Another day, another vile shaken-baby story. Just yesterday, we told you about Denver’s Stephen Dailey, who’s facing an attempted-murder beef related to the grave injuries suffered by his two-month-old son. Now, a first-degree murder accusation has been leveled against Boulder’s Benjamin Koller, who reportedly admits to having shaken, bit and…
In contrast to Channel 9, whose website was a veritable mob scene during the Balloon Boy festivities yesterday (the 4.6 million page views it registered were roughly six times more than usual), the Fort Collins Coloradoan, the largest media organization in Falcon Heene’s hometown, didn’t ring up an unprecedented number…
Channel 9 president and general manager Mark Cornetta should give Balloon Boy Falcon Heene and his dubious dad Richard a couple of big, wet kisses. Richard called 9News first (hmmmmm), giving the outlet a head start on what turned out to be the biggest, oddest story of the day in…
The Twitterspere absolutely exploded yesterday with commentary about accidental-whistle-blowing, Today-show-vomiting Balloon Boy Falcon Heene, with celebrities among the countless thousands exercising their fingers on the topic both before and after the lad tottered out of the attic and onto the nation’s pop-culture pantheon. Of course, the after-tweets are funniest, as…
And the Balloon Boy story only gets stranger. First, Falcon Heene flies to fame when he’s said to be aboard a runaway balloon. Then it turns out he was never on the balloon at all, but hiding in the family attic. A few hours later, he goes on CNN and…
Oh… my… God… The Balloon Boy story, which was happily but bizarrely resolved yesterday with the safe discovery of six-year-old Falcon Heene, took another twist last night, when Falcon implied during an appearance on CNN with correspondent Wolf Blitzer (it’s excerpted above) that the whole extravaganza had been “a show.”…
Balloon Boy’s clearly a nationwide phenomenon. Within hours of the saga’s origin, and just minutes after the discovery that Falcon Heene was safe and sound at home, there was already artwork devoted to him! Check out the work above, by Denver artist Adam Reker. Balloon Boy + David Caruso =…
Okay, now that the kid-in-a-runaway-balloon-saga has ended safely with six-year-old Falcon Heene discovered hiding in the garage’s attic, I can finally say out loud what every male who came of age in the 80s was thinking while viewing the fantasical footage of the silver, billowing aircraft shooting through the sky…
The Denver Public Library hosted a naturalization ceremony for more than a hundred new citizens from dozens of countries Thursday morning. The ceremony has been a tradition at DPL for more than a decade, and why not? As several speakers noted in welcoming the crowd of new Americans, citizenship and…
Our daily slog through the local blogosphere. Mile High Report breaks down, position by position, how the Broncos match up against the Chargers. Colorado Independent’s Joseph Boven chimes in on the Byers Library saga. A Denver Stiffs investigation has revealed that the Nuggets wore throwback uniforms zero times last year…
Back in 2007, the Denver Post’s Jim Spencer was downsized right out of his plum metro-columnist’s gig — and months after landing a job as the communication director for the University of Colorado Denver’s School of Medicine, he was still publicly lamenting the way he was jettisoned from his beloved…
At this point, the folks at Aurora Public Schools really, really don’t want to talk about an incident in which a Hinkley High student allegedly attacked a substitute teacher for taking her cell phone — and related subjects are basically off-limits as well. Regarding the assault, media-relations specialist Paula Hans…
When you woke up this morning, did you think you’d be riveted by the story of a Fort Collins kid who may or may not have floated away in a silvery balloon? And if so, are you being treated for assorted ailments at the Capitol Hill Medicine Shoppe? At this…
Just the other day, I was driving back from Boulder when my daughter made what must have been her thousandth remark about the little lone gravesite on the side of U.S. 36 at the Highway 287 off-ramp. If there’s one thing the average commuter knows Broomfield for, it’s that odd…
Earlier today, former U.S. Senate candidate Ryan Frazier officially became current House candidate Ryan Frazier, announcing his intention to challenge Representative Ed Perlmutter in the 7th Congressional District during an appearance at, of all places, the Brighton Ford dealership. (The concept: Ford didn’t take federal bailout money. Mmm-kay.) Shortly thereafter,…
Look, it’s time for us to talk. We’ve been following you for a while now, and it’s just not working out. We’re going to have to dump you. It’s not you, it’s us. Okay, that’s a lie. It’s you. See, like all too many a new Twitter user, when we…
Yorvit Torrealba was definitely among the best performers during the Rockies’ all-too-brief 2009 playoff run, hitting well (e.g., that home run in game two) and playing consistent defense. So, of course, the team is going to let him leave. No, the Rockies haven’t announced that Torrealba will only be invited…
We’ve updated our directory of medical-marijuana dispensaries in Colorado — the most extensive you’ll find anywhere — and assembled the information in a new format that makes it easier to use than ever before. To check it out, click here…
This dispensary has closed. As Colorado’s medical-marijuana industry grows, marijuana dispensaries of all types and sizes are proliferating around the state. Some resemble swanky bars or sterile dentist offices; others feel like a dope dealer’s college dorm room. To help keep them all straight, Westword will be offering a no-holds-barred…
The Job: Telemarketing person Pay: $8 an hour Qualifications as posted online: “Are you a gamer? Do you play computer or online games that aren’t super involved and allow you the time and freedom to make phone calls? You might be a good fit for our office position. You must…
Recent news accounts from Eaton, Commerce City and Aurora, demonstrate that social behaviors and youth coaching practices are changing, and all will have a profound impact on the evolution of youth football… #1. For starters, the customary coin toss, used to determine which team will kick off, is being replaced…
Ricky Lee Harnish traded a confession in the 1976 Holly Andrews case for a reduced charge with a potential ten-to-24-year sentence — waaaay too sweet a deal for a guy who admits to raping and murdering a sixteen-year-old girl. Even Clear Creek County Sheriff Don Krueger admits to mixed emotions…
