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Darrell Havens: Paralyzed inmate denied clemency, surgery

His doctors have told Darrell Havens that surgery could help relieve his deteriorating condition, but the wheelchair-bound inmate's keepers in the Colorado Department of Corrections aren't exactly eager to okay the operation -- or to release him to seek care on his own. Havens, who was left a quadri ... More >>

Four fall-worthy red wines to fall in love with

What makes a red wine fall -- or should we say, fall in love -- worthy? Given the record-setting quantities of rosé we consumed over the past few months, you might assume that getting us to loosen our death grip on pink wines would equal a Herculean feat.

CU Buff after Airsoft gun police stop: "Go ahead! Shoot me, motherf*cker!"

At first blush, an incident in which several CU Buffs football players weren't charged with a crime doesn't seem all that newsworthy. But a police stop that took place this past weekend continues to ripple through the program, with one player quitting after contributing to a minor panic over an Airs ... More >>

Will the real Rick Strandlof please stand up?

Also read: Stolen Valor was born in Colorado before dying with the Supreme Court

Randy Keesee, habitual criminal, gets 224 years for casino robbery, attempt to shoot cop

When does an armed robbery earn a gunman 224 years in prison? When the person who committed the crime not only tried to take a shot at a cop, but is subsequently deemed a habitual criminal, thereby multiplying the sentence in a big way. Which is precisely what happened to Randy Keesee.

Super Bowl commercials: Elton John, Flavor Flav, Echo and the Bunnymen and more

See also: Top 5 Greatest Super Bowl halftime shows and Video: M.I.A. flips off Super Bowl audience during halftime show So we all know that half the fun of watching the Super Bowl is seeing all the commercials. If you missed them for whatever reason -- your loud mouth buddy was yapping about this ... More >>

Telluride hosts FIS Snowboardcross World Cup this week

www.TellurideWorldCup.com​Governor John Hickenlooper and others who are eager to put together a Colorado bid for a future Winter Olympics Games must be making a case study out of our state's worldliness this month. Since Thanksgiving, Colorado has hosted the Aspen Winternational FIS Women's Wo ... More >>

Five best places to catch the U.S. Ski Team in Colorado

Colin BaneBode Miller lets loose over the new U.S. Ski Team Speed Center at Copper​If you live in Colorado and love alpine ski racing, get ready for a season of unprecedented access to the best of the best, thanks to Tuesday's grand opening of the new U.S. Ski Team Speed Center at Copper Mount ... More >>

The Edge: Westword's winter activities guide helps you sort out the 2011-2012 season

​Welcome to the online version of The Edge 2011-2012, Westword's annual insider's guide to winter activities. This season has already seen plenty of snow, and that's just the beginning, as the 25 resorts profiled below have added new terrain, lifts, features, events and restaurants. To sort it ... More >>

Darrell Havens: Lawsuit reinstated in police shooting that left him paralyzed

Darrell Havens.​A federal judge has ruled that Darrell Havens can proceed with his lawsuit against the Arvada police officer who shot him during a car-theft sting operation in 2007, leaving him a quadriplegic. The decision has Havens' attorneys poised to conduct a fresh investigation of the c ... More >>

Johnny Hockaday: Vehicular homicide charge in DUI-Wax Trax crash that killed Roland Stith

Big pic below.​Update: On October 18, Johnny Hockaday, 28, will be formally advised of the accusations against him -- and there are plenty of them. He's been charged with four felonies, including vehicular homicide, in relation to the alleged drunk-driving crash that slammed the vehicle driven ... More >>

Darrell Havens: Expert challenges police version of shooting that left 19-year-old paralyzed

Darrell Havens.​In an affidavit filed in federal court, a veteran cop turned high-profile private investigator claims that an Arvada police officer who fired on an unarmed suspect during a car-theft sting operation in 2007, leaving the man a quadriplegic, was not justified in the use of deadly ... More >>

U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association plans new Speed Center at Copper Mountain

Photo courtesy Copper Mountain ResortThe USSA announced yesterday it's bringing its early-season U.S. Ski Team Speed Center training facility to Copper Mountain​Copper Mountain's apparently not content to be merely a focal point of the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Association's freestyle Grand Prix se ... More >>

Our Commercial Culture: Audi Ups The Ante

That is one massive pile of drugs, man. Oh, wait...​Most commercials you'll be subjected to on any given day will probably bore you, or maybe make you chuckle a smidge. Very few make the effort, or have the ability, to grab you the way this new spot from Audi does. More fine art than advert, t ... More >>

Behind the controversial Anthology of Rap, co-edited by CU hip-hop professor Adam Bradley

Helicopter crashes on Pikes Peak as crew films Audi driverless car commercial like one here

Pilot Jim Dirker.​A YouTube video on view below shows a new Audi being controlled by a computer, not a driver, as it speeds across some open flats. Most commenters were wowed, but one wrote, "Alright, let's test it on a place [with] a few more obstacles, shall we?" A film crew was doing just ... More >>

Darrell Havens: Car thief paralyzed by Arvada police shooting in standoff over parole deal

Darrell Havens.​In June, I wrote about Darrell Havens, the paralyzed car thief whose medical parole was canceled after Arvada police chief Don Wick complained. A month later, the situation appears no closer to a resolution.

Paralyzed in a police shooting, Darrell Havens is paying a terrible price for his crimes. So are taxpayers.

Text this: Kidnapping foiled by stealthy thumb work

A Flickr photo"I've been kidnapped. Not LOL. Not :)"​ Face the facts: Texting in cars can be a pain in the ass when it's done by drivers who pay more attention to remembering how many times to press the "3" button to get the letter "e" than they do to staying in their lane. But in the case of ... More >>

Southwest's Bid: Analyst says prices won't go up. But are you buying it?

If you think we'll ever use a different photo for Southwest stories, you're high.​It's not the salty peanuts, the goofy seating arrangements or the even goofier flight attendants that Denverites are thinking about this morning after Southwest Airline's bid to buy Frontier. No, most of them are ... More >>

Time for a Cricket burger! Free parking today in Cherry Creek North

Get an early holiday gift in Cherry Creek North today: free parking. Thanks to Prestige Audi, parking will be free all day -- for the first time since parking kiosks were installed in that shopping district (excepting Sundays, of course). And parking enforcement officers will even be on hand to rem ... More >>

A Pirate's Life for Me

Going overboard at Ocean.

Coffee's On

Monkey Bean doesn't monkey around.

Drunk of the Week

Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Restaurant and Market

Letters to the Editor

From the week of December 16, 2004

Old at Heart

Mainstream news offers little to the under-thirty crowd.

Can't Buy a Thrill

Aspen's bizarre crime spree sent some of its favorite sons to prison -- and left the town wondering what went wrong.

Night & Day

April 23 - 29, 1998

Riot and Wrong

After the Boulder uprising, one kid got off, and one kid has a lot of time to think about what happened.