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Eric Williams's bust in Texas DA murders nixes theory about Colorado white supremacy link

Earlier this month, speculation was rife that the killings of Texas prosecutor Mike McLelland and his wife Cynthia, as well as an earlier slaying, might be linked to the March assassination of Tom Clements, who headed Colorado's Department of Corrections. The theory involved white supremacist prison ... More >>

Matthew Caulk, sex offender, recaptured -- but why was he wearing passive GPS device?

Update: Last week, we told you about the sweeping search for Matthew Caulk, a sex offender who'd previously been the subject of a nationwide manhunt; see our previous coverage below. Yesterday, he was recaptured in Aurora. But the way he was being monitored when he walked away from a halfway house r ... More >>

James Holmes: Inside the courtroom with shock-haired Aurora theater shooting suspect

Update:James Holmes, the 24-year-old suspect in the Aurora theater shooting, walked slowly into a packed, wood-paneled courtroom this morning to be advised of his rights. He wore a maroon jumpsuit, but the most shocking thing about his appearance was his hair, which was a bushy tumble of neon orang ... More >>

Aurora theater shooting: Millions in campaign ads put on hold

In response to the Aurora theater shooting on Friday, the presidential campaigns and super PACs that have been pouring money into television ads have all temporarily suspended commercials airing in Colorado. In Denver metro, that's at least a million dollars worth, according to one network source wi ... More >>

Aurora theater shooting: 12 dead, 59 injured, chief won't address Joker rumors

Update below: During a just-completed news conference about last night's shooting at the Aurora Town Center Century 16 during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises, Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates was asked by numerous national reporters to confirm reports that accused gunman James Holmes had ... More >>

Twenty fabled moments in Denver Music: #14: Marc Cohn gets shot in downtown Denver, 2005

Over the course of the next few weeks, Backbeat will be counting down the twenty most fabled moments in Denver music history. Today, a look back at when Grammy winner Marc Cohn got shot in the head in downtown Denver during a car-jacking attempt gone awry. Marc Cohn might be a superhero. At least t ... More >>

Tim Tebow turns down an invite to be The Bachelor: Scared of hot tubs?

Lately, Tim Tebow has been rubbing shoulders with the Hollywood crowd, attending the Vanity Fair Oscar party and reportedly going on a dinner date with Taylor Swift. But while he recently signed with the William Morris talent agency, he's just turned down the opportunity to star in a hit TV show: Th ... More >>

Gary Busey steals the show from Ted Haggard on Celebrity Wife Swap

Heading into the airing of tonight's episode of Celebrity Wife Swap on ABC, the talk around here focused almost exclusively on Pastor Ted Haggard, who had to leave his mega New Life Church in Colorado Springs five years ago after "the scandal." But when the show aired at 8 p.m. Colorado time, "The ... More >>

Four ways to get your Mad Men fix until the real thing returns

"All I have is a crush-proof box, and four out of five dead people smoked your brand."​With another new television season almost upon us, it's also another season missing AMC's Mad Men. The '60s-era period drama, which has been on hiatus since October of last year due to negotiations between t ... More >>

Blair Griffith, homeless Miss Colorado, defeated by fembots at Miss USA pageant (VIDEO)

Blair Griffith.​Blair Griffith, the Miss Colorado winner who wound up homeless, was featured on 20/20 Friday night following previous PR on the Today show -- so she seemed a lock to seriously compete for the crown at last night's Miss USA pageant. But no: She didn't even make the sixteen-perso ... More >>

Jeremy Hubbard, Best Hair winner, returns to Fox31 after stint at ABC (VIDEO)

Video below.​Network TV news is a cutthroat business -- and Jeremy Hubbard's getting out while the getting is good. The onetime Fox31 staple (and 2005 Westword Best Hair winner) jumped to ABC four years ago, eventually working his way up to anchor of World News Now and sometime correspondent ... More >>

Police beating? John Hickenlooper not taking position on case, but wants FBI to weigh in

From the video below.​Yesterday, we told you about a disagreement between the Office of the Independent Monitor's Richard Rosenthal and Manager of Safety Ron Perea over the April 2009 Denver Police beating of Michael DeHerrera. A video seems to show DeHerrera being attacked by Officer Devin Sp ... More >>

Soldiers in a barrel: Restrepo belongs to the soldiers in Afghanistan

Eight acts we'd pay to not release a new record

The music industry has fallen upon hard times, and hard times call for innovation. Now, we don't know enough about the licensing difficulties behind streaming music, or the revenue share of digital downloads or any of that to suggest a business model based on how people want to listen to music these ... More >>

The Denver connection to the Queens terror raids

The FBI conducted a number of high-profile raids in Queens yesterday -- high-profile enough to have prompted the CBS report above (beware; you have to watch a commercial before the story actually runs). Along the way, correspondent Bob Orr mentions a man "from the midwest" whose recent travels to A ... More >>

Should Denver break up with The Bachelorette now that Mark Huebner's gone?

The bachelors await their fate. Last Monday, Mark Huebner, the Denver pizza entrepreneur who's been among the hopefuls on this season of The Bachelorette, got the heave-ho from Jillian Harris, and the anonymous scribe who pens the episode recaps for ABC, which airs the series, wasn't exactly surpri ... More >>

Colorado wins dubious distinctions in 2009 Jefferson Muzzles awards

Each April since 1992, the Thomas Jefferson Center, located in Charlottesville, Virginia, has awarded the Jefferson Muzzles "as a means to draw national attention to abridgments of free speech and press and, at the same time, foster an appreciation for those tenets of the First Amendment" -- and i ... More >>

Rocky Mountain News put up for sale

It's the sort of headline most media observers in this area have been anticipating for quite some time, but it's still a shock to see it in print: "Rocky Mountain News For Sale." The article, published moments ago on the Rocky's website, quotes from a press release in which Rich Boehne, president ... More >>

Friday Rap-Up: ManeLine, Hip-Hop Stars React to Obama win, Shakir Stewart Suicide, Mos Def

Colorado-based pro-Palin blogger Adam Brickley hasn't lost faith in SarahCuda

Climbing Higher Mountains: Mother's Day With Hillary Clinton in West Virginia

Olympics Travel a Hurdle for Local News Media

When it comes to travel, news organizations are asking themselves: Should we stay or should we go?

The Best TV of 2007

Marc Cohn

The maestro is back in town for the first time since being shot in Denver.

More Messages: Coloradocentric

Dead on Arrival

Drop Dead, Gorgeous is kid-tested and mother-approved.

More Messages: Shared Content

Ghost of a Chance

Let the spirit move you.

Straight to Helen

Hudson's a bad mother, and sister, in this pat parenthood tale.

The Message

Nip/Tuck

Off Limits

Pussy galore

Reality Bites

It's the Colorado hillbillies!

Heavy Soul

White and bright, Sole emerges as independent hip-hop's newest anti-hero.

The Message

Military Matters

Best Radio Talk-Show Host

Greg Dobbs
KNRC

Green-Light Specials

If the FCC loosens its rules, will media giants go on a radio-and-TV shopping spree? Absolutely.

Piggish for Pigskin

Holiday football reveals a new Colorado ailment.

After M*A*S*H

Larry Gelbart is one of TV's last great writers. So why can't he stay tuned?

Rescue 9/11

This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter.

Best Performance by a Coloradan on National TV

Steven Cowles
The Mole

Boldly Going, Again

Seeking closure, Robert Wise finally finishes Star Trek: The Motion Picture -- 22 years later

The Name Game

Mile High Stadium is history. Get over it.

Backwash

Slim Cessna has seen the light.

Write and Wrong

Chris McQuarrie won an Oscar for Usual Suspects, to which Hollywood responded, 'Big deal.'

Letters to the Editor

From the week of June 8.

Paper Trail

The News VP asks children's help in watching the competition

Two Days in the Death of JonBenét

A journal of the media madness sparked by the JonBenét grand jury.

"Final Episode" Killer Curse Revealed!

Obscene and Heard

What can you get in trouble for saying on the radio these days? Not much.

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