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• Two minutes with Cody McLeod

  A brief talk on video here with Cody McLeod, who talks about the fear of possibly losing an eye, and his decision NOT to wear a protective visor after the three or four weeks he’s been told he MUST wear one, starting with Wednesday’s game with Phoenix: And a little time [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 7:32pm EST
  

• Weezer Snuggie

  I’m holding out for the RIvers Cuomo Slapchop. [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 5:28pm EST
  

• Photo essay: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit @ the Larimer Lounge

  Former Drive-By Truckers guitarist Jason Isbell and his current act the 400 Unit stopped by the Larimer Lounge on Halloween. Photos by Evan Semon. What’s that, you say? You didn’t see a show on Halloween? Your loss, sucker. While you were out comparing your lame balloon boy/pirate/sexy-fairy costume to every other [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 5:25pm EST
  

• Climate change and preserving the outdoors: 3 letters

  Re: “Saving our outdoors,” Oct. 30 guest commentary. Tom Strickland and Sam Hamilton are due praise for their excellent summation of wildlife and landscape preservation. It’s refreshing to read about progress in the battle against the threat climate change poses to our nation’s land, fish, wildlife and water. Their mention of [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 5:03pm EST
  

• Last in 3rd down defense

  Colorado State coach Steve Fairchild knew he didn’t have to spend a lot of time looking over the NCAA statistical rankings to realize the Rams have issues in the third down defensive department. He didn’t sound terribly shocked Tuesday to be reminded the Rams are 120th and dead last [...][...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 5:00pm EST
  

• CU’s Darrell Scott leaves program

  Sophomore tailback Darrell Scott, the most highly rated recruit signed in Colorado coach Dan Hawkins’ four years, has left the program, the CU sports information department confirmed this afternoon. According to the news release, Hawkins said Scott “is leaving for assorted personal reasons” and it is assumed that Scott will transfer [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 3:22pm EST
  

• Live review: Slim Cessna’s Auto Club @ Bender’s Tavern

  Despite a ready-to-go crowd, Slim Cessna’s energy flagged at the band’s cozy Halloween show at Bender’s Tavern. Photos by Haley Carnefix. “Just like Slim!” “Just Like Munly!” The two centers of the cyclone that is the live performance of Slim Cessna’s Auto Club hollered these lines again and again at each [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 1:52pm EST
  

• Win 10 Tickets to the Denver Holiday and Food Festival!

  Denver moms: start your engines! The Denver Holiday and Food Festival is coming to town November 12-15 and we want to help you get a jump-start on all your holiday shopping. More than 500 vendors ... [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 1:39pm EST
  

• Budaj in net against Phoenix

  Barring any recurrence of the swine flu or any other malady, Peter Budaj will finally get his first start of the year against the Coyotes. Cody McLeod will play – albeit with a visor. [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 12:20pm EST
  

• Tucker back at practice

  Darcy Tucker on the ice here, skating hard. He’s got the non-contact orange sweater on, but this is good news. McLeod back too, ready to go it looks like. Dupuis and Willsie not out there. Might be back in LE. [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 11:31am EST
  

• Steal This Track: Everything Absent or Distorted (A Love Story)

  The members of Everything Absent or Distorted (A Love Story) get their calcium at the Meadowlark. Photo courtesy of Todd Roeth. Steal This Track, a new feature on Reverb, is THE spot to find out more about Denver’s hottest and most interesting musical acts. This column is more than just a [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 10:02am EST
  

• Home aesthetics valued more than efficiency

  A national survey released Monday finds Americans prefer aesthetic home improvements such as a refinished kitchen or bathroom over money-saving improvements like energy-efficient windows or a high-efficiency furnace. The survey, the fifth annual Energy Pulse® survey conducted by Shelton Group, found that consumers are reverting to their old priorities as the [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 9:26am EST
  

• Winter Park lift tix, Steamboat Sheraton bargains

  Winter Park Resort will hand over free lift tickets when guests book a minimum of two nights of lodging between Nov. 18 and Dec. 25. Skiers and riders get one free lift ticket per night booked, regardless of the size of the unit or number of people in the party. [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 9:17am EST
  

• WSJ discovers Boulder’s naked pumpkin run

  The piece, which is about Boulder’s crack-down on the event, is on the site’s “most popular” list. For most local folks, the article doesn’t break any new ground. But it is interesting to read this bemused look from afar at the crazy local tradition that we know and …. well, that [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:40am EST
  

• Have a Wendy’s

  Twenty of Colorado’s top sudent-athletes have been chosen as local finalists for the 2009 Wendy’s High School Heisman Award. Of 50,000 seniors who applied nationwide, 10,848 were selected. On Saturday, one in-state male and female be named Colorado winners. They will be considered for the national title in New York City on [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 1:37am EST
  

• Clothes-ing in on a cure

  Four years ago, Dr. Elaine Scholes, a pediatrician at Denver Health, thought it was pretty neat that she was able to get 60 people to gather at Saks Fifth Avenue Cherry Creek for the first Key To The Cure mother-daughter fashion show. Everyone had a blast. So much so that in Year [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 11:36pm EST
  

• Vancouver postcard

  If all you want is pure Avs talk, skip this blog. But a few of you have asked what all the fuss is about with Vancouver, and here’s some of the reasons why. First up, some Beluga whales from a visit yesterday at the city’s famous Stanley Park – a [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 11:18pm EST
  

• Snoopy Thanksgiving

  Sometimes a beloved tradition has roots in sheer necessity. For small children, Thanksgiving Day can be very long. Adults are flurried with the feast. It’s difficult for kids to find their niche amongst long-lost relatives and ... [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 11:01pm EST
  

• Marvel Thriller

  Well, it’s no “Robot Chicken” but hey, it’s got Stan Lee’s voice and Hasselhoff NIck Fury. [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 10:32pm EST