Wednesday, June 19, 2013
News
Strings attached
"For a long time, I thought my story was really rare," says trafficking victim Theresa Flores. She was in fact, part of a growing industry.
Wait, could that have been ...?
At some point, you may come face-to-face with a trafficking victim. Here's how to react.
Gassed up?
"Truckers can be the watchdogs for our children."
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Long story short
During the course of my work on this week's human trafficking cover package, I was asked by a handful of people about the Independent's policy on adult-services ads.
Preventive measures
Spooked by looming health care reforms, insurance companies drop kids-only coverage.
AFA launches drone training
Air Force Academy cadets dream of soaring into the wild blue yonder, but they might want to stop and contemplate taking that trip from an office chair instead of a cockpit.
Utilities: The people's padding
When projecting rates for its customers, Utilities leaves itself plenty of cushion.
All seem happy with Don Armstrong's deal — for now
Sometimes in life, there are no winners and losers. However, the settling of a 20-count felony theft indictment is not ordinarily one of those times.
Noted: Council to review Section 16 purchase this week
Also: Suicide at AFA, LGBT kids harassed at school, findings from the 2010 Quality of Life Indicators and more.
Columns
Friday night frivolity
If you ask me, and strangely enough no one ever does, here's a lousy way to spend a Friday night: Sit in front of your computer and watch a mesmerizing debate between Michael Bennet and Ken Buck.
Memorial's best path
Memorial once again calls on you to defend this community hospital — only this time with a major twist. Memorial wants to change.
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Letters
Why freedom isn't free, kudos to Sean Paige, defining socialism and more.
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CannaBiz
State ACLU offers some support for MMJ patients, a Denver councilor wants to limit grows and more.
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
Stop the local self-pity
The obvious first impulse, upon looking closely at the 2010 Quality of Life Indicators report for Colorado Springs, would be to shudder in fear.
Making the rounds
Right now there's so much on the sports plate that using this space for just one topic simply doesn't work.
Spreading weapons in the name of world peace
Hey, Bucko — stop whining about this sour economy, and start thinking about the plight of others. For example: arms dealers.
IQ: Critical mass
Medical costs are soaring, unemployment is approaching 10 percent and the number of Americans with health insurance dropped for the first time in 23 years. What do we do?
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Advice goddess
"What color roses say, 'Boy, am I glad you stopped sleeping with that other guy'?"
Food & Drink
Have a ball
Despite some fresh cuisine, the customer service here actually may leave the most enduring taste.
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Side dish
Moonflower/Sunflower closes, a "cake studio" in the works, Wild Ginger's new location, Bristol's awards and more.
Music
A little more leeway
Having run a tight ship, Sea Wolf's Alex Church loosens up
Queen of the Dap-Kings
Sharon Jones loves the past, but she refuses to live in it
Cyndi Lauper
"I'm not just a little famous. I'm world-famous, and I have been since the '80s."
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Sound advice
Robert Plant, Weezer, Kim Richey
Playing around
Who's playing where, and when, at area venues for the next week.
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Big gigs
Upcoming concerts here and around the region.
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Reverb
Here I thought, after one of thee most eventful summers in LoCO's musical history, that everything would all start to slow down here soon. Boy, was I ever wrong.
Film
No child's play: Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Despite some exceedingly familiar genre elements, Guardians proves compelling because it doesn't do everything you expect an animated feature to do.
Doom and boom: Countdown to Zero
Panic! That's one apt and perhaps welcome reaction to this documentary about the danger of nuclear weapons.
Lavender: A reason to stay in
This year's Lavender Film Festival keeps its edge with half-brotherly love, three-minute kisses and more.
Cash cabal: Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps
It's adorable and terrifying to look at Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and see the ultimate '80s icon of sharky, sociopathic greed, Gordon Gekko, reduced to an object of quaint amusement.
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Cinefiles
Wall Street, Afterschool, The Evil Dead and more.
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Movie picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
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Opening this week
Countdown to Zero, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, Tapestries of Hope and more.
Visual Arts
Sturm und drang
Pueblo artist Lynn Stenzel finds her creative roots by returning to the skies.
Stage
The funny thing about fear
Even after being asked the single worst interview question he's heard in 40 years, comedian Richard Lewis opens up.
Calendar
Special Section
PPAC MicroGrant winners delve into history
This weekend the Pikes Peak Arts Council awarded four locals MicroGrants, each one a $200 prize the council gives artists who apply on a monthly basis.
Book review: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary
David Sedaris possesses the scathing talent in which he can make readers laugh in one sentence, and cry in the next. It's a roller coaster that can be hard to take, for the sensitive among us (and that includes me), but by the end of the ride, you want to do it all over again.
