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Smoking tickets on Boulder's Pearl Street Mall: 35 so far, with fines of up to $500 each

If you thought shopping on Boulder's Pearl Street Mall could be expensive before the city council prohibited smoking on the mall earlier this year, just try lighting a cigarette during your next visit. Since the ban went into effect just over six weeks ago, 35 people have been cited for setting fla ... More >>

Photos: CU-Boulder proposes 8.7 percent tuition hike after $170M sports-facilities-upgrade pitch

Talk about awkward timing. There's no direct connection, monetary or otherwise, between CU-Boulder's proposal for an 8.7 percent tuition hike next year and a plan for a $170 million upgrade to the university's sports facilities; see graphics and more below. But a CU spokesman concedes that the schoo ... More >>

Five weirdest stories of job hate

Sometimes, people get revenge on their workplace -- and sometimes their workplace gets revenge on them. We're not sure which of these descriptions best fits a man's bizarre car crash into the Boulder restaurant where he worked on Monday -- more on that below. But it got us thinking about other stori ... More >>

Julie Andrews will bring the hills of Boulder alive as CU commencement speaker

In recent years, commencement speakers for the University of Colorado at Boulder have either been controversial or underwhelming to the vast majority of the student body. But neither of these issues are likely to plague the 2013 graduation ceremony, scheduled for May 10, since the speaker chosen -- ... More >>

Walmart coming to Boulder -- and sh*t heading for fan

Boulder and Walmart are an unlikely combination. But after months of speculation, rumors and protests, it now appears that one of the nation's most progressive communities will soon be home to the retailer most liberals love to hate. And judging by early reaction to reports that a Walmart will be in ... More >>

Marijuana: Boulder rejects pot shop ban, but councilman urges caution moving forward

Update: Yesterday, we noted that the Boulder City Attorney's office planned a presentation suggesting that city council approve a moratorium until at least 2014 on new marijuana retail outlets legalized under Amendemnt 64; see previous coverage below. Last night, the council chose not to go forward ... More >>

Edward McMorris busted for stomping, kicking, dragging four-month-old puppy

Close to midnight on Wednesday, Boulder police began receiving calls from people who heard a puppy in such apparent agony that one of them reportedly thought she had hit it with her car. Nope. Instead, cops believe Edward McMorris hit the dog, named Tater, with his foot -- over and over again.

Boulder Daily Camera's fourth most popular story doesn't exist -- or does it?

As you can see above, and in the full list below, the fourth most-viewed story on the Boulder Daily Camera website from a few moments ago apparently doesn't exist -- although maybe it does. How metaphysical! Here's an explanation by the perky yet mysterious error message:

John Suthers nixes undocumented student tuition discount, Metro disagrees

Earlier this month, Patricia Calhoun lauded Metro State College for creating a new tuition category for undocumented students, with the rate only modestly higher than the one offered to in-state residents. But Colorado Attorney General John Suthers isn't joining her on the cheer squad. He's offered ... More >>

Zoey Ripple, drunk CU grad, thought she was with pals until Timothy Justice shot her

Update: Many questions remain in the matter of Zoey Ripple, the CU grad who was shot after entering the wrong house -- an incident detailed in our original coverage below. But we've got more answers thanks to Boulder Police's release of an arrest affidavit, seen here, which quotes her as saying that ... More >>

Videos: Solar eclipse draws a crowd in Boulder

When my family members tried to check out last night's solar eclipse from a spot in Jefferson County, they saw...nothing, due to cloud cover. Those who gathered at CU-Boulder's Folsom Field had better luck, and that's a good thing -- because there were a record-setting 10,000 of them. See video of t ... More >>

"Gays are a threat to public health" letter fires up civil unions debate

At this writing, the second-most-viewed item on the Boulder Daily Camera website is a letter to the editor -- but not just any letter. The missive, published under the heading "Gays are a Threat to Public Health," has had an explosive impact on readers, coming at the outset of a special session insp ... More >>

Spencer Dinwiddie, CU Buffs basketball star, blacks out on stage during Obama speech

In all of the hoopla surrounding President Barack Obama's speech at CU-Boulder last night, as well as his crowd-pleasing, yogurt-spilling stop at The Sink, a favorite Boulder restaurant and student hangout, the media has thus far missed a side note involving hoops. To wit: Spencer Dinwiddie, one of ... More >>

4/20 at CU-Boulder: Fish fertilizer used on Norlin Quad a favorite of pot growers

Irony alert: Foul-smelling fish fertilizer of the sort CU-Boulder applied this morning to Norlin Quad, which has been closed as part of a plan to shrink the annual 4/20 event on campus, is a favorite of marijuana growers. Great minds think alike.

Christopher Lites busted for DUI after crashing into car -- on his bike

We don't know with metaphysical certitude that the Christopher Lites who was arrested in Boulder over the weekend on a charge of pedaling his bicycle under the influence is the same Chris Lites whose Facebook profile photo depicts a bizarre version of the Gary Busey family (it's on view below). But ... More >>

Boulder's Daddy Bruce's Bar-B-Que will close, ending a long family legacy

One of Denver's most iconic hometown heroes was Bruce Randolph Senior, a Five Points restaurateur who ran a soul food restaurant, Daddy Bruce's, and a legacy that has endured for nearly fifty years. Randolph Senior, considered one of the godfathers of barbecue in Denver, got his start using a self ... More >>

Ten weirdest Denver Broncos cheerleaders photos

The Internet is filled with forgotten pages -- cyberspace cul de sacs filled with oddball content. Take Procheerleader.blog. It was folded in to UltimateCheerleaders.com several years ago, but content from 2004 to 2008 continues to linger, including lotsa quirky pics of Denver Broncos cheerleaders. ... More >>

JFK hearse to be part of Boulder car museum, says collector Stephen Tebo

Big photos below.​The hearse that carried John F. Kennedy's body from a Dallas hospital to Air Force One one fateful November day in 1963 is coming to Boulder. Developer and car collector Stephen Tebo -- not, not that Tebow -- picked it up for $176,000, and he says that one day it'll be part ... More >>

Zachary Meints, busted hockey coach: Why did team keep online perv allegations from parents?

Big pic below.​Zachary Meints, a volunteer coach for the youth-oriented Boulder Hockey Club, was arrested yesterday on five Internet sexual exploitation of a child counts -- a disturbing development by any measure. But equally troubling for parents of team members is evidence that club officia ... More >>

Occupy Boulder march on Saturday draws 700, brings together separate groups (PHOTOS)

Big pics below.​Last week, we reported on separate Occupy Boulder groups, and one participant's hope that upcoming events would help everyone pull together. And while it was overshadowed by Saturday's Occupy Denver arrest-fest, a Boulder march and rally appears to have accomplished this goal, ... More >>

Where's Waldo? In Boulder, but maybe not for long

Clever disguise, Waldo, but we know it's you.​Waldo came and disappeared from the Arhaus Furniture store in Boulder back in April, but he wasn't done yet; since then, a stencil of the famously elusive children's cartoon character has been popping up in several hard-to-spot locations all over B ... More >>

Kitten tossed from car window: It's not just dogs being abused these days (VIDEO)

Flickr​What did animals do to deserve such abuse? First, there was the story of Matthew Weatherspoon, who allegedly stabbed a bulldog puppy who nipped him -- after which our Shmuck of the Week patrol discovered another twelve recent cases of dog stabbings. And now comes word of a kitten being ... More >>

Sh*t-covered man hides in porta-potty tank at yoga fest, wanted on unlawful sex contact charge

​Remember the hilarious scene from Slumdog Millionaire in which a little boy winds up covered in shit from an outdoor toilet? Betcha one woman will never find it amusing again. That's because when she went to use a porta-potty at a Boulder yoga festival, a man was apparently in the tank beneat ... More >>

Tesla Motors moves from Boulder's Pearl Street showroom to Park Meadows

Big pics below.​Back in 2009, we reported about the impending opening of a Tesla Motors outlet in Boulder, just in time for local shoppers to get a reported $42,000 tax credit for buying one of the sleek electric cars. Thank you, America! But less than two years later, the outlet -- which woun ... More >>

Sierra Weir & Adrian Pougiales: Boulder party devolves into bottle bashing, blood spitting?

Big pics below.​Most parties in Boulder are peaceful -- even ones that attract 10,000 people on 4/20. But that wasn't the case on University Hill last night, where Boulder police say a graduation bash deteriorated into a fight between ten to fifteen people that ended with bottle bashing, blood ... More >>

Trevor Morris & Ashley Bradford waive prelim in medical marijuana center machete robbery

Big pics below.​Trevor Morris and Ashley Bradford don't look much like ninjas in their booking photos. But they're accused of using machetes to rob a medical marijuana dispensary in Gunbarrel earlier this year -- and after reportedly waiving a preliminary hearing, they're slated to enter pleas ... More >>

4/20, Boulder and driving under influence of weed: Three arrests, crash into cop car

​Opponents of a bill to set THC driving limits got a big boost after a blood test of Westword medical marijuana critic William Breathes showed he was nearly three times over the proposed limit when sober. But while the legislation has been put on hold, it's not dead -- and those in favor of it ... More >>

Squeeze the Cat rescued from Boulder pipe: No, not that kind of pipe! (VIDEO)

Video below.​Tell the average person about some cat in Boulder having pipe problems and he may assume the rub has something to do with local medical marijuana dispensaries that may be closed due to license problems. But no: This tale has to do with an actual cat, nicknamed Squeeze, who may hav ... More >>

Kevin McGregor: 1st degree murder charge in Todd Walker case, death penalty on table? (62)

Big pic below.​Update: Kevin McGregor has now been charged with first-degree murder in relation to the shooting of University of New Hampshire football player Todd Walker this past Friday -- and the case is on a very fast track, with a preliminary hearing slated for April 25. In the meantime, ... More >>

Taylor Swift & Kenny Chesney music scared a bear?: Guess it wasn't a country bear (VIDEOS)

He woulda stayed.​Music supposedly has the power to soothe a savage beast -- but it can also annoy the hell out of one. That's the lesson recently learned by personnel at Boulder Community Hospital. When they found a bear hibernating under a building on hospital property, they managed to driv ... More >>

Girl Scouts won't be arrested for selling door to door in Boulder, 'cause sheriff needs Thin Mints

Flickr​Earlier this week, local Girl Scouts of Colorado troop leaders received an e-mail warning that anyone who doesn't get approval in Boulder to sell cookies door to door or from a booth "will be arrested." If Boulderites see cops slapping cuffs on six-year-old Brownies, the Pearl Street M ... More >>

Joaquin Campos charged with homicide in death of infant he allegedly threw over his head

Joaquin Campos.​The Boulder County Coroner has come to a conclusion about the October death of ten-month-old Lyon Campos, for which his father, Joaquin Campos, has been arrested. "The cause of death is multiple blunt force injuries," writes coroner Emma Hall. "The manner of death is homicide. ... More >>

Medical marijuana odors: Boulder battles the funk

​Talk about the smell of success. Apparently Boulder now has so many MMJ businesses that folks all over are complaining about the ever-present aroma of pot in the air -- and officials are struggling to clear the air.

Richard Troupe charged with dropping trou at Burger King, asking staffer to hold his Whopper

Big pic below.​The arrest of Richard Troupe, 52, for shedding his pants and asking a worker at a Burger King if she'd like to hold his Whopper strikes plenty of people as hilarious, for obvious reasons. But Longmont Police spokesman Jeff Satur isn't laughing, and neither is the young woman wh ... More >>

Medical marijuana: Did Boulder's publication of a map showing grow locations violate the law?

​"Boulder Accidentally Discloses Secret Marijuana Grow Sites," published by the Boulder Daily Camera, reveals that the city put a map on its website showing the whereabouts of sixty cannabis cultivation centers. Along the way, the piece quotes Boulder assistant city attorney Kathy Haddock as a ... More >>

Flash mob, holiday style, at FlatIron Crossing food court -- and nobody got slushied! (VIDEO)

​Hipsters may think flash mobs are played out -- but to that, we say: "Bah, humbug!" As reported by the Boulder Daily Camera, students from Westminster's Artistic Fusion Dance Academy took over FlatIron Crossing's food court yesterday, sashaying to Mariah Carey's version of "All I Want For Chr ... More >>

Patricia Forget: CU student allegedly forgets to stay off bicycle while drunk, cited for DUI

Large photo below.​A February CU Independent story about the University of Colorado at Boulder's efforts to discourage on-campus smoking features a photo of student Patricia Forget happily puffing -- and judging by her latest media appearance, she should have stuck with cigarettes. She was cit ... More >>

JonBenét Ramsey case: New interviews sought but cops not saying with whom (like Burke?)

JonBenét & Burke.​Last week, we told you about conflicting stories regarding a reported new interview with Burke Ramsey about the 1996 murder of his younger sister, JonBenét Ramsey. Now, Boulder Police says such interviews are being sought -- but it's not confirming the identity of Burke or ... More >>

Ty Gregorak, former Buff, breaks Strip Club Rule No. 1: Never steal the bouncer's handgun

​Each week we introduce you to one local shmuck. This week: Former CU Buffalo Ty Gregorak. There are certain of rules of engagement involved in visiting strip clubs, and they are for the most part simple. Always tip your dancer. Keep your hands to yourself. Never buy a hit of ecstasy off of a ... More >>

Dustin Winesberry, registered sex offender, takes world's sexiest mug shot

"Helllooo, ladies!"​Words commonly used to describe mug shots include "menacing," "pathetic," "disturbing" and "hilarious" -- but usually not "sexy." So congrats, Dustin Winesberry. The seductive, come-hither mug shot taken of you yesterday at Boulder County Jail looks like the cover of a '70 ... More >>

CU coach Dan Hawkins: Dead man talking... and talking... and talking...

CU Buffs coach Dan Hawkins' news conference yesterday, excerpted in the Boulder Daily Camera clip above and viewable in its entirety below, began with an opening statement that lasted more than twenty minutes, and it seemed longer. Hawkins is a smart guy, and he's got to know that he's not long for ... More >>

Felony weed charges dropped against "pregnant caregiver" Sherri Versfelt

Sherri Versfelt shows off her baby bump.​Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett says he's "committed to having the most progressive approach to medical marijuana of any DA's office in the state." And yesterday, he took another step toward establishing that reputation by dismissing charges agai ... More >>

Threat against abortion doctor Warren Hern: Read the indictment here

Warren Hern, in an image from a Boulder Daily Camera video.​As Patricia Calhoun pointed out earlier this morning, Boulder's Warren Hern, the last practitioner in the U.S. still doing late-term abortions, was the subject of a death threat by a Spokane, Washington, man, Donald Hertz, mere weeks ... More >>

Boulder County: Taking the "social" out of "social media"

​The Boulder Daily Camera reported today that Boulder County has installed rules covering the use of social media by employees (CBS4 Denver also blogged about it). The gist of the rules seems to be requiring permission from a department head to post anything to Twitter, Facebook, etc. Reall ... More >>

Boulder Naked Bike Ride is naughty-bits free

The Boulder Police Department's threat of potentially registering genital-displaying Naked Bike Ride peddlers as sex offenders seems to have done the trick. This weekend's Ride went off without a hitch, but with plenty of stitches over groins -- and pasties on male and female nipples alike, as can ... More >>

A new look for Ramsey case in new year?

The arrival of a new district attorney in Boulder has some people expecting that the 12-year-old murder of JonBenet Ramsey will get a "fresh look." But what exactly does that mean? This mind-bending report in the Boulder Daily Camera suggests a new look means another look at John Mark Karr (pi ... More >>

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