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  • UCLA professor ordered to trial in lab death

    April 26, 2013 4:28 PM

    LOS ANGELES (AP) - County prosecutors say a University of California, Los Angeles chemistry professor has been ordered to stand trial after a fire in his lab caused the death of a 23-year-old research assistant. A district attorney's statement Friday says Judge Lisa Lench ordered 43-year-old Patrick Harran to be... more »
  • More email surfaces in Calif. professor arson case

    August 10, 2012 9:14 PM

    NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A university professor who wrote emails outlining a plan to attack the California high school that his late son attended before committing suicide wrote an additional email that described his attempts to burn the school and the assistant principal's home. Local media reports the email... more »
  • Local professor has connection to Nobel Prize

    October 5, 2011 7:39 PM

    Tuesday was a big day for one Colorado College professor. He was part of a team of researchers who worked with Saul Perlmutter , who was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics. Professor Shane Burns was all smiles at a picnic today hosted by the Colorado College Physics Department... more »
  • Church revokes speaking invite for Churchill

    May 22, 2011 6:17 PM

    GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - A Grand Junction church that invited fired University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill to speak on Memorial Day has withdrawn its invitation. The (Grand Junction) Sentinel reports that the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Grand Valley did not want to offend military families by having... more »
  • UCCS professor dies in Utah climbing accident

    March 14, 2011 1:20 PM

    Authorities say a 70-year-old Colorado Springs man was killed in a climbing accident, but his 57-year-old brother was rescued after being stranded for at least three days on a ledge in a remote Utah canyon. Wayne County sheriff's official Tal Ehlers tells the Salt Lake Tribune that rescuers began... more »
  • Woman pleads not guilty in alleged art attack

    October 15, 2010 12:08 PM

    A woman accused of destroying a controversial artwork in Colorado has pleaded not guilty. Kathleen Folden, a 56-year-old truck driver from Kalispell, Mont., entered her plea Friday in court in Fort Collins. She's charged with one count of criminal mischief, a felony which carries a penalty of between two... more »
  • Montana woman accused of destroying art released

    October 8, 2010 12:19 PM

    A woman accused of destroying a controversial piece of artwork in northern Colorado is out of jail. Kathleen Folden of Kalispell, Mont. was released on $350 bond on Thursday. She was arrested the day before at the Loveland Museum/Gallery after witnesses say she smashed the glass shielding a... more »
  • Appeals court gives new life to "Howling Pig" suit

    July 20, 2010 8:20 AM

    A federal appeals court in Denver says a former college student can pursue a lawsuit against a prosecutor stemming from his challenge of state libel laws. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling Monday reversing a lower court's dismissal of the lawsuit against Weld County prosecutor... more »
  • CU dental school professor resigns

    June 3, 2010 3:38 PM

    A University of Colorado dental school professor who was awaiting approval for a state dental license has resigned. CU spokeswoman Jacque Montgomery says Randal James submitted his resignation in May. She said she could not provide details. James' office said he was on vacation and unreachable for comment... more »
  • Alabama professor accused of 3 killings is fired

    March 11, 2010 8:32 AM

    The University of Alabama in Huntsville has fired the professor accused of shooting six co-workers, killing three. UAH spokesman Ray Garner confirmed Wednesday that biology professor Amy Bishop received a termination letter Feb. 26 from Jack Fix, dean of the College of Sciences. Garner said the letter stated the... more »
  • Husband of Alabama professor wanted "revenge"

    February 23, 2010 11:43 AM

    Documents obtained by The Associated Press reveal the husband of the Alabama professor accused of gunning down three colleagues once said he wanted violent revenge on a doctor who gave his wife a bad job review. Amy Bishop is charged with killing three colleagues at the University of Alabama-Huntsville... more »
  • Survivor recalls Alabama professor's shooting spree

    February 16, 2010 11:52 AM

    A survivor of the Alabama university shooting said the professor charged in the attack methodically shot the victims in the head until her gun seemed to jam and she was pushed out of the room. Associate professor Joseph Ng told The Associated Press on Tuesday he was one of... more »
  • Attempted murder counts added against Alabama professor

    February 15, 2010 1:26 PM

    Attempted murder charges have been added against the professor accused of shooting six colleagues during a faculty meeting at an Alabama university. Amy Bishop was arrested soon after the shooting Friday and charged with capital murder. Jail records show she also has been charged with three counts of attempted... more »
  • Professor charged in university shooting

    February 13, 2010 9:26 AM

    A biology professor was charged with murder late Friday in the shooting deaths of three colleagues at the campus. Amy Bishop, a Harvard University-trained neuroscientist, was reportedly upset over being denied tenure. Authorities say the researcher opened fire during an afternoon faculty meeting at the University of Alabama's... more »
  • Bailout watchdog: Crisis response worked but problems remain

    December 9, 2009 8:14 AM

    The panel overseeing the financial bailout is offering a mixed assessment of the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The watchdog panel says the $700 billion helped prevent an all-out panic last fall. It says confidence in the nation's financial system has improved, "access to credit is increasing, and the economy is... more »
  • Many doctors ignore heart drug guidelines

    October 21, 2009 11:18 AM

    Most hospitalized heart failure patients are sent home without widely recommended inexpensive pills, despite a program to get more doctors to follow treatment guidelines, a study suggests. Only one-third of 12,565 patients eligible for the drugs got them - even though they were treated at 201 hospitals that had... more »
  • Ex-prof says academy punished her for talk by gays

    October 9, 2009 10:11 AM

    A former Air Force Academy instructor says she was disciplined and barred from teaching after inviting three gay academy graduates to speak to one of her classes about the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Edie Disler said Thursday she was given a "letter of counseling" that said she should have... more »
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