Sitting in our nice warm car, we probably avoid eye contact, thinking he's probably just some guy who took the bus from Denver or somewhere else in hopes of making some cash from rich Boulder types. He'll probably just spend it on booze, anyway, we say to ourselves.

Levy says the feedback she has received on the bill has been pretty evenly split, but she wants her detractors to know she supports the decriminalization of marijuana. She feels society should be more tolerant of the drug, and she even acknowledges using marijuana in the past.

While Republicans have reclaimed control of the Colorado House for the first time in six years, Boulder County's Democratic legislators say they are confident they can work with the other side of the aisle to address rancorous issues like budget cuts and redistricting.

A state law enacted last spring, HB 1193, applies to out-of-state online retailers with at least $100,000 of annual sales in Colorado that do not charge customers state sales tax. The law requires them to notify Colorado buyers of the sales tax they owe on purchases, if those purchases total more than $500 for the calendar year.

One homeowner, who asked not to be identified for fear of retaliation, says his insurance company, State Farm, is taking its sweet time reviewing his detailed list of the contents of his home, and he's already had to fight to keep them from depreciating things that he had just recently purchased.

They are selling holiday-themed lotions to raise money for Boulder-based Shelter Me Photography, an operation that provides free professional photo services to shelters around the country. Shelter Me accelerates adoption rates through the circulation of high-quality, promotional images of pets on websites and in newspapers, for example.

The 2010 Kids and Family Reading Report, conducted by Scholastic and the Harrison Group, found that parents are increasingly concerned that kids seem to be reading fewer books as they spend more time online and on cell phones..

They say there has never been a case in which a third party - in other words, someone other than the individual who stole the documents in the first place - has been successfully prosecuted by the feds after circulating classified defense information.

At least one consultant is introducing a sophisticated computer tracking system that documents medical marijuana from seed to sale. There is also an effort to create a state credit union that caters to the medical marijuana industry.

At the close of business today, a general store that has become a Boulder institution will shut its doors for the last time.