There was something strange about last night’s report by Channel 4’s Rick Sallinger about terror-suspect Najibullah Zazi. While his counterparts at other local TV-news outlets offered their updates from the comfort of their home studios, Sallinger was actually in New York City, trudging through Zazi’s old apartment building and being…
Where does the Denver Post stand when it comes to the legality of medical-marijuana dispensaries? In an August 31 editorial, the paper declared, “It would be much easier if marijuana use were legalized and regulated,” but added that “authorities ought to make sure certified users truly are deserving of the…
Spin me right ’round. Today in Backbeat Online: • Over the Weekend: DJ Craze at Beta. • Over the weekend: Bryan Adams at the Paramount Theatre. • Denver House Authority off Vinyl rooftop. • Win a pair of tickets to see Manic Street Preachers tonight. • Dialed In: This week’s…
Our daily search for worthy local bloggage. The Pols react to Douglas Bruce’s tax-slashing plan for Colorado. As you might suspect, they don’t like it. (Colorado Pols) The Nuggets start training camp this week, so Andrew Feinstein is wondering aloud: “Are we in a good place?” (Denver Stiffs) John Bena…
Years ago, there was this thing called repertory cinema, where you could see a different second-run film every day, in a real theater — which, once upon a time, people really wanted to do. A shared experience! In Denver, you’d sometimes hit places like the Flick in Larimer Square and…
Colorado Frockies manager Jim Tracy shows who’s boss in a power-fringe ensemble from Team Firefox, and Matt Murton comes from way out of left field in a duct-tape and plastic-tarp gown designed by Izzy Bristow…..
Another day, another article in a major publication implying that Arthur Folsom, the Denver-area attorney representing terror suspect Najibullah Zazi, couldn’t be more doomed to disaster if his legal background consisted entirely of watching season three of Night Court on DVD. This time, the doubt is slathered on by the…
Here’s some odd (or maybe not so odd) timing. Even as the Colorado Rockies are fighting to secure a playoff berth, KOA has confirmed that Jeff Kingery, the squad’s play-by-play man since its inception, will retire at the end of the season. But while the outlet’s press release is as…
Twitter isn’t just for letting people know about dead bodies without linking to any additional information, as the Denver Police Department did this morning in regard to a slaying in an AT&T parking lot at 2535 E. 40th Avenue. It’s also a place for politicos to promote themselves while trying…
The Colorado Convention Center hosted both a sex-industry trade show and the Great American Beer Fest — and we’re quite interested if anyone got hammered and wandered into the wrong bash. See photos of those events, plus plenty of other parties from around the city, at westword.com/slideshow…
View Larger Map At around 3:30 a.m. this morning, a woman was reportedly shot and killed in a parking lot outside an AT&T building, near an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). More than six hours later, the Denver…
Even before he has his first New York City court appearance, terror suspect Najibbullah Zazi, who was shipped out of Colorado on Friday (leaving us with his father, Mohammad, as our most prominent remaining Zazi), is paying dividends to NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg — a man who knows a little…
Republicans aren’t thrilled by the signs on highway projects announcing that they are being paid for by stimulus funds, seeing them as de facto ads for the Obama administration. Which got us to wondering: What signs might Republicans endorse? With the help of CustomRoadSign.com, we came up with five suggestions,…
This whole Basebrawl idea, in which we would trash talk with the San Francisco Giants lovers at our sister publication, the SF Weekly, along the road to the playoffs, hasn’t turned out to be much of a fight. Moments ago, I cyber-ambled over to the Weekly’s news blog to see…
Earlier this month, the Denver Post’s Dan Haley and I made our bets about the Broncos’ season record — and I was one game more pessimistic than he was, predicting they’d end the season at four wins, twelve losses in an inglorious return to the days of Steve Tensi. Three…
Since she took over as district attorney five years ago, Carol Chambers has let wrongdoers in the Eighteenth Judicial District know that she’s going to hold them accountable. She’s pursued lengthy habitual-criminal sentences for low-level offenders, gone after opposing attorneys and truth-fudging cops, and even criticized judges for taking (and…
Here’s a shock: In the GOP straw poll held on Friday, gubernatorial candidate Josh Penry absolutely crushed Dan Maes, who hardly anyone realizes is still running, including, probably, members of his own family. As for Scott McInnis, the leader in name recognition and a new poll he likes better than…
Viewership of local TV news broadcasts has been taking a journey to the center of the earth over recent years, but reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated — as a recent death demonstrates. Late Friday afternoon, Michelle Weiss-Samaras of Environmental Health (the P.C. name for the Denver Coroner’s…
News broke late last week that Kristen Parker, the former Rose Medical Center surgical rep accused of passing hepatitis C to victims like those at the center of “Going Viral,” Alan Prendergast’s recent feature, would plead guilty to a potpourri of charges against her — and by Friday afternoon, she’d…
Spill some ink. Today in Backbeat Online: • Now, that’s dedication. It’s also, um, forever. • Are you the best band in Denver? • Freaky Friday: “Common People” — Shatner’s cover slash-up version. • Friday Freeloader: Vendetta Festival MP3s. • Freeloader Friday: Win tickets to see Carbon Leaf and Stephen…
View Larger Map Earlier this week, we told you about a fight that resulted in the fatal stabbing of a man on the 1200 block of North Chambers Road near Hinkley High School, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger…
Homer Duggins is Westword’s house gambling expert. Read his dispatches every Friday in the Latest Word sports section. Read last week’s blog here. It’s Raider Week. Oh yeah, it’s Raider Week! Normally I’d be fully engaged in my typical Raider Week traditions — painting my face blue and orange when…
