Colorado's ranking as the 15th hardest-working state, Billy Corgan and Smashing Pumpkins performing Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness with a 60-piece orchestra and choir, former Wheel of Fortune announcer Jim Thornton's flight controversy and legal defense, Billie Joe Armstrong's 50th-anniversary Ramones tribute show in Hollywood, Trader Joe's fall seasonal food offerings and dog treat placement confusion, Frontier Airlines' Go Wild pass vs Southwest Airlines launching airport lounges, MapQuest surprisingly rising to the top of the App Store charts, the success of the Ozzy Osbourne exhibition in Birmingham drawing over 800,000 visitors, Denver ranking as a top Labor Day travel destination alongside record-high national gas prices.
