Reader: Classroom discussion posters from '70s aren't bizarre, so don't tweak...
Yesterday, we shared a collection of weird classroom "discussion posters" from 1973, featuring slogans ranging from "You're O.K., and I'm O.K." to "What is the purpose?" One reader's response
View ArticleAmy Howard, Jane McConnell & Susan Graves hurt in SUV-vs.-bikes crash:...
Video below.It's been a dangerous summer for bicyclists in the Boulder area. Eugene Howrey, 73, was killed after being hit by a truck in June -- and yesterday, Amy Howard, Jane McConnell and Su
View ArticlePussy mug shots reveal evidence of anguish?: Kenny Be's Sign Language
Sunnyside-up cat is posed over-easy. Careful inspection of Denver's Missing Cat and Found Kitty posters reveal hidden clues about a pussy's private life. The sideways glare of the "found kitty"
View ArticleRighthaven Pyrrhic victory?: Judge doesn't force company to pay Brian Hill's...
Brian Hill.The Denver Post is cutting its ties with Righthaven, a Las Vegas firm that files copyright infringement lawsuits on behalf of newspapers -- a decision that may have been influenced b
View ArticleKyle Orton, Tim Tebow & Brady Quinn: Could they all be gone from Broncos next...
Kyle Orton.These Denver blog posts may ideal pets. Mile High Report's Sayre Bedinger outlines a scenario under which Adam Weber would be the only current Broncos quarterback to be on next year
View ArticleClown robbers: Try disguising yourselves as Shmucks of the Week
Seriously?Look, we know that real-life robbers are often lovers of the cinema. That's why they dress in fanciful and elaborate costumes, à la Point Break (ex-Presidents), The Town (gruesome nun
View ArticleGoodbye Westword, hello Humor Code: I'm off on a global search for what makes...
After five years at Westword, I'm bidding you all adieu (at least for now). I'm taking a leave to work on the Humor Code, a book project in which I travel around the world with a humor professo
View ArticleHunger Free Colorado sets up shop in an Aurora Save-a-Lot
Hunger Free Colorado opened a satellite office today at the Save-a-Lot at 15220 East Sixth Avenue in Aurora. Why is the project so needed?
View ArticleNeedle exchanges: Denver's first approved, second put on hold due to building...
Last night, the Department of Environmental Health board approved Denver's first legal syringe exchange, which will be run by the Colorado AIDS Project. But the Harm Reduction Action Center, wh
View ArticleSantiago Calatrava's adios to DIA: It's about the money, honey
The nixed bridge.That sucking sound you hear out at Denver International Airport isn't the arrival of the long-awaited, ever-elusive direct route to Tokyo. No, it's the sound of tens of million
View ArticleCU shows in Cal game it may not suck as hard as expected, thanks to Paul...
Video below.Despite the excellent first impression made by new CU-Boulder coach Jon Embree, the Buffs seemed bound for a beyond-mediocre season in its first Pac-12 campaign -- an impression rei
View ArticleDivulge your inner freak, take the 2011 Westword Sex Survey
Inspired by this week's cover story, "Kink of the Jungle," Westword's crack team of researchers got to thinking about the collective hang-ups, preferences and opinions of related to the sex liv
View ArticleKeith Ruiz busted in death of 2-year-old Dolci Gryshayeva, spokesman calls...
Big pics below.Dolci Gryshayeva might have grown up to be a world-class gymnast. After all, both her grandparents excelled at the sport. But the two-year-old never got the chance, allegedly dyi
View Article9/11 Freedom Rally at Dick's Sporting Goods Park: Red, white, blue &...
Big pics below.Plenty of events in the Denver area commemorated the tenth anniversary of 9/11 -- and that's not even counting the couple who may have spurred a security incident by trying to jo
View ArticleReader: People in Boulder would rather pay more than support faceless...
The Denver-based online shopping website ShopAtHome.com recently identified Boulder as the least frugal city in the U.S. based on coupon usage, or lack thereof, by the people who live there. O
View ArticleMile High Club bathroom boinking leads to 9/11 security scramble on Frontier...
Getting some tail?Update below: If a couple can't attempt to join the Mile High Club in an airplane bathroom on the tenth anniversary of 9/11 without causing a major security incident, does tha
View ArticleGross Dam protest: Can a kayak drum circle halt Denver's water diversion?
When powerful development forces in metro Denver conspire to drain more water from already depleted Western Slope rivers, there's only one thing for a self-respecting environmentalist to do: Gr
View ArticleNew taxes on gas, electric cars?: CDOT says it's just talking about them...
Is the Colorado Department of Transportation looking at hiking taxes on gasoline and electric cars? That's the implication from an Independence Institute report, which quotes from CDOT e-mails.
View ArticleUniversity Park turban squash improves observing conditions: Kenny Be's Hip Tip
The University Park turban squash is a colorful heirloom that inspired the design of University of Denver's Chamberlin Observatory back in 1889. Just as the observatory helps students look dee
View ArticleTour de Fat Denver photo gallery: The force -- and the farce -- was with...
Big pics below.On Saturday, a day before he visited the 9/11 Freedom Rally at Dick's, photographer Brandon Marshall checked out New Belgium Brewing's Tour de Fat 2011, a bike ride that drew a c
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