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11:15 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Sports Authority Field at Mile High: City Planning and Development supports signage Opinions on the proposed signage upgrade at Sports Authority Field at Mile High remain split. On the same day the city's Community Planning and Development Board issued a statement approving the... More >>

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10:27 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Reader: Blue Mustang at Denver International Airport intended to scare off tourists Our Sh*t People From Denver Say video continues to inspire comments that are funny, angry and weird -- sometimes simultaneously. And as usually happens in a good conversation, the tangents can be... More >>

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10:22 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Kent Denver students under investigation for Vail sex assault Integrity. Respect. Personal growth. Community. Wisdom. These words are front and center on the website home page of Kent Denver School, one of the most highly touted (and expensive) private edu... More >>

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8:51 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Sean Southwell cleared in Make My Day shooting of Jesus Sanchez A homicide yesterday on West 9th Avenue is being described in some quarters as a Make My Day case, even though the shooter and the alleged intruder knew each other. The same was true of a Novembe... More >>

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7:52 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Kyle Dyer dog-bite story on Today show: 9News fighting to keep footage off Internet This morning, the Today show is reporting on the Kyle Dyer dog bite without running video of the actual incident. Why not? The story, on view below, announces that NBC -- the parent network of ... More >>

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7:29 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Marijuana: Tim Wilson, jailed in Japan for Cheeba Chews, reportedly to be released Tim Wilson, a 25-year-old Colorado man arrested last year after Japanese authorities say he conspired to have marijuana candies sent to the weed-intolerant island nation will finally be coming h... More >>

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7:03 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Colorado firefighter calendar rises from the ashes tonight The party had everything: a worthy beneficiary (the Children's Hospital Burn Center), lots of alcohol for the mostly female crowd, and stripped-down, smokin' hot firefighters. But then the Denver... More >>

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6:46 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Kyle Dyer dog-bite fallout: Is the video news? The video of 9News morning anchor Kyle Dyer being bitten in the face by a rescued Argentine Mastiff yesterday morning has led to an enormous amount of debate in our comment section. But the cli... More >>

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5:24 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Michael Clark, accused in Marty Grisham murder, bonds out of jail on DUI charge Usually, individuals charged with first-degree murder who are fortunate enough to make bail are careful not to get into more trouble. But Michael Clark appears to be an exception to that rule. H... More >>

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12:00 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Colorado hopes to lure filmmakers with a new plan Colorado's film industry is a bit like Billy Crystal, whose 1991 hit movie City Slickers was set in the modern-day Wild West and largely filmed... More >>

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12:00 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Welcome to Collywood! As the folks pushing film in Colorado will tell you, our fair state offers an incredible variety of potential movie locations: mountains,... More >>

Ask A Mexican

12:00 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Ron Paul is two tacos short of a combo plate Dear Mexican: Six generations of my family have been born and raised in Brownsville, Texas. Everyone speaks Spanish most of the time. Right now,... More >>

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3:56 pm
Feb. 8, 2012
Medical marijuana to blame for 45 percent increase in school drug violations? Over the last four years, drug violations at Colorado K-12 schools have increased by roughly 45 percent. And according to a report shared by Education News Colorado about the issue, the rise ca... More >>

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3:29 pm
Feb. 8, 2012
Movies in Colorado: Industry, politicians rally for bill to increase filmmaker incentives On a small stage on the steps of the Capitol this morning, surrounded by more than a hundred local film industry folks, House Minority Leader Mark Ferrandino ticked off movies made in Colorado: ... More >>

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2:58 pm
Feb. 8, 2012
Big Oil making big profits on declining production It's official: 2011 was a record-busting year in the oil industry, with the five largest companies -- BP, ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and Royal Dutch Shell -- reporting all-time-high pro... More >>

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2:34 pm
Feb. 8, 2012
Boulder approves penalty reduction for sixty municipal offenses, ACLU wants forty more Tuesday night, Boulder City Council reduced fines and approved no jail time for first and second convictions on sixty municipal offenses -- an effort to prevent a flood of minor cases (like Occu... More >>

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1:59 pm
Feb. 8, 2012
Birther movement to remove Barack Obama from Colorado ballot gathering steam? Denver blog posts are enjoying a wacky Wednesday. Big Media's Jason Salzman on reports that there's a birther-driven petition movement underway aiming to ban Barack Obama from the Colorado ball... More >>

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1:25 pm
Feb. 8, 2012
New Colorado skier death brings season total to ten: On track for a record? Update: Yesterday, we reported about the rash of skier deaths in Colorado this year -- nine of them by our count. But after the post went live, we learned about yet another death yesterday, brin... More >>

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1:00 pm
Feb. 8, 2012
Boulder Daily Camera lays off seventeen, may be outsourcing ad design in India Earlier this week, we contacted Boulder Daily Camera publisher Al Manzi after hearing the paper's publishing company had told nearly twenty workers they would be laid off -- and that they'd subs... More >>

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12:25 pm
Feb. 8, 2012
Ethan Hemming named executive director of Charter School Institute Ethan Hemming, charter school whiz and former interim executive director of the Charter School Institute, is no longer interim. The institute's board of directors has made him the official execu... More >>

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12:06 pm
Feb. 8, 2012
Make My Day fatal shooting at 3400 block of West 9th Avenue? The Denver Police Department is reporting an early morning homicide on the 3400 block of West 9th Avenue -- and judging by the information the DPD has collected thus far, there's every possibili... More >>

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11:30 am
Feb. 8, 2012
Sports Authority Field at Mile High: Neighbors question the city's sign standards In its February newsletter, under the headline "PROPOSED SPORTS AUTHORITY SIGNS CONTROVERSIAL," local neighborhood organization the Sloan's Lake Citizens' Group encourages its membership to write... More >>

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11:02 am
Feb. 8, 2012
Video: Kyle Dyer, 9News anchor, bitten in face by rescued Argentine Mastiff Live television can be unpredictable under the best circumstances -- especially if a dog is added to the mix. This morning, these elements came together in a particularly painful way for 9News ... More >>
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Colorado hopes to lure filmmakers with a new plan Colorado hopes to lure filmmakers with a new plan
By Melanie Asmar

Colorado's film industry is a bit like Billy Crystal, whose 1991 hit movie City Slickers was set in the modern-day Wild West and largely filmed here. It used to be… More >>

Kenny Be's Valentine's Day sampler Kenny Be's Valentine's Day sampler
By Kenny Be

The way that big snowstorms bring people together -- in grocery stores before and on sidewalks after -- or the fact that, despite the complexities of technology and politics, the… More >>

The Colorado Music Hall of Fame isn't the state's only claim to fame The Colorado Music Hall of Fame isn't the state's only claim to fame

On February 12, the Colorado Music Hall of Fame will induct its second class of honorees: Barry Fey and Harry Tuft. But they are far from the only people with a… More >>

Reader: I find matchmaker Rachel Greenwald's business appalling

"Got a Match?," Kelsey Whipple, February 2 Love's Labor Lost I find Ms. Greenwald's business a bit appalling. People in the 1960s and '70s expended a lot of effort to break… More >>

Welcome to Collywood!
By Michael Roberts

As the folks pushing film in Colorado will tell you, our fair state offers an incredible variety of potential movie locations: mountains, deserts, farmland, big cities, little towns and so… More >>

Ron Paul is two tacos short of a combo plate
By Gustavo Arellano

Dear Mexican: Six generations of my family have been born and raised in Brownsville, Texas. Everyone speaks Spanish most of the time. Right now, almost every Republican in the state… More >>

Money <i>can</i> buy you love, if you have a contract with this Harvard MBA Money can buy you love, if you have a contract with this Harvard MBA
By Kelsey Whipple

In their wedding photo, Elena Wechsler and John Simpson are the picture of matrimonial bliss. The image captures the modern-day Romeo and Juliet in medias res: Wechsler appears to have… More >>

The Super Bowl prostitution hoax The Super Bowl prostitution hoax
By Pete Kotz

Indianapolis is bracing for war. It's Super Bowl week, after all. Time for the Annual Invasion of the Hookers, which promises to be as harrowing as the Ottoman Empire's advance… More >>

For serial imposter Rick Strandlof, the truth is out there For serial imposter Rick Strandlof, the truth is out there

Rick Duncan claimed to be a Marine who was wounded in Iraq. He told people he'd received a Purple Heart and a Silver Star. He even founded a veterans group… More >>

Reader: Colorado ski companies deserve better, Mother Nature!

"Tips Up," Colin Bane, January 26 Snow Job Colin Bane's story made me eager to get out on the slopes. Too bad there wasn't any snow on them! Colorado companies… More >>

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