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Videos: Richard Heene, Balloon Boy's dad, invents crazy stuff, makes crazier infomercials

Ever wonder what happened to Balloon Boy? As explained in this week's feature, "What's Up?," nine-year-old Falcon Heene and his family are now living an hour north of Tampa. Falcon and his two older brothers are in a metal band called the Heene Boyz and their hyperactive father is still inventing cr ... More >>

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Videos: Missy Franklin talks LeBron, Kate and high school on Tonight show

Most age controversies at the Olympics involve athletes who may be younger than they're claiming. But in the case of hometown hero Missy Franklin, she can seem much older than her seventeen years -- particularly given how well she appears to be handling her sudden fame. But she's still a kid at hear ... More >>

Photos: Sydney Spies and mother busted in party case mom calls "BS"

In June, Durango's Sydney Spies, whose protests after her yearbook photo was deemed too sexy landed her on the Today show, made it clear she was ready for her close-up: She's featured in a Syfy Channel movie slated to air soon. But it's highly unlikely she expected the next photo of her to go viral ... More >>

Video: Missy Franklin on Today show gives shout out to the Rowdies

Missy Franklin's races in the 2012 London Olympics are over, but her victory laps are only beginning. This morning, Franklin was a featured guest on the Today show, and as you'll see in the video below, she used her moment in the spotlight to give a shout-out to plenty of people in her lives, inclu ... More >>

Sikh temple shooting getting less coverage than Aurora theater tragedy: Why?

On Sunday, a gunman opened fire on attendees at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, killing six people before dying at the hands of police. Yet the amount of coverage this horrific event has received thus far falls short of that devoted to the July 20 Aurora theater shooting nationally as well as locally. I ... More >>

Show and Tell has a new commenting platform

Today Show and Tell (and all the other Westword blogs) rolled out a new user profile platform dubbed My Voice Nation. Your voice and opinion in our comment sections will now be amplified through a fancy new commenting program called Lifefyre ("live fire"). Read all about it below.

Photos: Sydney Spies on sexy yearbook pic controversy, new Syfy movie

Earlier this year, Durango High student Sydney Spies's protest over her yearbook's rejection of two sexy photos landed her on the Today show. Afterward, Miki Spies, her mom, told us Sydney had submitted a third photo, but that, too, was nixed in favor of the her school ID pic -- see how it looks in ... More >>

Video: Kyle Dyer on Today show concedes mistake led to dog bite

No denying that the Kyle Dyer on-air dog bite incident struck a nerve with the viewing public, as stories about animals often do. The fascination culminated this morning with her appearance on the Today show, which devoted more than five minutes to the subject the day after a lethal school shooting ... More >>

Kyle Dyer dog bite: Gary Shapiro on interview, her upcoming Today show visit

The Kyle Dyer/9News dog bite incident continues to stir passions, with observers questioning whether last week's interview with morning show co-host Gary Shapiro was legitimate news or a ratings stunt. However, Shapiro says he's received great feedback from local viewers about the chat -- and he add ... More >>

Kyle Dyer dog-bite story on Today show: 9News fighting to keep footage off Internet

Patti Dennis.​This morning, the Today show is reporting on the Kyle Dyer dog bite without running video of the actual incident. Why not? The story, on view below, announces that NBC -- the parent network of 9News -- has decided not to feature the footage, and adds that the Denver station has ... More >>

Sydney Spies's yearbook swaps sexy photo for ID shot, mom to file complaint

Durango High student Sydney Spies's protest over her yearbook's rejection of two sexy photos landed her on the Today show. Afterward, Miki Spies, her mom, told us Sydney had submitted a third photo, but that, too, has been nixed in favor of the shot from her school ID card. As a result, Miki and fa ... More >>

Reader: Sydney Spies photo shouldn't appear in yearbook's paid section if editors reject it

Durango High's Sydney Spies appeared on the Today show yesterday to protest the decision to ban her sexy photo from the school's yearbook. Our post sharing her take inspired plenty of readers to weigh in as well, with one seeing a contradiction in the policy that would allow the shot's publication i ... More >>

Video: Sydney Spies fights for sexy yearbook photo in Today show interview

Since our post last week about Durango High student Sydney Spies protesting the banning of a flirty photo from her school's yearbook, the story has exploded nationally, culminating with her appearance this morning, alongside her mom, Miki, on the Today show. In the piece, on view below, yearbook ed ... More >>

Smiley's Laundromat survives the recession to dry another day

Visit Denver fills your bucket list with lots of beer...and more suds at Smiley's

Lights for your list.​Good news! The world is not going to end on December 21, 2012. That's the word from Dawn Engle, co-producer of 2012: The True Mayan Prophecy, which airs tonight on Colorado Public Television. But just in case she's wrong, we asked some state leaders for their can't-miss C ... More >>

Willow the cat, newly reunited with her family, set to star in her own book

Willow the cat.​At long last -- and on national television -- Willow the cat was reunited with her family last week. The Today Show clip below finds Willow being lovingly caressed by family matriarch Jamie Squires while Matt Lauer asks predictable questions and she is confronted by Lola, a dau ... More >>

Richard Heene's $1 million charity balloon sale reportedly nets $2,502 (VIDEO)

Video below.​Shockingly enough, the latest crackpot scheme by Richard "Father of Balloon Boy" Heene didn't exactly go as planned. As we reported last month while designating Heene Shmuck of the Week, the former Fort Collins resident planned to auction off his "experimental craft" to earn mone ... More >>

Blair Griffith, homeless Miss Colorado, defeated by fembots at Miss USA pageant (VIDEO)

Blair Griffith.​Blair Griffith, the Miss Colorado winner who wound up homeless, was featured on 20/20 Friday night following previous PR on the Today show -- so she seemed a lock to seriously compete for the crown at last night's Miss USA pageant. But no: She didn't even make the sixteen-perso ... 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 >>

Breaking News: American Apparel CEO Dov Charney is still a total creep

Nice Myspace photo, Charn.​For the second time in a month, a multi-million dollar sexual harassment and assault lawsuit against American Apparel founder and CEO Dov Charney has surfaced, this time by four former employees. This is hardly a surprise, but there is something to be said for the fact t ... More >>

Brace yourself for the new batch of Justin Biebers: Five heirs to the Bieb's teen-idol throne

​Justin Bieber and his $40,000 hair are making girls swoon all over the world, but this overnight sensation is not alone. Despite the fact that kids everywhere are obsessing and worshipping this pseudo-talented tween, there are more idols in the pipeline. Since kids have the attention spans of ... More >>

Coffee tugo: Denver ER nurse invents coffee cup holder that attaches to your rolling suitcase

The tugo in action.​Clumsy, caffeine-crazed travelers who love carry-on luggage, rejoice. A Denver psychiatric nurse named Karen Porte has solved all of your problems. Porte is the inventor of the tugo, "a cup holder that keeps your drink suspended between the upright handles of your rolling b ... More >>

Balloon Boy, Heene family fly to Florida: Here's our favorite videos to remember them by

Falcon Heene heaving.​Balloon Boy alert!: Richard Heene, Falcon Heene and the whole Heene gang have reportedly moved from their home in Fort Collins to Bradenton, Florida, where paterfamilias Dick is said to be working in construction, not starring in the TV-reality show of his (deflated) drea ... More >>

Michael Brown: Ex-FEMA boss on return to New Orleans for 5th anniversary of Katrina

Bush & Brownie.​On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina began wreaking havoc on the Gulf Coast that's still reverberating today -- and many members of the public continue to see Michael Brown, head of FEMA at the time, as one of the story's chief villains. Still, Brown, a KOA talk-show host who ... More >>

Little Nell's Ryan Hardy pimps pork on the Today Show

Little Nell executive chef Ryan Hardy ​Earlier this afternoon, Ryan Hardy, chef of the glitzy Little Nell Hotel and Residences in Aspen, braved the drivel of Today Show hosts Kathy Lee Gifford and, to a lesser extent, Hoda Kotb to wax poetic about pork shoulder and chimichurri sauce. Gifford ... More >>

Dirty panties!: Lingerie shop crusades against used underwear

Last month, a Today Show investigation revealed a shocking fact: Major retailers like Victoria's Secret and Macy's were re-selling underwear that customers -- or rather, Today show operatives wearing hidden cameras -- had returned. Even after the Today folks stained said panties with baby oil, they ... More >>

Balloon Boy goes mad -- as in Mad Magazine

The Heenes go "Mad" (click to enlarge).​Months after the ill-fated flight of Richard Heene's "experimental craft," the Balloon Boy saga remains almost as fresh in the nation's consciousness as the vomit that spewed from young Falcon Heene live on the Today show last November. For proof, look ... More >>

Balloon Boy dad Richard Heene returns to his home/launch site: Watch out for next "experimental craft"

Next time the Today Show crew stops by, they'll know where to set up the camera.​It seems like only yesterday that a silver balloon floating across Colorado caused a nation to stop -- and celebrities to tweet -- about Richard Heene and his young son Falcon, who reacted to the publicity his non ... More >>

Reuben Bakker, Boulder plane crash survivors on the Today Show: Tough luck, Westboro Baptist Church

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Survivors of terrible accidents are often sought-after guests for network news shows -- especially when there's footage of the catastrophe they narrowly avoided. It's no surprise, then, that Reuben Bakker, the pilot of a glide ... More >>

Balloon Boy dad's latest bitch: Restitution costs are too high

"On second thought, you guys should pay me!"​We knew Balloon Boy dad Richard Heene wouldn't go away quietly. But with the help of attorney David Lane, he's managing to make noise even while serving a jail sentence for pretending that his son, Falcon, had floated away in an inflatable silver ch ... More >>

Balloon Boy dad Richard Heene's latest TV appearance nearly causes more vomiting

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Remember that beautiful day in October when Balloon Boy Falcon Heene puked on the Today Show as his dad, Richard Heene, tried to convince America that the entire fiasco involving his runaway "experimental craft" had been genui ... More >>

It's true: Kathy Lee Gifford is a wine idiot

Kathy Lee Gifford doing the sniff test.​Yesterday morning, Bobby Stuckey, the wine director at Boulder's Frasca Food And Wine, gifted himself to the Today show for a full four minutes to talk about some of the best wines to give as presents during the holidays. Stuckey, not surprisingly, mad ... More >>

Top 20 worst food trends of the decade

​I love the restaurant industry for so many different reasons. I love it because it is the last great American meritocracy, where nothing matters but what you can do on the job and where hard work, smarts and stamina are truly rewarded. I love it because it provides a creative outlet for so ... More >>

Thanksgiving traditions that should die. Now.

​Every year, on a seemingly random day at the end of November, America celebrates Thanksgiving. (Canadians, as usual, get this completely wrong and hold it in October.) It's a day of tradition, a day to give thanks. And a day, or so it's become over time, that we all do inexplicable things j ... More >>

PR advice for the Balloon Boy family

With even defense lawyer David Lane acknowledging that charges are likely to be issued soon in the Balloon Boy saga, Richard Heene and the rest of his clan have stopped saying "yes" to every media interview request -- and that's probably for the best given the mistakes the family made before zippin ... More >>

Another Balloon Boy mystery: What happened to Richard Heene's hair?

Another indication that Balloon Boy dad Richard Heene wanted to make the most of the media attention he got in the wake of the desperate search for his not-quite-airborne son Falcon: Over the course of the past few days, his hair seems to have gotten a trendy makeover. Throughout an appearance on t ... More >>

Balloon Boy vomits on the Today show: How much weirder can this story get?

And the Balloon Boy story only gets stranger. First, Falcon Heene flies to fame when he's said to be aboard a runaway balloon. Then it turns out he was never on the balloon at all, but hiding in the family attic. A few hours later, he goes on CNN and seems to imply that the entire adventure had bee ... More >>

Today show expert says Denver real-estate market primed for bounce-back

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy In case you missed it (and if you've got anything resembling a life, you probably did), the Denver real-estate market got a big plug on yesterday's edition of the Today show. Real-estate contributor Barbara Corcoran, speaking ... More >>

The Statue of Liberty and Ken Salazar's crowning achievement

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy This morning, Secretary of the Interior (and former Colorado Senator) Ken Salazar got the full-bore show-biz treatment when he joined the Today show's Matt Lauer in the crown of the Statue of Liberty, which will reopen for th ... More >>

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