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• Number of U.S. cancer survivors will increase by 2022

  March 28, 2013 4:31 AM

  The number of cancer survivors we'll have in the U.S. by 2022 will top 18 million. That's according to a new report from the American Association for Cancer Research that tracks trends in cancer survival rates. It's an increase of 31% from last year when there were over 13 million... more »

• Pearl Harbor survivor recalls chaos, confusion

  December 7, 2011 2:21 PM

  Rocco Piganell of Pueblo is among the roughly 3,000 living Pearl Harbor survivors. During a ceremony today he recalled the chaos he witnessed on Dec. 7, 1941. "You could see those planes flying around, bombs dropping, people running around, horns blowing. It was just helter-skelter, pell-mell," said Piganell. On... more »

• Community raising money for Pueblo family

  August 27, 2011 1:40 PM

  A community yard sale is happening right now in south Pueblo. Earlier this week a family lost everything after their home was involved in a fire. The yard sale is happening at the New Horizons Apostolic Faith Church at the corner or Arroyo and Cedar. All proceeds will go directly... more »

• Survivor brings awareness to sexual violence

  April 7, 2011 6:57 PM

  The Statistics are alarming. Every two minutes someone in our country is sexually assaulted, according to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network. In Colorado, one in four women and one in 17 men are victims of sexual violence, according to the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault. April is sexual... more »

• Survivor pulled from rubble 8 days after quake

  March 18, 2011 10:50 PM

  TOKYO (AP) - Military search teams have pulled a young man from a crushed house eight days after an earthquake and tsunami wrecked northeast Japan. A military official said the young man was rescued Saturday from the rubble in Kesennuma, a city in one of the most devastated areas.... more »

• Colorado cancer survivor riding in Rose Parade

  January 1, 2011 10:45 AM

  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - A 19-year-old living in Boulder who survived cancer thanks in part to a tissue donation is riding in today's Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif. Parker Simpson of Aurora had a tumor in his shoulder in high school. Simpson is now cancer-free and is... more »

• Colorado survivor of USS Indianapolis honored

  July 22, 2010 1:15 PM

  A Colorado man who survived one of the worst tragedies for the U.S. Navy in World War II was honored at a suburban Denver memorial site. An engraved brick honoring Paul Murphy, 86, of Broomfield has been placed in the Armed Forces Tribute Garden in Westminster on Thursday. ... more »

• Hundreds of cancer survivors to gather

  June 10, 2010 3:59 PM

  Hundreds of cancer survivors will gather for a celebration on Friday. The theme is "Love Heals." This the 5th year for the celebration, sponsored by Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers. Six hundred cancer survivors, patients and community members are expected. It happens at 3027 N. Circle Drive from 11:30... more »

• Mexico judge OKs producer's arrest in Cancun death

  June 1, 2010 8:22 AM

  A judge in Mexico has issued an arrest warrant for a former "Survivor" producer suspected in the killing of his wife while on vacation with their children at a Cancun resort. That's according to the state attorney general in Quintana Roo state, who says prosecutors would initiate extradition proceedings... more »

• Holocaust survivor receives honorary diploma

  May 20, 2010 5:05 PM

  In Pueblo, there was a special honor Thursday for Holocaust survivor. Lili Susser received an honorary diploma from the McClelland School during a school graduation. When she was younger, Susser was taken to an Auschwitz concentration camp and never finished school. The school's 8th grade class wanted to give Susser... more »

• Libyan plane with 104 on board crashes in Tripoli

  May 12, 2010 8:46 AM

  A Libyan Afriqiyah Airways plane with 104 people on board crashed on landing today at the airport in the capital Tripoli. It appears that the only survivor is an 8-year-old Dutch boy. Holland's prime minister says dozens of other Dutch citizens were killed. Libyan state television showed a... more »

• Ex-'Survivor' producer out of Mexican custody

  April 10, 2010 12:12 PM

  The producer of "Pimp My Ride" and formerly of "Survivor" was released from Mexican custody early Friday, but remains under investigation after his wife's body was found in the sewer of a swanky Cancun resort, a state official said. Bruce Beresford-Redman must remain in Mexico after being released just... more »

• Woolley returns back home

  January 20, 2010 7:01 AM

  Dan Woolley arrived at DIA late Tuesday night. There were friends, family and co-workers from Compassion International waiting there to greet him at the airport. Woolley is the Colorado Springs man who was rescued from the rubble after three days of waiting for help in an elevator shaft that collapsed... more »

• Pueblo man beats cancer, now works in White House

  December 22, 2009 3:48 PM

  A young man in Pueblo is spreading hope to cancer patients. Aaron Gutierrez, 24, was diagnosed with brain cancer his freshmen year at Colorado College. But with faith and determination he's fought the cancer and is now working at the White House in Washington D.C. At the age of 20,... more »

• Bomb survivor speaks out against nuclear weapons

  October 12, 2009 5:30 PM

  A man who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan in 1945 says people all around the world should oppose nuclear weapons. On Monday, Keijiro Matsushima spoke to students at Pueblo Community College and Palmer High School in Colorado Springs. Matsushima was 16-years old when the bombing happened. "I felt... more »

• Monument woman defies the odds

  October 4, 2009 6:40 PM

  As she limbers up for the 50+ mile bike ride ahead, Valerie Cox of Monument realizes she nearly didn't make it to this point. "A year ago today (Sunday) I had a surgery that saved my life." She explains. For eight long years Valerie dealt with an intestinal infection that... more »