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That’s one hellacious piercing, J.C. In May 2007, lightning struck the enormous Jesus statue atop the Mother Cabrini Shrine, damaging both arms and feet, as well as the supporting base. Earlier this year, repairs were completed, and a safer savior, complete with a lightning rod sticking out of his head…

An image from the I-70 Coalition’s website, i70solutions.org. Just in time for the opening of the first two I-70 ski resorts last week – Arapahoe Basin and Loveland – the I-70 Coalition has hired a policy wonk to solve the corridor’s congestion crisis without pouring a single drop of concrete…

On the block. What’s an independent, socially-conscious woman to do these days when her ‘To Do’ list keeps growing? And where can she find a man that will fix her faucet, keep her fit, and teach her to fly a plane all in one place? At the Denver Men with…

Mike Evans, Jim Armstrong and Sandy Clough of FM 104.3/The Fan. “FM 104.3/The Fan’s Morning and Afternoon Teams to Go Head-to-Head,” a blog published on October 17, reported about a quizzical strategy by the folks at Lincoln Financial Media Company in an effort to jumpstart one of their most moribund…

Dan Caplis. The Denver Post’s page-one story today relates to diminishing ad purchases in Colorado by the John McCain campaign in the waning days of the presidential race — a development most observers see as a dollars-and-cents admission that Barack Obama is going to win here on November 4. But…

Perfect for the toe-sucker on your Christmas list. “Jon Caldara, Colorado’s Wackiest Conservative, Socks it to ‘Em,” a blog published earlier this month, concerned a YouTube video assembled by the Independence Institute’s Jon Caldara to pimp Amendment 49, which he calls an “ethical standards” measure (and opponents portray as an…

A few weeks ago, my little sister marveled at all the Obama signs around Denver. She grew up here, same exact house as me, literally right down the hall, but has since moved to Colorado Springs because she is crazy. Well, not crazy so much as lingering in a post-Colorado…

“Open Secrets,” Lisa Rab, October 9 Shelter Skelter The story you published about asylum-seekers sucks. Write an article about the number of veterans returning from the field of battle with half their brains blown out and living on the streets, then talk to me. These so-called asylum-seekers need to leave…

Dennis Leonard, the new vice president and general manager of Channel 31, is a salesman in the old-fashioned sense of the word. Although he’s only been on the job for a few short weeks, he seems to know the name of every person he encounters at the Fox affiliate’s mammoth…

You’ve probably seen the RapidScreen vans at off-ramps and busy intersections around town. Maybe you even benefited after one of them scanned the emissions from your car’s tailpipe as you drove by; anyone from nine participating counties who passes the RapidScreen test twice within ten months gets to avoid a…

Pat Craig walks along a fenceline of his 240-acre spread outside Keenesburg, visiting with some of his latest arrivals. He calls to them in a falsetto, much higher than his normal voice, and they respond with grunts, snorts and roars. “Yuma! Hey, Yuma! How ya doin’, boy?” A three-year-old male…

Jared Boller. Bring on the blogs. Today in Cafe Society: • Shaking it up with cocktailer Jared Boller. • Jonathan Shikes takes a bite out of Denver Ted’s. • Teague Bohlen weighs in on an ad campaign for high-fructose corn syrup. Today in Backbeat Online: • A Q&A with Diplo…

On Monday, when Sarah Palin arrived for a speech in Grand Junction, protesters tried to stop her motorcade as it rolled down North Avenue, the town’s main drag — and they got to eat some asphalt for their trouble. Witness the mayhem below…

In “Pat Craig has a Tiger by the Tale,” an article in this week’s issue of Westword, reporter Alan Prendergast explores one of the country’s top carnivore sanctuaries, the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg. For a view inside the sanctuary — including footage of some damn cute animals that could…

The dirty truth. As reported in this week’s Off-Limits column, Colorado’s RapidScreen emissions project has scanned hundreds of thousands of metro-area tailpipes at some of the busiest off ramps and roadways since 2003. The goal of the program, which was outsourced to Envirotest Systems Corporation, is to increase the efficiency…

Dog days. Dogs are annoying. They whine, beg, bite, bark and poop. They stink and shed and jump on your guests. They have to be walked and yelled at and taken to the vet. Most pet owners allege that dogs are worth all that trouble, however, and judging by the…

Lynda Hilburn. The Vampire Chick Lit crowd has welcomed new author Lynda Hilburn into the fold. She has penned two books on vampires: last years The Vampire Shrink and its follow-up, Dark Harvest, which was released earlier this month. Hilburn, a real life licensed psychotherapist, will discuss why women love…

The early voting center at 20th and Wadsworth. Like so many Coloradans, I had such unpleasant voting experiences the last two elections that this time around, I decided to do my civic duty well in advance of the first Tuesday in November. I requested a mail-in ballot and received it…

Sarah Palin in an interview for 9News’ Your Show. Sarah Palin’s interview this week for 9News’s Your Show, which can be sampled below, includes a bit where she’s answering questions from grade-schoolers. One of them asks what the Vice President does, and Palin answers that (among other things) the Veep…

The unemployment line is a lot better dressed after the firing of Mike Nolan. It is, it seems, that time of year again, when a beloved one’s continued failure leads to panic among the masses, and that panic leads verbal diarrhea voluminous enough to sink the QM2. No, I’m not…

Are there any more Baileys at home like you and Boss? As if the news about the Denver Broncos wasn’t bad enough already, now we hear that the two best players on the team’s hideous defense, Champ and Boss Bailey, are both hurt; Champ’s on the shelf for four to…