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Committee reaches goal to complete memorial
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LITTLETON - With the help of an anonymous donor, the memorial to the 13 people killed at Columbine will be completed this summer. "It's great news. It is going to be finished in July," said Don Fleming, whose daughter, Kelly, 16, died at Columbine with 11 other students and a teacher on April 20, 1999.
Ex-CSU employee threatened Columbine father
Twisted plot sparks FBI investigation, ends in heartbreak
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More than a month after he pleaded not guilty, a former CSU janitor confessed to the Collegian that he recently sent a threatening e-mail to the father of a student killed in the 1999 Columbine High School Massacre. "I just want to go in and say I'm guilty," Darren Morrison, who is set to appear in court Tuesday, told the Collegian last week.
California highway interchange collapses after tanker catches fire
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OAKLAND, Calif. - A section of freeway that funnels traffic off the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge collapsed early Sunday after a gasoline tanker truck overturned and caught fire, authorities said. The heat from the fire was intense enough to melt part of the freeway and cause the collapse, but the truck's driver walked away from the scene with second-degree burns.
Iraqi leader warns Iran of terror threat, Tehran agrees to attend regional meeting
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BAGHDAD - Iran agreed Sunday to join the U.S. and other countries at a conference on Iraq this week, raising hopes the government in Tehran would help stabilize its violent neighbor and stem the flow of guns and bombs over the border. In an apparent effort to drive home that point, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told an Iranian envoy that the persistent violence in Iraq - some of it carried out by the Shiite militias Iran is accused of arming - could spill over into neighboring countries, including those that are "supposed to support the Iraqi government.
Love thy neighbor, but not thine self
New study says college students too self-absorbed
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Thousands of years ago a Greek hero named Narcissus fell in love.
With himself.
As legend has it, Narcissus fell for his own reflection and as a punishment was bound to pine for his own image for eternity.
A recent study by a team of psychologists from San Diego State, and the University of Georgia presented the public with results from a recent study on narcissism, a personality trait that translates to vanity and self-absorption.
UNC posts banned pictures on Web site
The university faces harsh criticism for its decision
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Britney Bethel was shocked when she flipped open a newspaper last week to read that her photo would be posted on the University of Northern Colorado Web site along with other students who have been banned from the UNC campus. "I was really upset because it felt like a label," the former UNC student said.
