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Photos: Ten deadliest fires in U.S. history

The ongoing Black Forest fire in El Paso County has destroyed 483 homes at this writing, as well as killing two people -- and we're fortunate that the loss of life wasn't nearly great enough to land it on this Wikipedia's list of noteworthy wildfires. The page is an awful record of scorched land and ... More >>

Photos: Top ten vegan-friendly cities -- and where Boulder placed

We recently shared a list of the ten worst travel cities -- a roster on which Denver finished first -- as judged by inexpensive flights, short travel times to popular destinations and accessibility. But what if you're more interested in another type of accessibility -- such as the ease of finding ve ... More >>

Photos: Five best and worst cities to work for a small business in -- and which list Denver tops

Last month, Cardhub.com compiled a list of the ten worst travel cities for summer 2013 that didn't feature Denver -- because it was deemed the finest. Now, the company has ranked the best -- and worst -- cities to work for a small business in, and Denver's is number one again. But of which list? Fi ... More >>

Photos: Ten Colorado counties with the drunkest drunk drivers

Yesterday, we posted about the ten Colorado counties with the most DUIs in 2012, using statistics from the NoDUIColorado.org website. But in addition to bust numbers, the site determines the average blood alcohol content of arrestees in each county. That allows us to figure out which county's drunk ... More >>

Photos: Ten worst domestic-travel cities for summer 2013 -- and why Denver was the best

CardHub.com has come up with its summer 2013 list of the best and worst travel cities, and Denver finished first in the domestic category when it comes to the combo of inexpensive flights, short travel times to popular destinations and accessibility, both logistically and financially. The methodolog ... More >>

Photos: Ten best cities for allergy sufferers -- and the nine that topped Denver

The folks at the Asthma and Allergies Foundation of America recently ranked 100 cities in terms of how good, or bad, they are for residents with allergies. The worst was Jackson, Mississippi, while Denver placed in the ten best cities -- at number ten. That means nine cities ranked higher than the ... More >>

Photos: Top twelve least religious communities in America -- and where Boulder falls on the list

Gallup has released a new poll that measures the most religious communities -- a list topped by the Provo-Orem, Utah area, where 77 percent of respondents described themselves as "very religious." What about the least religious places? Gallup calculated that, too, with none other than Boulder finis ... More >>

Best of Denver 2013 Readers' Poll: Meet this year's Sports & Recreation winners

The 2013 Best of Denver issue is on stands now, and in its 196 pages you'll find Westword's picks for the best people, places and services in Denver. Along the way, we asked you to nominate and then vote for your favorites online, via paper ballots and through text messages during a poll that lasted ... More >>

Photos: Top ten stars for and against boycotting "hate state" Colorado twenty years ago

Today, the Supreme Court will consider arguments for and against the Defense of Marriage Act -- a hearing that recalls the court's part in tossing out 1992's Amendment 2, which prevented bodies in Colorado from recognizing gays and lesbians as a protected class. The passage of Amendment 2 led to Col ... More >>

Photos: Ten famous same-sex couples who've tied the knot

Yesterday, Governor John Hickenlooper signed civil unions into law; for our coverage, click here. In honor of this historic step, we've assembled photos and information about famous same-sex couples who've legally committed to each other, either through marriage ceremonies in areas where doing so is ... More >>

Photos: Top celebrity weddings in Colorado -- and how many couples are still together

Sometimes it seems like marriages involving stars last about as long as the average fruit fly. But we've got what looks like a way to help pairings of the famous beat the odds: They should get married in Colorado. Our evidence? HistoryOrb.com lists nine celebrity weddings to have taken place in Col ... More >>

Aurora Century 16 reopening: See changes made to ten other massacre sites

At 5 p.m. today, the Aurora Century 16, the site of the July 20 attack that killed twelve, officially reopens following a ceremony featuring Governor John Hickenlooper and many others. Some family members have called for a boycott of the event -- an indication of the strong emotions stirred by decis ... More >>

Photos: Ten Colorado-connected funny people

Yesterday in this space, we nodded to ten Colorado-connected hotties, ingenues and reality-TV stars. But our square state is known for funny business, too. Turns out the list of notables who were born or lived here includes lots of notable comedians and comic actors -- some hugely famous, others get ... More >>

Photos: Ten Colorado-connected hotties, ingenues and reality-TV stars

The roster of notable people who were either born in Colorado or lived here for a time is huge -- and included among them are plenty of female entertainers from the past and present. But which of them will stand the test of time? And which will fade, if they haven't already started to do so? Look be ... More >>

Photos: Ten great Best of Denver places to get your recreation on

It's the time of year when even the couch potatoes among us realize we should get off our asses and do something. But what? And where? In the tradition of our recent posts featuring the ten best Colorado hikes and the ten best places to stay cool during a heat wave, we've dug into our Best of Denve ... More >>

Top ten outmoded industries Colorado should lure after snagging Blockbuster

If the last time you rented a movie from Blockbuster also happened to be the last time you watched an Eddie Murphy movie, you're not alone. But just in case you did feel like giving up Netflix, Hulu and Redbox, and rewinding that copy of Beverly Hills Cop III you borrowed in 1994, Colorado's got you ... More >>

Have you seen Molly? She's been everywhere lately.

CU-Denver mascot countdown: Our top picks (sorry, Golden Elk)

Big photos below.​What does a minter look like? Despite a recent Google search, we at the Latest Word are still unsure how to picture one. But we could find out soon, because minters are among the choices offered by the student government at CU-Denver as a new mascot for the school's downtown ... More >>

The problems with SOPA and its sweeping side effects

Remember that mixtape you made for your high-school sweetheart? Or that time you taped a movie off cable? Turns out you were breaking the law, pirating copyrighted materials without permission. While the statute of limitations has probably long passed on your crimes of teenage passion, entertainme ... More >>

Wikipedia: How can we live 24 hours without you?

Say you're in the mood to look up a factoid about something odd -- like, for instance, the history of Velcro. So you go to Google, ignore the weird bar over the logo, and type in "Velcro" and "Wiki." A Wikipedia link appears, and a click brings it up -- but it vanishes an instant later. Oh my God! W ... More >>

Jared Polis would like to stop the Stop Online Privacy Act

Denver blog posts want you to want them. Colorado Independent's Marcos Restrepo outlines Jared Polis's SOPA objections, which are a lot like Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales's. Denver Frank's anti-SOPA, too... ...and Colorado Pols is on SOPA strike. Why didn't anyone tell us the Internet was closed today?

Top ten Twilight Zone references in pop culture

​The groundbreaking sci-fi series The Twilight Zone is still socially relevant, and it's also inspired much social satire since it first appeared on television sets in 1959. The homage and spoofs range from many Simpsons episodes to a Melvins song to the Theater Company of Lafayette's Return t ... More >>

I-70 pace cars: The latest un-American development that needs to stop

Flickr​The Colorado Department of Transportation has approved police "pace-cars" for Sundays in January to improve the flow of ski traffic on I-70. Let's forget the logistics and the arguments about whether a police car driving at a steady rate while flashing its light will actually "harmonize ... More >>

Top 10 neighborhoods in Denver according to MapQuest's new mqVibe website

Big pics below​MapQuest has launched a new website, mqVibe, which attempts to rank the best neighborhoods in various communities around these United States. The rankings reportedly combine user votes, "interactions" on the main MapQuest site and so-called "external data" to arrive at its concl ... More >>

Dry-ice bomb explodes in deputy's face: Sheriff's office on lookout for juvenile suspects

​Dry-ice bombs are so simple to make that anyone who reads the Wikipedia page featuring the image seen here could probably manage it. That only increases the challenge for the Araphaoe County Sheriff's Office, which is looking for the person or persons who made a device that recently blew up i ... More >>

Win Tickets to see Cherry Poppin' Daddies at City Hall this Sunday

​Have we got a treat for you! Peter Boyles and a gang of bikers will be descending upon City Hall this Sunday for a trip back to the time of jazz clubs, whiskey bars and wiseguys. We've got five pairs of tickets to lay on you, and one winner will win an exotic lunch from the caterer du jour, B ... More >>

Comment of the day: Prove it

​The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre was one of the most controversial horror movies ever made -- so controversial, in fact, that it was banned for many years in several countries. That statement wasn't really the point of my rant the other day about the upcoming remake of Texas in 3D, which ... More >>

Connect Four and five other games for hipsters to play while drinking

Athletic, but not in, like, a bourgeois way.​For hipsters, the formula for having fun is simple, yet elegant: Take an aspect of the '80s-baby childhood experience, add Pabst Blue Ribbon and take it really seriously -- that's pretty much the logic behind every kickball league, Portlandia's rece ... More >>

I friended the Department of Corrections: A look at Facebook's most boring fan pages

Now more boring than ever!​Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has been trying to get on Facebook for over a year. Due to issues with the social networking site's indemnity clause -- which says Facebook is not responsible for one user suing another -- Suthers last April ordered all state ag ... More >>

A personal appeal to Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales: Just get advertising already

Eeeeeewww!​Here's to you, Wikipedia, settler of barroom bets, supplier of obscure facts, primary source of 80 percent of papers written for freshman comp. You are our favorite way to waste time on our smartphones, the first thing that comes up when we type "coprophagia" into Google; indeed, yo ... More >>

This Warlock Pinchers teaser makes us wonder what happened to the Mr. Pacman Half Hour of Power

With the exception of the excellent Wesley Willis Joy Rides documentary, we haven't heard much from Eyeosaur lately, but the above teaser seems to suggest that something Warlock Pinchers related might be in the works. Either way, the video reminded us of something equally as interesting: The Mr. P ... More >>

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The Resident Evil cancan fulfills your nerd quotient for the day

​Wishing you were at San Diego Comic Con but stuck at work/home? Wondering how you can fulfill your nerd quotient for the day? Or maybe you just always wondered what might happen if someone were to combine the world's most famous zombie video-game series with the infamous cancan song? If you ... More >>

Tea Party rally in Denver: Protesting the protesters and more

The Tea Party movement is a proudly grassroots rebellion that's deeply suspicious of the mainstream media. So perhaps the best way to get a sense of yesterday's raucous rally at the Capitol, which coincided with Tax Day and featured appearances by the likes of senatorial candidate Ken Buck, is to c ... More >>

Poptimystic: The Grammy Edition

​ The Poptimystic returns to preview the least relevant award in all of pop culture-dom: The Grammys. This Sunday, watch as outdated nominees in outdated categories vie for a slight amendment to their Wikipedia entries and a collective shrug from America. But, you know, contests are fun, an ... More >>

Colorado's renewable energy market set to heat up with BLM geothermal leases

A geothermal electric plant in Iceland​Wind energy has been a hot commodity in the state for ten years or more now, but a new source of energy -- geothermal -- is about to get a chance to make its mark in the near future. The Denver Business Journal is reporting that the BLM is set to offer le ... More >>

Denver Blogs: Trimming the fat, and maybe a little bone, in Boulder

Wikipedia Commons Our daily blog round-up. Send links this way. How CU will cut $30 million from its budget. (Hint: It won't be pretty). (Face the State) An abortion-clinic doctor in Boulder: "I'm next on the List." (Colorado Independent) Now that the burning sensation behind our eyes has subsid ... More >>

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Denver Blog: Joe the Plumber? In Denver? A dream come true...

Wikipedia CommonsImagine this guy hammered, with a cig in one hand and a glock in the other. Our daily tour of the Colorogosphere. Send some links, yo. Guns, tobacco, liquor and Joe the Plumber, all at the same event? Count me the hell in. (Colorado Independent) Mark Udall continues to fight for ... More >>

Bat'leth not the only creative weapon for would-be criminals

Usually when someone wants to commit armed robbery, he'll bring along a weapon that combines stealth, convenience and anonymity -- a small gun, for instance. Not so one enterprising Colorado Springs man, who this week brazenly robbed one area 7-Eleven store (and tried to knock over a second) armed ... More >>

News from the frozen Northland

Bursting Sheehan's Bubble

The Video Professor Loses a Round In His Battle Against Critics

Nothing Doing

Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My

The Fame Game

The virtual infamy of Wikipedia.

See and Be Zine

Dive into the Denver Zine Fest.