Barack Obama follows Calvin Coolidge's lead, snubs Brown Palace
Brown Palace 1892.A week after Snobama buried the Front Range in hype and hope, we're still shoveling out -- and just dug up this fun fact: The Brown Palace has hosted every U.S. president sinc
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Enforcement Division's Dan Hartman reassigned in favor of...
Dan Hartman.Last week's reports from industry sources that Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division director Dan Hartman would be leaving his post have now been confirmed. However, Hartman's not
View ArticleJohn Suthers's office fires back at marijuana activists over demand to sign...
John Suthers.Yesterday, we previewed a media event during which advocates asked that Colorado Attorney General John Suthers sign an ethics pledge pertaining to future commentary on the Regulate
View ArticleRichard Mastic busted for assault with deadly weapon (his foot) during...
Richard Mastic.Wrestling -- the real kind, not Hulk Hogan-style dramatics -- can be a dangerous sport. But what's even riskier? Drunk wrestling. That's the argument made by a police report abo
View ArticleOccupy Denver: 21 police cars respond after Halloween try to occupy City...
On Halloween night, an evening notorious for tricks, treats and the increased police presence that mix requires, Occupy Denver was met by 21 police cars over an hour an a half. After a failed a
View ArticleRichard Carl Heeringa, molester and one of U.S. Marshal's 15 most wanted,...
Big pic below.In April, convicted child molester Richard Carl Heeringa wound up in the number four slot on Denver's list of the top 25 most violent fugitives. Then, in July, Heeringa was added
View ArticleReader: New Denver Police Chief Robert White saying the right things -- but...
Robert White.New Denver Police Chief Robert White acknowledges that he's got a big job ahead of him when it comes to building a positive relationship between residents and the local force. The
View ArticleOccupy Denver: Did unnamed 2nd assaulter knock over cop on motorcycle? (VIDEO)
Since Saturday's Occupy Denver protest ended with more arrests, much attention has focused on two investigations for felony assault of a police officer. But neither Denver Police nor the DA's o
View ArticleDenver Post's Greg Moore on end of separate Travel section, future of Monday...
Greg Moore.This Sunday, the Denver Post Travel section was folded into Arts & Entertainment, rather than standing alone. Does this move, following reports of feature-section shrinkage at the pa
View ArticleOccupy Denver gets national platform during Jeannie Hartley interview by...
Video below.Occupy Denver may not be among the largest of the Occupy Wall Street spinoffs, but increasing violence and the growing number of arrests have gotten the national media's attention.
View ArticleTwitter Nation hates on Tim Tebow: 10 nasty (and funny, if you're not a...
Tim Tebow.After Tim Tebow's Miami Miracle, Kyle Garratt shared the ten best tweets about The Chosen One. But the worm has turned, and this week, Twitter Nation has been raining hate on poor Tim
View ArticleDoug Lamborn pimps for Rocky Mountain PBS even though he opposes federal funding
Doug Lamborn.Thanks for electing to check out Denver blog posts. Colorado Independent's John Tomasic on Doug Lamborn, staunch opponent of federal bucks for public broadcasting, pitching on beh
View ArticleBridezilla Campout: A night spent sleeping on city property for the perfect...
The bridezillas were peaceful at first. So were the groomzillas, the maids-of-honor, the moms, the grandmas and, in at least one case, a man who volunteered to sleep outside the behemoth Wellin
View ArticleOccupy Denver profile: Aaron "Al" Nesby sacrifices his anonymity for the...
Aaron "Al" Nesby.On Friday afternoon, the day before Occupy Denver's most violent evening to date, Aaron "Al" Nesby worried he might be arrested. The chances were good, he admits, so he warned
View ArticleCharles Edward Waters claims self-defense in double stabbing, one fatal (30)
Big pic below.Thus far, Charles Edward Waters, a 56-year-old homeless man, has not yet been formally charged in an early Friday double stabbing that left one man dead and another one wounded, a
View ArticleMedical marijuana: Richard Wainwright case shows 6 plant limit can expand,...
Now that a dispensary ban has passed in Fort Collins, patients there will either have to go elsewhere for their medical marijuana or sign up with a caretaker who's ostensibly limited to six pla
View ArticleBoulder rejects Corporate Personhood: Message similar to Occupy Wall...
Among the more unusual ballot items approved in Colorado's election yesterday was Boulder Question 2H, which calls for a constitutional amendment to declare that corporations are not people. An
View ArticleReader: Print is dead, and someone should tell the Denver Post
Greg Moore.Our item about the elimination of a stand-alone Travel section in the Denver Post's Sunday paper speaks to the continuing challenges facing traditional media organs. This developmen
View ArticleMedical marijuana retail ban passes in Fort Collins despite union help...
Update: Steve Ackerman, president of the Fort Collins Medical Cannabis Association and owner of the Organic Alternatives dispensary, notes that the final count in a vote to ban MMJ retail opera
View ArticleZombie riot in Durango: At least guy with fake penis & upside-down flag...
Video below.Denver's Zombie Crawl was a record-setting success, with even the Downtown Denver Partnership singing its praises. But things didn't go as well in Durango, where early the morning a
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