Cover Story
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Sheriff showdown
Candidates duel in the first Republican primary for county sheriff in 16 years
News
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- Cover Story
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Sheriff showdown
Candidates duel in the first Republican primary for county sheriff in 16 years
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- Marijuana News
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CannaBiz
Notes from the cannabis convention, no ban in Pueblo and more.
- Local News
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The campaign for Amendments 60 and 61 and Prop 101 sounds bad, but it may just work
In general, it is considered inadvisable to write "DUH" in an e-mail to a media outlet when running a political campaign. But don't bother telling that to the folks behind these ballot initiatives.
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- Local News
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For people with disabilities, the latest cut may be a killer
A change in policy at a taxi program may leave many who depend on it without jobs.
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- Local News
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Sunny tomorrows for the city?
With city tax collections up, bleak budget projections are changing.
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- Local News
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Endorsement: Romanoff has earned the opportunity
Indy shares views on statewide races for primary election
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Long story short
How closely does Colorado mirror what's happening politically across the nation? We're about to find out.
- Noted
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Noted: County hits new highs in food lines
Also: City seeking excess TABOR money, McInnis caught in plagiarism, strong mayor gets closer and more.
Columns
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- Your Turn
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'Facts' aren't enough
Your Turn
- End Zone
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Shame on a media star
End Zone
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Letters
Worries about a second broken drill pipe in the Gulf, Colorado Springs by the numbers, update from Fort Carson's aviation brigade and more.
- Between The Lines
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Hey, GOP, start over
Between the Lines
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- IQ
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IQ: Scraping bottom on the bottom line
Sports is big business. Last week's lead-up to LeBron James' announcement about where he's "taking his talents" generated a media circus of marketing hype and obsession with money.
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
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Advice goddess
There's never been a better time for you to miss out on the guy of your dreams.
Food & Drink
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- Dining Reviews
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The international mall
Local shopping hub gets gifted with a touch of France
Music
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- Interviews
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Spouting off
Or, the Whale manages to put some Anglo back in Americana.
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- Interviews
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Band of brothers
Crash Kings bend the keyboard rock rulebook.
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- Interviews
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We can be heroes
After hitting rock bottom, Candye Kane reaches for the top.
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- Album Reviews
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Sound advice
Flynnville Train, Crowded House, The Cat Empire
- Concerts
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Playing around
Who's playing where, and when, at area venues for the next week.
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Reverb
Also slated for the living undead's entertainment will be a "best zombies win" costume contest, and the return of "Blood and Guts" wrestling!
Culture
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- Film
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Presents of mind: Inception
Christopher Nolan continues to succeed at what most big-budget filmmakers never even bother to try: trusting that our cinematic sense of wonder doesn't have to be disconnected from our brains.
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- Film
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Real pathetic: Cyrus
This is a needlessly miserable movie about nearly inexplicable people behaving in ways that, in real life, do not generally come with happy endings.
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Movie picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
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- Visual Arts
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Pioneers Museum opens WWII exhibit honoring POWs
An Army green aviator jacket that belonged to Capt. John Bennett hangs on a mannequin under grey walls lined with spirals of faux-barbed wire. An escape map sewn into the jacket's lining dangles from a concealed pocket, the ink remarkably vibrant and the paper still a crisp whitish grey.
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- Performing Arts
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'It's all going to be OK'
Area seniors share age-earned wisdom via locally produced play.
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- Performing Arts
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SET revives David Mamet's classic Glengarry Glen Ross
Behind the scenes at this production of the famous play based on the cutthroat world of sales.
Calendar
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- IndyBlog
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Caveman dildo found?
Moralists might have you believe that sex toys are nasty inventions of modern culture. But the recent discovery of what appears to be an ancient dildo carved out of antler bone raises questions about just how kinky our Stone Age ancestors might have been.
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- IndyBlog
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Postcard from St. Andrews: Saturday
What’s wrong with this picture? This is basically a star-studded cast of Americans, Asians, and Europeans. They’re all here. This is probably the most coveted title in golf history. And the leader is South African, has never made a cut in the majors and has made a total of $1,627.76 in this tournament in three attempts.
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- IndyBlog
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Chief medical officer: Most cardholders are frauds
A Denver Post profile of Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ned Calonge included an interesting snippet.
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- IndyBlog
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Postcard from St. Andrews: Sunday
I spent a few moments at a concession stand at the absolute end of the great golf course, with the sea in view … then turned down a small path leading in the general direction of my way home. Then it happened. For one moment a hole opened in the universe. A seam that allowed entry into a place that might, or might not, be real.
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- IndyBlog
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ICE tries to deport American
The Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, which works on behalf of immigrants, sent out a press release today detailing an apparent mistake on the part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Apparently, some agents raided a home in Carbondale and tried to deport a U.S. citizen. Oops.
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- IndyBlog
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City plans controlled burn on Pikes Peak
Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs Utilities, Colorado State Forest Service
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- IndyBlog
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Annie Leonard's new "Story"
Annie Leonard's original online film, The Story of Stuff, has attracted more than 12 million views since 2007.
Contact
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