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CU Hires Three Pulitzer Winners
Some of newspapering's best and brightest are trading journalism for academia — including three Pulitzer winners hired at CU.
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Shakeup in Denver Radio
Denver radio's getting a shakeup, with more alterations on the horizon. But do any of the switches qualify as improvements?
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Sazza
If you must go for gourmet pizza, go to Sazza.
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Crepes ’n Crepes
French food is no flash in the pan.
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Arapahoe County DA Charges Death-Penalty Fees to the State
How does DA Carol Chambers beat the high cost of a death-penalty prosecution? By billing the prison system.
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A Cold Case Frozen in Time (10)
Until this cold case heats up, Sharon Skiba is lost in limbo.
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Con Artist Gives Funny Cause for Pregnant Pause (7)
Would you pay $20 to get a scam artist off your front porch?
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Big Trouble (8)
Gary Haney was living the high life until meth took him down.
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To the Max (5)
A publicity-hungry student shows how easy it is to become a media darling -- with a little help from CU.
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Hope for the Colorado Rockies Springs Eternal (5)
A What's So Funny special report from spring training in Tucson.
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Bad Luck City Haunts Denver
These folks like their Americana dark.
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Cue the Cricket
One of Denver’s most storied stages may soon be silenced.
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Tia Fuller Has Sax Appeal
Find out how this Aurora native wailed her way into Beyonce’s band.
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SXSW 2008 Preview
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Boulder Gets a New Elixir
The Purple Martini’s owner opens a club in the People’s Republic.
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Midget Mayhem
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Ask a Bartender: Most Authentic Irish Pub?
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SXSW: Denver Represents
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Vintage Q&A With Lil Jon
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Look of the Day - Matt and Jamie
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Converse Celebrates 100 Years
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Wayne’s World
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The Straight-Talk Express Goes to Utah. And Europe.
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If It's War Max Karson Wants...
A controversial column by firebrand student Max Karson sparks bureaucratic wrangling and political infighting at CU-Boulder.
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Say Hi to Something New
Eric Elbogen sets the record straight.
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Glorytellers
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The Black Swans
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National Features
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Phoenix New Times
Canine Crusaders
That drug-sniffing dog up ahead? He may not be your best friend.
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Broward-Palm Beach New Times
The Muscle Men
Thanks to a string of Florida "anti-aging clinics," baseball's steroid scandal isn't limited to superstars.
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Miami New Times
Picked On
Farm workers earn nada in America's green-bean capital.
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Village Voice
"Why I'm No Longer a Brain-Dead Liberal"
An election-season essay from one of America's greatest playwrights.
By David Mamet
Subject(s): Hot Chip
Alexis Taylor and the rest of the Hot Chip crew are so devoted to dis-playing their intelligence and cheek that the band's electro-pop shenanigans can seem positively exhausting at times. But while a handful of numbers on Made in the Dark overdo the cleverness, the majority manage to avoid the worst pitfalls of excess.
"Out at the Pictures" flirts with full-on campiness, albeit in an often diverting way — but "Bendable Poseable" devotes so much time to wacky beats and off-kilter arrangements that it only works as a curio. Fortunately, the ornate rave-up "Touch Too Much" and the jittery "Hold On" strike an enjoyable balance between hooks and grooves, and the outfit's down-tempo offerings provide more than a mere change of pace. Highlights include the unexpectedly affecting "We're Looking for a Lot of Love" and the title cut, a piano ballad that comes within spitting distance of earnestness.
Smart is good, but sincerity can be even better.
