Author: John Marshall
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College basketball: Big 12 scrambling for NCAA Tournament berths
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Big 12 Conference had six teams get into the NCAA Tournament a year ago, including eventual national champion Kansas and regional finalist Texas. Matching that number could prove to be difficult. With three weeks left until the Big 12 Tournament in Oklahoma City, the conference has three teams well on their way…
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Ski deals available nearly everywhere
BEAVER CREEK • Mike and Pam Mathe have taken their two kids skiing at Beaver Creek over Christmas break each of the past five years. It’s their one big vacation for the year, a luxurious respite from Mike’s traveling, the kids’ classes. No way are they going to let the economic downturn stop them from…
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Charges filed against teen accused of killing Fort Carson solider and pregnant wife
A Colorado Springs teenager held in the slayings of a decorated Fort Carson soldier and his pregnant wife has been charged as an adult.Prosecutors on Wednesday filed 23 counts against 17-year-old Macyo January, including first-degree murder, first-degree burglary and theft and aggravated motor vehicle theft.January was arrested by Colorado Springs police Jan. 14, four days…
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Unusual style of Nuggets’ Miller fits offense fine
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2012 – President Barack Obama today announced his nominations for two key military leadership positions in Europe and Afghanistan. The president is nominating Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen to serve as NATO’s supreme allied commander for Europe and commander of U.S. European Command and Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr.…
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Nuggets are not half bad
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2012 – An exercise under way in Germany – the largest in more than two decades in terms of the training area committed, the scope of operations and the number of participants – is providing a template for the way U.S. ground forces will incorporate the lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan as…
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SNOOZE CONTROL
Jayson Stewart and his wife, Janelle, long pictured themselves involved with an “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”-type home renovation. Only they thought they’d be on the giving end — not the receiving. “We always thought we’d be volunteering our time to help people out,” said Jayson, an Army corporal who medically retired last week. “We never…
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Playoff bound
A Fort Carson major was convicted Tuesday of being drunk and disorderly, but was acquitted of more serious charges of sexual assault, post spokeswoman Dee McNutt said late Tuesday. Maj. Christopher Garbarino will be sentenced Wednesday morning, she said. He faces a maximum of three months confinement and forfeiture of two-thirds of his pay and…
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Rockies’ Fuentes knocked around in victory
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials said Monday that they are reviewing a copy of a soon-to-be-published account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, checking for leaks of classified information. Pentagon spokesman George Little said Defense Department officials “received the manuscript and we are looking at it.” CIA spokesman Preston Golson would only say that…