Right now, National Public Radio is in turmoil, what with the resignation of CEO Vivian Schiller following anti-Tea Party comments from fundraiser Ron Schiller (no relation), not to mention the crusade by the likes of Doug Lamborn to cut federal funding for public broadcasting. So has Colorado Public Radio been...
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The Colorado Division of Wildlife has declared war on dipshits -- although they're too polite to put it that way. Specifically, DOW personnel have started seeing a proliferation of videos featuring snowmobilers chasing moose -- like the clip from Grand County below, in which the animal actually turns as if...
Although physical albums are on their way to being rendered completely useless, there was a time -- believe it or not -- back when telephones still had curly cords, that all recordings were only available in a tangible form. As such, you developed attachments to your favorite records, and yes,...
People get tattoos for plenty of reasons: a love of art, wanting to look awesome, insecurity, hoping to pick up super-hot chicks -- but overall, it's because they want to say something about themselves that will remain permanent. Evidently, as owner Lance Talon from Boulder Ink now knows, I really...
Looky here: Three Denver blog posts. Colorado Pols weighs the odds of Mark Udall and Michael Bennet backing or attacking Barack Obama's tax-cut compromise. Denver Egotist measures the Mile High City's awesomeness using Westaf's Creative Vitality Index. Get our your slide rule. Inside the Rockies' Tracy Ringolsby tweets that Jim...
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As people who think about, talk about, listen to and make music, the most common question we encounter is, "What are you listening to right now?" Whether you're looking for recommendations, trying to get a feel for our individual sensibilities, or are just curious, we've compiled a list of all...
Stupidity abounds in our daily lives, and the internetz have only exacerbated its abundance. Commercials hold a rather large market share of the overall world stupidity index, and since beer commercials own a significant amount of broadband real estate, by extension they also are responsible for much of the stupidity...
The folks at Portfolio.com have a serious crush on Boulder. Less than five months after declaring the community's quality of life the best of any midsized city in the U.S., the business publication now says Boulder has the "strongest brainpower" of the nation's largest 200 markets. And that's not the...
With all the rhetoric surrounding the danger of fatness in America, it's surprising to find that, according to a recent GlobalPost article, the USA isn't the fattest country in the world. In fact, based on body-mass index (BMI) ratings by a World Health Organization study, only 79 percent of Americans...
Gustavo Arellano and Tom Tancredo met on the Su Teatro stage in November for a far-reaching discussion of immigration. At its conclusion, Arellano invited Tancredo to pen a guest column for the April 1 Ask a Mexican; in the meantime, the former congressman has offered this: Last month I participated...
There's one week till Valentine's Day, and you'd better believe the restaurant industry knows it; our calendar is packed to overflowing this week with chocolate, wine and intimate dinners. Here's a taste of what's ahead:...
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Lights, Camera, Action!
Greetings from the Great White North, where the men are men and the women are wimps. Holly McDermott recently filed a $300,000 claim against the burger behemoth, complaining that a bathroom-stall door fell on her while she was doing what people usually do after consuming anything at McDonald's. McDermott had...
Update: Yesterday, Colorado's board of health rejected an emergency petition from the Cannabis Therapy Institute, on view below in an item first published yesterday morning. The reason? The board didn't believe the concerns outlined in the petition constituted an emergency. However, the topic has been placed on agenda for the...
Cold cases from 1984 in Lakewood and Aurora have just heated up. DNA evidence now suggests that the same person who killed Patricia Louise Smith in January of that year also slew three members of the Bennett family -- parents Bruce and Debra, and their daughter Melissa, age seven --...
This week, Rick Bayless, the Top Chef Masters winner, will be hanging around the Highlands Ranch/Parker area for some special events; other foodie fun includes the Fresh Hop Celebration and Breckenridge's Craft Spirits Festival. Here's a taste of what's ahead:...
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Last night, the high winds that hit the Fourmile Canyon fire burn area near Boulder didn't exacerbate the situation as feared. As Boulder County public information officer Mike Banuelos says this morning, "Firefighters held the line." But will some of them be sent to San Bruno, California, to fight a...
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Well, it's official: Denver's music scene is one of the heavyweights nationwide, as confirmed by a recent study. Well, duh. We tell you that every day...
It was one of those moments when the personal and the professional collided. On Friday, my wife and I were in Grand Lake when a summer storm passed through -- so we took refuge at Max & T's Bar and Grill, where we ate a delicious lunch. Then, the next...