Thursday, February 20, 2014

Structure Fire on Southeast Side of Colorado Springs

Fire crews are working a structure fire on the southeast side of Colorado Springs.

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Bear Lake area boasts numerous lakes

Even and abbreviated interlude of recreating in the mountains can evoke rejuvenation of the sensibilities.

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Local family seeks medical marijuana for 8-year-old's condition

Jillian Harmon, a happy 8-year-old who laughs and enjoys the company of her family, sometimes look off into the distance and tilts her head slightly while she's playing.

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Statewide hit, run alert closer to becoming law

DENVER - A bill that would create a statewide alert system for hit-and-run suspects passed first hurdle Thursday.

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Birthday Behavior: Rihanna Celebrates in Aspen

Rih rings in her birthday on the slopes with her girls.

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Schools up security as police seek suicidal man

Schools on the south side of Montrose were placed on soft lockdown today as police searched for a possibly suicidal man said to be wandering in the area of Columbine and Centennial middle schools. Pomona Elementary also went on soft lockdown and Colorado Christian Academy was notified of the issue as well, Montrose Police Cmdr. Gene Lillard said.

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Wisconsin: Army had discharged woman charged with kidnapping newborn

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The woman charged with kidnapping her half sister's newborn this month had been discharged from the U.S. Army Reserve after about a year of service, military officials say.

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Senate hopefuls collected $500K a day last year

WASHINGTON—Candidates in U.S. Senate races this year collectively raised more than a half-million dollars a day in 2013, suggesting a spate of never-ending campaign ads, mail and phone calls to come before November's elections.

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US women's soccer to host China in Colorado

CHICAGO (AP) - The U.S. women's soccer team will host China in an exhibition game on April 6 at Commerce City, Colo. The game, announced Thursday, follows the Algarve Cup in Portugal, where the Americans play Japan on March 5, Sweden two days later, and Denmark on March ...

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Final Seven Teams Announced for 2014 Tour of California

Tour of California organizers have chosen seven pro continental and continental teams, which will join nine ProTeams for 2014 Amgen Tour of California, including four top-10 America Tour teams.

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Colorado HealthOP Encourages Colorado's Moms to Get Covered

New Healthcare Law Makes Health Insurance More Affordable and Accessible for Mothers and Moms-to-Be

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Colorado lawmaker leaves behind loaded handgun in state Capitol

DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado lawmaker said on Thursday he found a loaded handgun that one of his colleagues had mistakenly left in a room at the Capitol building where a committee had discussed a bipartisan measure to ease restrictions on carrying concealed weapons.

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Traveller’s tale: Go straight to jail

Ever stayed in a refurbished prison? David Bowden finds the experience memorable

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Colorado HealthOP Encourages Colorado's Moms to Get Covered

Colorado HealthOP, Colorado's first statewide nonprofit health insurance cooperative, reports that 1 in 5 women enrolling in its plans are moms -- women with at least one dependent. Because the new healthcare ...

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Big crowd welcomes Boone Bartlome back home to Kuna

KUNA -- An injured football player from Kuna is finally back home this afternoon. Boone Bartlome flew back to Idaho after a stay at Craig Hospital in Denver. Boone suffered a severe spinal cord injury while playing in a game last November. He suffered paralysis and late last year went to Colorado for rehab. Over the past few months, he's been working every day to regain feeling and movement in ...

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Co-op elects new board members as business works to re-open

The Board of Directors of Co-op Natural Foods recently elected officers for 2014, general manager Molly Langley said. The newly elected officers are: • President: Alex Halbach, an associate attorney with Cutler & Donahoe LLP in Sioux Falls. He is also an instructor at Farrell's eXtreme Bodyshaping.

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Fishing, hatches erupting on Colorado, Roaring Fork, Fryingpan rivers

Angus Drummond / Special to the Post Independent Mesa the Taylor Creek Fly Shop dog checks out a nice rainbow trout on a recent float trip.

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San Jose State football begins conference play against Nevada, UNLV

BCS runnerup Auburn hosts Spartans on Sept. 6; SJSU only has five home games this fall

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Charlie Weis Hires New WR Coach

Kansas coach Charlie Weis has hired former Washington offensive coordinator Eric Kiesau to work with wide receivers, a position that was mostly unproductive last season.

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Early numbers show legal pot really is big biz

New info from Colorado reveals just how lucrative the previously underground industry of recreational marijuana is becoming

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Traveller’s tale: Go straight to jail

Ever stayed in a refurbished prison? David Bowden finds the experience memorable

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Kansas coach Weis hires new WRs coach

(AP) — Kansas coach Charlie Weis has hired former Washington offensive coordinator Eric Kiesau to work with wide receivers, a position that was mostly unproductive last season. Kiesau began his coaching career at Glendale Community College in California, but got his first break in Division I at Utah State, where he handled running backs and wide receivers.

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Printed letters, February 21, 2014

Were it not littered with ridiculous anecdotes (“mountain bikers inadvertently ‘troll for grizzlies’”), laughable stereotypes (“Lycra-clad speedsters”) and even apocalyptic musings (“unimagined future contraptions”), I might be inclined to give more than a few seconds of consideration to Howie Wolke’s Sunday treatise on the relation of mountain bikes to wild lands, “Mountain bikes shouldn’t be ...

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Gay marriage fight returns to Colorado

It was almost inevitable that Colorado’s constitutional ban on gay marriage would be challenged in court now, given recent legal actions in the U.S. Supreme Court and in other states.

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USWNT set to return to Denver in April (PHOTOS)

KUSA - The United States women's national soccer team will host China in Denver on April 6 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. They recently defeated Australia in the Mile High City in September of 2012. (Credit: Getty Images)

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Colorado gun control lawsuit ready for trial

DENVER - Both sides of a lawsuit challenging new gun control laws in Colorado met in federal court Thursday.

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Woman who was sold for sex at 16 tells her story

Dressed in slacks and a bright blue top, Aubrey Lloyd shows not a hint of the hell she went through as a 16-year-old sex-trafficking victim.

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Super Bowl QB Wilson going to spring training

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) -- Super Bowl winning-quarterback Russell Wilson is going to spring training.

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Businesses Eye Marijuana Boom

The legalization of marijuana in both Colorado and Washington state marks an enormous cultural shift. It also marks a new business opportunity for companies looking to cash in on cannabis.

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A Pot Merchant Visits the Tax Man, Carrying Cash and a Gun

Colorado's tax department geared up to help marijuana businesses pay their taxes in cash.

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The ice storm cometh. . .again

The weather gods have not yet finished sending their wrath down upon the Eastern Townships as another blast of winter nastiness prepares to blow through the region.

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US women's soccer to host China in Colorado

CHICAGO (AP) -- The U.S. women's soccer team will host China in an exhibition game on April 6 at Commerce City, Colo.

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Boulder band Jet Edison says goodbye

Boulder mainstay Jet Edison announced earlier today that the band had reached the end of the line.

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Nevada Releases 2014 Football Schedule

The Nevada football team will play host to five bowl teams from last season at Mackay Stadium as the 2014 Mountain West football schedule was released on Thursday.

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U.S. women's national team to return to Denver

KUSA - The U.S. national women's soccer team will play China PR on April 6 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, the Colorado Rapids announced Thursday.

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Jailed Colorado pastor has substance abuse problem

DENVER (AP) — A lawyer for a street ministry pastor accused of posing as a U.S. Marshal and handcuffing and robbing a man he lured to a Denver motel told a judge Thursday that he has a substance abuse problem and wants to be released from jail so he can seek treatment.

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Wedding bells ring in William Allen White

On Feb. 14, two people were joined in holy matrimony. It’s a story that’s been seen a hundred times, but something was different about this particular nuptial exchange – it took place in Emporia State’s William Allen White Library. Anita Lin, graduate English language and literature student, and her now-husband Alex Dowdell, a microbiology grad […]

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Notes from Sochi Olympics: Making it through security

Ed Stoner gets friendly with the Sochi mascots at the Laura Cross Country Center.

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Jailed Colorado pastor has substance abuse problem

DENVER (AP) — A lawyer for a street ministry pastor accused of posing as a U.S. Marshal and handcuffing and robbing a man he lured to a Denver motel told a judge Thursday that he has a substance abuse problem and wants to be released from jail so he can seek treatment.

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Garfield County invites citizens to discuss health insurance costs

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — What is being billed as a “community input session” Friday on health insurance rates in Garfield County invites what county commissioners are hoping will be a broad spectrum of citizens to share their experiences under Colorado’s new insurance exchange.

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M. Golf. TCU to Compete in Desert Intercollegiate

The TCU men's golf team will kick off its second tournament of the spring on Friday at the 2014 University of Wyoming Cowboy Desert Intercollegiate at The Classic Club.

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2014 NFL combine survey: O-linemen say Jadeveon Clowney, Aaron Donald toughest opponents

INDIANAPOLIS -- Offensive linemen work as a group, but individual battles are supremely important at every position on the line. Prove that you can handle the best one-on-one matchups, and you have a chance to place yourself very highly in the draft.

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Obituary-Charlene Bucy Baumgardner

Memorial services for Charlene Bucy Baumgardner of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, at Ignacio Community Church in Ignacio. Charlene passed away on Feb. 18, in her home.

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US women's soccer to host China in Colorado

CHICAGO (AP) -- The U.S. women's soccer team will host China in an exhibition game on April 6 at Commerce City, Colo.

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