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• La Veta woman celebrates 101st birthday Play Video

  May 13, 2012 7:17 PM

  We want to wish a big happy birthday to a La Veta woman. Jean Leri turned 101 Sunday. If you ask her about the secret to a long life, she'll look at you with a smile. "Well, I don't know," laughed Jean. "I don't know what's keeping me going... more »

• Double leap year birthdays

  February 29, 2012 8:07 AM

  SADDLE RIVER, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey mother born on February 29 beat 2 million-to-1 odds when she had her daughter - who was also born on leap day. Michelle Birnbaum of Saddle River tells The New York Post that she'll use the occasion to teach her 4-year-old daughter... more »

• Video of the Day: Angry Kitty

  January 23, 2012 6:53 AM

  Do you hate those birthday cards that sing to you? Probably not as much as this cat does! Check out our Video of the Day. more »

• Soldier dad surprises his little girls at birthday party Play Video

  December 18, 2011 10:42 PM

  Two little girls in Colorado Springs got their birthday wish, their daddy. Sgt. Matthew Richie hasn't seen his daughters in seven months. He's been stationed in Afghanistan. This weekend he's home to celebrate his daughters birthday, one-year-old Peyton and three-year -old Taylor. Their actual birthdays are two weeks apart. ... more »

• Avondale girl turns 11 on 11/11/11 Play Video

  November 11, 2011 3:32 PM

  She's waited 11 years for this day. Today Alexa Wiescamp is celebrating her 11th birthday on 11/11/11. The Avondale girl was born on November 11, 2000 and you might even say the number 11 runs in her blood. "I have two other relatives that have my birthday and I... more »

• Latin American singers honor Fidel Castro at 85

  August 12, 2011 8:04 PM

  HAVANA (AP) - Nearly two-dozen singers and musicians from nine Latin American nations are feting Fidel Castro in a happy-birthday concert on the eve of the former leader's 85th. The show in the Cuban capital is dubbed the "Serenade to Fidelity." The Communist Party newspaper Granma calls it... more »

• Miracle baby celebrates first birthday Play Video

  December 19, 2010 10:24 PM

  Coltyn Hermanstorfer of Security may not be ready to blow out his first birthday candle, but he's learning how to walk, he's blowing kisses, and he's babbling as only one year old's can. Plus, the fact he's celebrating his first birthday is very special for his family. "I still... more »

• Air traveler data now collected for comparison to watch lists

  November 30, 2010 3:12 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Transportation Security Administration says all 197 airlines that fly to the U.S. are now collecting names, genders and birth dates of passengers so the government can check them against terror watch lists before they fly. Getting all air carriers that travel to or through the... more »

• One woman's 100th birthday wish

  October 19, 2010 11:23 PM

  Close to two dozen sets of eyes were watching Marian Courter on Tuesday afternoon when she visited Lockheed Martin's facility near Interquest and I-25. Why? It was her wish for her one hundredth birthday to have lunch at the place where she loved to work. "[I wanted] just to see... more »

• Gibson makes guitars to honor John Lennon

  October 4, 2010 12:53 PM

  The Gibson Guitar factory in Montana is finishing a project to honor what would have been the 70th birthday of Beatles singer and guitarist John Lennon. Gibson Acoustic's director of sales and marketing, Robi Johns, tells the Bozeman Daily Chronicle that Yoko Ono asked the company to release a... more »

• A hippo of a day at the zoo

  September 28, 2010 8:49 PM

  It was a big day for a big animal at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo on Tuesday. A crowd of kids helped Kasai the hippo celebrate her eleventh birthday. They sang "Happy Birthday" as she marched up the ladder to eat her veggie and whipped cream cake. Kasai was... more »

• Mexico: 6 bodies in cave, 3 with hearts cut out

  June 7, 2010 8:24 AM

  A gruesome discovery near Cancun. Six bodies have been found in a cave, three of them with their hearts removed. Mexican authorities are trying to determine the identity of the four men and two women. The letter 'z' carved on their abdomens may be a possible reference to the... more »

• Whose day is it?

  February 15, 2010 3:01 PM

  Today is a federal holiday, but is it Presidents Day -- or George Washington's birthday? The people who run the Historic Mount Vernon estate, the Virginia home of the nation's first president, say this day belongs only to him. And the government's web site notes that the legal designation... more »

• Udall among participants at Denver MLK parade

  January 18, 2010 10:13 AM

  U.S. Sen. Mark Udall will be among the participants at Denver's 25th annual parade honoring Martin Luther King Jr. The parade which starts at City Park Monday morning and ends at the Civic Center is one of the largest in the country. About 20,000 people participated in the parade last... more »

• Hope floats Play Video

  November 28, 2009 6:30 PM

  Family and friends are celebrating the birthday of Christopher Abeyta. Only he's not there. He hasn't been for the last 23 years. At just 7 months old, Christopher was kidnapped from his crib. "(I) Fell down the steps going downstairs, turned over furniture, just started tearing through my house... more »

• A local girl's birthday party was explosive Play Video

  November 2, 2009 9:09 AM

  One 12 year-old girl's birthday party in Colorado Springs was explosive Sunday afternoon. Twelve year-old Madison Michel and her guests got to do lots of science experiments at her birthday party with a famous science teacher, Steve Spangler. He helped the kids conduct electricity, create a vacuum, and create... more »

• Birthday Blood Drive Play Video

  October 7, 2009 12:54 PM

  Instead of asking for lots of presents for her birthday, 12 year old Fountain girl plans to give. Bailey Cole recently told her mom that she wanted to donate blood for her birthday. But when they called the hospital to set it up, Bailey learned that she had to... more »

• 114 year-old NH woman becomes oldest American

  September 13, 2009 11:24 AM

  A 114 year-old New Hampshire woman who loves the Boston Red Sox, Hershey's Kisses and ice cream is believed to be the oldest American. Mary Josephine Ray secured the title of the oldest person in the US after the death of Gertrude Baines on Friday in Los Angeles. According to... more »