Breaking News: Monday, May 20, 2013

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Angry mob pelts man thought to be sex attacker

DENVER — Residents angry that police had not warned them about sex assaults of children took matters into their own hands, chasing down a man they thought was the attacker, pelting him with rocks and leaving him with a bloody face in Colorado, authorities said Monday. Pueblo police later released the man because of lack of evidence, The Pueblo Chieftain reported. Neighborhood residents were looking for a man suspected of two separate sexual acts when they got word that a man ...

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Wounded soldier says Army tried to oust him

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.  — A badly wounded combat veteran said the Army punished him for minor missteps while he was recovering and tried to give him a less-than-honorable discharge after he failed a drug test — a test he said was inaccurate. Jerrald Jensen was eventually given a medical retirement, but only after his family asked a two-star general to intervene, the Colorado Springs Gazette reported Monday (http://tinyurl.com/mmyrdrg). Of 10 wounded soldiers in Fort ...

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Winter weather forecast for northern Colorado

DENVER — Memorial Day weekend is fast approaching but the snow is still coming. The National Weather Service says snow will be heavy at times on Monday from Colorado’s northern mountains to the foothills in Boulder County. In southeastern Wyoming, with up to 7 inches of snow is possible in Centennial and Albany. It’s been snowing in Rocky Mountain National Park, where crews are hoping to open Trail Ridge Road by Friday. Clear weather is expected the rest of the ...

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10 Things to know for Monday, May 20

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:1. GOP LOOKS TO CAPITALIZE ON OBAMA WOES   Many Republicans would like to deny the president a victory in immigration reform, which is being considered by the Senate today. SCANDALS-POLITICS 2. FIERCE FIGHTING ON BORDER AS KERRY PRESSES FOR PEACE IN SYRIA Twenty-three fighters from the militant Hezbollah group were killed in a fight for a strategic town near Lebanon on the day Kerry ...

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Anti-porn conference in Utah draws more than 1,200

SALT LAKE CITY — More than 1,200 people from across the nation gathered in Salt Lake City over the weekend for the 11th annual Utah Coalition Against Pornography conference. Among other goals, organizers said the purpose of Saturday’s conference was to consider ways to protect children and families from pornography. Speakers included former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff and Patrick Trueman, former chief of the U.S. Justice Department’s Child Exploitation and ...

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Coyote attacks 2 children at Colo. Springs park

COLORADO SPRINGS — Wildlife officials are looking for a coyote they say attacked two small children at a Colorado Springs park. Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesman Michael Seraphin tells KUSA-TV in Denver that both attacks at Goose Gossage Park were reported between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday. He says that in the first attack, a 4-year-old girl was nipped “in the behind” but was not injured. Another girl was attacked less than an hour later and suffered several gashes ...

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Governor signs bills to improve Colorado outdoors

AVON — Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed four bills aimed at preserving and improving Colorado’s outdoor experience. The measures approved on Saturday cover hunting, fishing and the habitat that makes them possible. According to the Vail Daily, Hickenlooper says business leaders talk about quality of life when they are considering moving to Colorado.  ...

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Bomb found near Colo. Springs school investigated

COLORADO SPRINGS — Colorado Springs police are continuing their investigation of a homemade bomb made with commercial fireworks that was found just blocks from a park and an elementary school. Police say someone spotted the device just before 10 a.m. Sunday. According to a police report, a bomb squad disarmed the device without having to detonate it. Police Sgt. Chris Areseneau says the bomb could have caused a lot of damage and would have hurt anyone nearby if it had ...

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