Author: Meri-Jo Borzilleri
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Figure skating chief planning for the future
6/8/2012 – PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The opening of the new Child Development Center annex at Peterson East means families spend less time on the waiting list and care will be provided to more children.According to Karen Morgan, CDC training and curriculum specialist, the new $11.3 million CDC facility replaces the CDC building that was located across…
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USOC not happy with Bush campaign
MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. — Residents in Middleborough have voted to make the foul-mouthed among them pay fines for swearing in public. At a town meeting Monday night, residents voted 183-50 to approve a proposal from the police chief to impose a $20 fine on public profanity. Officials insist the proposal was not intended to censor casual…
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Bloom finding solace in Colorado Springs
WASHINGTON, June 15, 2012 – Vice President Joe Biden yesterday paid tribute to military families at a high school graduation ceremony in Virginia Beach, Va., where many students and staff are connected to the services. At least 37 graduates of Tallwood High School’s 2012 graduating class plan to enlist, Biden said as he gave the…
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White House visit will cost USOC nearly $400,000
The Defense Department plans to review all military mental health cases dating to 2001 to ensure troops were not denied appropriate diagnoses or service-related benefits, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday. At a hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Panetta said he ordered the service chiefs to review the case files of all current and…
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Olympic parents: USAG applies pressure
When Keats Prill arrived downtown Colorado Springs Wednesday in the pre-dawn calm, she knew she’d get tickets to see President Barack Obama’s commencement speech during the upcoming Air Force Academy graduation. She just didn’t know waiting in line for nearly two-and-a-half hours would be so enjoyable. A first for her in El Paso County, Prill…