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“You mean you haven’t noticed the resemblance?” In today’s Fun With Typos segment, check out this line from a KOA radio web page posted in advance of the first presidential debate: John McCain suspends his presidential campaign to address the situation. He call son Obama to do the same, including…

Transportation pros: In case you don’t recognize it, this is black ice. After the blizzards that blanketed the Denver metro area in late 2006 and early 2007, transportation officials pledged that they’d do a better job of being ready in advance for weather-related road hazards, rather than scrambling to pick…

Russell Means. Columbus Day protests are an annual staple in Denver. But Saturday’s drizzly, arrest-free version was a calmer-than-usual affair, since folks like Glenn Spagnuolo decided in advance to dial down the confrontation for fear of overtaxing lawyers up to their necks in post-Democratic National Convention-related casework. But those who…

Josephine and the Mousepeople stand tall. We’ve got so damn much new content today that as soon as I finish writing this blog, I’m taking the rest of the day off. Backbeat Online brings you live reviews of Nick Warren at Beta, as well as a Rhinoceropolis gig featuring BDRMPPL…

Strike a pose. After several delays and millions of dollars, the new Comedy Works South opened in the Denver Tech Center Thursday night to much fanfare. A red carpet welcomed the many attendees, replete with photogs snapping shots of famous folk and average joes alike. Comedian George Lopez hosted the…

Maison de Fleur in happier days. The sprawling, pale-pink building near the corner of 12th Avenue and Logan Street looks like a storybook castle. From the turret windows to the vine trellises painted on the columns framing the front door, it reeks of romance and history. According to the website…

Not just for athletes anymore. Denver may be a mile high, but there must be something in the rarified air above us that drives people to do, well, shmucky things. Take New Yorker Christina Elizabeth Szele, 35, who hurled racial epithets and punched a flight attendant who tried to stop…

Irv Brown and Joe Williams. Yesterday afternoon, Lincoln Financial Media Company of Colorado, which owns FM-104.3/The Fan and KEPN/1600 AM, the area’s ESPN affiliate, announced a big change in the key afternoon-drive slot: On October 20, Irv Brown and Joe Williams, who’ve manned this time period at The Fan for…

Dick Armey. In yesterday’s debate between Republican Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave and Democratic opponent Betsy Markey at Colorado State University, the Rocky Mountain News reports, Musgrave “portrayed herself as someone who is bipartisan and understands the struggles of real people.” But the real person she was hanging out with earlier in…

Continue at your own risk. A Denver entrepreneur’s new web site is threatening to overtake Yahoo! Fantasy Sports and YouPorn as the site most likely to inspire women to hurl hot irons at their boyfriends. Jordan Eisenberg, whose previous endeavor was the much safer Collar Card, recently launched PMSBuddy.com, which…

Mike Coffman. To their credit, both Denver dailies followed up on a New York Times report naming Colorado one of six states that have purged thousands of voters from the rolls in apparent violation of federal law — read the Rocky Mountain News’ coverage here and the Denver Post’s here…

Shake, shake, shake… As the end of this seemingly endless presidential campaign finally draws near, the Colorado Democratic Party is trying desperately to maintain its massive army of volunteers for Barack Obama — and what better way than to dangle a chance to gladhand the candidate himself? After all, basking…

Big John. Republican presidential nominee John McCain may have given up hope of winning in Michigan, but he’s still feeling good — or at least as good as a politician sliding in the polls can — about his chances in Colorado. Hence, his decision to gab live on KOA/850 AM…

Does lemongrass get you hot? Hop in the saddle for today’s blog roundup. Cafe Society nibbles the turkey sandwich at Daphne’s Deli, waves bye-bye to Aqua, stops by for a nosh at Thai Basil, and notes the Santa Fe Tequila Company’s expansion to Littleton. Finally, Tyler Nemkov describes Whole Foods…

Slain Bronco Darrent Williams. CompleteColorado.com carries an interesting story today about high-powered defense lawyer Harvey Steinberg, the attorney the Broncos organization often calls on when players find themselves in legal trouble. Steinberg, it turns out, also represents notorious gangster Brian Hicks, an associate of the man charged yesterday in the…

Click here or on the cartoon thumbnail to see a larger image; it’ll take a few seconds. The TV commercials about this year’s ballot issues are bad medicine. Each is poisoned with lies and they are all extremely hard to swallow. Amendmentos, on the other hand, are the political refreshmakers!…

Dr. Jerome Corsi. Jerry Corsi — or, as he’s generally known in the press, Dr. Jerome Corsi — has gotten lots of attention in recent days. The author of The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality, a big-selling hit piece on Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama that…

Online wapping adds up to ‘net savings. I recently wrote about how perusing Wardrobe Remix, a Flickr community, can help those of us who become easily bored with our wardrobes to find new and creative ways to wear our clothes. Perhaps you read that post, checked out Wardrobe Remix and…

Some Colorado voters may have been improperly stricken from the state’s rolls. Today’s editions of the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post are dominated by details about the break in the Darrent Williams murder case, and that’s entirely appropriate. But it’s important that the dailies not overlook the information…

Super Cr3w and JabbaWockeeZ. Photo by Josh Norton, courtesy of MTV. Randy Jackson Presents America’s Best Dance Crew LIVE October 8 Wells Fargo Theatre Most concert events inspired by television series couldn’t seem cheesier if they were funded by Velveeta — but the current tour of notable contestants from the…