Marijuana lawyers rallying for court battles in wake of HB 1284
A ten-lawyer panel oiled the big guns Monday for its coming fight against sweeping marijuana legislation set to be signed by Governor Bill Ritter, urging an overflow crowd of medical pot en...
View ArticleSuper Freak Bandit ain't Rick James, bitch
The Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force has outdone itself this time. The office known for its clever names for at-large bank robbers has previously given us such memorable monikers as ...
View ArticleJonBenét Ramsey lookalike cult?: The latest accusations against John Mark Karr
When last we heard from John Mark Karr, the loonbag who managed to convince CU professor Michael Tracy that he'd killed JonBenét Ramsey, he had reportedly undergone a sex change and was now...
View ArticleDenvergov.org hacking: Site back up, search on for cyber-vandals unknown
Update, 9:47 a.m.: The Denvergov.org website is back up. Learn more about recent cyber-attacks on it in the item below, originally published at 9:21 a.m. Someone with impressive tech skill...
View ArticleMarcus Duran shooting: Classic "Make My Day" case or unjustifiable homicide?
The Denver Police Department is investigating the death of Marcus Duran, seventeen, as a homicide -- but there's no telling at this point whether it'll be determined to have been a justifia...
View ArticleMike Bestor as suburban superhero Golden Grillzilla: Kenny Be's Hip TIp
Golden Grillzilla Real Name: Michael C. Bestor Occupation: City Manager Suburb of Operations: Golden, Colorado and sometimes Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria Hair: Extensive Eyes: Telescopic visio...
View ArticleMedical marijuana persecution or improper practice of law?: The strange case...
The Colorado Supreme Court has played host to some odd hearings over its history -- but few have been more unusual than the May 14 proceeding involving Kurt Riggin. Riggin, who identifies...
View ArticleDog the Bounty Hunter fresh meat for prison badasses in E! True Hollywood Story
Those of you who decided to spend your Monday evening watching the final episodes of 24 and Law and Order are probably kicking yourselves over skipping the E! True Hollywood Story portrait ...
View ArticleKyle Orton trade rumors and the tender trap
With so many quarterbacks clogging up the Denver Broncos' roster, it's only natural that trade rumors would surface about 2009 starter Kyle Orton. After all, bringing in two more QBs -- Br...
View ArticleDouglas Bruce = Dr. Evil, says ColoradoPols
Blogs about Denver don't suffer from a lack of oxygen, no matter what flatlanders say. Here are three examples. ColoradoPols highlights reporting by Eileen Welsome, a former Westworder tur...
View ArticleRobert Laurencio Montoya wears orange prison jumpsuit on day of Kayleah...
At this writing, a memorial service for Kayleah Wilson, who was twelve at the time of her death, is taking place in Greeley. But earlier today, the focus was on a person whose involvement i...
View ArticleKen Salazar fumes, hair booms nixed: Gulf spill update
As oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster begins to stain shorelines along the Gulf Coast, beauticians across the nation are learning that one of the more feel-good (and dubious) solution...
View ArticleScottie Ewing, pro skier and swinger, on a slippery slope with the IRS
Scottie Ewing has had quite the career. While still a pro skier, he became an entrepreneur, starting a number of businesses that promoted partying... and prostitution. I first encountered hi...
View ArticleBad Hatter Bandit turns FBI into fashion police
After outdoing itself earlier this week by way of its moniker for the Super Freak Bandit, the Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force, the agency charged with nicknaming local bank robbers, ...
View ArticleMedical marijuana chain?: Amsterdam firm's plan may be killed by residency...
Among the more controversial elements of the state's pending overhaul of the medical marijuana industry, is a requirement that those operating dispensaries be Colorado residents -- a provis...
View ArticleYahoo! to open major Denver office as part of Associated Content acquisition
Lately, major businesses like Frontier Airlines and Qwest have made news for decreasing their presence in Denver, not expanding it. But Yahoo!'s acquisition of Associated Content last wee...
View ArticleKayleah Wilson video tribute -- with music by Slaughter
Approximately 400 people said goodbye to Kayleah Wilson at a memorial service in Greeley yesterday -- the same day eighteen-year-old Robert Laurencio Montoya, who reportedly had a sexual rel...
View ArticleJared Polis to Timothy Geithner: Don't let banks discriminate against medical...
Representative Jared Polis has spent a lot of his legislative capital of late defending the medical marijuana industry in Colorado from possible interference by the federal government. In ...
View ArticleJohn Suthers's connection to "American terrorist" Anwar al-Awlaki
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers's name was recently juxtaposed with that of an extremely unsavory fellow -- serial killer Scott Lee Kimball. A front-page Denver Post story over the w...
View ArticleSex and the City 2 for dummies: Kenny Be's Sign Language
While Sex and the City 2 opens in theaters today, Denver's own never-ending dating drama continues to be played out by dummies in the downtown window of Diamond Lil's. Much like the movie,...
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