Thanksgiving and Black Friday. A low pressure system will bring rain to the Southeast early Thursday before heading to the Northeast, where areas from Boston to New York could see rain and strong winds.

A Southwest Airlines plane bound for California returned to Denver International Airport on Thursday after the aircraft’s cabin failed to fully pressurize, according to the airline. Southwest Airlines Flight 4277 turned around after reaching 12,000 feet, when staff aboard the airplane learned of the pressurization problem. No injuries were reported, and oxygen masks were not deployed, the airline said in a statement. The flight departed DIA at 8:39 p.m.

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