Author: Andrea Brown
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Police investigate report of kidnapping
What had been reported as an abduction from a department store parking lot remains under investigation to determine what happened, Colorado Springs police said Saturday. A 21-year-old woman, whose name was not released, told police she was abducted outside her car in a Kohl’s department store on Powers Boulevard Friday night, fought off her attacker…
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Bidlack picked to chair the Dems
Hal Bidlack was selected Saturday as the new chairman of the El Paso County Democratic Party. The retired Air Force lieutenant colonel has a Ph.D. in political science and campaign experience. He ran unsuccessfully against Republican Doug Lamborn for a 5th Congressional District seat in 2008. “What people see in him are his leadership qualifications and top-end…
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Get your green on at today’s St. Patrick’s Day parade
No green beer needed for today’s St. Patrick’s Day event. Save the tinted brew for the actual holiday on Wednesday. You’ll be seeing enough green at the St. Patrick’s Day parade in downtown Colorado Springs. The parade, starting at noon, has about 100 entries, including about 25 floats and three bagpipe bands. “They are really doing it…
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YOUR SPACE blog: Fort Carson soldiers do the Jalalabad Jig
World Tea Expo president George Jage sipped tea in Las Vegas on Thursday. Jage recently changed his Google alert to “tea minus party” to avoid being deluged with political updates. Photo by The Associated Press
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Memorial service today for Springs filmmaker killed in Haiti earthquake
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. today for David Hames, the Colorado Springs freelance filmmaker killed in the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti. The service at Vanguard Church, 3958 N. Academy Blvd., is open to the public. Hames was in the Hotel Montana lobby when the earthquake struck. His remains were found about three…
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Armed robbery suspects nabbed by police
Colorado Springs Police caught two males suspected in an overnight convenience store robbery. Police said two suspects, Charles Soberanis, 24, and a juvenile male, whose name was not released, demanded money and cigarettes at the Circle K, 6560 S. Academy Blvd., in the 2:30 a.m. robbery. After threatening the clerk with a shotgun, they fled…
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Soldier from Colorado Springs killed in parachute training at Fort Lee
A 24-year-old soldier from Colorado Springs died Thursday at Fort Lee during parachute training. The Associated Press reported Pvt. Anthony Milo had parachuted from a Blackhawk helicopter during routine training at the Petersburg, Va., base when he was tangled with a power line near the base’s landing zone. A story in The Army Times reported it was…
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Get your death off to a good start
Organ or piano? Roses or carnations? Casket or cremation? Death was the topic of a four-hour workshop Saturday at Colorado Springs Senior Center. Seven people showed up to plan their funerals. None were sick or intended to die anytime soon. But, when their days are up, their grand send-off would be set, whether it was…
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YOUR SPACE: Attention Wal-Mart shoppers, rescue in Aisle 1
Sharon Smith to the rescue. It has a nice ring to it. She’s an emergency dispatcher. You might get her if you call 911 for help. And she’s been known to rescue shoppers from long checkout lines at the Fountain Wal-Mart, where she moonlights as a cashier. It’s also where she helped save a choking,…