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Life Updated: Tue, Jul 9, 2013

Here are links to help keep you and your family busy, including things to do and places to hold birthday celebrations. It is not a comprehensive list, but there are lots of options. Best of the Springs The Gazette's 2013 Best of the Springs edition points out the year's best offerings...

Colorado Springs family uses St. Patrick's Day as an opportunity to follow Irish traditions

When it comes to America's borrowed holidays, St. Patrick's Day takes the popular pot of gold. Observed in Ireland primarily as a Catholic holiday honoring the nation's patron saint, in the U.S. the day - and weekend in its vicinity - is a coast-to-coast celebration of all things Irish. The Chicago River, the White House fountain and a...
Three simple crafts for St. Patrick's Day

From leprechaun beards to shamrock hats, a few simple crafts can turn you from a spectator into a participant at a St. Patrick's Day party. "Kids especially like something they can wave, and to join in on the festivities," says Joy Howard, associate editor of FamilyFun magazine. The crafts should be easy because St. Patrick's Day doesn't have...
Alabama family reunited after adoptions in Ukraine

ATLANTA (AP) — An Alabama couple and the four children they adopted amid the violence in Ukraine safely reunited Friday in Atlanta's main airport. Montgomery physician Lisa Bundy flew into Atlanta's Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport with her 16-year-old daughter Nastia. Her husband, photographer David Bundy, flew home from...
Ky. lawmakers looking to resolve snow days issue

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's harsh winter has state lawmakers scrambling to offer relief to school districts faced with making up lost instructional time that added up to weeks in some areas due to long bouts with snow and ice. No one wants students sitting in classes during summer, but a final version to prevent that is still being...
San Diego Zoo performs rare C-section on gorilla

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Veterinarians at the San Diego Zoo have performed an operation on a newborn gorilla that was delivered by cesarean section. The zoo says the 4.6-pound female was born Wednesday but seemed to have breathing problems. On Friday morning, a team fixed a collapsed lung that probably occurred during delivery. The medical team...
Kansas City-area spelling bee finally ends

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A marathon spelling bee between two Kansas City-area students who exhausted the initial word list last month ended after 29 more rounds Saturday when the eventual runner-up stumbled over the word "stifling." For more than an hour, seventh-grader Kush Sharma and fifth-grader Sophia Hoffman went toe-to-toe in the...
White House Easter Egg Roll ticket lottery open

WASHINGTON (AP) — An online lottery for families who want tickets to the annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House has opened. The lottery opened Friday and closes Monday at 10 a.m. The tickets are free but non-transferable. The event will be held on April 21 and will feature sports courts, cooking stations, live music and storytelling,...
Before sports, schools do baseline concussion test

ST. LOUIS (AP) — It was go time. The Clayton Greyhounds and the Ladue Rams were in the regional soccer playoffs, and the neighboring high school rivals were competing hard for bragging rights. Clayton sophomore Sam Schneider was playing striker, a key scoring position constantly under attack by defenders. The game was intensely physical,...
Iowa lawmakers clash over competing bullying bills

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Cracking down on bullying in Iowa schools has been a priority this year for Gov. Terry Branstad, but lawmakers have criticized two competing bills and are seeking changes to the proposals. A bill in the House and another in the Senate both focus on giving schools the tools and authority to better address bullying,...