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Reader: Puff Hookah Bar teen-lingerie night hysteria is much ado about nothing

By Michael RobertsFebruary 17, 2011

Our post about the controversy stirred by a teen-lingerie night at Puff Hookah Cafe Bar focused in large part on the venue’s attempt to reassure parents concerned by coverage on local TV stations. But one reader thinks the event is considerably less risque than an annual happening that high schoolers…

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Scottie Ewing gets 6 months home detention, can’t kick reporter’s ass until summer

By Michael RobertsFebruary 17, 2011

Scottie Ewing, ex-owner of a prostitution business dubbed Denver Players/Denver Sugar, has received six months home detention in a plea deal related to the tax evasion and racketeering case against another Denver Players/Denver Sugar principal, Brenda Stewart. Which means he can’t mete out pain he once considered inflicting on a…

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Suicidal woman who throws herself in front of train temporarily causes Aurora road closure

By Michael RobertsFebruary 17, 2011

Early this morning, a closure impacted one of Aurora’s major intersections: Chambers Road at Smith Road. Traffic is moving there again — but why the earlier shutdown? According to Aurora Police Department spokesman Bob Friel, a woman tried to commit suicide by jumping in front of a slow-moving light-rail train…

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Carmelo Anthony trade: Offer to Knicks a joke? Nets really back in game? Nenê to Houston?

By Michael RobertsFebruary 17, 2011

Anyone thinking the Carmelo Anthony trade-go-round couldn’t spin faster were wrong. The latest? The Nuggets’ compensation demand for Melo and Chauncey Billups was reportedly so crazy that it spurred disbelief; the Nets, who’d pulled out of the Anthony sweepstakes, are interested again; and Nenê is said to be on the…

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Nate Easley recall: DPS board president fights back with fliers, robocalls, political allies

By Melanie AsmarFebruary 16, 2011

Nate Easley is fighting back. The Denver Public Schools board president is the subject of a recall effort backed by voters unhappy with some of his policies, especially his votes to shutter under-performing schools. Recall proponents have until the end of March to collect 5,363 signatures in order to place…

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Win tickets to Sunday’s Colorado Mammoth vs. Minnesota Swarm game

By Nick LucchesiFebruary 16, 2011

Update: We’ve picked our three wordsmiths as winners! Check your e-mail to see if you’re one of them. Thanks for reading Latest Word and Westword.com. ___ We have a quick contest for you today. We’re giving away three pairs of tickets to the Colorado Mammoth vs. Minnesota Swarm game on…

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Dick Wadhams’s successor as CO Republican Party boss to be a “real” conservative?

By Michael RobertsFebruary 16, 2011

Howdy! Let your mouse mosey through these Denver blog posts. Colorado Pols tries to figure out what being a “real” conservative means when it comes to picking a successor to Dick Wadhams. Denver Egotist welcomes the Denver Clothing Company. Mile High Hockey’s David Driscoll-Carignan previews tonight’s Avs-Penguins game. Which probably…

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Borders store closings after bankruptcy filing: 6 in Colorado, including 3 in Denver/Boulder area

By Michael RobertsFebruary 16, 2011

Borders’ decision to file for bankruptcy will lead to store closings aplenty, including six in Colorado. Three of those targeted are in the Denver/Boulder area, including outlets at Littleton’s Southwest Plaza, on South Parker Road in Aurora, and on 29th Street in Boulder; the other three are in Greeley, Grand…

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Poker Junkies: Cease and desist order for movie producers/Gene Hackman name-droppers

By Michael RobertsFebruary 16, 2011

Poker Junkies may eventually come to a theater near you — but it could take longer than hoped thanks to action by the Division of Securities at Colorado’s Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA). Officials there have issued a cease and desist order against producers for failing to register security offerings…

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Donnell Littleton surrenders to authorities for Trison Mitta-Sports Station Bar homicide (53)

By Michael RobertsFebruary 16, 2011

Update: An arrest has been made in the Trison Mitta homicide at the Sports Station Bar & Grill in Aurora late last month. The suspect, Donnell Littleton, made it easy on the Aurora Police Department. Rather than waiting for officers to chase him down, he surrendered to authorities. Get details…

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Ted Haggard’s new video: Martha Stewart & Michael Vick got restored — so why not me?

By Michael RobertsFebruary 16, 2011

Ted Haggard’s recent profile in GQ magazine finds him seeking attention by getting graphic about his encounters with male escort Mike Jones — hence his claim that masturbation isn’t “sex sex” and speculation that a younger Ted might see himself as bisexual. But some of the comments he shares about…

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Rockbar welcomes spring with new beer garden: Kenny Be’s Yard Arteology

By Kenny BeFebruary 16, 2011

Yard Arteology: The study of neighbors through lawn decoration… The photograph of the impaled beer bottles above proves that yard art is as popular with hotel guests as it is with homeowners. And it can also be said that the choice of ornament and method of display chosen by both…

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Medical marijuana: Rep. Claire Levy talks about HB 1261, which sets driving limits for THC

By Michael RobertsFebruary 16, 2011

Last December, Representative Claire Levy floated the idea of a bill setting a marijuana-impairment standard for Colorado drivers. This notion has coalesced into HB 1261, which establishes an impairment limit of 5 nanograms of THC per milliliter of blood; read it below. Levy’s already heard from advocates who oppose the…

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Reader: Brian Hill may be sympathetic target of Righthaven lawsuit, but he did violate copyright

By Michael RobertsFebruary 16, 2011

Our item yesterday about Brian Hill, sued by Righthaven for unauthorized use of a Denver Post photo, found many readers springing to the defense of the twenty-year-old mildly autistic hobby blogger. But one commenter believes copyright rules should apply to one and all, no matter how sympathetic a certain individual…

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Jimmer Fredette: Meet Whitney Wonnacott, BYU star’s web-fave girlfriend & Chatfield grad

By Michael RobertsFebruary 16, 2011

BYU’s Jimmer Fredette has become a bona fide b-ball star — which means photos of cheerleader-girlfriend Whitney Wonnacott have started popping up on sites such as Frathouse Sports and The Big Lead. Find photo examples below. But what these posts don’t mention is that Wonnacott is a local girl, having…

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Fort Lyon prison closing proposed by John Hickenlooper: Adios to a poisoned pen

By Alan PrendergastFebruary 16, 2011

Among the painful budget cuts proposed by Governor John Hickenlooper on Tuesday, one long-overdue move should earn points from prison reformers as well as bean counters — shutting down the Fort Lyon Correctional Facility, a geriatric hoosegow on the eastern plains that was supposed to be a bargain and turned…

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Medical marijuana: Video of rep shredding MMJ amendment shows no spitting by advocate

By Michael RobertsFebruary 16, 2011

Last week, we told you about Representative Jerry Sonnenberg shredding a medical marijuana amendment after a run-in with advocate Miguel Lopez. At the time, Sonnenberg said Lopez had spit on a lobbyist and been expelled from the capitol — claims Lopez specifically denied. Now, a video of at least part…

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Carmelo Anthony trade: NY Knicks not buying Nuggets bluff that they can keep restless Melo

By Michael RobertsFebruary 16, 2011

Reports that Amare Stoudemire’s toe injury had upped pressure on the Knicks to trade for Carmelo Anthony, coupled with restlessness in Lakers Nation, suggested that a deal might favor the Nugs. But the winds have shifted, with insiders now saying the Nugs’ sense that Melo might stay in Denver if…

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Your Lucky Deals, new deal-of-the-day website launched in Denver, is cheap and charitable

By Melanie AsmarFebruary 15, 2011

Your Lucky Deals, a deal-of-the-day website that donates 10 percent of every purchase to local charities, launched today in Denver. Started by a brother and sister who grew up in Parker, Your Lucky Deals stands out from other Groupon-esque websites because of its charitable component, says co-founder Ryan Smith. “We…

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Laradon Hall: Do leaders of troubled charity need an ethics course?

By Alan PrendergastFebruary 15, 2011

Laradon Hall, a nonprofit in north Denver that operates an alternative school and other programs for people with developmental disabilities, has done a lot of good works over the past sixty years. But lately the place has been in the news for all the wrong reasons, including questionable expenditures of…

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John Fox: Is 7-9 record best Broncos can hope for in 2011 season — if there’s a 2011 season?

By Michael RobertsFebruary 15, 2011

Riffle through these Denver blog posts. Mile High Report fan poster ConradA sees a 7-9 record as a reasonable record for the 2011 season — on the odd chance football actually starts on time this year. At Colorado Education News, Peter Levine argues in favor of civic education. Is Guerin…

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The Biggest Loser auditions coming to Grizzly Rose: Line dancing optional

By Michael RobertsFebruary 15, 2011

The Biggest Loser circus is returning to town, with a new contestant search scheduled for the Grizzly Rose on March 6. Temperatures on that date will presumably be moderate enough to prevent fears voiced in advance of a Biggest Loser casting call in Broomfield last July, when producers warned hopefuls…

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