Forget smartphones and robotic hamsters: The real hot gifts this holiday season are medical marijuana gizmos. There are a bunch of cutting-edge weed products being developed right here in Colorado. Check out a few of our favorites below. Think of it like a holiday gift guide for that special medical-marijuana…
In less than an hour, Thaddeus Gonzalez is due in a Denver courtroom in relation to three sex-crime charges: two counts of sexual assault on a child and sexual assault — ten year age difference. But the Denver District Attorney’s Office isn’t sure the individuals involved in these three incidents,…
Welcome to the New Depression, when local banks are being robbed at a rapid pace — because, as Willie Sutton once said, that’s where the money is. Two banks were lightened of their loads on Monday. Yesterday, a US Bank branch at 10190 Colfax Avenue in Aurora got the stick-up…
Say hello to the hunkiest construction-safety sign ever. It’s the kind of sign that makes you proud to be an American, and it’s hanging on the fence that surrounds the dirt hole at 12th Avenue and Broadway that will one day be the new History Colorado Center…
View Larger Map There have been a rash of bodies found in Denver alleys lately, including Robert Clarke, the victim of Mile High Murder No. 54, and Cheriece Knox, slain in Mile High Murder No. 55. The latest, found in a recycling bin in an alley near 22nd and Clarkson,…
Another Tuesday, another Twit we’d like to bring to your attention. Today, the Twitter limelight falls on Tim Davids, a writer and filmmaker from Boulder. When we opened nominations a few weeks back to figure out who we should be featuring, Davids tweeted this: “i wanna be a featured twit…
A short-cut to Denver’s corner of the blogosphere. As a bonus to AJ Vicens’ analysis of last night’s Nuggets win over Oklahoma City, the folks at 5280 include a video showing how you can rock a “faux-hawk” like Chris “Birdman” Andersen. Product not included. The Colorado Independent’s John Tomasic notes…
This weekend, an explosion rocked the home of a licensed medical marijuana grower in Breckenridge, reportedly because roommates of the owner who were injured in the accident were trying to process hashish using butane. If that’s what happened, the people in question were taking a considerable risk, says Timothy Tipton,…
Update, 12:27 p.m.: United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 spokeswoman Laura Chapin shares comments about the grocery-workers vote below the original item: This just in: King Soopers and City Market employees have voted to accept a contract offer from their company, while their peers at Safeway have turned thumbs…
Talk about some potentially awkward timing. The day after Stephanie Villafuerte withdrew her nomination as U.S. Attorney for Colorado, a group of forty Latino leaders is scheduled to endorse the re-election of Governor Bill Ritter, Villafuerte’s former boss, and one of her main backers. But don’t expect those present at…
In Copenhagen for the UN climate conference, inconvenient truther Al Gore suggested that the Arctic Ocean could be almost free of ice by 2014. Problem is, Dr. Wieslav Maslowski, the scientist whose work Gore cited in connection with this prospect, subsequently disputed the assertion, which Gore’s office admitted had been…
View Larger Map Quick developments in Mile High Murder No. 57, involving a body found alongside railroad tracks near the 5000 block of Fillmore, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). The victim has been identified as 22-year-old Allisen…
It’s been a tough month so far for Bank of the West and TCF branches in the metro area. On December 2, masked gunmen held up a Bank of the West at 7995 East Hamden Avenue. Then, yesterday, a man did likewise at the BOTW outlet at 9150 Sheridan Boulevard…
A new University of Michigan survey shows binge drinking among teenagers declined over the last year, but more tenth and twelfth graders used marijuana. Panic time? Not for Mason Tvert, founder of SAFER (Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation). He’s repeatedly stressed that marijuana is less risky than alcohol, even writing…
Although Matt Taibbi typically writes about politics for Rolling Stone, he’s lately added sports to his list of topics. And in the December 24 issue, in a column not yet online, he tackles former Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler, memorably describing him as a “sniveling NFL superdouche.” Granted, Cutler isn’t the…
The Mainjustice.com article about Stephanie Villafuerte, who asked that her nomination as U.S. Attorney for Colorado be pulled back yesterday, sports a telling headline: “Republicans Get a Scalp.” Despite all the high-flown talk about justice and the search for truth, Villafuerte’s nom was ultimately done in by old-fashioned politics, played…
Update, 4:09 p.m.: Attorney Bruce Jones, who represented Curious Theatre in this case, has just shared his comments on the opinion. Look below to read his views. Since 2006, the Colorado Clear Indoor Air Act has extended to actors required to look like they’re smoking onstage. And the alternatives for…
Update, 4:01 p.m.: Pat Dunn just called with information about a court hearing earlier today involving an altercation at an earlier protest. Look below for more information. On Friday, we told you about a call for a counter-protest against the group picketing Wolf Interstate Leasing & Sales, 4855 Miller Street…
In the battle over resentencing Edward Montour Jr., an inmate who faces possible execution for the 2002 murder of a corrections officer at the Limon prison, defense attorney David Lane has accused the death-penalty team of prosecutors in the office of Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney Carol Chambers of wanting to…
Senator Chris Romer, who’s authored proposed legislation to regulate medical marijuana in Colorado, is a contentious figure in debate about the issue. He believes many younger people with medical marijuana licenses are exaggerating their illnesses in order to smoke weed legally, and he feels his reform concepts will lead to…
On Friday, when Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions asked that consideration of Stephanie Villafuerte’s nomination as U.S. Attorney be delayed because her record is “incomplete,” I wrote that the story was developing at “lightning speed,” and noted that political pressure generated by a letter from Representative Mike Coffman to Attorney General…
