Update, 4:01 p.m.: Pat Dunn just called with information about a court hearing earlier today involving an altercation at an earlier protest. Look below for more information. On Friday, we told you about a call for a counter-protest against the group picketing Wolf Interstate Leasing & Sales, 4855 Miller Street…
In the battle over resentencing Edward Montour Jr., an inmate who faces possible execution for the 2002 murder of a corrections officer at the Limon prison, defense attorney David Lane has accused the death-penalty team of prosecutors in the office of Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney Carol Chambers of wanting to…
Senator Chris Romer, who’s authored proposed legislation to regulate medical marijuana in Colorado, is a contentious figure in debate about the issue. He believes many younger people with medical marijuana licenses are exaggerating their illnesses in order to smoke weed legally, and he feels his reform concepts will lead to…
On Friday, when Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions asked that consideration of Stephanie Villafuerte’s nomination as U.S. Attorney be delayed because her record is “incomplete,” I wrote that the story was developing at “lightning speed,” and noted that political pressure generated by a letter from Representative Mike Coffman to Attorney General…
Welcome to Denver Blogs. Here’s today’s menu. David Driscoll-Carignan, from Mile High Hockey, lets you know how he feels about a certain member of the Calgary Flames with his headline, which reads, “Curtis Glencross: Idiot.” That about covers it. The Colorado Independent’s Kate Redding lists upcoming events calling for immigration…
View Larger MapWhat is it with bodies turning up in alleys lately? Robert Clarke, the victim of Mile High Murder No. 54 last month, was located in an alley near 3356 Blake Street, while Cheriece Knox, slain in Mile High Murder No. 55, was found in an alley between the…
View Larger Map Early Sunday morning, the Denver Police Department responded to a call near the 5000 block of Fillmore Street, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). Near some railroad tracks, they found a dead body that apparently…
The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments… Figure 44, views a & b. Jefferson Park: Sculpture suggests that “Thunderbird” is the guardian “spirit” of the drunken songbird of soul music. At first glance, the yard art pictured in figure 44 appears to be a South Korean animator’s rendition of…
Last week, Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes previewed the “Defend the Republic” rally at the State Capitol — advertised as a gathering of folks from assorted tea parties and 9.12 organizations, among others, who weren’t ready to cede the Republican guv nomination to Scott McInnis. The event took place on…
Amadeus Harlan lived life like the Bronco player he claimed he was — driving fast cars, wooing ladies left and right, even setting up a community sports company based around his gridiron glory. Too bad it was all a lie, as Westword described in the January 2008 feature “Pro and…
Busy weekend in Denver, including a White Trash XMas Party, a slightly less trashy Christmas party, and a bunch of other parties that varied in trashiness. See photos of them all on the slideshow page. Also: Read a review of the Hot Congress show — which sounds like one big…
Sponsors have begun dropping Tiger Woods as his infidelity scandal (which finally has a minor Denver connection) continues to mushroom. But Nike is still sticking by the T-man, as witnessed by this giant display seen just inside the main doors at the Colorado Mills Nike Store on Sunday. The shot…
After the Broncos’ 28-16 loss to the Colts on Sunday, coach Josh McDaniels shrugged off suggestions that the defeat should be viewed more positively than most. “When you lose, you lose,” he said. “There’s no moral victories in this league.” I understand what he means — and, frankly, that’s the…
A young deer recently got the shock of its life — not once, not twice, but three separate times. According to the Columbine Courier, a deer estimated at one year of age recently fell into a window well of a house on Marsh Hawk Lane and wound up in the…
You’ve read one Hunter S. Thompson tribute, you’ve read them all, right? Ever since the Good Doctor took his own life at his Owl Farm compound outside of Aspen in 2005, lots of folks have been trying to put into words what, exactly, Thompson left us with. There’s a new…
For two-and-a-half glorious hours on Sunday, the Nuggets’ Birdman will become Cherry Creek North’s Santaman. From 3 to 5:30 p.m., Chris “Birdman” Andersen will (in our imaginations) cover up his miles of tats with a fluffy red Santa suit and tuck his signature mohawk under a puffball-tipped stocking hat and…
Sean Harrington, the do-it-yourself litigator behind the contentious website KnowYourCourts, has been a relentless scourge of judicial excess and abusive attorneys in Colorado, whether battling his own custody issues in family court, commenting on the exploits of former judge Edward “Naughty” Nottingham or following Mark Brennan’s battle with the Office…
Yesterday, we told you about several folks featured in a Colorado-centric issue of High Times, who’ll be autographing copies of the mag at the Cannabis Therapy Institute’s Cannabis Holiday Health Fair, slated for Sunday, December 13, at the Holiday Inn, 4849 Bannock Street. But that’s not the only magazine news…
Infotainment. That chestnut of a neologism was originally coined, if I recall correctly, to describe cheesy CD-ROM products designed to entertain and educate. Later, it was used as a pejorative description of A Current Affair-style journalism. But for my money, there’s no better word to characterize the experience of Ignite…
Almost wintertime, when the Denver bloggin’ is easy. The Nugg Doctor’s Nick Sclafani recaps last night’s agonizing Nuggets loss in Detroit, when 40 points from Melo wasn’t enough. What the hell? Colorado Pols has more on what it’s dubbed the “Dr. Evil initiative.” It can be yours for one MILLION…
The Stephanie Villafuerte story is moving at lightning speed. The latest development: Senator Jeff Sessions, an Alabama Republican, has sent a letter to Senator Patrick Leahy, chairman of the judiciary committee, asking that the consideration of her nomination be delayed because “the record currently available to the Committee” is “incomplete.”…
Before you start: Yes, I know I could actually leave my house on Sunday, and I could no doubt find a cozy booth within viewing proximity of a TV armed with the NFL Ticket. And in times of need — when the TV Gods bestow on me an afternoon involving…
