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Barack Obama gives principal Michael Johnston extra creditBy Jessica CentersThursday, August 28At 3:10 p.m. on May 28 — dismissal time on the last day of school at Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts in Thornton — 500... More >> -
The Flobots rise and shineBy Adam Cayton-HollandThursday, August 21One-thirty in the afternoon on a blistering Monday in late July, and the Flobots are hardly forming like Voltron. The tour bus was supposed to... More >> -
From anarchists to aging hippies, they're all part of protestation nationBy Nate Stone and Jared Jacang MaherThursday, August 21To view the 10 protesters you'll meet at the DNC as a slide show, head to westword.com's slide show page. The protesters are coming! The... More >> -
Union Station may become Denver's gateway again -- if it stays on trackBy Joel WarnerThursday, August 14Passengers disembark from the rumbling trains by the hundreds, by the thousands. They've arrived at this station from Aurora and Littleton, from... More >> -
For Colorado Rapids fans, it's hard to be hooligansBy Adam Cayton-HollandThursday, August 07(Read more tales of soccer fanaticism -- including a breakdown of some of the game's greatest disasters and the story of Spain's biggest rivalry... More >>
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Blood Diamonds
Violent South American thieves are stealing millions in precious gems ... and getting away with it
By Brantley Hargrove
It's a creepy feeling, knowing these masked men have cased you for weeks, studying your every... More >>
Dallas
Enter Stage Right
With the curtain falling on its old playhouse,Dallas Theater Center gets its act together with a new leader
By Elaine Liner
Scene 1: Enter the prince
It's the first hour of the first day of rehearsal for Dallas Theater... More >>
Houston
The Passion of Victoria Osteen
A flight attendant went after the Osteens in court, bringing on trials and tribulation for one and all
By Richard Connelly
Every little Catholic boy and girl knows about the Stations of the Cross. (Maybe other... More >>
Kansas City
With the end of Bodies Revealed, Kansas City’s troubled Union Station faces another uncertain future
By Peter Rugg
It's still spring, and tickets are selling strong for the Bodies Revealed exhibit in the bowels... More >>
Miami
Violent Jewelry Thieves Prowl South Florida
They give new meaning to the term blood diamond.
By Brantley Hargrove
It is a creepy feeling, knowing these masked men have cased you for weeks, studying your every... More >>
Minneapolis
A field guide to the Republican National Convention
Meet the deranged, debauched and deluded characters coming to Minneapolis and St. Paul for the RNC
By Bradley Campbell
After almost two years of anticipatory civic brouhaha and financial hand-wringing, the... More >>
Phoenix
Joe Arpaio’s men fail to justify criminally charging New Times reporter Ray Stern in a public records dispute
By Michael Lacey
When I read our lawyer's interviews with the deputies in Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's... More >>
San Francisco
Going for Gold
Academy of Art’s new sports program is about spirit, marketing — and the chance to break even more rules.
By Joe Eskenazi
A quick glance through a propped-open door at Kezar Pavilion reveals a dozen or so women of... More >>
St. Louis
Kevin Slaten's Head Is About to Explode: The exiled sports-talk radio ranter needs to get some things off his chest
By Kristen Hinman
It sounds like Kevin Slaten's head is about to explode.
"If the story goes like that, there'll... More >>
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At the DNC: Spike Lee just wants to eat his hot dog
Thu Aug 28, 12:20 PM
Spike Lee, with relish. In the few minutes before Bill Clinton spoke at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night, I was inching along the perimeter of the floor in the same type of delegate scrum I'd experienced the... More >>
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Columns
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Max Karson bids adieu to CU
Thursday, August 28When last we checked in with Max Karson, the controversial University of Colorado at Boulder student was in the headlines for "If It's War the... More>>
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Superintendent Charlotte Ciancio may have super powers
Thursday, August 28When Charlotte Ciancio became superintendent of Mapleton Public Schools in 2001, she took a long, hard look at the district that had always felt... More>>
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Michelle Malkin can't handle the 9/11 Truth
Thursday, August 28As of Tuesday night, Denver was still in one piece. Although the carnival atmosphere downtown, the sign-wavers handing out fliers, the vendors,... More>>
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Speer Boulevard corners the market on views -- and Obama souvenirs
Thursday, August 28The whole world is in my back yard. From the bluffs right above the confluence of the Platte River and Cherry Creek, the layout of the... More>>
Letters
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Thursday, August 28
"Rise of the Flobots," Adam Cayton-Holland, August 21
Go With the Flobots
Adam Cayton-Holland, what a bunch of shit. First off, great job... More >>
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