Boy Scouts of America

Even Robert Downey Jr. suffers from the too-muchness of Iron Man 3

Looking back at Shane Black

10 things to do for $10 in Denver this weekend (8 free!), April 12-14

Warmer weather is back, so it's time to get out of the house and have some fun in Denver this weekend. From Doors Open Denver, which opens up dozens of historic buildings, to art openings and a cat show, there's plenty to do in this town for pennies. We've highlighted ten of the best events that cos ... More >>

Brian Robbins, Mormon scout master, busted for child pornography

After a huge cache of documents about child-sexual abusers went public last year, the Boy Scouts of America are under more scrutiny than ever to make sure adults working with kids don't have pervy intentions. So the organization can't be pleased about the arrest of Brian Robbins, a scout master for ... More >>

Reader: Boy Scouts' perversion files aren't complete -- because my molester isn't in them

Our recent post about the Boy Scouts' release of its so-called perversion files (reports about hundreds of abusive Scout leaders and the like) focused on local offenders like Floyd Slusher, seen here. But one of our readers knows that not every perpetrator is named in the documents...from terrible p ... More >>

Twenty most memorable mug shots of October 2012

October brought Colorado some of the most horrific crimes in recent years, as well as accompanying images that are seared in our collective memory. But there were also plenty of unusual, strange or unsettling reports that may have gotten lost in the shuffle. See the twenty memorable mug shots they s ... More >>

Boy Scouts' mishandling of past abuse cases beyond schmucky

Why brand the Boy Scouts of America as a collective schmuck after releasing files about volunteers and leaders banned from the organization after being accused of inappropriate actions (and, all too frequently, sexual abuse) against children? Because it took the BOA so unconscionably long to do so - ... More >>

Boy Scouts' homosexuality ban: ACLU touts planned Boulder schools policy change

The Boy Scouts of America have reaffirmed a ban of gays from participation as organization members or leaders. This move prompted the ACLU of Boulder to renew an old complaint over the Boulder Valley School District allowing scout groups to use its facilities at free or discounted rates despite its ... More >>

The Boy Scouts' Police Problem

Dozens of teenage Explorers have been sexually abused by cops. Should the Scouts share the blame?

OMG! Operation Mountain Guardian, terrorist attack response drill, to take place tomorrow

​ Fake terrorists will attack the Denver metro area tomorrow in what will be the largest emergency response exercise these parts have ever seen. Called Operation Mountain Guardian -- or OMG, for short -- it will include imaginary disasters at four locations: Park Meadows Mall, Smedley Elementa ... More >>

Marijuana product giveaway contest: Enjoy Jars

Enjoy Jar.​A few weeks back, we reviewed the Enjoy Jar, a four-part herb container meant to keep your strains separated from one another. After the review, the folks at Enjoy sent us a few more for the office. Instead of hoarding them for ourselves, we figured that we'd offer them up to the de ... More >>

Medical marijuana dispensary review: Grass Roots Organica in Denver

www.grassrootsorganica.com​Grass Roots Organica sounds like the name of a noodle-dancing hippie jam band out of Boudler -- and as such, I've avoided it. But they were still around on July 1, so I figured it wasn't just another fly-by-night dispensary hoping to cash in before regulations shut i ... More >>

Teaching cops how to de-stress for success

Letters: "Just about every Denver mayor in recent memory has been a sock puppet for crooks"

Boys play with lighters and face arson charges, parents feel burned

Foursquare mayors reveal their territorial ambitions

The CELL 2.0: Our top 15 new acronyms for Denver's just-renamed terrorism Disneyland

​The CELL: The Center for Empowered Living and Learning, the super-creepy Denver terrorism museum, has a new name. Now it's The CELL: The Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab, which makes it no less super creepy.

Taste Test

Memorial Day observed 24/7 by a brooding bald eagle: Kenny Be's Yard Arteology

The study of neighbors through their lawn decorations... Photo by Kenny Be​ Figure 64. Fort Logan: An eagle-eyed watch over a tiny gravestone dedicated to those who gave. At Fort Logan National Cemetery, veterans, Boy Scouts, Auxillary wives and Senator Michael Bennet will observe this week ... More >>

Michael Alan McDougall shot his pregnant wife in the stomach because "she had it coming"

Michael Alan McDougall smirked before making his chilling statement.​Littleton's Michael Alan McDougall didn't hide from the lights and lenses of TV cameras after being accused of murdering his pregnant wife, Jennifer, in a Houston suburb by shooting her in the abdomen -- nor did he dodge the ... More >>

Brandon Marshall to be traded to Miami Dolphins, says ESPN's Adam Schefter

Gone fishin'?​As soon as Brandon Marshall signed the Broncos' tender offer yesterday, his trade went from being theoretical to a virtual certainty. Moreover, it became clear the Broncos had at last abandoned the idea that they'd get a first-round pick for BM's services -- something obvious to ... More >>

What are Jay-Z's 99 problems? We know a bitch ain't one.

​ It's well known an this point that Jay-Z (appearing tonight at the Pepsi Center with Sound Tribe Sector 9, Trey Songz and Young Jeezy) has 99 problems, and a bitch, most certainly, ain't one. Curiously, though, until now, no one's really taken a hard look at just what Hova's 99 problems are ... More >>

CunninLynguists

Saturday, November 28, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

Wake-Up Call: Ted Haggard and Norman Rockwell

​"It's a Norman Rockwell scene," Ted Haggard told the reporters gathered outside his Colorado Spring home last night, where the New Life Church founder and disgraced minister was about to start his first, off-the-record prayer meeting. "It's a 'Kumbaya' moment." A Norman Rockwell scene? Only ... More >>

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Today's featured event: Mark Penner-Howell makes a splash at CORE

CORE New Art Space member Mark Penner-Howell will celebrate his second show in the CORE fold with the debut today of Too Big to Fail: Handsome Paintings for Ugly Times, a sophomore display of his big, bright paintings satirizing popular culture (we wrote about his freshman show last year). Reminis ... More >>

Popular Mechanics

Focus on the Family doesn't blame Obama for layoffs -- yet

Lord save us. News that Colorado Springs' Focus on the Familiy is eliminating 202 jobs -- the biggest single cut in the ministry's history -- naturally raised the question of whether Focus reps would lay the blame at Barack Obama's door. After all, prior to the November 4 vote, Focus published ... More >>

Focus on the Family's nightmare scenario about an Obama victory

The press at Sarah Palin's Jefferson County Fairgrounds stop

Q&A with Brad Meltzer, author of the Superman-themed The Book of Lies

Uptown Tavern

Smoke ’em while you’ve got ’em.

Risky Business

Recycled Steel

You'll swear you've seen this Superman somewhere before.

Ghouls on the Go

A Resident Evil remake captures all the creepy fun of the original.

Private Dicks

Downey and Kilmer make perfect detectives in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

Rocking the Vote

WSF takes a global position on referenda C and D.

This Buddha's for You

I'm with Stupa.

Left Behind

A Home Alone for the grown-up set, Italian style.

Off Limits

Thin mince

Zzzzz-Men

Marvel's mutants are a modest squad of dullards in this frustrating adaptation.

Backwash

Noise Tent Records has readied another barnyard-inspired compilation of Denver bands.

Black to Nature

Bill Gwaltney wants to see more people like him at Rocky Mountain National Park.

No Escape

Off Limits

Rhymes Pays

It's not easy being as wild as Busta Rhymes.

LETTERS

BLAST FROM THE PAST

THESE HISTORY BUFFS PLAYED AT RE-CREATING THE OLD WEST--BUT THIS GUNSHOT WAS ALL TOO REAL.ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST THEY WANTED TO RESURRECT THE PAST. INSTEAD, THEY GOT A THOROUGHLY MODERN LAWSUIT.

BRUCE'S GENEROUS PALS