Mike Rosen on his best behavior during Battle of the Talk Show Hosts, says...
David Sirota.Last October, a public debate involving KOA's Mike Rosen and AM 760's David Sirota went national after Rosen called for hijackers to crash a plane into the so-called Ground Zero mo
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Centers finally getting approval from the state, with 5...
The Colorado Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division finally began licensing medical marijuana centers around the state this week. And while some activists say the licensing will likely bring mo
View ArticleOccupy Denver: John Hickenlooper, Michael Hancock ban camping, arrests could...
Hickenlooper.The political triumvirate of Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and Colorado Attorney General John Suthers held a joint news conference this morning
View ArticleJoshua Carrier: Court sighting for school officer accused of doing genital...
Big pic below.The legal maneuverings continue in the case of Joshua Carrier, a former Colorado Springs cop who's charged with nearly 200 incidents of sexual assault on children. He had easy ac
View ArticleHomeschooling mom asks: Why am I doing this?
FlickrDenver blog posts are very careful not to camp overnight. Mile High Mamas' Heather Ruch realizes that when she began homeschooling, she signed on for uncertainty. Mile High Hockey's Dav
View ArticleLimon prison memos: A new form of cruel and unusual punishment?
One of the guilty pleasures here at the Crime & Punishment Desk is occasionally visiting the madness on display at The Real Colorado Department of Corrections, an anonymous blog by someone call
View ArticleOvernight parking: Have you gotten a late-night parking ticket downtown? Tell...
In this week's cover story, "Feed Me," I tell my totally true, slightly embarrassing story of getting a late-night parking ticket in LoDo. What started as a joyful night of karaoke glory ended
View ArticleMedical marijuana dispensary (re)review: Golden Alternative Care
It wasn't my intent to re-review Golden Alternative Care, or any shop, this week. But I found myself out in the neighborhood after a trip up into the foothills to catch the aspens changing and
View ArticleOccupy Denver to hold press conference at 10 p.m. about being kicked off...
Members of the Occupy Denver movement will hold a press conference at 10 p.m. in the wake of Governor John Hickenlooper and Mayor Michael Hancock's announcement that the group can no longer cam
View ArticleGaylord Entertainment, Stock Show fan, sponsors Aurora's big night... in Denver
Proposed hotel.There have been some tense times between Aurora and Denver officials since word came down this summer that Gaylord Entertainment would like to build a hotel/resort complex in Aur
View ArticleOccupy Denver: Videos capture the scene before and after the hammer came down
Videos below.The break-up of the Occupy Denver tent city just after 3 a.m. this morning was preceded by a 10 p.m. press conference last night at which the swelling forces representing the 99 pe
View ArticleOccupy Denver's Facebook responses to authorities clearing out tent city near...
Update: The latest Occupy Denver Facebook post: "Ground Update: Central camp has been evacuated and the final structures have come down. There were a few arrests of those defending our kitchen.
View ArticleOccupy Denver tent city torn down: Anarchists remain, homeless sleep through...
Editor's note: Kelsey Whipple was at the scene of the former Occupy Denver tent city this morning. She phoned in updates. Update: As we broke from the scene, one protester sat reading Aleksand
View ArticleOccupy Denver photo gallery captures the night (and morning) the tent city...
Big pics below.Occupy Denver's tent city was dismantled just after 3 a.m. today -- and Westword's Jenn Wohletz was on the scene before and after the authorities moved in. For instance, she saw
View ArticleReader: Would you rather let mommy smoke weed or come home to find her dead?
Our post about Sexy Pizza offering free 'za to a medical marijuana patient narced on by a Papa John's driver spawned a debate joined by a woman who says she owes her life to cannabis. She's of
View ArticleMarijuana raid: Cherry Top Farms compliant with state, but feds still seize...
Big pic below.Update: According to the manager at the Cherry Top Farms medical marijuana center, a raid yesterday targeted a contract grower, not Cherry Top or any of its employees. But because
View ArticleMedical marijuana: RAND Corp. pulls study showing dispensaries reduce crime
Last month, we reported on a study from the RAND Corp. that showed marijuana clinics in Los Angeles and Colorado actually weren't causing higher crime rates in surrounding neighborhoods, despit
View ArticleOccupy Denver profile: The morning after, Patricia Hughes is a medic and a...
Full pic below.As of 5 a.m. today, it's officially the morning after. The time between 11 p.m. and right about now has left many of the Occupy Denver protesters, particularly those who aren't a
View ArticleOccupy Denver: See photos of our first two profile subjects in police custody
Big pics below.Patricia Hughes had better be careful. Hughes is the subject of reporter Kelsey Whipple's third Occupy Denver profile of the week. But this morning, our own Brandon Marshall hap
View ArticleOccupy Denver: Tent State University vet Adam Jung lashes out at John...
Hickenlooper.Coverage of the Occupy Denver tent city being dismantled early this morning wasn't only seen by Denverites. Also watching was London-based Adam Jung, a prominent figure in the pro
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