Campaign For a Healthy Denver calls out food service in television spot
Last week, No On 300 announced the release of the first television spot focusing on the Denver Paid Sick Leave Initiative. The video stars Mayor Michael Hancock and directs attention to the tol
View ArticleColorado's cold case backlog: 1,518 murders still unsolved
M. WeaverThis week's cover story, "The Victim Lobby," delves into the growing power of the victim rights movement and the sometimes clashing agendas of groups within that movement. But there'
View ArticleOccupy Denver profile: Mike joins heart of occupation the month after...
The first time Mike heard about the Occupy Wall Street movement, he was in the hospital. Due in large part to a slow heart rate -- only about twenty beats per minute -- he had recently undergon
View ArticleMedical marijuana: Health department registry stats show 5 percent decline in...
After nearly four months, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (finally) updated its medical marijuana stats page yesterday. And although the latest information is from Augu
View ArticleOccupy Denver has cost Denver Police and Sheriff Departments $365,000
Update, 4:28 p.m. October 21: The Denver Police Department has released the cost incurred by the DPD and the Sheriff's Department to monitor Occupy Denver, particularly over last weekend's demo
View ArticleObama's War on Weed: In strange about-face, pres tries to hack med. marijuana...
Editor's note: The following, written by Ray Stern of the Phoenix New Times, a Westword sister paper, provides a beyond-Colorado look at recent federal actions regarding MMJ. The new federal c
View ArticleAt Mayor Michael Hancock's first public forum, education and communication...
Michael Hancock Concerns about public education and the need to improve communication between city officials and citizens about everything from parking to park usage were hot topics this mornin
View ArticleOccupy Denver's all-day concert is large and (peacefully) in charge
Today's first official Occupy Denver concert and rally event is so far accompanied by both better weather and better odds of continuing peacefully than last week's rally. Although it is attende
View ArticleMolly Midyette, convicted of child abuse for her baby's death, has a hearing...
Molly Midyette.In December 2007, Molly Midyette was convicted of child abuse that led to the death of her ten-week-old son, Jason, and sentenced to sixteen years in prison -- even though she wa
View ArticleTim Tebow-led Broncos win proves God has a sense of humor -- and hates Miami...
Tim Tebow.This morning on ESPN Radio, NFL analyst John Clayton said both Tebow lovers and Tebow haters got what they wanted from the Broncos' hilarious 18-15 win versus the Dolphins yesterday.
View ArticleAlonzo Ashley: Decision not to charge anyone for homicide at Denver Zoo leads...
Alonzo Ashley.In July, Alonzo Ashley died at the Denver Zoo after being tased by police. The coroner's office subsequently ruled the death a homicide, but the Denver District Attorney's Office
View ArticleColorado School of Mines tops DU, CU in Best Colleges survey -- and AFA is...
Big pics below.U.S. News & World Report has released its annual list of the best colleges in the country -- but finding Colorado institutions will take a while if you start from the top. None a
View ArticleReader: An open letter to Occupy Denver
Kelsey Whipple's Friday post about Occupy Denver's suspension of its first member -- a woman named Molly -- inspired one reader to write an open letter to the organization as a whole. It's tou
View ArticleVictorian fetishists ball, Trentemøller mashes, Russell's Smoke House bows,...
Big pics below.This weekend's weather encouraged anyone and everyone to recreate with a vengeance -- and Westword's Show and Tell, Backbeat Online and Cafe Society blogs, plus our eye-popping s
View ArticleOvernight camping ban proposal not related to Occupy Denver, says Michael...
Mayor Michael Hancock and several Denver City Council members are talking up a potential overnight camping ban in public places, including the 16th Street Mall. Given the brouhaha over camping
View ArticleOccupy Denver's Amelia Nicol, Jonathan Shepard among 4 busted in raid on squat
Amelia Nicol.Update, 1 p.m. October 24: We now know the names of the four Occupy Denver participants arrested in a Denver Police Department raid on a squat over the weekend, and two of them wer
View ArticleSean Jeremy Osborn, radio host, calls for all Iranians to be killed
Osborn.We've got Denver blog posts aplenty. BigMedia.org's Jason Salzman on KENN radio yakker Sean Jeremy Osborn's pitch for exterminating Iranians. Denver Egotist: Look at the cool message i
View ArticleOccupy Denver profile: Chad Duffy sings Dylan in the kitchen
Chad Duffy.In the beginning, Chad Duffy was a cynic. He still is, especially during the particularly hectic moments of his morning shift at the Thunderdome. But the 23-year-old politely promoti
View ArticleWells Fargo to be targeted by Denver protesters in week of actions "to...
Update, below: Wells Fargo will be the target of several actions this week by the Colorado Progressive Coalition, including plans to "move in" to a branch on Thursday with lamps, pillows and co
View ArticleBalanced Justice: New study seeks to make dollars and sense out of criminal...
Criminals aren't terribly skilled at performing a cost-benefit analysis before embarking on their disastrous ventures, which they usually end up describing as "bad choices, Your Honor." That's
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