Metro Taxi's $10,000 for Hick's inauguration payback for opposing Mile High Cab?
November's "Mean Streets" detailed how politicians with ties to existing taxi companies -- Mayor John Hickenlooper among them -- stymied attempts to start new operations such as Mile High C...
View ArticleDavid Thomas Orton accused of child abuse, attempted murder in Lakewood SWAT...
The Lakewood Police Department has issued the booking photo of David Thomas Orton, who is accused of precipitating a SWAT team standoff that stretched from Friday night into Saturday morni...
View ArticleJohn Hickenlooper inaugurated as king of cartoons in 2001: Kenny Be's Time...
John Hickenlooper officially became Colorado's governor at today's inauguration. As the drawing above illustrates, I crowned King John nearly a decade ago in a comic prediction. Look bel...
View ArticleJohn Hickenlooper: Coining a new governor at the State Capitol, and keeping...
The most moving sight in a day filled with eye-popping activities surrounding the inauguration of John Hickenlooper: the lineup of former governors -- Dick Lamm, Roy Romer, Bill Owens, Bil...
View ArticleMarijuana rally as legislature opens session: Miguel Lopez shifts location...
In January 2010, Mile High NORML staged a pro-cannabis rally across the street from the State Capitol in conjunction with the opening day of the legislative session. But when advocate Migu...
View ArticleUFO Phil on his plan to build a giant pyramid on Pikes Peak
Think you're good at suspending disbelief? The latest story from Phil Hill, aka UFO Phil, will put you to the test. The vigorous self-promoter, who says he's been abducted by aliens "my w...
View ArticleOxycontin thief wanted: Do you recognize man who robbed a Colorado Springs...
Yes, Oxycontin is expensive, and getting a prescription for it isn't easy -- but that doesn't mean it's okay to tell a pharmacist you've got a weapon and swipe as much of it as possible. A...
View ArticleMedical marijuana: Colorado Supreme Court rejects petition challenging MMJ laws
That was fast. Last week, MMJ advocates represented by attorney Andrew Reid petitioned the Colorado Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of the state's medical marijuana laws. Bu...
View ArticleReader: Chauncey Billups needs to stay with the Nuggets, but not that whiny...
Our item yesterday about a potential trade that would send Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups to the New Jersey Nets prompted a strong take from a reader known as "lala." No, it's prob...
View ArticleTiffany Nicole Weaver, 7 others, indicted for alleged meth-fueled auto-theft...
Meth makes people do some desperate things -- like, according to a grand jury indictment aimed at Tiffany Nicole Weaver and seven others, steal vehicles from seventy different victims. Of ...
View ArticleStock Show of city slicker horsemanship: Kenny Be's Yard Arteology
Yard Arteology: The study of neighbors through lawn decoration... Denver is home to the National Western Stock Show, so it should come as no surprise that horses are a popular choice of y...
View ArticleJohn Elway, Twitter all-pro -- and star of a new Denver Broncos reality show?
The Denver Broncos' decision to post videos of head coaching candidates has bemused NFL observers league-wide. Take an item by the Washington Post's Cindy Boren, in which she says the team...
View ArticleBill Vidal, new Denver mayor, talks good cops and bad at swearing-in ceremony
The most-asked question that new Denver mayor Bill Vidal has heard since it became clear he was going to be the 44th leader of the city has been this: What is he going to do about the cop ...
View ArticleGabrielle Giffords tragedy hasn't convinced Ed Perlmutter to end grocery...
Just found these three Denver blog posts. Colorado Independent's Scot Kersgaard: Ed Perlmutter hopes to continue holding grocery store meetings despite the Gabrielle Giffords tragedy. Bi...
View ArticleMike Rosen's use of racial slurs during KOA show appropriate, says Clear...
Update below: An item on the DenverRadio.net message board reveals that last week, veteran KOA radio host Mike Rosen used a variety of racial slurs on the air -- and claimed that his new b...
View ArticleLawsuit of the day: Aspen coffee shop sues ex-staffer for turning off...
In the pilot episode of the cult series The Tick, the title hero promises to deliver "one steaming hot cup of justice." That's exactly what's needed in Aspen, where a coffee shop is suing ...
View ArticleMarijuana product review: Heady Glass production oil rig/bubbler combo
Now and then, local companies show us medical marijuana-related products. Enough, actually, that we decided to showcase our Colorado Stoner MacGyvers in quasi-regular product reviews. The l...
View ArticleGory prison video of Joey Estrella's murder, disemboweling shouldn't be...
Gruesome video footage taken at a Colorado federal penitentiary of two inmates taunting guards and mutilating the corpse of their cellmate won't be released to the news media any time soon ...
View ArticleMile High Cab appeals denial of cab-company application by Public Utility...
The November feature story "Mean Streets" detailed how frustrated taxi drivers had been attempting to launch company of their own, Mile High Cab, since September 2008. The process culminate...
View ArticleAlexander Landau got pulled over for an illegal left turn -- and ended up...
On the night of January 15, 2009, nineteen-year-old Community College of Denver student Alexander Landau was stopped by Denver police for allegedly making an illegal left turn. But accordi...
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