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Gary Faulkner displays Colorado's can-do spirit

​And here we thought Ryan Snodgrass and Justin Lariscy, the rafting guides who rescued a thirteen-year-old girl from Clear Creek and got arrested as thanks, were take-charge guys. Now comes news of Gary Faulkner, the Greeley man who made it his mission to kill Osama Bin Laden -- and was pack ... More >>

Gary Faulkner, bin Laden hunter: In Letterman preview, he says he wanted to take Osama alive

"Up yours, Osama!"​America can't get enough of Gary Faulkner, who recently returned from Pakistan following his quizzical quest to bag Osama bin Laden. Just days after a remarkable CNN interview during which he almost imploded, he hit CBS' Early Show in advance of his planned appearance on Dav ... More >>

Gary Faulkner, if you think Osama's put a bounty on you, you really are crazy

Watch out, Gary!​The vote is in: Here's our latest Shmuck of the Week: Bend over, media. You -- and by "you," I mean "us," too -- have been enabling self-proclaimed Osama hunter Gary Faulkner. With Greeley's latest micro-celeb now claiming bin Laden's put a hit on him, the story's gone from e ... More >>

Pair of hooters set off by wheat-paste owl: Kenny Be's Sign Language

Photo detail shown below.​ The wheat paste technique is most often used to slap printed movie posters onto wooden pedestrian walkways in construction zones -- but its use to display an original drawing on a cell-phone tower is more rare than a spotted owl sighting. As seen in the photo above, ... More >>

Osama-hunter Gary Faulkner, 2010 Shmuck of the Year nominee

Gary Faulkner.​Westword is asking readers to help us select a Shmuck of the Year by rolling out a new candidate each week throughout the month of December. The winner -- loser -- will be announced on January 3. Our first two candidates were Josh McDaniels and Scott McInnis. This week, say ... More >>

Top ten tweets about Osama Bin Laden's death

​#OMG, they killed #OBL. And finally, tonight, Gary Faulkner can sleep soundly, Samurai swords safely sheathed. We heard "Bin Laden is dead" about 500 times from Wolf Blitzer in about 30 minutes, listened as Geraldo tried to articulate his joy at the death of Usama bin Laden, but the real en ... More >>

Osama bin Laden's death as experienced by the Facebook generation

OBL or UBL?​Osama bin Laden's death was an instant Twitter sensation. But likely more people shared their immediate reactions on Facebook -- especially those under twenty, like my seventeen-year-old twin daughters. Last night, while my wife and I channel-surfed, 20th century style, in advance ... More >>

Osama bin Laden death celebration at Mesa State College in Grand Junction (VIDEO)

Video below.​In our post about how Osama bin Laden's death was experienced by the Facebook generation, we noted that localizing this story was unnecessary, because it impacted all of us, wherever we were. Which is why spontaneous celebrations broke out in New York City, Washington, D.C. -- an ... More >>

Osama bin Laden is dead -- so drink up at the Giggling Grizzly, Denver! (PHOTOS)

​Why pound 'em down before and after midnight on a Sunday night at the Giggling Grizzly? Maybe because Osama bin Laden is dead -- or because (fill in the blank). Whatever the case, photog Aaron Thackeray caught the action in the gallery linked above -- and other Westword shutterbugs were busy, ... More >>

Von Miller's great, but do Broncos get lower NFL draft grades for skipping defensive tackles?

Von Miller.​How about some Denver blog posts about people who are still alive? Mile High Report's John Bena rounds up grades of the Broncos' draft -- with some of the lower marks noting the lack of a D-tackle among the team's picks. People's Press Collective: Rossputin's must-do list for Nav ... More >>

Osama bin Laden or Obama bin Laden dead? Two Denver TV stations confused (VIDEOS)

Videos below.​Barack Obama's announcement of Osama bin Laden's slaying presented newscasters with a tongue twister -- and some lost the game. 9News reported that "in 2001, Obama was linked to the 9/11 terror attacks" -- because he's Muslim, I guess -- and CBS4 anchor Kathy Walsh said Obama tol ... More >>

Gary Faulkner: Five new missions for the Osama bin Laden hunter

Gary Faulkner​The death of Osama bin Laden at the hands of an elite American strike team sure put a crimp in the travel plans of Gary Faulkner, the Greeley man detained on the Pakistan-Afghan border last June. Armed with sword and pistol, Faulkner told authorities he'd been hunting the terrori ... More >>

Dead bin Laden party favors help lift economic recovery: Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario

​ Dancing in the streets and cheering U!S!A! to celebrate the murder of an enemy may seem vulgar. However, there's no denying that Osama bin Laden's death will do wonders for America's economic recovery efforts as May holiday celebrations push increased demand for dead bin Laden party favors.. ... More >>

Reader: Gary Faulkner didn't find Osama, but he came closer than Pakistan government

Gary Faulkner.​Alan Prendergast's post suggesting five more targets for Greeley Osama bin Laden hunter Gary Faulkner prompted a surprising defense of the one-man army and David Letterman show fave. The scribe? A distant relative who thinks Faulkner came closer to finding bin Laden than did the ... More >>

Top 10 most famous death photos now that Osama bin Laden's won't be released

Osama bin Laden.​Update: The U.S. has decided not to release an Osama bin Laden death photo. For now, that means the image won't join the following list of the most iconic post-mortem shots of notorious dictators, revolutionaries and criminals. The roundup includes Mussolini, Rasputin and a fa ... More >>

"Stoner" misspelling honors "Westworld"

Osama bin Laden.​Update: The U.S. has decided not to release an Osama bin Laden death photo. For now, that means the image won't join the following list of the most iconic post-mortem shots of notorious dictators, revolutionaries and criminals. The roundup includes Mussolini, Rasputin and a fa ... More >>

Reader: Is Osama bin Laden dead? Or Usama bin Laden? OBL? UBL?

OBL or UBL?​In our post about how Osama bin Laden's death was experienced by the Facebook generation, we noted that Fox News continues to spell his first name "Usama" and abbreviate his moniker as "UBL," while the rest of the major American media prefers "Osama" and "OBL." The situation prompt ... More >>

Osama bin Laden death photo can't be worse than shot of Hillary Clinton's ankles?

Osama and... friends?​Just for you: three Denver blog posts. Colorado Pols: Jon Caldara (via Ann Coulter) tweets that if Americans can deal with a shot of Hillary Clinton's ankles, they can handle Osama bin Laden's death photo. WhoSaidYouSaid: Rollie Heath, aspiring taxman. Purple Row' on R ... More >>

Osama bin Laden and marijuana: Was the terrorist a stoner?

​Among the juicy details emerging in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death last week was the fact that a bunch of marijuana plants were found growing next to his Abbottabad compound in Pakistan. The discovery has launched an Internet's worth of bad puns and stupid jokes: "Osama bin Smokin,'" "Bi ... More >>

The Rock knew early about bin Laden's death; hey, at least it wasn't Charlie Sheen

For The Rock's eyes only.​Last week, we got the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed and shortly thereafter, we learned that the news had leaked to a couple of people -- including actor/professional wrestler The Rock -- before the White House informed the press and public. Today, the maj ... More >>

Tom Tancredo is glad that it's Osama, not Obama, who's dead. Really!

Tom Tancredo​While Governor John Hickenlooper was tangling with legislative leaders Tuesday, Tom Tancredo, the renegade candidate who got 36 percent of the vote in the gubernatorial race last November, was tangling with MSNBC host Martin Bashir. Who won? You be the judge.

Kayakers vs. tubers at Clear Creek Whitewater Park: Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario

​ For most Coloradans, the term "spring runoff" has nothing to do with Denver mayoral candidates Michael Hancock and Chris Romer and everything to do with the whitewater competition between tubers and kayakers. The fiercest fight for foam is often found at the Clear Creek Whitewater Park in Go ... More >>

Barack Obama Afghanistan speech drinking game: The revenge of Rush Limbaugh

The toastmaster.​I watched Barack Obama's speech about withdrawing troops from Afghanistan more closely than any presidential address ever -- but not for the expected reason. I was a (sober) judge in a speech-related drinking game suggested yesterday by none other than super-conservative Rush ... More >>

Author Benjamin Runkle on his new book, Wanted Dead or Alive

​Author Benjamin Runkle will be at the Tattered Cover in Highlands Ranch tonight to talk about his new book, Wanted Dead or Alive: Manhunts from Geronimo to Bin Laden. In preparation for his appearance, we caught up with Runkle to talk about his book, the importance of manhunts and the effect ... More >>

A Manhunt Manifesto

​Author Benjamin Runkle will be at the Tattered Cover in Highlands Ranch tonight to talk about his new book, Wanted Dead or Alive: Manhunts from Geronimo to Bin Laden. In preparation for his appearance, we caught up with Runkle to talk about his book, the importance of manhunts and the effect ... More >>

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A faint indication of the badassness to come.​October 4, 1957: a dark day for America, the day the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite ever to orbit Earth. It was the first milestone of the USA vs. USSR space race, and we totally blew it. But we didn't let it get us d ... More >>

Theresa Foster murder fact vs. fiction: Read the 1948 autopsy report

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