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Captain Wanderlust wants his weed and guns back—and hopes there's still time to save the Constitution
By Justin Higginbottom
In spring of 2014, Stephen Dean was at Cliven Bundy's ranch in Nevada during a stand-off. Dozens of militia members—the patriotic type, many well-armed and dressed with the preferred number of cargo pockets for combat—held the line against Bureau of Land Management rangers.
Local director Gil Medina says he owns actor Danny Trejo and is suing Robert Rodriguez for $11 million to prove it
By Justin Higginbottom
It’s November 2013, and the unreleased local film Vengeance has just been shown to a City Weekly reporter at a special 9 a.m. screening. It was the first-ever screening for media, according to the film’s director,
Until the Utah Supreme Court weighs in on her factual innocence, Debra Brown lives one day at a time.
By Justin Higginbottom
“The last day in prison is a day I will never forget,” Debra Brown says. There was some initial confusion that day, May 9, 2011, when Utah State Prison guards took Brown out a different way from where prisoners are normally