Tuesday, May 21, 2013
News
Iggy vs Romaine
It was just before 2 a.m. on Sept. 6, 2008 at the Rocket Room, and two young men, who had led strangely parallel lives, were about to cross paths for the first time.
School of hard knocks
Faced with an economic nightmare, state legislators swear they'll work together.
Making an impression
Fort Carson tanks breach Piñon Canyon historic sites.
The other election: City Council
Council's out of the spotlight, but it's still very much in the game of running the Colorado Springs government.
Inclined to help?
Volunteers needed in time-sensitive effort to make popular Manitou Springs trail legal for area hikers.
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Long story short
I was fascinated to hear the story of Iggy and Romaine, two young Colorado Springs men who put huge dents in each other's lives — all because of a stupid cigarette.
Noted: Rivera revises strong mayor
Also: Poore leaving District 11, City finalizes MMJ zoning, Leighton Smith's illness and more.
Columns
IQ: Dazed and confused
While the perpetrator's motive may stem from personal demons, it's important to explore how we can prevent more events like Saturday's shooting in Arizona.
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Advice goddess
When a woman isn't returning your call, you want to hope for the best — that it's because she died, is still in a coma, or was kidnapped.
Out of tragedy, new hope
Doug Lamborn stood grim-faced in the kitchen of his north-side home, showing a side that his constituents don't normally see.
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CannaBiz
What happened to Let Us Vote COS? Suthers' smokescreen and more.
Who's really the best?
Now we're supposed to hit our knees, bowing in reverence to the so-called national champions of college football, the Auburn Tigers
Obama shows his devotion to Wall Street
So concerned is Obama about strengthening big business' grip on Washington that he's creating a special spot for them inside the White House — chief of staff.
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Letters
Thoughts on the Arizona shooting, don't label Skorman, developers creeping into strong mayorship and more.
Give! will surpass $422,000
Give! 2010 has exceeded our already-lofty goals.
Focus on exclusion of gays
Here we arrive at what some might call the point of this column, Focus on the Family (motto: "Even Our Circular Arguments Are Straight").
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
Food & Drink
Good Greek
From Kronos to kabobs, northeast café serves winners.
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Side dish
Le Bistro closes, with caterer moving in; Coquette expands and more.
Music
Guster’s last straw
Following an unfriendly fall-out with rock royalty, the alt-pop band gets back to where it once belonged
Soul sonic discourse
Quannum Projects co-founder Lyrics Born goes looking for the perfect beat
Loop gurus
El Ten Eleven makes instrumental post-rock oddly listenable
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Sound advice
Juanes, Jamie Foxx, Broken Records
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Reverb
Hey ho, kiddos, 'Bo Leech reporting live from (not-so-sunny) Tampa, Fla., at the 19th annual meeting of the Original Hobo Nickel Society!
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.
Film
A queer gem: I Love You Phillip Morris
The real Steven Russell, if he weren't presently serving a 144-year sentence, would be proud.
Funny people: The Green Hornet
He doesn't exactly kick ass: He is an ass.
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Movie picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
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Cinefiles
The IT Crowd, A Complete History of My Sexual Failures, Devil
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Opening this week
The Green Hornet, I Love You Phillip Morris, The Dilemma
Stage
This job is a joke
For comedian Barry Smith, there's nothing funnier than trying to make a living.
Lip service
With Stop Kiss, Theatre 'd Art brings the Springs a challenging show about sexuality.
Books
On Target
Local author Barbara O'Neal releases novel No. 38 into a retail powerhouse.
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Short stories
A Marine Iraq War Vet Named Matt, Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life, Fire: A Queer Film Classic
Calendar
Special Section
What's up in Woody P
Like the picture? Do I have your attention? I thought so. Now, to my point.
Bipartisanship lasts .01 seconds
To tackle the great issues facing the 68th Session of the Colorado General Assembly we're told, or were told in recent interviews with leaders from the Senate and with Rep. Mark Waller, that partisanship would have to be set aside.
Army releases suicide statistics
While the number of suicides declined slightly among active-duty soliders in 2010, the Army's statistics found that the number of off-duty suicides nearly doubled.
Fannie and Freddie's bad rap
Have the Republicans been using fuzzy math to destroy Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae? Yep.
