Dentist gets 2 years for tax evasion

"A Danville dentist has been sentenced to two years in prison for income-tax evasion and conspiring to defraud the government. Roy Albert Lewis hid $300,000 over a 10-year period, according to the Internal Revenue Service. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Susan Ilston ordered...

Death Penalty for Jaguar

In Denver, a jaguar was shot to death for the crime of being a jaguar. I understand that he mauled a zookeeper to death, and that saddens me, but surely there was another way to subdue the animal besides killing it. A jaguar is a big, dangerous jungle cat; keeping one in a...

Firefighting Trainer Sacked Over Death

" February 22, 2007 Maryland - The city's head of firefighter training was fired for unacceptable mistakes after a recruit died during an exercise in a building that was deliberately set on fire, the mayor said Thursday. Kenneth Hyde, the division chief of training, was...

Colorado Police Arrest Man On Terrorist Watch List

In what is described as a ‘sensitive’ case, police took a man into custody early Friday morning whose name is on the FBI’s terrorist watch list, officials said. Police stopped Moussa Bitar, 27, at 2 a.m. for suspicion of drunk driving and then took him into custody on...

Haggard Now "Completely Heterosexual"

DENVER Feb 6, 2007 (AP)— One of four ministers who oversaw three weeks of intensive counseling for the Rev. Ted Haggard said the disgraced minister emerged convinced that he is "completely heterosexual." Haggard also said his sexual contact with men was...

Haggard now "completely heterosexual"

In the footsteps of such venerable characters as Jimmy Swaggart and Jim Baker, Ted Haggard's hypocritical fall from grace is almost a cliche now.  Except that Haggard alledgedly out-sinned even the finest fallen angels.  After being accused of getting hopped up on...

Colorado Athlete Competes After Paralyzing Accident

"Colorado Athlete Competes After Paralyzing Accident Brooke Wagner Reporting (CBS4) DENVER Six years ago, competitive cyclist Tricia Downing was on a training ride in Golden when a driver hit her head-on. She was paralyzed from the chest down. From her hospital bed, Downing...

MORE MEDIA COVERAGE

"Desert Rock, environmental groups clash Sithe Global says it will help others lower emissions January 31, 2007By Joe Hanel | Herald Denver Bureau DENVER - Desert Rock power plant officials announced new plans Tuesday to act locally, but environmentalists want them to think...

Health officials find unsafe mercury levels at 5 more lakes

"Health officials find unsafe mercury levels at 5 more lakes By Todd Hartman, Rocky Mountain News January 25, 2007 State health regulators have discovered unsafe mercury levels in fish in five more Colorado water bodies, including popular Horsetooth Reservoir west of Fort...

Dave Barry's Advice for Super Bowl Tourists

"Welcome to Miami, Super Bowl visitors! You are going to have a wonderful time, from the moment you arrive in our magical city, until the moment you discover that your wallet is missing."

Man who helped Marine go AWOL receives sentence

"The 21-year-old who helped fake the disappearance of a Marine lance corporal has been sentenced to 200 hours of community service and has gotten a deferred felony conviction put back on his record. Boulder District Judge D.D. Mallard also ordered Steven Powers, 21, to pay...

Qutb in America

"The Denver magazine, 5280, ran a story in 2003, detailing Sayyid Qutb's encounter with small-town Colorado in 1948. It's a fascinating article, not least because it reveals Qutb's first reactions to America and the West. He is repelled - by the apparent joylessness of...