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Photos: a steer slaughter at Callicrate Ranch - and why rebel Mike Callicrate has a beef with just about everyone

Earlier this week, on Monday, I spent the afternoon in Nebraska -- specifically St. Francis, Nebraska, a small, sleepy town just a few miles east of the Nebraska/Colorado border, population a mere 1,200. Cattle far, far outweigh humans in St. Francis -- there are thousands and thousands of them -- ... More >>

Photos: Top ten Colorado mentions in The Onion

Next week's edition of The Onion will be the last in Denver, thanks to the Denver Post's decision to stop printing the paper. To mark this awful sign of the times, and to echo Onion CEO Steve Hannah's call for local readers to switch to the web version, we've photo-illustrated and compiled excerpts ... More >>

King Soopers plan at 9th and Colorado: Will it calm critics of Walmart at today's meeting?

Last week, the mayor's office confirmed that Fuqua Development and its capital partner, the Lionstone Group, were negotiating with King Soopers regarding the anchor retail spot in a revised development plan for the former CU Health Sciences Center property at East Ninth Avenue and Colorado Boulevard ... More >>

Instead of Walmart, CU site could be getting King Soopers, Larkburger, Mad Greens...and a Tavern?

Back when Fuqua Development was still touting Walmart as the major tenant in the project planned for the old University of Colorado Health Sciences Center at Ninth Avenue and Colorado Boulevard, Jeff Fuqua promised that there would be a "chef-driven" restaurant on the site -- inspiring some critics ... More >>

Walmart-free Colorado Boulevard Healthcare District dropped from town hall agenda

Denver City Council President Mary Beth Susman, who represents District 5 covering eastern Denver, will hold a town hall meeting tonight. But one of the big agenda issues has been dropped: Because developer Jeff Fuqua has not submitted a new plan for the Colorado Boulevard Healthcare District, with ... More >>

Michael Hancock's cabinet heads east -- to Walmart (and Walmartyr) country

When Mayor Michael Hancock hosted his second "Cabinet in the Community" last month in northwest Denver, the officials on hand outnumbered the number of people in the audience. But that's not likely to be the case tomorrow, when Hancock takes his show on the road to east Denver -- where he'll be gree ... More >>

Reader: Occupy Denver is only human

Walmart meeting cancelled after councilmembers oppose tax-increment deal

For a while, it looked like Walmart had Denver in the bag. But now, developers are going back to the drawing board...or at least the calender. After Denver City Council reps Mary Beth Susman and Jeanne Robb announced they opposed tax-increment financing for the project, the Colorado Boulevard Health ... More >>

It's Christmas in August! Celebrate with ten items from Walmart's closed convention

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Colorado Convention Center, where Walmart is holding a closed-door Holiday Fair to prepare its employees for the big, big season ahead. The event has drawn close to 5,000 people to town to preview new merchandise in time (read: months early) for Chr ... More >>

Photos: Meet Hugo, newborn son of Caleb Medley, wounded in Aurora theater shooting

Update: Yesterday, in an item below, we shared the story of Caleb Medley, a budding stand-up comic horribly wounded in the Aurora theater shootings. He attended the midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises with his wife, Katie, only days before she was due to deliver their first child, and we're ... More >>

Reader: This is the guy I want to reach out to, and help

Caleb Medley, wounded in the Aurora shooting, has moved hearts across the country. He and his high-school sweetheart-wife Katie moved to Aurora, where he's worked at Walmart, then Target, then Walmart again all while dreaming of becoming a stand-up comic. Meanwhile, Katie became pregnant. Caleb is ... More >>

Top five seriously nasty things I've found in my food

Yes, someone just found yet another @#$% finger in his %$#@ food -- and this time, it apparently wasn't planted for the purpose of a lawsuit (but I wouldn't be shocked if a lawsuit ensues). Michigan teen Ryan Hart was chowing down on a roast beef sandwich at Arby's when he bit on a "rubbery" piece ... More >>

Kiss: The five most shameless examples of the band's merchandising efforts over the years

Legendary bass player and merchandising tycoon Gene Simmons has announced a new restaurant chain creatively titled Rock & Brews that will satisfy hungry classic rock fans craving to eat in a place that looks like a glorified backstage area. The franchise will debut this year in El Segundo, CA, and a ... More >>

Adam Schefter's tweets about NFL collective bargaining agreement by July 21: Legit?

Adam Schefter.​Denver blog posts are multiplying. Predominantly Orange's Chris Krier sees credibility in optimistic CBA tweets by ESPN's Adam Schefter. Are you ready for some football? Square State's saindenver: If you want to change the direction, get involved. WhoSaidYouSaid's Kelly Maher ... More >>

Readers: Dishing dirt on local farmers' markets -- and the lack of local produce

Lori MidsonFresh, Colorado-grown beets from Leffler Farms.​Comments have been springing up about our tour of the Cherry Creek Fresh Market this past weekend -- which had very little that was fresh and Colorado-grown. Bsquared hits the issue squarely: So much prepared food, so little fresh p ... More >>

How Walmart makes money off of high schools

Andrew Terry gets murder charge after crushing Thornton cop's foot, trying to run down officer

Big pic below.​Andrew Terry's a frontrunner to appear in our next roundup of memorable mug shots. He's been formally charged with attempted first degree murder and more for a December 28 rampage in which he allegedly ran over an officer's foot before attempting to commit vehicular homicide. Lo ... More >>

David M. Flores caught red-handed, allegedly uses dyed bills from Highlands Ranch bank job

Large photo below.​The phrase "getting caught red-handed" wasn't invented specifically for David M. Flores, 48, but it certainly seems appropriate to his situation. Following a Highlands Ranch bank robbery, Flores was busted on an aggravated robbery charge after handing a Walmart clerk red-sta ... More >>

Glee features bread bag designed by Boulder studio Mighty Fudge... next to Grilled Cheesus!

Local bread bag and holy sandwich.​A cameo on the red-hot-high-school-musical-dark-comedy-Jane-Lynch-extravaganza Glee is nothing to sneeze at, even if that cameo involves nothing more than a glimpse of an unexceptional bread wrapper. That's why Boulder animation studio Mighty Fudge is all atw ... More >>

3OH!3 on Leno tonight (not last night) and in Sims 3 Late Night expansion Trailer (now)

Okay, so apparently we need to buy a 2010 calendar or something. In an effort to be all proactive and whatnot yesterday, we updated our recent 3OH!3/Walmart blog item, alerting you to the fact that the act would be on Leno last night. Uh, yeah, check that, dudes are actually slated to perform on t ... More >>

Five ways to stave off an iTunes store monopoly

​ With the disintegration of Lala coming May 31st, we've been left with one less choice for downloading. Lala was one of the best digital music distributors in town, offering full album streaming and low prices for downloading. After the website was gobbled up by Apple in December of last ... More >>

RIP: A dozen dead (or almost-dead) soft drinks

​Soda, like most everything else in the world, has a lifespan. Some sodas live long and prosper, while others die and fade away (or, as is true of a few on this list, end up in the bargain section at Walmart). This list is devoted to those drinks that quenched our thirst, kept us awake, and ... More >>

It's not easy going green

Monopoly! Man

Mike Daisey threads games, rivalries and giant corporations into his monologue.

What About The Writer?

Defective Jeans

Handicapping the TV Dead Pool

The Ultimate Croc

A Run for the Border

We spend a day on Denver's dividing line: Sheridan Boulevard.

Delegating Denver #5 of 56: Arkansas

What to Wear Friday: Jon Evans

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From the week of April 13, 2006

Last Call

Just before Prohibition, the Colorado Legislature gave us 3.2 beer. Now Blake Harrison wants to repeal the scourge.

Our top DVD picks for the week of November 17

Strange but True

Rampaging bears! Rampaging Buffs! Criminals in the buff! It happened here... unfortunately.

Off Limits

A growing concern

Best In-Fill Development

Stapleton

Butthole Surfers

Humpty Dumpty LSD (Latino Buggerveil)

Best One-Stop Cop Shop

New Brighton Police Department and Municipal Court

Best Spiritual Drugstore and Hex Removal

Botánica y Yerbería Caridad del Cobre

Best cultural collision

Ameri-Mart

Get in Gear

You can't spell "credit" without REI.

Place Your Bets

You don't have to gamble on the food at Red & Jerry's.

Double Trouble

Navy poster boys Dick and Doc have grown old but never apart.

Just the Good Old Boys

Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd rise again.