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Mike McLelland second Texas prosecutor killed in two months: Tom Clements murder link?

The investigation into Evan Ebel, the man thought to have gunned down pizza-delivery man Nathan Leon and Colorado Department of Corrections executive director Tom Clements, has taken another bizarre twist in a continuing series of them. On Saturday, Texas prosecutor Mike McLelland and his wife Cynth ... More >>

Leeann Meyer search: Missing woman's Rav4 and truck found, foul play fears

On February 23, Wheat Ridge resident Leann Meyer, nicknamed Annie, had a phone conversation with a friend. That's the last time anyone has spoken to her. The Wheat Ridge Police Department hasn't called her disappearance a result of foul play thus far. But the search for her has grown as the story h ... More >>

Video: Christopher Dorner, ex-L.A. cop, presumed dead after fiery cabin standoff

Update:Ex-L.A. cop Christopher Dorner has been the subject of a massive manhunt for more than a week after allegedly killing three , including former Denver resident Keith Lawrence; see previous coverage below. Now, the crisis appears at an end, with charred remains found in a gutted California cabi ... More >>

Comedian Rory Scovel on crowd tension, Bobcat Goldthwait and why Aurora didn't steal Batman from him

Baby-faced Rory Scovel has been lighting up the comedy world with his classic observational humor, mixed with context-free voices that he applies randomly to no particular jokes or bits (he's been known to drift into a German accent at random points in the show, and may or may not continue with it t ... More >>

Subway's missing inch: Five reasons the footlong lawsuit is ridiculous

Anybody suing a fast-food chain is news, especially if the lawsuit is petty, outlandish or an obvious attempt at a cash-grab by people who clearly have some time on their hands. The recent lawsuit filed by two New Jersey males against Subway, based on the assertion that the $5 footlong sandwiches ar ... More >>

John McAfee, software pioneer turned fugitive: I faked being crazy and ill to escape to U.S.

Update: The latest development in the bizarre story of John McAfee, supporting player in our recent feature "The Hot Yoga War"? The software pioneer, who somehow managed to flee cops in Belize who wanted to question him about a murder even as he launched a publicity blitz, has traveled from Guatemal ... More >>

Dylan Redwine disappearance: Dad surfaces as investigators conclude boy didn't run away

Update: Dylan Redwine, who vanished on November 19 during a court-ordered visit to his father's home in the Vallecito Lake area, continues to be the subject of a massive search. And while clues about his whereabouts remain elusive (see earlier coverage below), new developments have surfaced in the ... More >>

BevBuckle inventor could swim with the fishes on Shark Tank tonight

Not all brainstorms are as mind-blowing as Chipotle, the fast-casual chain that Steve Ells founded in Colorado two decades ago. Some brainstorms are really more of a trickle. Brainstorms like the BevBuckle, which will land a local inventor on the season premiere of ABC's Shark Tank tonight.

James Holmes: Five questionable reports about weird behavior

Even before his bizarre first court appearance, reports have circulated about alleged weird behavior by suspected Aurora theater shooter James Holmes. One of the most vivid has already been debunked, not that it's stopped the story from zipping around the web. Hard to believe all of them (or perhaps ... More >>

Aspen Mayor Mick Ireland takes ABC challenge, releases tax returns after bashing Romney

Put up or shut up. After a group of Democratic leaders staged a press conference last week to demand that Mitt Romney release more of his tax returns, ABC News asked the group if they would make public their 1040s, too. Several refused to do so -- but not Aspen Mayor Mick Ireland, whose tax posture ... More >>

Prayer One, Denver's holy helicopter piloted by Jeff Puckett, featured on ABC News

In 2010, we told you the story of Jeff Puckett, a local businessman who started a helicopter ministry seven years ago. Every Monday, Puckett and his friends invite pastors, politicians and most recently, troubled youth, to fly above Denver and see the city the way God might see it: bereft of boundar ... More >>

Adam Cayton-Holland appears on the sitcom "Happy Endings" tonight; orders a sandwich

​Denver comic extraordinaire and former Westword writer Adam Cayton-Holland is scheduled to make his TV debut tonight on the ABC sitcom "Happy Endings." "I ably played the role of 'Customer' and it was my duty in the scene to order a sandwich. And I ordered the shit out of that sandwich," he r ... More >>

Frontier denies strip-searched flier Shoshana Hebshi racially profiled on 9/11 anniversary

Shoshana Hebshi.​Update: Early reporting about a Frontier flight from Denver to Detroit on the tenth anniversary of 9/11 suggested, inaccurately, that fighter jets had been scrambled after a couple tried to join the Mile High Club in the plane's lavatory. Now, however, the tale's morphed, with ... More >>

Reader: Is Osama bin Laden dead? Or Usama bin Laden? OBL? UBL?

OBL or UBL?​In our post about how Osama bin Laden's death was experienced by the Facebook generation, we noted that Fox News continues to spell his first name "Usama" and abbreviate his moniker as "UBL," while the rest of the major American media prefers "Osama" and "OBL." The situation prompt ... More >>

Theron and Teague Harrison, Manual High's top debaters, in New York for national tournament

​ Theron and Teague Harrison, Manual High School's top debaters and the subjects of our recent feature, "Say What?", left Denver yesterday bound for New York City and the Urban Debate National Championship. Their coach, Charlie Smith, went with them, as did debaters Danite Reda and Talon Lousi ... More >>

Hulu might die. Here's why you shouldn't care.

​News Corp. and Disney (who own Fox and ABC, respectively) are considering pulling their ad-based free streaming shows from Hulu -- remember that they are two of the three companies who founded Hulu back in 2008. Hulu has done incredibly well in terms of viewership, but its subscription-based ... More >>

Philip Greaves: Amazon dumps Pueblo author's The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure

Philip R. Greaves II​After two weeks of outraged protests and threats of boycott, Amazon finally pulled a self-published e-book by a Pueblo man that proposed certain "non-injurious rules" for pedophiles to follow in their molestation of children. The book, The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Ple ... 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 >>

Beyond Playlist: Church of Misery and more

​Church of Misery Houses of the Unholy (Rise Above/Metal Blade) The Japanese knack for musical mimicry reaches a new peak on the latest by Church of Misery, which sounds so much like the best hard-rock album from 1975 (or 1985) (or 1995) that listeners can be excused for checking their calend ... More >>

Huebner off the Bachelorette, back on pizza

We've spent a lot more time looking at the home of the new Denver Pizza Company -- a few blocks away from the Westword office at 309 West 11th Avenue -- than we have watching The Bachelorette, even though one of the swains vying for Jillian Harris was from Denver: Mark Huebner, billed as a "pizza e ... More >>

Nuggets Broadcaster Chris Marlowe Returns to His Olympic Roots

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Q&A With Marc Cohn

Rick Reilly, Loving Limbo

Rick Reilly on his impending move to ESPN, being directed by George Clooney, and the joys of doing absolutely nothing.

The Rate Stuff

On the Marc

Impossibly Passable

Straight From the Hart

An Angle

Thursday, February 2, Lion's Lair, 303-320-9200.

New releases available this week

The Message

Prophetable

Off Limits

Puttin' on the Dog

That '60s Show

Oliver Beene goes against fake millionaires and phony idols

End of the Road

Trio is the network where great shows go to die, and so much more

Distant Replay

Expect the anniversary of 9/11 to bring out the media's worst.

Off Limits

No-hassle tassels

Net Loss

The government killed TV, and Hollywood's begging it to revive the corpse

Robo News

Channel 7 readies a new computer system that makes the newspeople behind the scenes all but obsolete.

Good Cop, Bad Cop

Denis Leary is on The Job, but can ABC find him an audience?

A Dark Day

One Day in September recalls the Munich Olympic massacre.

Blow Up the Box

TV managed to suck and blow in 2000, but still, we watched . . . and watched

Geek Love

The men behind this season's best shows -- and biggest failures -- blame it all on Regis.

Friday Night Fights

Li'l Stevie Johnston scores a victory for Denver boxing fans.

Sex and the Single Mouse

Radio Disney: Tune in and turn on.

A Clean Sweep

Off Limits

Class Clowns

OFF LIMITS

MOUTHING OFF

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