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		<title>Help Wanted: Colorado record-sealing organization needs willing attorneys</title>
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					<dc:creator>Sage Kelley</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 06:20:00 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Colorado court tosses guilty verdicts of paramedics in Elijah McClain&#8217;s death</title>
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					<dc:creator>Sage Kelley</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:31:54 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title>&#8220;This place should be condemned&#8221;: Arvada senior complex sued over bedbug infestation</title>
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					<dc:creator>Hannah Metzger</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:15:00 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Accused killer of Denver guitarist claims self-defense</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:49:50 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Murder trial of Billy Strings&#8217; half-brother begins in Denver</title>
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					<dc:creator>Sage Kelley</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:59:30 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/Screenshot-2026-06-04-2.30.23-PM.png" alt="Denver alleyway" /><p>Patrick Lee Apostol was arrested in 2023 for the 2020 murder of local guitarist Zackary Smith. His Grammy-winning brother says they rarely interacted.</p>
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		<title>Drag-out fight: Patagonia&#8217;s trademark lawsuit against drag queen heats up</title>
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					<dc:creator>Hannah Metzger</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:09:16 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Anti-vax dating group sues Denver beer garden for canceling singles event</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 15:37:15 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/ww-media/mediaserver/den/2019-12/recess_int.webp" alt="Inside Recess Beer Garden" /><p>The group is suing the bar for alleged civil rights violations.</p>
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		<title>Denver Zoo sea lion exhibit subject of another lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 06:28:52 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Family of unarmed Black man killed by Aurora police sues city — again</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 07:18:25 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Denver man was nearly crushed to death after sleeping in dumpster, lawsuit says</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 08:17:54 -0600</pubDate>
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