Occupy Denver: ACLU investigates constitutionality and safety of police action
Phillip Becerra.Colorado ACLU communications director Rosemary Harris Lytle confirms her organization has launched an investigation of "an escalation of police force" at Occupy Denver -- like,
View ArticleStarz Denver Film Festival: Artistic director Brit Withey previews opening...
Trailer below.Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest -- including many flicks that movie lovers might
View ArticleTebow"">Tim Tebow meme: X > Tebow -- as in "Casey Anthony trick-or-treaters > Tebow"
Tim Tebow.Denver blog posts stand up for what's good and true. Mile High Report fan poster Teboner on a new Tim Tebow meme: X > Tebow. Example? "Walking in on your parents making loud dirty lo
View ArticleOccupy Denver: One man hospitalized after snowstorm hits the camp
Occupy Denver's social media campaign shares as many worries about the ongoing snow as do its protesters: Throughout the night, the group's Twitter account documented warnings of the inches tha
View ArticleMedical marijuana: Red card wait times increasing?
A year ago, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment was so backlogged with medical-marijuana license applications that patients had to wait as long as eight months after filing
View ArticleDavid Sirota bars Education News Colorado reporter from Emily Sirota on...
Emily Sirota.By now, you've likely heard that education-reform advocates Anne Rowe and Allegra "Happy" Haynes handily won seats on the Denver Public Schools board last night, and that incumbent
View ArticleColorado Avalanche-Arby's 4-Pack deal should be sent to the penalty box
I'm a big hockey fan and have been since junior high, when my Penguins won their first two Stanley Cups and the Pittsburgh suburb where I grew up exploded with joy. But I'm now a working Colora
View ArticleOccupy Denver profile: James Gardner on city waste, Dirty Red & his Polar...
James Gardner.Growing accustomed to life at the occupation takes time. Yesterday morning, James Gardner awoke at four to the sounds of a drunk man cursing, and before he finishes that story, a
View ArticleSurvivor update, week eight: Big shake up for dispensary owner Jim Rice and...
Jim RiceAfter weeks of everyone deservedly picking on nerdy law student Cochran for being a scrawny weakling ginger that didn't contribute much of anything to the team (including this medical m
View ArticleDIA Art Master Plan calls for performances' return... and what about Blue...
Although the fancy architect is gone and the ownership of Santiago Calatrava's DIA expansion design is still up in the air, plans for construction of the South Terminal, including a light-rail
View ArticleStarz Denver Film Festival 2011 Opening Night: Like Crazy works like crazy
Big pics below.The 2011 Starz Denver Film Festival's slogan is "Roll out the Red" -- a reference to the many red carpet screenings on tap over the next week and a half or so. The first of those
View ArticleManuel McGee allegedly got away with brutal rape for 3 years -- until his DNA...
Big pic belowThe police-report description of a rape committed back in 2008 is incredibly horrific -- and so is the fact that no one was arrested for the crime for more than three years. Now,
View ArticleMed. marijuana retail ban rejected in Steamboat due to liberal, educated...
A medical marijuana retail ban passed in Fort Collins this week -- but a number of municipalities rejected attempts at prohibition, including Steamboat Springs, Oak Creek and Routt County, whic
View ArticleReader: Age doesn't necessarily equal wisdom at Occupy Denver or anywhere else
One of the best things about blog comments is the way random wisdom or funny observations can pop up at any moment. Consider the following, from Kelsey Whipple's post about the clashes between
View ArticleDanielle Lynn Brockman charged with child abuse, neglect after 2 kids left...
Big pic below.An October 30 house fire claimed the lives of two young children -- Alvira and Timothy Ramirez, ages two and three, respectively. Now, the Aurora Police has busted their mom, Dani
View ArticleOccupy Denver profile: Mel Van Nice and other medics treated 45 people last...
Mel Van Nice.Mel Van Nice can be found near the front lines. The 29-year-old never has to think long for the answer to anything, and when a problem hits, she already seems to know what it is. I
View ArticleCrestone cubs grow amid debate over whether mother bear's killing was...
Big pics below.On August 25, a mother bear with two cubs was shot on a ranch in Crestone by a Colorado Parks and Wildlife officer. The cubs were rescued and are growing at a facility near Silt
View ArticlePinon Canyon "Working Together" event teaches grassroots lesson in...
In the long struggle by southern Colorado residents opposing expansion of the Army's Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, one of the most striking aspects of the story has been the broad range of suppor
View ArticleStarz Denver Film Festival: Brit Withey on Denver FilmCenter/Colfax opener...
Video below.Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest -- including many flicks that movie lovers might ot
View ArticleJosh McDaniels will keep screwing Denver Broncos from afar from years to come
Josh McDaniels.Denver blog posts are water soluble. Predominantly Orange's Kim Constantinesco on the continuing fallout from Josh McDaniels's disastrous stint as Broncos coach. Colorado Pols:
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