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5 Americans killed in helicopter crash in central Baghdad amid fighting
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Four of the five Americans killed when a U.S. security company's helicopter crashed in a dangerous Sunni neighborhood in central Baghdad were shot execution style in the back the head, Iraqi and U.S. officials said Wednesday. A senior Iraqi military official said a machine gunner downed the helicopter, but a U.
Berthoud community rallies behind injured students
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Phone-wielding students in the Berthoud community have raised more than $54,000 in pledges to help support two high school boys who lost their legs in a car crash earlier this month. Alicia Lentz, a sophomore at Berthoud High School, took pledges on her cell phone.
World's oldest person dies at age 115 at home in Puerto Rico
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Emiliano Mercado del Toro was born when Puerto Rico was still a Spanish colony and trained as a soldier the year World War I ended. On Wednesday, having spent just a month as the world's oldest person, he died at his home on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, his grandniece, Dolores Martinez told The Associated Press.
Six Flags sells parks
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Though Six Flags Inc. sold Elitch Gardens last week as part of a $315 million package to a Florida company, officials said the shift won't be visible to the park's visitors. The sale fit into Six Flags' strategy to reduce company debt and "enhance operational and financial flexibility," a statement from the company said.
CSU campaign cuts down oil use
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While President Bush harped on switching to alternative fuels during his State of the Union address earlier this week, CSU has been ahead of the curve - as part of the "Green is Gold" campaign, all diesel-powered university vehicles have been running on biodiesel since October.
After violence, supporters question loyalties toward militant group Hezbollah
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BEIRUT, Lebanon - After a Hezbollah-led protest sparked widespread violence across Lebanon, there were whispers of discontent Wednesday among some supporters that the Shiite militant group's strategy is pushing Lebanon too far toward instability. "I never thought they would behave in such a way," said one Shiite woman, Nasra Jaafar, a 29-year-old accountant, referring to Tuesday's protests, which left three people dead, injured more than 170 and wreaked havoc on roads and highways around the country.
Bush makes unwelcome State of Union Address
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In his annual State of the Union address on Tuesday night, President Bush made it clear he has no intentions of lessening the load of American soldiers in Iraq - quite the opposite, he says. "It would not be like us to leave our promise unkept, our friends abandoned and our own security at risk," Bush told Congress and the nation.
In wake of pot measure defeat, SAFER goes national
As the smoke clears and the buzz fades, some say the marijuana-legalization landscape has been forever altered
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Hey, winning over 2 of 5 Colorado voters isn't too shabby. That's what Mason Tvert tells himself. More than two months after Tvert and SAFER's pot-legalization measure got smoked, the group is planning to branch out nationally and plant the seeds of legalization on other college campuses, like it did about two years ago at CSU.
I'm on your side…really
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Dear Ms. Berry and Mr. Hill, Thank you for your excellent responses to last week's column, "Out of control cow flatulence, trees fan global warming." Blaming cattle for global warming and pushing for their worldwide slaughter is beyond ridiculous. I commend you for your vigor and wit.
