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    January 14, 2011

    Sid Wells murder: Arrest warrant for Thayne Smika issued in notorious 1983 Boulder murder

    Sid Wells.​More than a decade before the murder of JonBenĂ©t Ramsey, Boulder's most notorious unsolved murder was the 1983 slaying of Sid Wells, a handsome CU student who'd been dating actor Robert Redford's daughter, Shauna. Now, more than 27 years later, an arrest warrant on view below has ... More >>

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    August 28, 2009

    Post-News joint operating agreement ends not with a bang, but with a press release

    Dean Singleton.​The death of the joint-operating agreement that was supposed to sustain a business partnership between the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News for a half-century but didn't survive for even one decade can't help seeming anticlimactic. After all, the Rocky's been gone for si ... More >>

  • News

    May 14, 2009

    Where would you take a $100,000 check that is also a suicide note - to the cops or to the bank?

    Dean Singleton.​The death of the joint-operating agreement that was supposed to sustain a business partnership between the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News for a half-century but didn't survive for even one decade can't help seeming anticlimactic. After all, the Rocky's been gone for si ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Our March Madness predictions: The end is near

    Tyler Hansbrough. The March 18 blog "Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation..." shared NCAA men's and women's basketball picks made by my daughter Lora and me, which fell short of flawless. True, we had Connecticut making it to the women's finals on Tuesday, but not Louisville, whi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    Our March Madness predictions: The men's bracket is busted

    Sam Young's 28 points weren't enough to secure a Pitt victory. The NCAA men's basketball bracket assembled by my daughter Lora and me and shared in the March 18 blog "Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation...," was looking shaky prior to the beginning of weekend play. Now it's esse ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2009

    Our March Madness predictions: The men's bracket comes unglued

    Tyreke Evans' 33 points wasn't enough for Memphis -- or my bracket. The men's NCAA basketball bracket assembled by my daughter Lora and me and shared in the blog "Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation..." was looking pretty good through the first two rounds. It's not now. Two of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    Our March Madness predictions: The men's Sweet Sixteen is looking pretty sweet

    Toney Douglas, in a photo from Florida State's website. The headline on "Our March Madness picks: A prelude to humiliation...," a March 18 blog in which I shared the NCAA brackets filled out by my daughter Lora and me, may prove to be prescient very soon -- but at this point, we're still hanging i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2009

    Dude, where's my lawyer? Francis "lawyer rat" Pignatelli officially banned from Colorado courts

    If there was just one tenet of belief among the sneaky ranks of big-time criminal defense attorneys, it would be this: Thou shall not squeal on a client. Francis Pignatelli was a prominent defense attorney in Ohio until 2005, when federal agents learned that he had been helping clients launder d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2008

    Monolith Festival Live Blog, Day 2

    If there was just one tenet of belief among the sneaky ranks of big-time criminal defense attorneys, it would be this: Thou shall not squeal on a client. Francis Pignatelli was a prominent defense attorney in Ohio until 2005, when federal agents learned that he had been helping clients launder d ... More >>

  • News

    December 6, 2007

    Life Skills Offers Last-Chance High

    Justin Martinez was raised in the school of hard knocks, but Life Skills is his last hope for a diploma.

  • News

    June 23, 2005
  • Culture

    April 1, 2004

    Land Minds

    The environment has inspired some of the state's best artists.

  • Music

    November 29, 2001

    Heavy Mettle

    Harlan Hendrickson wants to prove that '80s rock and roll is not noise pollution.

  • News

    March 30, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of March 30

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    Eyes on the Prize

    The dailies jockey for position for the Pulitzer.

  • News

    September 30, 1999

    A Tangled Web

    Radio finds new life on the Web.

  • News

    December 12, 1996

    Smooth Operator

    Gene Kelley plugged into the lucrative pay-phone business--until someone dropped a dime on him.

  • News

    July 11, 1996

    Independents Day

    Gene Kelley plugged into the lucrative pay-phone business--until someone dropped a dime on him.

  • News

    April 11, 1996

    Rolling With the Punches

    Wild Bill Hardney keeps getting knocked down. And he gets right back up.

  • News

    September 20, 1995

    LETTERS

    Wild Bill Hardney keeps getting knocked down. And he gets right back up.

  • Music

    September 13, 1995

    OHIO OR BUST

    THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM: GREAT IDEA OR SIGN THAT THE END IS NEAR?

  • News

    March 29, 1995

    THAT'S MY BOY

    EX-BIKER BUTCH ALLEE WANTED HIS SON TO BE JUST LIKE HIM. POLICE SAY HE GOT HIS WISH.WELCOME TO WIGGINS A RIVALRY BETWEEN TWO HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLERS BEGAN ON THE MAT. IT ENDED WITH MURDER.

  • News

    July 13, 1994

    UNHEALTHY COMPETITION

    TWO SMALL TOWNS. TWO COSTLY HOSPITALS. ONE NASTY FEUD.LITTLE HASSLE ON THE PRAIRIE SANE HEALTH CARE IS THE LATEST LOSS IN THE AGE-OLD RIFT BETWEEN BRUSH AND FORT MORGAN.

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