According to the Lafayette Police Department, Nancy Marks has got your number — or at least wanted it. Although Marks worked as a psychic, she reportedly also used her mental powers to separate customers from their cash “by convincing them that ‘money is evil’ and that she needed to know…
Last night, the Cleveland Cavaliers, who many NBA experts picked to win a championship this year, were annihilated by the Boston Celtics thanks in large part to a shockingly subpar, seemingly disinterested performance by LeBron James. The Cavs are down three games to two, and Boston has a chance to…
Leadville’s Margie Ciaccio is a 47-year-old grandmother with an unusual claim to fame: She’s an arm-wrestling titan with four world titles and plenty of other prizes to her credit. At last year’s championships in Italy, for example, she won the left-hand competition in the sixty kilogram weight class of the…
Every day, we pluck choice posts from Denver blogs. Here are three ripe ones. 5280’s Michael de Yoanna hips us to disgraced Colorado Springs pastor Ted Haggard’s new church, dubbed St. James — presumably because the name New Life Church was already taken. Heads up, Mike Jones! The Denver PR…
On the final day of the Colorado legislative session, the teacher’s union behind much of the uproar about a controversial bill to expand regulation of the state’s K-12 teachers is praying the Senate okays a package of House amendments aimed at lessening the blow to poorly rated teachers. Deborah Fallin,…
Josh McDaniels’s decision to draft Tim Tebow in the first round of the NFL draft has been the subject of debate this off-season so far — and around here, plenty of fans are warming up to the pick. But don’t fool yourself: There are legions of pigskin addicts who absolutely…
Back in 2008, when 21-year-old Kristi Burton was pushing her “Personhood Amendment” — an aggressively anti-abortion measure that claimed “person” applies to humans from their biological starting point — even normally anti-choice Republicans couldn’t get on board. But two years and some heavy anti-Dem blow-back later, the Grand Junction Daily…
In this week’s Westword, Kenny Be draws “Denver’s Most Dogged” — a breakdown of the city’s rabid dog-lovers. After dividing the dog-lovers into six types — from Petrosexuals to Dogvocates — he outlines their every desire. Click through to see where you and your dog fit in …..
As noted in just-published posts, advocate Matt Brown is a fan of HB 1284, the just-passed measure to regulate the medical marijuana industry, while attorney Brian Vicente sees both that bill and SB 109, about the relationship between doctors and MMJ patients, as flawed landmarks. The Cannabis Therapy Institute’s Laura…
Sensible Colorado’s Brian Vicente wound up working the early shift today. Before 7 a.m., he’d appeared on Channel 4’s morning news program to talk about yesterday’s passage of HB 1284, a bill designed to regulate the state’s medical marijuana industry. He joined Senator Chris Romer, who backed the measure and…
Despite its legislative passage yesterday, HB 1284, the bill to regulate the medical marijuana industry, continues to earn mixed reviews. The Cannabis Therapy Institute’s Laura Kriho hates both HB 1284 and the previously approved SB 109, which seeks to clarify the relationship between doctors and medical marijuana patients. Sensible Colorado’s…
Today’s nominee for best article ever goes to the Boulder Daily Camera piece about Carl Fuermann, a staffer in the CU registrar’s office who thinks the gulf oil spill can be resolved if people all over the world meditate to make the rig’s blowout preventer start working. This premise is…
Last night’s passage of HB 1284, the bill to regulate the medical marijuana industry, sends a message that could accelerate campaigns to legalize MMJ in other states — including Nebraska, where advocates are already exploring a possible 2012 ballot initiative. As reported by Toke of the Town, the Village Voice…
In the wake of the offshore rig explosion and massive oil spill threatening the Gulf Coast, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced a major shakeup of the Minerals Management Service, the agency responsible for overseeing drilling safety and royalty collection — a move that will add yet more…
And now, derby fans, a bit of proof that Denver kicks ass at roller derby, courtesy of a Derby News Network live blog of the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls’ slaughter bout against the Texas Rollergirls this past Sunday: Joe Mama: that was a monster jam for RMRG LJ: RMRG 31 TXRD…
As Denver City Councilman Chris Nevitt noted yesterday in support of a proclamation demanding comprehensive immigration reform, “I think the two sides of this debate have demonized each other. The immigration-rights folks look at the people who pursued the Arizona measure as being motivated by racism and anti-immigrant sentiment, and…
Bloggers in Denver continue to type their fingers to the bone. Here are three pieces that resulted from their toils. At Predominantly Orange, Kim Constantinesco concludes that Josh McDaniels’s fondness for Tim Tebow represents his strongest episode of man-love since he encountered Tom Brady. Isn’t that bromantic? The Colorado Independent’s…
A Boulder family got an eyeful recently when, during a routine drive to the bank, they saw a man making an unauthorized withdrawal. From his pants. Are you following? The man, whose name I’ll leave out on the off chance I ever get hammered and end up cranking it in…
Earlier today, it seemed like HB 1284, the bill to regulate the medical marijuana industry, had cleared its highest hurdles. But more obstacles lie ahead. Today, Charlotte Jackson, assigned to the legislative bill room at the state capitol, confirms that the House rejected the changes to HB 1284 made by…
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Denver Assistant City Attorney Kory Nelson represented the city in a 2005 lawsuit against the State of Colorado, which had passed a law forbidding municipalities from enforcing Breed Specific Legislation — BSL for short. But Face the State’s Jared Jacang Maher reveals, Nelson also sent at least one letter (on…
Fort Collins Coloradoan editor Bob Moore’s blog is a must-read for anyone interested in Northern Colorado politics — and his post about congressional wannabe Cory Gardner’s latest attack on incumbent Betsy Markey shows why. This morning, Gardner’s campaign sent out an e-mail blast touting the launch of ebetsy.com, which purports…
