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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 >>

Marijuana grow house burns on Happy Jack Road -- and no, we're not making that up

We haven't heard reports about cannabis connoisseurs gathering near Livermore, Colorado on Monday morning -- and if they start showing up in droves now, they'll only be disappointed. Why? Because they missed the opportunity to stand down-wind as an entire marijuana grow house caught fire and burned ... More >>

Jose Guadalupe Luna, deputy, gets DUI bust -- and bloody mug shot

Anyone would feel uncomfortable posing for a mug shot after a DUI and reckless driving arrest -- particularly one that showed off a battered nose and a blood-stained undershirt. But presumably, the discomfort is even higher for Jose Guadalupe Luna. After all, he's an Adams County Deputy. Get the ... More >>

Video: SUV crashes through West Gill Place home

What were you doing around 6 a.m. this morning? Sleeping? Rubbing your eyes? Hoping that morning cup of coffee would get your heart started? For the person living in a residence on the 5900 block of West Gill Place, the answer was, "Dealing with the SUV that drove into my house" -- a drag whether c ... More >>

Denver's first homicide of 2013: Police arrest suspect for murder on South Alcott

Update, 2:37 p.m.: Denver Police have made an arrest in connection with the first homicide of the new year. Robert Anthony Rubio, 26, mugshot below, was taken into custody yesterday as a suspect in a January 1st late-night shooting that left one man injured and another dead in Southwest Denver. Th ... More >>

The ten worst Colorado bike collisions of 2012

In 2012, a lot more people rode their bikes in Denver and throughout the state -- which led to an overall jump in the number of crashes. But a more ominous trend, perhaps, was the growing tension on the road between cars and cyclists, resulting in a steady stream of high-profile collisions....some c ... More >>

Suspect accused of killing 14-year-old also facing sexual assault charges

Update: Adams County District Attorney Don Quick announced this afternoon that Ezequiel Padilla-Villalobos, the 24-year-old who called 911 over the weekend, admitting he had killed a 14-year-old girl, is also facing sexual assault charges. As expected, he's facing first-degree murder charges, too, a ... More >>

At Greyhound rest stop, Lamar cops find "abnormally heavy" pillow filled with marijuana

Recreational marijuana is now legal in Colorado, but carrying eleven pounds of pot on a Greyhound bus with the "intent to manufacture or distribute" is not. That is the felony charge that landed 35-year-old Jason Ramirez in jail, after a routine check at a rest stop in Lamar uncovered an "abnormally ... More >>

Man who allegedly killed three in Weld County was released from jail hours before

Update, 10:30 a.m.: The man who allegedly killed three others in a Longmont home yesterday and then shot himself had been released from jail a few hours before the shooting, according to the Weld County Sheriff's Office. Daniel Sanchez, 31, reportedly showed up to the home where his ex-girlfriend wa ... More >>

Bike safety: Driver and badly injured cyclist both cited in Boulder crash

More cars and cyclists are crashing into each other in Denver, prompting heated debates about who is responsible in the collisions. But in a recent Boulder crash, there's plenty of blame to go around. The accident report about the incident, in which a bike rider was knocked to the ground and serious ... More >>

Photos: Top ten suggestions to make Denver a better bike city

For "On a Roll," our feature on cycling, we connected with many local bike advocates, who have a wide range of perspectives on what officials can do to make Denver a top urban center for biking. Concerns about the rise in bike-car collisions, and the sometimes fatal results, have pushed these ideas ... More >>

John Bucchi on being the proud owner of the church pew Elvis once sat in at Holy Family

This Thursday, August 16 marks the 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death. The iconic singer spent a great deal of time in the Centennial State and had many adventures. In honor of The King, Backbeat is sharing some of these stories all week. See also: - Retired Denver police officer Bob Cantw ... More >>

Dennis O'Dell charged with uncle's meth-fueled hammer murder two months after attack

Dennis O'Dell was first taken into custody circa early May in relation to a hammer attack on his uncle -- one allegedly fueled by a bad dream and their mutual interest in meth. Now, however, he's been charged with murder, after his horribly injured relative died.

Lower North Fork Fire investigation reveals 911 "fall-out" of 100,000 phone records

The Lower North Fork Fire near Conifer cost many thousands of dollars in damaged or destroyed property and, most importantly, three lives, including Ann Appel, who didn't receive a reverse 911 emergency notification because of a glitch in the system. And it was hardly the only one. As revealed in a ... More >>

Colorado Common Cause's Elena Nunez: "We have such opportunities because we're in crisis"

Elena Nunez.​Growing up and watching Crossfire in Tempe, Arizona, 33-year-old Elena Nunez learned to trust her local government approximately as far as she could throw it. In the late '80s, Arizona Governor Evan Mecham was impeached on grounds of misusing funds and obstruction of justice, and ... More >>

Doug Lamborn's Tar Baby race paste sticks longer: Kenny Be's back-to-school supplies

​Representative Doug Lamborn capitalizes on a remarkable skill for creating sticky situations by introducing his new Tar Baby race paste. Developed by crafty congressmen for budget-burdened back-to-school students, Lamborn's Tar Baby race paste sticks faster, and longer, than the leading white ... More >>

Five infamous monuments named after musicians of questionable moral character

Kurt Cobain​How do you honor a musician when awards and certifications aren't enough? By naming something in his honor, of course -- be it a bridge, a street, an asteroid or even a whole day after the guy. But in naming something after a musician, it's easy to forget that while in some cases t ... More >>

24 Denver homicides in 2011 through June: See where they happened (GOOGLE MAPS)

Schwartzman.​The Denver coroner's office has issued its report about homicides through June 2011. The 24 to date is way over 50 percent of last year's 39 -- but even if it wasn't, loved ones of victims such as Gerald Schwartzman would still be grieving. Look below and page down to see synopses ... More >>

Google Maps catches Denverites ignoring doggy doody duty: Kenny Be's Search Images

Congress Park dog-walking duo.​ We've masked the identities of the couple pictured above -- but the blurring of faces does not hide the unexpected surprise revealed in their stance. The Google Maps camera that captured this image has either caught them unaware, or caught them in the act...

Faux stone turns the unnatural into the supernatural: Kenny Be's Yard Arteology

Westwood: Postal pyramid.​ Nothing quite says dead letter like the faux-stone postal pyramid pictured above. While the sturdy base looks almost normal, it's the rocky roof that turns this unnatural mailbox into something almost supernatural...

Arianna Huffington at MapQuest party on "frivolous" blogger suit, "useful" Drudge design

Arianna Huffington.​Internet years are like dog years, which makes fifteen-year-old MapQuest more like 105. But this old dog can learn directions home if you believe Arianna Huffington, now a player in the old-money empire of AOL, which owns the company headquartered in LoDo. She talked about ... More >>

MapQuest turns fifteen

Colorado Head-to-Toe: Nerding out with Zeal Optics' Transcend GPS and Reliant Backpack

​I've been checking in with cool Colorado companies and trying out their goods on a mission to assemble a locals-only gear bag. This month I've been testing three different pairs of ski/snowboard goggles from Boulder-based Zeal Optics as well as the company's sweet new solar panel pack that he ... More >>

Reader: Close Encounters coordinates lead to Ault farm, not Denver International Airport

​Jared Jacang Maher's post about coordinates from the movie Close Encounters allegedly pinpointing Denver International Airport -- the latest DIA conspiracy in a long line -- surmised that the numbers actually correspond to an Ault farmhouse. One of our readers did some checking, and he concur ... More >>

Homefront imagines a Korean invasion of Colorado, we talk with creative director David Votypka about how it came to be

​North and South Korea have reunited, the U.S. economy breaks down and erupts in civil war and, suddenly, America is occupied by Korean forces from across Asia. Sounds far-fetched, sure, but that's the premise of Homefront, a new game from Kaos Studies that seeks to imagine the world of occupi ... More >>

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Google Maps unveils bike directions for Denver

​Just in time for the warmer weather, Google Maps has released navigation directions for those on bikes. And Denver's among of the first cities around the country to get the service.

Top-notch topos now free from USGS

Getting up close and personal with Coffeyville, Kansas (click to enlarge).​Finding the right map for the trip at hand has always posed certain hard choices. Do you go for one heavy on the topography contours, or one with legible road numbers? Hydrographic features or better trail markings? I ... More >>

Denver-based DigitalGlobe can see your house -- and it's making a mint doing it

DigitalGlobe When you want to stalk someone but Facebook and parking outside their house for hours with binoculars just aren't doing it for you, how about buying high-resolution images of their neighborhood as taken by satellites? Sure, you could just get an image off of Google Maps, but if you wan ... More >>

Where in the World is Tony Perez-Giese?** (Google Map)