Posted 8:55 AM 5/24/2013 by Patricia Collier
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - The Washington State Patrol chief says the Interstate 5 bridge collapse into the Skagit River at Mount Vernon was caused by an oversize truck.
Chief John Batiste told an overnight news conference that the truck hit an overhead span. The truck made it off the bridge (More)
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Posted 8:52 AM 5/24/2013 by Patricia Collier
BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge has rescheduled a probable cause hearing for surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler on Thursday scheduled the hearing for July 10.
Bowler earlier this week granted a joint request from prosecutors (More)
Posted 8:46 AM 5/24/2013 by Patricia Collier
DENVER (AP) - An audit of Colorado's parole system is being expanded to review whether budget issues are keeping parole officers from placing some high-risk parolees under intensive supervision.
The parole division has been under scrutiny since the killing of prisons chief Tom Clements by a (More)
Posted 1:38 AM 5/24/2013 by Lacey Steele
A group of major retailers are suing Visa and MasterCard.
A group of retailers, including Macy's and Target, is suing, breaking off from a proposed $7.2 billion settlement over fees to process credit card transactions.
The lawsuit comes before a May 28 deadline for the (More)
Posted 1:35 AM 5/24/2013 by Lacey Steele
A new study reveals the majority of Americans largely underestimate the calorie content of fast food.
Harvard researchers examined consumers' choices at fast food restaurants where calorie content was not listed on the menu.
The participants were then asked to estimate how many (More)
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Posted 9:56 PM 5/23/2013 by Connie Murphy
Colorado Spring police arrest 30-year-old Michael Casados Thursday night for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting his girlfriend. CSPD is not releasing any details surrounding the arrest at this time.
On Tuesday afternoon, May 21, at approximately 4:26pm Colorado Springs police officers (More)
Posted 9:15 PM 5/23/2013 by Connie Murphy
WASHINGTON (AP) - A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lois Lerner has been replaced as director of the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted tea party groups.
Danny Werfel, the agency's new acting commissioner, told IRS (More)
Posted 9:05 PM 5/23/2013 by Connie Murphy
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) -- The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol said.
The four-lane bridge collapsed about 7 p.m., Trooper Mark Francis said.
Francis said he (More)
Posted 8:57 PM 5/23/2013 by Connie Murphy
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Fourteen Fort Carson soldiers have returned to Colorado Springs after seven months in Afghanistan.
The soldiers of the 52nd Engineer Battalion's 40th Engineer Detachment told The Gazette they traveled the country, expanding forward operating bases, improving living conditions and creating helicopter landing zones.
About 60 people were waiting to greet the soldiers when they returned.
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Posted 8:53 PM 5/23/2013 by Tony Spehar - tspehar@koaa.com
The family of Steven Eugene "Gino" Romero, murdered in Colorado Springs 16-years ago, is still waiting for justice.
Just after midnight on May 24, 1997 Romero was killed while riding in the back seat of a car during a drive-by shooting near the intersection of Lelaray St. and Circle Dr. (More)
Posted 7:43 PM 5/23/2013 by Connie Murphy
Blake Shelton has a date and location for his benefit and fellow Oklahoman Carrie Underwood is writing a large check to help benefit those affected by this week's storms in their home state.
Organizers say Shelton's "Healing in the Heartland" benefit concert will be held May 29 at (More)
Posted 6:57 PM 5/23/2013 by Andy Koen
MOORE, OKLAHOMA -When Ben Hill and his friends arrived at the disaster area in Moore Tuesday they quickly put themselves to work cleaning yards of broken tree branches and storm debris.
The small group soon recognized the magnitude of the devastation was much greater than they'd imagined (More)
Posted 6:38 PM 5/23/2013 by Connie Murphy
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Consumers will soon see labels on their meat telling them where the animal was born, raised and slaughtered.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has required country of origin labels on seafood since 2005, and meat and other products since 2009.
But the (More)
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