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2010 Stories by Jonathan Shikes

• Police seek suspect in Englewood slaying (44)

  published Dec 30, 2010

  Update: Police arrested their suspect, Michael Anthony Renner, this afternoon at a storage locker. Englewood police conducting a welfare check on a 49-year-old man found his dead body in the 3400 blo... More >>

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  The weird got weirder in 2010: Read about it in the Year in Review

  published Dec 30, 2010

  On Tuesday, 9News reported a story about a woman who uses a webcam to check up on her dog during the day instead discovering a burglar in her Capitol Hill home. Stranger Yes. Truer Yes. It's the la... More >>

• DPD: How not to let your car get stolen on cold days

  published Dec 30, 2010

  It doesn't seem like the Denver Police Department should have to remind people not to leave their cars unlocked and running. But then, the DPD is like our dads, always pointing out the obvious, and ... More >>

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  The ten biggest Colorado beer stories of the year

  published Dec 30, 2010

  In April, the Wynkoop Brewing Company began delivering kegs and cans to some of its downtown clients via horse and buggy. The move was a cool addition to Denver's beer culture and a fun sight to see o... More >>

• How does our Hall of Shame 2010 compare to previous yearsr Read them and weep.

  published Dec 30, 2010

  Names like Josh McDaniels, Scott McInnis and Jamie Paulin-Ramirez made us cringe this year, committing dastardly deeds or generally making fools of themselves and the Centennial State. And as such, t... More >>

• New Belgium Brewing plans eight Lips of Faith beers in 2011

  published Dec 28, 2010

  Although I've never been New Belgium Brewing's biggest fan when it comes to their standard beer lineup, I've always admired the way the Fort Collins craft brewer -- Colorado's largest -- tries to keep... More >>

• Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey has been sold to an East Coast liquor distributor

  published Dec 28, 2010

  Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey is not longer a Colorado-owned company. Jess Graber, who co-founded the microdistillery with Aspen businessman George Stranahan in 2004, acknowledged today that New York-... More >>

• Hall of Shame: Westword's worst of the worst from 2010

  published December 30, 2010

  At the end of every year, Westword honors this town's worst of the worst — the characters whose misdeeds make our ears bleed and... More >>

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  Strange but True: The year's weirdest news stories

  published December 30, 2010

  2010 was a weird year, with nothing weirder than the race for governor, which saw the leading Republican nominee go down in a plagiarism... More >>

• iPad theft defendant Brandon Smith, 2010 Shmuck of the Year nominee

  published Dec 23, 2010

  Westword is asking readers to help us select the Shmuck of the Year by rolling out five candidates this month. The winner -- loser -- will be announced on January 3. Our first four candidates were J... More >>

• Governor Bill Ritter pardons Reverend Leon Kelly and nineteen others

  published Dec 22, 2010

  Governor Bill Ritter today issued full pardons to twenty people around Colorado, including the Reverend Leon Kelly, who has been a well-known public figure and anti-gang crusader since 1986 when he fo... More >>

• Laura Boggs of the Jeffco school board is censured for shmuckery

  published Dec 22, 2010

  Jefferson County school board member Laura Boggs has been so disruptive this year that she inspired a teachers' union-produced newsletter called Boggs Watch that is dedicated to keeping an eye on her ... More >>

• Dan Sheridan gets canned for singing about big money, a Strange but True story from 2010

  published Dec 22, 2010

  Westword's annual Strange but True edition will hit newsstands (and this website) on December 30, featuring the weirdest and wackiest Colorado stories from 2010. Remember Jihad Jamier How about the g... More >>

• Trader Joe's still not in Colorado -- here's what you're missing

  published Dec 22, 2010

  2010 has come and almost gone, and Colorado still doesn't have a Trader Joe's. And the state has few prospects of getting one. Are you bitterr We are, especially since we got a hold of the Trader Joe... More >>

• Yard House now open downtown with 110 different beers

  published Dec 21, 2010

  The long-awaited Yard House opened this past weekend in the Sheraton hotel, bringing the well-recognized beer emporium into downtown Denver. It is the 29th location for the Long Beach, California-base... More >>

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  Ron Perea, 2010 Shmuck of the Year nominee

  published Dec 21, 2010

  Westword is asking readers to help us select a Shmuck of the Year by rolling out a new candidate each week throughout the month of December. The winner -- loser -- will be announced on January 3. O... More >>

• Tallgrass Brewing brings its canned beer to Colorado this week

  published Dec 21, 2010

  Just weeks after Maui Brewing began shipping its beer to Colorado, another brewer that packages exclusively in cans will enter the market. But Tallgrass Brewing out of Manhattan, Kansas, doesn't have ... More >>

• Drunken dad at McDonald's gets tasered: A strange but true story from 2010

  published Dec 21, 2010

  Westword's annual Strange but True edition will hit newsstands (and this website) on December 30, featuring the weirdest and wackiest Colorado stories from 2010. Remember Jihad Jamier How about the gu... More >>

• Spork the dachshund: Part of 2010's strange but true stories

  published Dec 20, 2010

  Westword's annual Strange but True edition will hit news stands on December 30, featuring the weirdest and wackiest Colorado stories from 2010. Remember Jihad Jamier How about the guy who re-labeled G... More >>

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  Dear Oakland Raiders. We hate you again. Thank you.

  published Dec 20, 2010

  Dear Oakland Raiders, Thank you for giving us a reason to hate you again. Life has been a little boring in Denver without the evil scourge that you bring upon football. For many years now, you have b... More >>

• Terrence Lakin: A Shmuck is born -- make that "birthed"

  published Dec 17, 2010

  Thousands and thousands of U.S. military personnel are spending the holidays far away from their families, many of them in hostile territory. They are there to serve and protect their homeland, the co... More >>

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  Colorado gubernatorial ball will have a beer list that's a mile higher than any other state

  published Dec 17, 2010

  Of all the inaugural balls taking place next month around the country, Colorado's has to have the best beer list. And why notr The new governor, John Hickenlooper, is a brewer and the co-founder of t... More >>

• Osama-hunter Gary Faulkner, 2010 Shmuck of the Year nominee

  published Dec 16, 2010

  Westword is asking readers to help us select a Shmuck of the Year by rolling out a new candidate each week throughout the month of December. The winner -- loser -- will be announced on January 3. O... More >>

• Muhammad Ali Hasan: The newly minted Democrat has some other surprises

  published Dec 15, 2010

  Muhammad Ali Hasan is older and wiser. There is less swagger and more introspection when he talks. He's a Democrat now. And interfaith, reaching out to Jews and Christians as well as Muslims. Oh, and ... More >>

• T.G.I. Friday's gets crafty with a New Belgium Brewing tasting party

  published Dec 14, 2010

  We knew rap had gone mainstream when Will Smith's The Fresh Prince of Bel Air began airing in 1990, and we know craft beer has done the same now that T.G.I. Friday's is pairing its new menu items with... More >>