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U.S. Secret Service

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Obama vs. the Nuge at Red Rocks

    Last month, rocker Ted Nugent drew Secret Service scrutiny when he said, "If Barack Obama becomes the president in November, again, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year," at an NRA convention in St. Louis. That was on April 18, ancient history in the news cycle, but as roving he ... More >>

  • Music

    April 26, 2012

    It's ridiculous to take Ted Nugent seriously

    Last month, rocker Ted Nugent drew Secret Service scrutiny when he said, "If Barack Obama becomes the president in November, again, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year," at an NRA convention in St. Louis. That was on April 18, ancient history in the news cycle, but as roving he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Video: Kolbi Zerbest stars in hard-hitting Today investigation of CU-Boulder Obama yogurt spill

    Here's a nutty post-script regarding President Barack Obama's speech at CU-Boulder -- a Today show chat with CU frosh Kolbi Zerbest, whose yogurt spilled on Obama during his visit to The Sink. How important was this story, on view below? Important enough for anchors Matt Lauer and Ann Curry to spend ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Obama's Secret Service gets a burger fix at the Cherry Cricket

    President Obama may have made the biggest splash during his two-day trip to Colorado at The Sink in Boulder, but Secret Service staffers knew where to go in Cherry Creek North for a late-night snack during the darker hours -- no, not that kind of snack.

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Wazee Supper Club will close Friday for a three-week overhaul

    The Wazee Supper Club has been serving cold beer and hot Colorado-style pizza since it was founded 38 years ago by the Karagas brothers, Jim and Angelo, who'd opened My Brother's Bar a few years earlier at 2376 15th Street. From the start, the Wazee was lower downtown's go-to neighborhood bar -- lon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Dick Cheney-Steve Howards case goes before the Supreme Court

    Last December, we noted that the U.S. Supreme Court had agreed to hear an appeal by Steve Howards, who claimed that his free speech rights had been chilled by Secret Service agents when he approached then-Vice President Dick Cheney in Colorado circa 2006. Yesterday, the case reached the nation's hig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Dick Cheney-Secret Service case goes to Supreme Court: Speech vs. safety?

    Dick Cheney.​While his fight on behalf of Occupy Denver's claims against the city may be over, attorney David Lane has another big case before him, on the biggest legal stage in the country. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the tale of Steven Howards, a Lane client who says his freed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Barack Obama draws protests and cheers during speech at Auraria (PHOTOS)

    Big pics below.​Neither snow nor SNOBAMA could prevent President Barack Obama from taking the podium at the Auraria campus this morning. During his address, he touted his jobs bill and a restructuring of student loans -- a topic calculated to appeal to a crowd estimated at 4,000. Photographer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2011

    Imeme Nouis & Angela Martin: Leaving kids in hot cars or handcuffing them = Shmuck

    ​It seems like bad dads have a way of ending up as shmucks on a regular basis. But moms have their fair share of problems, too. Just ask the two who were cited this week for making the rest of the moms out there look like saints.

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    Mike Adams, kitchen magician of Racines, on hunting, fishing, chitlins and the thrill of the mushroom hunt

    Lori Midson​This is part one of Lori Midson's interview with Mike Adams, the executive chef of Racines. Part two of that interview will run in this space tomorrow. Mike Adams Racines 650 Sherman Street 303-595-0418 www.racinesrestaurant.com "Are you seriously going to write that?" asks Mike ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 31, 2009

    A rearview look at the year in food

    Lori Midson​This is part one of Lori Midson's interview with Mike Adams, the executive chef of Racines. Part two of that interview will run in this space tomorrow. Mike Adams Racines 650 Sherman Street 303-595-0418 www.racinesrestaurant.com "Are you seriously going to write that?" asks Mike ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Top ten Strange But True stories of the decade in Colorado

    Bush to use near your bush -- or at least in the vicinity.​Next week, Westword will be capping off 2009 with a blizzard of blogs leading up to our annual Year in Review issue: Look for them in this space. But before long, we'll be ending a decade, too. And with that in mind -- and to whet you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    How America's favorite crime dramas will tackle Balloon Boy

    What will happen when David Caruso gets his hands on Balloon Boy?​It'll happen any day now: You'll come home from work, sink into your couch and flip on your TV, hoping for a Real World-Road Rules marathon or something equally vapid, and there it will be: that damn balloon, flying through the ... More >>

  • News

    October 8, 2009

    Janet Napolitano gives terrorism a hard CELL

    What will happen when David Caruso gets his hands on Balloon Boy?​It'll happen any day now: You'll come home from work, sink into your couch and flip on your TV, hoping for a Real World-Road Rules marathon or something equally vapid, and there it will be: that damn balloon, flying through the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    Obama burger watch

    At this point, it's safe to say that I could commit myself to a full-time position of doing nothing but reporting on where the President (or VP) decides to eat his lunch every day. I mean, we've already had the Grey Poupon controversy (and the resulting, tongue-in-cheek marketing push by Grey Poupon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    Presidential flashback, 1978: Jimmy Carter promotes solar energy in Denver

    Jimmy Carter as he looked during the era when he promoted solar energy in Denver. The hoopla yesterday over President Barack Obama's appearance in Denver, when he used the signing of a $787 billion economic-stimulus bill to hype solar energy, spurred memories in one reader, who recalled another chi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: The week ahead, February 16-21

    The big news: Barack Obama is coming back to Denver, the town where he accepted the Democratic nomination on August 28, and where now, as president, he will now sign the $787 billion stimulus bill on Tuesday, February 17 at the Museum of Nature & Science (conveniently vetted by the Secret Service ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 23, 2008

    November is a thin but amusing satire that gives hell to the chief executive

    The big news: Barack Obama is coming back to Denver, the town where he accepted the Democratic nomination on August 28, and where now, as president, he will now sign the $787 billion stimulus bill on Tuesday, February 17 at the Museum of Nature & Science (conveniently vetted by the Secret Service ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2008

    Shmuck: Boulder sheriff's deputies arrest one

    The big news: Barack Obama is coming back to Denver, the town where he accepted the Democratic nomination on August 28, and where now, as president, he will now sign the $787 billion stimulus bill on Tuesday, February 17 at the Museum of Nature & Science (conveniently vetted by the Secret Service ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 28, 2008

    Tacos Jalisco serves Southern comfort, Mexican style -- and free chips

    The big news: Barack Obama is coming back to Denver, the town where he accepted the Democratic nomination on August 28, and where now, as president, he will now sign the $787 billion stimulus bill on Tuesday, February 17 at the Museum of Nature & Science (conveniently vetted by the Secret Service ... More >>

  • News

    August 28, 2008

    Don't Fence Me In

    The big news: Barack Obama is coming back to Denver, the town where he accepted the Democratic nomination on August 28, and where now, as president, he will now sign the $787 billion stimulus bill on Tuesday, February 17 at the Museum of Nature & Science (conveniently vetted by the Secret Service ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2008

    Bottleneck blues

    The big news: Barack Obama is coming back to Denver, the town where he accepted the Democratic nomination on August 28, and where now, as president, he will now sign the $787 billion stimulus bill on Tuesday, February 17 at the Museum of Nature & Science (conveniently vetted by the Secret Service ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2008

    Live from the MySpace Café, DNC headquarters for ass-kissing and flesh-pressing

    The big news: Barack Obama is coming back to Denver, the town where he accepted the Democratic nomination on August 28, and where now, as president, he will now sign the $787 billion stimulus bill on Tuesday, February 17 at the Museum of Nature & Science (conveniently vetted by the Secret Service ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2008

    Jason Sheehan, live from the MySpace Cafe at the Corner Office

    The big news: Barack Obama is coming back to Denver, the town where he accepted the Democratic nomination on August 28, and where now, as president, he will now sign the $787 billion stimulus bill on Tuesday, February 17 at the Museum of Nature & Science (conveniently vetted by the Secret Service ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2008

    Elitch Gardens: A Celebration with Altitude brings out the attitude

    The big news: Barack Obama is coming back to Denver, the town where he accepted the Democratic nomination on August 28, and where now, as president, he will now sign the $787 billion stimulus bill on Tuesday, February 17 at the Museum of Nature & Science (conveniently vetted by the Secret Service ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 21, 2008

    Dems and don'ts for the DNC

    The big news: Barack Obama is coming back to Denver, the town where he accepted the Democratic nomination on August 28, and where now, as president, he will now sign the $787 billion stimulus bill on Tuesday, February 17 at the Museum of Nature & Science (conveniently vetted by the Secret Service ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2008

    What song will play for Obama's acceptance speech? The 10 (or so) best guesses

    The big news: Barack Obama is coming back to Denver, the town where he accepted the Democratic nomination on August 28, and where now, as president, he will now sign the $787 billion stimulus bill on Tuesday, February 17 at the Museum of Nature & Science (conveniently vetted by the Secret Service ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2008

    What song will play for Obama's acceptance speech? The 10 (or so) best guesses

    The big news: Barack Obama is coming back to Denver, the town where he accepted the Democratic nomination on August 28, and where now, as president, he will now sign the $787 billion stimulus bill on Tuesday, February 17 at the Museum of Nature & Science (conveniently vetted by the Secret Service ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2008

    At the Pepsi Center: Tents and Unions

    The big news: Barack Obama is coming back to Denver, the town where he accepted the Democratic nomination on August 28, and where now, as president, he will now sign the $787 billion stimulus bill on Tuesday, February 17 at the Museum of Nature & Science (conveniently vetted by the Secret Service ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2008

    Yippies Attack Pepsi Center with Peace Bats

    The big news: Barack Obama is coming back to Denver, the town where he accepted the Democratic nomination on August 28, and where now, as president, he will now sign the $787 billion stimulus bill on Tuesday, February 17 at the Museum of Nature & Science (conveniently vetted by the Secret Service ... More >>

  • News

    August 7, 2008

    A New Movement

    Why can't we all just get along? Oh, and stop throwing poo and pee at one another.

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2008

    Some Notable Facts from the DNC Security Trial

    Why can't we all just get along? Oh, and stop throwing poo and pee at one another.

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2008

    Elitch Tower May Be Used as Security Watch Post

    Why can't we all just get along? Oh, and stop throwing poo and pee at one another.

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2008

    Climbing Higher Mountains: Mother's Day With Hillary Clinton in West Virginia

    Why can't we all just get along? Oh, and stop throwing poo and pee at one another.

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2008

    Is Re-create 68 a Thing of the Past?

    Why can't we all just get along? Oh, and stop throwing poo and pee at one another.

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2008

    ACLU Files DNC Lawsuit Against Feds

    Why can't we all just get along? Oh, and stop throwing poo and pee at one another.

  • Calendar

    February 28, 2008

    Politics Be DAM

    Why can't we all just get along? Oh, and stop throwing poo and pee at one another.

  • Film

    February 21, 2008

    Vantage Point

    Multi-perspective, mega-annoying Vantage Point.

  • Music

    June 7, 2007

    This Just In...

    The latest nightlife news.

  • News

    December 29, 2005

    Strange but True

    A year of dysfunctional family values -- and missing panties.

  • Film

    April 21, 2005

    Lost in Translation

    All talk and little action, The Interpreter doesn't even make sense.

  • Dining

    December 2, 2004

    Drunk of the Week

    Cherry Creek Grill

  • News

    November 18, 2004

    Off Limits

    Name blame

  • Film

    July 17, 2003

    Teen Angles

    Less is Moore in How to Deal.

  • News

    November 14, 2002

    Suite Dreams

    The Eisenhower era returns to room 6044.

  • News

    October 12, 2000

    Money Machine

    Scott Zuviceh made money the old-fashioned way: He faked it.

  • News

    January 22, 1998

    Off Limits

    Scott Zuviceh made money the old-fashioned way: He faked it.

  • Film

    April 17, 1997

    Low Voltage in D.C.

    Scott Zuviceh made money the old-fashioned way: He faked it.

  • Film

    February 13, 1997

    Fake My Day

    Scott Zuviceh made money the old-fashioned way: He faked it.

  • Film

    March 16, 1994

    LADIES FIRST

    Scott Zuviceh made money the old-fashioned way: He faked it.

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