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4:20 pm
May. 25, 2012
Medical marijuana: Pitkin and Summit Counties (finally) enact MMJ rules
By William Breathes
Both Pitkin and Summit County are finally getting around to making laws governing medical marijuana shops. This move comes more than two years after the first medical marijuana centers opened in ... More >>

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3:30 pm
May. 25, 2012
Dog attacks: Which two Denver neighborhoods do mail carriers fear most?
By Chris Utterback
It's the stuff of Saturday-morning cartoons and "The Far Side:" a hapless postal carrier being chased around the neighborhood by the family dog. But the vicious attack on a Denver postal carrier ... More >>

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2:59 pm
May. 25, 2012
Mike Coffman's boneheaded performance has been very, very shmucky
By Patricia Calhoun
First, he said he "misspoke" when he said that Barack Obama -- the President of the United States -- was "not an American." Then he tried to explain away the comment as "boneheaded." And Congr... More >>

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2:13 pm
May. 25, 2012
Photos: Kal Penn, Harold & Kumar star, hypes Obama at youth summit
By Kelsey Whipple
A few years after Harold and Kumar visited White Castle -- but before they escaped from Guantanamo Bay -- Kumar Patel's real-life alter ego, Kal Penn, served a two-year-stint as the associate dir... More >>

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2:01 pm
May. 25, 2012
John Elway is nuts for not having a Plan B in case of Peyton Manning injury
By Michael Roberts
Denver blog posts are not related to Rod Blagojevich. Mile High Report fan poster metalman5050's post questioning John Elway's claim that the team doesn't have a Plan B in case Peyton Manning is... More >>

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1:49 pm
May. 25, 2012
John stings: How might the 29 people arrested this week be punished?
By Melanie Asmar
John stings, or undercover operations where a cop -- usually a female cop -- poses as a prostitute to catch men willing to pay for sex, are more rare than stings in which the roles are reversed. T... More >>

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1:25 pm
May. 25, 2012
4/20 at CU-Boulder: $278K to shrink event well worth it, spokesman says
By Michael Roberts
After a long delay, CU-Boulder has finally released the figures about how much it spent to shrink the annual 4/20 event on campus. The administration doled out $124,561.34, while student governme... More >>

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11:33 am
May. 25, 2012
Denver Post's Greg Moore on learning to live without a copy desk
By Michael Roberts
Last month, we shared word that the Denver Post planned to lay off two-thirds of its copy editors -- a number estimated by sources as sixteen. Turns out that was a bit high: Only eleven are exiti... More >>

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10:27 am
May. 25, 2012
Reader: Mike Coffman shouldn't be laughed off as a birther nut
By Michael Roberts
Our post about Rachel Maddow's takedown of Mike Coffman over his recent birther comments spurred lots of vituperative debate in the comments section. Here's the view of a reader who feels that l... More >>

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9:13 am
May. 25, 2012
CU-Boulder students plead not guilty to 4/20 trespassing, attorney decries "fascist" tactics
By Michael Roberts
Update: In a May 1 post seen below in its entirety, attorney Sean McAllister told us that three CU-Boulder students busted for trespassing on the closed Norlin Quad during the university's unprec... More >>

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8:29 am
May. 25, 2012
Zoey Ripple: No charges (yet) for student shot after entering Timothy Justice's house drunk
By Michael Roberts
The featured players in a Boulder "Make My Day" shooting could hardly be more unlikely: Zoey Ripple, CU student and ultra-perky food blogger, and the pair of Timothy Justice and Doreen Orion, who... More >>

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7:45 am
May. 25, 2012
Bizarre classroom posters from the '70s, Part 4: School's out!
By Michael Roberts
The school year's ending for lotsa students -- and so is our salute to bizarre classroom posters from the '70s. Our first batch of rare finds featured captions, while our second and third groupin... More >>

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7:10 am
May. 25, 2012
Medical marijuana: State wastes $100K when caregiver beats rap?
By Michael Roberts
Medical marijuana caregiver Josh Jones was recently acquitted after not one but two trips to court in relation to what law enforcers counted as 140 plants -- a figure Jones's attorney, Rob Corry,... More >>

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6:51 am
May. 25, 2012
Smart meters: There's still time to send in your stupid parking stories
By Patricia Calhoun
Parking at Smart meters can be stupid. After encountering two dumb problems in the space of a few hours downtown, we asked people to submit their most stupid parking story -- for the chance of win... More >>

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6:09 am
May. 25, 2012
Videos: Rachel Maddow, MSNBC make Mike Coffman birther star
By Michael Roberts
Yesterday, we recapped how Rachel Maddow had made Mike Coffman a national laughingstock over recent birther comments and his bizarre interview with 9News' Kyle Clark, when he said he stood by his... More >>

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4:20 pm
May. 24, 2012
Medical marijuana dispensary review: The Silver Lizard in Denver
By William Breathes
Originally in Five Points on Welton Street, the Silver Lizard preemptively moved to its current location last January because of its proximity to a school. Though the move undid all the staff's wo... More >>

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3:28 pm
May. 24, 2012
Prax(us)' Magalie Lerman turns history of exploitation into outreach
By Kelsey Whipple
Editor's note: This is the latest profile in Kelsey Whipple's ongoing series highlighting local political activists. The first time Magalie Lerman knew she had a drug problem was not the first t... More >>

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2:37 pm
May. 24, 2012
"Big Bitch" policy divides DA candidates George Brauchler, Leslie Hansen
By Alan Prendergast
This week's feature, "Sucker Punch," traces how an assault at a heavy metal concert turned into a habitual criminal prosecution in Arapahoe County, with one of the defendants facing a mountain of... More >>

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1:59 pm
May. 24, 2012
IKEA is totally worth singing about!
By Michael Roberts
Denver blog posts are a mile high. Denver Frank: Let's all sing "The IKEA Song!" The Colorado Independent's Scot Kersgaard offers a progressive Colorado scoreboard for the recently wrapped legis... More >>

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1:03 pm
May. 24, 2012
Hector Paez: Denver cop's attorney on alleged sex-assault victim's lawsuit, media blitz
By Michael Roberts
Update below: In October 2010, Denver Policeman Hector Paez was booked on a sexual assault charge for allegedly coercing a woman to perform oral sex on him to avoid going to jail. Last September,... More >>

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By Ray Stern

Marijuana keeps Craig Rodgers alive. With his muscular physique and energetic, fast-talking personality, the 36-year-old Las Vegas resident seems the epitome of health — except for the banana-size scar on the… More >>

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Visit Denver, the city's convention and visitors' bureau, has a new mobile app designed to lure vacationers to Mile High hotspots through a series of "dares." Complete a "Denver Dare"… More >>

Reader: Former youth corrections officer says the system is messed up

"Bad Company," Melanie Asmar, May 17 Fostering Resentment As a former youth corrections officer at a branch of Rite of Passage, I could not agree more with this article. Ms.… More >>

Does the cold weather make Mexicans mad?? Does the cold weather make Mexicans mad??
By Gustavo Arellano

I'm coming to Denver! Gentle cabrones, my much-promised Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America has finally hit bookstores, and I'll be in town at the end of this month… More >>

Abused kids may mingle with delinquents at a privately run facility Abused kids may mingle with delinquents at a privately run facility
By Melanie Asmar

Behind his glasses, Jack has a sweet face. It's the face of a kid who's been hurt by the very people who were supposed to protect him. A kid who's… More >>

Gilpin County's Negro Hill is renamed Aunt Clara Brown Hill. Finally. Gilpin County's Negro Hill is renamed Aunt Clara Brown Hill. Finally.
By Patricia Calhoun

The controversy over "Niggerhead," the hand-painted label on a rock at the hunting camp leased by Texas governor Rick Perry's family for decades, got Roger Baker, manager of Gilpin County,… More >>

DIA conspiracy theorists "continually surprise and delight us," says airport spokeswoman DIA conspiracy theorists "continually surprise and delight us," says airport spokeswoman

The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming! But they (allegedly) won't be taking over Denver International Airport, as conspiracy theorists have been claiming for the past month after word… More >>

Reader: I'm excited about planned improvements to the South Platte River bike trail

"Water World," Westword staff, May 10 Liquid Asset Kudos to the Westword staff for some excellent writing on one of city's overlooked assets. As a regular user of the Platte… More >>

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By Gustavo Arellano

Dear Readers: I usually don't allow anyone to hijack this columna, but an exception must be made for California State Assembly member Gil Cedillo. He's been fighting the good fight… More >>

Art From Ashes eyes Thomas Hornsby Ferril House for its new home
By Patricia Calhoun

Always begin right where you are And work out from here: If adrift, feel the feel of the oar in the oarlock first,  If saddling a horse let your right knee slug The belly… More >>

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