Hey look, everyone! Something happened. In our continuing coverage of things that happen directly outside our headquarters at 969 Broadway, Westword has obtained exclusive photos of a car crash that captivated passing motorists for as long as ten seconds but otherwise has no relevance to your life. When a Westword…

Say it ain’t so, Naughty! Things don’t look good for the Sheriff of Naughty-ham. The Denver-based Chief Federal Judge Edward Nottingham is in serious hot water now that 9NEWS has revealed that the Justice Department and the FBI are looking into allegations that he told a former prostitute to lie…

Denver Health, the city’s safety-net hospital, has been operating its ambulance service under an inadequate response-time standard, according the city watchdog. The Denver Auditor’s Office on Thursday issued an alert to Mayor John Hickenlooper and various Safety Department agencies, warning that Denver Health paramedics are striving to hit response-time goals…

In this week’s Off Limits we note our excitement at discovering that the Metro Area Graffiti Task Force has posted a comprehensive list of every known gang and graffiti crew in the region. Now graffiti laymen can discover just what the scrawled tags across the city actually mean. According to…

Did you hear the one about the miniature pianist? You’ve probably been wondering: Isn’t it about the time of year for the GI Joe Stop-Motion Film Festival? Well you can quit your wondering, my friend. In fact, you can quit thinking altogether. Because the film fest that no one except…

Get me a 40oz of Powerade, homie! Denver officials, not content with being the only city in the world to offer an urban snowboard park, recently disclosed that they are planning the first-ever downhill mountain bike course built in the inner-city. Scott Robson, deputy manager for the Denver Department of…

What a sap… A lawsuit filed by a teenager against the Denver Police Department could have an impact on officers’ use of an antiquated weapon. Fourteen-year-old Anthony Fernandez alleges that he suffered serious spine and head injuries during an arrest in April when Officer Thomas Bogart struck him with a…

Aspen is about as far as you can get from Baghdad. There are no suicide bombings, no power outages, food shortages or military checkpoints in this upscale enclave. But there is a skatepark, and Llewellyn Werner points to it as he explains why his project has the potential to transform…

On September 10, the City of Baghdad posted a notice on its website announcing hearings at which the public can weigh in on future uses for al-Zawra park. The first order of business: Design proposals for a 650-foot-high Ferris wheel, which would be the tallest in the world — and…

Will it go ’round in circles? Maybe you’ve heard what has been dubbed the “Ferris wheel” radio attack ad targeting John McCain. “Well, the Iraqi government is finally spending some of its $79 billion surplus from oil,” begins a scratchy voice over the sound of carnival music. “Where’s the money…

Take me to your teacher! So, did Aurora edu-crats reveal their liberal agenda when they suspended fifth-grader Daxx Dalton last week for wearing an “Obama is a terrorist’s best friend” T-shirt? Or are school administrators and the offending tyke victims of a conniving right-wing parent and corporate media outlets playing…

Andrew Hallam as seen on Fox News. Part-time Metro prof Andrew Hallam has been sucked into a media whirlpool after assigning an essay that student Jana Barber (and others, apparently) felt would require them to write a one-sided attack against Sarah Palin. Risking retaliation, the very brave Barber has stepped…

Chris Eigeman, Denver guy. As a certain Westword editor-in-chief likes to say, Denver has exactly ONE in-town celebrity. His name rhymes with “smellway.” But unless you spend Tuesday nights sucking down saketinis and $45 steaks in Cherry Creek, you are not likely to encounter the Mile High City’s famous son…

Read my lips! During mass demonstrations, it’s the most extreme and violent incidents that usually garner the most attention. This was certainly true during last month’s Democratic National Convention, when the most heavily covered protest events – by both the mainstream press and the activist media – involved arrests or…

Hope you don’t get detained by security. Shepard Fairey wasn’t the only artist to get caught in the tentacles of DNC security. The week before the convention, Alan Jones, owner of high-end art installation company Ship Art Denver, got an exciting rush job to deliver sculptor Robert Indiana’s “HOPE” –…