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Reader: Guns at CU-Boulder sounds like a really bad party
August 23, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Marijuana: Amendment 64 is a social-justice issue, says NAACP
August 23, 2012 in The Latest Word
Harris Lytle.At 10:30 a.m. today, the NAACP's Colorado/Montana/Wyoming conference will formally endorse Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act. Rosemary Harris Lytle, communications director for the local branch, who's...
Robert Trujillo under protection order for Natasha Carrillo when she was murdered (29)
August 23, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Photos: Aurora theater shooting and ten massacre sites that were changed (or not)
August 23, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.The City of Aurora is conducting a survey, asking folks through August 31 what should be done with the Aurora Century 16, the theater where James Holmes allegedly...
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Videos: Last year's epic Ram's Pointe CSU back-to-school party "terminated"
August 23, 2012 in The Latest Word
Videos below.Last year, a back-to-school mega-party at the Ram's Pointe apartment complex in Fort Collins attracted thousands and led to ten hospitalizations, the arrests of two CSU football players and...
Kevin and Theresa Carothers accused of teaming up to molest her daughter starting at age twelve
August 23, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Corey Haveman Claims Dog Died of Broken Heart, Not Starvation
August 23, 2012 in True Crime Report
Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: Haveman's two Irish Setters were taken away from him, and one didn't make it. He told cops the other dog, seen in tragic...
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Video: Rachel Maddow on bad lessons Paul Ryan learned from Mike Coffman
August 23, 2012 in The Latest Word
Video below.Since May, after Represntative Mike Coffman made his controversial birther statements and then tried dodging them, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow beat him like a filthy rug. She returned to this...
D.J. Williams, Pro Baller, Has Trouble With Booze, Driving and Non-Human Urine
August 23, 2012 in True Crime Report
Todd "Legitimate Rape" Akin's name being tattooed to Joe Coors, Mike Coffman
August 22, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Marijuana: Amendment 64 study authors defend higher revenues than state predicted
August 22, 2012 in The Latest Word
Update:A Colorado Center on Law and Policy study predicting the economic impact of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, has become a political football for proponents and opponents....
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Jenna Breen's mom frustrated by delayed justice in hit and run that killed her daughter
August 22, 2012 in The Latest Word
Jenna Breen.In January, Jenna Breen was killed in a hit and run, allegedly by three-time DUI offender Viet Nguyen. The case is still winding its way through the court system, and...
Reader: Should we outlaw everything that could kill you if swallowed?
August 22, 2012 in The Latest Word
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Photos: Ten cheesiest Colorado items for sale on eBay
August 22, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.There's plenty of cool Colorado stuff up for auction on eBay, and lots of cheesy oddities, too. Are you shocked that we were drawn to the latter? Here are...
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CU-Boulder out of Princeton Review's party school top 20, but number 1 for reefer madness?
August 22, 2012 in The Latest Word
Big photos below.The latest edition of the Princeton Review's top colleges tome, released this week, is an irony bonanza for CU-Boulder. The school, which topped Playboy's party school list last...
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CU profs can't cancel classes if student is legally carrying a gun, administrator says
August 22, 2012 in The Latest Word
Phil DiStefano.Earlier this week, we told you about CU-Boulder's new regs concerning concealed-carry permits -- changes necessitated by a Colorado Supreme Court ruling allowing them on campus two years after...
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Sydney Spies, Sexy Yearbook-Photo Star, Busted at Party Along With Her Mom
August 22, 2012 in True Crime Report
Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: Spies's mom, Miki, allegedly hosted a party with booze and underage kids. The cops say Spies tried kicking them as they chased Miki,...
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Marcus Covington allegedly gropes pregnant woman before JetBlue flight diverted
August 22, 2012 in The Latest Word
Video below.Most of us have been on flights when one of our fellow passengers kinda creeped us out. But if the accusations made against Marcus Covington are accurate, he cemented himself...
Eric Swanson's "Big Bitch" Charge Dropped in Concert Assault
August 22, 2012 in True Crime Report
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Jasim Ramadon, Onetime Teen Iraqi Hero, Charged in Brutal Gang Rape
August 21, 2012 in True Crime Report
Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: As an Iraqi teenager, Ramadon helped U.S. troops catch bad guys, including his own father, and was featured in a book. But that...
Justin Robert West's Pervy Bathroom Camera Focuses on Him
August 21, 2012 in True Crime Report
Fracking ban measure in Longmont: To frack, or not to frack....
August 20, 2012 in The Latest Word
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"Explosive boners" should be avoided, Shawn Mitchell says in "legitimate rape" discussion
August 20, 2012 in The Latest Word
Shawn Mitchell.No, we're not making this up: In discussing Missouri Representative Todd Akin's bizarre claim that "legitimate rape" victims seldom get pregnant, Colorado state Senator Shawn Mitchell used the phrase...
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CU-Boulder doesn't think gun restrictions discriminate against concealed-carry holders
August 20, 2012 in The Latest Word
In March, two years after adding Nerf guns to its list of banned weapons, CU was ordered by the Colorado Supreme Court to allow concealed-carry-permit holders to pack heat on...
Readers debate: Does gun control cause crime to rise?
August 20, 2012 in The Latest Word
