The graffiti painted on the train engine in the photograph above is not remarkable for its quality, but for its incredible timeliness. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is Google trending across the world as this is being written, and yet some brash news junkie found the time to sum up the…
Sunday’s putrid Broncos-Cardinals game prompted plenty of fans to demand the benching of Kyle Orton in favor of Heisman Trophy-winner Tim Tebow. But one reader has a very different view of Tebow’s prospects as an NFL signal caller — and he’s not optimistic that the Broncos will make good use…
Attorney David Lane is well known for defending the likes of controversial CU professor Ward Churchill on First Amendment grounds. So it’s no surprise he’s representing Murray Martinez, owner of Golden’s venerable Buffalo Rose, against an attempt to revoke the venue’s liquor license. Why? Because Murray sang “Fuck the condo…
We’ve been sharing memorable 2010 mug shots lately — and James Leyva’s certainly qualifies. Last December, we told you about an attempt to rob the Healthy Choice Wellness Center, an MMJ dispensary whose employees turned the tables on the stick-up artists, as Leyva’s booking photo demonstrates. And now, he faces…
Last night, 7News’ Lionel Bienvenu reported that Carmelo Anthony could be traded to the New Jersey Nets as early as today for two first round draft picks, Derrick Favors and the expiring contract of Troy Murphy. (9News’ Drew Soicher did likewise.) Problem is, the deal’s dead if Melo refuses to…
We’re almost ready to unveil our top mug shots of 2010, after sharing galleries of women, tattoos, bad hair and accused teachers and caretakers. But as one last tease, check out booking photos of the famous and infamous that appeared here this year. Some you’ll immediately recognize. Others — like…
The uproar over the forthcoming billion-dollar makeover at Denver International Airport, including a new hotel and train station, has focused largely on the price tag and the potential hike in air fares that the ambitious expansion might trigger. But the operator of one of the oldest concessions at DIA says…
Westword’s recent cover story about alleged abuse and discrimination at Denver’s Yellow Cab and complaints about the regulatory system that’s supposed to prevent such issues has generated heated debate, as well as one unique response: After reading the story, a Greeley couple decided to give Denver Nuggets seats to a…
Colorado’s Board of Education recently added social studies to its new testing system — a move that may prevent more geography horror stories like professor Aimee Pellet’s. She described a recent map test on which one student labeled the Rocky Mountains “the Alps,” another ID’d Alaska as “Germany” and a…
These Denver blog posts have been lovingly selected just for you. Denver Stiffs’ Andrew Feinstein wonders if Carmelo Anthony might end up as a rent-a-player in Orlando, where the Nuggets play tonight. Colorado Pols wonders: Is Muhammad Ali Hasan behind a new party called Constitutionalists for Gays & Immigrants? DenverRadio.net:…
Update below: On Friday, we told you about a dispute about where to build an RTD Gold Line station in Adams County — on a previously approved east-side site in a blighted area or a west-side plot near a wetland area and land owned by a Louisiana developer, the TOD…
Update: Yesterday afternoon, we noted that local media had not yet reported that Nicholas Brooks, 24, the suspect in the sensational slaying of fashion designer Sylvie Cachay in New York City, had previously attended CU. Now, however, the Boulder Daily Camera has picked up the story — and according to…
Wedged between commercial and industrial development south of West Sixth Avenue, the Baker neighborhood contains the city’s largest assortment of middle-class Queen Anne houses and the widest variety of eclectic oddballs…..
A short time ago, 9News reports, Betsy Long, who was accused of causing a July crash that killed Mary Warren, a young CSU grad bound for the Peace Corps, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide, vehicular assault, leaving the scene of an accident and DUI. Regarding the last charge, Long registered…
UPDATED: “WikiLeaks Betrayed by Amazon, Visa, Mastercard—and Worst of All, the Media” Where are the First Amendment’s establishment warriors as government-spooked businesses try to shut down Wikileaks? Hackers with computers, not hacks with press passes, have been the first line of resistance. Click on the link above to read the…
After Sunday’s humiliating defeat at Arizona, the Broncos are at 3-10 — a mark that recalls the horrific ’60s and early ’70s. And since Kyle Orton is suddenly playing down to that level, we thought it was the perfect time to revisit our slideshow of the most mediocre quarterbacks in…
Yesterday, Colorado Drug Investigators Association’s Commander Jerry Peters explained why his organization had written a letter castigating RTD’s decision to accept bus ads for KushConII, a marijuana-oriented convention taking place this weekend. While RTD spokesman Scott Reed says the ads will continue running through the event, he says he understands…
Yesterday’s ruling by Virginia judge Henry Hudson voiding the health-care-bill requirement that citizens buy insurance may not mean much long-term according to this Washington Post piece, but it’s certainly given opponents of what many conservatives call Obamacare an early Christmas present. Mike Kopp, minority leader in the Colorado Senate, was…
It’s been a momentous year for marijuana in Colorado: landmark legislation, turf wars, huge profits, shocking arrests, enormous celebrations and more. Below, we’ve compiled links to and excerpts from 25 of the biggest weed stories to take place in the state during 2010. Page through and breathe in the year…
Update: Shaun Harper, who allegedly robbed a bank in Golden on Saturday only to be nabbed after suspected loot literally fell out of his pocket in front of police, has been released from an area hospital; he had unspecified medical issues that were reportedly unrelated to his arrest. He’s been…
With more than 120 breweries and some of the best craft beer in the country, Colorado is deservedly proud of its superior suds. And Denver is a major destination for beer tourists from the rest of the country — not just during the Great American Beer Festival, but throughout the…
“Into the Dark,” Alan Prendergast, December 9 Blind to the Truth I so enjoyed reading this story; there was some great writing. With that said, Spitz may be blind now but he sure enough saw this coming. There were many signs that his wife was unstable, even a possible sociopath…
