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Vicente: Voters will back 30 percent pot taxes

By Michael Roberts
Petition drive to stop Hentzell Park land swap

By Alan Prendergast
How many smoking tickets on Pearl Street Mall?

By Michael Roberts
It's not legal to grow hemp just yet

By Melanie Asmar
Student's mushroom-fueled strip goes national

By Michael Roberts
Do you recognize Pleasures gunman?

By Michael Roberts
CU Missed Connections, school's out edition

By Michael Roberts
A64 advocate cheered by feds' silence

By Michael Roberts
Top ten spots for most bike thefts in Denver

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Driving stoned blood tests all over map

By Michael Roberts

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Colorado Dems celebrate Obama victory Gangnam style at downtown watch party

By Melanie Asmar Wed., Nov. 7 2012 at 11:24 AM

Categories: Last Night, Politics

Earlier that night.

It was after 10 p.m. that a woman wearing a blue dress and a donkey mask came up to us and put her snout, through which her eyes were visible, up against our face -- so we were peering at each other through a tunnel of plastic hot with her breath. "Our ovaries are safe for four more fuckin' years!" she said, and then danced off.

In a crass way, that summed up the late-night mood at last night's Denver Democratic watch party at the downtown Sheraton hotel.

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Barack Obama, Colorado Democrats, Denver Sheraton, election night, watch party

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Mitt Romney's debate victory: Did Denver help elect the next president...again?

By Michael Roberts Thu., Oct. 4 2012 at 5:51 AM

Categories: Follow That Story, Last Night, News, Politics

Mitt Romney.

You knew Mitt Romney had won the presidential debate at the University of Denver last night when MSNBC commentators Chris Matthews and Ed Schultz -- pundits whose progressive tilt isn't exactly a secret -- seemed so mad they were practically spitting the second the ninety-minute face-off was over. It was the sort of thing Stephen Colbert had hyped in humorous fashion as the "Up-ender in Denver" the night before, but the results were no joke.

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2008 Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama, DU, Mile High Stadium, Mitt Romney, presidential debate, University of Denver

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First Sniagrab camper gives up, leaves, is replaced by empty tents

By Noah Hubbell Tue., Aug. 28 2012 at 3:59 PM

Categories: Follow That Story, Last Night

Camper No. 1.

Yesterday afternoon, across the street from the Westword offices, the first Sniagrab tent popped up on the sidewalk outside Sports Authority in anticipation of huge discounts on sporting gear. With a new law banning urban camping on the books, Sports Authority acquired a permit from the city to allow prospective buyers to camp on the city streets. The first in line -- and the first to leave the line -- was 22-year-old Derek Rivoli, a soft-spoken snowboarding enthusiast and aspiring nature guide.

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Derek Rivoli, Sniagrab, Sports Authority, unsolved mysteries, urban camping ban

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Cycling group Bbikes is encouraging more Denver minorities to pedal

By Sam Levin Thu., Aug. 23 2012 at 2:59 PM

Categories: Last Night, Things to Do

Eboni Powers.

"B" is for brown. And bicycle.

At least that's the logic behind the name of a new social group called Bbikes (pronounced bee-bikes) that aims to get more minorities to hop on bikes in Denver.

First step? Making the weekly Denver Cruisers ride more diverse.

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B-cycle, Bbikes, ConneX, cycling, Denver Cruisers, Eboni Powers, meetup groups

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Photos: Police brutality march inspired by Kevin Ryberg, Amelia Nicol

By Nathalia Vélez Wed., Aug. 22 2012 at 9:26 AM

Categories: Last Night, News

Big photos below.

Approximately fifty people gathered last night at La Alma Park to protest against police aggression. This is the latest in a string of anti-brutality rallies in recent months, though this march focused predominantly on the death of Kevin Ryberg, who was shot by police while in custody on July 31, and on political activist Amelia Nicol, who faced trial yesterday after months in prison.

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Amelia Nicol, Kevin Ryberg, march, Occupy Wall Street, police brutality

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The CELL: Michael Chertoff talks terrorism, protesters compare it to bee stings

By Kelsey Whipple Fri., Jul. 13 2012 at 1:37 PM

Categories: Last Night, News, Politics

Big photos below.

Last night, former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff visited the grand reopening of the CELL, the downtown terrorism prevention center, to discuss cyber security and impending concerns in the Middle East. In front of a packed house at the Denver Art Museum, Chertoff talked both Al-Qaeda and Hezbollah -- as well as Obama and Romney -- while prioritizing what he believes to be the country's greatest coming threats.

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9/11, homeland security, Michael Chertoff, Michael Hancock, terrorism, The CELL, We Are Change

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Cornel West steals the show at Auraria social-justice conference

By Josiah M. Hesse Fri., Apr. 13 2012 at 3:39 PM

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After three days of panels on everything from feminism and film making to bicycles, banks and Burger King, the Art of Social Justice conference on the Auraria campus came to a close last night with a breathtaking speech by human rights activist, Dr. Cornel West. The Turnhalle Ballroom in the Tivoli center was filled to capacity, with many disappointed people -- who had been waiting in the round-the-corner line to get in -- turned away.

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9/11, Auraria Campus, Curtis Mayfield, Dominique Ashaheed, Dr. Cornel West, Socrates

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Denver Rescue Mission's Coors Field clean up slams stereotypes about the homeless

By Kelsey Whipple Fri., Apr. 6 2012 at 2:56 PM

Categories: Last Night, Politics

As city council continues to consider Denver's proposed urban camping ban -- and constituents continue to debate it -- the Denver Rescue Mission continued a twelve-year tradition yesterday by dispatching a crew of staffers and homeless people to collect trash in and around Coors Field before the Rockies home opener on Monday.

This year, though, their actions have added salience.

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Colorado Rockies, Coors Field, Denver Rescue Mission, home opener, homeless, urban camping ban

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Reggie Love, Obama's former "body man" says his bag's still packed for the prez

By Nick Lucchesi Wed., Feb. 29 2012 at 3:58 PM

Categories: Last Night, News, Politics

Via

Reggie Love

It sits on the couch of his Washington, D.C. apartment: A black bag, still filled with supplies that could help President Barack Obama in a pinch: Tide stain remover, newspapers, papers, medicine. And even though thirty-year-old Reggie Love is Obama's former "body man," not his current minder, he could be ready at a moment's notice if the phone rang.

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Barack Obama, body man, Denver Nuggets, Reggie Love

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Occupy Denver: Police return to enforce anti-encumbrances ordinance on a nightly basis

By Kelsey Whipple Thu., Dec. 29 2011 at 9:00 AM

Categories: Last Night, Occupy Denver

In the week since Occupy Denver was evicted on December 21, the Denver Police Department has kept Chief Robert White's promise to remove any and all structures on a daily basis. Last night, this feat involved nine officers, eight police cars, two Public Works trucks and one arrest when police visited the site around 1 a.m. The most recent culprit was the group's food supply: boxes of donated bread and Clementine oranges.