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Reader: Mitt Romney won't get Latino votes just because his son Craig speaks Spanish
September 07, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Marijuana: $1K fine, year in jail for possession possible but unlikely, says Lakewood PD
September 07, 2012 in The Latest Word
Last week, while examining the claim that passage of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, would eliminate 12,000 Colorado pot arrests per year, we spoke with attorney Warren...
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Aurora theater shooting: Bizarre court filing blames massacre on police chief, Illuminati
September 07, 2012 in The Latest Word
Dan Oates.Earlier, we introduced you to the James Holmes is Innocent Facebook group, whose members say they're uninterested in wild conspiracy theories -- like, for example, the assertions in the...
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Michael Maher, fake firefighter: Looking for skanks, blasting Journey
September 07, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.In June, we shared the story of alleged fake firefighter Michael Maher, who managed to pose with Governor John Hickenlooper amid the ultra-destructive High Park Fire; see photos...
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Diamond Lucero Accused of Celebrating His Birthday by Molesting Two Kids
September 07, 2012 in True Crime Report
Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: Lucero, who'd previously been accused of aggravated incest, trapped a seven-year-old boy and nine-year-old girl in a bedroom at a party -- and...
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James Holmes is Innocent Facebook group insists it's serious
September 07, 2012 in The Latest Word
James Holmes.Seven weeks to the day since the Aurora theater shooting, the sort of James Holmes tribute pages that popped up in the immediate aftermath of the massacre are showing...
Mom Has Twelve-Year-Old Arrested...For Stretching Her Sweat Shirt?
September 07, 2012 in True Crime Report
Peyton Manning: "I don't really carry that burden" of fan expectations
September 06, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Marijuana: Amendment 64 Blue Book changes, legislator criticism don't worry proponent
September 06, 2012 in The Latest Word
Yesterday, members of the Legislative Council Committee asked for changes in the Blue Book description of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, suggesting along the way that the...
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Johna Turner suspected of animal cruelty for shoving chihuahua puppy down her pants
September 06, 2012 in The Latest Word
FlickrAnimal cruelty commonly includes vicious behavior like the kicking and stomping allegedly suffered by a puppy named Tater, for which Boulder's Edward McMorris was charged yesterday. But Johna Turner is...
Reader: Denver's great even if everything here doesn't smell like unicorn farts
September 06, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Denver Post & MediaNews Group: Fallout from partner Journal Register Company bankruptcy?
September 06, 2012 in The Latest Word
John Paton.Almost exactly a year ago, the Journal Register Company's John Paton was named CEO of MediaNews Group, owner of the Denver Post, with a new entity called Digital First...
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Photos: Craziest Broncos fans gone wild
September 06, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.In our continuing build-up to Peyton Manning's regular-season debut for the Denver Broncos, we've collected photos of the craziest Broncos fans to pose for shutterbugs Brandon Marshall and...
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Richard Holman Gives Hickeys and Much Worse to Ten-Year-Old Boy
September 06, 2012 in True Crime Report
Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: Holman had racked up two previous sex-assault-on-a-child busts when he invited the boy to his home to watch a movie. But actually watching...
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Marijuana video features Barack Obama pot lecture, arrests of Harold and Kumar
September 06, 2012 in The Latest Word
Video below.On Tuesday in this space, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition's Tom Angell accused the Obama campaign of using stoner stereotypes in a video featuring Harold and Kumar actors Kal Penn...
James Holmes: Was He Trying to Call Psychiatrist 9 Minutes Before Shooting Rampage?
September 06, 2012 in True Crime Report
Tour de Fat something to do in Denver when you're dead broke
September 05, 2012 in The Latest Word
Discreet Treats dispensary break-in: Did thieves have (or want) the munchies?
September 05, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Video: Seth Brigham sings, dances at Boulder City Council after restraining order lifted
September 05, 2012 in The Latest Word
Video, pics below.No one anticipated that Seth Brigham's first appearance at a Boulder City Council meeting since a judge threw out the city's restraining order against him would be low-key....
Reader: I gave Denver a try for two months, but it sucks
September 05, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Marijuana: Amendment 64 rep sees new TV ad as positive alternative to negative campaigning
September 05, 2012 in The Latest Word
Videos below.If you're watching the Democratic National Convention on either MSNBC or CNN, there's a good chance you'll catch of glimpse of Richard Nixon. Why? He's featured in a new...
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Photos: More from the 2013 Denver Broncos cheerleaders calendar shoot in Cancun
September 05, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.If you thought the only thing wrong with last week's collection of photos from the 2013 Denver Broncos cheerleaders calendar photo shoot in Cancun is that there weren't...
Photos: Treff Carpenter identified as victim of Boulder Canyon fall
September 05, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Videos: Maria Ciano, Colorado ex-Republican, sparks non-controversy controversy at DNC
September 05, 2012 in The Latest Word
Video below.Last night, a number of folks with Colorado ties spoke at the Democratic National Convention, including Representative Jared Polis and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. But the one...
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Edward McMorris Nearly Stomps Four-Month-Old Puppy to Death -- in Public
September 05, 2012 in True Crime Report
Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: Police got multiple calls about McMorris's alleged stomping, kicking and dragging of a puppy named Tater. The dog was crying so loudly one...
