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Reader: Mike Coffman and other reps really need to reach across the aisle this time
November 08, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Starz Denver Film Festival Thursday must-see: Brit Withey on Starlet
November 08, 2012 in Show and Tell
Video below.Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest -- including many flicks that movie lovers...
Yakov Rakhshtut: DIA bus driver criminally charged in death of Katherine McKinley
November 08, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Gelseigh Karl-Cannon, recent Columbia grad, ID'd as cyclist killed in Cherry Creek North
November 08, 2012 in The Latest Word
Pics, videos below.Update below: The hit-and-run death of Dan Peterson earlier this year has increased the focus on car-versus-bicycle accidents -- a major theme of Sam Levin's feature "On a...
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Amendment 64 voting map in Denver: Greatest support in areas with most dispensaries
November 08, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big map below.The Denver Elections Division has released a map graphically depicting support in the city for Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act -- and the results are...
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Amendment 64's Brian Vicente on how act might be challenged, why he doubts it will be
November 08, 2012 in The Latest Word
Brian Vicente.The passage of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, was a big win for attorney Brian Vicente, one of the measure's main proponents. But amid questions about when...
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Photos: See spectacular home new Rockies manager Walt Weiss may not need to sell now
November 08, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.Onetime Regis High baseball coach Walt Weiss will no longer be the second-most famous person at the school -- after Olympian Missy Franklin. The ex-Colorado Rockies shortstop has...
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James Graves, Sex Offender, Burglarizes Home, Only Steals Photo of 12-Year-Old Girl
November 08, 2012 in True Crime Report
Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: Graves pleaded guilty after being caught trying to break into the room of another 12 year old. Three years later, a different pre-teen...
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Amendment 64: Hick-tribute @CheetosGoldfish puts the hash in hash tag
November 08, 2012 in The Latest Word
Tweets below.In responding to the passage of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, Governor John Hickenlooper said, "Federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug so don't...
Eric Decker, NFL Star, on Living Through School Shooting, Helping Survivors
November 08, 2012 in True Crime Report
Joseph Nieto and Christina Drummond in lockup for "Bonnie and Clyde" bank robberies
November 07, 2012 in The Latest Word
Amendment 64's passage doesn't mean Broncos can toke, says Roger Goodell
November 07, 2012 in The Latest Word
Reader: Boy Scouts' perversion files aren't complete -- because my molester isn't in them
November 07, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Amendment 64: Attorney General/marijuana critic John Suthers would defend it in court
November 07, 2012 in The Latest Word
John Suthers.In announcing the passage of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, during a newscast this morning, National Public Radio floated the possibility that the measure could wind...
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Starz Denver Film Festival Wednesday must-see: Brit Withey on The Revisionaries
November 07, 2012 in Show and Tell
Video below.Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest -- including many flicks that movie lovers...
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Photos: Twenty marijuana memes from the world before the passage of Amendment 64
November 07, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big memes below.Yesterday, hours before we'd learned that Colorado's voters approved Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, we visited the Marijuana Memes Facebook page, confident that whether the...
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Mike Coffman's victory and the power of the incumbency
November 07, 2012 in The Latest Word
Joe Miklosi.Mike Coffman has been declared the winner in the race for the 6th District, with Joe Miklosi, his Democratic rival (update), waiting until past 1 a.m. to concede; see...
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Draton Mares Kills Craigslist Hookup After Man Criticizes His Massage
November 07, 2012 in True Crime Report
Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: The victim was a trainer for the Harlem Globetrotters with a girlfriend, but he connected with Mares for gay sex. When he said...
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Amendment 64 passes: Top fifteen Twitter reactions
November 07, 2012 in The Latest Word
Tweets below.The passage of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, led to a social media explosion, with notables such as Lady Gaga and Big Boi weighing in via...
Michael Clark Found Guilty of Gunning Down Official...Eighteen Years Later
November 07, 2012 in True Crime Report
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Amendment 64 approved: Mason Tvert celebrates, John Hickenlooper talks Cheetos
November 06, 2012 in The Latest Word
Moments ago, 9News projected that Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act had won approval from a majority of Colorado voters. Proponent Mason Tvert, speaking amid a boisterous celebration at...
Peyton Manning's a lock for comeback player of the year -- but how about MVP?
November 06, 2012 in The Latest Word
Alfred Flores's chewing gum leads to bust for head-shot murder of Manuel Martinez
November 06, 2012 in The Latest Word
Readers: Joe Biden is smart and irrefutable -- or a ticking gaffe bomb
November 06, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Marijuana: Would Amendment 64 hurt or help Colorado tourism?
November 06, 2012 in The Latest Word
Update: A response from the official Amendment 64 campaign on the tourism question follows our original post, below. Would Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, hinder Colorado tourism or...
