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The Ten-Month Fight to Stop Aurora From Killing This Dog

An Aurora family has spent most of 2017 trying to prevent city representatives from killing Bandit, a two-year-old dog deemed a hazard after what Animal Law Center attorney Jennifer Edwards describes as a minor bite suffered by a Federal Express deliveryman. But while a lawsuit filed by the owners and accessible below has put their pet's euthanization on hold, the matter remains in limbo, and Edwards says the effect on Bandit has been devastating.
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Denver Cat Declawing Ban Passes Unanimously, Now the Law

In one of the least suspenseful votes in recent Denver City Council history, the cat declawing ban pushed by council member Kendra Black and supported by, among others, Animal Planet star Jackson Galaxy and Paw Project founder Jenny Conrad passed at a meeting held last night, November 13.
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Denver Officials Teach Global Leaders About Legal Pot

Four other states have opened for recreational cannabis sales since Colorado started the trend in 2014, and three more have passed laws legalizing it. So why does Denver still feel the need to bring in local, state and national regulators from around the world to talk about pot?
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Racist Gang Leader’s Death Impacts One of State’s Biggest Murder Mysteries

On August 27, the Colorado Department of Corrections revealed the death of inmate Benjamin Davis, one of the state's most notorious prisoners, at Wyoming State Penitentiary, to which he'd been transferred. Davis, who is is suspected of committing suicide, was the reputed leader of a white-supremacist prison gang known as the 211 Crew and a potential player in the 2013 execution-style murder of CDOC executive director Tom Clements.
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It’s About F*cking Time: Rents Falling Across Metro Denver

As we've reported, metro Denver rent prices have been moderating of late, but as recently as August, rents were up on a month-to-month basis almost everywhere in the area. However, that's finally changed. In September, rent prices were either unchanged or down from the previous month in ten different communities in and around the Mile High City.
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Meet Charly Bliss, the Perfect Pop-Rock Band

Let’s cut to the chase: Charly Bliss is a terrific band from Brooklyn that pairs crunchy pop-rock with the sugary vocal melodies of frontwoman Eva Hendricks. The results are sweet and serrated and effervescent and muscular and totally addictive.
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New Zine Tackles the Music Patriarchy

The music industry has long been dominated by white men. To open space for other voices, Denver musicians Elinor Saragoussi and Jacob Cohen, aka Rooster Jake, compiled and self-published New Angles: Perspectives of Women, Queer and Gender Non-Binary Members of the Greater Music Community.
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78/52 Hacks Thrillingly Into Psycho’s Infamous Murder Scene

The numbers in the title of 78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene refer to the number of setups and shots that were required to create the shocking cinematic savagery that occurs less than an hour into the director’s 1960 masterpiece, Psycho. You know the scene: It killed off star Janet Leigh’s character...
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Are Denver Cops Using Body-Camera Video Like a Cheat Sheet?

At present, cops employed by the Denver Police Department are routinely allowed to view body-worn camera video before writing reports about officer-involved shootings or in-custody deaths. In a report accessible below, a committee advising the DPD on its use-of-force policy advocates that this policy be changed in order to even the playing field with other witnesses and prevent officers from being able to spin accounts in favorable ways that fit the footage. But Chief Robert White is noncommittal about whether he'll take this counsel.
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Ten Colorado-Made Gifts for Booze Lovers

Although it may seem easy to shop for that cocktail and beer-loving co-worker or father-in-law, this year go beyond the usual bottle of bottom-shelf bourbon and try something better made right here in the Centennial State. Whether the recipient lives in town or somewhere else, nothing says "taste the Rockies"...
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Mandatory Potency Testing of MMJ Edibles, Concentrates Starts November 1

All medical marijuana edibles, concentrates and other infused products made in Colorado will soon be subject to mandatory potency testing now that state testing laboratories have reached an acceptable level of proficiency, according to the Marijuana Enforcement Division. Retail marijuana product manufacturers have been required to send all of their...
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Anti-Pot Group Spins Bad News Out of Good News Data About CO Weed Use

While touting data in a federal report showing that marijuana use among Colorado teens is falling, attorney Brian Vicente, who co-authored Amendment 64, the measure that legalized limited recreational cannabis sales in the state, predicted that weed haters would try to twist the numbers to their advantage, and he was right. Days later, Colorado's most prominent anti-pot organization is acknowledging the stats regarding teen use but raising alarm about the level of consumption among young adults.
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Get Ready for More Wallet-Busting Beers in 2018

If Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday had you sweating it out on Can’t-Pay-the-Rent Tuesday, then you might want to turn away from this bit of news: In recent months, a few Colorado craft breweries have begun selling beers exceeding $30, $40 and even $50 a bottle. It’s...
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Seriously, Adam Sandler Triumphs in Netflix’s The Meyerowitz Stories

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) premieres on Netflix Oct. 13 Adam Sandler’s core as a performer has always been his self-loathing. In his best comedies, he weaponizes it with humiliating ruthlessness. (In his worst ones, it wafts pathetically off him like the day-after stink of a drunkard.) Now, he’s...