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Denver mayoral challenger Jamie Giellis: “I’m a fierce (bleeping) fighter” The...

Jamie Giellis arrived for an interview last week, chuckling with a campaign staffer about the song he played to boost her spirits on their...

Wiretap: Another mass shooting leaves us mourning the dead and asking...

No one seems to understand why a 64-year-old man with no criminal history and, according to his brother, with no history of gun violence,...

Wiretap: Roanoke mayor opposes Syrian refugees, citing Japanese internment camps

History lessons The Roanoke mayor invokes the Japanese internment program to justify his opposition to admitting Syrian refugees. George Takei, Star Trek actor turned Internet...

Taking a spin through Michael Hancock’s shiny happy Denver

Things are looking good for Denver in Mayor Michael Hancock’s first election ad of the season – especially for him. Unlike Hillary Clinton, who...

VIDEO: Vonnegut to Hickenlooper: Be more than a lowly mayor, son

YouTube already is a treasure trove of the lightning-fast internet-era past. Turns out the late prince of American fiction Kurt Vonnegut sent a message...