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Health-care fraud is big business. What are the feds doing about it?

Five reasons restaurant employees should be allowed to have tattoos and piercings

Being stylish has its price: For restaurant employees, having a tongue barbell, ear plugs, bright pink locks or an anime tattoo on their arms could get them fired, bitched at -- or not hired in the first place. An unconventional look with body modifications and Manic Panic really should not be a det ... More >>

Blinky the Clown made history...does he belong in History Colorado?

Blinky the Clown was an icon for generations of Colorado kids who grew up watching his Blinky's Fun Club on local television. Blinky -- aka Russell Scott -- passed away on August 27 at the age of 91, and now his friends and family members -- including daughter Linda and son-in-law Steve Ballas, who ... More >>

Tonight: take a culinary tour of East Colfax

The fourth annual Tasty Colfax -- a walking tour and tasting at eateries along East Colfax Avenue between Columbine and Monroe streets -- goes down tonight from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tickets costs $25 and include food from fourteen restaurants, live music and access to after-parties.

Birthday bashes, a taste of Colfax and more on this week's calendar

"It's going to be blast," says Herb Brodsky, who co-founded Novo Coffee ten years ago, and is hosting a birthday party at the roasting facility this Saturday. "Last year over 500 people showed up -- everyone is welcome!" he says. And there's much more on the culinary menu this week. Here's a taste:

Round two with Hugo Matheson, exec chef of The Kitchen

Hugo Matheson The Kitchen Boulder & [Upstairs]; The Kitchen Denver 1039 Pearl Street, Boulder; 303-544-5973 1530 16th Street, Denver; 303-623-3127 www.thekitchencommunity.com This is the second installment of my chat with Hugo Matheson, exec chef of The Kitchen. Read part one of Matheson's intervi ... More >>

It was 45 years ago today... The Beatles' Sgt Pepper inches toward the half centry mark

By the summer of 1966, the Beatles sucked. Or at least that's the way they felt for the band. "Performance, for us, it's gone downhill," Paul McCartney said of his band at the time. "Because we can't develop if no one can hear us; so for us to perform...it gets difficult each time." The pressures of ... More >>

The Fray at Red Rocks Saturday, May 12: Second show just added. Tix on sale next Friday

The Fray just confirmed another show at Red Rocks. Quincy Magoo probably could've seen that coming, eh? Even less surprising: The date of the second show is Saturday, May 12, the night after the first Red Rocks date -- that is, assuming that Sir Isaac Slade isn't mixing it up with Killers frontman B ... More >>

Mile Highlights: Denver/Boulder area concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

Here's what's hot this week in music on the Front Range: On the concert front, new shows featuring the Shins, James Taylor and Explosions in the Sky were announced; In the Whale, Tennis and FaceMan got spins on local radio; and recent albums from Leonard Cohen, Matador, Young Jeezy and Lana Del Rey ... More >>

Sunflower Market on Colfax inspires a food fight at Denver City Council

​Unlike so many Western towns, Denver has a wealth of wonderful neighborhoods close to the heart of the city. But with that wealth of neighborhoods comes a surfeit of NIMBY issues that often spill out of their immediate area and into City Hall -- as the fight over a new supermarket on Colfax w ... More >>

The Fray at Red Rocks on Friday, May 11

Update (2/7/12): Isaac Slade and Joe King give a track-by-track breakdown of Scars & Stories, the Fray's new album. On the eve of releasing their third full-length album, Scars and Stories and almost exactly a year after playing at Invesco with U2, the Fray has announced plans to return to Red Rock ... More >>

Denver Post changes include new city editor Kevin Vaughan, new columnist Chuck Murphy

Kevin Vaughan.​Clearly, change was in the offing for the Denver Post, which confirmed last week that nineteen staffers took buyouts. But the scope of shifts among those who remain is still surprising. Among the most notable: the naming of longtime reporter Kevin Vaughan as city editor and vet ... More >>

Could a Sunflower Market create an oasis in the food desert of East Colfax?

​After more than a year of study, the Denver Food Action Task Force delivered a report to a city council committee yesterday detailing what can be done to put gardens of eating in the city's current food deserts, including streamlining the permitting process for grocery stores. And the city co ... More >>

Are you an executive by day and a wild man by night?

He's looking for the goddess. Are you the goddess?​Attention ladies: Are you looking for a man who's not afraid to get a little sand on his tuxedo? How about a gentleman who considers himself a "refined valley dude"? Well, Video Mate has the man for you. Or had the man for you, rather, back in ... More >>

Hot-dog-eating contest, progressive dinner and more on this week's culinary calendar

​Besides Elise Wiggins' new Summer Local week at Panzano, there is a plethora of beer-, wine- and meat-centric events taking place this week, plus an annual Hot-Dog Eating Contest on Sunday. Here's a taste of what's ahead:

Qwest, CenturyLink merger on the line for Colorado Public Utilities Commission

​Colorado's Public Utilities Commission is slated to sign off on Qwest's merger with CenturyLink today, a day after Montana became the fourteenth state to okay the deal, pushing memories of Mountain Bell even further down the line. The PUC was initially scheduled to approve the merger last we ... More >>

Qwest merger: Could it hurt arts organizations like the DCPA?

The DCPA's Randy Weeks is hopeful donations will keep flowing.​Yesterday's acquisition of Qwest by CenturyTel may enrich the likes of Phil Anschutz, but it's raised concerns among politicos such as Governor Bill Ritter and senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, who fear a loss of jobs once th ... More >>

Qwest merger: Bill Ritter, Mark Udall, Michael Bennet weigh in on losing company HQ

"If they try to take our jobs, who'll join my posse?"​As we told you earlier today, Qwest is being acquired by CenturyTel in a $10.6 billion stock swap. We don't know the repercussions yet, and won't for a while. But they'll undoubtedly be significant in light of the fact that the combined co ... More >>

Dialed In: This week's local-music radio playlists

Here are this week's playlists from the area's local-centric speciality shows. We're still in the process of trying to track down the playlist from KCSU's Loco Local show. With any luck, we'll be able to post that next week. In the meantime, we're still tracking Radio 1190's long-running Local Shake ... More >>

Delegating Denver #26 of 56: Michigan

Egging On

Happy Feet

That whole talking-animal genre? Let's be done with it.

Queen City of the Plains

Nathanial Trotter has a plan to crown Oprah.

Being Bettie

The Notorious Bettie Page never quite pins down the pinup.

Listen Up

Fast reviews of recent releases

Hack, Man

What's a great actor doing in a dump like Mooseport?

Ghost Story

The truth about what really happened to Holly Andrews still haunts her family.

What, Them Worry?

As Mad celebrates its 400th issue, its editors wonder how to stay funny in a world gone mad.

Various Artists

Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe
(Skaggs Family Records)

The Accidental Jurist

Leonard Peltier. Stephen Miles. Now the witness who might break the Ramsey case. It’s no wonder Lee Hill thinks he needs to pack a pistol.

Mr. Big

Stop counting the homers and start playing baseball.

Up the Creek

Nothin' but Net

The NBA tournament begins this week, but the players in the Denver County Jail have their own championship to worry about.

There Goes the Neighborhood

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