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Can Uwe Boll finally get some respect?

Haystack Mountain's cheesy lovefest with Boulder County

This is the seventh in a series of pieces profiling Colorado-grown products...and what some local restaurants do with them. As much pride as we Coloradans take in our local producers and their staggering variety of goods, how many of them can say they tangled with the heaviest of heavyweights on a ... More >>

The truth about America's biggest criminals

Debate 2012: Romney and Obama attack, Jim Lehrer loses control -- the media room view

President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney squared off inside the University of Denver's Magness Arena last night, once again bringing the national spotlight to the Mile High City -- as the two candidates discussed the economy and the role of government in a surprisingly un ... More >>

Bizarre classroom posters from the '70s, Part 4: School's out!

The school year's ending for lotsa students -- and so is our salute to bizarre classroom posters from the '70s. Our first batch of rare finds featured captions, while our second and third groupings didn't, so we came up with our own. Ditto in regard to our fourth showcase of these alternately beaut ... More >>

The Hooch Life, a new website for enthusiastic drinkers, launches today

​Happy Repeal Day, Denver. In celebration of the day in 1933 when United States citizens could finally booze legally again, you might consider raising a pre-Prohibition era cocktail -- like a dry Martini, made with equal parts gin and vermouth, or a bittered sling (the old-fashioned Old Fashio ... More >>

Occupy Trinidad has a hot idea for the cold months ahead

With temperatures predicted to plummet to just above zero later this week, Occupy Denver is looking increasingly like Occupy Iceberg. But protesters in a small Colorado city a few hours to the south -- Occupy Trinidad -- have figured out how to keep themselves occupied in the cold winter months ahea ... More >>

Jonny 5 of Flobots reflects on the Occupy Movement and talks about the act's new album

Emily Crenshaw, Mary Grace Legg, Sole

MC Sole on what the Occupy Denver movement represents and the solidarity it has fostered

Jenn Wohletz​The Occupy Wall Street movement is loosely modeled after the "Arab Spring" wave of demonstrations that swept through the Arab world. Immediately based upon civil resistance, civil disobedience and the overall right to general assembly, these protests have been sweeping the nation ... More >>

Occupy Denver considering Occupy Wall Street platform of demands: Read the rough draft

Occupy Wall Street has been taking flak for being vague about its mission and not having a concrete platform. But the growing protest in New York is currently working on a document that will outline the organization's demands. Because the movement is democratic, with no specific leader, the list is ... More >>

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Photos: #OccupyWallStreet on the steps of the Colorado State Capitol

About 200 people brought their voices to the steps of the Colorado State Capitol, starting at noon on Saturday for the Denver version of the Occupy Wall Street ongoing protest that originated -- where else -- on Wall Street in New York. Photos continue below.

New park, community garden to grow -- with neighbors' input -- in vacant lot in East Colfax

​ It started with a vacant lot. But where others saw a scrubby, rectangular piece of land strewn with rocks and broken glass, the refugees living in the adjacent apartments saw a soccer field and a gathering place and spot to grow vegetables. On Monday, the city Parks and Recreation Department ... More >>

Xcel's move away from coal: One step ahead of the feds?

Xcel's coal-fired Comanche plant.​Xcel's evolving proposal to retire several aged coal-fired power plants to comply with a tough new Colorado law has been hailed as bold and innovative. But similar plans may soon be cropping up around the country as utilities face a new round of federal antipo ... More >>

Andrew Romanoff spokesman calls Michael Bennet camp's ad complaints a "red herring"

Andrew Romanoff.​Update below: At 11 a.m. today, Andrew Romanoff will be roaming the 16th Street Mall, shaking hands and explaining to pedestrians why it's important they vote for him in Tuesday's primary. And Romanoff spokesman Roy Teicher expresses confidence about victory even as he dismiss ... More >>

Andrew Romanoff says he didn't pass Michael Bennet by going negative, calls ad factual

Andrew Romanoff.​Reading the Denver Post has been a good news-bad news experience for Andrew Romanoff lately. On Sunday, the paper shared poll results showing Romanoff ahead of Senator Michael Bennet in the Democratic Senate primary race. But the paper's editorial board called an ad attacking ... More >>

Former Boulderite A.K. Barnett-Hart's senior thesis has become a go-to guide to the financial crisis

Andrew Romanoff on staying in the Senate race: "If the fix is in, the fix should be thrown out"

Andrew Romanoff doesn't plan on going anywhere.​Earlier today, Andrew Romanoff defied the rumor mill by announcing his intention to continue his campaign for the U.S. Senate against Michael Bennet. After delivering a speech that can be read in its entirety below, Romanoff spoke to yours truly ... More >>

A rearview look at the year in food

Denver Blogs: Singing about Michelle Malkin, babelicious Tea Party hero

Remember that photo of Michelle Malkin with Swastika Guy? We do.​Local blogs need you. Including these three. John Tomasic at Colorado Independent unearths a tribute ditty (to the tune of "My Girl"!) about female Tea Party leaders that includes a shout-out to Colorado-based Michelle Malkin. W ... More >>

The House Always Wins

American Casino attempts to deconstruct the subprime-loan disaster.

Ask the Critic: Booze and nachos

This week's Ask the Critic question came in via the Cafe Society twitter feed from LizKeg: "Trying to decide where to go for happy hour.  Any good suggestions for a downtown spot?"It ain't exactly downtown, but I am a big fan of the happy hour at the Fainting Goat because, for one, its walking ... More >>

Former Machine Gun Blues frontman's luchador debut Saturday, June 27

You're looking at the first image of Wall Street -- the ref-bribing, match-fixing, gabacho jerkoff alter ego of former Machine Gun Blues frontman Aaron Collins. As reported here not so long ago (see the original blog here), Collins has turned his years of of experience abusing his body to a new caus ... More >>

Q&A with David Milstead about the death of the Rocky Mountain News and the future of the Denver Post

David Milstead. The most dogged and enterprising journalist to write about the Rocky Mountain News' closure saga came from the Rocky's own newsroom. Business columnist and reporter David Milstead broke story after story. For example, he unearthed a confidential letter from executives at E.W. Scripp ... More >>

The List: On Broadway

Driving down Broadway to Bistro One (right), where chef Olav Peterson is whipping his kitchen into shape, I got to thinking about all the other good places that have popped up on this storied strip. Some of the best: 1) GB Fish and Chips, 1311 South Broadway.  Bikers and bums and Brits, oh my.& ... More >>

Could the Rocky Mountain News spend another month-plus in limbo?

Anyone hoping for quick answers from an E.W. Scripps conference call held this morning (and noted previously in the blog "Rocky Mountain News Editor John Temple on the Paper's Future: 'We Have No Idea'") wound up disappointed. As detailed in typically complete fashion by Rocky business scribe Davi ... More >>

In the neighborhood: The Fainting Goat

  The space at 846 Broadway has long been the go-to bar for all our needs around the office.  It's been the Parlour, the Minturn Saloon and Moon Time in the years that I've been here --everything from a kinda weird, quasi-classy bolt-hole with a serious kitchen to a mountain transplant w ... More >>

Inflation, low pay and the high cost of prison bumwad

Rocky, Post page ones judge financial crisis differently

Sarah Palin's no-more-bailouts speech in Jeffco: What now?

New Qwest CFO gets away from XM Radio while the getting is good

Politics of Anger

David Sirota describes an uprising.

David Sirota vs. Stephen Colbert, Round Two

Fever, Greed and Death

This week's DVD releases has all three.

Bubble Boom

What a Croc!

Sum More, Please

Super Star Asian lives up to its name.

Bite Me

Chef and Tell

Pharaoh Weather

Travel through time with Treasures of Ancient Egypt

Pop Quiz

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Trading Places

Greedy Deeds

An Aussie take on corporate mischief offers a good bad guy.

Best New Non-Fiction Book

Powder Burn
Daniel Glick

Best High-Fortune Fortune Cookies

Dragon Cafe

The Killer Inside

American Psycho gets all chopped up, thank God.

The Greeding of America

Boiler Room's first-time director follows the money.

Bells Are Ringing

US West put service on the line so it could make the deal.

Trading Places

Psst! Want some real Wall Street action? Just bring $50,000 to a place in Cherry Creek.

Off Limits

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