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In Depth

Larger reported stories, investigative features

Talking secession in Wray

In their hands you can feel the land, the cornstalks, fence posts, castrating knives and hard dirt. First in the hands of the greeters in the Methodist church foyer. Then in the hands of the members of the congregation welcoming visitors to Thanksgiving service. You could feel it like you could feel the morning chill.

Krieger: You call that cold?

Half an hour afterward, Peyton Manning was diplomatic about the third 50-point explosion of the season by the Broncos offense he runs.

Colorado gay wedding cake case moves forward

DENVER -- The Lakewood baker refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple and the gay couple sued. Administrative Law Judge Robert Spencer heard arguments Wednesday and said he would likely rule on the case before the weekend.

ALEC docs reveal relationship with lawmakers no voter could expect to enjoy

Leaked reports prepared this summer by ALEC highlight the priorities of the group and its intimate relationships with and expectations of state lawmakers, specifically state ALEC "chairs," such as Colorado's Sen. Bill Cadman and Rep. Libby Szabo.

Report: Grievances overlooked in Denver jails

Denver’s sheriffs department is ignoring incidents of staff misconduct, according to a report written by the official tasked with watchdogging the city’s safety agencies.

‘Bringing what was done in the dark into the light’

DENVER-- A Colorado man who has spent more than a quarter-century in prison for a rape in which the victim claimed her attacker’s identity came to her “in a dream” is appealing his conviction based on new evidence.

‘Finally out and among the living’

Jack Powers is an inmate in the federal Bureau of Prisons convicted of bank robbery and escaping from prison. He spent more than a...

Magpul back then: Newtown shooter a ‘doucherocket,’ his crimes the fault of his parents

Magpul Industries has remained quiet in the wake of news that the shooter in the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary school used three of the company's 30-round ammunition magazines. The silence is a departure.

Am I making myself perfectly queer?

No matter where I go, there’s something about my hair that screams, “Please offer me unsolicited feedback.” “Bieber wannabe.” “Mesbian (male lesbian).” “So retro!” I’ve heard it all.

Documents suggest Rove, Norquist groups played beyond campaign finance limits

On its 2012 tax return, GOP strategist Karl Rove's dark money behemoth Crossroads GPS justified its status as a tax-exempt social welfare group in part by citing its grants of $35 million to other similarly aligned nonprofits.
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