Westboro Baptist Church to take on the East High Angels?
Fred Phelps.Sadly, it's too late to block the border. By now the professional picketers from Westboro Baptist Church, Fred Phelps's "god-hates-fags" group, have likely made their way from Kansa
View ArticleTim Tebow guarantees starting job for rest of season with Broncos' win over...
Video below.After Tim Tebow threw himself to the Lions last weekend, the hatred from Twitter Nation came fast and furious -- and even True Believers could be forgiven a moment of doubt. But onc
View ArticleStarz Denver Film Festival: Wishes come true with Chely Wright's Wish Me Away...
Big pics below.Each year, one of the best things about the Starz Denver Film Festival is the opportunity to hear directly from filmmakers and, sometimes, the subjects of the films themselves. A
View ArticleOccupy Denver elects a new leader: Shelby, a Border Collie mix
Shelby.At three and a half years old, Shelby is too young to vote but not to be voted for. Last night, she almost ruined her greatest accomplishment to date when, during announcements at Occupy
View ArticleThe Descendants is a small story that made for a Big Night at the Starz...
Big pics below.The Big Night presentation of the annual Starz Denver Film Festival has become a showcase for future Academy Award nominees: The last four flicks featured in this slot included t
View ArticleThomas Bashline, Harlem Globetrotters trainer, found dead, investigated as...
Thomas Bashline.Thomas Bashline, 42, a sometime trainer for the Harlem Globetrotters, was found dead in his Frederick home on Friday, but the circumstances weren't immediately clear. But after
View ArticleReader: Shooting of a mother bear in Crestone was unjustified & state must be...
Our story about the killing of a mother bear in Crestone by a Colorado Parks and Wildlife officer, and the current status of the two cubs she left behind, drew a response from the woman who own
View ArticleOver the Weekend: Judas Priest rocks, SBTRKT adds up, Meatless Monday & Kegs...
Big pics below.What did you do this weekend? Perhaps you crossed paths with intrepid Westword scribes and photogs, who document their experiences at our slideshow page or Backbeat Online, Cafe
View ArticleOccupy Denver ends a week of peace with nonviolence committee and safety...
Today concludes the first week without substantial police interaction for Occupy Denver in recent memory. While the previous week marked five hospitalizations, one arrest inside an igloo, one
View ArticleWestboro Baptist Church counter-protest at East High champions love over hate...
Big pics below.Surprise, surprise: Protesters from the Westboro Baptist Church, who often threaten to picket certain locations and then fail to show up, actually brought their vile circus to Ea
View ArticleJohn Vasquez, Marie Marone allegedly stabbed disabled woman to death for the...
Big pics below.The arrest affidavit pertaining to John Vasquez and Marie Marone is one of the most chilling documents you're ever likely to read -- which is appropriate given that their busts m
View ArticleStarz Denver Film Festival 2011 must-see pick for Monday, November 7:...
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 ArticleMeet Bodhi, the Denver Zoo's first male elephant: Bring on the green weenie!
Bodhi.The green weenie is here. The Denver Zoo has welcomed its first male elephant, a seven-year-old named Bodhi who hails from Ohio. Thanks to a new exhibit called Asian Tropics, the zoo wil
View ArticleOccupy Denver: Read what the 99 percent would change about the world,...
If you're not paying attention to Occupy Denver news on Twitter, you're missing some of the strongest and most readily available social commentary on the movement. (You're also, of course, miss
View ArticleFreda Poundstone dies at 84: Republican power changed the shape of Denver's...
Poundstone.The passing of Republican powerhouse Freda Poundstone has us thinking about how this city might look if she'd never had her considerable career as a legislator/lobbyist. For starter
View ArticleTop 25 mug shots of October 2011
Big pics below.The latest edition of our monthly mug shot roundups is a little late, but it makes up for tardiness with vivid images of folks accused or convicted of doing bad (and often weird)
View ArticleRed-light cameras at intersections set to nab people trying to turn right on...
36th & Quebec.Cameras at intersections have plenty of detractors, many of whom claim their usage is more about revenue enhancement than safety. Now, a Complete Colorado report offers some numbe
View ArticleOccupy Denver: ACLU investigating the seizure of personal property during...
One week after the Colorado ACLU launched an investigation into the constitutionality of police action at Occupy Denver, the group has yet to receive the records it requested from the Denver Po
View ArticleLori Ann Waldo allegedly grabs bar staffer's balls, tells him she wants to...
Big pic below.The details of criminal cases are often grabbier than the basic facts -- literally so in the case of Lori Ann Waldo. Reporting to date about her arrest for allegedly putting the
View ArticleMedical marijuana crackdown in California illegal because it's not happening...
Yesterday, attorneys in California asked a court to issue a temporary restraining order to stop federal raids on pot dispensaries there. This request makes a slew of legal arguments, one of wh
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