Republican senatorial candidates Ken Buck and Jane Norton are fighting over Sarah Palin in the strangest kind of way. During a Monday radio appearance on KRAI radio in Craig,, Buck seemed to say Palin would be “rude” if she endorsed Norton during a Saturday event at Magness Arena — the…
University of Colorado sociologist Tim Wadsworth says it was “complete and utter happenstance” that his study about immigration was released just as debate over the issue is at its most contentious. “It was accepted for publication [by Social Science Quarterly] last October and was put in the lineup. I don’t…
Littleton’s Michael Alan McDougall didn’t hide from the lights and lenses of TV cameras after being accused of murdering his pregnant wife, Jennifer, in a Houston suburb by shooting her in the abdomen — nor did he dodge the question of why he’d done so. Instead, he smirked and declared,…
Just prior to Mother’s Day, members of the Denver Police Department discovered a scene unfit for any greeting card. Charlene “Chuck” Ciacio, 84, was found dead, and her son, 47-year-old Michael Ciacio, was taken into custody in relation to her killing. Michael Ciacio has now been formally charged with first-degree…
The three bodies found yesterday at Boulder Stove & Flooring have now been identified as co-owners Sean and Staci Griffin and Rob Montgomery. According to the Denver Post, Montgomery was the store’s health-products specialist; he’d worked as a software specialist for two decades. In an interview yesterday for the post…
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has been spending a lot of time on the Gulf Coast lately, dealing with the noxious plumes (environmental and political) spewing from the Deepwater Horizon oil leak. In the past few days, the Secretary has had photo ops with oil-slimed pelicans, issued his umpteenth…
A Denver law firm is suing the U.S. Securities and Exchange commission for its refusal to release the names of top officials who were caught regularly using government computers to access pornography. Calling the senior officials “voracious voyeurs of pornographic and sexually explicit websites,” law firm Steese, Evans and Frankel…
Our friends at TMZ.com share a fresh Hawaiian shot of a very odd trio — hometown hero Dog the Bounty Hunter (who did his best to keep crash-happy Jerrad Leonard off the streets) and his wife, Beth, snuggling up with none other than George Clooney. TMZ’s comment: “Someone’s definitely going…
Update, 2:27 p.m.: Gilpin County Sheriff’s Office public-information officer Cherokee Blake has rounded up more information about this crime. Check it out below following the original item, which was published at 12:21 p.m. Yesterday morning, a medical marijuana dispensary in Gilpin County was robbed by two unknown men. And at…
Today was supposed to be former Boulder Police Department public-information officer Sarah Huntley’s first day as spokeswoman for the City of Boulder as a whole — but she was called back to her old job because of a very grim discovery: three dead bodies found inside a local business, Boulder…
We’ve collected posts from three Denver blogs. Check ’em out. Tim Tebow rooted on Predominantly Orange blogger Kim Constantinesco in the forty-yard dash at a Nike event over the weekend. And not to pull a hamstring. The Denver Egotist presents a video showing how Matt Scobey turned a doodle into…
Most plane crashes take place with the pilot aboard. But not the one involving Richard Steinmier earlier today. According to this special report from the Araphaoe County Sheriff’s Office, Steinmier, 73, “had been trying to start the airplane and discovered that the battery was dead. He left the ignition on,…
The study of neighbors through their lawn decorations… Figure 63. Valverde: In this context, crotchless is also perfectly acceptable. Boulder’s buff gardening gal and unclad panhandler (who wears panties as a hat) have laid bare our uneasiness with the unclothed. The half-full-figured sculpture pictured above shows how a Valverde resident…
Is Colorado a “totalitarian state” when it comes to laser jammers? Wired columnist Mr. Know-It-All concedes that “Colorado isn’t quite on par with, say, North Korea” in a piece for the magazine’s May edition. However, he continues, “state legislators might have been Kim Jong-illin’ a little when they wrote their…
Among the year’s most horrific tales of child abuse involves Ethan Stacy, a four-year old found buried near Utah’s Powder Mountain Ski Resort — the victim of what an affidavit in the case describes as a “systematic and progressively more violent pattern of abuse” that included severe burns and head…
“Long time, no publicly criticize.” That’s the e-mail greeting I received this weekend from Max Karson, a former CU student who made headlines for years in these parts with provocative (and frequently misunderstood) satire about race, relationships and pretty much any other taboo topic that popped into his head. What’s…
Readers of this blog would probably expect us to lead with photos of earnest medical marijuana protesters for our over-the-weekend wrap-up. But sometimes you have to put your pot differences aside, get drunk and eat cake, like these lasses did at Suite 200’s summer launch party on Friday. See more…
The debate continues: Was the decision to draft Florida QB Tim Tebow good for the Broncos and good for America or deserving of the bile spewed by TebowHaters.com? Now, ESPN’s Page 2 has waded into this controversy. Earlier this month, Forbes magazine published its list of the most livable cities…
“It takes a certain personality to apply to be a on a reality show,” admits Erica Cobb, one-third of the Alice 105.9 morning team (along with co-hosts B.J. and Howie). “If your friends call you crazy, that might be a qualifier. But if you’re clinically insane, no.” Cobb knows about…
Newspapers across the country are trying to figure out how to make the most of their shrinking resources, and the Denver Post is no exception, as is made clear by a memo sent to staffers last week under the signature of editor Greg Moore. The note talks about a new…
He wooed women and got away with pricey sports cars by fooling people into believing he was a Broncos player. Eventually he’d get locked up, but he started the scam all over again as soon as he was free. Amadeus Harlan, aka Johnny Harlan, spent years stealing money, vehicles and…
Project Hello — Denver 2010 from Matt Dunn on Vimeo. Last Saturday, Denver’s creative community came together in a big, shmoopy and very productive group hug as part of Project Hello, a collaborative exhibition at the Taxi II community space. To spread the word about the unique event, local artists…
