Immigration: Fear and hope at forum prompted by raid at Morgan County's...
News of an immigration raid at Morgan County's Wildcat Dairy, where 89 percent of employees weren't authorized to work in the United States, caused fear among documented and undocumented reside
View ArticleKyle Orton the Arizona Cardinal's backup plan if they can't obtain Kevin Kolb?
Kyle Orton.Summertime, and the Denver blog posting is easy. Broncos Gab: If the Arizona Cardinals can't get QB Kevin Kolb, they may settle for Kyle Orton -- if the price is right, and if the B
View ArticleHarley Lappin: Private prison industry woos another top public official
There are two revolving doors in every prison system. One is for the inmates, many of whom fail on parole and keep coming back. The other is reserved for top administrators who, even amid scand
View ArticleNorth High: Do improved graduation rates mean more high schoolers prepared...
Even though Denver public schools are out for the summer and most graduation ceremonies are over, the debate over DPS's increasing graduation rates continues. For more, read our feature, "Pass
View ArticleTaxis at Denver International Airport: How a cab shortage nearly stranded my...
It was 11:30 p.m. on Saturday night as my family lugged our suitcases to Denver International Airport's taxi stand for a ride home after a week-long trip. While we'd always parked at DIA in the
View ArticleMichael Hancock or Chris Romer: Voters not sure... especially on if it makes...
Even after millions of dollars have been poured into the Denver mayoral campaign, and endless words poured out at debate after debate, I kept hearing from friends yesterday who were still undec
View ArticleCharles & Marilyn Long murders: Delay in deciding if 12-year-old son to be...
Big pic below.Update: The twelve-year-old son of Burlington's Charles and Marilyn Long already faces murder counts and assault beefs in relation to his parents' deaths and wounds inflicted on t
View ArticleLofgren family carbon monoxide deaths: Judge lets criminal charges stand...
The Lofgrens.Update: The criminal case springing from the Thanksgiving weekend 2008 carbon-monoxide-poisoning deaths of the Lofgren family -- parents Parker and Caroline, plus kids Owen, ten, a
View ArticleMichael Hancock: Prostitution-ring case taken over by feds as Denver cops get...
Michael Hancock.At this point, Denver Police Department reps aren't saying why they handed over the Denver Players prostitution investigation to the feds. But no need to exhume Nostradamus to f
View ArticleReader: Tim Tebow was one of Josh McDaniels's mistakes, but Broncos will be...
Tebow.Yesterday's Denver Blogs roundup featured a post noting the contradictions inherit in fans who hate Josh McDaniels but love Tim Tebow, who the ex-coach drafted. One reader appears to fee
View ArticleMarijuana legalization: Crazy For Justice's draft initiative proposes making...
A group led by Brian Vicente and Mason Tvert has submitted eight marijuana-legalization initiatives with an eye toward the 2012 election -- and they're not alone. Legalize2012.com plans to offe
View ArticleBerkeley broccoli blooms in the Tennyson Street Cultural District: Kenny Be's...
Berkeley has a long history of growing food for the creatures of Denver. In its early days, the entire neighborhood was an alfalfa farm that produced feed for the horses that pulled city stree
View Article7News, Azteca America affiliates in CO for sale: McGraw-Hill looks to peddle...
Update below: KMGH-TV, better known as 7News, is on the block -- and so are Azteca America affiliates in Denver, Fort Collins and Colorado Springs, according to an announcement by McGraw-Hill,
View ArticleCalvin Pitts, Amanda Deleon arrested for fatal child abuse despite baby's...
Big pics below.Calvin Pitts, 28, and Andrea Deleon, 21, have been arrested on suspicion of child abuse resulting in death related to the passing of three-month-old Sanai Pitts this weekend. Ev
View ArticleBoulder Today: Magazine plans to go after CU students old-fashioned way --...
Big pics below.We keep hearing that young people don't give a damn about print products -- but Dan Kennedy begs to differ. The CU-Boulder junior is the publisher of Boulder Today, a magazine a
View ArticleThe :30ish Film Festival, where every second counts: Start the clock!
Denver blog posts can't be stopped! Denver Egotist touts the :30ish Film Festival, whose entries must be less than forty seconds. Take that, Titantic. The Colorado Independent's David O. Will
View ArticleTaco Bell-Colorado Rockies giveaway deal keeps getting worse -- just like the...
A friend of mine used to sell T-shirts in college. He was putting himself through school, along with a few scholarships, and he needed every dollar he could get. So he'd come up with a creative
View ArticleBambi shouldn't be picked up, hikers -- so keep your hands to yourselves
FlickrSummer beckons in Colorado's high country, which means it's time for an annual reminder to all whose usual encounters with nature don't extend beyond a petting zoo. Pawing and picking up
View ArticleHomeless Diamond, Joe Carabello stage softball games for people living on the...
Joe Carabello.A group of homeless men mulled playing another inning of softball this morning at Sonny Lawson Park. One man gestured to his nonexistent watch. Another joked, "My accountant can w
View ArticleMedical marijuana cost Paul Curry his job at MillerCoors: Could it set legal...
Paul Curry recently lost his job at MillerCoors in Golden for testing positive for pot -- even though he's a registered medical marijuana patient. Now, having retained big-shot pot attorney Rob
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