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Brandon Coats, paralyzed medical marijuana patient, appeals firing
April 26, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.Could as many as 175,000 Colorado citizens lose their jobs based on a single court case? That's the contention of attorney Michael Evans, who believes every state-legal medical...
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Denver Post to lay off two-thirds of its copy editors?
April 26, 2012 in The Latest Word
Greg Moore.Within the past several months, the Denver Post has made buyout deals with nineteen staffers, including Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Mike Keefe, and laid off popular columnists Mike Littwin and...
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Photos: Top ten most unusual Denver Broncos tattoos
April 26, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.It's tattoo week at Westword. Thus far, we've featured a gallery of our favorite Colorado flag tattoos and a tribute to inked-up Nugget Chris "Birdman" Andersen, who's currently...
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Nuggets give themselves chance at life without World Peace with OKC win
April 26, 2012 in The Latest Word
Videos below.How much respect are the Nuggets getting going into the playoffs? Well, the NBA.com video recap of last night's key victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder (it's on view...
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De Lono Straham, Pastor, Sees Mom Gunned Down at Church
April 26, 2012 in True Crime Report
Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: Josephine Echols was known as Mama Jo by members of her son's congregation. But she was caught in the crossfire -- and more...
High Schoolers Arrested in Plan to Beat, Kidnap and Starve Rival Gang Member
April 26, 2012 in True Crime Report
Tim Tebow's cherry now officially worth $1 million
April 25, 2012 in The Latest Word
Spencer Dinwiddie, CU Buffs basketball star, blacks out on stage during Obama speech
April 25, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Photo-radar bird flipper personally served ticket: Cops say he wasn't targeted
April 25, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photo below.In February, we introduced you to Dan (no last name, please), who so loathes photo radar that he purposefully sped past a van to get a ticket showing...
Reader: Dacono is so known as "Marijuana Town!"
April 25, 2012 in The Latest Word
Jennifer Foggia to cops after bar fight: "F*ck you. My dad works for NASA"
April 25, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Medical marijuana advocates collecting petitions to overturn Fort Collins ban
April 25, 2012 in The Latest Word
Mark Belkin.On Valentine's Day, all Fort Collins dispensaries closed as the result of a retail ban passed the previous November. But MMJ patients and industry types aren't meekly accepting this...
Josephine Echols slaying: Killer Kiarron Parker's PCP-fueled past (47)
April 25, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Photos: Chris "Birdman" Andersen goodbye even though he's still on Nuggets?
April 25, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.Remember Chris "Birdman" Andersen? He was arguably the most popular member of the Denver Nuggets -- a bigger fave among lotsa fans than even Carmelo Anthony -- during...
Charles McNew Put In Jail Cell For Stealing a Jail Cell
April 25, 2012 in True Crime Report
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Photos: Obama wins as many votes by visiting The Sink as talking at CU-Boulder
April 25, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.Way back about 24 hours ago, The Sink, a favorite Boulder eatery for generations, was best known as the spot where actor Robert Redford once worked as a...
Gay Prisoners Raped More Frequently When Their Jailers Don't Care
April 25, 2012 in True Crime Report
John Elway gets high marks for first NFL draft -- but will he avoid a sophomore slump?
April 24, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Medical marijuana groups ask President Obama to call off MMJ crackdowns
April 24, 2012 in The Latest Word
At 2 p.m., hours before President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak at CU-Boulder, members of Colorado's medical marijuana industry will stage a press conference at which they'll ask the...
Reader: Brian Dawkins lived his faith without jamming it down anyone's throat
April 24, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Videos: Wyclef Jean's bro smokes a bowl and other scenes from CU-Boulder 4/20
April 24, 2012 in The Latest Word
Videos below.While CU-Boulder prepares for President Barack Obama's visit this evening, memories of the reduced but still passionate 4/20 event there continue to linger like a certain kind of smoke....
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Barack Obama at CU-Boulder: University more excited for POTUS visit than 4/20
April 24, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.When chatting about President Barack Obama's planned visit to CU-Boulder this evening, university spokesman Bronson Hilliard and Ryan Huff, communications director for the CU Police Department, couldn't sound...
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Photos: Top eight Colorado flag tattoos
April 24, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.This evening, President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak at CU-Boulder -- and he's visiting on the sort of day beautiful enough to make even the most curmudgeonly...
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John Brennan Latest to Get Naked at an Airport
April 24, 2012 in True Crime Report
Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: Only days after a woman was photographed sans clothes in airport security, Brennan dropped trou, and everything else. She avoided being charged with...
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Barack Obama at CU-Boulder: Top ten tweets split between excited and grumpy
April 24, 2012 in The Latest Word
Tweets below.This evening, President Barack Obama is slated to speak at CU-Boulder's Coors Events Center -- a venue that won't need airing out, since Wyclef Jean's 4/20 concert was a...