Luiza Fritz, lesbian soldier, mulls legal action to rejoin military after...
Luiza Fritz.This week marked the official end of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the policy that allowed gays and lesbians to serve in the U.S. military so long as command didn't learn about their sexu
View ArticleMike Coffman thinks Social Security is a Ponzi scheme, too!
Mike Coffman.Read Denver blog posts and you'll grow up to be big and strong. BigMedia.org's Jason Salzman on Mike Coffman joining the crowd referring to Social Security as a Ponzi scheme. Col
View ArticleStem cell research lab to open in Denver has just one employee -- for now
Stem cell research comes with a generous handful of misconceptions. The first, of course, is that the science deals entirely with embryonic cells. The second, it would seem, is that it's diffic
View ArticleTom Strickland exits Interior, chased by big bucks
Tom Strickland.The news that "lobbyist lawyer" Tom Strickland, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's chief of staff for a hectic two years, is now taking a job with British Petroleum's law firm in i
View ArticleTreepardy with Alex Treebark at Mile High Million tree-planting project's 1st...
Trees need lots of things to grow: dirt, water, sunlight. And in the case of now-Governor John Hickenlooper's ambitious plan to plant a million trees in metro Denver by 2025, they also need col
View ArticleMarijuana dispensary owner Jim Rice stays alive on Survivor, Week 2
Jim RiceLast week, America was introduced to Jim Rice, former Wall Street suit-turned-poker player-turned-Denver medical marijuana dispensary owner. Jim Rice "survived." And while he quickly became s
View ArticleBarack Obama Colo. conspiracy theories: Is he avoiding Comet Elenin or...
Conspiracy or coincidence? President Barack Obama will be returning to Denver on Tuesday, September 27 -- just four days after a major Homeland Security terrorism-emergency exercise in this cit
View ArticleRonald Smith, high-profile lobbyist, found guilty of damaging ex's piano,...
Big pic below.Lobbyist Ronald Smith has rubbed shoulders with plenty of important politicos, including Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper -- but he could soon find himself keeping company with
View ArticleTed Haggard on Celebrity Wife Swap: What five reality shows will he sign up...
Ted Haggard.Disgraced pastor turned media whore Ted Haggard has agreed to appear on Celebrity Wife Swap -- and will trade significant others with Gary Busey. And no, this isn't a post from The
View ArticleDissolvable tobacco: Advocate criticizes R.J. Reynolds for not ending test...
Yesterday, Bob Doyle, executive director for the Colorado Tobacco Education and Prevention Alliance, touted a resolution calling for the Colorado Board of Health to oppose test-marketing of dis
View ArticleReader: Christian questioning Tim Tebow's faith may not be authentic in his own
Tim Tebow.Every once in a while, an item featured as a Comment of the Day will generate more of a response than it did originally. That was the case with self-declared Christian S. Book, who ca
View ArticleMedical marijuana: Dispensary license fees in Breckenridge as much as double...
Breckenridge is known as one of the most pot-friendly cities in the pot-friendly state of Colorado. But that doesn't mean opening up a medical marijuana dispensary in town is cheap. Licensing
View ArticleBinge drinking: Denver youth drink more than the state and national average
WikipediaAsk yourself, right now, how often you down five drinks (or more) in a single sitting. Answer honestly. Depending on what you decided, you might be a binge drinker. The good news here
View ArticleMedical marijuana: El Paso commissioners lean toward giving 2nd chance to...
Sean McAllister.Alternative Medical Solutions, a medical marijuana center in tiny Peyton, Colorado, has been closed for about a week, and could be shuttered permanently, because it missed a Jul
View ArticleHector Paez mistrial: Attorney on late-arriving evidence in case of cop...
Hector Paez.Last October, Denver cop Hector Paez was charged with forcing a woman to give him oral sex in order to avoid jail. But the case against him is now in mistrial due to questions invol
View ArticleDenver Broncos would move to Los Angeles if Proposition 103 passes? Really?
Denver blog posts make the city go 'round. The Colorado Pols folks tongue-in-cheekily argue that an education tax hike is approved, the Broncos will decamp for L.A. Noooo! Geeks Who Drink: Wa
View ArticleHector Sifuentes, 15 others busted for firearms and/or drug violations in...
Big pics below.The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, joined by the Denver Police Department and other law-enforcement agencies, have apparently been working overtime. The U.S. Attorneys
View ArticleOMG! Operation Mountain Guardian, terrorist attack response drill, to take...
Fake terrorists will attack the Denver metro area tomorrow in what will be the largest emergency response exercise these parts have ever seen. Called Operation Mountain Guardian -- or OMG, for
View ArticleDenver teachers rewrite history -- and their curriculum -- with 13 Colorado...
Filter PressCat DeRose has lived near Little Raven Street for years, but she has Denver Public Schools' third graders to thank for all that she now knows about its namesake. And later this mon
View ArticleAir Force flyovers: Special Ops to buzz southwest Colorado?
Last month, under pressure from Representative Scott Tipton and ranchers in the Pinon Canyon area, Air Force officials backed off a plan to conduct intensive low-altitude training flights over
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