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Video: Amendment 64's first campaign ad encourages marijuana talks
May 11, 2012 in The Latest Word
Video below.Last month, the backers of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, unveiled a billboard near Mile High Stadium (and a liquor store) that took a soft-sell approach...
Reader: I'm a Ron Paul fan who can't make myself vote for Mitt Romney
May 11, 2012 in The Latest Word
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JaVale McGee memes: Is he new Nuggets star or complete idiot?
May 11, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big memes below.In the Nuggets' clobbering of the Lakers last night, JaVale McGee scored just two points after notching 21 in the previous victory. Such is the enigma of McGee,...
Jon Christopher Baker's Child-Porn Collection: 30,000 Photos, 1,400 Videos
May 11, 2012 in True Crime Report
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Videos: Kobe Bryant clubs Kenneth Faried, but Nuggets rough up Lakers
May 11, 2012 in The Latest Word
Videos below.Arguably the most memorable moment of last night's Nuggets-Lakers playoffs game saw ailing superstar Kobe Bryant fell rising rookie Kenneth Faried with a flagrant foul; see it and plenty...
Najibullah Zazi, Wannabe Subway Bomber, Rolls Over on Pal in Court
May 11, 2012 in True Crime Report
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Angel Montoya Finally Pays for Child Murder Four Years Later
May 10, 2012 in True Crime Report
Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: Montoya and his girlfriend phonied up a kidnapping story after throwing out the three year old in a trash bag. They were busted...
City Files Restraining Order Against Its Most Annoying Critic
May 10, 2012 in True Crime Report
Peyton Manning be damned: Vegas only lists Broncos as favorites in seven games this season
May 09, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Marijuana: 25 dispensaries' closure to protect "students," not just children
May 09, 2012 in The Latest Word
John Walsh.Monday was the deadline for 25 medical marijuana centers near schools targeted in a second wave of closure-threat letters from U.S. Attorney John Walsh to shut their doors --...
Reader: Snooze's tax dollars support homeless people who are harming its business
May 09, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Civil unions bill: Pat Steadman calls measure's killing a disgusting spectacle
May 09, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photo below.Last night, House GOP leadership killed a civil unions bill sponsored by Senator Pat Steadman by preventing a procedural vote that would have brought it to the chamber's...
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Video: JaVale McGee the hero (!) as Nuggets stave off Lakers, elimination
May 09, 2012 in The Latest Word
Video below.No denying it: After the Nuggets lost game four of their playoffs series against the Lakers at home on Sunday night, I thought they were doomed to another 4-1...
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Photos: Top ten Passive-Aggressive Notes from Colorado
May 09, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.Have you discovered PassiveAggressiveNotes.com? The site is dedicated to hilarious scribblings from upset people who express their frustration in ways that range from teeth-gritted politeness to full-out rage...
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THC driving bill killed in plot that snuffed out civil unions measure
May 09, 2012 in The Latest Word
Steve King.Last night, as One Colorado's Jace Woodrum noted during a talk with supporters, GOP leaders in the House sacrificed dozens of other measures in order to kill a civil...
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Alex Landau Refuses to Re-enact His Police Beating
May 09, 2012 in True Crime Report
Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: Landau was clobbered after allegedly making an illegal turn. The city wound up paying him $795,000, but the cops haven't been punished. The...
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Video: Civil unions bill dies, proponent "angry and pissed off and frustrated"
May 09, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.Update: In our coverage yesterday about a pro-civil unions rally on the west steps of the State Capitol (it's on view below), we asked: "Can Colorado House leaders...
Krystal Voss's Advice for Female Prisoners: Hoard Water, Stay Dehydrated
May 09, 2012 in True Crime Report
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Photos: Weird fun with Westword boxes
May 08, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.What is it about Westword news boxes that make people want to do strange things to and with them? Dunno -- but in the last year or so,...
Denver Nuggets staring at 4-1 first-round playoffs loss for seventh time in nine years
May 08, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Angel Montoya conviction in death of child ends four-plus year ordeal
May 08, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.The conviction yesterday of Angel Montoya in the death of three-year-old Neveah Gallegos ends a long journey not only for the child's loved ones, but also for police,...
Reader: Man who's selling motorcycle to pay for wife's boob job upholding American tradition
May 08, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Cop rips media for crucifying Nugs court walker Savannah McMillan-Christmas
May 08, 2012 in The Latest Word
Video below.Update: Savannah McMillan-Christmas, the woman who walked onto the court during Sunday's Denver-L.A. playoff game, was originally reported to be a known stalker of Nuggets players. But as we...
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Medical marijuana fees, bill prompt proposed class-action lawsuit
May 08, 2012 in The Latest Word
Beth McCann.At this writing, the fate of HB 1358, a Representative Beth McCann-sponsored bill that would shift millions from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's medical marijuana registry...
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Photos: Top ten worst dates in Denver
May 08, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.We've all been out on bad dates -- but what's the worst? That question was asked in a funny Denver Yelp thread a while back, and participants responded...
