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  • Conservatives rally outside Denver IRS

    DENVER - Tea party activists rallied outside the IRS office in Denver to protest IRS scrutiny of conservative groups.About 50 people held signs and listened to speakers at Tuesday's event. Dozens of others dropped by for a few minutes to show support, and some drivers passing by the downtown building honked their horns in solidarity.Protesters took turns speaking with a megaphone, ...

  • School evacuated over item in chem lab

    CONIFER, Colo. - West Jefferson Middle School in Conifer was evacuated Tuesday afternoon over an unidentified compound found in the chemistry lab. The Sheriff's Office originally described it as an "unstable item."Melissa Reeves, a spokeswoman for the school district, said that during a routine inspection of the science lab, an unlabeled bottle of a liquid was found. Following ...

  • Bishop would-be pipe bomber gets 37 years

    CHICAGO -; An Iowa letter carrier has been sentenced to 37 years in prison for sending dud pipe bombs with threatening letters signed "The ...

  • Friday is Dont Fry Day as skin cancer soars in Colorado nationwide

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to declare Friday, May 24, 2013 as "Don't Fry Day." The agencies are encouraging Americans to take simple steps to prevent skin cancer throughout the summer. The CDC lists Colorado among the states with the ...

  • Tea party activists rally at Denver IRS office

    DENVER (AP) -- Tea party activists rallied outside the Internal Revenue Service office in Denver on Tuesday to protest IRS scrutiny of conservative ...

Movie Review

I, The Jury

I, The Jury

In the 1982 updating of Mickey Spillane's 1947 novel "I, The Jury," hard-boiled detective Mike Hammer is a Vietnam vet who drives a shiny bronze Trans Am, dresses like Don Johnson in "Miami Vice" with less pastels, and has sworn off alcohol. However, he still smokes his Lucky Strikes, detests a ... ...

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  • NRA goes to war against Dems in Colorado we go to war against NRA

    Wayne LaPierre's NRA trying to oust Democrats in Colorado. Hosting two of the biggest gun massacres in recent years, Colorado decided to get serious about gun safety ...

  • Chemical prompts bomb squad response at Jefferson County school

    The bomb squad from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is responding to West Jefferson Middle School on Tuesday afternoon.The sheriff's office reports that students were evacuated from the school, 9449 S. Barnes Ave., Conifer, after an unstable item was found in a chemistry lab.The evacuated students were gathered at the football field while the danger was assessed.The incident ...

  • Target to hire 200 for new Denver store

    "." Target Corp. will begin hiring 200 new employees for its new Tamarac Square store with a three-day job fair that starts Thursday, the company said Tuesday. The 135,000-square foot store, at the corner of East Hampden Avenue and South Tamarac Drive, is scheduled to open in July. Its one of 11 stores the Minneapolis-based company (NYSE: TGT) is opening nationwide in 2013. It will be ...

  • Denver Nuggets Kenneth Faried Wins Citizenship Award

    Juan Ocampo/NBAE/Getty Images NEW YORK, May 1, 2013 - Kenneth Faried of the Denver Nuggets has been voted the 2012-13 winner of the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award, named after the second commissioner of the NBA and presented annually by the Professional Basketball Writers Association to the player, coach or trainer who shows outstanding service and dedication to the community. Faried, a ...

  • Navigating change MA are topics at Denver Business Journals CFO Forum

    The Denver Business Journals May 21 CFO Forum today focuses on two timely trends that chief financial officers deal with adapting to the ever-changing corporate world and helping their companies do deals such as mergers and acquisitions. The forum at the Marriott Hotel Denver City Center hotel includes two panel discussions: Navigating a changing corporate landscape and Denver Deals Behind the ...

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