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Year in Review: The strangest people and events of 2012

See also: Year in Review: The 2012 Hall of Shame

Jesse Paul Speer's alleged kidnapping victim saw photos of other naked girls before assault

Update:Yesterday afternoon, Jesse Paul Speer, a photographer with Colorado ties who's accused of kidnapping and assaulting an eleven-year-old Cody, Wyoming, girl, waived his right to fight extradition during a brief court hearing in Montana yesterday. Meanwhile, new information about the crime is ac ... More >>

Photos: Twenty Colorado sex offenders who failed to register

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation maintains a website focused on convicted sex offenders in the state -- including those whose current whereabouts are unknown, because they've failed to register with authorities. We've collected photos and identifying information for twenty such creeps. If you re ... More >>

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Best of Denver Winners from 1995

Ah, 1995: a time when entire Best Of categories were devoted to the O.J. Simpson trial, Bernie Bickerstaff and Dikembe Mutombo were still dominating the sports pages, and Mel's Bar and Grill was still new. Check out the winners from our 1995 Best Of issue after the jump.

Reality Shows

Contemporary representational art is on tap at both Robischon and Havu.

Three by Four

Sandy Carson features a pair of solos while Cordell Taylor puts on a duet.

Hip in Hicksville

Jerry Gilmore continues the Arvada Center's tradition of supporting contemporary art.

Get in the Vamp

Saxophonist Wally Shoup blasts new life into free jazz.

Bull's Eyeful

The sordid legal saga of Katica Crippen, Second Amendment pinup girl.

Happy Birthday, Havu

The William Havu Gallery celebrates its fourth anniversary in the Golden Triangle.

Ups and Downs

Painting gets a lift at Ron Judish Fine Arts, but sculpture gets kicked out in Colorado Springs.

Going Public

Colorado Public Radio is selling itself as a kinder, gentler network. But its critics aren't buying it.

Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind

Union Station's past will have a major impact on its future.

Death Takes a Holiday

There are many ways to wind up in a hearse. Here are a few.

Missed Diagnosis

When a doctor makes a rare but horrible mistake, who should bear the scars?

Letters

They Came From Denver!

What's really going on at those Denver Post "town meetings"? Westword investigates.

Still Crazy After All These Years

The names of the patriots have changed, but not their tune.

The Cat's Meow

Sam Coffman, leader of Cat Unit, wants to give jazz new life.

OUR TOWN

GREENLAND LIES JUST MINUTES SOUTH OF DENVER, BUT IT'S A MILLION MILES AWAY.EXIT, GREENLAND A TWO-HORSE TOWN IS PUT OUT TO PASTURE.

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