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  • First-round future still up in the air for Nuggets

    Garrett Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images Just who will the Nuggets face in the first round of the playoffs - and will they have home-court advantage? The possibilities are enough to make your head spin. With two games remaining, Denver (55-25) is locked in a tight race for the 3, 4 and 5 seeds with the Los Angeles Clippers and Memphis Grizzlies. As division winners, the Clippers (54-26) hold ...

  • Homes evacuated as wildfire flares near Denver blaze one of several across hot dry West

    A military C-130 drops a load of fire retardant on a wildfire near Pine, Colo., on Wednesday, June 19, 2013. A new wildfire in the foothills southwest of Denver forced the evacuation of dozens of homes Wednesday as hot and windy conditions in much of Colorado and elsewhere in the West made it easy for fires to start and spread. (AP Photo/Ed ...

  • Woman stabbed near Lakewood Light Rail

    LAKEWOOD, Colo. - Lakewood police are asking for the public's help in identifying suspects who stabbed a woman and pepper sprayed her husband near the Lamar Light Rail Station.The attack happened just before 2 a.m. on Monday, according to police. The husband and wife walked to a West Metro Fire Station at 14th Avenue and Lamar Street for help. They told police they were approached on the ...

  • East Peak Fire Update

    The East Peak Fire is burning below the east Spanish Peak in Huerfano County. Approximately 250-300 acres have burned with no containment. The East Peak Fire was being called the Scout Ranch Fire Approximately 150 people have arrived at the shelter at John Mall High School. That location is at 355 Pine Street. The Red Cross has set up a "Safe and Well" hotline. They ask that you only ...

  • Gov. John Hickenlooper remains undecided on school financial support

    WASHINGTON - Gov. John Hickenlooper said Wednesday he was still undecided on whether to back a ballot measure this fall that would fuel a new $1.1 billion tax increase necessary to pay for a newly overhauled system for administering the state's education dollars.But, Hickenlooper said it would be "crazy to put more money into the system unless you change the structure of the ...

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Miss Julie (Fröken Julie) [DVD]

Miss Julie (Fröken Julie) [DVD]

August Strindberg's notorious 1888 play Miss Julie takes place entirely inside a single room--a kitchen--and features only three characters: a wealthy and rebellious woman, her father's footman, and the family cook. Thus, the central challenge facing writer/director Alf Sjberg was ho ... ...

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  • Straight shooters catching Denver Nuggets attention before draft

    Nuggets general manager Tim Connelly, left, and team president Josh Kroenke chat with Erick Green of Virginia Tech at the Pepsi Center. (John Leyba, The Denver ...

  • Lionel Hollins interviews for head coaching job with Denver Nuggets

    to me the first mark of a well-coached team. "Memphis clearly was that. I like his approach to how to win in this league." Just as Del Rio was a star linebacker at USC and a Pro Bowler in the NFL, Hollins was an all-defensive team player as an NBA guard. Now the teams he coaches play defense like a litany of Lionels. Defensive rating is a statistic that analyzes points allowed per ...

  • Davidson Denver Alpha Kappa Alphas choose M.O.D.E.L. Men for 2013

    M.O.D.E.L. Man Sean Eugene Bradley made history by being the first African-American elected student body president at Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas. The Denver resident is the co-founder of Bradley Capital Enterprises. IPTC: M.O.D.E.L. Man Sean Eugene Bradley made history by being the first African American elected student body president at Stephen F. Austin State University in ...

  • Davidson Chefs sizzle at Hot Rocks Griller Challenge benefiting Denver Health

    Brian Griese, left, and Michael Pollak, chaired the Challenge with Les Shapiro (not shown). Dr. Arthur Gonzalez is Denver Health's chief executive, and Dr. Fernando Kim is chief of urology at the hospital. Steve Peterson, Special to The Denver Post Anyone who thinks that sliders are no big deal - nothing more than itsy-bitsy hunks of ground beef on a bun - should have been at the 2013 Hot ...

  • Worst Colorado fire kills 2 burns 400 homes

    BLACK FOREST, Colorado, June 14 (Xinhua) -- The most destructive fire in the U.S. state of Colorado has killed two people and engulfed 400 homes as of Thursday afternoon, local officials said. The 3-day fire that has torched 15,700 acres, spreading dramatically due to shifting winds and dry conditions. Some 750 fire fighters were rushed to the scene to battle the blaze. However, fire fighters ...

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