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Since the publication of our initial blog about the decision by the backers of INDenver Times not to formally launch the operation early next month and a separate piece in which INDT investor Kevin Preblud revealed that the project fell 47,000 subscribers short of its 50,000 subscriber goal, the Times…

As noted in a blog published earlier today, the Denver Post is reporting that the three entrepreneurs backing the INDenver Times online news operation are leaving the project. However, the Post was unable to reach Kevin Preblud, the investor who speaks for the trio, prior to publication — and while…

We’ve already discussed the plan to put a strange moat-pyramid in Writer Square on the 16th Street Mall. Our ridicule might have been a bit premature, however. Turns out the moat-pyramid is on the back burner for now, dependent on whether the right retailer comes along who’s dying for a…

Yesterday, news organizations across the country published a hilarious Associated Press story claiming that the Four Corners marker — the tourist attraction that allows folks to pose for photos with limbs in Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah simultaneously — was 2.5 miles from where it’s supposed to be. But…

Last week, Kevin Preblud, one of the three entrepreneurs backing INDenver Times, an online news operation featuring thirty former members of the Rocky Mountain News, said the decision to announce a formal launch today, April 23, would likely be made based on a combination of page views and subscriptions, rather…

Yesterday, we lamented the lowlife, criminal scum that took a shot at Duane Chapman, aka Dog the Bounty Hunter, A&E reality-series star and erstwhile Westword profile/tribute subject. Now, NewsBlab.com has posted a YouTube clip featuring police traffic about the report, much of it erroneous (Dog was first thought to be…

Before the Prius, 10 compact cult cars to remember: at westword.com/slideshow. Bobette Riner publishes an electricity index used to promote renewable energy, and she bought a brand-new Prius last year to shoot the bird at the oil companies. “I felt so smug for a while,” she says. She was lucky…

Television and radio personality Tom “The Troubleshooter” Martino has asked the Denver City Council to rezone three acres of land near Welton Street and Park Avenue West. Martino is a managing member Welton Street Properties, which owns several large parcels at that intersection (“Hotel Martino,” October 30, 2008). The rezoning…

“Power Play,” Joel Warner, April 16 No Fuel Like an Old Fuel Stan Lewandowski is a fossil fool! I have a hard time understanding how someone could be so closed-minded to the climate crisis. Coal has had a devastating effect on the health of Colorado citizens as well as the…

If you’re a sucker for as-seen-on-TV products (and, really, who isn’t? ShamWow, anyone?), love blankets with sleeves and have nothing to do on Saturday night, then this event was designed for you. And you if enjoy getting regrettably hammered with strangers and want to donate money to charity, then that’s…

Editor’s note: Melanie Asmar is live blogging the Greeley trial of Allen Andrade, the man charged with murdering Angie Zapata, a transgender teen. Look for updates here — and click these links to catch up on Asmar’s coverage of the proceedings on April 16, April 17, April 20 and April…

We’ve got the music in us. Today in Backbeat Online: • 2009 Westword Music Showcase revealed. • Rowboat on the radio today. • The mysterious reappearance of John Baxter. Today in Cafe Society: • Breaking ground on Earth Day. • Mix it up at Trios Enoteca on Sunday. • Ask…

There’s an Earth Day party brewing right where you might not expect one: deep in the heart of Cherry Creek North, which was designed strictly for high-end consumers and consuming. But as pointed out by Myrna Hayutin of Gallery M, 2830 E. 3rd Avenue — where the independent film Lubie…

Go to the Denver Art Museum to see the Psychedelic Experience poster show, stay to overhear visiting family members talk about their generations…..

The push to ban the death penalty in Colorado might actually be going somewhere this year — but the same can’t be said for comprehensive sentencing reform. Under pressure from district attorneys and Colorado Attorney General John Suthers (chief apologist for the Owens-era lock-’em-up approach), Democratic lawmakers backed off Senate…

In late February, Jay Marvin, morning host for Progressive Talk AM 760, had his gallbladder removed — surgery that’s generally considered to be rather minor. But almost two months later, he still hasn’t returned to the microphone, and while substitutes such as nationally syndicated columnist David Sirota have done an…

After the closure of the Rocky Mountain News in late February, Rocky editor, publisher and president John Temple stepped away from the spotlight he’d been in since the December announcement that the tabloid was being put up for sale. However, he’s recently resurfaced via “Temple Talk,” a new blog accessible…

As part of its “Campaign of Confidence” and “Drive to Thrive,” Colorado Public Radio is devoting much of today’s programming to collecting donations. (A CPR memo published on March 20 noted that the ongoing drive and a two-day blitz on May 13 and 14 were added to the schedule due…

As the election results continue to come in for the three board of directors seats up for grabs in Intermountain Rural Electric Association, the state’s largest power co-op, longtime IREA general manager Stan Lewandowski’s footing is looking better and better. That’s much to the chagrin of IREA Voices, a progressive…