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Photos: Kara Nichols, missing model, marks twentieth birthday as search continues
May 20, 2013 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.Late last year, when we first posted about the search for Kara Nichols, she was nineteen. Today, more than eight months after she set out from her Colorado Springs...
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Photos: Top fourteen cities for dog attacks on postal workers -- and where Denver ranks
May 20, 2013 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.To mark National Dog Bite Prevention Week, the U.S. Postal Service has assembled an unusual list: The top fourteen cities during fiscal 2012 when it comes to dog...
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Photos: Leo DiCaprio's production of Dear Eleanor shooting in Niwot and beyond
May 20, 2013 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.Our Melanie Asmar has been writing about a new film incentives law that aims to attract movie- and TV-makers to Colorado -- and in March, she revealed that...
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Stephen Amadour, Referee, Accused of Touching Girls' Breasts, Butts During Games
May 20, 2013 in True Crime Report
Breakfast reading from the Voice Media Empire: One player says that when Amadour handed her the ball, he brushed her breasts. An accident? Well, another girl told the same story,...
Alex Lewis and Jordan Webb: Assault Beefs Threaten Football Futures
May 20, 2013 in True Crime Report
Reader: James Dobson is still worth being discriminated against by the IRS?
May 17, 2013 in The Latest Word
Charles Woodson: What would adding him mean to the Broncos?
May 17, 2013 in The Latest Word
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Paris Bonds accused of sexually assaulting schoolmate in Montbello High storage room
May 17, 2013 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.A Montbello High student who says a schoolmate, nineteen-year-old Paris Bonds, tried to sexually assault her was so traumatized by what took place that she sought therapy before...
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Nathan Dunlap clemency backers cite broad support as calls for death continue
May 17, 2013 in The Latest Word
More photos below.The campaign to either save Nathan Dunlap from the death penalty or execute the man convicted of four brutal murders at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in 1993...
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Marijuana: THC-injection fears are "idiotic," says doctor and cannabis expert
May 17, 2013 in The Latest Word
Marijuana addiction specialist Dr. Christian Thurstone conjured images like the one seen here when, earlier this week, he shared what he sees as evidence of weed users searching for bigger...
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77 homicides in year four of Mile High Murder: See where they happened, part two
May 17, 2013 in The Latest Word
Maps, videos below.On May 17, 2009, The Latest Word launched the Mile High Murderarchive. Today marks MHM's fourth anniversary, and as is clear from the following compilation of cases we've...
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77 homicides in year four of Mile High Murder: See where they happened, part one
May 17, 2013 in The Latest Word
Maps, videos below.On May 17, 2009, The Latest Word launched the Mile High Murder archive. Today marks MHM's fourth anniversary, and as is clear from the cases we've covered over...
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Ten Executions Gone Shockingly Wrong
May 17, 2013 in True Crime Report
Breakfast reading from the Voice Media Empire: The cavalcade of errors pile up no matter the manner of execution. In an execution, the man's head catches on fire. In a...
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Anastasia Adair accidentally kills herself with new assault rifle
May 17, 2013 in The Latest Word
More photos below.On a day when representatives of more than fifty county sheriffs will hold a news conference announcing a lawsuit against Colorado's new gun-control laws comes a tragic reminder...
Reader: Stoners aren't stupid enough to try injecting THC, but junkies might
May 16, 2013 in The Latest Word
Which Colorado Rockies player landed this insanely hot girlfriend?
May 16, 2013 in The Latest Word
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James Dobson, Focus on the Family founder, claims IRS discrimination
May 16, 2013 in The Latest Word
James Dobson.Yesterday in this space, we noted that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder may not have time to weigh in on Colorado marijuana laws because of two mushrooming scandals --...
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Photos: More civil unions than marriages at Denver license bureau in first half of May
May 16, 2013 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.Want proof there was a lot of pent-up demand for civil unions? According to Denver's Office of the Clerk and Recorder, the city issued 255 civil union...
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Rape prosecution story: Denver DA, 7News trade inaccuracy charges
May 16, 2013 in The Latest Word
More photos below.Yesterday, we reported about 7News' story on the rate of sex-assault prosecutions under Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey, whose on-camera ripping of reporter Keli Rabon was included online;...
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Photos: Ten worst domestic-travel cities for summer 2013 -- and why Denver was the best
May 16, 2013 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.CardHub.com has come up with its summer 2013 list of the best and worst travel cities, and Denver finished first in the domestic category when it comes to...
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Videos: UFOs over Denver as captured by a true believer
May 16, 2013 in The Latest Word
Videos below."UFO hunting and sighting are always an awe-inspiring experience. A few sightings have left us wondering WTF was that?" So writes Thor3and9 on a video from his YouTube channel, which...
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Patrick Ward made anti-bicycling statements before crash that killed cyclist
May 16, 2013 in The Latest Word
Photos, video below.Over the weekend in Lyons, Patrick Ward, 69, was arrested on a series of charges, including suspicion of vehicular homicide and driving under the influence of alcohol, in...
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Javier Silva-Acosta Busted by Social Media in Three Hours Flat
May 16, 2013 in True Crime Report
Breakfast reading from the Voice Media Empire: Cops Facebooked and Tweeted a video of Silva-Acosta, and within hours, he'd not only been accused by multiple tipsters, but they even tracked...
David Moe: Plea Deal in Works for Preschool Teacher Who Kept "Hugs Journal"
May 16, 2013 in True Crime Report
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Marijuana decision from feds unlikely in near future due to reporter spying, Tea Party scandals
May 15, 2013 in The Latest Word
Eric Holder.During a conference call shortly after the November 2012 passage of Amendment 64, Governor John Hickenlooper and Colorado Attorney General John Suthers encouraged U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to...
