Police brutality: Denver incidents tie into national police-misconduct upswing
Much has been made of several high-profile incidents of alleged police brutality involving the Denver PD, culminating in the resignation of Denver Manager of Safety Ron Perea. Number crunche...
View ArticleShops at Northfield: Stimulus Act stimulates the Central Park Boulevard...
On a Labor Day detour from DIA, I spent a few hours wandering around the Shops at Northfield. It was a much more successful mission than my first attempt to reach this area, when I exited I...
View ArticleBoulder Fourmile Canyon fire cost: $9,439,583 and still counting thanks to...
The Fourmile Canyon Fire near Boulder remains 100 percent contained, avoiding the potential flareups about which spokesman Greg Heule warned in yesterday's update, linked above. But while th...
View ArticleShawn Merriman, aka the Mormon Madoff, gets twelve-year-plus sentence for...
In August 2009, former Mormon church lay bishop Shawn Merriman earned Shmuck of the Week honors for Ponzi scheming millions from friends and acquaintances. But yesterday, he was awarded wi...
View ArticlePatricia Louise Smith and Bennett family 1984 murders: DNA evidence points to...
Cold cases from 1984 in Lakewood and Aurora have just heated up. DNA evidence now suggests that the same person who killed Patricia Louise Smith in January of that year also slew three memb...
View ArticleLoveland Reservoir Road fire update: 35% containment -- but not out of the...
The Fourmile Canyon fire near Boulder is winding down at this writing, but the Reservoir Road blaze outside of Loveland is still more out of control than in. Containment stands at 35 percent...
View ArticleAndrea Merida: Second attempt to recall Denver Public Schools board member fails
A second attempt to recall Denver Public Schools board member Andrea Merida has failed. The Denver Elections Division again rejected a recall petition submitted by three voters in Merida's...
View ArticleTim Tebow: Rolling Stone piece praising him attacked for implying CO Springs...
Among the most commented pieces on the Colorado Springs Gazette's website in recent days has been an editorial spurred by a Westword post, "Tim Tebow: Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi Reluctant...
View ArticleLoveland's Reservoir Road alleged firestarters' case goes to DA, Fourmile...
This just in: At noon today, all areas impacted by the Fourmile Canyon fire near Boulder will be repopened to residents (get more info below). Meanwhile, crews continue to fight the Reservoi...
View ArticleJohn Hickenlooper's hot tub time machine: Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario
Watching Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper showering in his clothes almost seems normal in what will surely go down as the strangest election cycle in state history. It is only fitting in the ...
View ArticleCarmelo Anthony trade: Chicago Bulls pick of choice -- but what if Rockets...
The New Jersey Nets will have $23 million to spend next summer, with many folks hoping the cash could lure Carmelo Anthony. But if that scenario plays out, the Nuggets will get zip for thei...
View ArticleShannon Sharpe takes leave from CBS due to restraining order: See documents here
Shannon Sharpe has long been a favorite of Broncos fans -- a former record-setting tight end turned broadcaster who Denverites have long felt deserves to be in the NFL Hall of Fame. But hi...
View ArticleMichael Bennet targeted in new attack ad from organization co-founded by Karl...
These three Denver blog posts are just for you. Colorado Pols has the scoop on new spots attacking Michael Bennet, from Karl Roves' American Crossroads outfit. The bucks for (Ken) Buck sta...
View ArticleMedical marijuana rulemaking meeting room too small to fit all the people...
The Department of Revenue's medical marijuana advisory committee has been controversial from the beginning, and not only because meetings weren't open to the public until after advocates co...
View ArticleOur updated medical-marijuana directory
Feel like a trip to the islands? Then join dispensary reviewer William Breathes on a journey to Hawaiian Herbal Health. But we have options for mainlanders, too, courtesy of our extensive li...
View ArticleShannon Sharpe: Charges against him dismissed amid suggestions accuser was a...
Maybe things are going to work out for Shannon Sharpe after all. Yesterday, we noted that Sharpe had taken a temporary leave from CBS after a restraining order was filed against the former ...
View ArticleTroy Tulowitzki: Can he slug the Colorado Rockies into the playoffs all by...
We caught these three Denver blog posts. Purple Row's Andrew Martin chronicles Troy Tulowitzki's Wednesday heroics. Hope they're contagious. The Colorado Independent's Scot Kersgaard on ...
View ArticleMedical marijuana committee session has room for all -- especially after a...
Roughly 75 people attended the Department of Revenue's Medical Marijuana Advisory committee meeting this morning. Despite fears from the Cannabis Therapy Institute that there wouldn't be eno...
View ArticleLEGO Universe just got trickier: Judges rule LEGO bricks can't be trademarked
In our feature story about Louisville company NetDevil's attempt to fuse the magic of World of Warcraft and LEGO into a massive multiplayer online game called LEGO Universe (slated to be rel...
View ArticleJulien Lounis, CU student, wants refund for $401 he spent to see Buffs get...
Most CU fans suffered the Buffs 52-7 defeat to the University of California at Berkeley in agonized silence. But not Julien Lounis. As the Boulder Daily Camera reports, the CU student sent ...
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