Earl Albert Moore, suspect in Southwest Plaza bomb try on Columbine...
Big pics below.Update: The FBI Denver Joint Terrorism Task Force has just announced the capture of Earl Albert Moore, 65, suspected of an attempted bombing at Southwest Plaza mall on the annive
View ArticleReader: John Denver was a Colorado treasure, and anyone who disagrees is an...
Hick.As an intro to a photo gallery featuring shots of John Hickenlooper and other attendees at the John Denver Colorado Hall of Fame induction concert, reviewed by Backbeat's Dave Herrera, I s
View ArticlePot legalization: Booze-fueled-sex-assault victim previews Women's Marijuana...
Toni Fox.At 11:30 a.m. this morning in the State Capitol's Senate press room, members of the Women's Marijuana Movement will mark both Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Alcohol Awareness Month
View ArticleIKEA's Centennial store grand opening date moved from fall to July 27:...
IKEA has made a global reputation for furniture that's well-designed and easy to assemble -- and apparently its stores are like that, too. Last May, the company predicted that IKEA's Centennia
View ArticleTheresa Spahn is a breath of fresh air in the mayor's race: Kenny Be's Speed...
Ballots for the 2011 General Municipal Election are due on May 3, 2011. With one week left to vote and nine candidates running for Denver mayor, voters will need to keep a "cheat sheet" handy.
View Article4/20 in Boulder: CU regent wants to ban event due to $50,000 cost of...
4/20 in Boulder.Again this year, thousands of people celebrated 4/20 on CU-Boulder's campus. Afterward, university officials complained about the $50,000 cost of providing security for this non
View ArticleMelvin Nelson wanted for shooting Charlene Clay, 72, three times in face --...
CBS4Update: Earlier today, Lakewood cops announced their interest in speaking with Crystal Santisteven, 28. She was thought to possibly be traveling with Melvin Nelson, suspected of shooting Ch
View ArticlePeter Boyles endorses Jeff Peckman in Denver mayor's race: "Beam Peckman up!"
Jeff & Pete.All you fancy-schmancy mayoral candidates bragging about being supported by business groups, unions or past and present officials should feel mighty jealous about now. That's becaus
View ArticleMarcell Dareus will definitely be Broncos' choice with No. 2 NFL draft pick!...
Marcell Dareus.Denver blog posts: They're good enough to eat. Mile High Report's KaptainKirk rounds up the latest draft rumors. Will the Broncos pick Marcell Dareus or another defensive stud?
View ArticleSenate Bill 241: Is Colorado ready to fix parole's revolving door?
Over the years, we've written frequently about the breakdowns in Colorado's parole system -- how heaping mandatory parole on top of prison sentences and making ill-prepared felons jump through
View ArticleBed bugs: Will repealing law requiring sanitization of used mattresses...
Flickr. Last month, our feature story "Bug Bedlam!" detailed Denver's bed bug infestation, supposedly one of the worst in the nation. Tomorrow, the state Senate Health and Human Services Commit
View ArticleMedical marijuana industry about to be cornered by drug companies, Sativex?
As we've reported in the past, a recent investment report coming out of Colorado pegged the size of the medical marijuana market at $1.7 billion, just under the amount generated annually by Via
View ArticleOsama bin Laden's death as experienced by the Facebook generation
OBL or UBL?Osama bin Laden's death was an instant Twitter sensation. But likely more people shared their immediate reactions on Facebook -- especially those under twenty, like my seventeen-year
View ArticleOsama bin Laden death celebration at Mesa State College in Grand Junction...
Video below.In our post about how Osama bin Laden's death was experienced by the Facebook generation, we noted that localizing this story was unnecessary, because it impacted all of us, whereve
View ArticleSarah Palin: Colorado Christian Univ. troops salute in wake of Osama bin...
Sarah Palin.Wouldn't you know it -- the day after Osama bin Laden was killed by an elite Navy SEALs team in Pakistan, former vice presidential candidate and political star Sarah Palin will offe
View ArticleOsama bin Laden is dead -- so drink up at the Giggling Grizzly, Denver! (PHOTOS)
Why pound 'em down before and after midnight on a Sunday night at the Giggling Grizzly? Maybe because Osama bin Laden is dead -- or because (fill in the blank). Whatever the case, photog Aaron
View ArticleReader: Anti-immigrant "law is the law" views recall days when slavery was...
Jenny.Melanie Asmar's post about the "Unification Not Deportation" campaign shared the story of Jenny, who spent 34 days in detention for having expired license tags due to her immigration stat
View ArticleMarijuana: Pierre "Dr. Reefer" Werner asks patients to write Nevada judge...
Pierre Werner.In January, Pierre Werner, who ran a Boulder dispensary under the name Dr. Reefer, was indicted in Nevada on multiple marijuana counts -- as were his mother and brother. All three
View ArticleFatal stabbing on 2100 block of Lawrence Street being investigated as...
Graphic below.The bloodshed continues. At around 2:40 a.m. last night, the Denver Police responded to a call about a wounded man on the 2100 block of Lawrence Street. They soon found a person w
View ArticleTCF Bank robbery suspects caught near C-470 & Bowles after another Jeffco...
Chatfield High and other southwest Jeffco schools were locked down on April 20 after Earl Moore's alleged attempt to bomb Southwest Plaza, on April 21 after a bomb scare at Stony Creek Elementa
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