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Flags at half-staff in Colo. for fallen Marine

5:26 PM, May 16, 2013

DENVER (AP) - Flags are flying at half-staff across Colorado in honor of a Parker Marine killed earlier this month in Afghanistan.

Army chief admits failure to stop sexual abuse

12:55 PM, May 16, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Army's top officer acknowledged on Thursday that his service is failing in its effort to stop sexual assaults, as he and the nation's other top defense leaders were summoned to the White House to discuss the militarywide problem.

US Navy tests anti-mine drones in Gulf drills

The U.S. Navy successfully launches an unmanned plane off the deck of the USS George H.W. Bush for the first time in what officials called a breakthrough for robotic aviation.

11:47 AM, May 15, 2013

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) - The U.S. Navy is putting underwater drones through wartime-style drills as part of international mine-clearing exercises in the Persian Gulf following similar maneuvers by Iran.

Navy launches unmanned aircraft from carrier

12:19 PM, May 14, 2013

ABOARD THE USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH (AP) - The Navy for the first time Tuesday launched an unmanned aircraft the size of a fighter jet from a warship in the Atlantic Ocean, as it wades deeper into America's drone program amid growing concerns over the legality of its escalating surveillance and lethal strikes.

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Officials: Military sex assault reports are up

12:23 PM, May 7, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) - A new Pentagon study shows that the number of sexual assaults reported by members of the military rose from 3,192 to 3,374 in 2012, while the department estimates that as many as 26,000 service members were assaulted, based on anonymous surveys, officials said Tuesday.

Colorado Marine killed in Afghanistan

9:56 PM, May 6, 2013

DENVER (AP) - The Defense Department says Marine Cpl. David M. Sonka of Parker, Colo., was killed during combat operations in Afghanistan.

Colorado Springs airmen killed in plane crash

5:43 PM, May 5, 2013

KUSA - The Department of Defense has released the names of three airmen killed in a plane crash near Afghanistan.

NATO: 5 Americans killed in southern Afghanistan

10:42 AM, May 4, 2013

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An official with the U.S.-led international military coalition says the five troops killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan were all Americans.

Fort Carson says farewell to high-ranking general

11:48 AM, May 2, 2013

FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) - Fort Carson is saying goodbye to one of its top commanders.

Female US soldier pleads guilty to desertion

10:22 PM, Apr 29, 2013

FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) - A female soldier in the U.S. Army has pleaded guilty to desertion after fleeing to Canada to avoid a second tour of duty in the Iraq war.

Soldier who fled US to avoid Iraq war faces trial

10:33 AM, Apr 29, 2013

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The first female soldier to flee the U.S. military for Canada to avoid the Iraq war will face a court-martial Monday.

Soldier's bench memorial vandalized

1:01 PM, Apr 23, 2013

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Friends who built a memorial bench honoring a Fort Carson soldier and his pregnant wife who were killed after apparently surprising a burglar in their home in January are taking it down after it was vandalized.

AP IMPACT: Congress slows military efforts to save

6:02 AM, Apr 23, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) - Parked around the airstrip at Lackland Air Force Base are more than a dozen massive C-5A Galaxy transport planes. There is no money to fly them, repair them or put pilots in the cockpits, but Congress rejected the Air Force's bid to retire them.

Famed World War II aviators hold final reunion

5:20 AM, Apr 18, 2013

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AP) - At 97, retired Lt. Col. Richard Cole can still fly and land a vintage B-25 with a wide grin and a wave out the cockpit window to amazed onlookers.

Surprise Navy homecoming an emotional one

7:54 AM, Apr 17, 2013

HOVEN, S.D. - An American homecoming brings a small Midwestern community together.

Soldier returns to military after repeal of DADT

7:28 PM, Apr 14, 2013

DENVER - Gays and lesbians who serve or served in the military say it has been a long road. Since 1993, advocacy groups say around 14,000 soldiers were discharged from the military. Now that "Don't Ask Don't Tell" has been overturned, there are former military members returning to service.

Afghanistan helicopter crash kills 2 US troops

9:26 AM, Apr 9, 2013

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A NATO helicopter crashed Tuesday in Afghanistan, killing two American service members.

The deaths raised to nine the number of Americans, including three civilians, killed in Afghanistan so far this month.

The U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force said the cause of the crash is under investigation but initial reporting indicates there was no enemy activity in the area at the time.

It did not immediately identify the nationalities of those killed. But a senior U.S. official confirmed they were Americans. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to release the information ahead of a formal announcement.

A local official, Mir Baz Khan, said the helicopter crashed in an agricultural field in the Pachir Wagam district in Nangarhar province.

Shir Azam, a teacher who lives in a village near the site, said he heard a loud explosion, then saw the heli

Hazmat crews at home where boy found in filth. 9NEWS at 10 p.m. 05/17/13.

Colorado Springs father says he'll clean house to get son back

COLORADO SPRINGS - Hazmat crews were at a home where a boy with autism was found naked, living in a home littered with human waste.

11:41 PM, May 17, 2013

Belen De Leon has the latest weather forecast. 9NEWS at 6 a.m. 5/18/13.

Denver Colorado Weather Forecast

Last updated by Forecaster Belen De Leon

TODAY: Partly cloudy, breezy and mild with a chance for isolated storms after 2pm. Afternoon highs will be from 74 to 82 degrees.

TONIGHT: Shower activity ending around sunset along the urban corridor, with a continued chance for storms on the Eastern Plains. Partly cloudy, breezy and mild. Overnight lows from 43 to 46 degrees.

8:25 AM, May 18, 2013