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Comedian Josh Blue on the pros and cons of being an "inspiration"

There have been a handful of standup comics with cerebral palsy over the years, but few have transcended the "inspirational" novelty and gone on to achieve legitimate credibility in their field. Not like Denver's Josh Blue, who conquered the fourth season of Last Comic Standing and released his own ... More >>

Ten unsolved Colorado murders: Read personal stories of the victims

The Families of Homicide Victims and Missing Persons website draws attention to unsolved murders, and we tried to do likewise in three posts last year -- in May, September and November. The ten crimes featured in this installment include two of the most famous unsolved crimes in Boulder history: the ... More >>

Kevin Braney: Boulder High principal's domestic-violence bust not disrupting school, rep says

Has there been an uproar among students and staffers at Boulder High today -- the first full school session since news broke that principal Kevin Braney had been arrested on suspicion of domestic violence and a couple of other charges? Far from it, says Briggs Gamblin, spokesman for the Boulder Val ... More >>

The Colorado Music Hall of Fame prepares for its third induction ceremony

Jim Kozlowski, Boulder teacher/coach, on leave after allegedly exposing his junk at garage sales

Jim Kozlowski, a Boulder High School teacher and coach for the golf team, was scheduled to report for the new academic year this Thursday. But not now, and for a reason that's flat-out bizarre. Kozlowski is accused of slyly but intentionally exposing his genitals while visiting two separate garage ... More >>

It's nearly Africa at the ninth annual BaoBao Festival

You cannot escape the groove of African dance. Doesn't matter if you're tone deaf, half-dead or were born with two left feet -- African dance will pick you up and fill you with joy and never let you go. Which is why you should let the spirit move you to the BaoBao Festival, an annual celebration of ... More >>

Mark Bliesener, who gave the Dead Kennedys their name, on how he coined the moniker

​Behold, Untold Stories, another new periodic feature on Backbeat. As you've probably deduced from the name of this feature, Untold Stories will feature first-hand accounts of momentous occasions involving local folks that have never really been highlighted -- thus the Untold part of that equa ... More >>

Boulder Youth Body Alliance: Teens to lobby Congress to improve eating-disorders treatment

Big pics below.​Tomorrow, Vally Dikovitskaya and seven other members of the Boulder Youth Body Alliance (BYBA), a program dedicated to helping teens with body image concerns and eating disorders, will be in Washington, D.C. They're hoping to convince Colorado officials to co-sponsor the Federa ... More >>

Alex Maldonado: Dad sues Crist Mortuary for dumping son's body onto ground after funeral

Alex Maldonado.​The death of a child is a parent's worst nightmare under any circumstance -- but a lawsuit by Philip Maldonado, whose son Alex died this summer, accuses Boulder's Crist Mortuary of compounding the family's agony. The complaint states that mortuary employees dropped Alex's cask ... More >>

Corporal Larry D. Harris to be honored by Bill Ritter, dishonored by Westboro Baptist Church

Corporal Larry D. Harris and wife Stacia.​The extraordinary life and tragic death of Corporal Larry D. Harris, a Colorado Marine killed in Afghanistan, will be marked across the state tomorrow: Governor Bill Ritter has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff to mark his passing. Meanwhile, the ... More >>

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Brandon Gouin suspended indefinitely from CU Buffs for supplying kegs for Boulder High senior campout

Brandon Gouin's probably not as happy as in this photo.​Yesterday, CU Buffs player Brandon Gouin was charged by the Boulder County Sheriff's Office for allegedly providing booze for a Boulder High senior campout that resulted in multiple alcohol-related hospitalizations and one arrest. In our ... More >>

Brandon Gouin, CU football player, accused of supplying booze for wild Boulder High senior campout

Brandon Gouin may have fumbled.​On Friday, we told you about a Boulder High senior camping trip that led to three hospitalizations, trips to the county's alcohol-recovery center and a third-degree-assault arrest. According to the Boulder County Sheriff's Office, Brandon Gouin, a 21-year-old C ... More >>

Boulder High senior camping trip: Ambulances, an arrest and alcohol aplenty

We're guessing students didn't greet deputies as in this photo from the movie "Alive."​Boulder High School seniors hold an annual camping trip near the end of the school year -- but judging by its take on this week's edition, the Boulder County Sheriff's Office wishes the tradition would end. ... More >>

Stretching Out

Westboro Baptist Church haters drowned out by social-media-fueled forces in Boulder: Does God hate Facebook?

The man who loves to hate: WBC pastor Fred Phelps.​The infamous clan of gay-hating, anti-Semitic demonstrators of the Westboro Baptist Church kept its promise to harass schools in Boulder Thursday -- an almost rare follow through for the group that appears to have found their obnoxious presenc ... More >>

Phelps-a-Thon at Boulder High School pays it forward

Racist death threats target blacks, Hispanics at two Boulder high schools

The grim graffiti appeared at Boulder High School on Monday.​Update, 1:12 p.m.: An arrest has been made in the Arapahoe campus incident described in this post. Look below the original item for more information. Back in February, graffiti appeared at Boulder High School declaring "Everyone wil ... More >>

Westboro Baptist Church: Denver schools warned about gay-hating protest -- but will the group actually show?

WBC pastor Fred Phelps is a radical homophobe with a penchant for flakiness. ​Last week, we broke the news that the infamously hateful Westboro Baptist Church has announced a three-day-long protest at fifteen Denver metro locations, including events at area high schools during school hours. An ... More >>

Another "everyone will die" graffiti threat -- this time at Broomfield High School

Somebody's been spending a little bit too much time in the BHS bathroom.​Earlier this month, we told you about bathroom graffiti at Boulder High School that read "Everyone will die 2/12/10." Fortunately, this threat proved empty -- but hot on its heels comes another one almost identical to it ... More >>

"Everyone will die 2/12/10:" Graffiti threat at Boulder High considered "low level"

Relax. Everything should be fine.​These days, everyone who sends a child off to school worries about safety -- and that's doubly true in Colorado, where the word "Columbine" hasn't called the state flower to mind for more than a decade. So imagine how Boulder High School parents felt when they ... More >>

Colorado's parkour pioneers are running with it

Top ten songs that should be renamed after Barack Obama

Excise "Back." Insert "Barack." The campaign by several Boulder High School students to rename their facility after President Barack Obama was dropped yesterday due to a lack of support, but not before inspiring our satirical blog "Ten More Things That Should Be Named After Barack Obama Other Than ... More >>

Ten more things that should be named after Barack Obama other than Boulder High School

At 3:30 p.m. this afternoon, students at Boulder High School will explain why they think the institution should be renamed in honor of President Barack Obama. Since the whole world (or at least Fox News) will be listening, we're hoping the speakers will consider suggesting some other things whose ... More >>

The Journalism Fates of the Boulder Brauchlis

Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation

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Rick Reilly, Loving Limbo

Rick Reilly on his impending move to ESPN, being directed by George Clooney, and the joys of doing absolutely nothing.

Lucha Libre, Locally

What's So Funny steps into the ring with some masked men who mean business.

Time to Toss

Bill O'Reilly is Donald Duck

Every Secret Thing

The horrors of McCarthyism in a high school resonate in Boulder today.

The Joy of Sox

Boulder parents get their panties in a twist over a high-school sex talk.

Boulder's Sex Problem

Sharing Secrets

More Messages: Welcome to Neverland

Wanted

After a local scandal made them stand down, Army recruiters work to put more boots on the ground.

Snake Bite

Melissa Little plays a deadly game of pool.

Terms of Endearment

Give me a C! Give me a U! What do you have? The start of the year's biggest scandal.

The Message

Kid Stuff

The Message

Access Ability

All Join In

Bratrace features everyone at play

An Unharmonious Ending

PeakArts founder Karen Romeo may be a victim of the Boulder arts community's haughty ego.

Spread the Jam

Medeski, Martin and Wood branch out beyond jazz.

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THE WRIGHT STUFF

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