Provides the latest RSS feeds for Colorado Springs News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Colorado Star.com http://www.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/b4ccecf6e97f1566/ en-us Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:04:55 -0400 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:04:55 -0400 30 Among all the Denver business owners quivering in anticipation of the Democratic National Convention, Claude Thompson might be the most vocal pitchman for his product. And that's why Barack Obama bet... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046501/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:40 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046501/ When Dustin Lee Chady showed up late for his court-ordered drunken-driving meeting at a funeral home in Colorado Springs on Monday night, he got mad. Ultimately he landed in the El Paso County Jail on... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046519/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:38 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046519/ GREELEY — A 23-year-old Greeley man whose 11-month-old son was electrocuted in the family's home last week faces a felony charge of child abuse negligently causing death after a week-long invest... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046525/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:28 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046525/ The one guy looked like a refrigerator squeezed into a polo shirt, and his friend was built along similar lines, though on a smaller scale. Either way, both looked like they should have "Westinghouse... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046511/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:15 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046511/ BILLINGS, Mont. — The director of Montana's land agency said Tuesday that a quarter-mile buffer will be required of companies drilling on 16 oil and gas leases for sale along the Yellowstone Riv... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046531/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:18 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046531/ A Texas developer wants to rebuild the Lionshead parking structure into hotels, parking, condos, timeshares, a conference center, public parking, stores and restaurants. It would look like this from t... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046499/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:18:10 -0400 Summit Daily http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046499/ As the presidential candidates tweak their positions on the proposed nuclear-waste repository in Nevada, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is moving ahead with its review, NRC chairman Dale Klein said... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046528/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:23 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046528/ Brett Deming and his wife, Amy, and Joyce Deming Hahn and her husband Vic, reach the summit of the Deming namesake peak earlier this month. Climbing the mountain, named after a great-grandfather, has ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046500/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:18:32 -0400 Summit Daily http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046500/ Lori and Jon Driscoll of Colorado Springs hold photos of their son, Liam, left, and Annika Pruet of Montana. The heart belonging to Liam, who was taken off life support after seven days, was transplan... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046510/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:14 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046510/ A 5.5-mile section of Interstate 25 will close during the Democratic National Convention event at Invesco Field at Mile High on Aug. 28, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. "I-25 ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046508/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:11 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046508/ You must be registered to comment (your comment will be saved for you while you register). It's quick (it takes about 30 seconds) and we only require your email and name. Comments that include http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046504/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:03 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046504/ Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has told the state's congressional delegation in a letter that he wants the state to be reimbursed for the cost of incarcerating illegal immigrants. It cost Col... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046527/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:25 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046527/ A group of "Yippies" demonstrate inflatable "peace bats" as an alternative to the possibility of protesters' clubs and police batons at the Democratic convention. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046503/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:02 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046503/ Convention protesters said Friday that the "secret jail" the city has set up for those arrested during the upcoming Democratic National Convention used to house the city's voting machines until the bu... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046509/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:12 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046509/ WASHINGTON — Compared to the polar bear, the American pika is downright tiny. Weighing only 4 ounces to 6 ounces, this small, rabbitlike mammal with thick brown hair that lives on boulder-cover... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046529/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:21 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046529/ E-470's board of directors has approved a program to allow motorists to use the road without stopping at toll booths beginning Jan. 1 and for tolls to be assessed by photo imaging of license plates. U... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046522/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:34 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046522/ DOUGLAS COUNTY — The Douglas County School Board agreed Tuesday night to ask voters in November to approve a $395 million bond package for new schools. The board also approved going to voters f... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046523/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:32 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046523/ < 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } This is the day of political last resort. When polls open this morning at 7 a.m., candidates will have precisely 12 more hours to make their pitch to voters before... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046505/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:05 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046505/ Barack Obama is not William Jennings Bryan, and Speer is a boulevard, not the mayor, but the Prismatic Electric Fountain in Ferril Lake is back with a bang. As the Denver Municipal Band played "Stars... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046515/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:43 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046515/ An ongoing labor dispute between Denver's teachers and the district over changes to a pay plan heads today into mediation with a professional arbiter. The possibility of a strike looms if agreement c... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046518/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:45 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046518/ A man bitten by a rattlesnake while hiking on Blodgett Peak in Colorado Springs has been rescued. The hiker, a 20-year-old male, was hiking with friends when he was bitten Tuesday afternoon. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046532/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:02:44 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046532/ RTD directors voted Tuesday night to amend a fare-increase proposal to more equally balance the hike's burden on all customers, whether they pay cash or buy pre- paid monthly or yearly passes. Region... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046526/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:27 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046526/ This is a story about bygones. It involves Ernie Ruiz, a 79-year-old man who has lived in backyards and alleys off Denver's Williams Street for 30 years. He has been lost to his family that entire t... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046530/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:44:58 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046530/ There are rumors that Secret Service agents will take over the rooftops around the Pepsi Center. That LoDo deliveries will be allowed only at midnight. And, oddly, that former Texas Sen. Lloyd Bents... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046506/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:07 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046506/ Every Tuesday in a room off the gym at the Denver Women's Correctional Facility, inmate 133505 becomes more than just a number. That's when Pamela Jorge forgets her cocaine conviction and belts her v... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046512/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:17 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046512/ At precisely 10:37 p.m., up on the big-screen TV, the magical number popped up that everyone had waited to see. One hundred percent. As in, all the votes were counted in the local Republican primary.... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046538/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:55:24 -0400 Independent News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046538/ The hotels, convention center and transit systems are ready for the wave of Democratic Party delegates set to flood Denver starting this weekend. In fact, the Democratic National Convention isn't the... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046513/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:50 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046513/ Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper talks about preparations for the Democratic National Convention at his office on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post) Let the naysayers say nay no lon... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046514/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:42 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046514/ GOLDEN — A former Evergreen band and music teacher was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old student. William Robert Eisenman, 33, was convicted ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046524/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:30 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046524/ Former Denver Public Schools Superintendent Jerry Wartgow has been named interim dean of the University of Denver Morgridge College of Education, officials said Tuesday. Wartgow was at the helm of De... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046521/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:35 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046521/ You must be registered to comment (your comment will be saved for you while you register). It's quick (it takes about 30 seconds) and we only require your email and name. Comments that include http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046502/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:00 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046502/ Matt Sisson West side Middle school teacher What was best about your college experience? Living with and getting to know people from all different backgrounds and family styles. What was your fa... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046537/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:55:23 -0400 Independent News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046537/ Vince Chowdhury, 48, has been charged with third-degree assault and harassment in connection with the June 17, 2008, incident and with contempt of court for an alleged violation of a protective order ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046516/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:45:49 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046516/ Backup plan Second annual Concert on the Quad, 4:30 p.m., Aug. 17 at the Colorado Springs School Before you know it Fiddles, Vittles and Vino, Aug. 23 at Rock Ledge Ranch Potato pick Th... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046536/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:55:21 -0400 Independent News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046536/ At precisely 10:37 p.m., up on the big-screen TV, the magical number popped up that everyone had waited to see. One hundred percent. As in, all the votes were counted in the local Republican primary.... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046535/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:55:17 -0400 Independent News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046535/ Indy: Your summer tour with Slightly Stoopid includes a very notable opening act, Sly and Robbie, the famed rhythm section on hundreds of reggae albums, including releases by Black Uhuru, Beenie Man, ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046534/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:55:14 -0400 Independent News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046534/ After a lengthy, $300,000-plus renovation, Metropolis finally opened at 1201 W. Colorado Ave. on July 25. Co-owner Luis Ortiz says the 228-seat breakfast, lunch and dinner destination (open 6 a.m. to ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046533/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:55:11 -0400 Independent News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17046533/ The residents and management of Riverfront Condominiums in Silverthorne would like to thank: the Town of Silverthorne, the Silverthorne Police Department (especially Officer T. Barger) and El Charrito... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17040323/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:02:51 -0400 Summit Daily http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17040323/ The Keystone Center and Dos Locos Restaurant will host the 11th annual fund-raiser to benefit Keystone Science School on Friday, Aug. 22, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Funds raised at this annual event benef... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17040322/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:02:49 -0400 Summit Daily http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17040322/ More than 100 college presidents are backing the idea of lowering the legal drinking age from 21-years old to 18-years-old. President of Colorado College Richard Celeste is one of the many presidents... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17040324/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:14:40 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17040324/ Who pulled the trigger at a Colorado Springs 7 Eleven continues to be a mystery. Police are now looking for witnesses to lead them to the culprit. 24-year-old Andrew Tuncap was gunned down and 30-yea... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17040325/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:14:40 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17040325/ About 1,400 homes have been damaged by flooding in just one Texas county. The estimate of flooded homes in Starr County nearly doubled today after officials assessed damage from nearly 13 inches of r... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17036042/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:16:22 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17036042/ Police say a five-year-old New York City boy plunged 10 stories to his death after he jumped from an elevator that got stuck between floors with its doors open. Police say the boy lived on the 11th f... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17036044/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:16:20 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17036044/ A second mistrial has been declared in the case of a Colorado Springs man charged with murder and kidnapping. A judge on Monday halted the trial of Salvator Esquivel-Castillo because defense attorney... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17036043/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:16:19 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17036043/ Bob Woodward appears on NBC's 'Meet the Press' Sunday, Oct. 8, 2006, in Washington, as he talks about his new book "State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III." http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17031030/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:53:44 -0400 Summit Daily http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17031030/ Two of Martin Luther King Jr.'s children have been sued by the institution their mother founded, accused by their brother of using The King Center for personal gain. Dexter King, the center's chairma... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17031037/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:03:26 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17031037/ Crystie Hardy and Mark Alton Friend were in a preliminary hearing Tuesday in the death of Madyson Bogard. The court heard testimony from the El Paso County Coroner, Dr. Bux, about Madyson and about w... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17031036/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:03:25 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17031036/ The flags at Pueblo Fire stations have been lowered to half-staff, badges have been covered with black bands, and a moment of silence was held during morning role-call for Pueblo firefighter Billy Pin... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17031035/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:03:24 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17031035/ Revamping the Army National Guard training program so soldiers can spend more time at home will cost at least $128 million this year. Officials will need twice as much next year to properly train and... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17031034/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:03:22 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17031034/ One woman is dead and three other people are hurt after an ambulance and car collided early Tuesday in Denver. Denver police say the westbound ambulance had its lights and sirens on when a northbound... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17031033/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:03:22 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17031033/ More women in their early 40's are childless, and those who are having children are having fewer than ever before, the Census Bureau says. In the last 30 years, the number of women age 40 to 44 with ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17031032/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:03:20 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17031032/ Colorado Springs man charged with murder and kidnapping.A judge on Monday halted the trial of Salvator Esquivel-Castillo because defense attorneys revealed they had obtained a pair of shoes that could... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17025284/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:41:00 -0400 Examiner http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17025284/ California has fined 18 hospitals for state health code violations, including some that resulted in patient deaths. Mishaps included an improperly inserted tube and a ventilator that wasn't turned on.... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17019649/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:41:14 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17019649/ Prosecutors say a Fort Carson soldier suspected of shooting and wounding another soldier is tied to a June double homicide in Colorado Springs. The revelation came yesterday as prosecutors argued aga... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17019648/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:41:12 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17019648/ The government says that construction of homes and apartments fell in July to the lowest level in more than 17 years. The Commerce Department report says that builders in July broke ground on 965,000... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17019647/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:41:11 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17019647/ Thomas Jacomini Jr. was piloting the plane also carrying his wife Susana and children Vivi and Thomas. (9News ) Tommy Jacomini loved the freedom he felt behind the controls of his Cessna 182 and e... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013954/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:17:45 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013954/ Tommy Jacomini loved the freedom he felt behind the controls of his Cessna 182 and enjoyed sharing the four-seater with his wife and two children. "He loved to fly the plane. That was his hobby. They... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013953/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:17:44 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013953/ Colorado Democrats moved Monday to close wounds left by the presidential primary fight, holding a summit at the Governor's Mansion for a high-profile show of unity. The closed-door meeting was part l... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013958/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:17:38 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013958/ Just before the 1908 Democratic National Convention, the city of Denver commissioned a fountain for City Park that fascinated onlookers much like the Bellagio fountain in Las Vegas entertains tourists... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013955/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:17:29 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013955/ Gov. Bill Ritter most days rides around in a state-issued Chevrolet Suburban. Chugging along at about 15 miles per gallon. Belching out 10 tons of greenhouse gases a year. At best. What's a green-li... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013969/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:17:22 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013969/ From left, Gov. Bill Ritter, chief DPS academic officer Jaime Aquino and Superintendent Michael Bennet greet students at Whittier Elementary School on the first day of the school year Monday. (Noah ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013959/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:17:33 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013959/ Sen. Wayne Allard will try to block the Army from using condemnation to acquire land for its Piñon Canyon training site, he said Monday in a statement. "In spite of the Army's continued commitm... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013970/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:17:17 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013970/ A wildlife technician from Buena Vista has been honored for his off-the-job heroics. Charlie Blake works for the Colorado Division of Wildlife, and his actions saving a woman from a fire won the atte... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013971/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:17:15 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013971/ In a display of the heightened sensitivity police have to potential threats as the Democratic National Convention approaches, much of Lower Downtown was shut down Monday morning after a resident notic... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013957/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:17:27 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013957/ The Denver City Council on Monday agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by a terminally ill man who claimed he was denied medication while incarcerated at the Denver jail. Timothy ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013972/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:17:12 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013972/ FIRESTONE — A church's controversial commercial and housing development is once again headed for a public vote, this time in a special election. The Firestone Town Board last week voted to put ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013956/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:17:31 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013956/ Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan and revolutionary rap group Public Enemy will speak and perform in Denver during the Democratic National Convention, according to organizers of Re-create 68. Sheehan p... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013968/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:17:19 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013968/ Among Donald Spencer's awards was the National Medal of Science. A mountain peak 3 miles southwest of Silverton has been named for a famed mathematician who was born and educated in Colorado. The U... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013967/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:17:24 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013967/ Baptist Pastor David Slone dreamed of leading a church where people could expose and heal any sin or dark secret without fear of judgment or rejection. But a decades-old secret Slone kept from his La... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013965/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:17:03 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013965/ ( Alex Brandon, The Associated Press ) ALBUQUERQUE — With only 10 days left until Barack Obama is set to speak at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, the presidential contender was f... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013963/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:16:58 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013963/ Great Outdoors Colorado, the trust that funds the Colorado Division of Parks with lottery revenue, is withholding $8.6 million after a critical state audit of the park division's finances. The audit ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013962/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:16:51 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013962/ Dan Tauriello holds a picture of the Air Force Phantom RF4 he flew in the late 1960s. (Special to The Denver Post ) Dan Tauriello "never wanted to stop working" and he didn't until a few weeks bef... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013961/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:16:48 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013961/ There is a palpable unease within the Democratic Party. After all, why hasn't Barack Obama pulled away from John McCain in the polls? Here we are with a struggling economy, an unpopular war, high gas... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013960/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:16:44 -0400 Denver Post http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17013960/ The Free Family Fun Fest in Frisco offers free fun for families in Summit County on Saturday, Aug. 23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Frisco Peninsula Recreation Area. Families will enjoy free activiti... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009857/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:20:34 -0400 Summit Daily http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009857/ Contrary to government claims, problem peppers and chilies were turning up at the U.S.-Mexican border long before the recent salmonella outbreak. The Food and Drug Administration insisted as recently... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009860/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:33:40 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009860/ WASHINGTON (AP) -- A major study finds that the best path to a clogged heart may be through the wrist. About a million artery-clearing angioplasties are performed in the United States each year and t... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009866/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:33:35 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009866/ Now we know why some experience with foreign policy is preferable in a President. In the space of a week, a crisis has blown up which poses major foreign policy challenges for the United States and th... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009855/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:20:25 -0400 Summit Daily http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009855/ The second annual Brad Odekirk Memorial Golf Tournament will be held on Friday, Sept. 12. Odekirk was a longtime photographer at the Summit Daily News before passing away in 2006. Proceeds from the to... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009856/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:20:33 -0400 Summit Daily http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009856/ WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two senators are seeking to delay new Justice Department rules that would let the FBI investigate Americans without any evidence of wrongdoing. The lawmakers fear the rules could le... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009864/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:33:33 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009864/ FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- Contrary to government claims, problem peppers and chilies were turning up at the U.S.-Mexican border long before the recent salmonella outbreak. The Food and Drug Administrati... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009862/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:33:32 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009862/ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A man convicted of accosting Holocaust scholar Elie Wiesel in a San Francisco hotel will be released from jail but must undergo psychological treatment. Eric Hunt was sentenced ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009865/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:33:30 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009865/ PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Because of rising fuel costs, an increasing number of youngsters will find themselves hoofing to school this fall. Many school districts are eliminating or reducing bus servi... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009871/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:33:26 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009871/ CREEDE, Colo. (AP) -- The Mineral County Sheriff's office says three missing Texas college students who failed to return from a hiking outing have been found. Sheriff's office dispatcher Tamara Hosse... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009872/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:33:25 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009872/ DENVER (AP) -- Democratic leaders met in Denver to map out their strategy to help presidential candidate Barack Obama win Colorado and the West in the general election. Those attending the summit Mon... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009873/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:33:24 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009873/ LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Former President Bill Clinton and hundreds of others have mourned the loss of Bill Gwatney, at his funeral in Little Rock, Arkansas. Gwatney was chairman of the Arkansas Dem... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009861/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:33:31 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009861/ A high school choir teacher, absent from class for the last 6 months, is finally back at school. Bob Crowder returned to work Monday, even though he's still recovering from a hit and run accident near... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009868/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:33:23 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009868/ DENVER (AP) -- Some Coloradans are calling on regulators to make public health a priority as the state considers an overhaul of oil and gas rules amid a natural gas boom. The Colorado Oil and Gas Con... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009867/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:33:21 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009867/ The man accused of killing a Las Animas mother of three more than a year ago is formally charged on Monday. 26-Year-old Mark Anthony Gonzales was arrested two weeks ago and charged with first degree ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009870/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:33:20 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009870/ SUPAI, Ariz. (AP) -- More tourists and residents are being airlifted today from the bottom of the Grand Canyon, where flash flooding continues near Supai (SU'-peye) -- a tribal village of about 400 re... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009869/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:33:18 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17009869/ Eighty-one pounds marijuana, with the street value 130-thousand dollars has been seized, and is now off the streets of Pueblo. Detectives say this drug bust is unusual, since most illegal drugs they ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17000293/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:28:32 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17000293/ Residents of a rural Colorado town say a cow named Apple chased off a bear that had climbed into her favorite apple tree. Jack McDonald of Hygiene, about 30 miles northwest of Denver, says the bear h... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17000294/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:28:31 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17000294/ CSU-Pueblo professor Paul Sefcovic was remembered at St. Joseph Church in Pueblo at 7 p.m. Sunday evening. Sefcovic died Wednesday after suffering several viral infections believed to be brought on b... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17000295/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:28:26 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/17000295/ Desirae Polzin about 1 a.m. Monday. Her unidentified husband told police the two had been fighting when Polzin suddenly threw a knife.The man was taken to http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/16994744/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:33:12 -0400 Examiner http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/16994744/ Hearings begin Monday morning in Texas, where child welfare authorities want to put eight children from a polygamist sect back in state custody. Authorities say their mothers haven't limited their co... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/16994746/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:19:03 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/16994746/ Qwest Communications has reached a tentative agreement with its largest union about a day after a labor contract had expired. Denver-based Qwest announced the three-year deal with the Communications ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/16994747/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:19:01 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/16994747/ Fay could start pelting parts of the Keys and South Florida as early as late Monday. Schools in the Keys will be closed Monday and Tuesday. As of late Sunday night, the storm's center was about 235 ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/16994745/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:19:00 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/16994745/ The school budget was so tight in Jacksonville, Florida, last year that they held a paper drive, a toilet paper drive. Hard times and higher fuel prices are following kids back to school again this y... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/16994748/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:18:57 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/16994748/ Summit County Search and Rescue confirms the plane found by a hiker in the high country just west of Denver is that of a missing plane carrying a family from Texas. The Jacomini family left from Stea... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/16994750/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:18:54 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/16994750/ COLORADO SPRINGS, CO--(Marketwire - August 18, 2008) - First Affirmative Financial Network, LLC, a leading provider of investment management and consulting services to financial advisers and their s... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/16992079/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:06:36 -0400 Market Wire http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/16992079/ A former Marine sergeant facing trial in civilian court for an alleged crime during combat in Iraq says his faith in the system "is shaken." Jose Luis Nazario Junior of Riverside, California, insists... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/16984777/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:19:06 -0400 KKTV 11 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b4ccecf6e97f1566/id/16984777/