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• Visitors welcomed

  Dr. Michael Salem, left, was the evening’s host. With him are Mayor John Hickenlooper and Tom Gart, chair of the National Jewish Health board. Photo courtesy of Wonderworks Photography There’s plenty of business to tend to when National Jewish Health conducts its annual meeting and healthcare symposium. There’s also a nice [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 9:10pm EST
  

• You’ve certainly spoken

  A record number of comments to my question last night of “where were you?” to the Avs-Coyotes game. So, thanks for that. Lots of interesting responses. Money, of course, was a top reason listed as to why people aren’t showing up as much right now, and I can certainly understand that. But [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 8:01pm EST
  

• Here’s the details on the Belisle, Flores contracts

  NEW YORK — The Rockies moved quickly to fortify their bullpen Thursday, signing Matt Belisle and Randy Flores to one-year deals. Here are the details of their contracts obtained by The Denver Post. Belisle agreed to a one-year, $850,000 deal that is not fully guaranteed because it’s an arbitration contract. He [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 7:19pm EST
  

• Paragon titles; “Joseph” cast list

  Tracy Shaffer, left, and Stephen Day Paragon Theatre isn’t entirely settled on where it might be next year (possibly right where it is now, at Crossroads Theatre, and then again, maybe not), but it it has announced its four titles for 2010 (dates also to be determined): “Long Day’s Journey [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 6:44pm EST
  

• Doubts about medical marijuana’s value: 3 letters

  Re: “Questions about the growth of medical marijuana,” Nov. 3 letters to the editor. As a “mainstream” (retired) physician with more than 10 years of experience and board certification in hospice and palliative medicine, I affirm The Post’s statement that “Mainstream doctors question the efficacy of medical marijuana.” Letter-writer Jackie Edwards [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 5:48pm EST
  

• Box Wine: Pleasing at First, But Gets Old

  A little more than a year ago, after the economy tanked and my pay was whacked and I had to start taking furlough days and my wife’s hours were whittled to a splinter and our healthcare expenses rose, we were forced to wrestle with the old family budget. The budget [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 5:13pm EST
  

• Shatner Reads Levi Johnston’s Tweets

  Everything just sounds better when it comes out of Shatner’s mouth. [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 5:12pm EST
  

• Sperling lands at Jones Lang LaSalle

  Denver real estate veteran Ann Sperling has been named chief operating officer for the Americas at Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. Sperling’s responsibilities include driving execution of the Americas regional plan, leading the Americas management committee in developing and implementing key operating policies, overseeing the region’s planning process and compensation program, integrating [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 4:42pm EST
  

• Three Broncos miss Thursday’s practice

  Defensive end Ryan McBean, who has started every game thus far this season, tackle Ryan Harris and safety Josh Barrett did not take part in Thursday’s practice. None of the three took part in Wednesday’s workout either. Harris, who dislocated two toes on his foot, is not expected to play Monday [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 4:19pm EST
  

• Big surprise: Workers comp insurance rates going down

  Was anyone surprised to read that workers comp insurance rates would be dropping by almost 10 percent next year? Such a happy development wouldn’t have anything to do with state legislators’ plans to force rate reductions, would it? It’s a good thing, don’t get me wrong. State Sen. Morgan Carroll, D-Aurora, [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 3:52pm EST
  

• Photo essay: Trans-Siberian Orchestra @ the Pepsi Center

  Jeopardy answer: A band that insists on lifting its string players on motorized, fog-enveloped machines is automatically awesome — or painfully, hilariously cheesy. Jeopardy question: Who is Trans-Siberian Orchestra? Photos by Mateo Leyba. Oh, Trans-Siberian Orchestra. You are a spectacle among spectacles, an over-the-top tribute to holidays and sentimentality as much [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 3:02pm EST
  

• Crested Butte cat-lady gets on Letterman

  Longtime Crested Butte crazy-lady Lynda Jackson was ready for her “Letterman” close-up Wednesday night. Was she ever. Jackson has been a fan of David Letterman since his short-lived NBC morning show in 1980. She worked for the local cable company then and spent her mornings eating eclairs while monitoring TV. Since [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 2:54pm EST
  

• Skywalking

  I’m not sure what’s more disturbing here, the fact that Luke and Leia were supposed to be brother and sister, or this guy’s glittery outfit. [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 2:38pm EST
  

• Townhome lots to be auctioned off

  Twelve finished townhome lots near E-470 in Aurora will be sold Nov. 13 in a bank-owned real estate auction. The auction, to be conducted by J.P. King Auction Co., will take place at 10 a.m. at the Crowne Plaza Denver International Airport & Conference Center’s Breckenridge Ballroom. For more information, visit www.jpking.com.[...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 2:13pm EST
  

• Drink with Denver’s Best Dive Bars Author

  Drew Bixby writes a funny Westword column called “Drunk of the Week,” and now he’s published a book all about Denver’s dive bars. If you dig dive bars, and you’re a Denverite (or, say, an itinerant dive-bar drunk living in Sacramento and inexplicably reading this blog), then this sounds like [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 1:58pm EST
  

• We do our (imaginary) part

  Awesome: WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s economic recovery program saved 935 jobs at the Southwest Georgia Community Action Council, an impressive success story for the stimulus plan. Trouble is, only 508 people work there. In other pretend “saved” jobs news: “The number of jobs the Obama administration credits to federal stimulus money could [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 12:43pm EST
  

• Nightlife: First Friday detours along Santa Fe, Tiesto at Beta

  Patrons pose in one of Interstate Kitchen and Bar’s kitschy decorative pieces. Photo from interstaterestaurant.com Plenty of people will tell you: Part of the appeal of First Fridays is the free booze. It’s not the best part. And for some, it might be the worst. But there’s no denying that many [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 11:42am EST
  

• It’s official: Hurdle is Rangers’ hitting coach

  With a passion for teaching baseball still in his blood, former Rockies manager Clint Hurdle will become the Texas Rangers’ new hitting coach. Hurdle confirmed the move this morning. The Rangers will make an official announcement later today. Hurdle, who was fired by the Rockies on May 29 after the team started [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 8:58am EST
  

• Man over machine for football playoffs

  Football playoff paths need to be more than numbers, formulas and calculators. We’re missing the human element when we send teams into the postseason. The wild-card formula used in multiple classes may have been a good idea at the outset, but it hasn’t delivered. There are more questions than answers, no one seems [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 3:01am EST
  

• Postgame Avs-Coyotes – where were you tonight?

  (flickr.com) OK, first the caveats: 1. I know it’s still a bad economy. 2. I know it was a last-place team last year. 3. I know they probably aren’t as good as their record right now. 4. I know it was a Wednesday night in early November. 5. I know it was the Phoenix Coyotes who [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 12:06am EST
  

• The unusual circumstance of Balkman’s extension

  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – All any player wants is a real chance to show his worth. The irony of Renaldo Balkman’s contract extension with the Nuggets last week is he really hasn’t had an ample opportunity to show his. He played 780 out of a possible 3,936 regular season minutes last [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 11:05pm EST
  

• Aye-yay-eye

  It’s November, and you know what THAT means. Decisions and predictions. As in those two words that give me hives: open enrollment. For those who are fortunate enough to have a job –  a job with benefits ... [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 11:01pm EST