Author: Brian Newsome
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Indian Ocean tsunami retrospective: Five years later
The entire earth wobbled on its axis. The waves sped to shore at the speed of a commercial jet. Some 230,000 people died in moments. It’s been five years since an earthquake deep in the Indian Ocean spawned one of the worst natural disasters ever known, a tsunami that crashed ashore in 14 countries. The…
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Suspected robber hits the other sandwich shop
After a string of Subway sandwich robberies in recent years, at least one alleged robber decided to hit up a Schlotsky’s for a change. David Larson, 45, was arrested on suspicion of robbing the Schlotsky’s at 1867 S. Nevada Ave. about 7:35 p.m. Thursday, according to the Colorado Springs police blotter. The man, armed with…
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Local docs head for Haiti: ‘They’re either going to die, or somebody is going to help them’
Dr. Steven Foley, a Colorado Springs gynecologist, usually spends his days treating women in comfortable, well-equipped exam rooms at his Nevada Avenue practice. For the next week, he will most likely be amputating gangrenous arms or legs in a school yard. Foley left for Haiti today with a team of 15 doctors aboard an Amway…
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Dental company exploited poor children for profit, government says
Sterling Mustered screamed and cried at the sight of “anybody in scrubs” in the years following his one visit to Small Smiles Dentistry for Children in Colorado Springs. “It was a classic abuse situation,” said his mother, Laura Mustered, a psychologist, “but it was done in a place of trust.” The boy, 9, was just…
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Young man has new kidney, new attitude
Michael Noble is living a pretty typical life for a 20-year-old college student. Snowboarding and skateboarding. Going to class. Hanging out in his apartment. And that is what he considers so remarkable. Two years ago Noble, a healthy Colorado Springs teenager, was living it up during his senior year and getting ready to start college…
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Downtown Wells Fargo bank robbed
A man armed with a handgun robbed a Wells Fargo bank branch in downtown Colorado Springs this morning, escaping in a stolen car with an undisclosed amount of cash, police said. The robber pulled the gun on an employee and another person outside the bank at 410 S. Cascade Ave. around 7:30 a.m. The gunman…
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SUNRISE: Police arrest suspect in string of robberies
Maybe it was a disappointing till or perhaps the thrill, but whatever motivated Clifford Jones-Johnson to allegedly commit a string of three robberies just minutes apart at neighboring businesses proved to be a mistake. The 21-year-old man was arrested Thursday night on suspicion of robbing two Subways and a Papa John’s Pizza in northwest Colorado…
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PEAK HEALTH: Morphine on battlefield could mean less PTSD for wounded soldiers
Air Force head coach Troy Calhoun on the field with his team during a timeout against Navy Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009, at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md. KEVIN KRECK, THE GAZETTE Photo by KEVIN KRECK, THE GAZETTE Kevin Kreck
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PEAK HEALTH: After touring hospitals, Springs woman departed Haiti just in time
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