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May 23, 2012
Dwight Davis suspected of being Colorado Springs rock robber
Update by Michael Roberts: As Alan Prendergast reported last week, a Colorado Springs robber attempted a stick-up with something even more primitive than a stick -- namely, a rock. Now, the CSPD has identified the suspect in the crime as 51-year-old Dwight Davis, who's posed for department cameras i ... More >>
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May 23, 2012
Readers disagree about whether reparative therapy is gay cure or cruel hoax
Dr. Robert Spitzer's decision to repudiate his own study supporting reparative therapy -- in essence, a "cure" for being gay -- fired up disagreements in our post between Focus on the Family's Glenn Stanton and One Colorado's Brad Clark, as well as folks analyzing their views. Here's a provocative e ... More >>
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April 26, 2012
Man gets rocks off in pathetic 7-Eleven robbery
Even under the best of circumstances, the act of robbing a convenience store for the sake of a handful of singles in ready cash has to be one of the dumbest crimes imaginable, just on a simple risk-to-benefit scale. But for absolute desperation, nothing beats jacking a 7-Eleven at three in the morni ... More >>
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April 16, 2012
Toddler dumped in snow by car thief: "Help me, I'm cold"
"The Landlord," Will Ferrell's classic Funny Or Die skit, pivots on the hilarity of a toddler knocking at a front door. But there was nothing amusing about the tiny tap, tap, tap and ringing doorbell that awoke Colorado Springs' Traci Gilbert early Sunday morning. That's because the youngster standi ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
Andrew Encalade ID'd as Springs quadruple shooting victim, suspect Alonzo Paige at large
Update: We now know the name of the second person killed in a quadruple shooting at the Timberland Apartments in Colorado Springs on Tuesday: Andrew Encalade, age 23. If that name sounds familiar, it should. His older brother Adam, age 26, was injured in the gunplay but survived.
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January 6, 2012
Civil unions: One Colorado director Brad Clark glad for GOP group in favor of them
one-colorado.org The defeat of a bill to legalize civil unions in the last legislative session was a heart-breaker for those in favor of marriage equality. After passing in the Senate, the bill was defeated in a House committee by one vote -- with all six of the panel's Republicans voting aga ... More >>
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December 28, 2011
Songwriting Camp for Veterans in Colorado Springs next month
Last July, Austin-based singer-songwriter Darden Smith gathered a team of other professional musicians to lead a songwriting retreat for nine servicemen and women. Songs written during the retreat were performed at the Faces of Freedom concert on September 11 at the World Arena in Colorado Springs. ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
I-25 drivers get worked up over this sign
Last July, Austin-based singer-songwriter Darden Smith gathered a team of other professional musicians to lead a songwriting retreat for nine servicemen and women. Songs written during the retreat were performed at the Faces of Freedom concert on September 11 at the World Arena in Colorado Springs. ... More >>
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November 21, 2011
Occupy Colorado Springs evicted by cops after mayor denies renewal of camping permit
If you had to compare another Colorado occupation to that of Occupy Denver, Occupy Colorado Springs might provide one of the most stark contrasts. As of early this morning, however, both groups share recent and complete evictions off of city property. Around 1 a.m., the Colorado Springs Police Depa ... More >>
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November 11, 2011
Woman's screams that scared off home invaders caught on 911 recording (AUDIO, VIDEO)
Media below.What to do if you've called 911 about two men about to break into your house but the cops haven't arrived? One Colorado Springs woman responded by screaming -- loudly -- as captured on a police recording below. And the tactic worked, as cops managed to collar a pair of accused ho ... More >>
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November 3, 2011
Foam On the Range
Media below.What to do if you've called 911 about two men about to break into your house but the cops haven't arrived? One Colorado Springs woman responded by screaming -- loudly -- as captured on a police recording below. And the tactic worked, as cops managed to collar a pair of accused ho ... More >>
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August 18, 2011
Get Buzzed at Cross Pollination
Media below.What to do if you've called 911 about two men about to break into your house but the cops haven't arrived? One Colorado Springs woman responded by screaming -- loudly -- as captured on a police recording below. And the tactic worked, as cops managed to collar a pair of accused ho ... More >>
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July 28, 2011
Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill closes its DU location, but plans to open two more
The University Boulevard location of Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill has closed, but the homegrown Mediterranean fast-casual chain will continue to grow. "It wasn't the best location for us," explains marketing and PR manager Beth Hardy, who notes that the University of Denver location, unlike ... More >>
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May 6, 2011
Plastic army men struggle with PTSD in British artists' ode to Colorado Springs soldiers
We've all seen those molded green plastic soldiers; they're a staple of every kid's childhood and, thanks to the Toy Story series, heroes of the big screen. But we've never seen plastic soldiers like this -- begging for money, assaulting women, placing a rifle under their chin. It's the arr ... More >>
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March 10, 2011
Gays and porn big issues in Colorado Springs elections, according to Focus on the Family
Are gays and porn really two of the biggest issues in the upcoming Colorado Springs municipal elections? According to Focus on the Family, they are. As noted by the Colorado Springs Gazette, FOTF has assembled a candidate survey in advance of the April 5 vote -- and three of its eight questi ... More >>
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February 15, 2011
Goose pierced by arrow in Washington Park: Fowl shooting doesn't only happen in Denver
Fox31 Update below: The Denver Parks and Rec Department has unveiled the final draft of its master plan for Washington Park. The 133-page document calls for things like improving the loop road and moving the parking lots away from Smith Lake. You know what it doesn't call for? Reducing the ge ... More >>
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February 15, 2011
Medical marijuana patient and Colorado Springs teen blocked from class
Should a zero-tolerance school drug policy always be zero tolerance? That's what some people are asking because of the headline-grabbing tale of the Colorado Springs sixteen-year-old who is not allowed at school when he uses the medical marijuana he's been prescribed by his doctor because of ... More >>
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February 14, 2011
For a firkin good time, head to Colorado Springs
Yee-haw! Twenty-four Colorado breweries will round up some wild firkins this weekend and drive them down to Colorado Springs for the seventh annual Firkin Rendezvous. Hosted by Bristol Brewing Company, the rendezvous -- February 19 from 1 to 5 p.m. -- is a fundraiser for the Colorado Brewers ... More >>
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January 3, 2011
Look at your car!! Bro narrates twenty-plus car crash cluster in Colorado Springs
You may have seen it already, but if not, it's worth a few minutes. On December 30, a man in Colorado Springs narrates an outrageous situation in Colorado Springs in which nearly every vehicle that tried to make it up the street ends up sliding back down and smashing into the prone cars below ... More >>
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December 10, 2010
Double Rainbow and four other intense Colorado beers to try soon
I love holiday beers. But that's not all that Colorado's breweries are putting out right now. Here are five beers that have just been released -- or are about to be -- that were brewed simply because, well, because Colorado is awesome. Double Rainbow Trinity Brewing, Colorado Springs Black ... More >>
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November 30, 2010
Tonight: Grant Sabin at the Larimer Lounge
Colorado Springs' slide guitar-playing bluesman Grant Sabin is truly a throwback. The multi-instrumentalist's baby face contradicts both his gruff voice and his repertoire, which includes not only his own modern work, but tributes to Son House and Jimi Hendrix, as well.
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November 12, 2010
Kent Lambert: Backward-thinking Shmuck, R-Colorado Springs
Kent Lambert.It doesn't take much to be a Shmuck of the Week: Just add the term "R-Colorado Springs" to the end of your name. It's a sure bet. Take former state senator Dave Schultheis, R-Colorado Springs, who landed on the list a whopping three times, or representative Larry Liston, R-Color ... More >>
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November 2, 2010
Marijuana and Colorado Springs cops: Should dispensary taxes be used to fund police?
One of the main arguments for the marijuana-legalization measure that Californians will vote on today is the tax revenue that legal pot would bring to struggling communities -- ones like Colorado Springs, which may launch a police squad funded by a new pot of pot money
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October 27, 2010
Medical marijuana dispensary ban in El Paso County: Fighting 1A in court and at polls
According to attorney Jessica Corry, a hearing is set for today in a lawsuit against a medical marijuana dispensary ban ballot measure in El Paso County. But in case the suit fails, opponents of County Question 1A are moving ahead with their campaign, including an event today presenting argum ... More >>
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September 23, 2010
YouTube-inspired Double Rainbow beer has intense label
Trinity Brewing in Colorado Springs has released the label for its Double Rainbow saison and there's only one way to describe it: "It's so intense!" That's right, the brewery is a beer -- due to be tapped on October 24 as a dessert beer during a saison dinner -- based on the phenomenal Doubl ... More >>
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August 10, 2010
Rave at Phil Long Event Center: 19 arrests for booze, weed, meth, coke, ecstasy
A Flickr photoThis past Friday, a rave was scheduled at the Phil Long Event Center in Colorado Springs -- and the local police force was ready. The cops were stationed nearby when the doors opened, and before the party wound down at 4 a.m., nineteen people had been arrested for a potpourri o ... More >>
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July 29, 2010
Spoken Intellekt of The Famm on being based in the Springs and life as an indie hip-hop artist
Spoken Intellekt and the rag tag band of MCs known as The Famm are fast becoming one of the more notable names in the Colorado Springs underground hip-hop scene. After forming in '08, they've worked the local circuit fiercely, and if you've gone to see anyone from People Under The Stairs to ... More >>
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July 29, 2010
You think bikini baristas are a hot issue? Wait til you see the video from this Seattle band
Should I leave room for cream?The bikini barista coffee shop trend may have only begun in Colorado (for more on two stores in Colorado Springs, see below), but it has reached full, mature size in the Seattle area, where a "pop-punk" band called Quickie recently released a song and video dedic ... More >>
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July 13, 2010
Medical marijuana: Backers of Colorado Springs dispensary ban don't like your comments
LetUsVoteCOS.org.In early June, several Colorado Springs locals filed paperwork to put a medical-marijuana-business ban on the November ballot. Since then, I've tried to reach petition signatories or anyone else representing the group. And today, I finally succeeded. Unfortunately, though, t ... More >>
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July 1, 2010
La Familia, the violent drug cartel, takes inspiration from Colorado Springs: Holy moly!
There are a lot of weird religious stories coming out of Colorado Springs -- the city that two decades ago set out to recruit religious-organization headquarters as an economic development move. But this could be the weirdest. Looks like it's time to change that sign on the stretch of I-25 kn ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
Medical marijuana dispensary ban on Colorado Springs ballot?: Petition application filed
Petitioners want this outlawed.Does Colorado Springs' conservatism stop at the bong? That's the view of some participants in the community's medical marijuana scene thanks to moves by the Springs city council to regulate, not crush, the industry. Nonetheless, there's a citizen-led move afoot ... More >>
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March 31, 2010
Patric LeHouillier, Colorado Springs lawyer to pay $50,000 for doggy discrimination, refutes allegations
Colorado Springs Lawyer Patric Louillier says he wouldn't turn down this guy -- unless he lacked the proper documentation.The Colorado Springs attorney who was the subject of a post yesterday about his refusal to admit a disabled woman and her seeing-eye dog into his office -- a decision that ... More >>
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March 30, 2010
Otter on the lam: Kitchi escapes, evades authorites for five days
Photo courtesy Cheyenne Mountain ZooKitchi, Kitchi, go!Escape is tough for a lot of zoo animals, since they stand out in urban environments like sore elephants. But because otters are indigenous to Colorado, not to mention small, quick and wily, they have a fighting chance to frustrate would ... More >>
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March 25, 2010
War and Pieces
Photo courtesy Cheyenne Mountain ZooKitchi, Kitchi, go!Escape is tough for a lot of zoo animals, since they stand out in urban environments like sore elephants. But because otters are indigenous to Colorado, not to mention small, quick and wily, they have a fighting chance to frustrate would ... More >>
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March 24, 2010
Medical marijuana grow robbed in Colorado Springs, owners beaten
Hope the thieves have a green thumb...Marijuana is a lot easier to steal once it's been cultivated and packaged. So perhaps it's an indication of how good the security systems are at Colorado Springs dispensaries that early this morning, three goons invaded a home in the city's Sand Creek sub ... More >>
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March 16, 2010
Colorado Springs is diverse? Now the city has proof
Not a photo of Colorado Springs.When most of us think of diverse towns, Colorado Springs isn't the first place that leaps to mind. But somehow, someway, the Springs is one of four U.S. communities to win a City Cultural Diversity Award from the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials ... More >>
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February 23, 2010
Puppet boobs turn you on? Then hope you don't live in Colorado Springs
Are you getting a rise out of this?Thank goodness Lamar Advertising is safeguarding the morality of Colorado Springs residents. Otherwise, chaste locals might be caught in the embarrassing situation of sprouting an erection caused by a puppet. Granted, that puppet, a character from the play ... More >>
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January 27, 2010
Albertsons workers reach tentative agreement on new contract
In December, King Soopers employees approved a new contract offer, while Safeway workers rejected pretty much the same package. But Albertsons staffers were mostly silent -- until now. According to the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 website, "Albertsons has offered a tentative ag ... More >>
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November 23, 2009
Metal Monday: Converge in Springs and Cannibal Corpse at the Ogden tonight
Metal fans rejoice, for you have much to be thankful for this week, especially tonight! In case you happened to miss it last week, we published two in-depth Q&As with two of metal's most revered acts, both of which just happen to be playing our great state tonight. Down south, Converge is du ... More >>
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July 22, 2009
Hearsay bits: Mansfields, Hello Kavita, Whygee & Sunkenstate, DJ Klaw and more
New music: The Mansfields, who just completed a tour with the Queers, will be recording a new album in Atlanta, and Joe Queer will be reportedly producing it. Hello Kavita has posted three new songs ("Sunday," "To a Loved One" and "Ok") on its MySpace page from the forthcoming album the outfit has b ... More >>
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May 29, 2009
There's Beer Yoga brewing in Colorado Springs
The Beer NinjaPerhaps, in the distant past, beer drinkers have looked down their red, shiny noses at alfalfa sprout-munching yoga lovers, while those body-mind-and-soul spiritual types disdainfully ignored the smelly hopheads. But not anymore. The Bristol Brewing Company in Colorado Springs has cre ... More >>
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February 19, 2009
A Rude Feud
Colorado Springs will see hell on wheels when the roller girls come to town.
Blogs
February 18, 2009
Enough about the "pork" -- where did Malkin get the pig?
And we're not talking Jon Caldara.FoxNews contributor Michelle Malkin is now an unlikely resident of Colorado Springs -- not exactly the state's hot spot for barbecue. So where did she get the whole roasted pig (and rolls) that she brought to the State Capitol yesterday for Caldara and company's "no ... More >>
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February 2, 2009
The Mansfields to tour with the Queers
Gotta love the matter-of-fact nature of the Mansfields. The Colorado Springs outfit, which continues to enjoy frequent spins on Rodney on the Roq's specialty show, Sunday nights on KROQ, took the time to fashion a list of frequently asked questions for anyone who might be interested in doing an inte ... More >>
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November 6, 2008
Beer Today
Gotta love the matter-of-fact nature of the Mansfields. The Colorado Springs outfit, which continues to enjoy frequent spins on Rodney on the Roq's specialty show, Sunday nights on KROQ, took the time to fashion a list of frequently asked questions for anyone who might be interested in doing an inte ... More >>
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September 11, 2008
Roll Out
The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls play a double-header in the Springs.
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August 21, 2008
Happy Shmuckday to you
The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls play a double-header in the Springs.
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August 8, 2008
Vote for Honest 'Arack!
The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls play a double-header in the Springs.
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July 8, 2008
Democratic National Convention In-Security
The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls play a double-header in the Springs.
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May 30, 2008
Colorado Springs Troublemaker Noel Black Gets Out of the State He's In
The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls play a double-header in the Springs.
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