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Late last night or early this morning, someone affixed this giant sticker (it's a couple of feet in diameter) to the north side of Westword's Broadway office building. Presumably, it's meant to suggest that we haven't written enough about "Malnourishment," "Corruption," "Scarcity of Resources," "Poverty," "Economy" or "Deforesting." With luck, this graphic protester will regard our decision to post his or her statement online to be a step in the right direction -- although I doubt it. Hopefully, then, our feature and sidebars about the sad state of the Rocky Mountain News, slated to appear online and in print later today, will cover the "Economy" part of the equation. And if the paper stops publishing, the "Deforesting" situation may improve a little, too. -- Michael Roberts
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