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Photos: Ten prisoners whose death penalties were switched to life

Yesterday's decision by Governor John Hickenlooper to grant murderer Nathan Dunlap a reprieve from the death penalty -- one that will stand as long as Hickenlooper is in office but can be reversed by successors -- doesn't stand alone. As noted by the Death Penalty Information Center, more than 270 d ... More >>

Obama campaign ads in Denver target viewers of Judge Judy (and Divorce Court!)

Editor's note: This election cycle,Westword is exploring the public records of television stations for information on how candidates are spending money on ads in Denver. Our latest dive into the political ad spending records at Denver television stations reveals that President Barack Obama's team i ... More >>

E.J. Dionne on the Supreme Court, cable news and evangelicals

Only a few hours after the Supreme Court declared Obama's health-insurance mandate constitutional, we spoke with Washington Post columnist and NPR commentator E.J. Dionne, who was at the Aspen Ideas Festival promoting his book, Our Divided Political Heart: The Battle for the American Idea in an Age ... More >>

Denver Post puts local news first in echo of Rocky Mountain News

The front page of today's Denver Post -- the physical version, not its website -- features a note from editor Greg Moore announcing that the paper has been "reordered." Specifically, local news, which previously ran after national and international stories, will now appear in the lead section -- a ... More >>

Jason Grote, writer for Smash, got the gig through a New Play Summit contact

Katherine McPhee starts in Smash.​There's huge buzz around Smash, a television show premiering at 9 p.m. tonight on NBC. A procedural drama depicting the creation of a musical about Marilyn Monroe, Smash features such big-name acting talent as Anjelica Huston and Debra Messing, as well as Amer ... More >>

National food critics dish out tweets on their Denver meals

​Some of the biggest and boldest national names in food criticism descended on Denver over the weekend to check our city's culinary scene. Why, you ask? Let's just say that they were doing research for the James Beard Foundation Awards. Several of those critics tweeted about their experiences ... More >>

Victoria Jackson's excellent Tea Party adventure

Shel moves forward after parting ways with Republic Nashville with new five-songEP

​Paging Alexandra Patsavas: Have you met Shel (due at the Bluebird tonight with Elephant Revival) yet? If not, you should definitely make their acquaintance. The music these lovely ladies make genuinely sounds like it was painstakingly crafted in a lab specifically to be played in an episode o ... More >>

Let the spiritual move you at patheos.com

Medical marijuana crackdown in California illegal because it's not happening in Colorado?

​Yesterday, attorneys in California asked a court to issue a temporary restraining order to stop federal raids on pot dispensaries there. This request makes a slew of legal arguments, one of which pivots on the lack of such federal actions in Colorado -- at least thus far. But as sympathetic ... More >>

GLBT Color Guard first gay group allowed to march in Veteran's Day Parade

Big pic below.​The GLBT Community Color Guard, made up of gay and lesbian veterans, has sought permission to march in the annual Veteran's Day parade before, but the answer's always been no -- until this year. With the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, an invitation to take part in tomorrow's e ... More >>

Marijuana PTSD study roadblock example of feds' schizophrenia, says Brian Vicente

Last year, Colorado's health department refused to approve medical marijuana for treating post-traumatic stress disorder -- but one branch of the federal government appeared ready to test pot's PTSD effectiveness. Now, however, the plan's on hold, much to the chagrin of Brian Vicente, who's long fou ... More >>

PostSecret founder Frank Warren tells us a secret

So many secrets.​In case you haven't seen the exhibit, or have been living under a rock for the past five years or so, PostSecret is a project from Frank Warren that began when he handed out blank postcards to strangers in the Washington, D.C. area, inviting people to decorate the postcards wi ... More >>

Women's Funding Network sex-trafficking study is junk science

Schapiro Group data wasn't questioned by mainstream media

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 >>

Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson's story told in Fair Game

Andrew Romanoff gets boost from White House job controversy

"It's nice to feel wanted."​In recent weeks, senatorial hopeful Andrew Romanoff has been under increasing pressure to talk about alleged job offers from the White House if he wouldn't challenge Democratic incumbent Michael Bennet in November, especially in light of similar claims made by Penns ... More >>

Ken Salazar's role in BP disaster: More spin than reform?

Department of the InteriorThe explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig still hasn't been explained.​The finger-pointing over the massive oil slick threatening the Gulf Coast is spreading almost as fast as the spill itself. While critics on the right chortle over Department of the Interior c ... More >>

Andrew Romanoff: Is the national political establishment starting to take his challenge to Michael Bennet seriously?

"You've heard of me? Really?"​Is Andrew Romanoff's Colorado senate run against Michael Bennet making an impact in the Beltway? Prominent mentions in the Washington Post serve as telling indications -- and the paper has name-checked Romanoff twice in as many days. Yesterday, the Post's Dan Bal ... More >>

Shel signs with Republic Nashville. Literally.

Ever wish you could be a fly on the wall when an act signed its record deal? Wonder what the scene is like? Some instances, we imagine, have been more memorable than others. The members of the Fray, for instance, signed their deal with Epic onstage at the Fox Theatre back in December 2004, in fron ... More >>

Bill Romanowski as Redskins' strength and conditioning coach? What a juicy idea

A Flickr photo"I've been clean for years. I just like to grit my teeth."​The Washington Post is reporting that former Bronco Bill Romanowski is interviewing for a job with his old coach, Mike Shanahan, now helming the Redskins. The gig? Strength-and-conditioning coach. Cue peals of laughter. ... More >>

Stephen Hunter Swaggers Into Town

Anarchists like Ariel Attack may not like laws, but they love the rules of fashion

Elway the dog's tombstone lands Denver Post on this year's Regret the Error list

This tombstone isn't real. Repeat. It isn't real.​ I confess. I'm the reason the Denver Post appears on Regret the Error's annual roundup of memorable mistakes and corrections. And I racked with guilt about it. On June 10, I wrote an item about the death of Elway -- that is, the death of the ... More >>

ProgressNow Colorado takes aim at Jane Norton

ProgressNow Colorado's Michael Huttner during a recent Fox News appearance.​How do you know that Jane Norton, who announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate yesterday, is the first Republican in the race feared by Democrats? Because she's already under attack by ProgressNow Colorado, the most ... More >>

Can't go to Broncos training camp? Read Stefan Fatsis's A Few Seconds of Panic instead

​The Broncos start training camp today, and, sure, you could go watch. But unless you sneak into the locker room and hide behind Brandon Marshall's ego, going to camp won't give you even a hint of what life is really like for the Broncos. For that, you'll have to hit your favorite bookseller. ... More >>

Do Bennet and Udall heart the NRA?

Is that a gun in your pocket? When Michael Bennet was just a baby/his mama told him, son/always be a good boy/don't ever play with guns. But that (weird, re-imagined-by-me Johnny Cash lyric) didn't stop him from voting for them. Now he and fellow Sen. Mark Udall are in trouble -- at least with ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Salazar needs to stay put

Timing is everything. Early on, as president-elect Barack Obama started filling his Cabinet, Ken Salazar's name kept surfacing -- but so did word that what the first-term senator and former Colorado Attorney General ultimately wanted was a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, and in the meantime, he wa ... More >>

Fortress of Solitude

The Bureau of Prisons is as good at keeping prisoners in as it is at keeping reporters out.

Bite Me

You Are What You Eat

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Burn, baby, burn

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It's curtains!

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Net change

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New York State of Mind

The Black-and-White Newsroom

Several Post staffers want more colors in their paper's palette.

Hiding in Plain Sight

To find truly progressive media outlets, try looking beneath the radar.

Hit Them With Your Best Shot

Dueling articles about police shootings spur plenty of newsroom fireworks.

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Congress and its members.

The Making of a Pundit

Here's how Andrew Cohen became one of the legal biz's foremost talking heads.

Payback

Cabinet reject Linda Chavez is making the most of her public humiliation.

Songs of the Century

Part one of a pre-millennial salute to the music that made America sing.

This Year Blows!

Kissing off a year of six-minute smooches and sex-toy cigars.

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Charge! It

Adding Insult to Injury

Pulling the plug on attorney advertising could get somebody sued -- including the State of Colorado

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