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Freeze tag
As Boulder police continue to nab members of a teenage “graffiti crew” responsible for much of the recent spike in tagging around town, city officials plan to crack down on property owners as well, in an effort to get graffiti cleaned up in a more timely manner...
Harvest of rage
First Boulder Weekly scooped the nation by sounding the alarm about the militia movement the day after the Oklahoma City bombing. Then the paper delved into the world of the foreclosed farms and struggling communities of the heartland that had led to the smoking ...
Home for the holidays
“They kicked me out, but I was happy to leave,” she says about her mom and step-dad. Her parents gave Ashley an ultimatum — obey their rules or get out. Their rules included taking care of her 10-year-old brother and “literally doing every chore in the house,” she ...
Southern California storm whips up a tornado, four waterspouts
LOS ANGELES — A powerful storm that hit the Southern California...
Boulder homeless couple has baby girl
The Boulder homeless couple featured in a Nov. 21 Boulder Weekly feature story — Lexi and Chris Weaver — now has a little girl...
Man convicted in Chicago of 11 murders, 9 rapes, attempted murder
CHICAGO — It took a Cook County, Ill., judge seven minutes...
Monsanto Found Guilty of Chemical Poisoning in France
A French court has found U.S. chemical giant Monsanto Co. guilty of...
History of Sunshine Week
“I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power,...
Who’s getting whose goat?
Just because we’re on the other side of election season doesn’t mean the advertisements stop. You’ve probably seen it by now: a “Front Range” “organic” farmer telling us that people should support fracking because it helps farmers like her pay for healthcare and ...
Bag fee reduces paper and plastic bag use by 68 percent
Whether you wanted paper or plastic, it started costing $.10 each at the grocery line six months ago when a new city initiative began requiring grocery stores to charge a fee per disposable bag. The City of Boulder is now reporting that has reduced grocery store bag ...
Wis. teen pleads guilty in Facebook sex case
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Anthony Stancl, the former New Berlin Eisenhower High School student accused of using the social networking site Facebook to coerce male schoolmates into sexual encounters, was found guilty Tuesday of two counts of sexual assault...
