Cigarettes are extremely pricey these days — but has the cost gotten so high that they’re worth risking an armed robbery beef? That’s one way to interpret the story of a fifteen-year old from Castle Rock, who avoided paying for smokes by pulling a gun…
It was just last July when Westword marijuana reviewer William Breathes was interviewed by CNN about Denver’s medical cannabis scene — and even though MMJ isn’t supposed to be addictive, the network appears to be hooked on the subject. How else to explain the latest report by correspondent Jim Spellman,…
Last night, Senator Michael Bennet and Republican challenger Ken Buck engaged in their most high-profile debate yet — and shockingly enough, Bennet spokesman Trevor Kincaid believes his guy handily won the 9News-sponsored event on view below. Kincaid also talks up forthcoming appearances on Bennet’s behalf by Bill Clinton and Michelle…
Congratulations, CU professor Richard Wobbekind. You’re president-elect of the National Association for Business Economics, whose annual meeting wraps up at Denver’s Grand Hyatt Hotel today — so you get to tell America that the ballyhooed economic recovery ain’t happening anytime soon. Look below for a synopsis of NABE’s mostly grim…
Yvonne Frye, 62, a much-loved professor at the Community College of Denver, was killed last week in a crash for which twenty-year-old Jose Nevarez-Coronado has been charged with vehicular homicide. Nevarez-Coronado was allegedly drunk — but not in the country illegally, as the Denver Post claimed yesterday…
Last week, we told you about KOA host Mike Rosen’s call for a hijacked plane to crash into a proposed Islamic Center near Ground Zero — a remark from a debate with fellow Clear Channel yakkers Peter Boyles and David Sirota, of KHOW and AM 760, respectively. Sirota spread the…
In an October 8 press release, the Aurora Police Department described the discovery of a body at 1931 North Clinton Street as “suspicious.” But there’s been radio silence beyond that until this afternoon, when APD spokesman Detective Bob Friel confirmed that the case is being investigated as a homicide…
The folks behind Amendments 60 and 61 and Proposition 101, the three tax-slashing ballot proposals that a wide array of opponents are fighting with a multi-million-dollar ad blitz, are pretty upset with the media. So upset that campaign coordinator Natalie Menten fired off a letter to “media members” blasting them…
These three Denver blog posts are for you. Denver Stiffs’ Jeffrey Morton sees the Nuggets as “a roller coaster ride that could either result in the ride of your life, or get you decapitated.” Heads up! People’s Press Collective brings together Dan Maes rally pics. Denver Egotist looks at the…
In April, Alan Prendergast reported about Sgt. Perry Speelman, one of the defendants in a 2004 racial profiling lawsuit the city settled for $75,000. Tonight, Denver City Council will pay another $24,000 over similar allegations…
Update below: Late last month, Colorado GOP boss Dick Wadhams said Democrats’ decision to attack Ken Buck with ads on issues like abortion shows that they’re “intellectually bankrupt,” since the voting public is clearly more interested in “the economy and taxes and spending.” But Buck opponents aren’t letting up on…
The joy of living in a “melting pot” is to share in the wide variety of different cultural celebrations. The photograph above shows the curious call-and-response customs practiced by Native-American-Mexicans and Italian-Americans on their annual Columbus Day get-together…
Here’s one way to liven up a boring high school cooking assignment — spice up the recipe with a little weed. That’s at least one of the possibilities at play in a highly unusual incident at Montezuma-Cortez High School, where a teacher reported feeling “high” after sampling a smoothie four…
A Dia De los Muertos get-together may sound morbid, but the Day of the Dead gathering at Vain in honor of 25 artists looks lively in photog Aaron Thackeray’s slideshow. See the sights, plus galleries spotlighting Mark Chestnutt’s gig at the Grizzly Rose and the Yard Dogs Road Show at…
The deal to send Carmelo Anthony to the New Jersey Nets is supposedly dead — but don’t schedule the funeral just yet. Last week, a Nuggets scout was in New Jersey watching Derrick Favors, reportedly a centerpiece of a potential transaction. And now, comments from the Nets’ owner indicate that…
“If you are looking for a blend of personal service and expertise, you have come to the right place!. I offer a broad range of services for business owners, executives and independent professionals.” So reads the welcome message on Fort Collins CPA David Zamzow’s website. No mention of theft, fraud…
Last week, we suggested that based on her performance in a familiar Snickers commercial, Betty White would be an upgrade over the current Broncos running backs — a reference that, truth be told, we thought was kinda funny. But after yesterday’s worse-than-the-score-implies 31-17 loss to the Baltimore Ravens, we’re not…
In today’s edition of Colorado references on network TV shows, we have two prominent entries — one from the latest episode of The Big Bang Theory, a show hilarious enough to be surviving a switch from Mondays to Thursday, and Saturday Night Live, whose writers presumably grew so accustomed to…
A group of Daily Show lovers in Denver are organizing a local version of comedian Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity on October 30 at Civic Center Park. The Stewart event, a somewhat tongue-in-cheek response to conservative talk-show host Glenn Beck’s Rally to Restore Honor in August, will take place…
Supporters of former Colorado resident David Hartley, who was killed last week on a Texas lake that straddles the border between the United States and Mexico, gathered at Four Mile Historic Park today and marched to the Mexican Consulate to encourage the Mexican government to do more to solve the…
For years, the Bureau of Land Management has been aiming to remove substantial numbers of northwest Colorado’s remaining wild horses — despite a federal judge’s ruling last year that the agency has failed to prove that the obscure herds are overpopulated. Now, a coalition of activist groups have filed two…
Some babies are cuter than others. It’s harsh, but true. But ugly babies deserve love, too! With that in mind, we bring you the Denver Zoo’s newest babies: four caiman lizard-lings born in September and October…
