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  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Top five Colorado-animals-behaving-badly stories

    Yes, animals are adorable. But they can also be destructive, as witnessed by the havoc wreaked by a certain squirrel this week -- more on that below. The chaos-loving rodent inspired us to round up five recent stories about critters gone wild, in a manner of speaking. Count down our favorites below ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Lingerie and silk boxers come together for the Super Bowl

    If you think the Super Bowl and sexy men's underwear have nothing in common, you'd usually be correct. But this year, there's a connection -- and a local one at that. Pampered Passions Fine Lingerie in Englewood is running an ad in USA Today's glossy preview publication for Super Bowl XLVI -- which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Tebowing, the horse: Not too late to buy piece of filly who can even outrun Tim Tebow (PHOTOS)

    Gary Fenton of Woodland Hills, California's Little Red Feather Thoroughbred Racing was caught off-guard by the attention garnered by the latest horse the stable is syndicating -- but in retrospect, it shouldn't have been. After all, her name is Tebowing -- a nod to the genuflecting trend that's eve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Glenwood Springs ups its game to become "Most Fun Town in America"

    Glenwood Hot Springs.​Most lists of the country's cutest, prettiest, drunkest, most livable/affordable/promiscuous places and/or people are, well, about as stupid as they sound. Standard response: "Sez who?" But there's reason to believe that Glenwood Springs earned being singled out as the " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    The underage sex trafficking panic was fueled by anything but science

    ​Where are the hundreds of thousands of teen prostitutes some advocates say are engaged in underage sex trafficking? Village Voice Media spent the past two months collecting arrest data for underage prostitution in 37 of America's largest cities. Reporters found the average number of arrests o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2011

    Royal wedding: So far, 12 Denverites pay $329 to Marriott to watch William & Kate get hitched

    The Marriott.​Amid all the hype and hoopla about Prince William getting hitched to Kate Middleton during the wee hours of Friday morning Denver time, the JW Marriott Cherry Creek is offering a special Royal Wedding package beginning at "just" $329. Ridiculous? Maybe so -- but at least a dozen ... More >>

  • News

    March 24, 2011

    Super Bowling for Dollars

    The great American game is another chance to foist false research on a gullible media

  • News

    March 24, 2011

    Wall of Shame

    CNN, USA Today, and other media organizations got fooled

  • News

    March 24, 2011

    Women's Funding Network sex-trafficking study is junk science

    Schapiro Group data wasn't questioned by mainstream media

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    In USA Today's best burger joints roundup, Park Burger nabs another honor

    The Park Burger Croque wins accolades from USA Today​Park Burger, 1890 South Pearl Street, has received accolades from Bon Apetit, the Denver Burger Battle judges and here at Westword, which gave the joint Best French Fries in this year's Best of Denver awards. Now, USA Today is giving Park ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Police brutality: Denver incidents tie into national police-misconduct upswing

    ​Much has been made of several high-profile incidents of alleged police brutality involving the Denver PD, culminating in the resignation of Denver Manager of Safety Ron Perea. Number crunchers even suggest Denver's number-one for excessive-force complaints. But while the focus may be on Denve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    USA Today bestows best ice cream honors upon Sweet Action

    ​Last week, four Denver restaurants -- Fruition, Root Down, Squeaky Bean and Colt & Gray -- got some major love from New York Times scribe Jay Cheshes, who spotlighted the restaurants' field-to-fork endeavors. But The Times wasn't the only paper doling out love to Denver: USA Today, in its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    Ken Buck gets a wet kiss in USA Today piece about Colorado as national election bellwether

    Ken Buck.​Lucky Scott McInnis: Instead of spotlighting McInnis's plagiarism problems, the latest USA Today focuses its attention on Colorado's senate hopefuls. Although the Michael Bennet-Andrew Romanoff race earns some virtual ink, the focus is on Ken Buck's transition from electoral also-ra ... More >>

  • News

    July 8, 2010

    The art at DIA keeps rumors flying

    Ken Buck.​Lucky Scott McInnis: Instead of spotlighting McInnis's plagiarism problems, the latest USA Today focuses its attention on Colorado's senate hopefuls. Although the Michael Bennet-Andrew Romanoff race earns some virtual ink, the focus is on Ken Buck's transition from electoral also-ra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Would you like a roach or rodent with your meal, sir? FDA finds those and more in airline catering company kitchens

    ​Jesus. It's not horrible enough cruising at altitude with a full two inches of legroom, a middle seater with flatulence and seat belts slimed with Jell-O. Now FDA inspectors are unearthing everything from fruit flies and ants to live roaches and dead rodents in the country's airline catering ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    USA Today takes off on Anubis and aliens at DIA

    ​Thanks to the Anubis statue now standing guard outside Denver International Airport, all those conspiracy theories about DIA have taken off again -- and they've landed the airport smack-dab in today's edition of USA Today. "Officials insist the 26-foot tall statue of the ancient Egyptian go ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Worst blown calls in baseball history: Armando Galarraga's shoulda-been perfect game joins list

    A Flickr photoArmando Galarrago got jobbed.​Last night, Detroit's Armando Galarraga got screwed out of a perfect game when umpire Jim Joyce mistakenly called a runner safe with two outs in the ninth. Had Joyce, who's admitted his error, seen straight, Gallaraga would have joined an extremely ... More >>

  • News

    April 15, 2010

    How Colorado cooled the controversy between the Humane Society and big agriculture

    A Flickr photoArmando Galarrago got jobbed.​Last night, Detroit's Armando Galarraga got screwed out of a perfect game when umpire Jim Joyce mistakenly called a runner safe with two outs in the ninth. Had Joyce, who's admitted his error, seen straight, Gallaraga would have joined an extremely ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    Tiger Woods "Unfaithful" art project goes global

    It wasn't quite pop art, but close -- and readers and viewers everywhere are chugging it down. This weekend, Channel 9 reported about bottles of Gatorade on local store shelves featuring a photo of Tiger Woods and his wife and the word "Unfaithful" -- an art project pulled off by Longmont's Jason ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: DIA plays Scrooge

    ​Denver International Airport has the money to start planning a transformation of the Jeppesen Terminal into a massive mall (and move security screening to the perimeter) -- but it's put the Scrooge to its annual holiday entertainment, blaming budget constraints for the $50,000 cut. For twent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    Shmucks of the Week: Hammered airline pilots

    You know you're drunk when you look at this thing and say, "Yeah, I can totally fly that."​ Pilots are casual enough as it is. Whether explaining why you've been sitting on the tarmac for 45 minutes or forecasting the Hail-Mary-inducing turbulence ahead, they're always so relaxed. It's as if t ... More >>

  • News

    October 8, 2009

    Are you Westword's new pot critic?

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

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    Twitter haters hate Twitter, says USA Today

    ​In a groundbreaking story printed yesterday, one of USA Today's crack investigative journalists broke the story that people who hate Twitter don't see the point of using Twitter! And in related developments, people who find marriage pointless rarely marry, vegetarians don't like meat, and wat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    No more trashing bicyclists, rednecks

    Suggested rules of the road courtesy of Bicyclecolo.org.​Today, a new law goes into effect requiring automobile drivers to give bicyclists at least a three-foot berth, and to refrain from chucking trash or other nasty objects at them when passing. When this last aspect of the regulation was re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    3OH!3: Your weekly update on the world's most ubiquitious act

    It's been a few weeks since our last 3OH!3 post. (Forgive us, father, for we have sinned.) Fortunately, you'll be happy to know that the Boulder-based hooligans, slated to appear at this weekend's Mile High Music Festival, haven't budged from their ubiquitous perch. And their influence appears to be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Brandon Marshall using Jay Cutler's blueprint

    Brandon Marshall. Broncos wide receiver has had off-season health issues, not to mention a proclivity for arrests that rivals Robert Downey Jr. during his drug-pounding years. So, of course, he thinks he deserves an enormous new contract, and he's demanded a trade if he doesn't get one. Given his s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2009

    It's World Cocktail Week! Drink up with Jared Boller

    Jared Boller knows how to mix it up.World Cocktail Week ends today. So let's raise a glass to Jared Boller, the award-winning mixologist who represented Denver in a recent article in USA Today that profiled a handful of alcohol alchemists around the country. Boller will be behind the bar at TAG, Tr ... More >>

  • News

    December 20, 2007

    Risk Averse

    Colorado Springs police don't name a crime victim because of his advanced age, even though he shot and killed his attacker.

  • News

    October 25, 2007

    The Post and Rocky Attempt a Cover-Up

    Brightly colored advertising stickers on the front of the Denver dailies are part of a national trend to turn page one into a billboard.

  • Calendar

    August 2, 2007

    A Serious Game

    A new book explores the politics of sports.

  • News

    June 15, 2006

    Jesus at the Bat

    Heaven help the Colorado Rockies this season.

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2006

    You Go, Joe

    Heaven help the Colorado Rockies this season.

  • News

    April 6, 2006

    Phone Home

    Seeing stars and stealing cells.

  • News

    December 15, 2005

    Shop Over

    The sky's the limit at DIA for last-minute giving.

  • Dining

    March 18, 2004

    A Capital Idea

    Things to do in Denver when you dine.

  • News

    June 26, 2003

    Off Limits

    Dollars and sense

  • Calendar

    November 14, 2002

    Sky Writer

    Denver author will read from her novel, This Side of the Sky, in Boulder.

  • News

    September 27, 2001

    Talking Points

    Is there a problem between reporters and DIA's media staff? Depends on whom you ask.

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    The Making of a Pundit

    Here's how Andrew Cohen became one of the legal biz's foremost talking heads.

  • News

    January 13, 2000

    Twenty-First Century Fox

    Channel 31 staffs up for its evening news show.

  • Dining

    April 2, 1998

    Mouthing Off

    Channel 31 staffs up for its evening news show.

  • News

    December 11, 1997

    Taking Care of Business

    Channel 31 staffs up for its evening news show.

  • News

    October 9, 1997

    Off Limits

    Channel 31 staffs up for its evening news show.

  • Music

    August 28, 1997

    Feedback

    Channel 31 staffs up for its evening news show.

  • News

    September 26, 1996

    Off Limits

    Channel 31 staffs up for its evening news show.

  • News

    October 11, 1995

    OFF LIMITS

    Channel 31 staffs up for its evening news show.

  • Music

    November 16, 1994

    PLAYLIST

    Channel 31 staffs up for its evening news show.

  • News

    August 17, 1994

    FOLD YOUR TENTS

    Channel 31 staffs up for its evening news show.

  • News

    March 9, 1994

    OFF LIMITS

    Channel 31 staffs up for its evening news show.

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