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7:00 am, Feb 28, 2005
If the title of this post applies to you, you might just be the person or company lucky enough to blast Hunter Thompson's ashes into the wild blue yonder. So many cannon owners have volunteered their weaponry, the Aspen Daily News is holding a contest: In 100 words or less, by snail mail only, tell them why you should be selected. Entries are due by March 13. Your cannon must be ready on...
3:18 pm, Feb 27, 2005
It seems that not everyone agrees with Hunter Thompson's wife and son that his suicide was a fitting end and the act of a champion -- particularly those with a family member or close friend who has recently taken his or her own life. Diane Carman, in today's Denver post, sadly decries the recent suicide of her cousin, who was plagued by mental health issues. One of her messages: We need...
3:17 pm, Feb 27, 2005
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper has kicked off this year's One Book, One Denver Program by choosing Caramelo, by Sandra Cisneros, as the book all Denverites should read.One Denver program is designed to encourage Denver residents to read the same book and to participate in community events centered on the novel and its author.Caramelo is a generational saga.Told through the eyes of Celaya (whose...
1:18 pm, Feb 26, 2005
The warden has resigned at a private prison housing female inmates in Brush, Colorado. An investigation has revealed that three or more guards have had sex with several prisoners. They are about to be charged with a crime. Most of the inmates are from Colorado and Hawaii.Tennessee-based GRW Corp. operates the women's facility, which also holds 73 inmates from Colorado and 45 from Wyoming....
10:19 pm, Feb 25, 2005
Denver Post restaurant critic Kyle Wagner this week listed her Top 10 restaurants in Denver.
"Best" is such a value-laden term. I tend to think in terms of where do I most like to go to eat? Mel's and Vesta Dipping Grill definitely rank at the top of my list, but so do Barolo and Avenue Grill. I ate at Aix on 17th Avenue for the first time last week, and I'd definitely go back. Spicy Basil...
10:17 pm, Feb 25, 2005
I was a very bad kitty today. All week, I've been battling the All Star Crud, but after a few days of rest (and immunity-boosting acupuncture from Dr. Iselin), I'm back on my feet. Of course, after days of hermiting myself at home, alone, I've been positively dying for human interaction. (Hubby's out of town, so it's just been me, the furballs, and a bottle of NyQuil. Pathetic.) Last night...
8:04 pm, Feb 25, 2005
Giant Wal-Mart scored a big victory today when Loveland workers voted not to unionize.
The vote was 17 to 1.
The union, UFCW Local 7, is undeterred. It is going to protest the vote to the National Labor Relations Board.
The grounds:
A pro-union worker claims harassment by other Wal-Mart employees
An accusation that Wal-Mart stacked the vote by increasing the number of workers yin the...
3:09 pm, Feb 25, 2005
A big shout out goes to our own Jeralyn Merritt, whose TalkLeft site won the Koufax Award for Best Single Issue Blog for the third year in a row.
Congrats to Jeralyn!
7:32 am, Feb 25, 2005
Brent J. Brents, suspected of terrorizing Denver's Capitol Hill last week during a spree in which six women, including a grandmother and the two girls she was babysitting, were sexually assaulted and another woman brutally attacked and stabbed, has been charged with 80 felonies. Friday night was the big dragnet. I live-blogged the action over here, after noting on 5280 that notwithstanding...
8:07 am, Feb 24, 2005
The Yuma County District Attorney, coming up on a three-year statute of limitations deadline, has charged a teen with attempted second degree murder, among other charges, for walking away from a crash that killed the driver.Nolan Roth is accused of walking away from the crash scene, leaving the 15-year-old driver to die. He faces several charges including attempted second-degree murder,...
