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YOUR SPACE: Giving is in his blood

ANDREA BROWN

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CAÑON CITY • People have all kinds of weird hobbies. Art Hagerman might have one of the weirdest. He donates blood. He’d do it every day if he could, but the rule is that he must wait eight weeks between gigs. He has been at... Full story

YOUR SPACE: Big Dan takes big gulps of life

ANDREA BROWN

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Meet Big Dan. He’s a burly, balding 41-year-old with a smiley face and squinting bright-blue eyes. He lives alone with 5,000 pens, 300 carpenter pencils, 37 tape measurers, 591 jumbo plastic soda mugs and thousands of Slurpee straws. The... Full story

YOUR SPACE: He preaches the gospel of marital bliss

ANDREA BROWN

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David Letterman had sex with female staffers. Kate Gosselin gave cheating husband Jon the boot.  Want more details? Of course you do. Marital problems are fascinating ... unless their yours. Clarence Shuler is at ground zero of marital... Full story

YOUR SPACE: 87-year-old pilot is back in the cockpit

ANDREA BROWN

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  After decades of flying, the 87-year-old World War II pilot finally got recognition. It came two months ago, when he crashed a 1940s vintage plane in a field seconds after takeoff from Meadow Lake Airport in eastern El Paso County. Grim... Full story

Pooches and pals celebrate a sunny Saturday

ANDREA BROWN

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Drinking beer with your best friend. It doesn’t get much better than that ­— but it can be a problem if your best friend is banned from most bars. Big dogs. Little dogs. Red dogs. Blue dogs. All are welcome at the dog-friendly beer... Full story

YOUR SPACE: Her tamales bring people together

ANDREA BROWN

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“Six for $8. Chicken and pork. Mild or spicy.” If Silvia Gonzales had a nickel for every time she says that, she’d be rolling in dough that wasn’t made of masa. There are many tamale vendors around town. Some stand by the... Full story

YOUR SPACE: He knows the headlines before we do

ANDREA BROWN

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It’s tough enough to call yourself a mind reader. And if you do and your wallet gets ripped off from your gym locker, then what? If you’re Benji Bruce, you send out a press release: “Mind reader doesn’t predict his stolen... Full story

Lots of caffeine, not a lot of clothing

ANDREA BROWN

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Just in time for cold weather: hot lattes and hot ladies. Bikini baristas work the windows at two new drive-through coffee stands in Colorado Springs: Wiki Wiki Coffee and Bikini Xpresso. Customers come for the uh, well, everything. “Nice... Full story

YOUR SPACE: Local broadcasters wrap up big win in burrito video contest

ANDREA BROWN

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The video took the two local TV broadcast guys a few minutes to write, maybe an hour to shoot. The title, that was easy: “Toledo Burrito.” Because Toledo rhymes with burrito. For their brilliance, Michael Ring, 23,  and Nolan... Full story

YOUR SPACE: Lordy, Lordy! Mary Lee is 102

ANDREA BROWN

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OK, so Mary Lee is 102. And she had a big birthday party Sunday. And everybody came thinking that, well, it could be her last ... even though she can see and hear better than her kids. Lee doesn’t see herself as some story about a spry old... Full story

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