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• Woman with flesh eating disease set to leave hospital

  July 2, 2012 8:25 AM

  AUGUSTA, Georgia (AP) - A woman diagnosed with a rare, flesh-eating disease is set to leave a hospital after nearly two months. Aimee Copeland's father said last week his daughter will be released Monday from Doctors Hospital. The 24-year-old will move to an inpatient rehabilitation clinic. She'll spend the next... more »

• Plane diverted after suspicious passenger hands flight attendant a note

  May 23, 2012 7:21 AM

  BANGOR, Maine (AP) - Officials say there is no evidence a US Airways jet traveling from Paris to North Carolina was ever in danger after it was diverted to Maine because a passenger handed a note to a flight attendant saying she had a surgically implanted device. Two F-15 fighters... more »

• Woman fakes PTSD to get out of jury duty

  March 22, 2012 6:48 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Susan Cole of Denver stood out in a jury pool last summer, with mismatched socks and shoes, and her hair in curlers. District Judge Anne Mansfield dismissed the cosmetologist and author from jury duty after Cole said she "broke out of domestic violence in the military" and... more »

• New York artist gives birth in art gallery

  October 26, 2011 7:54 AM

  NEW YORK (AP) - A performance artist who said giving birth is the "highest form of art" has delivered a baby boy - inside a New York City art gallery The Microscope Gallery in Brooklyn said Marni Kotak gave birth to a healthy infant, weighing 9 pounds, 2 ounces,... more »

• Springs woman dies after being pinned truck

  September 3, 2011 12:13 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A Colorado Springs woman run over by her own pickup truck after she got out to release a stuck parking brake has died. Colorado Springs police say the woman had put her vehicle in reverse gear Friday but had difficulty releasing the parking brake. Investigators... more »

• Libya says woman claiming rape is now free

  March 27, 2011 6:00 PM

  TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - The Libyan government says a woman who stormed into a Tripoli hotel Saturday to tell foreign reporters that government troops raped her is now with her family. The government says four men were interrogated in the case, including the son of a high-ranking police officer.... more »

• Man, woman found dead in suburban Denver residence

  January 15, 2011 6:44 PM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - The bodies of a man and a woman have been found inside their residence in the Denver suburb of Aurora, and police say they're investigating the possibility it was a murder-suicide. Officers found the bodies Saturday after they were called to the residence for a... more »

• Texas congresswoman admits she violated rules

  August 31, 2010 8:53 AM

  A Texas congresswoman is admitting that she wrongly steered thousands of dollars in college scholarships to her own relatives and the children of a staff member. Dallas-area Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson said in a statement that she was unaware she was in violation of any rules governing the Congressional... more »

• Woman gives birth at Starbucks in Colorado Springs

  July 26, 2010 8:38 AM

  A woman who left a Starbucks in Colorado Springs may have had a tall order, but it had nothing to do with coffee. Police Sgt. Mark Stevens says the 42-year-old woman walked into a Starbucks near the Garden of the Gods and gave birth about noon Friday in the... more »

• A bird in the face is bad for driving

  May 28, 2010 12:10 PM

  A Kentucky woman walked away from a nasty crash unharmed after a bird flew into her open car window Thursday evening. The accident happened on I-75 in Madison County. Police say the bird flew into the open window and got in the face of the driver. She lost... more »

• Killer whale attacks Sea World worker

  February 24, 2010 4:02 PM

  An employee at SeaWorld Orlando has died after being attacked by a killer whale. Orange County Fire Rescue spokesman John Mulhall says paramedics were called Wednesday afternoon to the Shamu Stadium at the theme park where they found a worker who could not be revived. Park guest Victoria... more »

• CSPD identifies victim in suspicious death

  February 2, 2010 5:22 PM

  The woman whose body was discovered in Colorado Springs Monday has been identified. Marie "Angie" Sandoval, 48, of Colorado Springs, died at her home on Querida Dr. The coroner has completed an autopsy, but the cause of death has not been released. Detectives from the Violent Crimes/Homicide Unit... more »

• Same suspect for two disturbing crimes

  December 23, 2009 10:53 PM

  Two brutal crimes in two cities. A man murdered in Pueblo County, and an elderly woman tased in Colorado Springs. Authorities arrested one man, suspected of both crimes. Aaron Wilkerson could face charges in several other robberies in Colorado Springs. The man who was killed in Pueblo is the brother-in-law... more »