The Wall Street Journal

Reader: Colorado's film industry needs support from the legislature

Al White, Colorado tourism chief, pens new slogan for New Mexico: Just south of paradise!

Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal ran a story about New Mexico's $2.5 million effort to rebrand the state "as a place of charm and character, adventure, excitement -- and really good green chili cheeseburgers." It seems that the Land of Enchantment isn't perceived as very enchanting; focus ... More >>

Don Cheadle has studio offer for Miles Davis film

​Long in development, the Miles Davis feature film that Don Cheadle plans to star in and direct has a studio offer, the actor said in interview with the Wall Street Journal that was published today. Cheadle, who graduated from East High School, says in the interview that "the movie isn't a bio ... More >>

Dina Berta takes a break from writing to help run Frank's Kitchen

​Long in development, the Miles Davis feature film that Don Cheadle plans to star in and direct has a studio offer, the actor said in interview with the Wall Street Journal that was published today. Cheadle, who graduated from East High School, says in the interview that "the movie isn't a bio ... More >>

Medical marijuana reviewer job celebrates its second anniversary at Westword

​In the fall of 2009, local officials looked around and suddenly discovered that the medical marijuana business was booming in Denver. In fact, it might have been the city's only growth industry at the time. The national media discovered the story, too -- and when Westword advertised for a med ... More >>

Roxanne Pulitzer's Telluride house for sale: It can be yours for $19.9 million (PHOTOS)

Pulitzer in '85.​Not to be outdone by fellow Playboy cover girl Barbi Benton in the marketing of extreme cribs, Roxanne Pulitzer and husband Tim Boberg recently offered the Wall Street Journal a tour of their 23,000-square-foot Telluride home -- which is up for sale for $19.9 million. That's ... More >>

John Salazar land swap deal drawing national attention -- and heat

John Salazar​An unusual land swap deal on the Western Slope orchestrated by Representative John Salazar, one that would benefit his largest campaign contributor, is starting to draw scrutiny well beyond disgruntled hunters and activists in Gunnison County, who claim the public is getting the s ... More >>

Medical marijuana dispensaries in L.A. go up in smoke

​Industry insiders have predicted that Colorado's new medical-marijuana laws might nearly halve the number of dispensaries in the state, and some of Denver's dispensaries are on the hit list. But since new laws were instituted in Los Angeles, the reduction has been far more dramatic, with hund ... More >>

Colorado has two of Livability's top ten food cities...and neither is Denver

Pueblo Chamber of CommerceFoodie fun in Pueblo: the annual jalapeno-eating contest​Yes, it's yet another list. Livability, the site that invites you to "discover America's best places to live," has just released its list of "Foodie Finds: 10 Surprising Food Cities," and Colorado occupies two o ... More >>

Our updated medical-marijuana directory

​ Our "Mile Highs and Lows" dispensary reviews, recently referenced in the Wall Street Journal, are a weekly feature on The Latest Word. Our most recent entry? The Wildflower Seed tastes Fresh Baked Dispensary, which specializes in edibles, not smokables. But for those who prefer other deliver ... More >>

Najibullah Zazi, Aurora shuttle driver, reportedly to plead guilty in New York City bombing plot

Najibullah Zazi, back when he was free to talk too much.​Update, 1:21 p.m.: The Associated Press is reporting that Aurora's Najibullah Zazi has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction and counts of conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country and providing material ... More >>

Boulder may be happy -- but is it as green as it wants to be?

Some types of national publicity are better than others. At around the same time Boulder was named the happiest city in the country in a Gallup-Healthways survey (apparently without taking into account the impact of weed), the city was being tweaked for its difficulty in meeting targeted environmen ... More >>

Michelle Malkin: When it comes to the right's top journalists, Sean Hannity, George Will and Matt Drudge can eat her dust!

Michelle Malkin meets one of her fans: Swastika Guy!​Sensing a shortage of lists in popular culture, The Daily Beast's Tunku Varadarajan has put together a roster of "The Right's Top 25 Journalists," based not necessarily on the quality of their work, but on the influence they wield over the m ... More >>

Scott McInnis offers a tea party invitation

Scott McInnis may not be wearing a cowboy hat -- but at least he has one.​Yesterday in this space, we told you about tea party anger directed at gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis, who Fox News anointed as a TP hopeful in a Neil Cavuto interview embedded below. But McInnis spokesman Sean D ... More >>

Tonight: Imbibe with Andrew P. Vingiello

​Tonight, the Flagstaff House, the landmark restaurant at 1138 Flagstaff Road in Boulder that just got a rave review from Raymond Sokolov in the Wall Street Journal, will host a special wine-tasting dinner with Andrew P. Vingiello, the owner and winemaker at AP Vin; he'll pair his wines with a ... More >>

Wall Street Journal highlights "Rocky Mountain Haute Cuisine"

Frasca gets raves from the Wall Street Journal.​ "Truffles and saffron edge out Red Zinger tea and granola in Boulder," reads the start of Raymond Sokolov's piece in the weekend Wall Street Journal. But what "used to be the "hippiest, dippiest town around" is now the site of a major "gastro-bo ... More >>

Girls and grills at CY Steak

CY Steak has its own entrance next to the Diamond Cabaret.​Cliff Young, whose eponymously named restaurant transformed the Denver dining scene, is back in business at the Diamond Cabaret, where his CY Steak opened this week at 1222 Glenarm Place. It was a soft opening -- in a room full of hard ... More >>

Are you Westword's new pot critic?

Some lucky writer is waiting to inhale in the really Mile High City

Wake-Up Call: Mile High City going to pot

​Yesterday, Westword's quest for a medical-marijuana critic made the New York Times, after already being featured in the Wall Street Journal, MSN and CNBC. My e-mail box overflowed and my phone rang off the hook. It's funny how the national media has jumped all over this. "Is this the most at ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Back in bear country

​"Please scare the bears," reads the lead sentence in a story from today's Wall Street Journal. "That is the message state wildlife officials are sending residents of Colorado communities besieged by hungry black bears with a taste for fresh-baked pies and other fattening human fare." The bea ... More >>

The risks of Republic Airways Holdings' Frontier purchase

An image from Republic Airways Holdings' website.​A Wall Street Journal article published in the wake of Republic Airways Holdings' surprising victory over Southwest in the Frontier Airlines sweepstakes may temper the enthusiasm with which most locals viewed this unexpected turn. "Commuter Air ... More >>

Wall Street Journal publishes John Temple's want ad

Photo by J. KnightJohn Temple at the February news conference announcing the impending closure of the Rocky Mountain News.​ This past Friday, the Wall Street Journal gave readers a look at "Confessions of an Organization Man," an op-ed penned by John Temple, former editor, publisher and presi ... More >>

Selling Denver's Wells Fargo Center

A Flickr photoThe Wells Fargo Center. Today's online Wall Street Journal features an unusual story about Denver's Wells Fargo Center, whose owner, an Australian real-estate investment firm called Macquarie Office Trust, has been trying to peddle it since earlier this year. The piece isn't about a s ... More >>

Stripping down strip clubs

Yes, mom-and-pop places are suffering in today's economy -- but so are strip clubs! According to a story by former Denver Post writer Kris Hudson in today's Wall Street Journal, the country's two publicly traded strip-club chains have been hit hard by the recession, and are now "catering to a thrift ... More >>

Will Qwest stock take a hit due to failure to sell long-distance service?

Qwest has been hoping to peddle its long-distance network in exchange for somewhere between $2 and $3 billion. But according to the Wall Street Journal, the asset prompted offers well below that range, with some at prominent digit shy of what the operation wanted. Hence, Qwest is keeping the netwo ... More >>

Closing Rocky Mountain News hasn't solved problems at Scripps

Finances drove the decision by E.W. Scripps executives to shutter their largest newspaper, the Rocky Mountain News, in late February. However, it's clear from data released this morning that removing the tabloid from its books didn't suddenly make everything better. According to a Wall Street Jour ... More >>

Rearview: The week in review (12/15/08 - 12/19/08

This week, U2 threw its colleagues at Live Nation a curve when it unexpectedly -- well, in this economy, it shouldn't really come as too big a surprise -- set about cashing in the 1.6 million shares it received as part of a 360 deal it signed with the entertainment conglomerate. According to a repor ... More >>

War is heck in the battleground state of Colorado

This week, U2 threw its colleagues at Live Nation a curve when it unexpectedly -- well, in this economy, it shouldn't really come as too big a surprise -- set about cashing in the 1.6 million shares it received as part of a 360 deal it signed with the entertainment conglomerate. According to a repor ... More >>

Ten Weeks Out

This week, U2 threw its colleagues at Live Nation a curve when it unexpectedly -- well, in this economy, it shouldn't really come as too big a surprise -- set about cashing in the 1.6 million shares it received as part of a 360 deal it signed with the entertainment conglomerate. According to a repor ... More >>

Beer Cheaters Pour It On

This week, U2 threw its colleagues at Live Nation a curve when it unexpectedly -- well, in this economy, it shouldn't really come as too big a surprise -- set about cashing in the 1.6 million shares it received as part of a 360 deal it signed with the entertainment conglomerate. According to a repor ... More >>

News Corp Dumps Local Fox Affiliates

Two local Fox affiliates recently dumped by Rupert Murdoch are now enjoying their greatest success to date.

Pearl of Wisdom

Unique Lives & Experiences features Mariane Pearl.

The Nanny Diaries

Life as a young, hot, white, educated nanny in the city sure is a drag.

Trigger Happy

The Independence Institute’s Jon Caldara shoots from the lip. Again.

A House With No Walls

Thomas Gibbons keeps the race conversation going.

The Metamorphosis

Boy turns bug in this redemptive kiddie-lit adaptation.

America's Spinning

Silver City and Colorado stand out in this season of political intrigue.

A Capital Idea

Things to do in Denver when you dine.

Drink of the Week

Cherry Martini Royale

Artbeat

Brief sketches of what's happening in the Denver art scene.

Best Use for Excess Homeland Insecurity Supplies

Ducti Wallets and Purses

Bite Me

Majority Rules

Off Limits

Toll-house blues

Where's My Gyrocopter?

Whatever happened to the future?

Mouthing Off

Exchange program

Off Limits

Exchange program

The Pen Is Mightier Than the Pen

Prison censors' motto: What you don't know can't hurt us.

GETTING A READ ON NEWT

SOON KIDS WON'T BE THE ONLY ONES EARNING IN DENVER'S EARNING BY LEARNING PROGRAM.

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SOON KIDS WON'T BE THE ONLY ONES EARNING IN DENVER'S EARNING BY LEARNING PROGRAM.

OFF LIMITS

SOON KIDS WON'T BE THE ONLY ONES EARNING IN DENVER'S EARNING BY LEARNING PROGRAM.