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• World leaders to discuss reality of getting out of Afghanistan

  May 20, 2012 8:41 AM

  CHICAGO (AP) - When leaders at the NATO summit eventually turn their discussion to Afghanistan and the alliance pullout in a little less than two years, they are likely to be confronted by a bleak reality. The insurgents remain active, corruption runs rife and the peace process is stuck in... more »

• World Food Day

  October 16, 2011 9:25 AM

  One hundred fifty nations mark World Food Day today as the global population rushes toward an estimated 7 billion by the end of the month. The aim of the day is to heighten public awareness of the problem of hunger in the world. This year's focus is increasing... more »

• UCCS goes global

  August 24, 2011 7:26 PM

  The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is taking big steps in getting students ready to work in a global market place. The school was recently awarded the At Home in the World Initiative from American Council on Education. The program was created to promote diversity in education and... more »

• Pakistan denies that army major was arrested

  June 15, 2011 1:39 PM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) - The Pakistani army is denying that one of its majors was arrested for feeding information to the CIA ahead of the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The New York Times first reported the arrest of five Pakistani informants yesterday. It said they included an... more »

• Hopes for a better year ring in 2011

  January 1, 2011 10:34 AM

  NEW YORK (AP) - The big snowfall from a few days ago is still being cleared away -- and now, New York sanitation crews have a new cleanup job ahead. A crowd stretched for blocks in Times Square last night to take part in a New Year's celebration that... more »

• Schools raise awareness on World AIDS Day

  December 1, 2010 6:07 PM

  Today people in Southern Colorado and around the world are holding events to mark World AIDS Day. At Pueblo Community College, health workers educated students about the prevention of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. They also offered free HIV testing. Here in Colorado, an estimated 11,000 people have been... more »

• World AIDS Day is tomorrow

  November 30, 2010 7:41 PM

  World AIDS Day will be observed tomorrow at Pine Creek High School at 7 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Southern Colorado AIDS Project and the Eyes Wide Open Program at Pine Creek. The program will include local high school students, individuals and families impacted by AIDS.... more »

• California library gives Nazi papers to Nat'l Archives

  August 25, 2010 2:35 PM

  The National Archives now has the documents historians say laid the legal groundwork for the execution of 6 million Jews during the Holocaust. The private, nonprofit Huntington Library formally handed over the Nuremberg Laws to archive officials at a news conference Wednesday at the library in San Marino, California.... more »

• Tweets fly when goals are scored

  June 18, 2010 6:39 PM

  When a World Cup goal is scored, Twitter celebrates. The social networking site is seeing record traffic every time a big goal is scored in the soccer tournament. Though Twitter normally sees about 750 tweets per second on an average day, there were a record 2,940 tweets per second after... more »

• 16 year old girl in distress in Indian Ocean

  June 10, 2010 6:25 PM

  When Abby Sunderland's family last heard from her this morning, she was in a heavy storm, and reporting 30-foot swells. But a family spokesman says she was not in distress. But now, her emergency beacons have been activated, and there's been no further contact with the 16-year-old girl from... more »

• World War II vets gather each month for lunch

  June 9, 2010 12:56 PM

  Each month at the Peak Grill in Colorado Springs they come. World War II veterans get together to laugh and cry and remember. Master Sgt. Edwin Beck spend six months in a German prison camp. He says you can see a movie about it, or read about, but to... more »

• 11-year-old claims world Fire Knife Dancing title

  June 2, 2010 9:37 AM

  Preston Weber isn't just allowed to play with fire and knives, he's encouraged to. The 11-year-old from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida is the world champion in his age group for Samoan Fire Knife Dancing. He won the title at a competition in Hawaii on May 13. So how did... more »

• Chunk of World Trade Center arrives in Colorado Springs

  April 26, 2010 1:44 PM

  A beam from the World Trade Center is now in Colorado Springs as part of a memorial to be built at Schriever Air Force Base. The 50th Space Wing welcomed the twisted piece of steel with full military honors Monday morning. The box beam was recovered from the wreckage... more »

• Synchronized skating championships come to Colorado Springs

  March 23, 2010 1:37 PM

  The World Synchronized Skating Championships will return to Colorado Springs next month at the World Arena. Synchronized skating is a team sport featuring 8 to 20 athletes performing a program together. It uses the same judging system as singles, pairs and ice dance. All teams perform a free skate... more »

• WWII vintage plane crashes in Phoenix

  March 11, 2010 5:40 PM

  Authorities say a World War II-era plane has crashed at a small airport in suburban Phoenix, prompting an evacuation of parts of the airport. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says the single-engine P-51D Mustang crashed into a hangar at Stellar Airpark in Chandler at about 1:20 p.m. Thursday.... more »

• Bloomberg: Stop "craziness" and rebuild World Trade Center

  February 19, 2010 12:34 PM

  New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says it is time to move ahead more quickly with building at the World Trade Center site while material and labor costs are low. The mayor said on his weekly radio show Friday that it is time to "stop this craziness." He laid some of... more »

• Teen on solo sail around globe to stop in Mexico

  February 1, 2010 10:57 AM

  The 16-year-old Southern California girl attempting to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone says she is stopping in Mexico with power problems. On her blog, Abby Sunderland of Thousand Oaks wrote Saturdayshe's headed for Cabo San Lucas to add a "new battery or two" because solar... more »

• Don't expect binding climate pact, Clinton says

  November 14, 2009 1:06 PM

  Next month's climate change summit in Copenhagen is not likely to produce a legally binding treaty to cut the greenhouse gas emissions that are widely blamed for global warming, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday. Speaking to a town hall meeting of students at a university... more »

• Students try to break world cup stacking record

  November 12, 2009 5:49 PM

  On Thursday, people all over the world tried to beat a world record by having the most people stack cups at multiple locations in one day. However, there was a slight twist. In Pueblo, more than 100 students at Haaff Elementary School took part in the competition. They had to... more »

• Pueblo boy becomes World Mutton Bustin' champ

  November 4, 2009 7:51 PM

  A 6-year old boy from Pueblo now holds the title: World Mutton Bustin Champion. Preston Gasperetti rode to victory on the back of a sheep for 6-seconds and earned a high score of 83.5 points. The event, sponsored by Tommy Giodone Productions, took place in October in California. On Wednesday... more »

• Another strong quake hits Indonesia, too deep for tsunami

  October 24, 2009 1:06 PM

  A powerful earthquake has struck deep under the sea in eastern Indonesia, causing panic and sending residents running out of their homes. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.0. The shaking was strong and people ran to higher ground fearing... more »

• World's oceans warmest on record this summer

  September 19, 2009 12:53 PM

  Sea-surface temperatures worldwide have been the hottest on record over the last three months, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Ocean temperatures averaged 62.5 degrees Fahrenheit in the June-August period, 1 degree higher than normal. Last month also saw the warmest August sea-surface temperatures on record... more »

• Father of 'green' revolution dies at 95

  September 14, 2009 11:22 AM

  Agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug, the father of the "green revolution" who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in combating world hunger and saving hundreds of millions of lives, died Saturday in Texas, a Texas A&M University spokeswoman said. He was 95. Borlaug died just before 11 p.m.... more »

• UK: Global deal on climate change may not happen

  September 8, 2009 10:25 AM

  Britain's Foreign Secretary says there is danger a United Nations conference in December won't strike a global deal on climate change. David Miliband said Tuesday the complexity of negotiations and disputes between industrialized and developing nations leave prospects for a deal "in the balance." He said they threaten to sink... more »