Reader: Feds Have Turned Pot Shops Into a Target for Idiots

When we shared William Breathes’s post about David Lopez’s alleged armed robbery of a marijuana dispensary in Pueblo, we asked why criminals continue to target such shops, which are among the most security-heavy businesses in the state. We collected a slew of theories, with the following one being among the…

A Transplant’s Take on What’s Great About Denver

Denver blog posts have great city sense. At our Show and Tell blog, Lauren Monitz counters Bree Davies’s love letter to the Denver she used to know with a salute to what’s great about Denver today. Big Media’s Jason Salzman details how the expiration of a Kaiser Family Foundation grant…

Denver’s Ten Best Hipster Bars

Denver blog posts do the hip shake, babe. Our Cafe Society blog offers up a list of the ten best hipster bars in Denver, summer 2014 edition. Mile High Report’s Kyle Montgomery says the Broncos’ victory of the Seahawks in Thursday’s preseason game is not quite revenge, but it isn’t…

Daniel Rice Convicted in Fatal Sucker Punch of Homeless Man

Ricky Thompson, a 49-year-old homeless man, was panhandling in Aurora last year when he was punched so brutally that he eventually succumbed to his injuries. Now, Daniel Rice has been convicted of causing Thompson’s death. Continue for photos and details of this brutal crime. See also: Homelessness Being Criminalized in…

Ten Weird Movie References to Denver

If you’re like us, you immediately perk up when you’re watching a movie and you hear a reference to Denver — something that’s happening more and more often these days. So, in the tradition of not one but two 2012 roundups of weird movie references to Colorado, we present ten…