Yesterday, we told you John Elway was among the investors allegedly scammed by accused Ponzi schemer Sean Mueller. Now comes news that Elway and a partner invested $15 million a month before Mueller reportedly tried to commit suicide — an act that led to his unmasking…
“Wired for Sound,” Joel Warner, October 7 Status Update I don’t even know where to begin. Joel Warner says the kid playing in the coffeehouse shouldn’t get discouraged because, after all, John Mayer got discovered in one. And beyond that, reaching further back into the mythology of rock stardom, some…
University of Colorado-Denver PhD student Christopher Sibona recently used science — science! — to figure out why people “unfriend” each other on Facebook. One big reason? Frequent, unimportant posts — which got us here at Westword thinking about the all-time worst Facebook status updates…
“Arapahoe County DA Charges Death-Penalty Fees to State,” a February 2008 feature by Alan Prendergast, spotlighted the prosecution of David Bueno, one of two cons charged with killing a fellow prisoner in 2004. District Attorney Carol Chambers sought the death penalty against Bueno, which puzzled attorney David Lane at the…
Among the personalities familiar to viewers of Dog the Bounty Hunter is Bobby Brown, who runs two bail-bonds businesses in Colorado Springs. But he’d like to star in a series of his own — The Missing Piece, in which a team of investigators and psychics, including Brown, will investigate cold…
We’re serving Denver blog posts today. Bronco Talk’s Kris Burke wonders if Tim Tebow could get the Broncos’ running game going. At least it’d get him on the field. Does breakfast suck? Not if you’re having Count Chocula, which isn’t featured in this illustration on Denver Egotist. Colorado Pols shares…
Each election season, plenty of political yard signs are stolen or defaced — look below to see a shot of a circle-and-slashed John Hickenlooper for Governor placard off I-76. But Aurora’s Rob McNealy says there’s a new twist on this vandalism when it comes to Amendments 60 and 61 and…
The sign pictured above captures the true essence of the housing situation in the University Park neighborhood. Here, Steve Luber Custom Homes announces the intention to recreate a vintage residence on a lot where a vintage residence has just been demolished. As the sign insinuates, a 4,000 square foot pressboard…
At this hour, SAFER’s Mason Tvert is slated to hold a press conference at the Denver City and County Building to highlight his pro-marijuana outfit’s first-ever voter guides — and to bash Mayor John Hickenlooper for what Tvert sees as his backwards stance on weed. But at least Hickenlooper’s addressed…
On Monday, we told you about Ken Buck’s decision not to prosecute an alleged 2005 rape, which liberal organizations view as evidence that he lacks compassion for women. Buck spokesman Owen Loftus sees something different — an unfair assault on Buck’s character that exploits the woman at the center of…
Yesterday, Sean Mueller was charged with racketeering and other counts in association with an alleged Ponzi scheme that he ran over the span of a decade. Denver Broncos legend John Elway was among 65 folks who invested a reported $71 million with Mueller, whose unmasking was precipitated by a suicide…
To connect the dots: Glenn Beck’s Restore Honor rally in August inspired Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart to conceive a Rally to Restore Sanity, which prompted plans for a Denver version in Civic Center Park on October 30. It’s appropriate, then, that four days earlier, on October 26, Beck himself will…
Is Ken Buck the poster child for Tea Party candidates who were never into witchcraft? Yes, judging by the appearance on last night’s edition of Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report of Brendan Steinhauser, the director of state and federal campaigns for FreedomWorks, Dick Armey’s Liberty Movement-boosting organization. When it came…
If Dan Maes fails to get 10 percent of the vote and the Republican Party slips to minor-party status in Colorado, it could face a major problem. No, not the fundraising limitations that have already been reported — although major parties definitely have an advantage there, since donors to major-party…
Wednesday, 6:27 a.m. Location, location, location. From the top of the Ameristar, you catch the first glimpse of the sun rising over Denver far below, glinting off the aspen that have already turned to gold on the mountainsides. It was the discovery of gold a mile up the canyon 151…
Colorado’s fledgling rollerboys, Colorado Roller Derby’s Rollin’ Bones, will play the big girls in a bout Saturday against the Denver Roller Dolls’ Green Barrettes at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield. It will be the first full roller derby bout for Colorado’s only men’s team — and it’s sure to be…
Back in 2005, Leslie Weise and Alex Young were prevented from attending a George W. Bush speech because their car sported a bumper sticker reading “No More Blood for Oil.” The two, assisted by the ACLU, have been fighting this expulsion ever since — but today, they reached the end…
A Denver blog post three-peat. Denver Stiffs fan poster tknuckle links to a Sam Smith column arguing that LaLa Vazquez is pushing Carmelo outta Denver. Big Media’s Jason Salzman thinks Cory Gardner could use journalistic correction. Colorado Education News’ Alan Gottlieb on “Far Northeast Denver follies.” It’s quite a show…
In recent days, KHOW’s Peter Boyles has talked up photos by T.L. James of a December 2009 appearance at which gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes collected contributions in a burlap bag. If he did so without properly recording donor info, he may well have broken campaign laws. But did he? Maes…
Although there’s a big difference between the terms “friend” and “Facebook friend,” the word “unfriend” is easy to understand. But what pushes Facebook users to unfriend someone? Christopher Sibona, a third-year PhD student at the University of Colorado-Denver, decided to find out — and his findings strongly suggest that Facebook…
Pot brownies are so 2009. Now you can find THC infused in nearly every product imaginable, from marijuana cheesecakes to marijuana teas to marijuana hummus. It’s not too surprising, then, that you can now also medicate through the cold, refreshing taste of a soda…
Yard Arteology: The study of neighbors through their lawn decoration… Marijuana smokers borrowed the term “stoned” from rock stackers, who coined the word to describe the expanded awareness needed for communicating with rocks. The rock-stack picture above suggests that the yard artist is just beginning his mystical journey. Below, the…
