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Reader: Kitty's South would make a great music venue
April 18, 2013 in The Latest Word
Colorado Rockies are redefining baseball weather
April 18, 2013 in The Latest Word
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Happy 75th birthday, Superman!: Remembering Man of Steel's trip to Boulder
April 18, 2013 in The Latest Word
Big illustrations below.Exactly 75 years ago today, the first Superman comic was published -- and to mark the occasion, the City of Cleveland, where Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created...
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Photos: Lynn and Ken Kubic's house burns down -- with 8,000 reptiles inside
April 18, 2013 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.This morning, a house near 144th and Umpire near Brighton was engulfed in flames, and judging by photos on view below, it's a total loss. Fortunately, no people were...
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Eric Williams's bust in Texas DA murders nixes theory about Colorado white supremacy link
April 18, 2013 in The Latest Word
Photos, videos below.Earlier this month, speculation was rife that the killings of Texas prosecutor Mike McLelland and his wife Cynthia, as well as an earlier slaying, might be linked to...
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Videos: Peyton Manning's five favorite movies and why they're key to understanding him
April 18, 2013 in The Latest Word
Videos below.During an interview yesterday on KOA (click here to listen to it), Peyton Manning listed his five favorite movies -- all comedies from 1979 to 1985. He added that...
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Rhonda Eisenberg, Ex-Teacher, Allowed to Write Onetime Student Whose Child She Bore
April 18, 2013 in True Crime Report
Breakfast reading from the Voice Media Empire: Eisenberg was made guardian of the high schooler, whose parents were out of the country, and wound up preggers. She's now had the...
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Jodi Arias: Colorado ties to the sensational trial about murder of Travis Alexander
April 18, 2013 in The Latest Word
Photos, videos below.Can the six-degrees-of-separation concept be applied to places in addition to people? Colorado offers a strong argument in the affirmative, since it's rare that a big national story...
Colorado License Plate = Marijuana Bust in Nebraska?
April 18, 2013 in True Crime Report
Reader: Celebrate the bond between adopted child and mom
April 17, 2013 in The Latest Word
Nuggets face challenge of beating terrible Phoenix Suns team to secure three seed
April 17, 2013 in The Latest Word
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Brandon Johnson: Sex assault charge for getting into woman's bed, pretending to be boyfriend
April 17, 2013 in The Latest Word
Big photo below.Sex-assault offenders are typically either known to their victims or are strangers to them. But seldom are they both at the same time -- which makes the circumstances...
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4/20 at CU Boulder: More visitor pass requests for Macklemore show than to protest closure?
April 17, 2013 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.Last month, CU-Boulder announced that it would be closing campus on 4/20 for the second consecutive year -- and attorney Rob Corry, who unsuccessfully challenged the shutdown in...
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James Holmes case files: 37,000 pages, 436 discs, jail videos and more
April 17, 2013 in The Latest Word
James Holmes.In most cases, an order for prosecutors to make sure the defense team has access to all of their documents is commonplace. But there's no such thing as business...
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Kitty's South: Has classic theater turned shuttered stroke palace run out of lives?
April 17, 2013 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.Yesterday on our Show and Tell blog, Bree Davies said goodbye to Kitty's East, an East Colfax landmark that was shuttered in recent days after being declared a...
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Photos: Ten weirdest events in Denver history on History.orb
April 17, 2013 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.As we all know, there are facts, and then there are Internet facts -- like a list of "Historical Events" that took place in Denver as assembled on...
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Boulder Valley students' fake snow day announcement causes social media freakout
April 17, 2013 in The Latest Word
Big photo below.At this writing, as we've noted, a big snowstorm predicted throughout the week has yet to materialize, but it's said to be coming around midday. No matter how...
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Noe Gonzalez, Thirteen, Dies When Big Sister's Car Stunt Goes Wrong
April 17, 2013 in True Crime Report
Breakfast reading from the Voice Media Empire: The maneuver Noe's big sis was trying to pull off is called a J-turn; it involves doing a 180 while yanking on the...
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Photos: Blown forecast -- or a readjustment?
April 17, 2013 in The Latest Word
Photos below.What qualifies as a blown forecast? Last month, no local weather pros foresaw a snowpacalypse for March 12 -- and when one developed, 9News staffers pelted good sport Marty...
Wilfred Europe, Deputy, Shoots Dog at Wrong Address, Not Charged
April 17, 2013 in True Crime Report
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Christopher Padgett accused of racking up nine arson counts in three blocks
April 16, 2013 in The Latest Word
More photos below.Christopher Padgett, eighteen, is accused of being a busy boy. The Denver District Attorney's Office is charging Padget with nine counts of arson related to blazes all set on...
Reader: Could Boulder's third-least-obese-city ranking be connected to eating disorders?
April 16, 2013 in The Latest Word
Nuggets' best regular season ever?
April 16, 2013 in The Latest Word
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Christopher Bryant killed outside Primo's Sports Bar in Aurora, family reeling (71)
April 16, 2013 in The Latest Word
Photos, videos below.Yesterday, the Aurora Police Department positively identified the 22-year-old man shot to death outside Primo's Sports Bar and Grill as Christopher Bryant, Jr.. Nicknamed "Scrapp," he was the father...
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Stephen Amador, referee: Did he "accidentally" brush female players' breasts, cup butts?
April 16, 2013 in The Latest Word
Photos, video below.Unfortunately, we hear all too commonly about middle school or high school coaches accused of sex crimes in these parts. But we can't remember another allegation of a...
