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Video: Elitch Gardens debuts new roller coaster, shows and beer this summer

Elitch Gardens Theme and Water Park has started its 123rd season with a new family-friendly roller coaster, seven more shows and a third custom-craft beer. The park's new Blazin' Buckaroo allows cowboys and cowgirls as short as 36 inches high to climb aboard (but they'll need to be accompanied by a ... More >>

Stephen Armbruster & Robert McManus get taste of their own bear repellent in frat attack

Another story that got lost in the Latest Word holiday-week shuffle: The only-in-Boulder tale of Stephen Armbruster and Robert McManus, who allegedly tried to get even for a fraternity prank with the use of bear-approved pepper spray. The incident caused quite a bit of blowback for Armbruster and M ... More >>

Weekend at Bernie's reenactment nets Robert Young, Mark Rubinson probation, psych evals

Just in case you're thinking of taking one of your dead buddies out on the town, consider the cautionary tale of Robert Young and Mark Rubinson. True, they didn't get jail time: They've been sentenced to probation. But the additional punishments, not to mention the ignominious attention they earned ... More >>

Mark Rubinson, Robert Young plead guilty in Weekend at Bernie's-style corpse party

Last year, we told you about a Weekend at Bernie's homage involving Mark Rubinson, Robert Young and a dead body -- a joy ride that inspired Shotgun Willie's to offer no cover for corpses after 7 p.m. Rubinson and Young have now pleaded guilty for the romp, which will likely net them probation to go ... More >>

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Most memorable mug shots of 2011, part one

It's time at last. After preliminary roundups featuring a slew of mug shot collections, spotlighting tattoos, hairstyles, weirdness, intimidation, celebrities and notables, baby faces and women on the wrong side of the law, we offer up the most memorable images of the year -- an array so large that ... More >>

Fifteen weirdest mug shots of 2011

Photos below.​Things are about to get strange. In recent days, we've shared mug-shot roundups featuring intimidating images, celebrities and notables, tattoos and women. But now, here are the weirdest shots 2011 has had to offer. And as those who lived through it know, it was a mighty weird ye ... More >>

Mark Rubinson, Weekend at Bernie's reenactor: Did he want to be a fantasy Ninja? (VIDEO)

The story of Mark Rubinson and Robert Young, who allegedly tried to reenact Weekend at Bernie's with their dead friend, Jeff Jarrett, was already plenty weird. Now, add to it Young's claim that he thought Jarrett was only drunk, Rubinson's court no-show and -- the latest -- his obsession with a fan ... More >>

Top 37 mug shots of September 2011

Our September 2011 mug shot roundup features looks at horrific criminals -- such as Travis Forbes, who confessed to murdering Kenia Monge -- and the wackier kind, like the two guys who allegedly decided to reenact Weekend at Bernie's with their dead pal. Check out the month's roster below, and click ... More >>

Shotgun Willie's offers corpse discount in wake of Weekend at Bernie's misadventure (PHOTOS)

Photo by Nick Lucchesi​Robert Young and Mark Rubinson face charges for allegedly reenacting Weekend at Bernie's with the body of Young's pal -- but at least they provided a punchline for Shotgun Willie's, which commemorated its part in the bizarre tale with the offer on the sign in the photo a ... More >>

Robert Young, Mark Rubinson accused of reenacting Weekend at Bernie's with pal's corpse

Big pics below.​After discovering that a friend of yours is dead, do you (A) call 911; (B) contact a family member; or (C) head off on a Weekend at Bernie's-style tour of bars and strip clubs, with the fun and frivolity all charged to the deceased? Police say Robert Young and Mark Rubinson ch ... More >>

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