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How to make the most out of holiday shopping in 2023

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:59 GMT

Editor’s note: Digital premium subscribers have unlimited access to every article in this roundup, all published on news sites within our network. Subscribe for nationwide coverage from award-winning sites like the Baltimore Sun, New York Daily News, Orange County Register and more.This is the year you won’t wait until the last minute, the year you’ll go into Black Friday with a game plan, the year you won’t let yourself or your loved ones fall victim to scams. Or at least it can be with proper planning and preparation from our holiday shopping guide. Avoid unnecessary stress, save money and enjoy the final months of 2023 with these early holiday shopping tips. Holiday Shopping 2023 GuideStart holiday shopping earlyA Bankrate survey in September 2023 found half of holiday shoppers had already started checking items off their gift lists or planned to do so before the end of October. “While the 50% who get in the holiday shopping spirit before Halloween may appear comically ahead of t...

South Broadway outdoor consignment shop gearing up for first ski season

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:59 GMT

A south Broadway consignment shop is suiting up for its first full ski season. Charlie Fay opened Second Wind Sports in 3,000 square feet at 1901 S. Broadway in February, at the tail end of last year’s ski season. Now, with Colorado’s first ski areas weeks away from opening, Fay said he has hundreds of skis in stock. Fay said consignment shops are perfect for those that are new to outdoor sports or want to be environmentally friendly. And, especially for ski gear, it saves your wallet.“It comes to $2,500 at a normal ski shop versus $500 here,” Fay said of buying ski equipment. “More people can get more access to the outdoors.”Fay, born and raised in Cherry Hills Village, graduated from Santa Clara University in California at the beginning of the pandemic. Not quite ready to move back home, he found himself road tripping in the west when he stopped in Bozeman, Montana. “I liked being in a mountain town and skiing and hiking … and the people there in Bozeman are very nice,” Fay said. ...

Nuggets are scheming preseason bench offense around rookie Julian Strawther. As long as he keeps making shots, why stop in the real games?

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:59 GMT

David Adelman knew nobody wanted double overtime in Chicago. “Like, absolutely nobody,” he admits. And still, down two with 0.6 seconds remaining in regulation last Thursday, instead of drawing up a play for a catch-and-shoot three, the Nuggets’ interim coach designed a lob to the rim that resulted in the highlight of Denver’s preseason.Braxton Key’s buzzer beater also resulted in the team not getting home until 3 a.m. that night. Adelman played for the tie because “I couldn’t help it,” he said. “I love that play.”That also seems to be his stance on creating shots for Julian Strawther right now.As Adelman walked out the door after his postgame press conference Sunday night at Ball Arena, he paused to issue an addendum. The Nuggets had just avenged their double-overtime loss in Chicago with a 116-102 win over the Bulls, thanks in part to Strawther’s increasingly astonishing offense. So Adelman wisecracked that Strawthe...

Colorado Supreme Court upholds controversial Google search warrant in deadly Green Valley Ranch arson case

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:59 GMT

The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday upheld a controversial search warrant that Denver police used to identify the teenagers accused of killing five people in a house fire three years ago, while also finding that Coloradans have a constitutionally-protected privacy interest in their Google search histories.The justices found in a 5-2 decision that Denver police acted in good faith when they used a “reverse keyword search warrant,” which required Google to turn over the account information for any users who searched particular keywords in a particular time frame. Denver police used that information from Google to identify the teenagers now accused of setting the fatal fire in Green Valley Ranch.The reverse keyword search warrant in this case might be legally flawed, but the evidence will still be allowed in court because police acted in good faith, the majority of justices found.“In reaching these conclusions, we make no broad proclamation about the propriety of rev...

20K square foot dog park, pub coming to Denver

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:59 GMT

Call it a pup crawl.The warehouse site that has gradually become more retail-focused is gaining a dog park and taproom. Skiptown, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, will open at 3833 N. Steele St. next year.According to its website, the York Street Yards location will include an indoor and outdoor dog park, an all-day coffee bar, and beer and cocktails in the evening. It won’t serve any food.Skiptown, founded by Meggie Williams in 2016, confirmed the opening but declined to comment. According to its website, Skiptown will open next summer.The space is 21,000 square feet, according to permit filings, 4,000 of which will be the dog park and taproom. The remaining space is for other services like grooming, boarding, dog walking, training and day care.Pet parents need to download the Skiptown app, register their dog and upload vet records to use any of the services. The business also offers tiered memberships. A bar membership, which includes unlimited access to the dog park and taproo...

The Human Cost of Classroom Incitement

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:59 GMT

On October 7, the Jewish Shabbat and annual festival of Simchat Torah, thousands of Hamas terrorists breached the Gaza strip border with Israel, and perpetrated the greatest single-day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. - writes Marcus Sheff ,CEO of the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education .Hamas terrorists employed ISIS-like tactics, going house-to-house, taking babies from the arms of mothers and executing them, kidnapping old and young and taking them to fates we cannot even imagine. Youngsters at a music festival were mown down, raped, and their bodies mutilated and paraded in Gaza.  A reported 150 civilians have been taken hostage in the Gaza Strip, including American and European citizens.Israeli intelligence appears to have been similarly surprised, not expecting the attack, despite warnings reportedly having been received in advance. We, at The Institute for Monitoring Peace and Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se), were far from ...

Taylor Swift's 'Eras Tour' movie sparks heated debate over movie etiquette

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:59 GMT

Fans shaking it off while watching the “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” concert film in theaters are prompting conversations about movie etiquette. A video inside one theater went viral after it showed Swifties dancing and singing out loud with their phones out during the screening. All of this is a general faux pas when watching a movie. The post has been viewed more than 20 million times on TikTok but has received much criticism. Many say they feel the behavior is disrespectful to those who came to enjoy the film. Taylor Swift arrives at the world premiere of the concert film "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" on Oct. 11, 2023, at AMC The Grove 14 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)"Plz this isn’t a real concert I wanna actually hear Taylor and watch the movie," wrote one fan in the comment section of the video. "Suddenly I don’t wanna go," another wrote. "I wanna hear Taylor sing not ya'll puhleaseeee I just wanna be comfy and watch the cinematography," wrote another. Meanwhile, a ...

Phelan man assaulted landlord when she told him he was being evicted, SBSD says

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:59 GMT

A Phelan man was arrested Saturday after he allegedly attacked his landlord after she told him she was evicting him.Kevin Figueroa, 40, "physically assaulted" his landlord at about 4:30 p.m. Saturday, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said in a news release. When deputies arrived to the scene in the 9200 block of Aragon Road, they found that the landlord had been injured by the assault, while Figueroa had "barricaded himself inside his trailer on the property and refused to exit," officials said.After a four-hour standoff, Figueroa was taken into custody and booked into the High Desert Detention Center on a charge of battery causing bodily injury. He is being held in lieu of $40,000 bail.Jail records indicate he faces an additional charge of false imprisonment.He is due to appear in Victorville Superior Court on Tuesday.The landlord was taken to a local hospital to be treated for her wounds. Her condition has not been released.Anyone with information is asked to contact...

The cheap streaming era is over. Here’s why your bills are going up

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:59 GMT

Wendy Lee and Thomas Suh Lauder | Los Angeles Times (TNS)When a flood of streaming services entered the market four years ago, the free trials were plentiful and the prices were extremely low — with Apple TV+ selling for just $4.99 a month and Disney+ charging a mere $6.99 a month.But now, as those services become more established, subscription costs have ballooned. In 2022, prices for the 10 largest streamers have increased an average of 10% and increased 10% on average in 2023 thus far, according to the Convergence Research Group, a market research company. Fees are expected to increase even more next year, the firm said.Media companies are charging more as they struggle to transition from profitable but declining business models — like traditional television channels — to on-demand streaming services, many of which are still losing money. The surges in pricing come as consumers are grappling with inflation and broader economic uncertainty. People who abandoned expensive cable bun...

Pac-12 power ratings: Washington’s title odds drop as the stretch run begins; USC’s number soars

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:59 GMT

Washington’s epic victory over Oregon enhanced the program’s profile, elevated quarterback Michael Penix Jr.’s Heisman Trophy campaign and strengthen coach Kalen DeBoer’s negotiating leverage for a contract extension.But it had a contracting effect on the Huskies in one regard: Their national championship odds.UW’s odds of winning the College Football Playoff have dropped significantly in the past 48 hours.The Huskies were 13-to-1 to win the title prior to kickoff on Saturday afternoon. Today, they are 9-to-1 and on the same tier as Florida State and Ohio State, according to the latest odds from BetMGM.Here are the 10 betting favorites:Georgia: 11-to-4Michigan: 3-to-1Florida State: 9-to-1Ohio State: 9-to-1Washington: 9-to-1Penn State: 13-to-1Oklahoma: 14-to-1Alabama: 18-to-1Texas: 18-to-1Oregon: 25-to-1Those numbers track with other major sports books.The Huskies are 9.5-to-1 to win the title at FanDuel and 8-to-1 at DraftKings.Bovada is more optimistic...