When I first heard about a free evening escort service at the University of Colorado called Nightride, I was truly impressed.

"Much anticipated" would be an understatement. Lindsey Geist had been counting the days until the release of "New Moon." Brecken Kram, who doesn't even like to read, reread all the books in the "Twilight" series in the days before the premiere.

Traci Housman waits for her hearing at the Boulder County Justice Center in Boulder, Colorado on Friday November 20, 2009.

Nicole Fox Like a battle cry for shy, awkward girls everywhere, Nicole Fox said it loud and said it proud: "I'm a dork, and I'm America's Next Top Model." The University of Colorado sophomore and fine arts major beat out 13 other modeling hopefuls in Season 13 of the modeling reality show hosted by Tyra Banks to become America's Next Top Model, ...

On Tuesday, the Boulder City Council directed two city delegates to the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties to: support "green" technology; advocate for local government's involvement in national carbon-emission reduction programs; acknowledge the need for alternative approaches to carbon-emission reduction in developing countries; ...

Jeff Shanahan browses a clothing rack, looking for a deal, at Outdoor Outlet in Boulder on Tuesday.

Silvia Pettem at the grave of Jane Doe, a young murder victim whose battered body was found in Boulder Canyon in 1954 and who now has a name: Dorothy Gay Howard.

Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong announced plans Monday for a 2010 North American comedy tour called "Cheech & Chong: Get It Legal." The performers are partnering with the Marijuana Policy Project to "promote policy change through laughter," organizers said.

A "tongue-in-cheek" sign in the window of the Lazy Dog Sports Bar and Grill is advertising that the Pearl Street Mall restaurant is for sale.

The annual Leonid meteor shower peaks early Tuesday across North America, although experts say there should be good viewing in the hours before and after the peak.

It's Scotch on the rocks -- and then some. Two crates of Scotch whiskey have been frozen in Antarctic ice for a century.

We've got two closures to report in Boulder, both of them somewhat surprising. First to go down? Spud Brothers at 2010 10th Street, which closed the doors on August 28, much to the disappointment of Micks and stoners city-wide. According to the official report from Spud Brothers management, the big problem was that the city of Boulder wouldn't ...

You've heard about people taking advantage of Colorado's medical marijuana laws by faking an illness, getting a doctor's prescription and getting licensed to smoke pot.

A 63-year-old man arrested in April after a 911 caller said the man pointed a handgun at him was acquitted of felony menacing and prohibited use of a weapon earlier this month.

There won't be any free cut-your-own Christmas trees in Boulder this year. The city is calling off a four-year-old program that invited people to chop their own trees on city-owned open space.