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• Tomato fight in Spain uses 120 tons of tomatoes!

  August 29, 2012 6:56 PM

  It's an odd sight in Spain! The annual Tomatina Festival is underway, and thousands are fighting! The weapon of choice? Around 120 tons of ripe, juicy tomatoes, and it's touted as the world's largest tomato fight. Luckily it ends with a good rinse! more »

• Asia stocks, euro rise as Spain banks get lifeline

  June 11, 2012 1:01 AM

  BANGKOK (AP) - Asian stocks and the euro are rising after sentiment got a boost from Spain's decision to seek a European financial lifeline for its ailing banks. Spain on Saturday asked finance ministers from the 17 countries that use the euro for money to rescue its banks, which have... more »

• Pueblo man selected to study in Spain Play Video

  April 18, 2012 7:24 PM

  It's the chance of a lifetime to be one of the 20 selected to study abroad in Spain. A Pueblo student now has that opportunity. "Not in a million years would I have thought I'd be studying in Spain," said Leonardo Gomez, a non-traditional student at Pueblo Community College... more »

• 4 in US now linked to German E. coli outbreak

  June 4, 2011 12:32 AM

  ATLANTA (AP) - Four people in the U.S. were apparently sickened by the food poisoning outbreak in Europe, health officials said Friday. Three are hospitalized with a serious complication. All four were in northern Germany in May. Though they didn't stay at the same hotel or eat at the... more »

• Lakers star forward wants to play for Spain at Euros

  June 2, 2011 11:32 AM

  MADRID (AP) - Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol says he wants to play for Spain at this summer's European Championship. Gasol confirmed his availability for the defending champions on Wednesday after missing last year's World Championship in Turkey, where Spain finished sixth. According to the Spanish basketball federation's website,... more »

• Spain beats Netherlands 1-0 for World Cup

  July 11, 2010 8:19 PM

  JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Andres Iniesta scored late in extra time, lifting Spain to a 1-0 victory over the Netherlands for its first World Cup title. Iniesta broke free inside the penalty area Sunday, took a pass from Cesc Fabregas and put the ball just past the outstretched arms of goalkeeper... more »

• Spain advances to World Cup Final

  July 8, 2010 12:53 AM

  DURBAN, South Africa (AP) - Carles Puyol powered in a header in the 73rd minute Wednesday to send Spain to its first World Cup final with a 1-0 win over Germany. In a rematch of the 2008 European Championship final that Spain won by the same score, Puyol leaped up... more »

• First total face transplant performed in Spain

  April 25, 2010 12:02 PM

  A hospital in Spain says it has carried out the world's first full-face transplant, giving a man a new nose, skin, jaws, cheekbones, teeth and other features after he lost his face in an accident. Other transplant experts lauded the surgery but were not sure it could technically be... more »

• Former IOC president Samaranch dies at 89

  April 21, 2010 10:44 AM

  Juan Antonio Samaranch, a former International Olympic Committee president, died Wednesday. He was 89. The Quiron Hospital in Barcelona says Samaranch died after being admitted with heart problems. Samaranch headed the IOC from 1980 to 2001. Samaranch's final moments of consciousness were spent watching tennis, a fitting end... more »

• Volcanic ash delays wounded troop flights

  April 19, 2010 1:32 PM

  The Pentagon says that medical evacuation flights out of Afghanistan are taking eight hours longer because of the cloud of volcanic ash hanging over Europe. Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said Monday that the military is using the Navy's Rota Air Base in Spain, instead of Ramstein Air Base in... more »

• US Apple iPad sales to begin April 3

  March 5, 2010 9:16 AM

  Apple says its much-anticipated iPad tablet will hit U.S. store shelves on April 3. Apple had originally said the device would be released worldwide in March. Apple Inc. said Friday the Wi-Fi models will go on sale first. iPads that can connect to Wi-Fi as well as 3G cellular... more »

• Rio de Janiero wins 2016 Olympics

  October 2, 2009 11:27 AM

  The International Olympic Committee has selected Rio de Janiero to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Chicago was eliminated in the first ballot of voting for the 2016 Olympics on Friday, a stunning defeat for the city that was expected to be one of the two finalists. Not even the... more »

• Colorado Springs viewing party for Olympics announcement

  October 1, 2009 9:27 AM

  The International Olympic Committee will decide on Friday where to hold the 2016 Olympics. The United States is touting Chicago, one of four finalists. President and Mrs. Obama are making the case for the USA in Copenhagen, along with Oprah Winfrey. The other finalists are Tokyo, Madrid and Rio de... more »

• Europe fails to agree on bluefin tuna ban

  September 23, 2009 11:21 AM

  A sharply divided European Union failed Tuesday to protect the threatened bluefin tuna, as the bloc's Mediterranean nations refused to back even a temporary a ban on catching the fish prized by sushi aficionados. The EU's executive commission urged EU governments to agree to a temporary ban until the... more »