Author: Meri-Jo Borzilleri
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George wins spot for worlds
Harmone’e Elam appeared fine the day before she died, prosecutors say. The first sign that the infant might be sick came two hours after dinner on Dec. 14, 2011 — a moment when her father was alone with the girl, prosecutors say. “Harmone’e threw up something crazy,” Roderick Elam Jr. later told his wife, prosecutors…
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An Olympic-sized outrage
DENVER — The military awarded more than $400 million worth of construction contracts in Colorado in 2012, roughly in line with other years but especially significant as the state slowly emerges from the recession. The projects include facilities for a new helicopter unit at Fort Carson, a new operations center for top-secret defense intelligence agencies…
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London knocks out Paris in Olympics bid
Kids: Curious when you can expect Santa to slide down your chimney? Parents: Eager to get your kids in bed early on Christmas Eve? The military can help with that. Over 1,000 Santa trackers will be on hand at Peterson Air Force Base’s Santa Tracking Center from 4 a.m. Christmas Eve until the wee hours…
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Mallon hopes to turn corner
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ex-CIA Director David Petraeus told lawmakers during private hearings Friday that he believed all along that the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya was a terrorist strike, even though that wasn’t how the Obama administration initially described it publicly. The retired four-star general addressed the House and Senate intelligence committees…
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Sister’s life is a Lotta fun
MIDLAND, Texas — Four veterans were killed and 16 other people were injured when a train slammed into a parade float carrying the returning heroes to a banquet to honor them in West Texas, officials said Friday. The float carrying wounded veterans and their spouses took the full force of the train at a railroad…
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Open for business
FORT BELVOIR, Va., Nov. 15, 2012 – As Hurricane Sandy bore down on the East Coast more than two weeks ago, Defense Logistics Agency team members in the Joint Logistics Operations Center increased the intensity of their work. Sailors start a pump to remove water from a flooded basement in Queens, N.Y., Nov. 6, 2012.…
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Cammi Granato ponders the end
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s military is investigating the circumstances surrounding a video played during a formal dinner that featured an unidentified member of the Canadian Forces pretending to be Osama bin Laden’s brother, the commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force said. Lieutenant-General Yvan Blondin said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on…
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Coach has team looking ahead
CAÑON CITY • On the windowsill of Jerry Vinnola’s taxidermy shop sits a pyramid of small white tubs.On the outside of each is an American flag and the words “Veterans Day is every day.” On the inside of each sits enough powder to mold and cast an adult’s hand and a red, white and blue rubber…
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TEEN TITAN
NEW YORK, Nov. 5, 2012 – Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived here yesterday via CH-53E helicopters to aid Staten Island impacted by Superstorm Sandy. The group of 20 Marines worked with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the New York City Parks Department and other civilian authorities to provide relief to citizens affected…