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• Teen Worried About Friend Who Tried Pot

  ISSUE 38•14 | 04.17.02 | News in Brief

  ARVADA, CO— Steve Vandervelt, 16, an Arvada High School honors student, expressed grave concern Tuesday for friend Todd Wolk, who experimented with marijuana at a party the previous weekend. "They say pot's a 'gateway drug,'" Vandervelt told Wolk. "And even if it doesn't lead to cocaine and more serious stuff, doing pot can still really mess up your brain." Vandervelt offered to speak to Mrs. Logan, the school's health-ed teacher, on Wolk's behalf to get more information about the dangers of marijuana use. more»

• Area Man Switches To Backup Lie

  ISSUE 37•38 | 10.24.01 | News in Brief

  AURORA, CO— At the last possible moment, area resident Gordon Kanner aborted his planned avenue of untruth, turning instead to a backup lie to explain his failure to show up at his girlfriend's sister's birthday party. "That was the closest call in my entire two years with Jessica," a relieved Kanner told reporters after the near-bust. "I was going to feed her some bullshit about how I couldn't make it to her sister's thing because I had to work. But just as I was about to, she mentions seeing my car at the Safeway. Fortunately, I was able to think fast and switch to my sick-mother lie." more»

• Study: Most Self-Abuse Goes Unreported

  ISSUE 40•04 | 01.28.04 | News

  BOULDER—According to a study released Tuesday by the University of Colorado sociology department, approximately 95 percent of self-abuse cases in the U.S. go unreported. more»

  

• Historic Pretzels-For-Little Debbie Swap Sparks Heavy Lunchtime Trading

  ISSUE 43•36 | 09.07.07 | News

  BOULDER, CO—While some were able to make substantial gains, the activity resulted in a flooding of Sun-Maid raisins and an estimated 56 feet of Fruit by the Foot. more»

  

• Five Or Six Dudes Jump Out Of Nowhere And Just Start Whaling On This One Guy

  ISSUE 36•20 | 05.31.00 | News

  BOULDER, CO—Some seriously wigged-out shit went down at 2 or 3 a.m., pizza-delivery guy Lyle Kelso reported. more»

  

• Child Slavery Gives Area Activist Something To Do With Her Evenings

  ISSUE 46•06 | 02.12.10 | News in Brief

  BOULDER, CO—The scourge of child slavery, an abhorrent practice affecting millions of exploited children under 12 worldwide, has given local... more»

• Area Stoners Mistakenly Hold Massive Kemp Rally

  ISSUE 30•03 | 08.28.96 | News

  BOULDER, CO—A diverse group of marijuana advocates, or "stoners" as they are popularly known, mistakenly held a massive rally in support of Republican party vice-presidential nominee Jack Kemp yesterday, calling upon citizens and the legislature in their demands for the candidate's immediate legalization. more»

  

• Evangelical Haggard Claims He Was Molested By Republican Congressman

  ISSUE 42•46 | 11.10.06 | News in Brief

  COLORADO SPRINGS, CO—Evangelical leader Ted Haggard, who stepped down last week after confessing that he purchased methamphetamines and... more»

• Donut-Shaped Thing In Kitchen Junk Drawer Has No Discernible Purpose Whatsoever

  ISSUE 33•23 | 06.17.98 | News in Brief

  COLORADO SPRINGS, CO—Homeowner Gilbert Voss will be damned if he knows what that donut-shaped plastic thing in his kitchen junk drawer is for, it was reported Monday. "It looks like it goes in a tape dispenser or something," Voss said. "But that doesn't explain the little bumps." Voss' wife Helen speculated that the object may have fallen out of her sewing kit, but is similarly baffled by its function. "I guess you could put threads through the little holes around the rim," she said, "but then what would you do with it?" more»

• Telemarketers May Not Actually Care How You Are Doing

  ISSUE 32•15 | 11.11.97 | News

  COLORADO SPRINGS, CO—Late in the afternoon, the warm, cheery sound of a ringing telephone fills the home of San Diego housewife Sandy Morris. "How are you doing?" asks the caller, her voice calm and friendly on the line. Pleased with the caller's good-natured, neighborly inquiry into her well-being, Morris warms to the conversation, and the two women quickly establish a rapport. more»

  

• Olympic Speed Skater Thinking About Maybe Taking Out The Garbage

  ISSUE 33•11 | 03.25.98 | News in Brief

  COLORADO SPRINGS, CO—U.S. Olympic speed skater Jared Wells, 24, who placed sixth in the 500-meter sprint at last month's Nagano Games, is reportedly thinking about maybe taking out the garbage. "Yeah, those pizza boxes are really starting to pile up there," said Wells, speaking from his living-room couch. "I guess I should take care of that. But first I'm gonna finish building this house made out of Entertainment Weekly subscription-card inserts." more»

• Peeping Tom Tired Of Watching People Watch Television

  ISSUE 37•28 | 08.15.01 | News in Brief

  COLORADO SPRINGS, CO–Jonathan Hargrove, a Colorado Springs-area peeping Tom, expressed exasperation Tuesday, when a fifth consecutive victim did nothing more with her evening than watch hours of television. "I thought peering in on strangers would be more, I don't know, exciting," said the 44-year-old Hargrove, speaking from his hydrangea-bush hiding place. "I guess I somehow expected other people's lives to be more sexy or interesting than mine." Hargrove did note, however, that Big Brother 2 is "really starting to heat up." more»

• Workplace Shooting Planned On Company Time

  ISSUE 42•22 | 05.31.06 | News in Brief

  COLORADO SPRINGS, CO—Last week's mass shooting at Consolidated Services, in which employee Lynn Saint-Sebastian killed seven coworkers and... more»

• Custody Battle Sparks Couple's First-Ever Interest In Child

  ISSUE 34•11 | 10.14.98 | News in Brief

  COLORADO SPRINGS, CO–Area 8-year-old Danny Rasmussen is enjoying the attention of his parents for the first time ever, thanks to a bitter custody battle, it was reported Monday. "I sure as hell ain't letting Denice get the kid," father Larry Rasmussen said. "She got the house and the car, so I've got to keep something from that bitch." Denice Rasmussen expressed a similar determination. "I'll do whatever it takes to deny Larry custody," she said. "I'll even take that kid out and buy him whatever he wants." Danny, unaccustomed to being prioritized by his parents, is rejoicing over his newfound importance in their lives. "This means that they love me," he said. more»

• Olympic Skier Stares Down Icy, Forbidding Slope Of Rest Of Life

  ISSUE 38•09 | 03.13.02 | News in Brief

  COLORADO SPRINGS, CO— Two weeks after returning from the Salt Lake City Games, U.S. Olympic skier Courtney Roth, 31, found herself staring down the icy, forbidding slope that is her future Monday. "I got an offer to do a supermarket opening in Denver next week," Roth said, "and it looks like I may sign on to promote the new popcorn shrimp they've got over at Lou's Lobster House." Following several months of three-figure endorsement deals, Roth will land a job in Vail teaching skiing to surly, spoiled 5- to 10-year-olds for the rest of her life. more»

• Bartender Hurt By Unfinished Drink

  ISSUE 41•17 | 04.27.05 | News in Brief

  DENVER—Eddie Meagher, a bartender at Madhatter's Pub, reported that he was "deeply hurt" by an unfinished Long Island Ice Tea left behind by one of his patrons Monday. "I made that drink especially for him," said a visibly disappointed Meagher. "Why would he leave almost a third of it sitting there? If something was wrong with it, he should've told me so. Then I could fix it." According to coworkers, Meagher hasn't been this upset since a patron thoughtlessly vomited four meticulously crafted Cosmos onto the street in front of the bar last Thursday. more»

• Area Man Meets That Special Someone Else

  ISSUE 43•33 | 08.15.07 | News in Brief

  DENVER—Husband and father of three Hank Glass, 37, told reporters Monday that his life finally has a purpose now that he has met that... more»

• Favorite Stick Brought Inside

  ISSUE 45•41 | 10.07.09 | News in Brief

  DENVER—Discarding a number of twigs that did not conform to his high standards, Nicholas Thompson, 5, finally selected a favorite stick from... more»

• Local Man A Paper-Towel Black Hole

  ISSUE 45•35 | 08.25.09 | News in Brief

  DENVER—Sources at apartment 3A of the Woodpoint Towers residential complex confirmed that 26-year-old Stephen Refkin has become a gaping,... more»

• Man At Bar Clinging To Muted 'King Of Queens' Episode Like Life Preserver

  ISSUE 45•29 | 07.15.09 | News in Brief

  DENVER, CO—Like a desperate shipwreck survivor clutching at flotsam in the North Atlantic, area bar patron Kyle Whaley kept his eyes glued... more»

• Dad Tests Limits Of Cheesecake Factory Vibrating Pager

  ISSUE 45•06 | 02.05.09 | News in Brief

  DENVER—After receiving the device intended to alert him when his family's table at the Cheesecake Factory was ready, local father Timothy... more»

• Magical Voting Booth Transforms Clearheaded Americans Into Reactionist Morons

  ISSUE 44•45 | 11.04.08 | News in Brief

  DENVER—A voting booth stationed at the fifth district municipal center in Denver possesses the otherworldly power to transform rational... more»

• Man Succumbs To 7-Year Battle With Health Insurance

  ISSUE 44•39 | 09.22.08 | News

  DENVER—According to an independent study, health insurance is the nation’s No. 2 killer, claiming the lives of some 400,000 Americans each year. more»

  

• Evening's Events Immediately Recapped With Digital-Camera Slide Show

  ISSUE 43•20 | 05.14.07 | News in Brief

  DENVER—Family and friends attending a two-hour birthday dinner for 26-year-old Josh Kebbekus at The Cheesecake Factory yesterday concluded... more»

• History Doomed To Repeat Itself, Reports Man Who Just Dropped Food On Pants

  ISSUE 44•47 | 11.18.08 | News in Brief

  DENVER—After dropping a chili dog in his lap Tuesday, area resident Marcus Nielson addressed the food-related blunder, calling it but... more»