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Competitive skiing kept Army veteran Joel Hunt from going downhill

See also: Joel Hunt, vet turned ski racer, recounts his struggles: "I wished that I had died in Iraq"

Video: Christopher Dorner, ex-L.A. cop, presumed dead after fiery cabin standoff

Update:Ex-L.A. cop Christopher Dorner has been the subject of a massive manhunt for more than a week after allegedly killing three , including former Denver resident Keith Lawrence; see previous coverage below. Now, the crisis appears at an end, with charred remains found in a gutted California cabi ... More >>

Patty Skolnik pushes medical transparency legislation toward the federal level

Editor's note: This is the latest profile in Kelsey Whipple's ongoing series highlighting local political activists. The worst day of Patty Skolnik's life lasted 32 months. It started the day her son Michael, a 22-year-old college student, passed out. Doctors found a small dot on his brain, an asym ... More >>

Top 25 marijuana stories in Colorado in 2010: The year in weed

​It's been a momentous year for marijuana in Colorado: landmark legislation, turf wars, huge profits, shocking arrests, enormous celebrations and more. Below, we've compiled links to and excerpts from 25 of the biggest weed stories to take place in the state during 2010. Page through and brea ... More >>

Aaron Million provides list of users for his 550-mile pipe dream

Million's lined up users for his pipe dream.​As we noted in a November feature, Fort Collins entrepreneur Aaron Million plans to solve some of Colorado's water woes courtesy of a 550-mile pipeline that would pump water from the Green River in Wyoming to thirsty water users along the Front Rang ... More >>

"Gunny" Bob Newman leaves KOA for mysterious new assignment

Bob Newman.​As a former Marine gunnery sergeant, KOA radio host Bob Newman comes by his combativeness naturally. When politically liberal Colorado Media Matters, staffed by some of his most persistent critics, collapsed in March, Gunny Bob gleefully kicked the organization when it was down (an ... More >>

Pure Evil: The 12 most evil robots of all time and how to thwart them

This week's Westword features an overtly robo-gandist cover story about Basil, a beer-serving robot created by Denver's Jim and Louise Gunderson. But with all this talk of robots, I would've been remiss in not listing -- as a service to humanity -- the most evil robots of all time and what we, a ... More >>

The Good Soldier

When the Army tried to take down Andrew Pogany, it messed with the wrong coward.

Blackwater Isn't the Only Security Contractor With Something to Hide

A Denver court case reveals dirty trade secrets from the business of war in Iraq.

Aaron Harber on His Sit-Down With General David Petraeus

Home Security

Better living through science on the prairie southeast of Denver.

Follow That Story

Back in the Brig

Visa -- It's Everywhere You Want to Be

Unless you're Amarzaya Toodoi, a young Mongolian student trying to return to Denver in a post-9/11 world.

At Close Range

The Cherry Creek Shooting Center finds itself under the gun.

Follow That Story

Follow the Leader

A Matter of Trust

Who paid what to clean up Lowry Landfill? That's confidential.

Pop Goes Her World

A performance veteran at 23, Ciria is hoping her music is meant to be.

Spies, Lies & Portable Tapes

The feds were already suspicious of scientist Wen Ho Lee. Then they discovered he’d downloaded every secret in the nuclear arsenal.

Profits of Doom

How a costly computer glitch turned into a once-in-a-millennium bonanza for high-tech companies.

Little Big Man

Sparks are flying between sculptor Ed Dwight and a former employee.

And Not a Drop to Drink

Westword Music '96 Awards Showcase

1 night, 5 bucks, 7 venues, 39 bands Sunday, September 22 6 P.M.-1A.M. in LoDo

Athlete, Artist, Indian Chief

From dark horse to Nighthorse, it's been one hell of a ride for Ben Campbell.

Throw Away the Keys

Every good boy does fine? Not according to this Denver music teacher's new system of music notation.

END OF THE LINE

DON'T TOUCH THAT DIALOGUE

THE LITTLE-KNOWN CCEM DOESN'T CLEAN UP POLLUTION. BUT WITH $7.6 MILLION IN TAX MONEY TO PLAY WITH, IT SURE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.

CHOOSING SIDES

A ROCKY FLATS WATCHDOG TAKES A JOB FOR THE PLANT'S NEW CONTRACTOR. AND SHE TAKES FLAK.

SEGREGATED SALVATION

CHARGES OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION HAVE DENVER'S SALVATION ARMY AT WAR WITH ITSELF.BACKWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS THE SALVATION ARMY'S DENVER REHAB CENTER IS THERE TO HELP, SAY FORMER EMPLOYEES--UNLESS YOU HAPPEN TO BE BLACK.

GREEN GROSSERS

HUNDREDS OF CREDITORS WENT HUNGRY WHEN SHAROFF FOOD SERVICE FAILED. BUT THE COMPANY'S LAW FIRM ATE WELL.HELPING THEMSELVES ONLY CRUMBS WERE LEFT IN THE COLLAPSE OF A VENERABLE DENVER FOOD SUPPLIER. UNLESS YOU HAD A SEAT AT THE TABLE.

OVERSIGHT OVERKILL

HOW MANY OFFICIAL WATCHDOG GROUPS DOES IT TAKE TO CLEAN UP THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN ARSENAL? TWO, SO FAR.

CONDUCT UNBECOMING

MILITARY WOMEN UPSET ABOUT INEQUITIES GET A VOICE--AND LEGAL HELP--FROM CIVILIANS.

BASE BEHAVIOR

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