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Man Accused of Raping Woman at Denver Airport

Apr 14th 2011 – 9:51AM

DENVER - The rape of a woman at Denver International Airport has left family members raising questions about the late-night attack and officials defending security at the Rocky Mountain hub, which serves millions of travelers each year. Police spokesman Sonny Jackson said Wednesday that violent crime is rare at the...

Record-Breaking Storm System Roars Across US

By Paul YeagerApr 5th 2011 – 3:40PM
AP

AP

The powerful storm system that swept through the Plains on Sunday and to the East Coast today, killing at least seven people in the Deep South, spawned over 1,500 reports of severe weather since Sunday, including a record-breaking 1,200-plus reports during one 24-hour period. The hardest hit regions were the Tennessee...

Wind Grounds Aircraft Fighting Colorado Wildfire

Mar 22nd 2011 – 5:54PM
Orlin Wagner, AP

Orlin Wagner, AP

GOLDEN, Colo. -- Air tankers and ground crews battled a wind-whipped wildfire in the foothills west of Denver as officials warned that eastern Colorado's worst drought in nearly a decade makes that part of the state vulnerable to more burning. Two helicopters, two aerial tankers and 200 firefighters kept a 2-square-mile...

Goose-Kebab: Arrow Removed From Elusive Bird

By Steven HofferMar 20th 2011 – 7:31AM
denverpost.com

denverpost.com

A few inches to the left and this duck would have been sauce. A Canada goose that waddled through Denver for more than a month with an arrow impaled through its chest is a walking shish kebab no longer. Doctors safely removed the obstruction during an operation Thursday, The Denver Post...

SEC's Porn-Watching Employees Earned Over $200,000 Per Year

By Steven HofferMar 14th 2011 – 2:38PM

It's safe to say that spending eight hours of company time watching pornography would get most workers canned. Not so at the Securities and Exchange Commission, it seems. New documents regarding a 2005-10 investigation into the agency's porn-surfing employees reveal that several workers were "disciplined" for downloading...

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Priscilla Chan Got Her Wedding Dress At This Denver Boutique

May 22nd 2012 - 04:57PM

The dress everyone with access to a "like" button has been talking about was reportedly bought in Denver.

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Music Mondays: Artists Playing Locally This Week

May 21st 2012 - 01:07PM

Welcome to the third installment of "Music Mondays," a weekly Spotify playlist with the music we're currently obsessing over, locally and beyond.

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LISTEN: UFO Nearly Takes Out Jet Over Denver

May 16th 2012 - 03:59PM

An unidentified flying object over Denver on Monday has aviation experts scratching their heads.

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Denver Public Schools Investigating Beach Court Elementary And Hallett Fundamental Academy After Allegations Of Widespread Cheating

May 15th 2012 - 06:25PM

State officials today opened investigations into possible cheating at two Denver elementary schools, interviewing the principals and staff at Beach Court Elementary and Hallett Fundamental Academy.

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'Last Thing That We Would Do Is Make An Arrest For Camping'

May 11th 2012 - 06:24PM

Denver Police Chief Robert White says that if the city passes its proposed "unauthorized" camping ban next week, his department will use arrest as a last resort.

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Background on Denver

Denver () (Arapaho: Niinéniiniicíihéhe' ) is the largest city and the capital of the U.S. state of Colorado.

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