Colorado Times: 05/06/14

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Neighbor of Pistorius testifies at murder trial

A man who lives next to the house where Oscar Pistorius fatally shot his girlfriend testified Tuesday at the athlete's murder trial about the night of the killing, saying he heard a man crying loudly and that he called...

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Kristin Hopkins Survives Five Days After Car Crash in Colorado

A mother who survived in her wrecked car for at least five days after it plunged down an embankment wrote pleas for help on a red-and-white umbrella that she managed to push through a broken window.

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Viciedo HR in 9th lifts White Sox over Indians 4-3

CLEVELAND: Dayan Viciedo hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning off John Axford to lift the Chicago White Sox over the Cleveland Indians 4-3 on Sunday to end a four-game losing streak.

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Neighbor of Pistorius testifies at murder trial

Colorado mother rescued after 5 days in wrecked car will lose feet

By Steve Almasy and Carma Hassan (CNN – May 6, 2014) — Doctors will amputate the feet of a Colorado woman who was missing for five days before being found in her wrecked car just off a scenic highway, a …

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Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. NEW YORK – Michael Phelps will take another step in his comeback at a Grand Prix meet in Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 16.

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Carrington-class CME Narrowly Misses Earth

A new ScienceCast video recounts the near-miss of a solar superstorm in July 2012.

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Woman In Crashed Car Wrote Notes On Umbrella

Kristin Hopkins, a 43-year-old single mother of four, will lose both her feet as a result of the injuries she suffered, her family said. One said, 'Please help, am bleeding' and another said, 'Six days with no food or water,'" said firefighter Jim Cravener, who found her. The Colorado State Patrol said she was conscious and coherent but extremely dehydrated.

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Facebook plans campaign to 'friend' small business

Facebook wants to increase its advertising and get more clicks on all kinds of ads. It believes tapping into the lucrative small business market will help it achieve those goals.

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OECD cuts global growth forecast on China slowdown

North Carolina voters are about to decide who they believe can best challenge Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan in November: a state politics insider backed by Mitt Romney or first-time candidates more aligned with the tea...

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Kristin Hopkins Survives Five Days After Car Crash in Colorado

OECD cuts global growth forecast on China slowdown

A leading international organization is warning that the global economy will grow by less than expected this year after it cut forecasts for the United States and China.

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Holmes appeals order allowing victims attend trial

Attorneys for the Colorado theater shooting defendant are asking the state Supreme Court to overturn the presiding judge's order allowing victims to attend the trial even if they'll be called as prosecution witnesses. The appeal was filed Monday. James Holmes pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to killing 12 people and injuring 70 in the 2012 attack. Prosecutors are seeking the death ...

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Hash oil explosions rise with legalized marijuana

The opening months of Colorado's recreational marijuana industry have seen a rise in fiery explosions as pot users try to extract potent oil from the drug at home laboratories. Hospital officials say more people are being seriously burned and injured trying to make hash oil. The golden concoction can be up to 80 percent THC, marijuana's intoxicating chemical. Devotees say one or two drops can ...

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Big Ten, Big East sign agreement to meet

CHAMPAIGN – For 15 years the Big Ten Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference have enjoyed a “challenge” format in basketball.

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Creditors back for 4th Cyprus bailout review

International creditors are back in Cyprus to measure the country's progress in implementing the terms of its 10 billion euro ($13.87 billion) rescue.

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NFL draft capsules

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Penguins blank Rangers again, take 2-1 series lead

New York Rangers coach Alain Vigneault finally took a shot at his club's taxing postseason schedule, but still won't say his players are tired.

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Paul scores 32; Clippers roll past Thunder 122-105

Chris Paul got the best of Russell Westbrook in a matchup of two of the league's best point guards.

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Deadly traffic hazards a side effect to fracking boom

CLARKSBURG, W.Va . — Booming production of oil and natural gas has exacted a little-known price on some of the nation's roads, contributing to a spike in traffic fatalities in states where many streets and highways are choked with large trucks and heavy drilling equipment.

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Creditors back for 4th Cyprus bailout review

Six UK-based players in Honduras squad

Honduras coach Luis Fernando Suarez names six British-based players in his 23-man 2014 World Cup squad.

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North Carolina primary voters decide Hagan rival

Kansas Cuts Everywhere Except Its 3,800 Local Governments

In Kansas, income taxes drop, general- obligation debt doesn’t exist and government workers haven’t had a raise since 2009. Lawmakers approved a $129 million increase in school spending last month only after the state supreme court made them.

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North Carolina primary voters decide Hagan rival

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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a man who was shot at a college in Georgia suffered a life-threatening head injury and is being treated at a local hospital.

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Honduras name World Cup squad

Honduras coach Luis Fernando Suarez has announced his 23-man squad for the World Cup.

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Lower costs help Germany's Lufthansa trim Q1 loss

Lufthansa says it narrowed its loss in the first quarter thanks to a cost-cutting program and lower fuel prices. Germany's biggest airline is sticking to its full-year earnings targets even though it took a financial...

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Unmasking ‘Japan’s Beethoven’: The Aftermath

Since it was revealed in February that wildly popular deaf composer Mamoru Samuragochi is, in fact, neither deaf nor a composer, the scandal “has produced numerous musings and self-chastisements in Japan and overseas.

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Lower costs help Germany's Lufthansa trim Q1 loss

U.S. Air Force rescuers on Monday hoisted two badly burned Chinese fishermen from a Venezuelan boat hundreds of miles off Mexico's Pacific coast to take them to a San Diego hospital.

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Phelps enters 2 events at North Carolina meet

Next up for Michael Phelps' comeback: Two events that produced Olympic gold.

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Family: Woman stranded after crash will lose feet

DENVER (AP) — Kristin Hopkins wrote pleas for help on a red-and-white umbrella that she managed to push through a broken window of her crashed car and open, hoping to attract the attention of drivers on a scenic highway above.

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The Life And Death Of Giovanni’s Room, America’s Next-To-Last LGBT

Author/editor/publisher Victoria Brownworth was there when the Philadelphia institution was literally a room down at South and Third, and she was with it through all of its moves, she marked major parts in her own life in the handsome old brick house where the store helped anchor the city’s community, and she watched the last-ditch efforts to save it fall apart.

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Putin Bans Naughty Words In All Performances In Russia

“The law will come into effect on July 1, and afterwards swearing in films, plays and concerts will incur penalties of up to 2,500 rubles ($70) for individuals and up to 50,000 rubles for companies and organizations.”

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Monday's National League Capsules

NATIONAL LEAGUE ROUNDUP: Jose Reyes hit a leadoff homer, J.A. Happ tossed three-hit ball over five innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-0 on Monday night.

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Hash oil explosions rise with legalized marijuana

DENVER (AP) — The opening months of Colorado's first-in-the-nation recreational marijuana industry have seen a rise in fiery explosions and injuries as pot users try to make the drug's intoxicating oil in crude home-based laboratories.

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Grapplers continue to grieve over loss of Dave Schultz

Sometimes, when he’s feeling sad or nostalgic, Royce Alger puts on a royal blue sweatshirt and sits with a Coors Banquet beer in the backyard at his home in Des Moines.

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Deadly side effect to fracking boom

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. - Booming production of oil and natural gas has exacted a little-known price on some of the nation's roads, contributing to a spike in traffic fatalities in states where many streets and highways are choked with large trucks and heavy drilling equipment.

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Yazan Karadsheh is wary of unannounced visitors. When a car without an appointment arrives in the outer yard of his factory, seven guard dogs surround it, barking furiously.

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A stately Deborah Butterfield horse at the #DenverArtMuseum by syncopated_rockshop

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What Happens When You Give A Designer Completely Free Rein On A Play?

When that designer is Dmitry Krymov, you get colliding grand pianos, a pram that materializes out of a projection and spills children’s shoes, or skaters acting out the death of Tolstoy and the Sputnik launch. (You also get utterly chaotic rehearsals.)

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Alonzo King Says His Ballets Are ‘Thought Structures’

“Everything begins with thinking. “Music is thought made audible. Dance is thought made visible. … Every ballet is about something; it’s not just a series of steps.”

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What Makes Them So Sure That Dictionary They Found On eBay Was Shakespeare’s?

Armen Donelian, Sayat-Nova: Songs Of My Ancestors (Sunnyside) Alone and with a trio, Donelian plays works that inform his sense of who he is and... [read more]

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‘Fun Home’ And ‘Here Lies Love’ Dominate Off-Broadway’s Top Awards

A disco bioplay of Imelda Marcos, Here Lies Love took five Lucille Lortel Awards, including for director and lead actress, while lesbian-and-gay-themed musical memoir (and South Carolina lightning rod) Fun Home won the best musical prize and two acting awards.

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