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• Necklace lost at Betty's Costumes may contain a loved one's ashes, does it belong to you?

  December 3, 2012 6:38 PM

  Those at Betty's Costumes on 1st Street in Pueblo are hoping you'll recognize this necklace. They found it in the store, and they're worried someone is missing it terribly. That's because they believe it's an urn necklace containing the ashes of someone's loved ones. They want to get it... more »

• Mother Nature doesn't get them down Play Video

  June 17, 2012 12:16 AM

  181 homes have been lost so far in the High Park fire burning in northern Colorado. One evacuated couple is waiting for word on their home which was just built, after another wildfire destroyed their previous home in the same area less than 2 years ago. Woody and... more »

• Family gets lost in maze, calls police Play Video

  October 12, 2011 9:26 AM

  Corn mazes can be a ton of fun, but maybe not when you get so lost, you have to call the police to find you way out. Well that happened to one family at a corn maze near Boston. After they dialed 911, a K-9 unit responded to... more »

• Fire Department looking for lost hikers in Red Rock Canyon Park

  August 27, 2011 3:13 PM

  Rescue crews from the Colorado Springs Fire Department are conducting a search and rescue operation in Red Rock Canyon Park on the report of hikers lost in the area. Crews are using cell phone signals to narrow in on a search area, and have split into two teams with hopes... more »

• John Elway invests $15M with alleged Ponzi schemer

  October 14, 2010 11:03 AM

  Former Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway and his business partner gave $15 million to a hedge-fund manager now accused of running a Ponzi scheme. The Denver Post reported Thursday that Elway and Mitchell Pierce filed a motion saying they wired the money to Sean Michael Mueller in March. ... more »

• Balloonists in NM to pay tribute to 2 lost at sea

  October 5, 2010 10:48 AM

  The America's Challenge gas balloon race in New Mexico will pay tribute to two balloonists who disappeared last week in the Adriatic Sea. The deputy director of the race says pilots are being asked to hang two chile ristras, or strings of dried chiles, from their balloons, which are... more »

• GOP governor's group hints Colo. race a lost cause

  September 9, 2010 8:23 AM

  Colorado Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes is shrugging off the suggestion that a national GOP group won't help finance his campaign anymore and says he will continue to fight for votes. A Maes spokesman made the comments Wednesday in response to Republican Governors Association Chairman Haley Barbour's remarks hinting... more »

• Firefighters counting burned homes in Boulder County

  September 7, 2010 8:43 AM

  At sunrise, firefighters began the grim task of counting the number of homes lost in a wind-whipped wildfire Monday. They plan a news conference around 9 am when they'll reveal the extent of damage from an inferno that sent them scrambling for safety several times Monday afternoon and evening. At... more »

• Colorado State Fair finds missing beagle's owners

  September 2, 2010 8:04 PM

  A little beagle is becoming quite the spoiled pup at the Colorado State Fair. He was found lost last week and it turns out his master is a cowboy living hundreds of miles away. The beagle's name is Wiley and he's 9 months old. He's been getting the royal treatment... more »

• Economy: Oil cleanup both bonanza and bust

  August 27, 2010 8:19 AM

  An Associated Press analysis finds some places have done pretty well since the Gulf oil spill while others have been hit by a double-whammy. The worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history has spurred something of an economic boom in some communities where cleanup operations are based. But other... 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 »

• Search on for missing sled dog

  May 20, 2010 6:03 PM

  A woman in Colorado Springs needs your help finding a very special dog. Camille is one of the nearly 100 husky and husky-mix dogs that were confiscated from a sled dog kennel in Hartsel after an investigation of animal abuse last December. We first introduced you to her... more »

• Obama 0-for-4 in endorsements

  May 20, 2010 3:02 PM

  The White House says it's not worried about four consecutive losses by Democratic candidates President Barack Obama had supported. The latest defeat came Tuesday when Sen. Arlen Specter lost to Rep. Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs gave a simple, one-word answer when asked... more »

• Pioneering deep-sea robot lost off Chile coast

  March 9, 2010 5:13 PM

  A pioneering deep-sea robot made by Massachusetts researchers has been lost off the coast of Chile. Researchers abruptly lost contact with the $1.1 million robot Friday after it reached the Pacific Ocean floor, nearly 2 miles down. Scientists believe a glass sphere that helped keep the robot buoyant may... more »

• Air mail: Crews search wilderness for mail bags

  February 27, 2010 11:30 AM

  A cargo plane door opened in flight over Montana and likely turned two bags into air mail. Crews are searching the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex for the two priority mail bags that might have fallen out of the plane last weekend. Alpine Air reported that a cargo hatch on the... more »

• Exxon tanker loses power at Prince William Sound

  January 18, 2010 1:16 PM

  The Coast Guard in Alaska says two escort tugs were able to control an Exxon tanker that lost power early Sunday while leaving Prince William Sound. Three other tugs then helped pull the tanker Kodiak to safe harbor, and there was no spill. The ship carries more than 25 million... more »

• Family reunited with tiny dog that spent three months in the wilderness

  November 20, 2009 4:25 PM

  Kathy Dunbar believes some miracles come in three-pound bundles. Yet she still has a hard time believing that her Maltese-poodle mix named Mindy is sitting in her lap. "It's like God looked over her," Dunbar said. "She was meant to be something special." Mindy was lost during... more »

• American Legion raises $50,000 for Ft. Carson soldiers in Afghanistan

  October 20, 2009 2:36 PM

  The American Legion says one of its blog sites has raised more than $50,000 in less than a week for Fort Carson soldiers who lost their personal belongs during an Oct. 3 attack at a remote outpost in northeastern Afghanistan. The fund was started after a soldier wrote in an... more »

• California residents call for probe into fire response

  September 29, 2009 12:01 PM

  People affected by the massive wildfire that burned about 250 square miles northeast of Los Angeles are calling for a federal investigation into what they say was a poor initial response to the blaze. Angry residents of the Big Tujunga Canyon area packed a meeting hall Monday night to confront... more »

• Australian cat strays 2,400 miles, returns home

  September 28, 2009 6:37 PM

  A cat named Clyde was reunited with his owner on Wednesday after a mysterious three-year odyssey in which the long-haired Himalayan strayed 2,400 miles into the Australian Outback. Ashleigh Sullivan, 19, said she had given up hope of ever finding Clyde after he vanished when he was about one... more »

• Lone Llama

  September 23, 2009 5:33 PM

  People traveling to the top of Pikes Peak have been seeing something white and we aren’t talking about snow. For about a month now tourists and workers on the Peak have been seeing a white llama. The llama has been seen daily about 1000 feet from the summit... more »

• Expired ticket; woman wins and loses $160,000 scratcher

  September 14, 2009 8:42 PM

  How's this for bad luck? About a year ago Laurice Pillar bought a crossword puzzle scratch ticket. At the time she didn't realize it was a winner, set it aside and subsequently lost it. This week, when she was cleaning out her address book she found the ticket again and... more »