Fort Collins sixth best place to live, says Money magaziners -- and they try...
The folks at magazines and websites love to cook up city lists -- rosters proclaiming that a certain burg is the best this, or the worst that. Doing so makes sense, given that people with a ...
View ArticleCesar Reyes arrested in Aurora triple shooting near on North Wheeling Street...
First, we let you know that Montae Davis, seventeen, was the victim of a shooting near Fairfax Liquors over the weekend. And now, we've got the name of a man arrested in an Aurora triple sh...
View ArticleTim Tebow's one tough son (of God?), according to Madden 11
A trio of worthy posts from Denver blogs. Tim Tebow gets a toughness ranking of 98 on Madden 11, notes jonmark93 on a Mile High Report fan post. Grrrrr! Colorado Pols shares Stan Garnett'...
View ArticlePETA, out to pluck Denver, files appeal on McCruelty
"Not a peep," said spokeswoman Ann Williams when I asked last week if the Denver Department of Public Works had heard anything from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals after the ...
View ArticleCarmelo Anthony-Amare Stoudemire-Chris Paul team-up: Don't laugh it off
Not many wedding toasts make headlines -- but Chris Paul's salute to Carmelo Anthony and bride Lala Vasquez at their weekend nuptials was definitely an exception. Paul teased a possible big...
View ArticleTed Haggard's new church moving to Pikes Peak Center: Too big too soon?
Comeback pastor Ted Haggard's new St. James church has been alternately praised for its feel-good message and derided as an empty infomercial due to the frequent presence of film crews reco...
View ArticleMedical marijuana: Backers of Colorado Springs dispensary ban don't like your...
In early June, several Colorado Springs locals filed paperwork to put a medical-marijuana-business ban on the November ballot. Since then, I've tried to reach petition signatories or anyone...
View ArticleWoman shot dead after possible ambush on East 36th Avenue (No. 13)
As the temperatures have heated up, so has metro-area violence. In recent days, Montae Davis died after a shooting near Fairfax Liquors and Cesar Reyes was arrested for an Aurora triple sho...
View ArticleScott McInnis: Too lazy to do his own plagiarism?
By any objective standard, the 150 error-ridden pages of "Musings on Water" churned out by Scott McInnis aren't worth the $300,000 the Hasan Family Foundation paid for them. Now we know, ...
View ArticleMedical marijuana sting operation: Aurora chief of police Dan Oates says it...
Last week, the Aurora Police Department busted Dr. Manuel Aquino-Villaman for allegedly writing medical marijuana recommendations to two undercover police officers without examining them. A...
View ArticlePark Hill gardener pleads for life: Kenny Be's Sign Language
The very nature of gardening is a life and death matter. Out in the yard, something has to die so something else can live. Tending greenhouse-grown transplants from toxic weeds and voraciou...
View ArticleKatsina Roybal (No. 13): Victim in East 36th Avenue shooting convicted in...
Earlier today, we told you about a murder on East 36th Avenue. The Denver coroner has now identified the woman who died in the shooting as Katsina Roybal, 21. This isn't the first time Roy...
View ArticleDan Maes tries to put his campaign fine behind him: Good luck with that
Last Wednesday, Alan Prendergast wrote about a potential fine against Dan Maes for campaign-finance violations involving mileage reimbursements. The penalties could have exceeded $27,000, ...
View ArticleKyle Orton, not Tim Tebow, is the number one Bronco who must step up
One-two-three samples from Denver blogs. Bronco Talk's Mr. East writes that Kyle Orton tops the list of ten Broncos who must step up this season -- and Tim Tebow doesn't even make the cut....
View ArticleGeorge Steinbrenner almost bought the Colorado Rockies -- the other Colorado...
New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, who died today, was among the most colorful characters in all of sports -- so much so that the satire of him perpetrated by the folks at Seinfeld...
View ArticleCorporal Larry D. Harris to be honored by Bill Ritter, dishonored by Westboro...
The extraordinary life and tragic death of Corporal Larry D. Harris, a Colorado Marine killed in Afghanistan, will be marked across the state tomorrow: Governor Bill Ritter has ordered flag...
View ArticleAngie Zapata: Two years after her death, LGBTQ murders at second-highest rate...
Saturday will mark two years since transgender Greeley teen Angie Zapata was beaten to death by a man she met on the Internet. Zapata's killer, Allen Andrade, was found guilty of murder; t...
View ArticleMedical marijuana regulations: Q&A with Matt Cook, the man behind the rules
One of the main people to thank -- or curse -- for Colorado's new medical marijuana regulations is Matt Cook, senior director of enforcement at the Department of Revenue. Cook, who worked c...
View ArticleHasan Family Foundation's trickle-down economics: Will Scott McInnis drown in...
Money can't buy you everything -- although it can certainly smooth the way for a while. The Hasan family fortune provided the base for the Hasam Family Foundation, which paid $300,000 to Sc...
View ArticleScott McInnis's statement on plagiarism controversy doesn't hold water
The plagiarism controversy plaguing Scott McInnis is only getting uglier, and his awkward attempts to make it go away are doing nothing thus far to tidy up the mess. The problem is exacerb...
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