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McCormick's happy hour ranked No. 1 by USA Today

The current happy-hour menu at the McCormick's Fish House & Bar in the corner of the Oxford Hotel may not seem as much of a bargain as the legendary "cheap time" that denizens of LoDo remember so fondly, when every item -- including a big fat cheeseburger and fries -- was $1.99, but the chain's happ ... More >>

Barack Obama losing his lead among Colorado women?

Denver blog posts understand how you feel. Colorado Pols sites a post-debate poll showing Mitt Romney leading Barack Obama among women voters in Colorado, 51-45 percent. South Stands Denver's Colin D. on Lindsay Jones leaving the Denver Post for USA Today and ESPN Radio 102.3's Jo Jo Turnbeaugh go ... More >>

USA Today names Denver one of the top 10 beer cities in the WORLD!

Not only did USA Today just name Denver one the best beer capitals in the world -- the whole fucking WORLD, y'all! -- but the internationally distributed daily newspaper also gave a shout-out to Patty's Chile Beer, named, of course, for Westword founder and editor Patty Calhoun, who likes things spi ... More >>

James Holmes: Strange new mug shot, ten new counts -- and five more victims?

On the same day that a new, wild-eyed mug shot was released of James Holmes -- one that shows his hair close-cropped and returning to its natural dark color -- the accused Aurora theater shooter has been charged with ten additional counts of attempted murder at the request of prosecutors. The docume ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Super Bowling for Dollars

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

Wall of Shame

CNN, USA Today, and other media organizations got fooled

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

The art at DIA keeps rumors flying

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Are you Westword's new pot critic?

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

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Risk Averse

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

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.

A Serious Game

A new book explores the politics of sports.

Jesus at the Bat

Heaven help the Colorado Rockies this season.

You Go, Joe

Phone Home

Seeing stars and stealing cells.

Shop Over

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

A Capital Idea

Things to do in Denver when you dine.

Off Limits

Dollars and sense

Sky Writer

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

Talking Points

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

Twenty-First Century Fox

Channel 31 staffs up for its evening news show.

Mouthing Off

Taking Care of Business

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