Wednesday, May 22, 2013
News
Lots to talk about
A look at what the city wants as negotiations begin on Memorial Health System.
Voting rights and wrongs
El Paso County seen as a 'model' in a state where clerks' practices look ugly
Big-money mayor
Bach hasn't been all slash-and-burn on the budget.
Laying waste
With 'loads' of mud and chemicals soon to come, Ultra Resources looks to landfills
Noted: Tour of Colorado Springs loses Bach's backing
Also: County wants pension review, commissioner targets MMJ, Over the River now scheduled for 2015 and more.
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Long story short
Eleven years ago, the national spotlight swung this way, when the infamous Texas Seven outlaws were found hiding in Woodland Park.
In for the kill
At 5 p.m. Mountain time on Wednesday, one of the most notorious outlaws ever to set foot in El Paso and Teller counties will get the needle.
Columns
Anderson aims for Lamborn
Unless you pay close attention to local politics, chances are good that you haven't heard of Dave Anderson. At least, not yet.
I read it in the paper, so ...
Newspapers are, as we've all read, the first draft of history. That's true, but they're very often the last draft as well.
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Letters
Of contraception and who gets a say, the Dougs (Bruce and Lamborn), a post-caucus thought and more.
This guy could be president ...
Maybe as a child, Santorum was dropped on his head. Maybe from an airplane.
CU: back on the bubble
CU has done nothing more than play itself back onto the crowded NCAA bubble, and isn't making anybody's predicted brackets at this point.
CannaBiz: The rejected MMCs
Also: Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol gets more than enough signatures
'Til death do us part
How do you square a passion for limited government with a desire to limit people's passions?
Hospitals offer elite services for wealthy
A hospital with a concierge? Yes. This one's called Eleven West, an exclusive wing of New York's Mount Sinai Medical Center.
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
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Advice goddess
Reality, like angry little dogs, often bites.
Food & Drink
Monarch pass
Royal Buffet offers cheap and easy — at a culinary cost
Mornin' sunshine
The wait. Surely it's a good thing, right?
Side dish: Jay Gust now at TAPAteria
Also: News on Bite Me Gourmet Sausage and the Colorado Custard Company
Music
War and peace
Ani DiFranco lets go of her inner conflicts
Prepare for lift-off
Futurebirds follow up their Grace Potter tour with a solo flight
Feel his T-Pain
Hip-hop's best-known Auto-Tunesmith makes his pitch for respect
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Reverb
You can tell a lot about a band by the T-shirts they wear on stage.
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Sound advice
Otis Taylor, Paul McCartney, Mitch Ryder
Playing around
Who's playing where, and when, at area venues this week.
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Big gigs
Upcoming concerts here and around the region.
Film
No SEAL of approval: Act of Valor
The directors know why this isn't a "Hollywood" film as much as we do. It's a propaganda film.
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Cinefiles
The Dead, Take Shelter, Nude Nuns With Big Guns
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Movie picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
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Opening this week
Act of Valor, Gone, Wanderlust and other film events around town.
Visual Arts
Corsets and Klingons
Colorado Springs gets a brand-new sci-fi convention — GalaxyFest — with all the belles and whistles.
Manufactured culture
Indian Corner explores the chasm between real and fake
Stage
20 years to Life
From Denver to NYC to the land of marriage and beyond, James Braly shares his tales.
Books
Settling into herself
Local woman Jené Jackson cultivates a new life, and with it, a book.
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Short stories
Partials, Companion to Spanish Colonial Art at the Denver Art Museum, Borrow
Calendar
Special Section
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