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‘Bionic man’ awaits a beating heart
Most guys want expensive electronics for Christmas. Justin Greene has all the electronics he needs. Now he wants something money can’t buy. A pulse. But a pulse requires a beating heart. All Greene has is a battery powered implant, called a left ventricular assist device, or LVAD, which keeps the 23-year-old Colorado Springs native alive…
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Coal spilled in Springs derailment headed to landfill
More than 1,600 tons of coal spilled from a southbound train that derailed Wednesday night as it passed through Colorado Springs and will have to be disposed of in a landfill, a spokesman for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway said today.Cleanup and repairs were under way while railway officials began trying to find out why…
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Sesame Street meets the Bible
It’s easy to complain about television programming, but who actually does something about it? Well, David Hames of Colorado Springs did. A couple years ago, Hames noticed something lacking in the pre-school television shows his children, now ages 3 and 5, were watching: None of the shows included teachings on the Christian faith. Hames set…
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Play about Springs’ evangelicals starts a dialogue
It was praised by the New York Times, the New Yorker and Variety, among other A-List media outlets. But on Friday night, “This Beautiful City” faced even tougher critics: The town that inspired the play about the schism between the evangelical community and well, the rest of Colorado Springs. “I have no idea how they’ll…
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Troubled teens get straight talk from ex-con
Tillman Clifton sits down with eight teenagers in a room in Colorado Springs municipal court. The kids, who range in age from 13 to 17, have been sent here by Teen Court for offenses ranging from shoplifting to fighting to marijuana possession. They look like there are plenty of places they’d rather be. Two brothers…
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Our Town: The musical — Acclaimed show about Springs evangelicals returns to town
The uncomfortable scene repeated endlessly on TV: Pastor Ted Haggard, the face of the evangelical movement, embroiled in scandal, talking to reporters from his SUV as his distraught wife and children looked on. Now we can see that moment reenacted onstage as The Civilians, a New York-based theater troupe, bring their touring musical “This Beautiful…
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Carson soldiers play elves for a day
Dozens of recruits will hand out toys to children from foster homes Saturday as they learn about the Army’s expectation of community service in the ranks. “It helps create a good foundation for their character,” said Sgt. 1st Class Jamie Perry, a recruiter who has organized the “Santa’s Soldiers” giveaway for the past two years…
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5 injured in Ellicott head-on crash
A van driven by an 18-year-old man crossed the center line and slammed into an oncoming pickup in Ellicott on Thursday afternoon, injuring both drivers and three children in the pickup, authorities said. Clinton Peterson of Colorado Springs was in serious condition at Memorial Hospital on Thursday evening and the other driver, 21-year-old Amy Giegerich…
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DINING REVIEW: Sushi-licious
If you are going to steal an idea, you might as well steal from the best.So when our server at Bara Sushi, the new raw-fish den in the Promenade Shops at Briargate, told us that their treatment of yellowtail tuna sashimi ($12) was lifted straight from Nobuyuki Matsuhisa’s fleet of trendy high-end Nobu restaurants (London,…
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Streetcar desire is strong in downtown Springs
It would make sense that any talk of streetcars in Colorado Springs skidded to a halt with the economy. After all, the city just slashed its funding of bus service from $8.7 million to $2.6 million, plans to lay off 73 transit workers this month, and cut total bus service hours in half. But a…