Santiago Calatrava's DIA project: A bridge too far?
News that an "iconic" light-rail bridge spanning Pena Boulevard at Denver International Airport could cost upwards of $60 million, more than double earlier estimates, should come as no surp...
View ArticleMike Jones on why priests (and ministers like Ted Haggard) hire male prostitutes
While Ted Haggard has moved on to his second act as the founding minister of St. James, his new church in Colorado Springs, Mike Jones, the male escort who outed the meth- and male-seeking ...
View Article9.12 Project Colorado chair on Tom Tancredo's ultimatum, Ken Buck's...
The major GOP races in Colorado don't want for drama this year -- or comedy, depending on your perspective. Tom Tancredo's high noon ultimatum to Scott McInnis and Dan Maes was followed by ...
View ArticleWalter Bond allegedly torched sheepskin factory for animal rights cause (and...
Walter Bond doesn't exactly hide his convictions when it comes to animal rights. Law-enforcement types note that he has "a prominent tattoo on his neck just below his chin that reads, 'VEGA...
View ArticleDavid Benke, Deer Creek teacher who stopped gunman Bruno Eastwood, honored...
Living only 272 steps from Deer Creek Middle School, thirteen-year-old Savannah has seen tragedy unfold right in her back yard. On February 23, 2010, just as she was leaving school for the...
View ArticleDaniel Alderete charged after being shot by cop following justified killing...
You knew this one was coming. Following gunplay on 18th Avenue, Filberto Alderete was arrested for killing Jesus Sifuentes Jr. -- but he was subsequently cleared under the Make My Day law. ...
View ArticleBaby's thirsty too at White Trash Pub Crawl
Oh, the hilarious ways people in town get their drink on -- like, for instance, this weekend's White Trash Pub Crawl. Westword photographers documented the debauchery, as well as night one...
View ArticleThe Ticket: New sports-talk station on 87.7 FM, ESPN Deportes on 102.3, Jack...
Things are changing fast for Denver's latest sports-talk radio station. Last week, both co-owner Dealin' Doug Moreland and morning host/Channel 4 anchor Vic Lombardi told us the new station...
View ArticleFastracks public art is just knit right for Union Station: Kenny Be's Yard...
The study of neighbors through lawn decoration... Now you don't have to drive all the way out to DIA to look at loopy public art. A quick trip to the Fastracks construction zone behind Uni...
View ArticleScott McInnis doesn't blink at Tom Tancredo's drop-out-or-else high noon...
Some of you may think Scott McInnis is a plagiarist -- but he can sure as hell tell time. Just after noon , when Tom Tancredo demanded that McInnis and Maes promise to quit the governor's ...
View ArticleTom Tancredo changing registration to American Constitution Party, says past...
Even before alleged plagiarist Scott McInnis released a statement refusing to kowtow to Tom Tancredo's high noon ultimatum to drop out of the governor's race, Tancredo had already told the ...
View ArticleMichael Tesman: Text messaging victim, stun gun help lead to alleged...
The arrest of Michael Tesman on charges of second-degree kidnapping came together like the law-enforcement equivalent of aligning planets. Credit goes to the reported victim, Tesman's ex-w...
View ArticleCarmelo Anthony and Chris Paul could turn the Nuggets into a basketball dynasty
A Denver blog post triple play. At Denver Stiffs, Andrew Feinstein thinks Chris Paul should put Denver on his wish list -- and if he and Melo team up here, the result could be dynastic. M...
View ArticleLindsay Lohan: Does her new tattoo look like JonBenét Ramsey?
Just because Lindsay Lohan's in jail (thanks in part to an alarm tracked by Littleton's Alcohol Monitoring Systems) doesn't mean the celebrity press has lost interest in her. The latest de...
View ArticleMedical marijuana deluge: Number of Colorado MMJ patients passes 100,000 mark
Ron Hyman, the state's registrar of vital statistics, knows that the deluge of medical marijuana registry applications his office receives daily has to stop eventually. After all, he jokes, ...
View ArticleJon Caldara, Tom Tancredo, Andrew Breitbart & Independence Institute demonic...
Jon Caldara's Channel 12 show is now called Devil's Advocate, and plenty of politicians are dancing with the devil. Not only did Caldara get his job as head of the Independence Institute af...
View ArticleSex sells medical marijuana, too: Meet the $5 joint lady on Federal
"Did you see the woman in a bikini twirling a '$5 joints' sign on Federal?" In the hyper-competitive and growing field of medical marijuana sales, any advantage to catch a potential buyer'...
View ArticleRobert Knudsen: Sexually violent predator leaves Wheat Ridge on heels of...
One of the most uncomfortable responsibilities for municipalities these days is to inform the citizenry that a sexually violent predator has come to town. So imagine how delighted the folks...
View ArticleMedical marijuana persecution vs. improper law practice: CO Supreme Court...
A fresh development in the bizarre case of Kurt Riggin, a self-proclaimed tribal chief and attorney accused of the improper practice of law plus a string of charges related to his defense o...
View ArticleCarmelo Anthony's best options: Demand trade to New York or Chicago -- or...
Carmelo Anthony has lots of options. Melo could sign a monster contract extension with the Nuggets, try to create a Melo-Chris Paul-Amare Stoudemire trio in New York (with a trade possibly ...
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