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Air Fruitcake: Manitou Springs Launches Leftover Fruitcakes

Pam Grout | Posted 05.25.2011

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The good folks of Manitou Springs fling it, smash it, shoot it from air-powered canons and, some years, fashion it into sculptures such as a Saddam Hussein fruitcake bust.

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Colorado's 2010 AAA Diamond-Rated Restaurants

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mirabelle at Beaver Creek, Beaver Creek, Manitou Springs, Frasca, Palace Arms, The Brown Palace, Summit, The Wildflower, Rioja, Denver, Restaurant Kevin Taylor, Vail, Grouse Mountain Grill, Ludwig's Restaurant, Spago, The Penrose Room, Slidepollajax, Keystone, The Flagstaff House Restaurant, The Broadmoor, Tundra Restaurant, The Cliff House Dining Room, Splendido at the Chateau, Restaurant Kelly Liken, Eating Out, Telluride, Colorado Springs, Aspen, 2010 AAA/CAA Four Diamond Restaurants, Keystone Ranch Restaurant, Alpenglow Stube, The Left Bank, Charles Court, Onyx Restaurant at Capella, Boulder, Dining, Ouray, Montagna, Syzygy, Denver News

The AAA's annual restaurant awards rated 22 Colorado restaurants with four diamond ratings. Only one restaurant, The Penrose Room at The Broadmoor Hot...

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Manitou's Battle For House On The Hill Near End

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Springs, Annex, House on a Hill, House on Iron Mountain, Manitou Springs, Open Space, Iron Mountain, Slidepollajax, Tom Mcgee, Bruce Brian, Stephen Beisel, Denver News

A decades-long legal battle between a Colorado town and a landowner over a house built out of spite may be close to an end. Manitou Springs has battl...

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PETA Ads 'Too Racy,' Rejected By Colo. Springs, Manitou Springs Interested

Colorado Springs Business Journal | AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Peta, Budget Crisis, PETA Ads, Manitou Springs, Colorado Springs, Trash Cans, Denver News

The mayor of Manitou Springs says the town is open to the idea of allowing anti-meat ads on trash cans after Colorado Springs rejected the same propos...

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Denver Halloween: Where Are The Best Events This Weekend?

Posted 05.25.2011

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Help us assemble the ultimate Colorado Halloween guide! We've included some of our favorite Halloween events and parties in the slide show below, but...

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