Racially motivated attack claims bolstered by shocking "LoDo Wilding" footage
Last November, the Denver Police Department announced the arrest of more than thirty African-American men and women for allegedly participating in racially motivated attacks on Caucasians a...
View ArticleACLU settles suit over Denver police complaint records
On the eve of going to court in its effort to protect internal investigations records of police officers from public scrutiny, the City of Denver has agreed to settle a lawsuit by forking ov...
View ArticleAndrew Romanoff: "A great deal of misinformation was filling the void"
Andrew Romanoff's confirmation that the White House floated three jobs past him after he announced his intention to challenge Senator Michael Bennet in the 2010 Democratic primary isn't his...
View ArticleBuffalo Bill: Scout, Showman, Visionary for One Book, One Denver
For a city that embraces reading, Denver has never really embraced the One Book, One Denver program -- not even after last year's votingpalooza for the fifth edition, tied to a secret Nation...
View Article"Brandon Marshall, you're a pain: Go play someplace else," says ESPN's Mike Salk
Brandon Marshall undoubtedly hoped the drama that preceded his exit from Denver would be forgotten once he landed in Miami. But no such luck. Overnight on ESPN Radio, host Mike Salk was l...
View ArticleStapleton neighborhood fighting sloth, obesity epidemic, says NPR
National Public Radio doesn't do advertising -- not unless you count all those support announcements, which pretty much add up to the same thing. But a piece heard this morning pretty much ...
View ArticleTed Haggard's new church attendance on the low end of his predictions
Ted Haggard announced the launch of a new church last week with the help of a Los Angeles PR firm that's gotten him some high profile platforms from which to pitch the project. Included am...
View ArticleAndrew Romanoff can't win primary, says Dick Wadhams, and Michael Bennet...
According to Colorado GOP boss Dick Wadhams, there's a very simple reason why Republicans like Jane Norton have concentrated more on Michael Bennet and less on Andrew Romanoff in relation t...
View ArticleBrandon Putnam (No. 5): Identified as victim in Federal Heights homicide
Last Thursday, a trio of suspects in Federal Heights robbed one person at his car and then shot and killed a second man inside an apartment. Authorities have now identified the victim as B...
View ArticleBra tattoo guy and other strange weekend sights
Our weekend started with dueling pianos, ended with a guy with a bra tatted on his chest, and was plenty busy in between, including a trip to Beta and the La Roux show at the Ogden. See pho...
View ArticleMedical marijuana bills strengthen oversight, Bill Ritter says on signing HB...
Governor Bill Ritter has finally signed HB 1284 and SB 109, the two medical marijuana bills that wended their way through the Colorado legislature this year. How did this former district a...
View ArticleLeon Barrett (No. 6): Man arrested for killing man outside New Birth Baptist...
That old maxim about never bringing a knife to a gunfight seemingly pertains to an incident on Friday in which Leon Barrett, 54, has been arrested. According to the Denver Police Departmen...
View ArticleTom Tancredo calls out "brown supremacists" after Arizona immigration rally
Last month, a representative from Americans For Legal Immigration blasted ex-Congressman Tom Tancredo for pledging to participate in a June 5 rally in Phoenix whose organizer allegedly had...
View ArticleMarcus Duran shooting: Still no decision on charges in possible "Make My Day"...
On May 25, we told you about the shooting of Marcus Duran, seventeen, allegedly by a homeowner while Duran and two others tried to break into his 3150 Gaylord Street residence. Justifiable...
View ArticleTim Tebow's character does so count, damn it!
Join us for another dip into three Denver blogs. In a Mile High Report fan post, jonmark93 disputes Post columnist Mark Kiszla's contention that character doesn't count, noting that Jay Cu...
View ArticleMorons drive cars, according to new CDOT campaign for motorcycle safety
People who drive cars are morons. Just ask the Colorado Department of Transportation. ...
View ArticleFeral cat problem: An update about fixing it
The last time I saw Kristen Des Marais, she was trying to track dozens of feral cats that had set up a fast-breeding colony in the crawl spaces under a Denver apartment complex. Des Marais...
View ArticleBart Stupak threat: Letter sent from CO cites painting bridge with...
Update, 4:40 p.m.: David Hesch appeared in court this afternoon. Get the details of what happened below. A fifty-year-old Loveland man has been arrested for mailing a nutso letter written ...
View ArticleMedical marijuana signings: Bill Ritter holds no pot party
The announcements kept coming from the governor's office yesterday: Bill Ritter would be signing this bill in front of this group, that bill in front of that group, with his eye on hitting c...
View ArticleWestboro Baptist Church haters target Denver Pride Fest, other Colorado...
The gay-hating, anti-Semitic horror show that is Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church doesn't always show up for its promised ignorance fests. But back in April, the Fred Phelps-led troglo...
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