Alan Prendergast has been reporting about Edward Montour, a prison murderer the 18th Judicial District DA’s office now headed by George Brauchler has targeted with the death penalty — a controversial effort further complicated by a changed finding in the case that landed Montour behind bars in the first place…
One of the weirdest moments in this year’s Oscars came when John Travolta pronounced the name of Frozen co-star Idina Menzel as “Adele Dazeem.” (If you missed it, we’ve included the video below.) Inspired, the folks at Slate came up with a widget that lets folks type in any name…
The Broncos have released cornerback Champ Bailey. It was a move the team had to make: Bailey was hurt most of last year, and when he wasn’t, he was a shadow of his formerly great self — plus, the decision saved the squad $10 million. And yet, there’s no joy…
The end was near. Jeff Pickles had been standing in front of the weathered Pac-Man machine for more than three hours, guiding the yellow puck through the same maze over and over and over again, gobbling up every dot, power pellet and piece of fruit in his way. He was…
“High-Rise Anxiety,” Alan Prendergast,” February 27 Shadow Government Thank you for keeping an eye on the administration of Michael Hancock. The Sloan’s Lake neighborhood is not the first one to complain that the mayor is ignoring its concerns. Remember this in May 2015, when we’ll vote again for mayor of…
Dear Stoner: What’s up with this German study claiming that two people have died from marijuana? What’s the call here?Def J. Dear Def J.: That study is based on some pretty circumstantial evidence: Researchers cite a couple of reports about two men in their twenties whose blood pressure increased slightly…
Nailing a perfect Pac-Man game, as Jeff Pickles did, requires a combination of twitch skills, marathon-worthy knees and a healthy hunger for blue ghosts. Scoring has become a science, as a small but active community of players continues its decades-long quest to uncover the game’s secrets. Exhaustive YouTube walkthroughs, interactive…
Even though Colorado received more than 40,000 new medical marijuana patient applications in 2013, the total number of active patients on the state’s registry stayed about the same as in 2012, when voters went beyond MMJ to let adults 21 and over to use and possess small amounts of cannabis…
Our recent posts about CU-Boulder’s decision to close the campus on 4/20 for the third consecutive year (even though April 20 coincides with Easter Sunday in 2014) brought some angry responses, as well as takes from several readers who seem to believe such bashes have reached their expiration date. Here’s…
Denver blog posts are twerking for the weekend. At our Backbeat blog, Kiernan Maletsky argues that Miley Cyrus is pop music’s greatest role model (really). Colorado Pols on who the government shutdown hurt. The site’s answer is: you. Mile High Hockey’s Cheryl Bradley issues a cease-fire request in a war…
When GQ offered to make over Colorado Congressman Jared Polis — caught on camera wearing a polo shirt with a bow tie — we couldn’t resist offering our own makeover suggestions for the Boulder Democrat. So when two Republicans recently announced they were going to join the hordes going for…
We recently shared an Inside Edition report about smoke shacks at ski areas — after which personnel at Breckenridge destroyed Leo’s Smoke Shack, which had been featured in hidden-camera footage. But while Leo’s is gone, its spirit lives in a hilarious parody put together by photog Arthur Balluff and a…
Rocker/gun-rights fan Ted Nugent is backing Tom Tancredo for governor and has even authorized a fundraising letter in which donors are entered into a contest for a new AR-15. (See it below.) But will such support cost Tancredo as much as it gains? After all, Texas gubernatorial hopeful Gregory Abbott…
Last year, we shared our list of the ten scariest out-of-state license plates to see in a storm. But plates aren’t the only warnings of roadway dangers when the conditions are snowy, icy or, in the case of this morning, seemingly fine for the most part, but deceptively slick in…
Update: An arrest has been made in the weekend shooting of Loveland Police Officer Garret Osilka; see our previous coverage below. Cody Powell, 23, who’d been identified as a person of interest in the case, phoned the authorities from a Loveland Walmart and offered to turn himself in. He’s now…
Throughout the past several months, we’ve been keeping you up to date on the startling number of fatal avalanches that have taken place this season in Colorado and throughout the west. At last count, there have been nineteen avalanche deaths this season in the U.S., with seven in Colorado –…
Artistic entrepreneur Dana Cain, co-founder of the Denver County Fair, can cross one thing off her bucket list. She’s going to be in Penthouse magazine. “They wanted me to be the centerfold, but I don’t know about that,” she jokes. “I’m not at liberty to share the photos.” Okay, so…
Our collection of photos from a weekend crash on I-25 — one that involved 104 vehicles and led to one fatality and thirty injuries — spurred a wide variety of responses. Here’s one of the most thoughtful — a post about the dangers of taking driving in inclement weather for…
Denver blog posts are signing in. At our Show & Tell blog, Bree Davies offers advice about dismantling sexist culture one irrelevant strip-club sign at a time. Colorado Peak Politics on the official (at last) entry into the race for governor of Bob Beauprez. Denver Egotist on the local connection…
Yesterday, we told you about the decision by administrators at CU-Boulder to close the campus on 4/20 for the third consecutive year; see our previous coverage below. Presumably, there won’t be much going on in the buildings near Norlin Quad (longtime ground zero of 4/20 at CU) on the date,…
The battle over the sale of a former school property in Alamosa — which deeply divided the town last summer, pitting advocates for a “healthy living park” against backers of a private, high-end RV resort — appears to have reached an unexpected resolution. A settlement in a lawsuit over the…
Update: Last week, we told you about the homicide arrest of Aaron Little — and then, a day or so later, Little’s release when an autopsy suggested the victim may have died from natural causes. (See our previous coverage below.) In our post, we wondered if the Denver Police Department…
