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Activist Orgs Continue to Fund Top Post in Ritter Administration

Jessica Corry | Posted 12.07.2009 | Denver

Read More: Denver Foundation, Center for American Progress, Climate Change, Alice Madden, Hewlett Foundation, Bill Ritter, Global Warming, Denver Post, Denver News

Three years into his tenure, Gov. Bill Ritter should write a guidebook on how to buy a top post in his administration. Think it couldn't happen? It already is in the Governor's Energy Office.

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Can Pot Save Denver's Papers?

Jessica Corry | Posted 11.19.2009 | Denver

Read More: Rocky Mountain News, Westword, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Drugs, War on Drugs, Legalize Marijuana, Westword-Marijuana-Critic, Denver Post, Denver News

As the loss of the Rocky Mountain News still lingers, the focus now turns to saving the publications remaining. Essential revenue could come from the most unlikely of sources. Marijuana.

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Ian Fisher: An American Soldier's Journey Told In Pictures

Denver Post | Posted 11.08.2009 | Denver

Read More: American Soldier, Ian Fisher, Ian Fisher Afghanistan, Denver Military Entrance Processing Station, Ian Fisher Iraq, Georgia, Ian Fisher US Army, Fort Benning, Denver Post, Future Soldier Training Program, Devin Ervin, Denver News

This is how an American soldier is made. For 27 months, Ian Fisher, his parents and friends, and the U.S. Army allowed Denver Post reporters and a ph...

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Colorado Can Lead Nation In Marijuana Policy

Jessica Corry | Posted 11.03.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Denver Post, Marijuana, Colorado Medical Marijuana, Legalize Marijuana, Medical Marijuana Colorado, Marijuana News, Denver News

While some regulation of any industry may be appropriate at times, medical marijuana is being unfairly villainized by those who disagree with the state's voters

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Imagine Coors Field Today -- Time to Change Baseball Season

Michael D. Brown | Posted 10.30.2009 | Denver

Read More: American League, Baseball, Koa, Baseball Playoffs, National League, Winter Storm, Colorado Rockies, Denver, Denver Post, Denver News

Suppose the Rockies were now playing in the World Series. What exactly would the world think, looking out on Denver from the television cameras in Coors Field?

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Denver Post Says It Has Retained 86% Of Rocky Mountain News Subscribers

Yahoo! News | 16 Mins Ago | Posted 10.26.2009 | Denver

Read More: Audit Bureau of Circulations, Rocky Mountain News, Dean Singleton, MediaNews Group, Newspaper Industry, Denver Post, Denver News

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New Blue Review: Up, Up and a Waste of Air Time

Todd Hartley | Posted 10.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Fort Collins, Richard Heene, Good Morning America, Balloon Boy, New Blue Review, Falcon Heene, Colorado, Heene Fine, Today Show, Heene Apocalypse Bunker, Denver Post, Media News

The Octomom is getting a show. Even that crying kid imploring the world to leave Britney Spears alone was in line to get a TV show. Everyone wants to get on TV these days. Heene's no different.

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Stopping the Presses: What Will Journalism Resemble in the Post-Print Age?

Wayne Trujillo | Posted 12.01.2009 | Denver

Read More: Print Media, Rocky Mountain News, USA Today, Media, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal, Internet Media, Denver Post, Death of Newspapers, Washington Post, Denver News

As I picked up several copies of the shrunken final edition of the Rocky Mountain News, I felt a sadness not only for that issue, but also for the physical transformation of the newspaper.

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Sen. Mark Udall and VA Secretary Shinseki Finger Pointing on Tim Masters Case

Michael D. Brown | Posted 11.27.2009 | Denver

Read More: GI Bill, Mark Udall, Veterans Affairs, Susan Greene, Tim Masters, Eric Shinseki, Denver Post, Veterans, Denver News

Tim Masters has been busy trying to rebuild his life after almost ten years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Now he does not have access to the GI benefits he deserves.

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10 Pithy Observations About Boulder (Part One)

Bob Wells | Posted 11.23.2009 | Denver

Read More: Environmentalism, Rocky Mountains, Boulder, Denver Post, Twenty Something, Daily Camera, Exercise, Bicycling, Startups, Generation X, Green Living, Boulder Weekly, Denver News

Number four: It's oh so common for us to comment after a trip to other parts of America about how fat everyone was. With compassion, mind you.

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Publishers Want Their Slice of 'Linked-in' Economy

Jerry Lewis | Posted 11.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: Rocky Mountain News, Business, Boulder Report, Denver Post, Arianna Huffington, Journalism, Denver, Boulder, Denver News

One thing is for sure, the Denver Post is watching closely what happens with this Internet-only Huffington Post. I don't think it was a coincidence that the Post just announced a new advertising campaign.

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Gaining access to the Post's "Premium Broncos" coverage

Westword | Westword | Posted 11.14.2009 | Home

Read More: Denver Broncos, Denver Post, Kyle Orton, Michael Roberts, Home News

This morning, while sitting down to write a blog about the Broncos' Jesus Christ-aided, loaves-and-fishes-style miracle win over the Bengal...

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Our Broncos bet with the Post's Dan Haley: 4-12 or 5-11?

Westword | Westword | Posted 11.11.2009 | Home

Read More: Bill Simmons, Dan Haley, Denver Broncos, Denver Post, Espn, Michael Roberts, Home News

Last year, I wrote a blog needling Denver Post editorial page editor Dan Haley about a piece that took what I saw as cheap shots at the Den...

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Post's soldier story made for the web

Westword | Westword | Posted 11.11.2009 | Home

Read More: Channel 9, Craig F. Walker, Dean Singleton, Denver Post, Ian Fisher, Michael Roberts, Denver, Home News

Unlike most Denver TV stations, the Denver Post leads its offerings today with a report inspired by 9-11. Blessedly, though, it's not anot...

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Josh Penry Lauded Nationally As He's Slammed Locally

The Colorado Independent | John Tomasic | Posted 11.09.2009 | Denver

Read More: Gop, Josh Penry, Washington Post, Tim Hoover, Bill Ritter, Chris Cillizza, Denver Post, Denver News

Today, Washington Post writer Chris Cillizza featured Colorado Republican state senator Josh Penry in his "Rising" series, which profiles up-and-comin...

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Public Option Essential To Health Care Reform: The Denver Post

Posted 09.23.2009 | Denver

Read More: Health Care, Public Option, Denver Post Editorial, Denver Post, Denver News

The Denver Post, not typically thought of as a left-leaning publication, penned a strongly-worded editorial in it's Sunday edition defending the so-ca...

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Udall In Denver Post: Gun Amendment Would Not Have Nullified CO Laws

The Denver Post | Senator Mark Udall | Posted 09.03.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mark Udall, Mark Udall Gun Control, Colorado Senator Gun Control, Mark Udall Thune Amendment, CO Senator Guns, Colorado Senator Gun Vote, Mark Udall Gun Vote, Denver Post, Denver News

The Denver Post suggests that I rethink my vote for legislation that would allow individuals who legally acquire a concealed firearm permit in their s...

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Is It Too Late to Save (Newspaper) Journalism?

Aaron Harber | Posted 07.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Rocky Mountain News, Newspapers, Cyber News, Rocky Mountain News Closing, Death of Newspapers, Aaron Harber, Journalism, Newspaper Industry, Denver Post, Media News

Turning around the industry means turning around the country. It could easily be a two-decade process.

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Barter System Booms During Recession

The Denver Post | Posted 06.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Baterer Beware, Barter, Business-to-Business, U-Exchange.com, Ryan Lee, Colorado, Eugene Sobczak, Bartering, Denver Post, Business News

Unemployed since November, Eugene Sobczak wanted nothing more than to aid another cash-strapped soul, gratis, when he read the online ad asking for he...

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Barter System Booms In Colorado

The Denver Post | Posted 06.21.2009 | Business

Read More: John Marcek, Economic Recesssion, U-Exchange.com, Denver Colorado, Eugene Sobczak, Barter System, Recession, Denver Post, Denver, Business News

Unemployed since November, Eugene Sobczak wanted nothing more than to aid another cash-strapped soul, gratis, when he read the online ad asking for he...

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Where is the Candidate? (1908)

Kate Kelly | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Presidential Candidate, Denver Convention, Democratic Convention, Denver Post, Politics News

As was customary in 1908, the candidates themselves did not attend the nominating conventions.

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Hometown Papers Splurging On Convention Coverage

Wall Street Journal | Russell Adams & Shira Ovide | Posted 09.26.2008 | Media

Read More: Democratic National Convention, Newspapers, Rnc, Dnc, Denver Post, Media News

Like their counterparts across the country, the local newspapers in Denver and Minneapolis-St. Paul have been cutting back as advertising sales dwindl...

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