60 Minutes

The Doctor's Out

"60 Minutes" in the Slammer

Back to School

The bullet in the backpack and other Columbine mysteries.

Habitat for Inhumanity

The story of the Magdalene asylums raises questions about the Catholic Church in Ireland.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of April 19, 2001

Letters to the Editor

From the week of April 26, 2001

For Love or Money

Mail-order brides are a booming business in Denver.

Lions for Lambs

The odd upside of Robert Redford’s terribly earnest, quite terrible war drama.

Charlie Wilson's War

All aboard the ’80s wayback machine for Mike Nichols’s good time Charlie.

DIA Conspiracies Take Off

Conspiracy theorists think something's fishy at Denver International Airport.

Fortress of Solitude

The Bureau of Prisons is as good at keeping prisoners in as it is at keeping reporters out.

Devils in Disguise

Evil is a chilling documentary portrait of a pedophile priest and his pious protectors.

Bringing It All Back Home

Dylan gets to work on Scorsese’s farm in No Direction Home.

The Message

Hard Corps

Anatomy of a Cover-up

Days after the Columbine shootings, Jeffco officials were already lying about what they knew. What about now?

Anatomy of a Cover-up

Days after the Columbine shootings, Jeffco officials were already lying about what they knew. What about now?

The Full... Mindy?

This time, the middle-aged ladies of a small English town bare it all for laughs.

Muck, Raked

A dirty journalist gets busted in Shattered Glass.

Hard-nosed Headmaster

Metro State's basketball coach keeps old school new.

The Do-Nothing Defense

The law protects police from being sued for ordinary blunders. But what about Columbine?

Lights, Camera...No Comment

Two years after the shootings, 60 Minutes brings Columbine back to prime time -- and local officials get camera-shy.

The Story of Adele H

There's a thing or two you don't know about Adele Arakawa.

Reeling in the Year

From South Park to Pokémon, 1999 was almost an American beauty.

Playlist

Johnny Dowd, Dublin to Dakar, Afro-Celt Sound System, Andrea Bocelli, The Beautiful South

Off Limits

Johnny Dowd, Dublin to Dakar, Afro-Celt Sound System, Andrea Bocelli, The Beautiful South

Off Limits

Johnny Dowd, Dublin to Dakar, Afro-Celt Sound System, Andrea Bocelli, The Beautiful South

The Writing on the Wall

Johnny Dowd, Dublin to Dakar, Afro-Celt Sound System, Andrea Bocelli, The Beautiful South

If Books Could Kill...

Paladin Press notches a victory in the Hit Man case, but the fight isn't over.

It Happens

Or does it? When it comes to Landmark Education corporation, there's no meeting of the minds.

OFF LIMITS

Or does it? When it comes to Landmark Education corporation, there's no meeting of the minds.

OFF LIMITS

Or does it? When it comes to Landmark Education corporation, there's no meeting of the minds.

Urbavore's Dilemma: Christie Isenberg aims to till the asphalt jungle

Urbavore's Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers' commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backyard chickens to front-lawn gardens, from greenhouses to co-ops and food-sharing. ... More >>

Happy Memorial Day, Andy Rooney-style

On this Memorial Day, most of us at Westword remembered that because it's a national holiday, we didn't have to come to work. Check back Tuesday for a much fuller, fatter and better tanned Latest Word. In the meantime, here's a video that commemorates the occasion -- a Memorial Day edition of "The ... More >>

Today's featured event: 60 Minutes: the Musical! is no summer rerun!

Within the limits of the tubular milieu, the only thing more entertaining than simply watching TV is making fun of it. This is the tried-and-true tack taken by the local comedy sketch group Nietzsche's Moustache in its new spoof 60 Minutes: the Musical!, which opens today at the Avenue Theater for ... More >>

No Summer Rerun

Within the limits of the tubular milieu, the only thing more entertaining than simply watching TV is making fun of it. This is the tried-and-true tack taken by the local comedy sketch group Nietzsche's Moustache in its new spoof 60 Minutes: the Musical!, which opens today at the Avenue Theater for ... More >>

Former CU Buff Ted Johnson featured on 60 Minutes. Here's hoping he remembers it in 20 years ...

On CBS last night, 60 Minutes added to the pile recent stories about brain damage being suffered by NFL football players. Among the story's lead characters was former Colorado Buffalo Ted Johnson, who went on to star for the New England Patriots. Johnson's post-career life has been marred by he ... More >>

HDNet's Greg Dobbs talks about Life in the Wrong Lane

​"A lot of people consider the practice of journalism with a lot of scorn, and sometimes it's deserved," says veteran newsman Greg Dobbs, who'll talk about his new book, Life in the Wrong Lane: Why Journalists Go in When Everyone Else Wants Out, at 6 p.m. tonight at the Denver Press Club. "But ... More >>

Channel 7 wins duPont-Columbia award, broadcast TV's Pulitzer, for plane crash investigation

Tony Kovaleski's got a pretty fancy date next week.​Last March, we lauded 33 Minutes to 3-4 Right, an unusually ambitious half-hour long Channel 7 documentary about the December 2008 crash of Continental Flight 1404, and the thirty-minutes-plus it took for the first ambulance to arrive on the ... More >>

Bill Romanowski as Redskins' strength and conditioning coach? What a juicy idea

A Flickr photo"I've been clean for years. I just like to grit my teeth."​The Washington Post is reporting that former Bronco Bill Romanowski is interviewing for a job with his old coach, Mike Shanahan, now helming the Redskins. The gig? Strength-and-conditioning coach. Cue peals of laughter. ... More >>

Wanda James's advice to critics of The Daily Show's Denver weed story: "Chill"

Wanda James gets licked on "The Daily Show."​The Daily Show's send-up of the Denver medical-marijuana scene earlier this week didn't thrill everyone in the MMJ community. Westword marijuana critic William Breathes, in a post about what viewers didn't see, noted reading "blogs and posts from f ... More >>

Ten things to know if you're going to Global Dance Festival

Before you thinking about drinking the goo inside these, read this list.​One of Colorado's biggest massives is going off tonight and tomorrow at Red Rocks. We're talking, of course, about the hotly anticipated two-day edition of Global Dance Festival. If you've always been curious about dance ... More >>

David Alan Grier is Still Colorful

Before you thinking about drinking the goo inside these, read this list.​One of Colorado's biggest massives is going off tonight and tomorrow at Red Rocks. We're talking, of course, about the hotly anticipated two-day edition of Global Dance Festival. If you've always been curious about dance ... More >>

Tyler Hamilton throws Lance Armstrong under the bike over doping on 60 Minutes (VIDEOS)

Tyler Hamilton.​Plenty of people have accused bike icon Lance Armstrong of doping, including Tour De Lance author Bill Strickland. But finger-pointing by Boulder-based Tyler Hamilton, Armstrong's onetime teammate on the U.S. Postal Service Team, has had the greatest impact by far, in part beca ... More >>

CU toilet paper lawsuit is a "sh*tty deal" in HDNet report (VIDEO)

Video below.​HDNet, owned by billionaire and (currently very happy) Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, is partly based in Denver, which explains why HDNet World Report, its signature news program, reports about so many Colorado stories. Earlier this month, the show focused on local medical mar ... More >>

Reader: Lance Armstrong couldn't have beaten riders who dope without doping himself

Hamilton.​Boulder's Tyler Hamilton made a big splash Sunday night via doping accusations made against former bicycling teammate Lance Armstrong on 60 Minutes. Is Hamilton a squealer who should be criticized, not lionized for speaking out? Not according to one reader.

Taylor Swift: A compilation of her surprised, shocked and awe-struck faces

Taylor Swift's shocked! Again! As seen in the Hollywood ReporterSunday was a good day for Taylor Swift. A glowing profile by 60 Minutes' Leslie Stahl, followed by her cleaning up at the American Music Awards; she took home the awards for Favorite Country Female Artist, Artist of The Year, Favorite C ... More >>

Andrew Cohen, local legal pundit, given formal role on 60 Minutes

Andrew Cohen.​In our 2001 profile of Andrew Cohen, we noted that the then-35-year-old had vaulted to the top of the local pundit game via a gig with CBS' radio and television divisions. Remarkably, Cohen has maintained these relationships over the decade since, and his longevity has been rewa ... More >>

Mario Solis-Marich's AM 760 exit prompts Colorado Latino Forum protest

Mario Solis-Marich.​The replacement of AM 760 host Mario Solis-Marich by syndicated host Norman Goldman earlier this month didn't sit well with the Colorado Latino Forum. The organization has asked for Solis-Marich's reinstatement -- a demand the Denver branch of Clear Channel, the station's ... More >>

Ten infamous 2011 crimes with Colorado connections

Big pics below.​And you thought you had a crazy year. Getting jiggy with a student at a Baptist school, driving a scooter without a license in Miami, possessing four grams of cocaine in Aspen, threatening to shoot out a Best Buy in Aurora over a video game and literally getting shit on in Boul ... More >>

60 Minutes in Space: Museum of Nature andScience has an out-of-this-world new series

​ What do you get when you combine a super-massive black hole, an eight-year-old Mars Rover, uncharted planets...and a couple of geniuses? 60 Minutes in Space, which debuts at 7 p.m. tonight in the Gates Planetarium at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.