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We've cataloged the weirdest posts on Denver Craigslist a number of times over the years, so we've got a pretty good sense of the oddities that can be found on the site. But even we were caught off guard by the ad "IT Girl Needed ASAP." It's been flagged for removal and will probably be gone soon if it hasn't already vanished. Fortunately, though, a web surfer managed to save the text and images for posterity, dubbing the results "creepy craigslist guy." Based on the twisted pics and info below, we think you'll agree.

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The camera pans slowly, lovingly over every gorgeous curve and line -- lingering here and there to appreciate the beauty of the video star's frame.

Bicycle frame, that is.

The aforementioned footage of a pricey Cannondale Scalpel (see it below) is flat-out porn for bike lovers. But it also provided investigators with evidence against one Wayne Willet Cron, who's been arrested and charged with stealing it. Get the weird story below.

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Like most TV news operations, 9News aspires to be a family-friendly operation from top to bottom.

So how did those who like the station's Facebook page react when its overseers shared a photo gallery depicting a moose attempting to have carnal relations with a moose statue in Grand Lake? Not with shock, but with one hilarious response after another -- an indication of changing standards that are perfectly fine by us. We've matched several of the photos with some of the funniest posts. Check them out below.

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Earlier this year, we told you about Craig Brittain, a Colorado Spring entrepreneur behind a website that published nude photos typically submitted by the subjects' ex-lovers -- a phenomenon known as revenge porn.

Brittain said he was proud of the site, despite the humiliation it caused those featured on it. But mere months later, he says he's closed down the site -- not that the sleaze associated with it has gone away -- and is becoming an investigator. Really.

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How often do social-media users in Colorado feature hate speech in their tweets? The Geography of Hate, overseen by Humboldt State University's Dr. Monica Stephens, puts the answer in graphic terms via heat maps that show the best and worst areas of the country when it comes to tweets sporting degrading terms about sexual preferences, race and disabilities. As you'll see by the series of maps below, Colorado is far from the worst state in the U.S. when it comes to hate tweets, but there are still some concerning flare-ups, particularly when it comes to the N-word.

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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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Most people don't happen to have thousands of LED lights lying around a workshop.

And most people don't have two 3-D printers and other tools needed to create an interactive light display controlled by cellphones and containing more than 3,000 bulbs.

But for Boulder's Silicon Junkies, all these pieces add up to just another roll in the technological hay. They would have you believe that anyway.

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Deep within each college student beats the heart of a crime fighter.

This statement may seem absurd, but not to the folks with the CU-Boulder police. Department personnel recently nabbed Javier Silva-Acosta on fraud-related charges just three hours after sharing information about him on social media. Moreover, Acosta's arrest is the UCPD's third of the school year in which Facebook, Twitter and/or YouTube played a key role in the bust. Photos, videos and details below.

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A Colorado ban against texting while driving went into effect in 2009 -- not that Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle thought it would make a huge difference. At the time, he shrugged off the measure as a "feel-good law" that would be tough to enforce.

More than three years later, texting and driving still happens all the time, with sometimes fatal consequences. That's why the parents of Alexander Heit have released a photo of their son's last text -- the one he was sending when he crashed and died.

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Yesterday, a newly released document revealed that James Holmes is willing to plead guilty to killing twelve people and injuring seventy others in the Aurora theater shooting if prosecutors agree not to pursue the death penalty.

What's the reaction of online Holmes fans? Well, there appear to be a lot fewer of them than there once were -- but those who remain don't necessarily see the plea offer as proof of guilt.

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