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Aurora Century 16 reopening: See changes made to ten other massacre sites

At 5 p.m. today, the Aurora Century 16, the site of the July 20 attack that killed twelve, officially reopens following a ceremony featuring Governor John Hickenlooper and many others. Some family members have called for a boycott of the event -- an indication of the strong emotions stirred by decis ... More >>

Newtown, Aurora and Columbine: Mass shootings, gun hysteria...and MK Ultra?

The first, fragmentary accounts of a shooter's rampage through an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, were just starting to make headlines last week when the cyberchatter about a conspiracy began. This is not just some lone nutcase engaged in senseless killing for his own indecipherable reas ... More >>

Photos: Aurora theater shooting and ten massacre sites that were changed (or not)

The City of Aurora is conducting a survey, asking folks through August 31 what should be done with the Aurora Century 16, the theater where James Holmes allegedly killed twelve people. Many other massacre sites have faced this unfortunate question in the past, with responses ranging from minor chan ... More >>

Aurora theater shooting & disgusting questions about The Dark Knight Rises box office

We understand that media outlets doing wall-to-wall coverage of last night's shooting at the Aurora Town Center Century 16 during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rise have to look at every possible angle of the story. But excuse me for being repulsed by stories speculating about whether the ... More >>

Earl Moore gets life for bombing attempt at Southwest Plaza on Columbine anniversary

When news broke last year that Earl Moore had been charged with a single count of arson for placing an explosive device in Southwest Plaza mall on the anniversary of the attack on nearby Columbine High School, locals feared he'd receive relatively light punishment. But no: Moore has been sentenced t ... More >>

We Need to Talk About Kevin may be the most revealing Columbine-related film

This week's feature, "The Columbine Effect," explores the enduring fascination indie filmmakers seem to have with the attack on Columbine High School thirteen years ago -- and the agendas advanced (gun control, bullying prevention, etc.) in their fictional and not-so-fictional interpretations of the ... More >>

Child and Family Investigators clause in reform bill draws fire from legal lobby

Figuring some modest improvement is better than none, the Colorado House Judiciary Committee passed along a bill yesterday that's intended to make child and family investigators (CFI) and other professionals operating in family court more accountable -- after first amending and watering down its mos ... More >>

Reader combines South Park, Columbine, New World Order & guns in five sentences: Amazing!

Trey Parker.​Plenty of comments affixed to our blog posts are intelligent and thoughtful. Many of them are angry and passionate. Some are rude, obscene and/or offensive. But only a handful are jaw-slackeningly bizarre. Here's an example of the latter -- a paragraph just posted on a two-year-ol ... More >>

Earl Moore charged with arson, not terrorism, in Southwest Plaza bomb try near Columbine

Big pics below.​Update: At 2 p.m. this afternoon, Earl Albert Moore is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Denver to be advised of the charges against him in relation to an attempted bombing at Southwest Plaza mall on the twelfth anniversary of the shootings at nearby Columbine High ... More >>

Kristin & Candice Hermeler: Suicide-pact twins' Columbine fascination deeper than admitted

Kristin Hermeler​It didn't make much sense that Candice and Kristin Hermeler would travel halfway across the world to enact a suicide pact at a local gun range -- until reports began to surface about the Australian twins' obsession with the Columbine shootings. While police have tried to downp ... More >>

Candice & Kristin Hermeler: Judy Brown on Columbine tie to Australian twins' suicide pact

Kristin Hermeler.​Last week, we learned that Australian twins Kristin and Candice Hermeler, whose suicide pact left the former dead and the latter seriously wounded, had an interest in the 1999 Columbine massacre, but we didn't know the roots of the connection. Now, however, Judy Brown, whose ... More >>

Top 10 Colorado feuds of the decade

​Most people just go along to get along. But every once in a while a hellacious disagreement -- about principle, turf, money, or who cut the cheese -- makes for an old-fashioned Western display of rootin'-tootin' feudin' and cussedness. The most memorable Colorado showdowns of the past ten ... More >>

Author Jeff Kass on how his Columbine theories differ from Dave Cullen's

Jeff Kass. Local author Dave Cullen's book Columbine has received an enormous amount of media attention -- far more than another recently published tome, Columbine: A True Crime Story. And Jeff Kass, the ex-Rocky Mountain News reporter who penned the latter, has definitely noticed the discrepancy. ... More >>

The lessons not learned from Columbine

A Flickr photo As a resident of the metro area near Columbine High School, I found the tenth anniversary coverage of the shootings to be particularly unpleasant -- although not nearly as bad as it was, I'm sure, for relatives or friends of those who were killed, injured or directly traumatized by E ... More >>

Columbine tenth anniversary coverage: massive, well-intentioned, mostly unenlightening

A word that applies to the vast majority of the stories I've seen, heard or read about today's tenth anniversary of the killings at Columbine High School is "obligatory." Although fewer commemorative efforts have appeared on April 20 in recent years than in the immediate aftermath of the bloodshed ... More >>

Why Germans care so much about Columbine

One of Dylan Klebold's pipe bombs. A film crew from Munich-based FOCUS TV Produktions was in our southwest suburbs during the past few days, interviewing people whose lives have been altered by the Columbine shootings ten years ago -- school and police officials, parents and survivors of the massac ... More >>

Who Should Be the Keepers of Columbine's Remaining Secrets?

Redline Defiance of Death

Having a near-death experience causes you to rock like your life depends on it.

The Hard Lessons About Safe Schools

The Twenty-Year Itch

Media Insanity

Strange but True

A year of dysfunctional family values -- and missing panties.

Off Limits

Out of the Box

Hall of Shame

The University of Colorado led the way in 2004 -- straight to hell.

Greatest Hits

Colorado's ailing, but the good doctor doesn't have a cure.

You Must Remember This

The horrors of Columbine, reduced to a single page.

Best Next Job for Jeffco Sheriff John Stone

Time magazine subscription salesman

Badge Happy

In Jefferson County, lots of folks want to be the new sheriff in town.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

The truth will out -- just not in Jefferson County.

Attention, Kmart Shoppers

Columbine survivors team up with Michael Moore to make the chain bite the bullet.

Killing Time

It may take years to sort out what happened during the “missing” minutes at Columbine.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of September 7

Off Limits

Fellow travelers

For the Record

MDFMK's Sascha Konietzko on controversy, scapegoating and Columbine.

Anniversary Post-Mortem

The media's coverage of the Columbine anniversary was the journalistic equivalent of slow-pitch softball.

None Dare Call It Travesty

Conspiracy mania comes to Columbine.

The Making of a Media Event

The Columbine anniversary promises to be the biggest thing since...well, Columbine.

Off Limits

DIA lands in bear country...

Eyes on the Prize

The dailies jockey for position for the Pulitzer.

Off Limits

Deck the halls...

The Man Who Wasn't There

Bill Johnson doesn't let the truth get in the way of a good story.

The Tab, Please

Now it can't be told: Without an indictment, what will the tabloids do?

Off Limits

The Santa Clause...

Back in Black

The goth culture is in for a dark time at Arvada West High School.

Letters

Off Limits

Letters

Opportunism Knocks

Feedback

Total Control

The Olivia Tremor Control, part of Denver's Elephant 6 family, shakes up the underground.