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Update: Earlier this morning, we told you about a pipe-bomb-like device found at Centaurus High School in Lafayette yesterday. It was successfully retrieved and detonated.

We also noted that authorities were focusing on a male person of interest in the case. Now comes a report that a sixteen-year-old boy has been arrested in the case. His name has not been released. See our previous coverage below, including photos and video.

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The former Byers school.

Empty since its closure in 2004, the fate of the former Byers junior high school has perplexed residents of Denver school district 7.

The school, named after William Byers, founder of the similarly defunct Rocky Mountain News reportedly required costly repairs before it could reopen; in the meantime, locals took to using the abandoned grounds as a kind of speakeasy dog park, complete with extra plastic bags for pickup and water bowls for thirsty puppies.

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As you can see, the slogan for Cherokee Trail High School's 2013 yearbook is "Reflections: Aspire to Inspire." But one student's inspirational phrase, which accompanied his photo in the printed edition, has put administrators in freak-out mode, with staffers required to black it out.

What's the quote? Awkwardly, the TV station that first reported the story leaves the line out of coverage even though it contains no profanities. It reads, "When the red river is a'flowin, take the dirt road home."

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A teacher who kept her kids quiet by placing tape over 28 second graders' mouths may not have used the best judgment -- and she's been placed on administrative leave. But she didn't commit a crime.

That's the conclusion of the Aurora Police Department about a bizarre incident that happened last week at the city's Fulton Elementary.

It's a decision that hasn't made everyone happy. The complete police report plus photos and video below.

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This week, CU-Boulder Regent Jim Geddes argued that the university should add more conservative faculty as a way of striking a better ideological balance at the famously liberal institution -- this after CU chose Steven Hayward as the Board of Regents' first "visiting scholar in conservative thought."

But what will these conservative instructors teach? We've come up with a whole new curriculum sure to put students in a right state of mind. Check out the ten suggested, catalog-ready classes below.

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In 2007, Seung-Hui Cho, a student at Virginia Tech, killed 32 people in one of the deadliest campus shootings in U.S. history.

About 1,500 miles away, Ben Reed, a teacher at Standley Lake High School in Westiminster had seen enough. But little did he know what his search for a positive way to deal with the aftermath of this tragedy would lead to A Day Without Hate, an effort to stop violence in schools that today is being officially designated by the State of Colorado.

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Yesterday, CU-Boulder Police spokesman Ryan Huff called 4/20 on the campus, which was closed for the second consecutive year, a "non-event," and the description is apt. As a huge crowd gathered at Denver's Civic Center Park for a rally marred by a shooting, CU-Boulder, which once drew 10,000-revelers-plus on 4/20, saw zero protests or arrests and just two pot citations.

But the university's official spokesman isn't ready to declare the event dead yet.

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Last week, CU-Boulder Police's Ryan Huff outlined plans related to the campus' closure on 4/20, and said most visitor-pass applications seemed inspired by Friday's Macklemore concert rather than plans to protest the second consecutive April 20 shutdown.

And so it went: While a huge crowd gathered at Denver's Civic Center Park for a rally disrupted by a shooting, CU-Boulder, once home to an enormous 4/20 event, was quiet. But making sure it stayed that way wasn't cheap.

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Earlier this week, we chatted with CU-Boulder Police's Ryan Huff about the school's preparations to close campus on 4/20 for the second consecutive year. He said many of the 100 or so people who'd requested visitor passes for tomorrow seemed more focused on attending tonight's Macklemore concert than protesting the university's actions. CU-Boulder spokesman Bronson Hilliard agrees that criticism has been muted thus far. But even though the school expects a quiet day tomorrow, personnel will be ready just in case problems erupt.

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Last month, CU-Boulder announced that it would be closing campus on 4/20 for the second consecutive year -- and attorney Rob Corry, who unsuccessfully challenged the shutdown in 2012, is encouraging Boulderites to take part in Denver's 4/20 rally.

If many of them do so, CU-Boulder could be quiet this weekend. But the campus police force will still be ready for challenges -- including a Friday Macklemore concert that may be prompting more visitor-pass requests than potential protests.

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