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Photos: FBI's updated Ten Most Wanted list -- and the Colorado crime on it

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has updated its Ten Most Wanted list -- an FBI tradition for more than sixty years. The individuals highlighted this time around include one who made the roster due to alleged actions in Colorado: Edwin Ernesto Rivera Gracias, who's thought to have killed a man an ... More >>

Natalie Egleston skiing death: No charges in collision that took her life on Aspen Mountain

Earlier this month, we told you about the skiing accident that took the life of Natalie Egleston, a Philadelphia-based executive, during a visit to Aspen Mountain. She was struck by another skier, subsequently identified as Virginia Chen, age 53. The district attorney with jurisdiction in Aspen inv ... More >>

Natalie Egleston was standing still before collision that took her life on Aspen Mountain

Update: We've now got more information about the passing of Philadelphia's Natalie Egleston, who died Monday while skiing with friends on Aspen Mountain -- the third official skiing-related death at a Colorado resort this season. Egleston was reportedly standing in place when she was struck by anot ... More >>

Jake Adam York, Colorado poet and teacher, dead at forty

For his students at the University of Colorado Denver, where he was an associate professor of English, Jake Adam York had a reputation for being a hardass. You got the feeling it was a reputation he enjoyed. We feared him or we loved him -- often both -- and the reputation preceded him; everyone kne ... More >>

Reader: I applaud all the chefs who put it out there, including Mitch Mayers

Mitch Mayers always knew he wanted to be a chef, even when his parents insisted he go to Cornell. So he paired that with classes at culinary school, and after a stint with Hillstone -- which sent him to Denver to run the kitchen at the Cherry Creek Grill -- he's now the exec chef at Black Pearl. An ... More >>

Mitch Mayers, exec chef of Black Pearl, on Mohawks and Agio

Mitch Mayers Black Pearl 1529 South Pearl Street 303-777-0500 www.blackpearldenver.com This is part one of my interview with Mitch Mayers, exec chef of Black Pearl; part two of our conversation will run tomorrow. Mitch Mayers wanted to cook; his parents insisted that he go to Cornell. He negotiate ... More >>

Black Pearl owner Steve Whited and his chef, Mitch Mayers, will open Agio in Baker early next year

Black Pearl, Steve Whited's popular contemporary American restaurant on South Pearl Street, opened in 2005, and while several of the dining dens on that stretch of asphalt have shuttered or suffered from an identity crisis, the unpretentious Platt Park gem has remained largely consistent, despite a ... More >>

Controversy over fracking continues despite industry's best efforts to bury it

Morrissey, Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube, Dinosaur Jr., Jackson Browne lead this week's shows

Denver's summer concert season is proving to be every bit as hot as anticipated, and the fall is shaping up to be just as heated with new dates from Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg and E-40, who are due back in town at the end of August, followed by Rascal Flatts in September, Dinosaur Jr. in October and Morri ... More >>

They Call It Myanmar, in Denver tomorrow, lifts the curtain on the people of Burma

Colorado is home to more than two thousand refugees from Burma, an isolated country in southeast Asia. Among them is Drucie Bathin, the head of the Colorado Rangers Organization, which works on the model of refugees helping refugees, and the subject of our cover story, "A World Away." And what is it ... More >>

Ten RecordSetter world records set by Coloradoans, including most questions asked in a drive-thru

The core philosophy of Corey Henderson and Dan Rollman's book, The RecordSetter Book of World Records, is that everyone can be the world's best at something -- even if it is something ridiculous. They'll sign their book tonight at the Tattered Cover LoDo and tomorrow at the Boulder Bookstore. In add ... More >>

Child-sex-trafficking stereotypes demolished by new research

Round two with Scott Yosten, exec chef of Steakhouse 10

Lori Midson​ Scott Yosten Steakhouse 10 3516 South Elati Street 303-789-0911 www.steakhouse10.com This is part two of my interview with Scott Yosten, exec chef of Steakhouse 10. Part one of my interview with Yosten ran in this space yesterday. Favorite food city: Chicago. The ethnic borough ... More >>

Scott Yosten, exec chef of Steakhouse 10, on politicians, food trucks and the weirdness of the customer who chewed the fat

Lori Midson​ Scott Yosten Steakhouse 10 3516 South Elati Street 303-789-0911 www.steakhouse10.com This is part one of my interview with Scott Yosten, executive chef of Steakhouse 10. Part two of my interview with Yosten will run tomorrow. Scott Yosten has seen it all: a maître d' who coul ... More >>

Three food blogs provide plenty of inspiration...and a few recipes, too

Jennifer Yu had to learn new baking tricks at 8500 feet.​Jennifer Yu learned to bake for stress relief, first when she was in graduate school for geology at Cornell University, and then at Cal Tech. "I took cookies into work all the time," she remembers. "People would ask, 'How do you make you ... More >>

Aubrey Lavizzo, Colorado's Veterinarian of the Year, talks about pet peeves and pet loss

No, he didn't get a crown, Dr. Aubrey J. Lavizzo informs me, when the Colorado Veterinary Medical Association named him the 2011 CVMA Veterinarian of the Year. But he did get "a free lunch for me and my wife, Gale" -- and a round of applause from his colleagues in recognition of his decades of servi ... More >>

One Book One, One Denver suggestion: Steve Katz's Time's Wallet

​We've made no secret about our beef with One Book, One Denver -- specifically, that the program doesn't try very hard to find unknown novels by great authors, or even books by Colorado authors -- but so far this year we've neglected to put our money where our mouth is. So here's the first of ... More >>

Bedbugs: Top five myths -- and the icky truth

​ Bedbugs, which are the subject of this week's feature, "Bug Bedlam," are truly creepy. If you need proof, watch these video clips of them sucking human blood, pooping and procreating. But nasty as they are, there are also some nasty rumors out there about them that are just plain fiction. ... More >>

Remembering Sandy Widener, John Parr and Chase Parr

katy tartakoff​The reminder for the memorial site at muchloved.com came in at 5:01 this morning. I did not need it: Not a day goes by that I do not think about Sandy Widener, John Parr and Chase Parr, the three members of a much-loved Colorado family who died in a horrific car wreck three year ... More >>

It's starting to get cold and sucky outside. We're here to help

Avoid this at all costs.​Winter is approaching. It's shitty outside. You can't go anywhere without bundling up into a bajillion layers, and where is there to even go in the city when it's so cold out? The long, carefree days of summer are behind us, and now it gets dark depressingly early in t ... More >>

Surprise! Tits affect tipping

A Flickr photo.​Cornell University is known for its high-minded academic research, but it also has its hand in some randier projects. For example, professor Michael Lynn recently published a research paper on how a waitress's appearance affects her tips, according to this report on Restaurant ... More >>

Cowboy Down: Rob Krentz's Family Talks About the Life and Death of the Murdered Arizona Rancher

Temple Grandin, CSU prof, named one of Time's 100 most influential people

Photo courtesy Cornell UniversityTemple Grandin is keeping some impressive company.​It's been a nice year thus far for CSU professor/cow whisperer Temple Grandin. In February, she was portrayed by actress Claire Danes in Temple Grandin, a well-reviewed HBO biopic. And now, she's been named on ... More >>

St. Patrick's Day on the streets of Denver

Your intrepid blogger performs his journalistic duty by doing a round of car bombs with his friends. ​ If you can read these words on your computer screen today, you have shamed St. Patrick. Also, you were probably not anywhere near Colfax last night. Fortunately for you, that is exactly whe ... More >>

Remembering Sandy Widener

In journalism, "30" means the end. But after thirty years, it's not easy to let somebody go.

The Colorado Lottery Offers Up Golden Rules

You may already be a winner!

Pete Wernick

Bluegrass legend Dr. Banjo is still plucking after all these years.

Q&A With Pete Wernick of Flexigrass

People Power

Chris Nevitt, both pro-union and an economist, represents some of the poorest and wealthiest areas of the city. Can he bring everyone together?

Wynkoop Brewing Co.

A toast to Kurt Vonnegut.

Contestant #3: Kandyce Hudson

Contestant #3: Kandyce Hudson

From Russia, Without Love

Hackers are selling rape porn through university websites -- including student pages at UCD.

Memory Lane

A farewell to architect Eugene Sternberg and landscape architect Jane Silverstein Ries.

Building a Better Mousetrap

Biologist Rob Ramey isn't afraid of taking risks -- but taking on environmentalists may be his riskiest move.

Slippery Slopes

Western State seeks to save its ski team with a dash for private cash.

Land of the Free Spirits

Americana explores the currents in our culture

Fragile Legacies

The fate of classic modern architecture in the suburbs is now at a crossroads.

It's Not Easy Being Green

Look who's mad at Dick Lamm now!

Small World

Where little folks rule

The Spirit Moves Her

Jamie Korngold, the Adventure Rabbi, seeks the sacred in God's outdoor gym.

War and Remembrance

Father Jim Sunderland chose to spend his life as a middleman -- between killers and God.

Swiss Miss

When his wife required an emergency transplant, this professor was ready to donate his own kidney -- but CU wasn't willing to pay the price.

Totally Abstract

At 100 years old, abstract art still holds its shape.

Virgin Rebirth

The statue doesn't look like a traditional Our Lady of Guadalupe. But its appearance is just the start of the mystery.

The Reich Stuff

A new boxed set gives minimalist Steve Reich maximum exposure.

THE MAGNIFICENT FIVE

PETE WERNICK'S LIVE FIVE PLAYS BLUEGRASS A NEW WAY.

THE HEP-C GENERATION

Unholy Rollers

Bad Religion is pushing punk rock to the masses.