Denver Auto Show reveals the city's greenest cars: Kenny Be's Special Report
The greenest cars are the cars we leaf behind.The fuel efficient cars shown at the Denver Auto Show this weekend will never be as green as the leaf-covered 1976 Mercury Capri II shown in the pi
View ArticleHuman trafficking: University of Denver to host conference on modern-day...
Starting tonight and running through Sunday, April 3, the University of Denver and the Iliff School of Theology will host what organizers says is a first-of-its-kind conference, which will bri
View ArticleQuiznos' new commercials are the freakiest things we've ever seen -- but will...
The Denver-bred Quiznos chain is an odd duck. While its toasted sandwiches are now sold coast to coast, it's courted controversy because of its franchise practices. And its commercials, while m
View ArticleRemembering Karle Seydel on opening day at Coors Field -- in the heart of his...
Last night I wandered around the Ballpark neighborhood, which was bustling with preparations for opening day, thinking about how much this area has changed since the decision was made to put th
View ArticleAM 760 gets ready to pour out Colorado Craft Beer Radio
Craft beer is in the air in Denver, and on April 16, it will hit the airwaves as well. John Turk, who produces the David Sirota show on AM 760, and buddy Gary Valliere, who works at Dry Dock B
View ArticleIt smells good in here: High Times Medical Cannabis Cup this weekend
This will be a weekend to remember, though I doubt I'll remember much of it. The High Times Medical Cannabis Cup is at the Exdo Event Center this weekend. If you have trouble finding it, look
View ArticleIchabod, runaway dog found 850 miles away, reunites with owner (photos)
More photos below.The story of Ichabod, a Boulder-based pit bull mix, warmed hearts on Thursday when we published the tale of the pooch that -- we like to think, anyway, despite how unlikely --
View ArticleBeetle overkill: John Hickenlooper appoints Michael Scott to a state post?
Hick's latest appointment?Governor John Hickenlooper hit the ground running in January, quickly appointing a host of people to his cabinet and also coming up with some creative, cost-saving job
View ArticleReader: The person who told Rachel Maddow how to pronounce "Colorado" was wrong
Maddow.In a post yesterday, we shared a clip of MSNBC's Rachel Maddow in which a viewer argued that "Colorado" should be pronounced "colo-RAD-o," not "colo-ROD-o," which, in her opinion, makes
View ArticleThe GOP members of the House Judiciary Committee will go down in history --...
Bob GardnerIt was a foregone conclusion from the beginning. Earlier this year, state representative Mark Ferrandino and state senator Pat Steadman introduced a bill that would have allowed ci
View ArticleHair today, gone tomorrow: Karen Leigh gets the Kenny Be treatment
Everyone loves Kathy Sabine, including Noah Van Sciver, the cartoonist who drew the art for our Best of Denver 2011 People & Places section. This is his illustration of Sabine for the readers'
View ArticleDenver Auto Show proves Denver drivers are truckin' nuts: Kenny Be's Special...
Virginia Vale. The Denver Auto Show currently running at the Colorado Convention Center is an exhibition of dreams. The real Denver Auto show is staged on neighborhood driveways reveals that De
View ArticleSad Pay Phone of the Week: Pay Phone at Broadway and Ohio
steven pierceLocation: Next to Griff's Burger Bar at 742 South Broadway. Number: Unknown. Status: Operable. Price: $1 for four minutes Photo Taken: 1:30 p.m. on March 31.
View ArticlePueblo officials peeved about over-budget projects? Hey, at least they're not...
denvergov.orgDenver Justice CenterPueblo's elected leaders are peeved that the city is currently $1.4 million over budget in its ongoing effort to remodel Pueblo's historic City Hall building.
View ArticleShane Dronett: the late Denver Bronco is the subject of a Sanjay Gupta CNN...
The topic of concussions and NFL football players continues to make news, even in the off-season, as CNN tells the heartbreaking story today of former lineman Shane Dronett, who killed himself
View ArticleAurora: two men shot and killed, two others injured (66, 67)
There was more violence in Aurora yesterday. Two men were shot and killed and two others, a man and a woman, were injured yesterday afternoon at a condo in the 900 block of South Dearborn Way
View ArticleThings to do in Denver when you're broke and a Union Station Update
No foolin' here, this is your Friday edition of Denver Blogs. Service-y blog Things to Do in Denver when You're Dead Broke offers this tip today: "Don't miss local historian Phil Goodstein's g
View ArticleBarack Obama's re-election e-mail falls flat next to 2008 Invesco Field...
Barack Obama.A few minutes ago, as I was looking across I-25 toward Invesco Field at Mile High, an e-mail popped up from the man who'd given such a stirring speech at that stadium in August 200
View ArticleBody found in suitcase: Denver police don't know if victim was white or Hispanic
The body discovered near Ruby Hill Park on Friday -- by a group of boys searching for scrap metal, who showed it off to their friends before alerting authorities -- didn't show immediate eviden
View ArticlePeter Spitz and Teresa Lynn: Judge orders killer's release despite blind...
Less than seven years after Teresa Lynn shot her husband in the face as he slept, killed her mother-in-law and considered drowning her eight-month-old son, an Arapahoe County judge has ordered
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