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Peter Smith, glitter bomber, bombs out with inept attempt on Mitt Romney

2012-02-10 13:07:14

Is Mitt Romney the anti-Christ? Are his politics unbearably loathsome? Is his hair too perfect? The answers to those questions depend on your own point of view. But no matter what you believe, t...

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Seth Olsen, ex-Bronco and current Colt, on clean water mission to Uganda

2012-02-10 11:57:54

Tim Tebow isn't the only current NFL player to travel overseas on goodwill missions. Seth Olsen, a former Denver Bronco guard now playing for the Indianapolis Colts (although he calls Denver ho...

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Second skier death this week brings season total to eleven: On track for a record?

2012-02-10 10:55:11

Update: For the second time in less than a week, a skier has been killed while schussing the slopes at Keystone. The death brings the total skier deaths this year in Colorado to eleven, just six...

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Reader: 9News hypocritical for trying to block Kyle Dyer dog bite footage

2012-02-10 10:27:39

The comments continue to pile up on posts about 9News' Kyle Dyer and her dog-bite injury, including one featuring an admission in a Today show story that the station has been trying to keep attac...

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James Bradley, charged in hammer attack on cop, likely paralyzed

2012-02-10 09:57:20

The Denver District Attorney's Office has now formally charged James Bradley, 32, with attempted first-degree assault for a bizarre incident involving a hammer attack on a police officer back on...

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Hal Moore on getting bounced from Cruisin' Oldies, current state of radio

2012-02-10 08:49:53

Last week, we told you about a series of layoffs at Lincoln Financial stations -- most prominent among them Denver radio legend Hal Moore, whose position at Cruisin' Oldies 950 was eliminated. ...

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Jenna Breen and Tim Albo hit-and-run updates: Preliminary hearing, new legislation

2012-02-10 07:59:27

We've been following a pair of tragic hit-and-run cases -- the January death of Jenna Breen and the horrific injuries inflicted on Tim Albo in 2010. There are new developments in both stories, i...

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Mohammed Zazi, father of confessed terrorist, will be sentenced today

2012-02-10 07:07:25

Terrorism hit home in September 2009, when Aurora shuttle driver Najibullah Zazi was accused of conspiring to blow up the New York City subway system with homemade bombs made from beauty supplie...

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Medical marijuana: Could dispensaries be allowed to share same block in Denver?

2012-02-10 06:30:43

After U.S. Attorney John Walsh sent closure threats to 23 medical marijuana dispensaries near schools (and vowed that he wasn't bluffing about the shut-down warnings), observers began to fear tha...

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Nicholas Athanasiou, ex-prosecutor, among eighty busted in massive cocaine ring

2012-02-10 05:57:16

The slogan featured prominently on attorney Nicholas Athanasiou's website reads, "When Everything Seems Against You, Call Us!" Well, Athanasiou may want to give himself a ring about now. He's am...

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Medical marijuana dispensary review: B*GOODs in Denver

2012-02-09 16:20:00

As most of the rest of Denver was preparing for the big blizzard last week by stocking up on groceries at the supermarket, I went out for more important errands and found myself at B*GOODs with a...

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Sh*t People From Denver Say -- and what our video should have said

2012-02-09 14:57:04

Westword's addition to the rapidly dying Sh*t _______ Says trend, Sh*t People From Denver Say, earned reactions as hilarious as they are varied. True to form, most readers who commented offered f...

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Brady Quinn leads crop of Broncos' unrestricted free agents -- and he looks good without a shirt

2012-02-09 13:59:50

Denver blog posts know where the fun is. Mile High Report's John Bena breaks down Broncos free agency, from Brady Quinn to Matt Prater and beyond. Burning Down the House's Andi marks seventeen...

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MOP's Ashlin Malouf-Spinden pulls political perspective from Bahá'í roots

2012-02-09 13:15:43

Editor's note: This is the latest profile in Kelsey Whipple's ongoing series highlighting local political activists. In the house where she grew up, Ashlin Malouf-Spinden's family spent a great...

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Regan Benson plans showdown with state board of ed over "outspoken" son

2012-02-09 12:28:45

Regan Benson isn't afraid to speak her mind, and neither are her kids, including son Blake, who made news for sporting a "Nobama" banner during Michelle Obama's visit to Dakota Ridge High School...

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Sports Authority Field at Mile High: City Planning and Development supports signage

2012-02-09 11:15:13

Opinions on the proposed signage upgrade at Sports Authority Field at Mile High remain split. On the same day the city's Community Planning and Development Board issued a statement approving the...

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Reader: Blue Mustang at Denver International Airport intended to scare off tourists

2012-02-09 10:27:57

Our Sh*t People From Denver Say video continues to inspire comments that are funny, angry and weird -- sometimes simultaneously. And as usually happens in a good conversation, the tangents can be...

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Kent Denver students under investigation for Vail sex assault

2012-02-09 10:22:37

Integrity. Respect. Personal growth. Community. Wisdom. These words are front and center on the website home page of Kent Denver School, one of the most highly touted (and expensive) private edu...

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Sean Southwell cleared in Make My Day shooting of Jesus Sanchez

2012-02-09 08:51:04

A homicide yesterday on West 9th Avenue is being described in some quarters as a Make My Day case, even though the shooter and the alleged intruder knew each other. The same was true of a Novembe...

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Kyle Dyer dog-bite story on Today show: 9News fighting to keep footage off Internet

2012-02-09 07:52:45

This morning, the Today show is reporting on the Kyle Dyer dog bite without running video of the actual incident. Why not? The story, on view below, announces that NBC -- the parent network of ...

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