Yard Arteology: The study of neighbors through lawn ornaments… The unhappy face of the little black doggy seen in the picture above hints that the epic front-yard parallel universe created by his porch-swinging overlord may be a bit of a disappointment, if not an epic fail…..
Overwhelmed by the number of sites offering Cyber Monday deals? Well, now there are 82 of them, including seven in Colorado, you don’t need to visit — because their domains have been seized for allegedly selling counterfeit or copyrighted goods. See the list and get more info from the Justice…
Did you have a fun Thanksgiving weekend? Folks who attended the Paper Dolls Wild West Pinup Shoot Out certainly did, and we have the photos to prove it. And that’s not all. Check out galleries of fifty memorable people at the Basshunter performance, our best of November photo roundup and…
Controversial University of Colorado at Boulder professor Ward Churchill has lost his latest bid to get his old job back, with the Colorado Court of Appeals upholding Denver District Court judge Larry Naves’s earlier ruling; read it in its entirety below. The decision angers Churchill’s attorney, David Lane, who portrays…
Speaking moments before the start of today’s immigration summit at the State Capitol, Senator Kevin Lundberg, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, portrays the session as an attempt to tackle an important issue in a post-election environment that will give him and his fellow legislators a better shot at success…
Even before the Broncos’ 36-33 loss to the St. Louis Rams yesterday, it was clear the video scandal that led to the fining of Coach Josh McDaniels had turned the tide of opinion even more decisively against the young hire. As proof, check out a photo by Westword’s Nick Lucchesi…
Fresh off a humiliating video scandal, Broncos coach Josh McDaniels and his team desperately needed a win at home against the improving but very beatable St. Louis Rams — and they didn’t get one, losing 36-33. Yes, the Broncos made the final score close — but close wasn’t close enough…
As if we weren’t already embarrassed enough by the 2010 Broncos, now we have the coup de grâce (for now): $50,000 NFL fines imposed on the team and Coach Josh McDaniels for not immediately reporting video recordings made by since-sacked staffer Steve Scarnecchia prior to Denver’s 24-16 loss to San…
Every family has one: the annoying relative who mans the video camera on holidays, wandering from room to room and narrating the boring gathering in a voice that sounds as if he’s welcoming three-year-olds to their first day of preschool. Annoying relative: “Let’s go to the kitchen! I wonder who’s…
Westword cover-boy (cover-turkey?) Chris “Birdman” Andersen has a badass new neck tattoo. It’s so badass that it inspired us to post this photo gallery showcasing the Birdman’s gratuitous ink, as well as several smiling children and one scantily clad woman. But not everyone likes the Birdman’s new tattoo, a colorful…
This is your second to last weekend to take a ride on a B-cycle before the bikes are pulled from the streets for the winter on December 6. The now-iconic red bikes made their debut last April and will return for on March 1, 2011 after a brief hibernation. The…
This dispensary has closed. I can remember back in the day when having the option of a bag with or without seeds was about as much selection as I’d get when buying pot. Now I can walk into a shop that carries two-dozen strains of herb and walk out having…
Update: 1:11 p.m. Friday: We’ve picked our two winners! Check your email address to see if you’re one of them! Thanks for playing along and reading Latest Word. Only kidding, of course! We know you want to spend every moment you can with your in-laws before they sadly will return…
Last week, Tony Perkins, the head of the Family Research Council in Colorado Springs, said that if the United States ends the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in the military, it could bring back the draft. His reasoning: strapping young recruits won’t want to serve next to men and women…
In spite of the best efforts of neighborhood activists, the Denver Public School Board has unveiled plans, shown in the photo above, to sell the abandoned Byers Junior High School building to a successful Detroit-based developer of high-end dog malls…..
At six-foot-two-inches and 314 pounds, Michael Lee Jones is one of the larger felons in Colorado’s prison system. And now, thanks to a gripping account in the December Vanity Fair of the unusual investigation that linked him to at least four rapes in three states, he’s one of the state’s…
The UFO Watchtower in Hooper (part of Westword’s weird and wonderful Summer Guide from 2009) is many things: fascinating and disappointing, endearing and strange. There isn’t much there — just a metal platform, a giftshop and the crazy garden that Kirk Johnson talks about in his New York Times article…
Our post about Philip Rivers making Josh McDaniels and the Broncos his bitch generated an interesting post about a player who was hardly on the field during that debacle: Tim Tebow. Is he Denver’s savior. One reader thinks not…
It was dark, it was twenty degrees outside, and some jerk took just bought the last half-price camera at Target. Welcome to #blackfriday. But maybe you’re still home in bed? Well, here’s a taste of what you missed earlier this morning from the Twitter world…
Most locals know Coolerado, the Denver AC company, solely from noticing the factory name as they drive east on I-70. But according to Slate, Coolerado is more than a quirky name. It’s also a groundbreaking tech operation that symbolizes the opportunities and challenges of the new global economy…
Phil Anschutz, labeled “one of the most secretive moguls in America” by Forbes, nevertheless was the focus of a major profile in the business magazine recently — even if the author never got to interview Anschutz himself…
Thanksgiving is a day of rest for The Latest Word. We hope you and yours enjoy the day — and for those who are doing the holiday thing solo, here’s a video that’ll make you appreciate doing things like reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, whose scenes of graphic…
