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Why Corey “Save Your Heart” Clemons Was Shot Dead in Front of His Mom

Mere months after getting a tattoo on the left side of his chest that read, "Save Your Heart for Someone Who Leaves You Breathless," Corey Clemons's heart stopped. In the immediate aftermath of his fatal shooting in Aurora two years ago, few details were released, and that remained the case even after Lloyd Rickey Henderson was arrested and charged with the crime days later. But now, in the wake of Henderson's conviction and sentencing, we know that the gunman felled Clemons in front of his mother after using a bullet to intervene in a clash between her son and her live-in boyfriend that both parties would have otherwise survived.
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Why a Jury Acquitted a Sex Offender of Killing His Baby

In July 2015, Matthew Burry, a sex offender who spent more than a decade in prison, was arrested and charged with child abuse resulting in death after the passing of his four-and-a-half-month-old son, Dominic. But an Adams County jury has now found Burry not guilty of the crime after his legal team presented evidence that the child actually died as a result of meningitis that had afflicted him since birth.
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This Is the Day Accused Pit Bull Bandit Is Going to Die

The owners of Bandit say that the dog is a boxer mix. But as we've reported, officials in Aurora believe he's a type of pit bull, a breed banned in the community for a decade-plus, and they've spent more than a year trying to put him to death over a January 2017 biting incident. Today, March 2, they'll succeed. He's scheduled to be euthanized at the Aurora animal shelter this morning.
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Senator and Citizens Had a Shouting Match Over Oil and Gas Censorship

A shouting match broke out between a senator and Commerce City resident during an oil and gas-related hearing. She wanted to talk about explosions. He wanted to shut her up. Ultimately, her microphone was cut off and she was forcibly silenced. Now, a bill that would have put public health and safety over industry profits is dead.
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Why Colorado Missed Out on Robert Redford’s Latest Movie

Our Souls at Night, a 2017 Netflix film starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda, was shot in Colorado, with communities such as Florence, Colorado Springs and Denver benefiting from the dollars spent by the production, which was lured here in part by a $1.5 million in incentives made available through the Colorado Film Commission. But right now, the commission's funding looks likely to be limited to $750,000, the same amount to which its $3 million budget was slashed last year. That's too low an amount to attract major Hollywood films, and as evidence, Donald Zuckerman, the state's film commissioner, reveals that Redford wanted to make his next movie here but decided against it when he learned no economic incentives were available.
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Michael Hancock Is a Sexual Harasser and Must Resign, Police Union Says

Ever since Denver Mayor Michael Hancock apologized for sending inappropriate texts to Denver police officer Leslie Branch-Wise during the 2011-2012 period when she was on his security detail, various organizations related to local law enforcement have made their displeasure with the situation clear. The latest: Hours after Nick Rogers, president of the Denver Police Protective Association, told us that Hancock had lost the respect of cops in the Mile High, the Colorado Fraternal Order of Police, the state's primary police union, sent a scathing letter to Governor John Hickenlooper demanding that the mayor resign over his treatment of now-Detective Branch-Wise and plenty more.
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Eight Arty Things to Do and See This Weekend in Denver

January gallery openings continue to go full-bore as venues wake up after the holiday season. This month is swarming with new shows on every level in Denver, but you can also welcome — and play with — a new interactive public-art sculpture in the heart of the city.
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Six Arty Things to Do and See This Weekend

Spring is almost here in Denver, and galleries are blossoming with group shows and musings on the environment, alongside a pop-up retail art experiment, exhibits designed to change the way you think and a foray into performance art.
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Michael Bailey: I Lost My House and Job Because of Sheriff’s Office Laziness

"What does a person do when you realize you've lost everything?" asks Michael Bailey. "And I did. I lost my vehicle, my house and my job," all because he was held in custody for nearly two months on a warrant from another county he didn't know existed. Moreover, the charges against him were dismissed shortly after he was finally transferred to the proper court.