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The writing's on the wall for KOZE, a graffiti vandal who thought he'd never be caughtBy Jared Jacang MaherThursday, November 05Over the two years that George Gray has been a detective with the graffiti unit of the Denver Police Department, one crew of graffiti vandals has... More >> -
I-300 is out to put the brakes on illegal immigrationBy Jared Jacang MaherThursday, October 29The real terrors we should fear this Halloween aren't werewolves, ghosts or zombies, Dan Hayes insists, but people operating cars without... More >> -
Clemency for these six prisoners could save millions and serve justice -- so why won't Governor Ritter try it?By Alan PrendergastThursday, October 22Among Governor Bill Ritter's hits and misses, few actions have drawn as much criticism as his proposal to release thousands of inmates months... More >> -
How good fortune graced the namesake of the "Dan Tang Drug Trafficking Organization"By Joel WarnerThursday, October 15The anonymous letter arrived at Heaven Dragon, a prominent Chinese restaurant in Thornton, on February 14, 2008. "To addressee only," it read,... More >> -
Life in Antarctica is cold — but bloggers there can still get burnedBy Jonathan ShikesThursday, October 08It was 85 degrees below zero, and Erin hadn't seen the sun in five months. Her skin had lost its pigmentation and she was sneezing blood because... More >>
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A New Times Staffer Takes a Safari Into Scam Baiting on 419Eater.com
By Gail Shepherd
I was in the Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport, getting ready to board a flight to... More >>
Dallas
Recession Blues Got You Down? The Folks at Get Motivated! Have a Solution: Think Happy Thoughts.
By Megan Feldman
An autumn storm soaks the streets and paints the outdoors a dull shade of gray, but inside the... More >>
Houston
Getting Off
Attorney Tyler Flood says he wins 80 percent of his clients' DWI trials, even if they were 100 percent drunk as a skunk.
By Mike Giglio
Sergei Tukanov drove his gold Nissan Maxima through a red light toward the end of a Sunday... More >>
Kansas City
After keeping an eye on victims of the Hyatt disaster, KC shrinks have bad news for the grief-counseling industry
By Peter Rugg
Five days after the attacks on September 11, 2001, Vickie Taylor led a group of firefighters... More >>
Miami
Miami parking nightmare: From the homeless parking mafia to the meter fairy
By Gus Garcia-Roberts
Haitian cabbie Pierre Jean-Charles climbed into his yellow taxi van while cradling a bottle of... More >>
Minneapolis
Brett Rogers vs. Fedor Emelianenko: The Baddest Man on the Planet
Heavyweight Strikeforce fight to air live on CBS Saturday
By Bradley Campbell
SOME UNRULY GOD bestowed Brett "The Grim" Rogers with the physical gifts needed to knock out... More >>
Phoenix
Losing Erica: Cynthia Clark Harvey Doesn't Want Anyone Else's Child to Die in a Wilderness-Therapy Program
By Amy Silverman
Cynthia Clark Harvey climbs the stairs to the second floor of her north Phoenix home, pausing... More >>
San Francisco
Under Fire
Mike Estrada was supposed to be ordered away from a burning building by his superior. It was just one of many mistakes that put him in harm's way.
By Anna McCarthy
The smell of smoke was enough to spike firefighter Mike Estrada's bloodstream with adrenaline.... More >>
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Mile High Murder, No. 50: Jessica Porter identified as victim, Anthony Joseph Romero arrested in stabbing at 1873 S. Clermont Street
Fri Nov 6, 8:38 PM
View Larger Map Rapid developments on the fiftieth Mile High Murder, which took place early this morning at 1873 S. Clermont Street, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems see... More >>
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Thursday, November 05Dear Mexican: Why do beaners or gabachos deliberately try to ignore white people and act like they're not there, or when you're walking by, the... More>>
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From the week of November 5, 2009
Thursday, November 05"License to Impound," Jared Jacang Maher, October 29 Penny Wise, Impound Foolish Unfortunately, the Denver police have taken this... More>>
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Westword's hunt for a pot critic makes the talk-show circuit
Thursday, November 05A newspaper in Denver is planning to hire a critic to write reviews of all the medical marijuana clinics in the state," Conan O'Brien joked on... More>>
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Denver Public Schools is bugging out over vermin
Thursday, November 05As if Denver Public Schools doesn't have enough problems (overcrowding, charter-school debates and duct-taping elementary-school secretaries... More>>
Letters
From the week of November 5, 2009
Thursday, November 05
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Impound Foolish
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