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

The best EDM in Denver this weekend

RAY OKPARA @ BETA | FRI, 3/22/13 Unlike most DJs out of Germany, Ray Okpara leans more toward the house end of the tech-house spectrum -- and that's to the benefit of his legions of fans all over the world, because Okpara has polished a streamlined, minimal-leaning version that's still overflowing w ... More >>

Ray Okpara's hypnotic set will move bodies at Beta

The 50 worst rap lyrics: The complete list

We've finally arrived: The The best of the worst. The creme de la crap. The unholy of unholies. If you thought 50-11 were bad, you ain't seen nothin' yet. These are the lyrics that can turn a good album sour, and make a bad album laughable. Included are quotes from Eminem, Lil B, J. Cole, 2 Chainz, ... More >>

The fifty worst rap lyrics (50-41)

Listen, before I breakdown rap's worst lyrics, you should know, I don't hate Lil' Wayne. No, really. I like him just fine. But even good rappers get caught slipping, as evidenced by the fact that Lil' Wayne makes several appearances on this list. And while picking low-hanging fruit is the nature of ... More >>

The movies to know from Sundance and the year ahead

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Photos: Kenna Egbune, beloved and active CU Boulder student, mourned after sudden death

Kenna Egbune didn't just go to school at CU-Boulder. He was extremely involved in campus life as PR director of the African Students Association and member of CU's Queer People of Color and EyeResist groups. No wonder that the turnout was so large at a candlelight vigil last night to mourn his sudd ... More >>

A Gullah Feast

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Meet Atomga, a homegrown outfit specializing in traditional Nigerian Afrobeat and funk

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 bring their white hot melodies, thunderous vocal stylings and high vibration rhythms to the Boulder Theater tonight. But while Seun, the son of legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, and his band are clearly the main draw this evening, you won't want to miss the opener, Atomga, a ... More >>

Tantric Picasso: "That alchemy is so precious and nurturing"

Tantric Picasso (due Thursday, February 2 at the Bluebird Theater) started in 2008 among a group of friends who met at school, which is typical enough, but in naming the band, the fivesome created a personal mythology (partly detailed below) that is somewhat embodied in the name with hints of the es ... More >>

Review: Sade and John Legend at the Pepsi Center, 8/11/11

Brandon Marshall​SADE & JOHN LEGEND at PEPSI CENTER | 8/11/11Sade brings a level of splendor, sophistication and smoldering seductiveness to her work unlike anyone else. While plenty of other vocalists admittedly possess a more expansive range, few carry themselves with the sort of grace and g ... More >>

Hessini Roots International combines Southern soul with West African and Mexican dishes

West African dishes and a family atmosphere are on the menu at African Grill

Food porn: African Grill and Bar

Mark MangerThe Ford-Wuo family at African Grill and Bar.​For this week's review, I visited African Grill and Bar, an oasis in an Aurora strip mall that offers a culinary journey to West Africa -- as well as an education on the fare served in Ghana, Nigeria, Gambia, Senegal and Liberia. Here's ... More >>

Review preview: African Grill and Bar

Mark MangerThe owners of African Grill and Bar serve dinner with an education.​I love it when an unfamiliar cuisine forces me out of my comfort zone, sending me into a post-dinner frenzy of research as I try to understand a culture through what it eats. When I first sat down at African Grill ... More >>

Why do Mexican immigrants stay stuck on the bottom rungs of the success ladder?

Most envelopes torn in half in thirty seconds and other weird world records set in Colorado

You got nothing on this, other states.​It was a momentous day for the Centennial State on Saturday, when Deepak Sharma Bajagain shattered the Guinness world records for Most Envelopes Torn in Half in Thirty Seconds and Most Grapes Eaten in Three Minutes with a Small Plastic Spoon (stay tuned - ... More >>

Colorado's No. 1 in fraud complaints: Greeley, Boulder, Fort Collins & CO Springs in top 15

​Statistics compiled by the Federal Trade Commission show that Colorado had the highest per-capita rate of consumer fraud complaints in the nation last year. According to the FTC's Consumer Sentinel Network report for 2010, Greeley, Boulder, Fort Collins and Colorado Springs all ranked among t ... More >>

My crazy Christmas: Westword writers share their holiday stories

​Christmas can be intense: Rife with familial undercurrents and financial strain, the yuletide can bring a time of crushing disappointment, dissolving relationships, mounting tension and exploding tempers -- but if we open our hearts and we wish hard enough, it just might also be a time of red ... More >>

Zachrey Harris busted in Joseph Owen Coy case of alleged racial attack on CU's Olubiyi Ogundipe

Zachrey Harris.​On Saturday, Joseph Owen Coy was accused of a racially motivated attack on Olubiyi Ogundipe for allegedly punching the Nigeria-born CU student amid slurs about monkeys and worse -- but Boulder Police didn't know if Coy's two companions would face similar charges. Now, one of th ... More >>

Joseph Owen Coy's companions ID'd in racial attack on Olubiyi Ogundipe near Hookah House

​Yesterday, we told you about the arrest of Joseph Owen Coy on racially motivated crime charges involving Nigeria-born CU student Olubiyi Ogundipe near Boulder's Hookah House. Now the Boulder Police Department has tracked down Coy's two companions that evening, and the city manager has release ... More >>

Joseph Owen Coy accused of racially motivated crime on Olubiyi Ogundipe near Hookah House

​Early Saturday, an altercation took place near Boulder's Hookah House, at 1325 Broadway. And Boulder Police believe what took place constitutes a racially motivated crime -- hence, the accusations against Lafayette's Joseph Owen Coy, who's said to have called CU student Olubiyi Ogundipe and a ... More >>

Ifiok Etuk is suburban superhero Aurora Wraptight: Kenny Be's Hip Tip

full-sized comic below​Aurora Wraptight Real name: Ifiok Etuk; Occupation: Soul feeder; Suburb of operations: Aurora; Eyes: All-seeing; Hair: All-growing Suburban superhero skill: After years of thankless toil in the corporate ranks of Taco Bell, Aurora Wraptight learned that his path to true ... More >>

Porn site preys on lonely chain-store fans

​One day it was Home Depot, the next it was Wendy's, and then a secret admirer told me he'd stopped by "applebees and thought about u." Now I just got an e-mail from someone who spotted me at Starbucks -- at least according to this: Howdy Patricia. not usually this brave, i thought i saw u b ... More >>

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Hessini gives a unique world tour of food

Last fall, Nigerian-born Ifiok Etuk began to transform the space at 2044 Clinton Street, Unit B, in Aurora into his own workplace, his own restaurant. The result is Hessini Roots International Cafe, a unique space that fuses soul food, African food and Mexican food into a veritable world tour of cui ... More >>

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love High Gas Prices

A Nobel Calling

Glove Love

Brawlroom Boxing promises big hits.

Femi Kuti

Wednesday, July 20, Boulder Theater, 303-786-7030

Arthur Lee Land

Dragonfly (Perfect Groove Records)

Bite Me

Rice Checks

Clay Pride

The state of the art in contemporary ceramics is on display at the CU Art Museum.

Side Show Attractions

Contemporary art is the focus of two small shows at the DAM.

Cultural Stew

Danilo Perez rocks the Boulder Theater, while a local girl makes good at the Grammys.

In the Name of the Father

Femi Kuti represents the next generation of Afrobeat.

Passion Play

Bring Back That Sunny Ade

The King of juju makes party music with a message.

Thrills for the week

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Thrills for the week

OFF LIMITS

LONG LIVE THE KING

KING SUNNY ADE CONTINUES TO BRIGHTEN THE WORLD-MUSIC SCENE.

ALIVE AND KICKING