Top 10 most affluent communities in Colorado
No. 7.These aren't fat times -- but plenty of places in Colorado are doing very well, according to G. Scott Thomas, who oversees the On Numbers blog for Business Journals publications. He's ran
View ArticleContagion: Not Just a Movie fights against opposition to paid sick leave...
Video below.Business interests and politicians such as Governor John Hickenlooper and Mayor Michael Hancock have come out against the 2011 Denver Paid Sick Days Initiative. But the proponents a
View ArticleDavid Shackley double-voting bust shows voter verification laws not needed,...
Opponents of voter-verification measures like the one Secretary of State Scott Gessler promoted earlier this year frequently note that few cases of fraud actually surface. This week, however, D
View ArticleReader: Broncos' defeat to the Raiders proves they're years away from contending
Kyle Orton.Our post about the Broncos' crushing defeat to the Raiders on Monday night outlined many of the team's faults -- but hardly all of them. One of our readers picked up the slack and m
View ArticleJ.R. Smith, Wilson Chandler & Kenyon Martin: Will a Nugget win a championship...
J.R. Smith.Even though the NBA season is in serious doubt, several Denver Nuggets will be in action soon. But it'll be a tough commute for local fans to see them in person -- since J.R. Smith
View ArticleDenver Mayor Michael Hancock's 2012 budget breakdown: Kenny Be's Pie Charts
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock's proposed 2012 budget was released yesterday and revealed that city government can continue business as usual as long as city employees keep taking furlough days
View ArticleJason Graber brutality case: David Lane lauds $5,000 daily fine threat over...
Jason Graber.In July, Judge John Kane, ruling in a brutality case brought by Jason Graber, ordered Denver to release every document related to excessive force complaints against cops and sherif
View ArticleWin a pair of tickets to the Rocky Mountain Showdown, plus other good stuff
Attention, Latest Word readers: Want to win a pair of tickets to Saturday's Rocky Mountain Showdown between the CU Buffs and CSU Rams at Sports Authority Field at Mile High, plus two passes to
View ArticleDenver Post unfair to Tea Party in coverage of cheer for "Let him die" line...
Ron Paul.These Denver blog posts should be served piping hot. Free Colorado's Ari Armstrong thinks the Post unfairly equated the entire Tea Party with a few idiots who seemed to cheer a hypoth
View ArticleSherri Tippie leads a beaver-trapping mission (VIDEO)
This week's cover story, "Leave It to Beaver," explores the work of Sherri Tippie, who's spent more than 25 years rescuing beaver from trash-choked urban streams and drainage areas and relocati
View ArticlePaid sick days initiative detractors & supporters share why they're on...
Myra Crenshaw.As seen in Contagion, the movie whose trailer features Gwyneth Paltrow dying, mass sickness -- and the mass hysteria that can come with it -- are relegated mostly to the fictional
View ArticleRobert Walters trial: Jury hears opposing theories of Brittney Brashers's death
This morning, jurors heard two versions of what happened to Robert Walters's girlfriend, Brittney Brashers, on the night she died. In closing arguments, the prosecution argued that Walters be
View ArticleHempCon 2011: What do fake orgasms have to do with medical marijuana?
www.hempcon.comWhat does a skeezy beauty pageant, and "hot ass" and "best orgasm" contests have to do with medical marijuana? Nothing. But for some reason all three are events were listed as co
View ArticleDenver's Jim Rice survives Survivor after first episode
Jim RicePosing in front of 20 pounds of marijuana got High Level Health/Discount Medical Marijuana owner Jim Rice on Survivor, but strategic moves and a bit of politicking kept him in in, at l
View ArticleTom Martino, self-declared Troubleshooter, talks about his bankruptcy, being...
Tom Martino.Tom Martino was once the embodiment of hubris -- a nationally syndicated radio host and local television personality who'd parlayed his reputation as a consumer advocate into a real
View ArticleJose Manuel Martinez-Adame, aka Vampire, wanted in alleged drug-trade killing...
Bigger pic below.Jose Manuel Martinez-Adame went the extra mile to earn his nickname of "Vampire." He reportedly had his teeth sharpened to better resemble a demon of the night. And cops belie
View ArticleMedical marijuana fight: Dept. of Revenue's deletion of e-mails improper,...
Corey Donahue.The war between activist Corey Donahue and the Department of Revenue over public records has flared up once again. This time, Donahue accuses DOR supervisor Matt Cook with improp
View ArticleReader: Paid sick leave initiative backers better financed than measure's...
The debate over a paid-sick leave initiative is contagious -- and not just because proponents are using the movie Contagion to push what they call a public-health issue. But one reader begs to
View ArticleTom Martino archive: The top 10 Westword reports on bankrupt Troubleshooter...
The way he was.Our post about Troubleshooter Tom Martino's bankruptcy is hardly the first time we've reported about the consumer advocate-turned-empire builder. Below, we've assembled ten piece
View ArticleSurvivors Network of those Abused by Priests coordinate protests with filing...
Big pics below.Yesterday, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests accused the Vatican, as well as four officials, including Pope Benedict XVI, of crimes against humanity at the Interna
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