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Southern Colorado Spotlight: Friday, Jan. 22
Posted: 01.22.2010 at 2:07 PM
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News and topics that affect the lives of Rocky Mountain residents
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| HEALTH CARE and OBAMA: |
What to do about health care reform? Does anyone really have the answer? Coloradans wish they did. President Obama pledges not to walk away from the issue. He talked to a crowd Friday about it.
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| HAITI EARTHQUAKE: |
Southern Coloradans hear new information each hour about the heartbreaking conditions in Haiti. People fight to stay alive, grabbing hungrily for food and water. Click here to see photos of a stick-wielding gang storming a food depot.
VIDEO: "Delay In Fighting Terrorism?"
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| DOCTORS ON THE SCENE IN HAITI: |
it's been nine days since the earthquake struck Haiti, and hundreds remain injured, needing medical care. Dr. Mark Hyman is in the midst of it. His blog describes the chaos.
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| MOVIE STARS AND HAITI TELETHON: |
Turn your TVs tonight to "Hope for Haiti" and donate -- it airs locally on FOX21. Or if you already have, it might be worth your time if you're into celebrities. They're sure to be out in force.
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| FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: |
It's the countdown to Super Bowl Sunday. More football for sports fans, couch potatoes and anyone else whose interest in the game piques this time of year. Will it be a battle of the kickers?
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| CASE OF THE HEPATITIS C NURSE: |
A federal judge in Denver on Friday rejected a sentencing deal for Kristen Diane Parker, the surgical nurse whose drug addiction led her to swap out syringes filled with pain meds for saline solution. At one time, she worked in Colorado Springs at Audubon Surgery Center.