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Twelve year old arrested: How often do parents call the cops to send kids a message?
August 30, 2012 in The Latest Word
A mother in Longmont recently had a simple request for local police: Arrest my twelve-year-old daughter. This action was reportedly taken to send a message to the girl, who allegedly committed...
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Marijuana community divide on Amendment 64 deep, wide, often nasty
August 30, 2012 in The Latest Word
Update below: Think everyone in the marijuana community is behind Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act? Think again. The measure has pitted advocates against advocates, frequently in online...
Reader: Dare to be tattoo free
August 30, 2012 in The Latest Word
Diamond Lucero allegedly celebrated his birthday by molesting two kids
August 30, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Obama to talk at CU's Norlin Quad, annual 4/20 site: Don't expect any fish fertilizer
August 30, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.The announcement that President Barack Obama will be speaking at CU-Boulder's Norlin Quad on Sunday marks the first time this particular campus spot has made headlines since April...
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Kevin and Theresa Carothers Accused of Tag-Team Molesting Her Daughter
August 30, 2012 in True Crime Report
Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: The girl says the sexual assaults by Kevin, her stepfather, began when she was just twelve. Not long thereafter, she accuses her mom...
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James Holmes case: Prosecutors' case for motive, not insanity
August 30, 2012 in The Latest Word
Carol Chambers.This afternoon's hearing in relation to the James Holmes/Aurora theater shooting case is expected to be among the most important to date. The session revolves around defense efforts to...
James Holmes Allegedly Threatened to Kill People Before Theater Shooting
August 30, 2012 in True Crime Report
Sports Illustrated predicts Broncos-Packers Super Bowl: Buy your tickets now!
August 29, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Personhood amendment not approved for ballot, falls less than 4,000 signatures short
August 29, 2012 in The Latest Word
Earlier this month, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow spoke about Colorado's Personhood Amendment as if it had already been approved for the ballot. We suggested this assumption might be premature given the...
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Pat Sullivan, disgraced sheriff, violates probation with alcohol, "alarming" behavior
August 29, 2012 in The Latest Word
Pat Sullivan.One of 2011's biggest stories was the arrest of ex-Arapahoe County Sheriff Pat Sullivan amid tales of meth for masturbation and gay porn, among other things. In the end,...
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Photos: The Sleeper house is not one of country's ugliest mansions!
August 29, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.The Sleeper house, the Colorado mountain home made famous by Woody Allen's 1973 film Sleeper, is among our state's most iconic buildings -- and, according to a recent...
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Gazette's Wayne Laugesen on why he thinks Planned Parenthood covers up statutory rape
August 29, 2012 in The Latest Word
FacebookUpdate: This weekend, Colorado Springs Gazette editorial page editor Wayne Laugesen published a scathing piece in which he argued that Planned Parenthood was likely worse than Penn State when it...
Richard Holman gets 48 years after giving hickeys and worse to ten-year-old boy
August 29, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Olympic rings tattoo photos: Not everyone's as hip as Missy Franklin
August 29, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big pics below.After winning Olympic gold, hometown hero Missy Franklin got an Olympic rings tattoo on her hip -- but that's hardly the only spot fellow Olympians have chosen to...
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Marijuana: Amendment 64 support letter signed by more than 100 college professors
August 29, 2012 in The Latest Word
Thomas Ginsberg.As Barack Obama was visiting CSU, where he was greeted by 13,000 supporters and an attack sign with a typo, the folks behind Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like...
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Videos: Obama greeted in Fort Collins by "Stupid" attack sign with typo
August 29, 2012 in The Latest Word
Videos below.President Barack Obama's visit to Fort Collins yesterday spurred plenty of videos, many of which are on view below. But the funniest involves a critical sign placed on his...
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Marcus Covington Accused of Groping Pregnant Woman on Airplane
August 29, 2012 in True Crime Report
Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: Covington was reportedly intoxicated and making no sense when he wound up next to the woman in the line to the restroom. What...
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James Holmes case: Why the delay in ruling about CU educational records?
August 29, 2012 in The Latest Word
William Sylvester.At a hearing last Thursday related to the James Holmes/Aurora theater shooting case, Judge William Sylvester said he hoped to rule by Monday about whether prosecutors should have access...
Edward Montour's Prosecutor Filed Motion to Keep Defense From Mentioning God
August 29, 2012 in True Crime Report
Lonie Paxton, long snapper: Is he the Broncos' most controversial cut?
August 28, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Boulder judge rejects restraining order against city's most annoying critic
August 28, 2012 in The Latest Word
Seth Brigham.Update: Today, Judge David Archuleta rejected Boulder's request for a permanent restraining order against Seth Brigham, a vocal critic whom a workplace-violence expert deemed dangerous without having met him...
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Michael Gilliland, ex-Sunflower CEO: Guilty plea for pandering after child-prostitution sting
August 28, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big pic below.In February 2011, Boulder-based Sunflower Farmers Market was still dealing with bad PR over the arrest of a New Mexico employee for allegedly putting semen in someone's yogurt...
Reader: The desire to alter consciousness is a fundamental human trait
August 28, 2012 in The Latest Word
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James Holmes case: Dr. Lynne Fenton's trial by media fire
August 28, 2012 in The Latest Word
Dr. Lynne Fenton.Much of the media's focus in the second wave of reporting on the Aurora theater shooting has been on Dr. Lynne Fenton, a psychiatrist revealed to have cared...
