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Ryan Frazier puts his job on the line with Amendment 47By Joel WarnerThursday, October 16Ryan Frazier is in fine spirits, all things considered. He's at ease here, glad-handing and flashing warm smiles, at the clubhouse of the... More >> -
America's promise to protect asylum-seekers gets lost in the paperworkBy Lisa RabThursday, October 09Eleven years ago, Peter arrived in America, desperate for a place to hide. In his native Uganda, he had been a rebel, a human-rights activist... More >> -
Drop Boards Not BombsLlewellyn Werner thinks skateparks could get Iraq's economy rollingBy Jared Jacang MaherThursday, October 02Aspen is about as far as you can get from Baghdad. There are no suicide bombings, no power outages, food shortages or military checkpoints in... More >> -
Planned Parenthood's scheme to bust abortion protestersBy Sean CroninThursday, September 25They were fed up. It wasn't just the giant posters of mangled, aborted fetuses that steeled their determination. It wasn't the taunting, the... More >> -
With help from the feds, a Denver scientist helps Second Life go nuclearBy Joel WarnerThursday, September 18Lilith Forzane is looking for steamy geek love. She's just popped in (having materialized out of thin air) at the entrance of the Science... More >>
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South Florida rappers find success at local strip clubs
By Jonathan Cunningham
Six cops sit in patrol cars outside Diamonds Cabaret, a swank-meets-hood black strip club on... More >>
Dallas
DISD In the Hole
Teachers get axed and parents fret as Dallas' school leaders scramble to cover a budget hole
By Robert Wilonsky
A greeting, passed along in a coffee shop:
"Hey, I haven't seen you in a long time."
"How are... More >>
Houston
Texas Wants Beer!
Our state is the top beer market in the country, so why are we falling behind in the microbrewery movement?
By Robb Walsh
Oktoberfest in Fredericksburg starts with a free glass of Shiner "Helles," a crisp,... More >>
Kansas City
Monopoly Boy
The second-in-command of Wyandotte County’s power company faces a 57-count indictment.
By Justin Kendall
Marc Conklin gazes out the courtroom's third-story window, at the American flags flapping in... More >>
Miami
Hip-Hop Fame at South Florida Strip Clubs
Local rappers know the road to stardom is through the champagne room.
By Jonathan Cunningham
It's just before midnight outside Diamonds Cabaret, a swank-meets-hood black strip club on the... More >>
Minneapolis
The top 10 most dangerous bike intersections in Minneapolis
Is biking in Minneapolis becoming treacherous transit?
By Bradley Campbell
Jimmy Nisser just might have been the nicest person in all of St. Louis Park. He had a trimmed... More >>
Phoenix
A Mormon Widower Wasn’t Counting on a Murder Rap When He Followed His Late Wife’s Instruction to Marry His Ex-Lover
By Paul Rubin
On September 23, 2001, Faylene Grant wrote a letter to her husband Doug and his ex-girlfriend,... More >>
St. Louis
Mavericky!: Alderman and ex-cop John Hoffmann aims to rid Town & Country of dirty rotten four-flushers, varmints and deer
By Chad Garrison
Seated in the office of his modest, 1960s-era ranch home, Town & Country alderman John Hoffmann... More >>
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Help the Wynkoop celebrate a beery hoppy birthday
Thursday, October 16Twenty years ago this month, a group of intrepid entrepreneurs opened Denver's first brewpub in LoDo, which had just become an official historic... More>>
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From the week of October 16, 2008
Thursday, October 16"In the Bag," Adam Cayton-Holland, October 9 Bag Man I've found myself, recently, turning first to Ask a Mexican, then Adam... More>>
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How Adam Cayton-Holland survived a cougar attack!
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The Peak is forced to pull up its tent stakes on Block 162
Thursday, October 16The prominent mega-tent that has occupied much of the once-blighted Block 162 at the corner of 15th and California streets since June is coming... More>>
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