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Photos: Leo DiCaprio's production of Dear Eleanor shooting in Niwot and beyond

Our Melanie Asmar has been writing about a new film incentives law that aims to attract movie- and TV-makers to Colorado -- and in March, she revealed that Dear Eleanor, a movie produced by Leonardo DiCaprio's company, would soon start lensing here. Lo and behold, it's happening -- and while produc ... More >>

Fairview High School bomb scare -- over a science project

Last week, a Centaurus High student was busted after an explosive device was found near a high-traffic area of the school. So it's understandable that the discovery of what was termed a suspicious bag would cause a freak-out among officials at Boulder's Fairview High School, not to mention the medi ... More >>

Adam Manlove: Four stolen vehicles, eight accidents, four hours

If police are right, Nebraska's Adam Manlove is an extremely efficient criminal. Whereas many scofflaws may only commit one offense in a whole day, he's accused of having stolen four vehicles and caused eight accidents in several different parts of the metro area in fewer than four hours. Even law ... More >>

Boulder elk shooting: Suspended cop has taxidermy business

Update: The shooting of an elk in Boulder by an on-duty police officer has stirred controversy and prompted a candlelight vigil; get more information from our previous coverage, on view below. The latest developments: Boulder police chief Mark Beckner addressed concerned community members at a meeti ... More >>

"Sexual ass" teacher arrest headline not about six-year-old rapper's "Booty Pop" video

In recent days, plenty of cultural arbiters have gotten upset over "Booty Pop," the explicit new video by Albert Roundtree, age six; the NSFW clip is on view below. Surprisingly, however, that's not the subject of a headline viewable until a short time ago on the Denver Post's website -- one that f ... More >>

Flagstaff fire update: Stuck at 90 percent contained, some open space areas still closed

Update: The Boulder Office of Emergency Management was so confident the Flagstaff fire outside of town was a thing of the past that a so-called "final update" was posted on Saturday afternoon. But despite predictions of 100 percent containment before the weekend was done, Flagstaff (the lesser of th ... More >>

Flagstaff fire in Boulder update: 100 percent containment by the weekend?

Update: Given the horrors inflicting on the residents of Colorado Springs by the Waldo Canyon fire, and those living in and around Fort Collins by the High Park fire, Boulderites should be counting their blessings. The Flagstaff fire near the town limits, which seemed so threatening just a few days ... More >>

Nancy Sebring, ex-Colorado educator, quits Iowa supe job over sexy e-mails

Betcha the folks at the Boulder Valley School District are breathing a sigh of relief.... Nancy Sebring was reportedly a finalist for the BVSD's top job last year. Instead, she was slated to become the superintendent in Omaha, until her prospects were felled by the release of sex-obsessed e-mails, ... More >>

Bear in CU-Boulder photo killed on Highway 36

Over the past week or so, we've covered the brouhaha over a photo of a bear falling from a tree on the CU-Boulder campus; see our original coverage below. The shot became an international sensation, as well as the basis for plenty of memes and GIFs included in this post. Now, however, there's infini ... More >>

University of Colorado to ban visitors on 4/20 and close Norlin Quad

After weeks of denying that it would crack down on 4/20 events, the University of Colorado Boulder has announced that school will limit campus visitors to official business only and close down the famous Norlin Quad where as many as 10,000 students have gathered to smoke herb in past years. The camp ... More >>

The Mourning After

Racist clip of Asians talking about CU & Utah joining Pac-12 pulled by Fox Sports (VIDEO)

Video below.​Today's Boulder Daily Camera features an article in which University of Colorado ethnic studies professor Darryl Maeda calls a Fox Sports report about CU and Utah joining the Pac-12 conference "demeaning" to Asians. But the newspaper didn't really need to seek out an expert to mak ... More >>

Frozen Dead Guy Days for sale: Want to buy a well-preserved festival? (PHOTOS)

Big pics below.​Nederland's Frozen Dead Guy Days, a tribute to the corpse of a dry-ice packed grandpa stored in a Tuff Shed, has become a weird staple of the local festival scene over the past ten years. But now, the town's chamber of commerce would like somebody else to take over because, boa ... More >>

Needle exchange: Boulder County approves first legal dirty-for-clean needle swap in the state

​ This week, Boulder County's 22-year-old syringe exchange program -- called "The Works" -- became the first legal syringe exchange in the state, thanks to a state law passed in 2010 legalizing such programs.

Computer captures photo of possible laptop thief -- and maybe our Shmuck of the Week

​It may not compare to HAL -- the sentient computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey who could carry on a conversation, read lips, enjoy art and feel emotions. But a laptop stolen in January may turn out to be a nemesis for the person who took it.

Adam Raszynski: Did mom Rita Redford shoot him & he stomp her head over car cushion? (59)

More pics below.​Update: We already knew that killing involving Adam Raszynski and his mom, Rita Redford, was bizarre. But the charging of Raszynski, who's facing a second-degree murder beef even though Redford shot him before he stomped her to death, and the release of an arrest affidavit on ... More >>

CU Black Outs: If white people paint their faces black at games, is that racist?

​A popular way for colleges to hype big games is to ask fans to dress in one of the school's colors -- and the most passionate attendees often paint their face and body that color, too. But when one of those colors is black, are white supporters who take brush to skin engaging in a racist act? ... More >>

Stephen Edward Siebold allegedly bites the hand of the woman who won't buy him beer

Siebold.​Don't bite the hand that feeds you, the saying goes. But biting the hand that doesn't give you beer has drawbacks, too, as Stephen Edward Siebold, age nineteen, is finding out in regard to an incident that's already crossed the pond thanks to coverage in London's Daily Mail. Here's t ... More >>

Bud Light vs. Coors Light: An accident waiting to happen

​Does fiction follow real life or does real life come from fiction? The drivers of two beer trucks had to put philosophical questions like that aside during a snow storm on January 19 when one of their trucks slid into the other in Boulder, as seen in a comical YouTube video produced by the B ... More >>

Denver Post, MediaNews Group executives not eager to talk about copyright-violations warning

Dean Singleton.​On Sunday, the Denver Post published "Notice to Readers About Denver Post Copyright Protections" -- although readers weren't really the target audience. The piece is actually a bellicose warning to content thieves who reproduce Post stories or photos without permission. So... w ... More >>

Venus De Miles event for Greenhouse Scholars a bike ride even Dan Maes could love -- maybe

Colleen Cooke.​The recent Denver Cruisers' U.N> bike ride made good-natured sport of Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes, for his overblown (from his campaign's perspective) comments about Denver's B-cycle program being a United Nations plot. But it's hard to imagine him having any obj ... More >>

JonBenét Ramsey murder solved?: It's not on the CBI's new cold case database

JonBenét Ramsey.​The 1996 killing of young JonBenét Ramsey is arguably Colorado's most famous (and infamous) unsolved murder. So how could it not be included in the Colorado Bureau of Investigation's new and much touted cold-case database?

Jonas Rizzo allegedly hits car, runs red light while riding bike tipsy. It's the Tour de Drunk!

Jonas Rizzo.​Jonas Rizzo had some excellent reasons for crashing his bike into a car earlier this week. First of all, according to the Boulder Daily Camera, he was trying to run a red light. And second? He was visibly drunk. Not that biking while hammered is a unique crime in health-conscious ... More >>

Medical marijuana: Does John Suthers really think CU dorms partner with dispenaries?

John Suthers.​Do medical marijuana dispensaries have double-secret, underground agreements with the dorms at the University of Colorado in Boulder? Is there a secret plot to get all the innocent, cherub-faced freshmen at the nation's sixth-best reefer hot spot school hooked on the ganja? Than ... More >>

CU Buffs coach Dan Hawkins still thinking of naming son Cody Hawkins starting QB? Really?

Tyler Hansen asks: "Again?"​Last November, embattled CU Buffs coach Dan Hawkins admitted that he'd made a mistake recruiting son Cody Hawkins as quarterback. But as of April, he still was undecided whether the clearly superior Tyler Hansen or Cody would start under center this season. And toda ... More >>

Zorro (aka Seth Brigham) fights for his right to wear masks at Boulder City Council

Seth Brigham, masked man.​There's no politics like Boulder politics. At last night's Boulder City Council meeting, Seth Brigham, who'd previously protested a possible nudity ban by stripping to his boxers, ridiculed proposed new decorum rules already facing the ACLU's wrath by wearing a Zorro ... More >>

Stephanie Rochester, accused of smothering her baby: Husband Lloyd reportedly hires a lawyer

The Rochesters' Facebook photo.​Update, 10:58 a.m.: Here's one reason Lloyd Rochester hired a lawyer: He's filed for divorce. Details below the original item, published at 7:21 a.m. The latest on the terrible story of Superior's Stephanie Rochester, who told investigators she smothered her ba ... More >>

Carl Fuermann's quest to fix oil spill with meditation has its doubters

Bet Carl is very zen about the criticism.​Today's nominee for best article ever goes to the Boulder Daily Camera piece about Carl Fuermann, a staffer in the CU registrar's office who thinks the gulf oil spill can be resolved if people all over the world meditate to make the rig's blowout preve ... More >>

Dress for Success

Gun ban lifted at CU: Promote safety by hiring this clown!

The University of Colorado at Boulder's on-campus gun ban has been junked by the Colorado Court of Appeals. So how to promote gun safety if attendees can begin arming themselves before chem class? Perhaps by adapting DIRC (Dangerous Irresponsible Rider on Campus), a program intended to promote safe ... More >>

Bare breasts in Boulder: Housing authority decision means Catherine Pierce's can hang out again

Flappers like these beauties from "There's Something About Mary" may soon be back on display in Boulder.​The campaign to establish a new public nudity ordinance in Boulder took an unexpected turn a few weeks back. That's when Catharine Pierce, 52, turned heads when she decided to garden wearin ... More >>

Dust your crack or else!: Door-hanger spoof strikes Boulder

The door hanger in question (click to enlarge).​April Fools Day jokes are a quarter a quadrillion -- unless, that is, they go beyond the ordinary and into sheer inspiration. That's the case with a stunt in Boulder, although city officials don't necessarily agree. The gist: Person or persons u ... More >>

Peeps trial delayed: Easter to go ahead as scheduled

Carol "Chay" Burdick and her Peeps have been left hanging.​Last week, we told you a story involving Carol "Chay" Burdick, a Boulder resident going to court against her landlord after she was told to remove an Easter display featuring marshmallow Peeps or face eviction. Unfortunately, we'll ha ... More >>

Same sex-marriage debate: Westboro Baptist Church protest falls flat -- because gay haters don't show up

Fireworks were on the agenda last night in Boulder. The setting: CU. The occasion: a debate about same-sex marriage sponsored by the campus Catholic ministry. The opponents: Representatives of Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, whose web address, GodHatesFags.com, symbolizes the organization's ... More >>

"Bloody" Kermit the Frog causes school closure: Did Lady GaGa do it?

"It's not easy being green -- but being green and red is worse."​Schools are closed for lots of reasons: snowstorms, tornado warnings, cherry-bombed toilets. But yesterday was likely the first-ever school closure caused by Kermit the Frog. Not that Kermit deserves the blame. Sounds like he wa ... More >>

Naked Pumpkin Run participants: Boulder DA Stan Garnett doesn't think you're sex offenders

Prior to last year's Naked Pumpkin Run, Boulder district attorney Stan Garnett told Westword that the charges available to use in relation to the event didn't fit the crime -- or whatever the hell you'd call stripping off your clothes and dashing around with a pumpkin shell on your head. In his word ... More >>

Betta fish murderer on the loose in Boulder!

A Flickr photoWhat did this little guy ever do to you, bastard?​Was a betta fish targeted during a home invasion in Boulder? Consider the evidence. According to the Boulder Daily Camera, a nineteen-year-old woman awoke during the wee hours of Monday morning to find an unknown man in her apart ... More >>

Medical-marijuana fight brewing between Senator Chris Romer, weed advocates

Should the number of medical-marijuana dispensaries be cut in half?​Senator Chris Romer has been the state legislator most willing to wade into the medical-marijuana morass -- and an article in yesterday's Boulder Daily Camera provides more information about a proposal he expects to offer in J ... More >>

Obama speech doesn't turn Boulder students into zombies

News that President Barack Obama would deliver a speech to the nation's schoolchildren caused plenty of parents (and talk-show hosts) (and cable-TV pundits) to freak out -- so much so that the event itself couldn't help being an anticlimax. Obama's text was about as controversial as an endorsement ... More >>

Party time in Fort Collins after CSU beat CU -- and before the rubber bullets started flying

Last night, Colorado State University fans descended on downtown Fort Collins to celebrate the Rams' out-of-the-blue 23-17 victory over the heavily favored CU Buffs in this year's Rocky Mountain Showdown. But what began as a good time devolved into a bummer when cops used rubber bullets to disperse ... More >>

Lesson to puppy thieves: Never steal anything adorable

The saga of Ferris the stolen dachshund has a happy ending -- for everyone except the trio who swiped him. Thanks to the Boulder Police Department's energetic efforts to locate the parties who spirited the pooch away from the Humane Society of Boulder Valley, a good Samaritan who'd been asked to wa ... More >>

Post-News joint operating agreement ends not with a bang, but with a press release

Dean Singleton.​The death of the joint-operating agreement that was supposed to sustain a business partnership between the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News for a half-century but didn't survive for even one decade can't help seeming anticlimactic. After all, the Rocky's been gone for si ... More >>

Daily Camera editorial argues for legalizing weed

Peter Tosh and the Daily Camera's Erika Stutzman are on the same page.​The Boulder Police Department is stepping up DUI patrols and the University of Colorado at Boulder is adding new officers as college students invade the city for the fall semester. But in an opinion piece today, a member of ... More >>

Oh yeah: Jared Polis also hosted a healthcare town hall....

Before Congressman Jared Polis' constituents got a chance to see him do a beer bong with Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report last night, they had the opportunity to watch him do something else unusual -- host a healthcare town hall that didn't deteriorate into scarlet-faced, neck-tendon-displayin ... More >>

Crocs, 7, a fashion faux pas gone wild

​ A couple weeks back, the Washington Post delivered to the nation an obituary for Niwot-based Crocs, outlining the company's demise in a story that's since been reprinted in papers throughout the country. Last year the company lost $185.1 million, slashed roughly 2,000 jobs and scrambled t ... More >>

Aborted sale of Daily Camera building speaks volumes about Boulder economy

Photo by Michael RobertsThe Daily Camera's longtime HQ. This past weekend, my family and I took a stroll in one of my favorite places, the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder -- and while the sidewalks were crowded, I saw unmistakable proof that the area isn't immune from the economic downturn. For the fi ... More >>

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