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Search continues after second body found


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Published Feb. 20, 2011 at 12:41 a.m.
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Denver police are continuing to search for a murdered ex-restaurant owner's domestic partner and a homeless male crossdresser named Ms.Puppy ...

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Second body found in murdered man's home


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Published Feb. 19, 2011 at 1:08 a.m.
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A second body has been found in a Denver house where a former restaurant owner was murdered — one day after police launched a hunt for the restaurateur's partner and a crossdresser named ...

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MasterMinds: Slam Nuba, Denver poets


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Published Feb. 17, 2011 at 7:00 a.m.

When Slam Nuba was started four years ago by a small group of Denver poets fresh off a win at the Poetry Slam nationals with the team from the Mercury Cafe, there was some concern that the upstart group would cause some friction. The Merc was the established anchor of the scene, the core. Would t ...

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Two plead guilty to fencing stolen items


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Published Nov. 23, 2010 at 12:11 a.m.
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A Denver man and woman pleaded guilty today to using a landmark Five Point restaurant to fence stolen cigarettes and TVs, prosecutors said ...

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Jeff Osaka's talents in the kitchen add up to a sublime experience at twelve


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Published Nov. 18, 2010 at 7:00 a.m.

Have you been to twelve ?" That was a question I got a lot when I first moved back to Denver, as people I met working in the restaurant industry offered their recommendations for dinner, casually tossing around the vitals of the newest places in town the way my brother throws out sports sta ...

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Dining for a Difference


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Published April 29, 2010 at 5:00 a.m.

The sixth annual WomenCook! event features something new: two men. Michael Benson is the chef at the WOW Cafe at the Denver Department of Human Services, 1200 Federal Boulevard; Craig Dixon is the chef at Cafe Options, 1650 Curtis Street. But they have something in common beyond their gender: ...

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On the Side of the Angels


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Published April 29, 2010 at 5:00 a.m.

In 1991, Philadelphia became the first city to hold Dining Out for Life , an endeavor that has since rallied restaurants in more than sixty cities across America, including Denver, to donate a portion of their food sales to AIDS education and awareness organizations. This year, over 300 restau ...

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Windy City Antics


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Published Feb. 18, 2010 at 6:00 a.m.

When improv hotshot and Bovine Metropolis player Justin Franzen began the weekly J&K Fun Hour (with Kerstin Caldwell) at the Mercury Cafe more than a month ago, his goal was to give Denver an independent long-form evening in a bar setting similar to what he had in the back room of Ginger’ ...

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Double the Meal, Double the Deal


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Published Feb. 18, 2010 at 6:00 a.m.

Reservation lines all over town are ringing off the hook with customers snatching up seats for Denver Restaurant Week , which begins today and, as you may already know, is really two weeks long. “We did a survey of restaurants, and the vast majority favored two weeks,” says Rich Gran ...

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Matching up with the Chargers


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Published Oct. 15, 2009 at 12:30 p.m.
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More photos » ... by Chris Schneider - AP ... Denver Broncos coach Josh McDaniels salutes the crowd after the Broncos defeated the New England Patriots 20-17 in overtime in an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, in Denver. (AP Photo/Chris Schneider) ... Browse more photos » ... Living in San Diego now (up north, in Carlsbad), I've had a classic opportunity to follow and spy on the Chargers. Milling around the town, lounging on the beach, watching the newspapers and the tube analysis, as

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