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James Holmes case: Hearing scheduled for tomorrow delayed

Tomorrow's scheduled hearing in the case of accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes has been postponed until Tuesday, June 4. The purpose of the hearing is so the judge can advise Holmes about "the effect and consequences" of entering an insanity plea. Once the judge has done so, he'll decide wh ... More >>

Just-cancelled American Guns' Gunsmoke Guns robbed through hole in roof

It's been a rough patch for Wheat Ridge-based Gunsmoke Guns. First, American Guns, the Discovery Channel show set at the business, was cancelled in what some have interpreted as fallout from the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. And now, the arms-heavy shop has been ... More >>

Fox News tells James Holmes's lawyers it will "vigorously" defend reporter against subpoena

The back-and-forth between Fox News and attorneys for accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes is getting heated. Holmes's lawyers are attempting to subpoena a Fox reporter who quoted unnamed law enforcement sources as saying that Holmes mailed a notebook to his psychiatrist "full of details abou ... More >>

James Holmes reportedly sent notebook with massacre plans to CU psychiatrist before attack

Update below: Each day seems to bring another shocking report in the Aurora theater shootings investigation. Today's? Fox News maintains that suspected murderer James Holmes sent a notebook filled with plans and details of his assault to a University of Colorado psychiatrist -- but it wasn't discove ... More >>

Spirit Airlines makes Denver debut amid bad PR over boycott, baggage fees

Beginning at 9:45 a.m., Spirit Airlines will celebrate its return to Denver International Airport with a slew of events, including the first landing of a flight from the discount carrier in eight years. But something else is arriving along with this Las Vegas-to-Denver junket -- terrible publicity ... More >>

Michael Bennet pitches for wind tax credit -- on Fox News?

Denver blog posts bring the pain -- and pleasure. The Colorado Independent's Troy Hooper on Michael Bennet arguing on Fox News, of all places, that allowing the wind tax credit to expire would cost thousands of Colorado jobs. Who Said You Said questions Diana DeGette's position on the U.S. Postal ... More >>

Easter egg hunt in Old Colorado City canceled because of shmucky parents

Old Colorado City canceled its annual Easter egg hunt this year. The reason? Bad behavior at the 2011 event -- not by the pint-sized participants, but by their overprotective parents, who behaved like such greedy shmucks that the town decided the annual eggstravaganza wasn't worth the trouble...or b ... More >>

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Reader: School choir singing about Allah is okay, but not a song praising Jesus

Last week's post about Grand Junction High School student James Harper, who quit the school choir rather than sing an A.R. Rahman song that praised Allah, inspired comments from folks with extremely disparate opinions. Here's one from a Harper defender with a keen eye for hypocrisy.

James Harper quits Grand Junction High choir over Islamic song and prompts Fox News frenzy

Certain stories have Fox News written all over them -- like, for instance, the tale of James Harper, a small town Colorado student who quit his high school choir after discovering that one of the lines he was asked to warble translates to "There is no truth but Allah." Number of comments on the Fox ... More >>

Tim Tebow and Fox News: Bill O'Reilly, Steve Doocy fighting "War on Tebow"?

Videos below.​'Tis the season for Bill O'Reilly and other Fox News personalities to rail against the alleged "War on Christmas" -- and they're doing so. But they've also found time to deride the "War on Tebow," tackling questions about Tim Tebow's religiosity with the same fervor they defend ... More >>

Occupy Denver: Two protesters assaulted by provocateurs during Fox31 interview

​Occupy Denver is recharging quickly after its most violent interaction with police to date. The fourth incarnation of the Thunderdome, the group's kitchen tent, popped up even before the police left, and last night marked a peace vigil to refocus the gathering after a less than peaceful Satur ... More >>

Top five reasons why people should get to buy fast food with food stamps

​Yum! Brands -- parent company of such fast-food chains as KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell -- is currently lobbying the Kentucky state government to allow people to use their food stamps in its restaurants. Is this an example of unabashed corporate greed trying to divert state benefits from buyi ... More >>

Herman Cain's straw poll win, fiscal suicide & other Western Conservative Summit highlights

Big pics below.​This weekend's Western Conservative Summit at Colorado Christian University attracted four announced or prospective Republican presidential candidates, including high-profile Texas governor Rick Perry. But while long-shot Herman Cain's victory in a straw poll may have startled ... More >>

Sexiest right-winger at Western Conservative Summit? Our top 20 countdown (PHOTOS)

Big pics below.​Friday through Sunday, Colorado Christian University hosts the Western Conservative Summit, an event that's drawn plenty of the right's notables. But how to pick who to see? Sexiness, of course! We've ranked the twenty main speakers in order of smoulder -- and plenty of these ... More >>

Blair Griffith, homeless Miss Colorado: 20/20 appearance latest stop in media tour (VIDEOS)

Videos below.​Miss Colorado Blair Griffth has gotten more attention than anyone holding that title in recent memory for a very good reason: After winning the state pageant, she and her mom wound up homeless. Tonight, she'll tell her story on the ABC news magazine 20/20 -- but not for the firs ... More >>

KOA Morning News to feature Fox News at top and bottom of hour to counter ratings dip

​These are not the best of times for KOA, at 850 AM. A trio of part-timers were let go earlier this year and the longtime powerhouse's ratings are off. So how does head of AM programming Greg Foster hope to boost the station in general, and the drive-time staple Colorado Morning News in partic ... More >>

Cowboys and Aliens reissue tops our new release picks for this week, February 22

​If you spent the last Super Bowl wondering what the hell the weird trailer for the film Cowboys and Aliens was all about like we did, we have an answer for you today. Thankfully, the long out-of-print graphic novel that inspired the film is back on the shelves this week. It's accompanied by a ... More >>

Your moment of lulz: "Today's trolls are online"

Problem, Fox News?​Close to twenty years after the slang was first coined in those primitive internets forums of yore, at least one Fox News affiliate out of Los Angeles is on the case, intrepidly investigating just what it is that the kids are saying nowadays. Last week, the station dedicated ... More >>

Return policy scenarios for after-Christmas shoppers: Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario

Time for an Exchange.​ There is only one thing people love more than Christmas gift shopping, and that is after- Christmas gift-return shopping! As seen below, It's also the one time of the year that Josh McDaniels and Carmelo Anthony can return what they've been handed, and ask for exactly ... More >>

Let's welcome Disqus, our new commenting overlords

​Yes, as you may have noticed, we have a new commenting platform here on Westword.com. Disqus is the application we've installed across all four of our blogs. Here's a handy rundown of what to expect next time your want to leave a comment.

Doug Lamborn wants to trash PBS and NPR: Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario

Dueling grouches: Oscar vs. Lamborn.​ Rep. Doug Lamborn, the grouch in the trash can to the left in the picture above, represents Colorado Congressional District 5. His bill to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and National Public Radio is getting a lot of attention and support ov ... More >>

Leland Vittert: With Fox 31 anchor's departure, another Best Hair winner goes national

Leland Vittert and his hair.​The fastest way for a local television journalist to make the leap to a national network has nothing to do with scooping the competition on a groundbreaking story that produces headlines around the globe. Nope, it's all about the hair -- especially at Fox News, wh ... More >>

Michael Brown on White House ripping him over Obama oil-spill comments on Fox News

Brownie with Bushie.​Earlier this week, we told you about a debate between former FEMA head turned KOA talk-show host Michael Brown and David Sirota, the AM 760 morning guy, over comments Brown had made to Fox News' Neil Cavuto about the Obama administration's response to the oil spill off the ... More >>

Michael Brown vs. David Sirota over alleged Obama oil spill conspiracy

Michael Brown with his old boss.​In January, we profiled former FEMA director Michael Brown -- the man about whom President George W. Bush said, "Heckuva job, Brownie" circa the Hurricane Katrina response -- after he was named a fulltime KOA talk-show host. But Brown doesn't think Barack Obam ... More >>

Scott McInnis isn't the real tea party candidate, says rival Dan Maes

Dan Maes would like to have his tea and drink it, too.​Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes is upset about the effort by GOP heavyweights to make Scott McInnis the de facto party standard bearer months before the primary -- and he says lots of tea party members will express the same sen ... More >>

Gitmo and beer: Together again for the first time

​Although ProgressNow Colorado's Michael Huttner lived through a grilling by Fox News' Neil Cavuto, he likely made few converts among the cable net's mondo-conservative viewership. The Colorado branch of the American Civil Liberties Union is hoping for a friendlier audience for "Gitmo Revealed ... More >>

CU Obama basher Zach Lahn gets shut down on MSNBC

Zach Lahn on MSNBC.​Since asking the most confrontational question at President Barack Obama's healthcare town hall in Grand Junction on Saturday, ultra-conservative CU student Zach Lahn has extended his face time by going on a tour of cable-news talking-head broadcasts. Predictably, Fox News ... More >>

Suspicions confirmed: The Pole is now The Truth

Mancow on Fox News -- which may give you an idea where he's coming from, ideologically speaking.​Yikes. Shortly after 4 p.m., smack in the middle of Queen's "Bicycle Race," the voice of Erich "Mancow" Muller, host of The Mancow Show, a nationally syndicated repository of far-right loonbaggery, ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, June 29 edition

Zoning out.... Changing channels? Today in Cafe Society: • ESPN ZONE turns off the scoreboard, blames economy. • Tonight: A symphony of food and wine at Opus. • Milking It: All-Bran Yogurt Bites. • Bad weekend for barbecue at Big Hoss, Q Worldly Barbecue. • Bye-bye, Brandon's. • Arriv ... More >>

More from yesterday's State Capitol Obama protest: Michelle Malkin with "Swastika Guy"

The photos captured by Melanie Asmar for "Colorado Conservatives' Porkiest Anti-Stimulus Protest Ever," a blog about a State Capitol rally yesterday, were plenty weird -- but as a commenter to that post pointed out, they were nowhere as jaw-slackening as the image above, captured by ProgressNow Co ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, January 9 edition

It's almost over. The week, that is. Today in Backbeat Online: • One Tree Hill becoming defacto repository of Denver music. • A Shoreline Dream becoming a reality. • That's the sound of a man working on a Chain Gang. Today in Cafe Society: • Follow up on Star Kitchen. • Another Irish r ... More >>

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