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Dr. Janice Husted, psychologist, charged with sex assault on military client

Hollywood loves stories about psychiatrists and patients drawn into love matches during their shared time together -- much of it involving a couch. But the folks at the Colorado Springs Police Department aren't nearly as charmed by the concept. Just ask Dr. Janice Husted, who's been arrested for all ... More >>

Countdown to Denver Arts Week: Muertos Mart at Pirate Contemporary Art

Pirate gallery's annual Día de los Muertos celebration has been bringing family altars and candlelight processions to downtown and northside streets for close to thirty years. It's one of several Day of the Dead celebrations taking place in Denver this weekend, which will merge Dead events with the ... More >>

The Dandy Warhols' Peter Holmstrom on major to indie: "the most challenging aspect was to learn how to work with a much smaller budget"

The Dandy Warhols (due at the Gothic Theatre and Twist & Shout on Tuesday, June 12) came out of the underground rock world of the 1990s to enduring popularity and fame. Over the course of the band's career, it has consistently pushed its sonic boundaries and songwriting. The Dandys are one of the ha ... More >>

Growing numbers of veterans are becoming addicted to gambling

Where's the military when the chips are down?

Oscar-nominated Poster Girl to screen tomorrow with director in attendance

​According to the Department of Defense, members of the American military committed suicide at the rate of one every 36 hours between 2005 and 2010. Ten years into the war in the Middle East, with troops officially set to exit Iraq in January, the problem of service members returning home de ... More >>

Author Benjamin Runkle on his new book, Wanted Dead or Alive

​Author Benjamin Runkle will be at the Tattered Cover in Highlands Ranch tonight to talk about his new book, Wanted Dead or Alive: Manhunts from Geronimo to Bin Laden. In preparation for his appearance, we caught up with Runkle to talk about his book, the importance of manhunts and the effect ... More >>

A Manhunt Manifesto

Knock, Knock

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 >>

The War Next Door

Rich in history and imperiled species, Pinon Canyon isn't like any other place on earth. Locals fear that the Army wants to tear the hell out of it.

Top 4 classic Colorado hoaxes -- including a prehistoric body and man-eating rats!

It's gonna blow!​Last weekend, the Denver Center Theatre Company's New Play Summit featured Great Wall Story, a play by Lloyd Suh based on the true story of how, in 1899, three Denver reporters came up with a hoax that the Great Wall of China was being torn down. It was quite a ruse, and it ca ... More >>

Medical marijuana to treat PTSD? Army personnel form MMJ advisory board.

Robert Melamede​In September, Colorado's health department rejected the use of medical marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, a common affliction for veterans. But that doesn't mean the military and MMJ have been divorced once and for all. Cannabis Science, a Colorado Springs marij ... More >>

Terrence Lakin, birther Lt. Colonel, found guilty of failing to report, becomes movement martyr

Terrence Lakin.​KHOW's Peter Boyles partly credits his number-one ratings to taking risks -- such as giving plenty of airtime to the birther controversy, which even Glenn Beck regards as loonbaggery. And he's got plenty of fresh fodder now that Greeley Lieutenant Colonel Terrence Lakin has bee ... More >>

Santiago Gutierrez-Hernandez, found in car on S. King St., died of gunshot wound to chest (27)

Near the scene.​Update:It took over a week for the Denver coroner's office to identify the man found dead in a car on the 1100 block of South King Street on October 17. The information came around the same time Paul Cortez was ID'd in a homicide near Bruce Randolph and York. The South King vi ... More >>

Medical marijuana community fights health department's PTSD policy

Courtesy of US Defense Dept.Approved PTSD simulator treatment.​Colorado Springs dispensary owner Drew Milburn, a veteran, doesn't like the state health department's opposition to using medical marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder -- and he's not alone. Team 420 has scheduled a pr ... More >>

Open Door Policy

Terrence Lakin, birther Lieutenant Colonel refusing to honor Obama's "illegal" orders to serve in Afghanistan, is a Colorado native -- naturally

Lieutenant Colonel Terrence Lakin, who's refusing to return to Afghanistan for a second tour until President Barack Obama produces proof that he was born in the U.S., is a Colorado native. Which makes perfect sense given the case of birther fever that continues to run through the state more than a ... More >>

Medical marijuana fight: Health department lobbies against MMJ use in treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder

Photo by John J. Kruzel, courtesy of the U.S. Defense DepartmentThe use of the lifelike simulator shown here has been approved for PTSD treatment.​Update, 4:00 p.m.: Representative Sal Pace's amendment relating to medical marijuana and post-traumatic stress disorder has been defeated, and the ... More >>

Matt Damon and Green Zone confirm the Big Lie, Hollywood style

Pagans, Wiccans and Druids: The Air Force Academy wants you -- to check out its new worship space

A circle in the sun.​The last decade wasn't always kind to the Air Force Academy. In January 2003, Westword published "The War Within," a feature by reporter Julie Jargon about mistreatment of female cadets that kicked off a series of scandals and PR black eyes. Among the latter: A 2005 milita ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Hold your horses!

​Twenty-five years ago, the Department of Defense took over 235,000 acres of ranchland in southeastern Colorado -- the largest condemnation of private property in the country. And the Army's not done yet. Six years ago, word surfaced that the feds would try to add another 400,000 acres to the ... More >>

An unlikely posse of politicians wants to save Pinon Canyon from a bad guy: the Army

Jared Polis is having a tough year on TV

Colorado connections make these reality TV shows more fun to watch.

Wake-Up Call: Waterboarded!

"Do you believe in waterboarding?" The question was not from President Barack Obama or former vice president Dick Cheney, who are all over the news today for their comments on torture and terrorism yesterday. It was posed by former senator Gary Hart, who long before 9/11 was warning of the troub ... More >>

Sites Unseen

Doors Open Denver keeps growing.

Drop Boards Not Bombs

Llewellyn Werner thinks skateparks could get Iraq's economy rolling

James Dobson to Barack Obama: Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner

Necro Loves Violence, Hates Women and Other Assorted Goodies

Space Case

The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow explores the world within -- and without.

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Diss Honor

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Honor Thy Academy

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Academy Gets a Pass

A Change Blowing In

The Zephyr has weathered life on Colfax for 56 years. But can it withstand the march of progress?

A Gopher in Your Pocket?

Douglas County's very own gopher is the latest endangered-species hopeful.

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In the Eye of the Storm

This Is a Job for Superfund!

Colorado's legacy of contamination spreads far and wide.

Next Question

What goes on at Buckley? It's up in the air.

A Plague on All Your Houses

Denver readies itself for a bio-bomb — but is the federal program behind this exercise a dud?

The Case for Safety

Is this a case of an industry policing itself?

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An Honest Living

Researchers may have fabricated state-of-the-art polygraph technology, but it can't forge the Truth.

Shy, but Not Retiring

Colonel Bishop, Rocky Mountain Arsenal boss, has left the Army--but he's already back on the job.

Defusing a Controversy

A piece of new technology bails the state and feds out of an explosive lawsuit over the Lowry Bombing Range.

Bombs Away

Frustrated by federal inaction, state health officials sue to clean up the old Lowry Bombing Range.

Close Encounter of the Special-Effects Kind

THE SNIT HITS THE FAN

WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THOSE CALLS BY PAT SCHROEDER FOR INVESTIGATIONS? NOT A WHOLE LOT.

LETTERS

MUSCLE BITCH PARTY

A DEFENSE DEPARTMENT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE WOMEN'S UPPER-BODY STRENGTH HAS CRITICS FIT TO BE TIED.