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  • Toddler dies after fall from second story
    A toddler died at Memorial Hospital on Friday night after falling from the second story of an apartment building in southern Colorado Springs, said Colorado Springs Police Sgt. Jennifer Lewis. Police received a call at 7:30 p.m. that the child, a boy...

  • Three teens killed in Fremont County crash
    Three Penrose teens were killed Thursday night in one-vehicle crash on Fremont County Road 123, the Colorado State Patrol said Friday. Driver Jessica Dunovsky, 18, and passengers Lacey Dunovsky, 15, and Abelina Gallegos, 16,were pronounced dead at...

  • Commander details tough war tour, redeployment challenges
    The commander of Fort Carson’s 4th Brigade Combat team said Friday he is confident the Army is “doing everything humanly possible” to help returning Afghanistan war veterans who grapple with combat stress. “When we know there is an issue with...

  • OUR VIEW: Grass in parks must die by midnight (vote in poll)
    What are activist reporters to do when city leaders spend money with reckless abandon, causing a projected $100 million crisis? In Denver, they look to a slightly smaller, conservative neighbor with a much, much smaller budget problem and criticize...

  • GUEST COLUMN: Massive deficits, and Congress can't even approve a budget
    By Doug Lamborn It’s now official. House Democrats have for the first time in the modern era failed to enact a House budget. It is a decision made deliberately. To vote on a budget that includes debt projections, imperils Democrats in swing...

  • Ignore at your own risk: Panel offers new food rules
    Every five years the American public gets a newly tweaked directive on what we’re supposed to be eating.And every five years the American public largely ignores it.For example, the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend we eat two and half...

  • Tastings: Pucker up to great tasting lemonades
    As much as we would like to, we don’t always have the time and patience to make a cold pitcher of freshly squeezed lemonade.And on some summer days, even powders and frozen concentrates can seem like too much effort.This brings us to the...

  • Nicoise: The other tuna salad
    American tuna salad typically means from a can, with mayo and served on bread.The phrase “a la nicoise” (pronounced nee-SWAHZ) means the dish is prepared as it would be in the French Riviera city of Nice. Key culinary ingredients of the region...

  • 'A lot to take in:' Springs couple welcomes quadruplets
    Eight days ago, Jennifer Last gave birth to her first child. And her second. And third. And fourth. It wasn’t exactly what she and her husband, Justin, bargained for in the way of family planning. “We were shooting for two — one at a time,”...