South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone grew up in Colorado and attended the University of Colorado in Boulder, which explains why their celebrated show includes lots of local references. So it was only a matter of time before the duo took on the hottest topic around these parts…
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone grew up in Colorado and attended the University of Colorado in Boulder, which explains why their celebrated show includes lots of local references. So it was only a matter of time before the duo took on the hottest topic around these parts…
April Fools Day jokes are a quarter a quadrillion — unless, that is, they go beyond the ordinary and into sheer inspiration. That’s the case with a stunt in Boulder, although city officials don’t necessarily agree. The gist: Person or persons unknown have created a hoax door hanger declaring that…
The Tea Party Express rally staged yesterday at the Capitol was fairly typical of many protests against Barack Obama and anyone who ever said anything positive about him, with one notable exception — a performance by rapper David Saucedo, who goes by the name Politik. Judging by the video seen…
Denver produces many good blogs, and we’re not kidding. A salute to Mile High Report fan blogger jonmark93, for his post about a Brandon Marshall-for-Phillip Rivers trade. He even went to the trouble of dummying up a bogus ESPN report about it. If only he’d double-checked the spelling of Philip’s…
As Colorado’s medical-marijuana industry grows, marijuana dispensaries of all types and sizes are proliferating around the state. Some resemble swanky bars or sterile dentist offices; others feel like a dope dealer’s college dorm room. To help keep them all straight, Westword will be offering a no-holds-barred look at what goes…
The Parker Police Department’s announcement that it had arrested Michael R. Frazier, 47, in an Internet sex sting isn’t particularly out of the ordinary — except for the final paragraph. “Attached is a mug shot of Frazier and we ask the media that if you run the story on air…
So… you and your pals are slinging marijuana and cocaine, and you’re scheduled to make an exchange with a buyer. What do you bring with you? The product? Check. A gun? Check. Anything else? Oh yeah: A fourteen-month-old girl. That’s the allegation made against four Colorado Springs men in regard…
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Update, 11:03 a.m.: Moments ago, Denver Post editor Greg Moore responded to an interview request for this blog, which was originally published at 10:46 a.m. His comments have been incorporated below. Last Friday afternoon, we published an interview with award-winning Denver Post reporter Miles Moffeit, who confirmed that he was…
Editor’s note: Because this week we present the 2010 version of our annual Best of Denver issue, some of our regular features are taking the week off — but not Gustavo Arellano’s Ask a Mexican column, spiced up just for April 1. Dear Readers: In honor of April Fool’s Day,…
Last week, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers joined a dozen peers around the country to sue the federal government in an effort to stop the new health-care law. “I understand that many citizens of Colorado will allege that this lawsuit is politically motivated. It is not. I am not reacting…
Yesterday, we told you that attorney John Pineau — who represents Carol “Chay” Burdick in a dispute that pits Peeps against possible eviction — had agreed to speak to The Colbert Report’s Stephen Colbert about a trial delay without commenting on the case itself. Our prediction: “Knowing Colbert, it’ll wind…
For indefatigable marijuana booster Mason Tvert, founder of the advocacy organization Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER), April 1 is a very big day. Rallies are scheduled to take place at more than eighty colleges and universities across the country (see the complete list below) arguing that students who use…
Earlier this week, we told you about a double homicide near the Sommerset Garden Apartments in Aurora. The victims have now been identified: Jarrel Jordan Rivers, eighteen, and Paul Maurice Chatman, 28. However, the two suspects who were grabbed shortly after the police arrived on scene are no longer in…
Moments ago, we published a special April Fool’s Day edition of our “Mile Highs and Lows” dispensary reviews, in which William Breathes discovers that the One Man Mobile Dispensary in Civic Center Park lacks the amenities of most MMJ establishments — and it’s fully stocked with seed-filled weed bricks more…
This dispensary has closed. As Colorado’s medical-marijuana industry grows, marijuana dispensaries of all types and sizes are proliferating around the state. Some resemble swanky bars or sterile dentist offices; others feel like a dope dealer’s college dorm room. To help keep them all straight, Westword will be offering a no-holds-barred…
Daniel Newman Danny Newman is full of ideas. He has been since middle and high school, when he attended the Denver School of the Arts. As an adult, the 29-year-old Newman has managed to turn a lot of those ideas into reality — from his creation of the Denver Zombie…
This afternoon, Chief U.S. District Judge Wiley Y. Daniel sentenced prominent Thornton restaurant owner Dan Tang to eighteen months in prison for his part in the largest marijuana bust in state history — more than the probation requested by his lawyers, but considerably less than the seventy to 87 months…
You know that song “Ironic” by Alanis Morrisette? The one with the lyrics that go, “It’s like raaay-ay-aaaaaain on your wedding day/It’s a free riiiiiiiiii-ide when you’ve already paid,” and something about having ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife? While it’s questionable whether any of those…
Today at 9:30 a.m., Chief U.S. District Judge Wiley Y. Daniel began the sentencing hearing for Dan Tang, the last person charged as part of Operation Fortune Cookie, the largest marijuana bust in state history. Law enforcement believed Tang, a prominent Thornton restaurateur who’s served mayors, governors and former President…
A federal class-action suit involving disabled Coloradans — two war veterans with psychological disorders — and their service animals was filed Tuesday against Aurora, the City and County of Denver and its head of Animal Control. The two veterans, and another disabled woman from out of state, say Denver’s controversial…
