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Charlie Brown House: Woman In Springs Resisted Selling Of Springs Home With Rare Charles Schulz Mural

Colorado Springs Gazette | Bill Vogrin | Posted 12.14.2009 | Denver

Read More: Charles Schulz, Charlie Brown, Peanuts Cartoon, Colorado Springs Peanut House, Colorado Springs, Denver News

Polly Travnicek gave away her winning lottery ticket. And she feels richer for it. Actually, it wasn't a lottery ticket. Travnicek, 82, gave away the...

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Soldiers' Mental Health A Concern In Colorado Springs As Brigade Prepares To Return Home

Colorado Springs Gazette, CO | DAVE PHILIPPS | Posted 12.12.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mark Udall, Fort Carson, Mental Health, Veterans Administration, Suicide, Colorado Springs, Post Tramatic Stress Disorder, U.S. Army, Ptsd, Denver News

In the campaign to help soldiers find normalcy after returning from combat, Fort Carson is preparing for the toughest battle yet -- the return this sp...

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Colorado Springs Police: DUI Reports Were Inaccurate

Colorado Springs Gazette | JOHN C. ENSSLIN | Posted 12.11.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Springs, Dui, Colorado Springs Police, False DUI Reporting, Denver News

The Colorado Springs Police Department incorrectly reported at least 82 blood-alcohol tests since January, a statement from the department said today....

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Colorado Springs Natural Gas Record: City Uses More Gas In One Day Than Ever Before

Colorado Springs Gazette | R. SCOTT RAPPOLD | Posted 12.09.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs Natural Gas, Colorado Weather, Colorado Cold, Denver News

Colorado Springs Utilities customers set a new record for natural gas usage, with 231,684 million BTUs used between 8 a.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. Wednesd...

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Can Obama Answer a Soldier's Questions?

Michael Shandrick | Posted 12.03.2009 | Denver

Read More: Iraq War, Obama Speech at West Point, Fort Carson, Colorado Springs, Afghanistan War, Denver News
Michael Shandrick

Given the pomp and circumstance of Obama's speech one would not expect warmed over politics. Soldiers deserve better. Among them is Pfc. "O", a soldier trained at Fort Carson now on his first tour in Iraq.

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Fort Carson Will Nearly Double Number Of Troops In Afghanistan Under Obama's Plan

Colorado Springs Gazette | TOM ROEDER | Posted 12.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: Fort Carson, Afghanistan Escalation, Colorado Springs, Obama Afghanistan, U.S. Army, Denver News

President Obama's Afghanistan plan was met in Colorado Springs Tuesday by a mix of cheers and protests. And for local GIs, it may bring relief afte...

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Exposed Breasts Not Covered Under 1st Amendment: Colorado Springs Judge

Colorado Springs Gazette | Daniel Chacon | Posted 12.01.2009 | Denver

Read More: First Amendment, Girls Gone Wild, 13 Pure, 1st Amendment, Liquor License, Nightclub, Breasts, Colorado Springs, District Court, Denver News

A judge has upheld a decision to suspend the liquor license of a Colorado Springs nightclub where several women bared their breasts during a "Girls Go...

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Ted Haggard Prayer Meetings: Ex-Counselors "Wish He Would Not Do This"

The Christian Post | Posted 11.23.2009 | Denver

Read More: Evangelical Christians, Colorado, Ted Haggard, Colorado Springs, New Life Church, Denver News

A member of Ted Haggard's now-defunct restoration team says he and the others wish the former megachurch pastor would have followed their counsel rath...

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Breckenridge Ski Area: 14 Year Old Killed In Ski Accident

Posted 11.20.2009 | Denver

Read More: Skiing, Ski Accident, Colorado, Breckenridge, Colorado Springs, Flight for Life, Advanced Life Support, Denver News

A 14-year old Colorado Springs girl died of injuries from a ski accident at Breckenridge Ski Resort on Friday, marking the first fatality of the new s...

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Nicole Fox Is America's Next Top Model: Who Are Colorado's Reality TV Stars? (PHOTOS, VOTE)

Posted 11.20.2009 | Denver

Read More: Breckenridge, Dog the Bounty Hunter, Bachelor, Slidepoll, The HIlls, America's Next Top Model, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Laguna Beach, Nicole Fox, Mtv, Heidi Montag Spencer Pratt, Abc, Ryan-Sutter, Trista Sutter, Bachelorette, Denver News

With the victory of a Colorado native on America's Next Top Model Wednesday night, we thought we'd take a look at Colorado's reality TV stars, past an...

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National Governors Association To Meet In Colorado Springs

Posted 11.19.2009 | Denver

Read More: National Governors Association, 2010, Colorado Springs, New Governors, Bill Ritter, Broadmoor, Denver News

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter will host next year's meeting of the National Governors Association at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. The 2010 seminar ...

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Ted Haggard To Host More Prayer Services After Last Week's High Turnout

Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver

Read More: Ted Haggard, Haggard Therapy, Ted Haggard New Church, Colorado Springs, New Life Church, Haggard Prayer Group, Haggard Gay, Denver News

Former New Life Church pastor Ted Haggard says the prayer group started in his basement last week could ultimately turn into a new church. The pastor...

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Ted Haggard Prayer Meeting: People Who Showed Up 'Believe In Resurrection'

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 11.13.2009 | Denver

Read More: Christian Right, Ted Haggard, Colorado Springs, Ted Haggard Prayer Meeting, New Life Church, Gay Rights, Denver News

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Former evangelical pastor Ted Haggard says a well-attended prayer meeting at his home wasn't the start of a new church...

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Dave Schultheis Compares Obama To 9/11 Hijackers On Twitter

Posted 11.13.2009 | Denver

Read More: 9/11, Westword, Twitter, Colorado Springs, Danve Schultheis, Barack Obama, Colorado, Denver News

Republican State Senator Dave Schultheis, who recently announced his retirement, has compared President Barack Obama to the 9/11 hijackers on his twit...

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Denver Needs a Dunkin' Donuts

Ef Rodriguez | Posted 11.09.2009 | Denver

Read More: Donuts, Food, Dunkin' Donuts, Colorado Springs, Doughnuts, Denver, Fast Food, Denver News
Ef Rodriguez

We residents of Denver/Boulder have been callously excluded from the warm, inviting Dunkin' embrace (a nearly mythical space I will refer to as the Dunkinsphere).

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Budget Votes Prove Unsuccessful Throughout Colorado

The Denver Post | Jessica Fender | Posted 11.05.2009 | Denver

Read More: Election Day 2009, Colorado Springs, Budget Crisis, 2009 Elections, Colorado, Tax Increases, Denver News

The Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts will continue to operate in aging, asbestos-filled buildings. Aurora will close four of its seven librar...

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Ted Haggard To Lead Church Once Again

AP | Posted 11.04.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mike Jones, Ted Haggard, Colorado Springs, New Life Church, Ted Haggard New Church, Ted Haggard at New Life Church 12 Nov, Haggard, Denver Post Ted Haggard, Denver News

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Ted Haggard, who was dismissed from the megachurch he founded after a man alleged a cash-for-sex relationship with him...

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Hepatitis C Outbreak: Hundreds Who May Have Been Exposed By Delinquent Nurse Still Need Testing

The Denver Post | Posted 11.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: Nurse Hepatitis C, Audobon Surgery Center, Colorado Springs, Denver Nurse, Hepatitis C, Kristen Diane Parker, Denver News

Four months after a terrorizing and high- profile hepatitis C outbreak linked to hospital drug theft, hundreds of patients who might have been exposed...

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Focus On The Family's James Dobson Leaving Radio Show

AP | ERIC GORSKI | Posted 11.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: James Dobson, Christian Right, Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, Denver News

DENVER — James Dobson, the voice of conservative Christian group Focus on the Family, will no longer host its flagship radio broadcast and is cu...

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Fort Carson Soldier Shoots Himself, Lies To Authorities To Avoid Deployment

The Colorado Springs Gazette | MARIA ST.LOUIS-SANCHEZ | Posted 10.30.2009 | Denver

Read More: Robert Murchison, Fort Carson, Colorado Springs, Afghanistan, Soldier Shoots Self, Fort Carson Soldier Shot, Denver News

A Fort Carson soldier due to be deployed to Afghanistan allegedly shot himself in the shoulder to avoid deployment Wednesday night, Colorado Springs p...

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88-Year-Old Walks 10,000 Miles In Husband's Memory

AP | | Posted 10.29.2009 | Impact

Read More: Colorado Springs, Martha Michel, Namaste Alzheimer Center, Alzheimers, Impact News

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — An 88-year-old woman in Colorado Springs who walks laps around a nursing home in memory of her deceased husband has hi...

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Sallie Clark, El Paso County Commissioner, Rumored To Be Scott McInnis's Running Mate

The Colorado Springs Independent | Posted 10.29.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Governor, Scott McInnis, Sallie Clark, 2010, Colorado Springs, Bill Ritter, El Paso County Comissioner, Denver News

The buzz in political circles is that El Paso County Commissioner Sallie Clark is under consideration as Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott McIn...

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Save My Job, Save My City

Michael Shandrick | Posted 10.27.2009 | Denver

Read More: Fiscal Crisis, Gazette Telegraph, Measure-2c, Colorado Springs, Economic Recession, Kvor, Colorado Springs Budget, Thanksgiving, Denver News
Michael Shandrick

For all the hostile local coverage there has been no discovery of malfeasance or corruption in the Colorado Springs city government.

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Rapper DMX Nearly Incites Riot In The Springs Over The Weekend (VIDEO)

Posted 10.20.2009 | Denver

Read More: Phil Long Ford Expo Center, DMX Riots, Riots, Dmx, Colorado Springs, Denver News

Rapper DMX caused quite a scene in Colorado Springs Friday night. According to MTV, DMX arrived at the Phil Long Ford Expo Center at 11:00 PM Friday ...

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Doug Lamborn Town Hall In Springs Turns Heated

The Colorado Springs Gazette | Dean Toda | Posted 10.19.2009 | Denver

Read More: Town Hall Meeting, Health Care Town Hall, Doug Lamborn Heckled, Health Care Reform, Hecklers, Colorado Springs, Doug Lamborn, Obamacare, Denver News

Civility took a beating Monday when Rep. Doug Lamborn held another town hall meeting on the nation's hottest political topic: health care. A vocal mi...

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