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The Gazette - Headlines
H.S. girls basketball: Doherty wins first of many league battles
Doherty is halfway to a short-term goal after beating Rampart 45-42 in their 5A Metro Conference opener at the Spartans' gym Tuesday.
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H.S. swimming: Rampart holds off challenger
For the Class 5A Rampart girls swim team, Tuesday's dual meet with 4A Lewis-Palmer was more than a chance to shake off the dust from winter break.
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Mental health troubles dog the chronically homeless
Darrell Sefeldt flashes a black, toothless grin as he explains how the planet Mars has taken root in his big toe. He sits bundled in plastic on a sunny fall morning along the bank of Fountain Creek. The red planet, the 47-year-old homeless man says in
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Police tweak plans for homeless sweeps
Colorado Springs police on Tuesday proposed a three-day warning period before accompanying a city-sponsored group on any homeless camp cleanups, and they invited critics to form a watchdog group and tag along.But if those tweaks are intended to stave
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Homelessness, Part 4: For many, a long, long road
At 11 years old, Edward Lander II was carrying a bottle of whiskey in his back pocket. Born to a pair of bikers and raised partly among motorcycle gangs, he lived a life of brawling and boozing that landed him on the streets for years. Liquor quelled
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Avs' Wolski puts on a show in win
NASHVILLE, Tenn. • Wojtek Wolski scored both goals for the Colorado Avalanche in a 2-1 win over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night.
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USOC's sport performance chief resigns
Steve Roush resigned Tuesday from the U.S. Olympic Committee, five months after laying the foundation for a record medal haul at the Beijing Games and becoming embroiled in controversy over cyclists who wore pollution masks.
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USOC working to retain key sponsors
The U.S. Olympic Committee remains in negotiations with two of its bigger domestic partners, hoping to strike deals that would guarantee additional money for a federation that recently slashed its budget.
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CC's Lampl anxious to return after suspension
Cody Lampl isn't quite sure what response he'll receive from the crowd Friday when he returns from a 47-game suspension. Based on what Colorado College fans have said to the senior forward, he figures it'll be positive.
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Broncos look to Cowboys in search for Shanahan replacement
ENGLEWOOD • Rick Dennison served 14 seasons as Mike Shanahan's disciple, and now he wants to be his replacement.
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CC taking ax to budget amid major financial issues
Colorado College officials say the school is facing a financial challenge of a magnitude they haven't seen in recent history, and they're looking at ways to cut up to $12 million from the annual budget - with layoffs a possibility.
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BEER AND WINE FROM A GROCER
A major nonpartisan battle in this year's Colorado legislative session will determine whether consumers have the option of buying full-strength beer and wine in grocery and convenience stores. Today, the law allows sales of beer, wine and liquor only
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Grace raid affidavit details claims that Armstrong misused church funds
The Rev. Donald Armstrong funneled money earmarked for "single, unmarried seminarians" from a Grace Church trust fund to pay for his two children's college tuition, according to Colorado Springs police investigators.
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A PROBLEM THEY CAN'T SOLVE
The homeless became a major Colorado Springs headline in late 2008. It began when Gazette columnist Barry Noreen exposed a city-sponsored group called Keep Colorado Springs Beautiful for abusing the homeless. The organization was videotaped raiding homeless
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Letters - Wednesday
public schoolsGovernment cannot continueto operate schools for AmericansEric Christen wrote a great piece regarding the state of our government education system ("Public education problems a result of system's design," Other Voices, Jan. 3). His last
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D-11 plans might lead to Constitution Avenue extension
The latest version of Colorado Springs School District 11's school use report, released Tuesday, suggests closing Mann Middle School and Stratton Elementary School and donating the land to the city for the expansion of Constitution Avenue to Interstate
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NOREEN: Cleaning up litter won't address homelessness problem
Like many cities, Colorado Springs is grappling with how to deal with homelessness, and like many cities, it hasn't made much progress.City officials, police and many engaged in some aspect of homelessness met Tuesday to discuss how to conduct trash pickups
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Deaths spur shortage of carbon monoxide detectors
Recent deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning, including a young mother in Manitou Springs, has caused a run on detectors as local stores struggle to keep up with the demand.
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Republicans push plan for fixing bridges
DENVER · Capitol Republicans are promising a bill within the first few weeks of the 2009 legislative session that would raise between $500 million and $1 billion this year to fix 127 "structurally deficient" bridges throughout the state.The plan
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Woman dies in house fire near Wasson High School
A rash of local house fires took a tragic turn on Tuesday as a woman died from a fire in her Wasson-area home - the second significant residential fire of the day in Colorado Springs, and the eighth in two weeks.
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