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Marijuana: Amendment 64 Task Force backs letting employers fire people for pot use

Employers would be allowed to fire employees for smoking marijuana off-site under a recommendation endorsed by the Amendment 64 Task Force on Tuesday. Members also voted to support a marijuana DUI bill and to recommend education for juveniles in possession of less than an ounce of pot. But they coul ... More >>

Fracking opponents' horror stories exaggerated, says FrackNation director in town tonight

The hydraulic fracturing process involves pumping chemicals into the ground to free oil and gas reserves trapped in tight shale formations. The debate over fracking's environmental risks isn't all that different; it's become a battle to squeeze a few facts out of stubbornly entrenched forces, amid a ... More >>

The lifers book club: Of mice and men, hopes and regrets at the Limon prison

See also: The ten best books about America's prisons

New Year's Eve: What the town's cultural tastemakers are doing tonight

This past year has been tough for many people, and we're eager to kiss 2012 goodbye. In hopes that 2013 will turn out to be much luckier for many, we invited some of the town's cultural tastemakers -- entrepreneurs and entertainers we're lucky to have in Denver -- to answer a trio of questions. We ... More >>

Lucky '13: Andrew Novick of Gimme Gimme Pillow Toast, Warlock Pinchers, and GetYourGoing DONE

This past year has been tough for many people, and we're eager to kiss 2012 goodbye. In hopes that 2013 will turn out to be much luckier for many, we invited some of the town's cultural tastemakers -- entrepreneurs and entertainers we're lucky to have in Denver -- to answer a trio of questions. We e ... More >>

Shish Kabob Grill skillfully embraces both tradition and change

Photos: Behind the Scenes at Shish Kabob Grill

Arapahoe County's district attorney race could prove a lethal election

See also: James Holmes case exploited on Facebook by district attorney candidate?

Reader: The story of Joe Arridy drew me in immediately

Walmart opponents ask Colorado Boulevard Healthcare District for a place at the podium

While the area around the new University of Colorado Health Sciences Center is booming, the buildings CU left behind a decade ago stand abandoned, and the property is now on its third developer. The city is ready for something, anything, to go there. Well, maybe not anything, say the Walmartyrs.

Here's the photo Doug Lamborn feared was child porn -- one activist says speaks volumes

From Pennsylvania to West Virginia (and Colorado), pictures of bright orange, iron-laced water pouring down streams and out of kitchen faucets have been shared by activists to demonstrate the dangers of coal mining. But one photo scheduled for display before Congress' energy and mineral resources su ... More >>

Destroyer's Dan Bejar: "I think whatever it is I do will also be a little complicated."

Destroyer (due at the Bluebird Theater this Saturday, June 9) released its last album, Kaputt, in January 2011. More than a year and a half later, Dan Bejar, the act's distant, notoriously cryptic frontman has no idea where the change -- the romantic experiment and distinctly new direction -- came f ... More >>

The urban-camping ban doesn't solve the Bumuda Triangle problem

The international FameLab competition is like "American Idol meets Bill Nye the Science Guy"

Wikimedia Commons​"Think of it as American Idol meets Bill Nye the Science Guy," says David Grinspoon, astrobiology curator of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. This is his best description of FameLab, an international competition for young scientists that has made its way across the p ... More >>

Screensaver porno fail: Your moment of lulz

And if you'll look to my right, gentlemen...​In this crazy culture of individuality, people like to express themselves. They like to personalize their personal things so that everybody will know how personal they are, because our lives in the culture of personalization hinge on the assumption ... More >>

Get your quarters ready: Magic Cyclops is on top this weekend at 3 Kings Tavern

​We're not going to lie and tell you we haven't been spending an unhealthy amount of time at the newly opened 1UP recently, because we have, and we're not ashamed of it at all. So when we saw this flier for the mythical Magic Cyclops arcade cabinet, we couldn't help but be excited and impresse ... More >>

Ten Sexy Ladies: Josh Allen rates everything ever using the ultimate scale

​If the Interwebs are to be believed, Josh Allen may just be the funniest wordsmith Denver has to offer. His 40,000-follower Twitter feed @fireland has been named among the best by the likes of the New York Times, the Washington Post, Gawker and Boing Boing, thanks to his 140-word gems like "I ... More >>

That hideous heart! Five weird ways to celebrate Edgar Allan Poe's birthday

WWEAPD?​To a greater extent than is the case with most authors, Edgar Allan Poe's life story lived up to his writing. Always infused with suspense, paranoia and creeping insanity, Poe's stories and poetry belied his troubled existence, which included marrying his thirteen-year-old cousin and m ... More >>

Foodtubes: a very underground food movement proposes really fast food

FoodtubesA proposal for food delivery under London​While food is necessary for survival, the energy waste involved in the delivery of food is anything but. Now the UK-based Foodtubes Project thinks it has the solution: a system of underground food- delivery pipelines powered by air pressure. ... More >>

Fish Fry

Freakonomics: Not exactly the sum of its parts

Denver Public Schools' get-along retreat for board members: "People think we're nuts"

Anthony CameraAndrea Merida.​ Last month, the DPS school board held a day-long retreat at the district's Balarat Outdoor Education Center. The seven-member board is divided on many issues, with four members in the majority and three -- including Andrea Merida, the subject of this week's featur ... More >>

Dan Maes: Five October surprises to expect from the campaign of the Kansas superspy

Coming soon to DVD.​Call us jaded. GOP gubernatorial hopeful Dan Maes has spun so many bizarre and jaw-dropping yarns, about everything from his generous mileage reimbursements to being fired as a Kansas cop because he dared to investigate his future in-laws' gambling activities, that we're no ... More >>

The Tasting Cafe could be the recipe for healthy, inexpensive eating

New Blood at Buntport

A video Commerce City won't be using to improve its image

In hopes of revamping its image as an industrial hellhole, Commerce City has hired an economic development consultancy to recast the berg as a diverse, forward-thinking municipality. The $80,000 the city is paying Texas-based AngelouEconomics should buy plenty of dreamy PowerPoint presentations. ... More >>

Martino TV debut: A real sell job

Tom Martino. Today's debut of Martino TV, which airs at 9 a.m. on Channel 31 and again at 11 a.m. on Channel 2, sported its share of glitches -- but in comparison with the laughably catastrophic launch of the 7 p.m. Channel 2 news hour, known as News on the Deuce, it was a fairly smooth maiden voya ... More >>

The latest pitch from Tom Martino's pay-to-appear Martino TV

An excerpt from a "Martino TV" PowerPoint. A blog yesterday shared sales documents associated with Martino TV, an upcoming program starring self-proclaimed "Troubleshooter" Tom Martino. The show charges businesses to receive the de facto endorsement of its star, who appears in regular consumer-advo ... More >>

At the UFO briefing, aliens are ready for their close-up

A Flickr photo I've always thought that having an alien encounter would be a curse. From that point on, your sanity would always be in question. Unless of course, you hang with a crowd that believes little green men have been snooping around our houses and backyards for centuries. That was the kin ... More >>

Tonight at the Wynkoop: Author Andrew Nikiforuk reveals Canada's dirty oil secrets

Most Americans probably don't know that Canada has replaced Saudi Arabia as our primary source of imported oil. And fewer still have any idea that much of the Canadian oil, refined into gasoline at places like Suncor Energy's plant in Commerce City, is some of the nastiest stuff on earth, obtained ... More >>

The Devil Makes Three

Wednesday, March 25, Walnut Room, 303-292-1700.

Byrne After Reading

20:20

Anything goes at Pecha Kucha night.

Magnolia Tapestry Project

Fort Collins Musuem of Contemporary Art

Cloudy Weather at Denver Meteorologist Conference

The forecasters, however, have sunny dispositions.

The Unforeseen

Man vs. nature deep in the heart of Texas in The Unforeseen.

Talk Fast

Mapping the Future of Urban Sprawl

Dave Theobald fights sprawl by charting it, one ranchette at a time.

Hot Stuff!

Hatch chiles hit the Wal.

Climate Change

High-school plays examine the environment.

Making Tracks

Getting trains up I-70 was once just a pipe dream. Today there are three technologies to choose from.

Ten Years After

A decade of blunders, spin and hype hasn't solved the JonBenét Ramsey murder case. Is it time for the truth?

Under the Leather

If Bob Beauprez needs a spanking, Jae Januze is ready to lend a hand.

Them's Fighting Words

Activists arm for battle with cockers.

Deep-Sixed

Hollywood pounces on 6-6-06 with a needless Omen revival.

Radio Free Denver

Dance for democracy -- and KGNU.

Waltz of the Cannibals

How to demolish the telecom industry, in six easy steps.

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