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“Sometimes I’d wonder,” Frank Petrucci said last spring. "Sometimes I wonder why them and not me.”
Petrucci died this morning. He spent much of his 95...
Brace yourself. You’re about to be bashed with a clunky government-agency name: Colorado’s Office of Consumer Counsel. As soon as you've recovered, take note: The...
For six months, Arturo Hernandez Garcia has been in sanctuary at the First Unitarian Church of Denver while immigrant rights organizers have tried to...
Mystery Solved
The case of the literary litterbug has been solved: “Glenn Pladsen says he isn't sure how long he has been dumping books along U.S. 287...
Droning On
President Obama has relied on the clean, subtle technique of killing with drones. But independent investigations have found that his administration is underestimating the...
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that, together with the Department of Justice and the State of Colorado, it had reached an air-pollution settlement...
Colorado Springs Republican Representative Gordon Klingenschmitt's televangelist alter ego Dr. Chaps has made headlines for blending politics and scripture, most notably suggesting that President Obama is possessed by demons...
DENVER — Senate Republicans on the Judiciary Committee advanced a fetal homicide bill Wednesday night that, for limited use, would write “personhood” language associated...