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Photos: Ten Colorado-connected funny people
December 05, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.Yesterday in this space, we nodded to ten Colorado-connected hotties, ingenues and reality-TV stars. But our square state is known for funny business, too. Turns out the list...
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Robert Bruce's Bride Discovers Hubby's the Serial-Raping "Ether Man"
December 05, 2012 in True Crime Report
Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: Joy Lynn Martinez saw Bruce as a hunky Ben Affleck lookalike. But his post-marriage behavior made her suspect him of creepiness -- although...
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Cameron Washington, accused sex assaulter, busted for creating metro's riskiest block
December 05, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photo below.Update: Earlier this week, we wondered if the area near the intersection of South Chambers Road and East Ohio Avenue in Aurora was the most dangerous block in...
Austin Sigg, Accused Teen Killer, Heads to Adult Jail -- Sort Of
December 05, 2012 in True Crime Report
Brady Quinn was even better after Chiefs' win than he was during it
December 04, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Jeffrey Musick shooting: DA rules cop justified in killing man armed with sword
December 04, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.On November 10, Jeffrey Musick, a 38-year-old with a history of mental illness and a slew of arrests (see a gallery of his mug shots below), was shot...
Reader: Erik Jensen, juvenile lifer, deserves a second chance at life
December 04, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Commerce City Police dog shooting: Owner devastated, confused by pit bull label
December 04, 2012 in The Latest Word
New photo below.Update: When Gary Branson planned a trip out of town over Thanksgiving, his cousin offered to watch his beloved dog, Chloe, until his return. In the interim, though,...
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Photos: Ten Colorado-connected hotties, ingenues and reality-TV stars
December 04, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.The roster of notable people who were either born in Colorado or lived here for a time is huge -- and included among them are plenty of female...
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Stoner, Colorado "mayor" Frank McDonald on post-Amendment 64 dream for two-person town
December 04, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.Frank McDonald is the self-proclaimed mayor of Stoner, Colorado, a town whose population numbers two -- with the other resident being, in his words, "an old lady named...
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Evan Bynum ID'd as man killed by deputies in bizarre King Soopers shooting incident
December 04, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photo below.The man killed by Jeffco deputies in a strange Saturday incident has been identified as Evan Bynum, forty, a man whose online imprint offers few clues about the...
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Steven Unruh's Weird Tale of Accused Theater Shooter James Holmes's "confession"
December 04, 2012 in True Crime Report
Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: Unruh was in stir on the night Holmes allegedly murdered a dozen people at the theater. He claims they talked for hours, with...
Drunk Cycling Okay in South Dakota -- and So is Drunk Horse Riding
December 04, 2012 in True Crime Report
Cory Gardner, fellow Colorado Republican reps: Immigration obstructionists?
December 03, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Marcus Ray Martinez shoots himself in head after wounding cop at Jugz: Suicide attempt?
December 03, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.The scene at Jugz Sports Tavern should have been celebratory last night. After all, the bar caters to Broncos fans, and earlier in the day, Denver defeated Tampa...
Reader: If Republicans had backed Amendment 64, young people still wouldn't have gone GOP
December 03, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Marijuana: Is Denver adding charges to keep minor pot cases alive after Amendment 64?
December 03, 2012 in The Latest Word
After the passage of Amendment 64, we reported that Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey had called for a review of all pending pot cases that would be legal under the...
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Video: Stephen Colbert rips CU students who haven't signed up to live in "gun dorm"
December 03, 2012 in The Latest Word
Video below.From the "In case you missed it" file: On Thursday's hilarious "Tip of the Hat, Wag of the Finger" segment, viewable below, The Colbert Report's Stephen Colbert weighed in...
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Photos: Twenty most memorable mug shots of November 2012
December 03, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.Each year, we collect the most memorable images from the previous twelve months -- and when we start rolling out those posts, expect to see shots from November...
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Videos: Peyton Manning tells Broncos fans when to worship him in seventh straight win
December 03, 2012 in The Latest Word
Videos below.The funniest moment in the broadcast of Denver's 31-23 victory over Tampa Bay took place after Peyton Manning waved his hands to quiet the ecstatic Mile High Stadium throng...
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Kara Nichols, Teen Model, Still Missing Despite Photo on Vegas Escort Site
December 03, 2012 in True Crime Report
Breakfast reading from the Voice Media Empire: Nichols headed to Denver with two other women for a modeling assignment -- and never showed up. The media's portrayed the photo as...
Marcel Madonado Escapes Cops, Then Waits in Driveway For Them to Catch Him
December 03, 2012 in True Crime Report
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Phil Anschutz-owned company buys Colorado Springs Gazette
November 30, 2012 in The Latest Word
Phil Anschutz.For years, media observers have speculated that Dean Singleton would someday purchase the Colorado Springs Gazette with the idea of synergizing with his other Front Range newspapers, most prominently...
Mitt Romney poll showed him winning Colorado by 2.5 points Sunday before election
November 30, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Marijuana: Judge rejects argument pot contracts can't be enforced -- and attorney's okay with it
November 30, 2012 in The Latest Word
In August, we told you about a major court ruling in which an Arapahoe County judge found that because marijuana is illegal at the federal level, medical marijuana contracts can't...