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• Corpse found in apartment with man and dog still living there

  October 29, 2012 2:43 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Police are investigating the death of a 32-year-old woman whose body was found slumped in a couch in an apartment with her still living husband and dog nearby. KMGH-TV reports Monday that that officers responded to the apartment on a report of a foul smell on Oct.... more »

• Elderly woman dies of West Nile

  September 3, 2012 6:11 PM

  MONTROSE, Colo. (AP) - An obituary notice says an elderly Montrose woman has died of complications of West Nile virus. The obituary printed in the Friday edition of the Montrose Daily Press says Dorothy Iris "Irish" Meaker died Wednesday, days before her 87th birthday. Montrose County Coroner Thomas Canfield told... more »

• House fire kills woman and dog

  August 21, 2012 8:31 PM

  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - A house fire in Fort Collins has killed a 64-year-old woman and a dog. Poudre Fire Authority officials said Tuesday investigators are trying to determine what caused the fire late Monday. The fire is believed to have started accidentally in the living room. Firefighters said... more »

• Woman steals baby after faking pregnancy

  August 7, 2012 6:56 PM

  GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) - Police say a woman caught trying to steal a newborn girl from a Southern California hospital had faked a pregnancy with her estranged husband. Garden Grove police Lt. Jeff Nightengale tells The Orange County Register the motive of 48-year-old Grisel Ramirez may have been that... more »

• Pueblo woman attacked with hammer

  August 7, 2012 12:38 PM

  PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) - Pueblo police are trying to find a man accused of attacking a 57-year-old woman with a hammer. Authorities said Bradley Kruse is wanted for investigation of attempted murder and assault. According to the Pueblo Chieftain, Eutophia King of Pueblo suffered skull fractures. Another man in the... more »

• Video of the Day: Water fall

  July 19, 2012 6:37 AM

  Are you heading to the pool with all this heat? Well these guys headed to a water slide to cool down. But one woman, couldn't quite made it to the top of the slide... Click here to see our Video of the Day. more »

• Boulder officials could suspend search for missing hiker

  July 16, 2012 4:23 AM

  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Officials are considering suspending the search for a 74-year-old woman who went missing in the foothills northwest of Boulder almost two weeks ago. Ken Rosales, Boulder County's emergency services coordinator, tells The Daily Camera that crews will likely decide Monday whether or not to suspend the... more »

• Woman with flesh eating disease set to leave hospital

  July 2, 2012 8:25 AM

  AUGUSTA, Georgia (AP) - A woman diagnosed with a rare, flesh-eating disease is set to leave a hospital after nearly two months. Aimee Copeland's father said last week his daughter will be released Monday from Doctors Hospital. The 24-year-old will move to an inpatient rehabilitation clinic. She'll spend the next... more »

• Woman killed at Dragonman's

  June 15, 2012 12:51 AM

  A 51-year-old woman was killed Thursday night at Dragonman's, a gun and paintball range, near Curtis Rd. and Highway 94. El Paso County Sheriff's deputies say a film crew was shooting a national show when an "unknown ordnance" struck and killed the victim. An ordnance is described as an... more »

• Boulder woman to be charged with trespassing after wandering in home

  May 25, 2012 6:52 PM

  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Prosecutors plan to file a trespassing charge against a woman who was shot in the hip after police say she drunkenly wandered into a home in Boulder. The Daily Camera reports prosecutors say they plan to file the charge next week against Zoey Ripple, who graduated... more »

• Plane diverted after suspicious passenger hands flight attendant a note

  May 23, 2012 7:21 AM

  BANGOR, Maine (AP) - Officials say there is no evidence a US Airways jet traveling from Paris to North Carolina was ever in danger after it was diverted to Maine because a passenger handed a note to a flight attendant saying she had a surgically implanted device. Two F-15 fighters... more »

• 92 year old woman will be sentenced in suicide kit case

  May 7, 2012 7:10 AM

  SAN DIEGO (AP) - A 92-year-old woman who sold $40 kits for people to kill themselves is being sentenced in San Diego for failing to file federal tax returns. Prosecutors recommend that Sharlotte Hydorn be ordered to pay more than $25,000 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service Monday and... more »

• Woman charged with murder after mother killed and baby kidnapped

  April 18, 2012 8:08 AM

  SPRING, Texas (AP) - A prosecutor says a woman has been charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting of a mother and the abduction of her newborn son near Houston. Montgomery County District Attorney Brett Lignon says Verna McClain was charged early Wednesday in the killing of Kala Marie... more »

• Woman fakes cancer to get free wedding

  April 11, 2012 8:13 AM

  WHITE PLAINS, New York (AP) - Strangers donated the beautifully embroidered wedding dress, the rings, the honeymoon time-share in Aruba. They acted quickly, too, because the bride was dying of cancer. Or so she said. The New York state attorney general's office said Tuesday that Jessica Vega, 25, has been... more »

• Update: Woman stabbed to death overnight

  April 8, 2012 6:19 PM

  Police have arrested a man suspected of stabbing his wife to death in Colorado Springs. Authorities responded to an apartment complex in the northeastern part of the city at about 4 a.m. Sunday after someone call 911 and hung up the phone. When police respnded to the scene, the victim... more »

• Woman fakes PTSD to get out of jury duty

  March 22, 2012 6:48 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Susan Cole of Denver stood out in a jury pool last summer, with mismatched socks and shoes, and her hair in curlers. District Judge Anne Mansfield dismissed the cosmetologist and author from jury duty after Cole said she "broke out of domestic violence in the military" and... more »

• Female senators are remembering first woman elected

  March 2, 2012 8:04 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Female lawmakers in Colorado are donning antique hats and giving out cupcakes to mark 100 years since the election of Colorado's first female state senator. Helen Ring Robinson was elected in 1912 as a Democrat from Denver. Ring was elected was 19 years after women earned the... more »

• Woman arrested for burning down 3500 year old tree

  March 1, 2012 7:27 AM

  LONGWOOD, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say a central Florida woman is in jail, charged with setting a fire that burned one of the world's oldest cypress trees. Investigators say two witnesses identified 26-year-old Sara Barnes as the person who caused the 118-foot-tall bald cypress tree named "The Senator" to... more »

• Woman fakes cancer to raise money

  February 28, 2012 5:42 AM

  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A suburban Richmond woman has been fined $50 after admitting she faked cancer to raise money. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that Martha Ann Nicholas pleaded guilty on Monday to two misdemeanor charges of obtaining money by false pretenses. Besides the fine, she was ordered by a... more »

• Young woman missing

  January 31, 2012 5:50 PM

  Jessica Kuykendall, 26, is missing and her mother fears her disabled daughter is being taken advantage of because she is a kind woman with the mind of a 12-year-old. She was last seen by her parents at the Goodwill on Constitution in Colorado Springs when she was dropped off... more »

• Woman wears fake facial hair to rob neighbors

  January 6, 2012 7:49 AM

  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Police say a Salt Lake City woman wore a fake mustache to disguise herself as a man while stealing from her neighbors. Salt Lake City police say the 31-year-old was charged with two counts of burglary and one count of theft Thursday. The... more »

• Family of torched woman speaking out

  December 29, 2011 8:32 AM

  NEW YORK (AP) - The family of the Brooklyn woman torched in her building's elevator is speaking up a day before her funeral. Her adult children are holding a news conference Thursday to discuss the sudden, horrific death of Deloris Gillespie. The 73-year-old died on Dec. 17 after... more »

• Woman killed in McDonald's parking lot

  December 28, 2011 5:19 AM

  PARKER, Colo. (AP) - Parker police say a woman was killed in the parking lot of a McDonald's and her estranged husband who authorities were looking for in connection with the shooting was found dead. The Denver Post reports that a witness says the woman's three children were inside the... more »

• Woman surprised when car crashes into her bedroom

  December 18, 2011 4:03 PM

  Police say a drunk driver crashed into a home waking up the woman inside. This happened on the 2900 block of N. Arcadia St. in Colorado Springs at about 4:15 a.m. Sunday morning. According to police, the driver lost control of the car and swerved across the street,... more »

• Woman gets hit in face with sledge-hammer through windshield

  November 8, 2011 7:09 AM

  LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) - A Loveland woman managed to safely stop her car after getting hit in the face with a two-pound sledgehammer that fell off a truck and smashed through her car's windshield. The Loveland Reporter-Herald reports Monday that 60-old Jennifer Coll managed to signal, pull over and... more »

• New York artist gives birth in art gallery

  October 26, 2011 7:54 AM

  NEW YORK (AP) - A performance artist who said giving birth is the "highest form of art" has delivered a baby boy - inside a New York City art gallery The Microscope Gallery in Brooklyn said Marni Kotak gave birth to a healthy infant, weighing 9 pounds, 2 ounces,... more »

• Man charged for holding woman captive for 2 months

  October 11, 2011 6:07 AM

  DENVER (AP) - A 31-year-old man accused of physically and sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend while holding her captive in her Denver home for two months has been charged. Eric Bernard Barney Jr. was arrested late last month and is charged with sexual assault causing serious bodily injury, sexual assault,... more »

• Inmate saves woman from dog attack

  October 4, 2011 8:26 AM

  CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, N.J. (AP) - Authorities will take three days off a New Jersey inmate's sentence after he rescued an animal shelter worker from a pit bull attack. Justin Peggs was working off a 45-day sentence for assault at the Cape May County Animal Shelter and Adoption... more »

• Man named suspect in Colo. teen death

  September 8, 2011 11:37 AM

  DENVER (AP) - A man reportedly last seen with a woman who disappeared in March after leaving a Denver nightclub has been named a suspect in her death. Denver District Attorney spokeswoman Lynn Kimbrough says authorities on Thursday were preparing an arrest warrant for 31-year-old Travis Forbes in the death... more »

• Springs woman dies after being pinned truck

  September 3, 2011 12:13 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A Colorado Springs woman run over by her own pickup truck after she got out to release a stuck parking brake has died. Colorado Springs police say the woman had put her vehicle in reverse gear Friday but had difficulty releasing the parking brake. Investigators... more »

• Man held in connection with American woman missing in Aruba

  August 30, 2011 8:08 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The father of a man being held in Aruba on suspicion of involvement in the disappearance and presumed death of a 35-year-old Maryland woman says his son is "not a monster." In an interview with NBC's "Today" show that aired Tuesday, Frank Giordano said his son... more »

• Man and woman arrested after chase ends in Trinidad

  August 10, 2011 5:53 AM

  TRINIDAD, Colo. (AP) - Officers have arrested a man and woman who they say ran from a stolen car that authorities chased from the Walsenburg area to Trinidad. The Colorado State Patrol says the chase began Tuesday morning after a trooper tried to pull over the car on Interstate... more »

• Lost oregon hiker found

  August 3, 2011 6:11 AM

  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A woman who spent three nights in the Mount Hood National Forest after tumbling off a cliff says she ate berries, drank from a creek and tried to scoot to safety on her bottom because she couldn't walk. Hood River County sheriff's Detective Matt English... more »

• Woman facing prostitution charges at a Dunkin' Donuts

  August 2, 2011 8:20 AM

  ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - Police say there was more on the menu than Munchkins and lattes during the late shift at a Dunkin' Donuts in northern New Jersey. A 29-year-old female is facing prostitution charges after police say she took breaks to provide sex in exchange for money.... more »

• Colo. woman accused of groping TSA agent in Ariz.

  July 16, 2011 6:03 PM

  PHOENIX (AP) - Authorities say a Colorado woman who allegedly groped a female Transportation Security Administration agent at Phoenix's international airport is facing a felony count of sexual abuse. Phoenix police say 61-year-old Yukari Mihamae is accused of grabbing the left breast of the unidentified TSA agent Thursday at... more »

• 63 year old woman catches burglar by collar, makes him wait for police

  July 8, 2011 8:07 AM

  CENTER HARBOR, N.H. (AP) - A New Hampshire woman was so angry when she came home and found a burglar in her house that she grabbed the thief half her age by the collar and made him sit down while she called police. Police say 63-year-old Linda Carr returned... more »

• Woman's husband buried in her garden

  June 27, 2011 3:27 AM

  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Neighbors thought it was odd that Ruth Huber Bostic appeared to talk to herself for years as she tended her garden in Raleigh, N.C. After she died in January 2010, authorities uncovered a gruesome secret beneath the 78-year-old woman's flowerbed: Her husband had been buried... more »

• CO hit-and-run driver tried to swim away

  June 26, 2011 6:14 PM

  LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) - Police say a woman suspected of causing a fatal crash in Longmont Saturday fled the scene on foot and then tried to swim away from authorities in a nearby lake. Colorado State Patrol believes 32-year-old Lisa Norton is to blame for a head-on collision Saturday... more »

• Woman shot in foot

  June 12, 2011 8:38 AM

  Police were called to Willamette Avenue in Gold Hill after neighbors heard gun shots around 10:15 p.m last night. When officers arrived on the scene they spotted a white SUV speeding out of an area apartment comlex. They later found the victim, a female, in the SUV. ... more »

• Woman arrested after making threats on bus with knife and gun

  June 10, 2011 8:45 AM

  Colorado Springs Police arrested a woman after she reportedly made threat to passengers on a Greyhound Bus with a gun and a knife. Police stopped the bus on southbound I-25 at exit 150. The woman identified as 37 year-old Jennifer Lembke was taken into custody fro Endangering Public... more »

• Man arrested for fighting on bus

  June 10, 2011 6:42 AM

  Colorado Springs Police have arrested a man for fighting on a commercial bus. Officers say Edwin Potts was harassing a woman. When another male tried to intervene, Potts grabbed the man by the throat and threatened to kill him. He was taken into custody for two counts of... more »

• Denver woman shot while waiting for bus

  June 9, 2011 8:28 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Denver police are investigating after a woman was shot while waiting for a bus in downtown Denver. Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson says the woman reported hearing a pop Tuesday night and then realized she had been shot near her hip. She was taken to... more »

• Mental hospital to free woman accused in slaying

  April 2, 2011 5:18 PM

  DENVER (AP) - A Colorado woman found not guilty by reason of insanity on charges of killing her mother-in-law and trying to kill her husband has been granted conditional release from the state mental hospital. The Denver Post reported Saturday that Teresa Lynn, formerly known as Teresa Spitz, will... more »

• Libya says woman claiming rape is now free

  March 27, 2011 6:00 PM

  TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - The Libyan government says a woman who stormed into a Tripoli hotel Saturday to tell foreign reporters that government troops raped her is now with her family. The government says four men were interrogated in the case, including the son of a high-ranking police officer.... more »

• Charges dismissed against accused kidnapper; woman still missing

  March 3, 2011 9:24 PM

  Angelica Sandoval vanished a week before she was supposed to testify against a man accused of kidnapping her. Now charges against the suspect have been dismissed. But there are still no signs of the missing Alamosa woman. Sandoval, 21, disappeared last week while getting laundry from her car in... more »

• Mother found dead, baby alive in Aurora apartment

  February 7, 2011 9:57 AM

  DENVER (AP)-Police in Aurora are investigating the death of a 21-year-old woman found in her apartment. Her infant was found in the home alive. The woman's body was found Saturday night after someone called police and asked them to check on her. KUSA-TV in Denver reports that police... more »

• Woman's body found in vehicle

  January 25, 2011 7:04 PM

  An autopsy will be performed to determined the cause of death of a woman found in a vehicle at the Carlton Manor Apartments at 1930 E. Bijou in Colorado Springs. The woman was found just after 9 a.m. Fire Department rescue personnel performed CPR on the woman, but could... more »

• Man, woman found dead in suburban Denver residence

  January 15, 2011 6:44 PM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - The bodies of a man and a woman have been found inside their residence in the Denver suburb of Aurora, and police say they're investigating the possibility it was a murder-suicide. Officers found the bodies Saturday after they were called to the residence for a... more »

• Colorado woman, 36, dies in Nebraska crash

  December 26, 2010 12:28 PM

  IMPERIAL, Neb. (AP) - A 36-year-old Colorado woman has died in a single-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 6 in southwest Nebraska. The Nebraska State Patrol said Heidi Mayer of Yuma, Colo., was three miles west of Imperial about 8 p.m. Friday when she lost control of her 2004 Kia.... more »

• Woman with gun arrested at TV station

  December 21, 2010 6:12 PM

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Police have taken a woman into custody at Charlotte ABC affiliate WSOC-TV after the building was evacuated following reports of an armed woman in the lobby. Several local media outlets say the woman was taken into custody Tuesday night and that no shots were fired.... more »

• Driver rescued after sliding 100 ft off road

  December 9, 2010 4:35 PM

  A close call for a driver in Colorado Springs. The woman slid down a hill about 100 ft. and had to be rescued according to Lt. Jeff Sievers with the Colorado Springs Fire Department. The accident happened earlier this afternoon on Gold Camp Rd. between tunnel one and tunnel two.... more »

• Woman found dead in river IDed as missing mom

  November 27, 2010 8:33 AM

  SILVERTHORNE, Colo. (AP) - Authorities have confirmed that a woman found dead in a river near Silverthorne is a missing 41-year-old mother of three. The Summit County coroner has identified the woman as Stephanie Roller Bruner. The Silverthorne woman's husband reported her missing Tuesday after she left home Monday night... more »

• Colorado jury awards $15M for slipping on ice

  November 9, 2010 10:13 AM

  GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - A Colorado jury has awarded $15 million to a truck driver who said she slipped and fell on ice and grease while making a delivery to a Wal-Mart in Greeley. Wal-Mart tells the Greeley Tribune that it's considering appealing the award for Holly Averyt, 41,... more »

• Denver Good Samaritan stabbed, suspect arrested

  October 20, 2010 8:18 AM

  A suspect faces an attempted first-degree murder charge after Denver police say he stabbed another man who helped a woman after she was allegedly pushed out of a car. The Denver District Attorney's office on Tuesday announced the charge against 27-year-old Brent Ward and say he also faces charges... more »

• Denver Officer arrested on suspicion of sexual assault

  October 19, 2010 3:10 PM

  A Denver police officer has been arrested on suspicion of coercing a woman under arrest into performing a sex act to avoid going to jail. Police arrested Hector Paez, 31, Monday. Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey's office and police say Paez will be charged later this week with... more »

• Senior agency seeks help for blind woman in Pueblo

  October 13, 2010 5:23 PM

  Carol Krebs' bedroom windows are in bad shape. "I stick rags all the way around (this one), because the water pours in," said Krebs. She says some of them are broken or won't close all the way--letting in a draft each night. "Right now it's really cold because of the... more »

• Colorado museum won't replace controversial art

  October 7, 2010 4:39 PM

  Officials in northern Colorado say they won't replace a controversial piece of artwork allegedly ripped up by a woman in the city's museum. Police said Kathleen Folden of Kalispell, Mont. was arrested Wednesday at the Loveland Museum. Witnesses say she used a crowbar to smash a display case holding... more »

• Autopsies planned today on mom, 2 teens

  October 6, 2010 9:42 AM

  Autopsies are pending on a Colorado Springs woman and her 13-year-old twins who were found dead in their home. The El Paso County coroner is expected to conduct the autopsies Wednesday. Police are investigating the deaths of Rene Ogden and her two children as homicides. They say there... more »

• Texas 4-year-old runs over, kills newborn

  October 1, 2010 9:22 AM

  Police say a 4-year-old boy in Texas managed to start a van then run over a woman and her 3-week-old child, killing the newborn. Police Cmdr. Chris Havens says the mother was hospitalized after the accident Thursday night in Burleson, 10 miles south of Fort Worth. Havens did not... more »

• Zucchini-wielding woman fends off bear

  September 24, 2010 11:29 AM

  It's certainly not the first bear attack in western Montana, but it might be the strangest. Shortly after midnight Wednesday a woman living in the mountains near Frenchtown let her three dogs outside. One began barking. She opened the door and saw an adult black bear running toward one... more »

• Four people fatally shot at home in Seattle

  September 24, 2010 8:17 AM

  A relative says a woman who fatally shot three people and herself at a Seattle home was a grandmother who first killed her son-in-law, then two granddaughters and then wounded her daughter as the younger woman fled. Police spokesman Sean Whitcomb says officers arrived at the scene about 1:30... more »

• Colorado Springs hostage standoff ends peacefully

  September 23, 2010 9:37 AM

  A Colorado Springs hostage standoff that lasted several hours, and resulted in the lockdown of schools and the closing of a major road, is now over. It ended peacefully just before 11:30 a.m. Thursday. The suspect, identified as Thomas Vanfleet, was taken into custody. His hostage does not appear to... more »

• Suspect in horrible crime won't stand trial

  September 17, 2010 8:34 AM

  A Denver homeless man accused of kidnapping hikers near Nederland has been found incompetent to stand trial. A judge announced Thursday that Joseph Scott Carter, 43, was found incompetent by staff at the Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo. Carter will stay at the hospital pending another review in... more »

• Woman withdraws restraining order against Sharpe

  September 16, 2010 4:21 PM

  A woman has withdrawn her petition for a temporary restraining order against former NFL player Shannon Sharpe. Sharpe was scheduled to appear in an Atlanta court Monday to address the woman's allegations that he forced her to have sex with him, threatened her life and conducted surveillance of her.... more »

• 1st West Nile death in Colorado this year

  September 16, 2010 8:57 AM

  Weld County health officials say a 79-year-old woman has died from the West Nile Virus. The Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment said Wednesday that it is Colorado's first death related to the virus this year. Health officials say the Weld County woman developed symptoms from... more »

• Accused hit-run driver arrested in Pueblo

  September 14, 2010 5:02 PM

  Pueblo Police have arrested the man they believe hit a woman on a motorcycle Sunday, then fled the scene. Felipe Soto-Duran, 27, is being held at the Pueblo County Detention Center, charged with Failure to Remain at the Scene of an Accident Involving Serious Bodily Injury. Bail was set... more »

• Pueblo motorcycle victims identified

  September 13, 2010 1:13 PM

  Authorities have identified a husband and wife who died after being struck on their motorcycle by someone suspected of driving intoxicated. The Pueblo County coroner says the couple killed late Saturday were Raymond Quintana, 48 and Ramona Quintana, 46. Ruben Jimenez-Marquez was arrested following the crash. He is... more »

• Prison official refuses to discuss inmate escape

  September 8, 2010 2:51 PM

  The head of Colorado's prison system has declined to tell Sterling residents exactly how an inmate escaped from a nearby maximum security prison. Ari Zavaras, director of prisons for the Colorado Department of Corrections, told a town meeting Tuesday that Douglas Alward gathered materials inside the prison that helped... more »

• Holloway family lawyer dismisses Van der Sloot claims

  September 7, 2010 10:08 AM

  The lawyer for the mother of an Alabama teen who disappeared in Aruba has dismissed claims by the Dutchman suspected in the case that he extorted money from the parents to get back at them. Speaking on NBC's Today Show Tuesday, John Kelly, a lawyer for Natalee Holloway's mother... more »

• Texas congresswoman admits she violated rules

  August 31, 2010 8:53 AM

  A Texas congresswoman is admitting that she wrongly steered thousands of dollars in college scholarships to her own relatives and the children of a staff member. Dallas-area Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson said in a statement that she was unaware she was in violation of any rules governing the Congressional... more »

• Body of Las Vegas woman found in clutter at home

  August 27, 2010 1:01 PM

  A four-month search for a missing Las Vegas woman has come to an end in the unlikeliest of places: her own home. The Clark County Coroner's office said Friday that the corpse found in the clutter-filled home belongs to 67-year-old Billie Jean James. A spokeswoman says it could take... more »

• Hero kitty saves 97-year-old woman from pit bulls

  August 27, 2010 11:15 AM

  Sophie Thomas may own the world's bravest cat. The 97-year-old Harrison, Michigan resident was working in her garden recently when four growling pit bulls surrounded her. One of the dogs lunged at her, biting her on the arm. Sophie screamed and struck back, and as she did her cat... more »