Quantcast
Channel: The Latest Word
Browsing all 12044 articles
Browse latest View live

Denver Broncos biggest trade deadline loser? Team's actions about sucking for...

Brandon Lloyd.​Yesterday's NFL trade deadline came and went, and while there were plenty of rumors that Kyle Orton would be on the move, he's still here the morning after -- and so are most of t

View Article


Reader: Colorado stood and watched as feds burned Cherry Top Farms dispensary

​The conversation about the DEA raid on the Cherry Top Farms dispensary continued on an update post, in which attorney Bob Hoban spoke positively about the decision by the feds not to bust the c

View Article


Jennifer Draper Carson, Arturo Jimenez's stand-in clash at DPS board...

​ Tense exchanges between Denver Public Schools board candidate Jennifer Draper Carson and a stand-in for incumbent Arturo Jimenez marked a forum last night at the University of Denver, one of t

View Article

Marijuana: Petition authors on why they want MMJ limited to DEA-approved...

Dean Beers.​The White House has established the We the People website, where folks can post petitions on the topics of their choice -- and if they garner enough support (currently 25,000 signatu

View Article

Occupy Denver: City Council's Susan Shepherd calls protests most important...

Susan Shepherd.​This weekend, in a crowd estimated between 2,000 and 4,000 people, Susan Shepherd managed to stand out. The Denver City council member represents District 1 in an official capaci

View Article


Myrl Serra, ex-Western Slope DA, pleads guilty to unlawful sexual contact

Large photo below.​Back in September, Myrl Serra, district attorney for the 7th Judicial District, was busted on suspicion of unlawful sexual contact and other charges. Suspicion confirmed: Tod

View Article

Billions Behind Bars: Colorado's prison industry gets its closeup in CNBC...

​A few years back, reporting on a convention of prison officials and vendors who supplied them with everything from stab-proof vests to suicide-proof toilets, I noted that America's spending on

View Article

Scott Gessler's office refuses to comment on his claim that fraud exists in...

Scott Gessler.​The Denver blog-post train just pulled into the station. BigMedia.org's Jason Salzman gets no-comments when he asks Scott Gessler's office to back claims about Denver election fr

View Article


Mark Sepulveda, Juan Carlos murder suspect, confirmed killed in cell-phone...

Bigger pic below.​Update: The Denver coroner's office has now positively identified the man killed by police following a robbery attempt at a cell-phone store as Mark Sepulveda -- the suspect in

View Article


Occupy Denver profile: Scianda Long traveled from Alaska to end on the...

​At eight in the morning, solidarity is more than just a word. In the cold, it's a necessity. Scianda Long's thermal blanket looks like a giant Hershey bar wrapper, but inside a sleeping bag and

View Article

Willie Clark, Bronco Darrent Williams's killer, offers alibi for 2006 murder...

Willie Clark.​ Willie Clark, who was convicted last year of murdering Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams, is back in court defending his innocence -- but on a different charge. Clark is accused

View Article

Medical marijuana: Cheesecake Lady not buying into the Union just yet

​On October 17, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union announced that it was teaming up to represent employees of the medical marijuana industry in Colorado. Union organizer

View Article

Survivor update, week six: Dispensary owner Jim Rice's plotting works out for...

Jim Rice.​Week Six on Survivor came with some tension. Why? Jim Rice orchestrated some huge shakeup moves in the tribe that sent veteran player Ozzy's girlfriend, Elyse, off to Redemption Islan

View Article


Stefanie Dickinson, ex-school board member accused of sexting teen: New sex...

Big pic below.​Lucky Stefanie Dickinson: The former Ellicott school board member has gotten to pose for two mug shots in the span of a month. The first time, Dickinson was busted for allegedly

View Article

Reader: The world will end in 2012 -- so get your Doomsday clock fixed,...

​Patricia Calhoun's post about Harold Camping's fast-approaching deadline for the next Doomsday drew the sort of posts will miss if the Rapture begins according to his schedule. Here's an exampl

View Article


Jo Scott, abortion zealot, permanently enjoined from using threat of force at...

Jo Scott.​Jo Scott is the truest of believers when it comes the fight against abortion rights -- so much so that she's repeatedly violated both state and federal laws designed to protect clinic

View Article

Occupy Denver: Meet the wearable protest tent, the latest fashion statement...

Image courtesy of Not My Tribe​There are many faces to Occupy Denver's protests, and some of them are legitimately funny. As further proof that not all civil disobedience is illegal or even ulti

View Article


George W. Bush in Denver: Yes to educational excellence, no to politics and...

​ President George W. Bush was in Denver this morning, talking education with a group of political and business leaders at the brick headquarters of Get Smart Schools, an organization that train

View Article

Occupy Denver and Tea Party protests make Denver America's angriest city,...

​There are plenty of differences between the Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party movements, as cartoonist Kenny Be pointed out in his post "Occupy Wall Street vs. the Tea Party: A visual guide." Bu

View Article

I-70 pace cars: The latest un-American development that needs to stop

Flickr​The Colorado Department of Transportation has approved police "pace-cars" for Sundays in January to improve the flow of ski traffic on I-70. Let's forget the logistics and the arguments a

View Article
Browsing all 12044 articles
Browse latest View live