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The Today Show

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    Kyle Dyer announces return to work Monday seven weeks after on-air dog bite

    During a February 8 broadcast, 9News morning anchor Kyle Dyer was bitten on the face by an Argentine mastiff -- a shocking incident that became national news even as the station asked other media outlets (including this one) not to use video of the incident. Since then, Dyer has appeared in a 9News ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    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 >>

  • News

    December 15, 2011

    Smiley's Laundromat survives the recession to dry another day

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Richard Heene, Balloon Boy dad: His hard-ass home detention, complete with ankle bracelet

    "I've got to do what?"​Yesterday, we told you that Balloon Boy dad Richard Heene had been given permission to serve the remainder of his ninety-day sentence for attempting to influence a public servant (by insisting that his young son Falcon was in an "experimental craft" floating over Norther ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    Richard Heene and wife Mayumi to plead guilty in Balloon Boy hoax

    Richard Heene during the infamous Today Show appearance when son Falcon puked for the nation.​That e-mail blast attorney David Lane mentioned around this time yesterday came through at 12:51 a.m. today. In it, Lane confirms that Richard Heene and his wife Mayumi will enter guilty pleas tomorro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    Not that Bill Owens -- the other Bill Owens!

    On the left: Colorado's Bill Owens. On the right: New York's Bill Owens. No, they're not the same person.​ Just heard from a sharp-eyed viewer who saw a familiar face on the Today show this morning -- one who had no business being there. Political reporter Chuck Todd was discussing a New York ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2008

    A Friend Indeed

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2006

    More Messages: Coloradocentric

    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 >>

  • News

    January 26, 2006

    It All Comes Out in the Wash

    Denver comes clean.

  • News

    October 13, 2005

    Zoning

    Do tape delays slow the 24-hour news cycle?

  • News

    June 2, 2005

    Tour de Farce

    You'll have the crime of your life in the Mile High City.

  • News

    February 8, 2001

    A Fraying Yarn

    The white author of a book on quilting thinks her black male co-author is getting all the credit.

  • News

    February 1, 2001

    Month to Month

    Denver's famous Black American West Museum may be history.

  • News

    August 7, 1997

    Off Limits

    Denver's famous Black American West Museum may be history.

  • News

    July 31, 1997

    Off Limits

    Denver's famous Black American West Museum may be history.

  • News

    March 13, 1997

    I Confess

    Denver's famous Black American West Museum may be history.

  • News

    May 9, 1996

    Off Limits

    Denver's famous Black American West Museum may be history.

  • News

    September 7, 1994

    OFF LIMITS

    Denver's famous Black American West Museum may be history.

  • News

    January 26, 1994

    LETTERS

    Denver's famous Black American West Museum may be history.

  • News

    January 12, 1994

    Off Limits

    Hacks at work

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