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The Ten-Month Fight to Stop Aurora From Killing This Dog

An Aurora family has spent most of 2017 trying to prevent city representatives from killing Bandit, a two-year-old dog deemed a hazard after what Animal Law Center attorney Jennifer Edwards describes as a minor bite suffered by a Federal Express deliveryman. But while a lawsuit filed by the owners and accessible below has put their pet's euthanization on hold, the matter remains in limbo, and Edwards says the effect on Bandit has been devastating.
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Denver Cat Declawing Ban Passes Unanimously, Now the Law

In one of the least suspenseful votes in recent Denver City Council history, the cat declawing ban pushed by council member Kendra Black and supported by, among others, Animal Planet star Jackson Galaxy and Paw Project founder Jenny Conrad passed at a meeting held last night, November 13.
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78/52 Hacks Thrillingly Into Psycho’s Infamous Murder Scene

The numbers in the title of 78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene refer to the number of setups and shots that were required to create the shocking cinematic savagery that occurs less than an hour into the director’s 1960 masterpiece, Psycho. You know the scene: It killed off star Janet Leigh’s character...
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Mandatory Potency Testing of MMJ Edibles, Concentrates Starts November 1

All medical marijuana edibles, concentrates and other infused products made in Colorado will soon be subject to mandatory potency testing now that state testing laboratories have reached an acceptable level of proficiency, according to the Marijuana Enforcement Division. Retail marijuana product manufacturers have been required to send all of their...
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New Zine Tackles the Music Patriarchy

The music industry has long been dominated by white men. To open space for other voices, Denver musicians Elinor Saragoussi and Jacob Cohen, aka Rooster Jake, compiled and self-published New Angles: Perspectives of Women, Queer and Gender Non-Binary Members of the Greater Music Community.
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Are Denver Cops Using Body-Camera Video Like a Cheat Sheet?

At present, cops employed by the Denver Police Department are routinely allowed to view body-worn camera video before writing reports about officer-involved shootings or in-custody deaths. In a report accessible below, a committee advising the DPD on its use-of-force policy advocates that this policy be changed in order to even the playing field with other witnesses and prevent officers from being able to spin accounts in favorable ways that fit the footage. But Chief Robert White is noncommittal about whether he'll take this counsel.
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Do Denver Rental Cars Smell Like Marijuana?

During a recent interview with Westword, Smart Approaches to Marijuana President and CEO Kevin Sabet, one of America's most influential critics of cannabis legalization, offered an unexpected observation about his visits to Denver. According to Sabet, a number of vehicles provided to him by Denver International Airport rental car businesses over the past few years have smelled strongly of pot. He added that he's had to exchange rentals multiple times at DIA before he's been given one that didn't reek of weed, giving him multiple opportunities to "educate" personnel at the agencies about the scope of a problem he views as positively chronic.
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Seriously, Adam Sandler Triumphs in Netflix’s The Meyerowitz Stories

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) premieres on Netflix Oct. 13 Adam Sandler’s core as a performer has always been his self-loathing. In his best comedies, he weaponizes it with humiliating ruthlessness. (In his worst ones, it wafts pathetically off him like the day-after stink of a drunkard.) Now, he’s...
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Ten Colorado-Made Gifts for Booze Lovers

Although it may seem easy to shop for that cocktail and beer-loving co-worker or father-in-law, this year go beyond the usual bottle of bottom-shelf bourbon and try something better made right here in the Centennial State. Whether the recipient lives in town or somewhere else, nothing says "taste the Rockies"...
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What You Think You Know About Sex Offenders Is Wrong, Attorney Says

As our Alan Prendergast reported, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Matsch has ruled that Colorado's sex-offender registry violates the due-process rights of three plaintiffs, thereby amounting to cruel and unusual punishment. Boulder attorney Alison Ruttenberg, who filed the case in 2013, sees the opinion as the potential death knell for a law-enforcement tool that, in her view, perpetuates factually dubious notions that fall apart when examined in an evenhanded way.
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Congress Park Gets Square Deal: Blue Pan Pizza

Congress Park is in for a square deal: Tonight Blue Pan Pizza will start serving its deep-dish, Detroit-style pizza at a second spot, at 3509 East 12th Avenue. Founded by Jeff Smokevitch and Giles Flanagin, Blue Pan has been up and running at 3930 West 32nd Avenue since June 2015, and...