we're following two developing stories. one - iran has released 10 american sailors from custody. and the other is here in denver - denver police are trying to figure out what caused a deadly rollover crash. lets start with the u-s sailors. about two hours the 10 sailors from boats were freed. sailors were taken to international waters... and iran says the boats waters illegally... u-s military leaders say the boats drifted into iranian waters boats had problems. and overnight -

dead after a car was found on its side on railroad tracks - near the national western stock show. denver police are trying to figure out when the accident happened... and how it happened. good morning. gary, corey and cheryl with you on this wednesday morning. marty coniglio and traffic reporter amelia earhart join us. marty-we're getting closer to a temperature drop. neighbors watched in shock as a fire

home... cell phone video shows the flames covering the home... what it doesn't show -- neighbors and firefighters jumping in to help the family inside.. sadly one man, did not make it out alive. 9news reporter noel brennan is outside the home on west stanford avenue. noel - the man who died was bedridden -- a man once suspected as an

of the department of corrections director... will be in court today... after apparently targeting another d-o-c employee. was arrested last month...after a shootout with colorado springs police. police say he was trying to break into a home... property records show the home belongs to a former corrections employee. guolee is a reported member of a notorious white supremacist gang. and is an associate of 28-year-old evan ebel the man who shot and killed the doc's executive tom clements. kudos... and caution were given in president obama's final state of the union address. last night's speech

america must deal with in the next 10 years. and he fought back against critics ... taking aim at gop claims -- the president also talked about terrorists... and isis in particular... saying if congress is serious about winning the war against terror - they should authorize the use of military force against isis. he mentioned osama bin laden as an example... that if you come after the u-s... you won't win. >> two coloradans were invited to

her family business "rice's lucky clover honey" in greeley. she sat in the first lady's viewing box. and representative diana degette invited shem-sa- deen ben-masaud to the address. he's the imam at the metro denver north islamic center in northglenn. colorado lawmakers have sent us statements reacting to the president's speech. we've posted them all for you to read on the 9news app. millions across the country are waking up this morning.. with 6 numbers -or more- they hope could change their lives.. millions more will be buying a ticket before the tonight's powerball cutoff. the record jackpot stands right now at around 1-and-a- half-billion dollars, but that will likely go up today. again, the odds of picking the winning jackpot number are 1-in-more-than-292- million.. that means you have a much better chance of being canonized by the pope.. but what i'm saying is.... you've got a chance!

of the powerball is 24 percent of tickets sold in the state. last fiscal year, the state collected $128 million from all lottery sales. this year, there could be a new record. three state are the primary beneficiaries: great outdoors conservation trust fund and colorado parks and wildlife. there are a lot of federal income taxes alone could consume about 40- percent of a person's winnings. if you owe back taxes to the i-r-s, you might soon get private debt collector. outsource the work... against i-r-s recommendations... as part of a new highway funding bill that took effect last month. critics are scammers could i-r-s tax collectors to fraudulently dup people out of their money. . hour away from

magnets will be handed out in broomfield. 9news reporter colleen ferreira is there live!

to los angeles... but another could move too. the question is: which team? the man accused of

crash... has pleaded not guilty to first-degree and attempted murder. police say christopher gebers was trying to outrun officers when he lost control, veered off the road and struck trooper taylor thyfault... killing him. trooper clinton rushing was also hurt. gerber blames a faulty accelerator and locked up emergency break for causing the crash. after 21 years making a home in st. louis, the rams are headed back to los angeles. last night--nfl owners voted to allow the st. louis rams to move to a new stadium just outside los angeles. stan kronke who also owns the colorado nuggets - says it was a difficult business. chargers will have an option now to share the facility. nfl commissioner roger goodell say the oakland wanted to move--were left out of the deal. but they could angeles if san diego doesn't. the raiders and rams both left los angeles after the the rams had been in the la area since

new overnight, turkey's interior minister says investigators have detained one person in connection to yesterday's suicide bombing in istanbul. turkish leaders say the suspect was detained late tuesday -- no other details were given. we've just learned that all 10 people killed in the explosion were german. this morning pope francis invited the faithful to pray for the bombing victims. new information in the deadly paris attacks this morning. belgian investigators revealed they idenfitied three homes used by the suspects to prepare for the attacks. the two apartments and a house were all rented under fake names and paid for in cash. investiagtors also say a b-m-v driven by one of the suspects was stopped near the apartments in brussels. authorities believe the other suspect's house was used to make suicide belts. the mexican government is now

between hollywood star sean penn and drug lord joaquin "el chapo" guzman. they want to find out if any illegal acts took place. they gave this example: if any money or gifts exchanged hands, it could be considered money laundering. penn said that he has nothing to hide about the meeting. guzman was on the run after escaping a maximum security prison. he was recaptured friday. it seems that self- driving cars are the way of the future... and now they're getting support from a big politician. gregg will fill us in on the developments... but first, lets

the market rose for a second straight session on tuesday. the nasdaq broke a nine-day losing streak yesterdasy -- this was its longest negative streak since 2008.

briefly falling below $30 a barrel yesterday. it's trading higher this morning. the obama administration is expected to announce new efforts tomorrow to boost self- driving cars. currently, there is no legal framework governing autonomous vehicles on u-s roads. automakers and tech companies have called on regulators to clarify rules, partly out of concern an accident involving a self-driving car could lead to costly lawsuits. ford says it's the first to test self- driving cars in the snow. the winter weather testing is taking place in michigan, including at m-city which you see here. m-city is a full- scale simulated real-world urban environment at the university of michigan. snow is one of the biggest hurdles preventing deployment of self-driving cars. let's check in with

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that went looking for food at a pizzeria in the springs back in september? not so little anymore. the cub has packed on the pounds - under expert care - going from 40 to 140 pounds - and now he's set to return to the wild. wildlife workers took the cub to an undisclosed woodsy-location - where the hope is he won't remember how wonderful pizza is and that returning to the city is the way to get it. the bear cub will hopefully not find any campers' food either! hey - larimer county says that its campgrounds are already getting booked up for the summer! the ones at horsetooth reservoir are full for july 4th weekend - and almost all the early summer weekends too! the other campgrounds are following the same pattern. reservations can

days in advance... so if you plan to go in late summer, start thinking about making a reservation now! skiers and snowboarders can now have some fun at the ruby hill rail yard in denver. the park is now open. this is video from late december just after the city started making some snow. you can see some people didn't want to wait until it was done to start sledding! city officials are hoping to keep the