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Video: Christopher Dorner, ex-L.A. cop, presumed dead after fiery cabin standoff

Update:Ex-L.A. cop Christopher Dorner has been the subject of a massive manhunt for more than a week after allegedly killing three , including former Denver resident Keith Lawrence; see previous coverage below. Now, the crisis appears at an end, with charred remains found in a gutted California cabi ... More >>

Obama in Boulder: "They're counting on you not voting -- that's their entire strategy"

America knows Barack. That was part of the president's message last night in Boulder, where he told thousands of supporters, "Sometimes...it's hard to know who to trust. But here's the thing: After four years as president, you know me by now." In Colorado, that second part is especially true: This ... More >>

Terrorists setting wildfires? Rumors heating up with Obama's visit

This has been one hot summer -- and it's bound to get even hotter. Tempers are flaring over the handling of the wildfires, and rumors are heating up over their possible cause: terrorists are setting the fires. And President Barack Obama's visit to the Waldo Canyon fire today is fanning the conspirac ... More >>

Najibullah Zazi, beauty-school bomber, helps convict his co-conspirator

Eric Holder called it the most serious terror threat to the United States since 9/11. And the bombs that could have blown up New York's subway system got their start in Denver beauty-supply stores, where Najibullah Zazi bought the ingredients to make homemade detonators. But that plot exploded, and ... More >>

Where's the Colorado connection in One Book, One Denver? Maybe a Bear Ate It!

Anwar al-Awlaki, reportedly killed in Yemen, joins list of terrorists with Colorado connections

Anwar al-Awlaki.​ Anwar al-Awlaki, a cleric with alleged ties to the Fort Hood shootings and the underwear bomber, was reportedly killed in Yemen, but his death strikes close to home. Born in New Mexico, he attended Colorado State, where he studied civil engineering and attended a mosque near ... More >>

9/11 anniversary: Top 10 terrorists with Colorado connections

No. 3.​The 9/11 events being memorialized on Sunday, ten years after they shook the world, didn't take place in Colorado. But our state has no shortage of connections to terrorists -- and not only because plenty of them are housed at Florence's Supermax facility. Below, we look at the most pr ... More >>

Tom Tancredo is glad that it's Osama, not Obama, who's dead. Really!

Tom Tancredo​While Governor John Hickenlooper was tangling with legislative leaders Tuesday, Tom Tancredo, the renegade candidate who got 36 percent of the vote in the gubernatorial race last November, was tangling with MSNBC host Martin Bashir. Who won? You be the judge.

John Hickenlooper won't go negative on Tom Tancredo -- but Tancredo does it himself

Tom Tancredo.​Democratic gubernatorial nominee John Hickenlooper has kept to his vow to keep his campaign positive. Had he decided to go negative on Tom Tancredo, though, he would have found no shortage of material on the American Constitution Party candidate: Google "Tancredo" and "controvers ... More >>

2009 Year in Review: When the lows were lower and the highs were really, really high

If you want to know what it's like to be a veteran in John McCain's home state, stop by the Justa Center

Drop Boards Not Bombs

Llewellyn Werner thinks skateparks could get Iraq's economy rolling

Twenty-Three Administration Quotes That Have Come to Shape America

Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?

Leaving no gimmick unturned, that Super Size Me guy goes searching for Public Enemy No. 1.

Alternative Funding Suggestions for John McCain

The Caged Life

Is Thomas Silverstein a prisoner of his own deadly past — or the first in a new wave of locked-down lifers?

Westword Music Showcase 2007

Saturday, June 16

Letters to the Editor

From the week of 4/5/07

The Year in Film

From dirty jokes and soldiers to penguins and gays, we made our preferences known.

New Gig

Why a TV pro moved from Channel 7 to Al-Jazeera.

War of the Word

Denver's Columbus Day Parade rhetoric spells out the same bumpy route.

Half-Wits

Sacramento's Hella has plenty to say -- together or apart.

Trial by Wire

There's lots of cash and carrying on over First Data's south-of-the-border business.

Off Limits

Walk softly and carry a big shtick

Letters to the Editor

From the week of July 22, 2004

Less Is Moore

The Bushies damn themselves in the wrenching Fahrenheit 9/11.

Smarty's Party

A fairy-tale horse runs for the Triple Crown, and all the railbirds cheer.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of May 22, 2003

Can Love Conquer All?

The Mineola Twins takes an enigmatic look at good and evil.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of December 5, 2002

That's the Spirit

The Honky Tonk Hangovers make country music that will go to your head.

Not Kinder, Not Gentler

Channel 4's new boss wants his station to toughen up.

War on War Books

Donald Miller has rewritten one of the best books on World War II, but will anyone care?