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The January 10 issue includes part of a letter from David Hahn of Denver. Here it is in its entirety, along with Jason Sheehan’s response:…

Although the mandatory life without parole sentence for first degree murder no longer applies to juveniles in Colorado, the fight continues for the 45 people who are still serving life sentences for murders that they committed before turning 18. Still in the corner of the juvie LWOPs, as they’ve become…

On Monday, Quiznos announced that its executive management team transformation is complete with the appointment of David Deno as President. In a prepared statement, Quiznos CEO Greg Brenneman called Deno the final piece in the company’s strategy to bring in outstanding quick service management. Deno, who will now oversee all…

Editor’s note: sorry about that headline. I’d had duck’s blood before, had used it in my own kitchens, but until I came to Ha Noi Pho, I’d never cared for it beyond its capacity to mount a voluptuously glossy sauce. Here the blood is one of the main points of…

On January 8, Darrin Bell’s Candorville — one of my favorite newspaper comic strips, as noted in my survey of the funnies last September — more or less takes on Dana Perino, the longtime Coloradoan currently serving as the press secretary for President George W. Bush. In the second frame…

In a January 7 More Messages blog, Denver Post managing editor Gary Clark said that, to his knowledge, his paper had only received one reader complaint owing to the decision of higher-ups to distribute the January 6 Parade magazine, whose cover story presented former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto as…

Yes, it’s a bit creepy that Jefferson County Commissioner Jim Congrove hired his buddy, ex-cop-turned-private-dick Daril Cinquanta, to follow around gadfly Mike Zinna. Creepier still that Congrove got the county to pay more than $7,000 for Cinquanta’s surveillance services, slipping the request past his sleepy-headed fellow commissioners on the grounds…

They are the modern versions of monster stories. True Crime writers seek out such tales every day, finding them in two sentence-long police blotter blurbs, law enforcement sources lamenting the one that got away, or victims looking for justice. They pile on hours of research and interviews, building a case…

Monday, January 7 by David Amram Putnam Valley, New York | In 1956 Jack Kerouac and I first met at a bring-your-own-bottle party at a painter’s loft and instantly began collaborating artistically. I backed him up musically while he read and from the earliest days of our working together I…

Monday, January 7 by Audrey Sprenger, Ph.D Denver | There has been a lot of talk about Jack Kerouac this year and the 50th anniversary of his novel On The Road. It’s buzzed through Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone, public broadcasting and public radio. Over and over again I hear…

A quick guide to what you missed at Westword.com over the past two days: 3Oh!3 and the Photo Atlas lit up the stage on Saturday. Bela Karoli and the Wheel did the same at the Lion’s Lair. Luke Turf recounts his trip to Haiti. Three prominent Columbus Day protesters’ criminal…

Westword reporter went to Haiti for his recent feature story “The Social Conscience of a Missionary.” Be sure to check back in for the next few days as he recounts his personal journey through the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Slide Show On the last night in Haiti, ICOF…

Unless thousands upon thousands of news reports were terribly wrong, former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on December 27 in advance of parliamentary elections in which she planned to challenge the country’s current president, Pervez Musharraf. But in the January 6 Denver Post, and in plenty of other…

The weeks following Christmas are tough for local malls — particularly older ones whose battle for survival becomes more touch and go with each passing year. That’s certainly the case for Tamarac Square, at 7777 E. Hampden. These days, the first thing shoppers see if they’re approaching the center from…

Westword reporter went to Haiti for his recent feature story “The Social Conscience of a Missionary.” Be sure to check back in for the next few days as he recounts his personal journey through the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Slide Show The town of Grand Goave is our…

Westword reporter went to Haiti for his recent feature story “The Social Conscience of a Missionary.” Be sure to check back in for the next few days as he recounts his personal journey through the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Slide Show After the Christmas party for 10,000 kids,…