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Robert Seamans: Alcohol, pot finding doesn't make Rockies fan's Coors Field...

Big pics below.​After Rockies fan Robert Seamans died after sliding on a Coors Field railing, some readers objected to us including photos of him having a great time during a previous visit to t

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Breastfeeding: Does the term "whipping it out" turn moms into deviants?

Flickr​The Denver blog post train has made another stop at the station... Mile High Mamas addresses the phrase "whipping it out" as it applies to breastfeeding. Bronco Talk's Mr. East on the B

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Dress for Success, Fantastic Sam's open mini salon in Denver, helping...

Rhonda Speers.​Rhonda Speers's story should be familiar those who've gone through hard times. After being let go from her temp job, she was involved in a car wreck. That led to surgery and slow

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Charles Farrar: Judge refuses to reduce sentence in sex-abuse case despite...

Charles Farrar.​Charles Farrar is serving what amounts to a life sentence for sexual assault on a child -- even though his accuser, his stepdaughter Sacha, came forward months after the verdict

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Michael Hancock's new DIA greeting begs for the sound of a cracking whip --...

​It's become a rite of passage for Denver mayors to record a welcome greeting for Denver International Airport's underground train. John Hickenlooper started the trend; then came Bill Vidal's bi

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24 Denver homicides in 2011 through June: See where they happened (GOOGLE MAPS)

Schwartzman.​The Denver coroner's office has issued its report about homicides through June 2011. The 24 to date is way over 50 percent of last year's 39 -- but even if it wasn't, loved ones of

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Marijuana: Greenway U. owner Gus Escamilla has domestic violence bench...

Gus Escamilla.​Colorado officials temporarily closed Greenway University, the first state-licensed medical marijuana school, after they found out owner/CEO Gus Escamilla and a chancellor both bo

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ESPN's Merril Hoge would trade Tim Tebow in a heartbeat, he tells Denver...

Merril Hoge.​You've got to credit ESPN's Merril Hoge. At least the man stands up for his tweets. Yesterday, following his epic Twitter rampage against Tim Tebow, Hoge not only shared his though

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Zachariah Dobler: Murder charge for running over tow-truck driver at DUI...

Big pic below.​It allegedly took two drunk drivers to kill Alan Dilley. The tow-truck operator was on the scene of an active DUI-crash investigation when he was struck and killed by a car pilote

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Reader: You've heard Doug Lamborn's Obama-tar baby line, but have you seen...

Lamborn.​We've never published a Comment of the Day in T-shirt form -- until now. The recipient of this honor is Doug Lamborn, who's been blasted for saying that being associated with Barack Oba

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Google Maps catches Denverites ignoring doggy doody duty: Kenny Be's Search...

Congress Park dog-walking duo.​ The identities of the couple above have been masked -- but the blurring of faces does not hide the unexpected surprise revealed in their stance. The Google Maps c

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Michael Hancock's DIA greeting: Was our addition of a cracking whip offensive?

Michael Hancock.​Political correctness isn't an exact science. Congressman Doug Lamborn has been pilloried in some quarters for saying that being associated with Barack Obama is like touching a

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Marijuana regulation: Meet Leonard Frieling, former judge calling for end to...

Leonard Frieling.​Yesterday, former judge Leonard Frieling co-starred in a media event at the City and County Building designed to attract attention to the petition-gathering process for the Reg

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NBA lockout continues -- and David Stern isn't helping to bring it to an end

David Stern.​Denver blog posts reproduce because they're friendly. Denver Stiffs' Jeffrey Morton on the "predictable overreactions" of David Stern amid the seemingly endless NBA lockout. At Co

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Medical marijuana patient-fees comment period extended due to Health Dept. snafu

​Back in July, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment asked medical marijuana cardholders for their thoughts on the department dropping red card fees from $90 to $35. Last week

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Fracking contamination "inconceivable," says John Hickenlooper -- but EPA...

​Governor John Hickenlooper has walked a taut tightrope on energy issues since taking office, pushing for more natural gas drilling in a state already leading the region in drilling starts, whil

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Medical marijuana dispensary review: 3D Denver's Discreet Dispensary

​Denver's Discreet Dispensary is anything but discreet. Though the huge, old, brown-brick industrial building it occupies off Brighton Boulevard does blend in with the warehouses, auto body shop

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Pine-beetle-killed trees aren't a pretty sight no matter what Texans say

​Driving through Montana last week, I saw worrisome splotches of red in the thick stands of trees on some hillsides -- not the fires of dry summers past, but the first signs that the pine beetle

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Kimberly Powell released in case of grandchild who "pooped, got slapped and...

Big pic below.​Update:Hours after Kimberly Powell, 48, was busted following the death of her toddler granddaughter, Amber Enard, she was released from custody pending further investigation and c

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Wendy Kale, veteran Boulder music writer, R.I.P. -- and also say a prayer for...

Wendy Kale.​This week, the local journalism community is mourning the loss of Wendy Kale, longtime music writer for the Colorado Daily, who died at age 58 of still-undetermined causes -- althoug

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