In an effort to boost its lower-than-they’d-like graduation rate, Denver Public Schools plan to invest $4.8 million — plus $3 million more from secret donors — over the next three years to expand access to high school sports by letting low-income kids play for just $10, instead of the usual…
Two associates of Willie Clark, who was convicted in March of Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams’s 2007 murder, were sentenced today to a year in prison each for refusing to testify at his trial, despite the fact that prosecutors say they were with Clark when he shot into Williams’ limo. As…
Miss P’s first-graders stood on the stage at Bromwell Elementary School, before a packed house. With their teacher standing in the wings, out of view of a parent’s camcorder, the children began to recite: On the far-away Island of Sala-ma-Sond, Yertle the Turtle was king of the pond. A nice…
The wait is over, nerds. Microsoft has announced the location of its third-ever store: the Park Meadows shopping center in Lone Tree. Or, as the center’s promo folks like to call it, “the Park Meadows Retail Resort.” Back in April, we told you Microsoft was planning to open a store…
Colorado sure is serious about “educator effectiveness,” which is school-reform-speak for firing teachers whose students aren’t learning — a strategy endorsed by President Obama and central to his federal Race to the Top grant competition. To that end, the Colorado Department of Education has announced that two nonprofits plan to…
By now, you’ve no doubt heard that PETA wants to install a bloodied-and-bandaged 250-pound, five-and-a-half-foot chicken statue on the 16th Street Mall to protest the inhumane ways that McDonald’s turns chicken-shaped chickens into Shrek-shaped Chicken McNuggets. PETA has gotten tangled in some red tape, though; click here to see PDFs…
Update, 4:40 p.m.: David Hesch appeared in court this afternoon. Get the details of what happened below. A fifty-year-old Loveland man has been arrested for mailing a nutso letter written by his (apparently) nutso father to Michigan Congressman Bart Stupak. It threatens to paint a local bridge red with his…
Denver weathermen are predicting this weekend will be hot, hot, hot. But fear not, not, not! (Sorry, couldn’t help myself…) The city’s sixteen outdoor pools open tomorrow at noon, just in time to beat the near-ninety degree heat. It’s too bad they weren’t open last weekend, when a group of…
What kind of birthday cake would you get if you were Nuggets superstar Carmelo Anthony? A badass one. Obviously. Today, Melo’s fiance, LaLa Vazquez, posted photos of his 26th birthday bash (his birthday is May 29) on her website, IamLaLa.com. If the cake is any indication, the party, which was…
After not succeeding the first time, Colorado is try-trying again to win Race to the Top. The state submitted its application today for round two of the federal education-reform grant contest, in which it stands to win up to $175 million. Colorado came in fourteenth out of sixteen finalists in…
Baby strollers can be great. They’re great for pushing babies at the park, carrying shopping bags at the mall or filling with tin cans redeemable for five cents each. Know what they’re not great for? Running road races. To the non-stroller-pushing runner, there’s nothing more frustrating than spending the first…
One hundred and sixty nine votes later, the Denver Roller Dolls have a name for their signature Wynkoop Brewing Company beer: Denver Roller Dolls Lead Jammer Lager. The beer, brewed especially for the Dolls, is reportedly a “pre-Prohibition-style lager” that’s “smooth and elegant.” The Dolls held a contest to name…
You know what’s the most effing adorable thing ever? Baby sheep. And maybe baby monkeys and baby giraffes and horny polar bears named Cranbeary. But definitely not naked mole rats. And the best place to oogle baby sheep this summer will be the Denver Zoo, seeing as how five of…
B-cycle, Denver’s cool, month-old bike-sharing program, has up and gone all technological. This week, B-cycle rolled out a free iPhone app that tells users how many shiny red B-cycles are available at each station, ready to rent. It also tells users how many B-cycle docks are open for when it’s…
The Denver Roller Dolls have narrowed the number of possible names for their signature beer down to ten — and now they want the public’s help in choosing the winner. The beer, brewed especially for the Dolls by the Wynkoop Brewing Company, is reportedly a “pre-Prohibition-style lager” that’s “smooth and…
It’s Adorable Animal Friday! (See previous installments here: baby giraffe is born; baby monkey is effing cute; naked mole rats are effing hideous.) Today, we bring you Cranbeary, an eight-year-old polar bear who has returned to the Denver Zoo looking for love of the Marvin Gaye variety. Read on for…
Can any conclusions be drawn from the plea deals accepted by two associates of Willie Clark, who’s been sentenced to more time than he could possibly serve for murdering Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams in 2007? Maybe — but prosecutor Tim Twining says doing so may require reading between the lines…
Two alleged associates of Willie Clark, who’s currently serving a life sentence plus 1,152 years for murdering Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams in 2007, admitted in court yesterday that they were in contempt when they refused to testify at Clark’s trial earlier this year. Kataina “Markie” Jackson-Keeling, 21, and Mario Anderson,…
So, your ex-boyfriend was a jerk. Maybe he was even one of the fine specimens on our Top 10 Bad Boyfriends list. After putting up with his crap for far too long, you kick him to the curb. Two months later, you’re in the pet-food aisle at King Soopers. As…
The Denver Roller Dolls are rolling out a new way to prevent D.U.I.s: a party bus that brings fans from the downtown Wynkoop Brewing Company to the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, where the Dolls hold their bouts. According to spokeswoman Andrea “Kendra Blood” Hill, a ticket on the party bus…
The Denver Roller Dolls, one of Denver’s two badass roller derby leagues, will soon have its own beer, courtesy of the Wynkoop Brewing Company. According to the Dolls, the beer will be a “pre-Prohibition-style lager” that’s “smooth and elegant.” No word on exactly what it’ll taste like, but our guess…
Angie Zapata, the transgender Greeley teen who was murdered in July 2008, has been immortalized in song. She’s an integral part of a verse of Los Angeles-based Latin band Ozomatli’s anti-Proposition 8 song “Gay Vatos in Love.” Here are the lyrics, courtesy of Ozomatli’s MySpace page:…
