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The Colorado Avalanche may have reached the Murphy’s Law portion of the 2024-25 season, and it’s only four games old.Another injury. A failed comeback attempt was thwarted when the reigning MVP lost the puck at center ice. Stretches of improved play, but also times where they were outclassed.The end result was a 5-3 loss Wednesday night to the Boston Bruins at Ball Arena, and the club’s first 0-4 start to a season since 1998-99. The shorthanded Avalanche looked overmatched in the first half of the game, but then looked a lot more like itself in the final 30 minutes. Ultimately,…

Cliff divers, magicians and other performers at Casa Bonita are seeking to unionize to address safety concerns in the workplace and negotiate their pay.Their concerns range from insufficient training, scheduling and safety to “abusive patrons emboldened by alcohol,” according to a statement released Wednesday by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 7, which represents theatrical stage, film and exhibition workers in Colorado, and the Actors’ Equity Association.Casa Bonita, at 6715 W. Colfax Ave. in Lakewood, employs a cast of roving performers who engage with guests throughout the famed restaurant and venue. The most well-known are the cliff…

NEW ORLEANS – It is approaching happy hour, which is any waking hour on Bourbon Street, the jazz bellowing from street musicians as tourists sip daiquiris from plastic contraptions.Even on a windy midweek afternoon, this area is a kaleidoscope of beads, booze and beignets. Bars advertise that hangovers are installed — and repaired.A faded cover of the Times-Picayune hangs on the wall at Finnegan’s Easy with the headline screaming “AMEN!” in celebration of the New Orleans Saints’ lone Super Bowl victory. There has not been much to celebrate at the Caesar’s Superdome lately, the team accelerating toward a fourth consecutive…

A man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of vehicular assault after running over a person in Littleton and fleeing the scene, police said.Rene Cook, 47, was involved in a minor car crash Monday that escalated into an argument with the other driver, according to a news release from the Littleton Police Department.When the other driver — who has not been identified by police — got out of their car, Cook ran them over and fled the scene, police said in the release.Littleton police responded to reports of the crash around 8 p.m. Monday near the intersection of Broadway and West…

By Melissa Clark, The New York TimesIt’s coming up on five years since the pandemic lockdown instigated our collective spate of panic-buying groceries. And I’m pleased to report that I’ve finally gotten through my bulk order of canned sardines.I ate those sardines on buttered toast (divine, with a squeeze of lemon, some sliced red onions, loads of black pepper), stirred them into chickpea salads and mashed them with sautéed garlic for quick pasta sauces. And if I wasn’t feeling sardine-ish, I also had a minor sea’s worth of tuna, salmon and anchovies rubbing fins with the canned beans and tomatoes,…

Which LEGO Technic sets are best? LEGO Technic sets are geared more for adolescents and adults than kids. Although some bricks may be involved, LEGO Technic sets are made from gears, wheels, axles and mechanical systems. Technic sets provide stiff challenges for experienced LEGO builders with advanced real-life functions like engines, gearboxes and steering systems. LEGO Technic sets have lots of parts with detail and complexity for those who crave a technical challenge. If you want to hone your mechanical engineering skills as you build a 1,500 piece model of an iconic endurance racer, try the LEGO Technic Porsche 911…

CLASS 5A Arvada West (5-2) vs. No. 9 Denver East (5-2) When/where: 7 p.m. Thursday at All City Stadium Last meeting: N/A Every week brings at least two marquee matchups in the rough-and-tumble 5A Metro League, and this is the first of them in Week 8. Denver East is fresh off a dramatic 29-26 win over Chatfield that saw the Angels rally from a 14-point deficit, while Arvada West was Columbine’s latest victim in a 35-14 loss in which mistakes negated a 323-yard passing day from Logan Duhachek. If the A-West junior QB is going to match those numbers Thursday,…

The Nuggets remain winless in preseason play with one game remaining after a 124-94 blowout loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday at Ball Arena. The last chance to earn a win is Thursday in Minnesota.Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and Russell Westbrook were out this time for the Nuggets, leaving them with a cast of role players to fend off Oklahoma City’s full starting lineup — an inverse of Sunday’s game, when Denver ran the starters for three quarters against Phoenix’s bench.Nuggets coach Michael Malone said he had planned to rest Murray for this game even before his knee…

Aurora Mayor Pro Tem Dustin Zvonek is resigning from the City Council at the end of October, one year before the end of his term.Zvonek announced his resignation during an Aurora council meeting Monday and did not go into detail about why he was leaving.“Sometimes in life, you get thrown a curveball, or in my case, it was several all at once, and after much reflection and a few tough conversations I’ve made a decision that’s in the best interest of my family,” Zvonek said in a brief statement during the meeting.Zvonek was elected to an at-large council seat in…

By Korsha Wilson, The New York TimesAs a child, cookbook author Lesley Enston learned maybe the most important lesson about pepper sauce from her uncle Richard in Trinidad and Tobago: Be very careful when handling Scotch bonnet chiles.“I will always remember coming back to the house in Princes Town and finding him on the couch with his hands up in the air covered in Vaseline,” she writes in her book, “Belly Full: Exploring Caribbean Cuisine Through 11 Fundamental Ingredients and Over 100 Recipes” (Ten Speed Press) released last month.Asked what had happened, he shrugged. He said he’d just finished making…