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Aggressive parents force egg hunt cancellation, discussion of behavior

Last updated Monday, March 26, 2012 - 7:18am

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Organizers of an annual Easter egg hunt attended by hundreds of children have canceled this year's event, citing the behavior of aggressive parents who swarmed into the tiny park last year, determined that their kids get an egg.

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Ryan Edward Doughtery, right, arrives at the courthouse in Walsenburg, Colo., on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011, for a preliminary hearing. Ryan, 21, and his sister Lee Grace Doughtery, 29, and brother Dylan Stanley-Dougherty, 26, are accused in a cross-country crime spree that began in Florida and ended with a police chase and gunplay in Colorado.(AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Agent describes sibling chase in Colorado

P. Solomon Banda The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 1:52pm

WALSENBURG, Colo. — Three siblings accused in a cross-country crime spree that began in Florida and ended with a police chase in southern Colorado could soon learn whether they’ll stand trial.

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Facebook will heed state laws

P. Solomon Banda, The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 9:25pm

DENVER -- Facebook has agreed to modify its terms and conditions for agencies within states across the country, removing obstacles in resolving legal issues that arise from using the social networking site.

Changes announced Wednesday by Colorado Attorney General John Suthers include striking an indemnity clause that requires users to pay legal fees to Facebook for harm or loss, unless a state's constitution allows it.

Other changes include removing a provision that requires resolving legal disputes with Facebook in California courts, calling for the prominent display of a state agency's website on their Facebook page and encouraging amicable resolution to disputes.

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Colo. fire evacuees cautiously allowed back home

Dan Elliott, P. Solomon Banda, The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, September 10, 2010 - 3:03pm

BOULDER, Colo. -- Crews held a wildfire near Boulder at bay Friday, allowing some 2,000 evacuees to return home with a warning to be prepared to flee again.

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A wildfire burns outside of Boulder, Colo. on Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010.

169 homes destroyed in Colorado wildfire

Dan Elliott, P. Solomon Banda, The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 12:10pm

BOULDER, Colo. -- Authorities say that a wildfire burning in the foothills near Boulder has destroyed at least 169 houses.

Sheriff's Cmdr. Rick Brough said Thursday that the latest damage toll is based on a survey of 80 percent of the nearly 10 square miles that were burned.

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AP sources: Diplomat was to meet jailed terrorist

Matthew Lee, P. Solomon Banda The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, April 8, 2010 - 2:49pm

WASHINGTON -- A Qatari diplomat was on his way to meet an imprisoned al-Qaida agent when he touched off a bomb scare by slipping into an airline bathroom for a smoke, officials said Thursday as they announced plans to send the diplomat home.

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Teacher tackles gunman supected in school shooting

Catherine Tsai, P. Solomon Banda The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 2:10pm

LITTLETON, Colo. -- The math teacher who has become a national hero after breaking up a potentially deadly school shooting near the site of the Columbine massacre said Wednesday that he was simply doing his job to protect his students from danger during his now-famous scuffle with the gunman.

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Lawyer: No Colorado crime in Texas polygamy calls

P. Solomon Banda The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, January 18, 2010 - 7:34pm

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- An attorney for a Colorado woman says Texas authorities don't believe she had any "criminal involvement" in telephone calls that may have triggered a raid on a Texas polygamist group.

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Lawyer: No Colorado crime in Texas polygamy calls

P. Solomon Banda The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 1:26pm

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- An attorney for a Colorado woman says Texas authorities don't believe she had any "criminal involvement" in telephone calls that may have triggered a raid on a Texas polygamist group.

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(BARRY GUTIERREZ/The Associated Press) Richard Heene, right, and his wife Mayumi arrive at the Laramie County Detention Center where Heene turned himself in to begin his 90-day jail sentence on Monday in Fort Collins, Colo.

Father in Colo. balloon boy hoax reports to jail

P. Solomon Banda The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, January 11, 2010 - 2:45pm

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The Colorado man who admitted orchestrating the balloon boy hoax reported to jail Monday to begin a 90-day jail sentence.

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(The Associated Press) Richard Heene (right) rubs his mouth as a judge sentences him to 90 days jail time and 4 years probation on Dec. 23, in Fort Collins, Colo., in connection with the "Balloon Boy" hoax. His attorney David Lane is pictured at left.

Father in Colorado balloon boy saga denies hoax

P. Solomon Banda The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - 8:41pm

DENVER -- The Colorado father who pleaded guilty to a felony in the runaway balloon saga insisted in an interview set to air Friday that the event wasn't a hoax.

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Investigators: Balloon boy parents acted alone

P. Solomon Banda The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 12:17pm

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Colorado couple Richard and Mayumi Heene acted alone when they fabricated a story about their son floating off in a runaway balloon to gain publicity, sheriff's officials said Monday.

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Six-year-old Falcon Heene sits cross-legged on the roof of his family's van outside his home in Fort Collins, Colo., after the little boy was found hiding in a box in a space above the garage on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Falcon Heene at first had been reported to be aboard a flying-saucer-shaped balloon fashioned by his father and then carried by high winds on to the plains of eastern Colorado. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Morning after: Balloon boy gets sick twice on TV

Ivan Moreno, P. Solomon Banda The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, October 16, 2009 - 8:05am

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The father of a 6-year-old boy who was thought to be in a helium balloon that floated away said Friday accusations that the ordeal was a publicity stunt are "extremely pathetic." The sheriff said he will be asking more questions.

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