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Should Employees Be Paid For Time It Takes To Change Clothes?
By Chris Morran on November 10, 2011 12:45 PM   125 Comments
Some jobs require more than just a uniform; they require specific clothing that must be taken on and off at the place of work. But that doesn't mean that the employee gets paid for the time slipping in and out of these necessary duds. And that's why a pair of nurses in Colorado have filed a class action lawsuit. More »

(Great Beyond)

King Soopers Defends Easter Creep
By Ben Popken on December 21, 2010 12:00 PM   49 Comments
End displays of Cadbury eggs cropping up in supermarkets in December have had our readers doing double-takes. First there's Christmas creep, then we had Halloween and Thanksgiving creep, but Easter creep? Yes, because you demanded it to be so, says King Soopers. More »

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More Cheese From Costco Recalled For E. Coli Contamination
By Chris Morran on November 15, 2010 10:29 AM   7 Comments
Ten days after announcing that a brand of gouda cheese sold at Costco had been linked to an E. coli outbreak, the FDA has issued a recall for some gorgonzola cheese sold at Costco, also for E. coli contamination. More »

(NIOSH)

Roofing Company Caves, Leaving Homeowners Out Thousands
By Ben Popken on August 25, 2010 3:00 PM   25 Comments
The takeaway from this story about a roofing company that went under, taking people's deposits with it, is to never pay for a job in full and up front. If the company stipulates this, the BBB says it's a big red flag. More »

(the Great Beyond)

Shopper: I Was Banned From Safeway Because I Asked For Large Chicken Breasts
By Chris Morran on August 23, 2010 4:36 PM   201 Comments
A man in Colorado claims he was given the boot — and a trespassing notice that bans him from the property for one year — from his local Safeway. But it wasn't over shoplifting or anything like that; he says it was all because of a misunderstanding about his poultry order. More »

Buy Solar Power System, Get Free Gun
By Ben Popken on June 18, 2010 8:07 AM   54 Comments
"Buy solar. Get a gun." Perfect for off-the-grid survivalists, Bland Solar and Air Inc has a new deal offering every customer who buys a 3kW+ solar system a free firearm. Best. Cross-promotion. Ever. More »

Cablevision Acquires Smallish Cable Company Called Bresnan
By Meg Marco on June 14, 2010 11:05 AM   22 Comments
Cablevision, a small but deeply hated cable company in New York City, has shelled out $1.4B for an even smaller company that owns systems in Colorado, Utah, Montana and Wyoming. Analysts studying the deal were described as "cautious" because it appears to make no sense. More »

(CBS4)

Robber Steals Man's iPad & Part Of His Finger
By Chris Morran on April 20, 2010 11:40 AM   77 Comments
A Colorado man has suffered permanent damage to his hand after a robber made off with the victim's new iPad, and a good chunk of his pinky finger. More »

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Sheriff's Deputy Uses Stun Gun On 30 High Schoolers At Job Fair
By Chris Morran on April 12, 2010 1:26 PM   135 Comments
Maybe this is the real reason job fairs are being cancelled: A sheriff's deputy in Colorado has been suspended after using his taser on 30 high school students at a job fair last week. And it wasn't a case of overzealous policing; the students volunteered! More »

Judge Fired In The Case Of The Overdue DVD
By Chris Morran on April 7, 2010 6:57 PM   63 Comments
Remember a few weeks back when we wrote of the Colorado teen who was arrested for an overdue DVD from his local library? There's an update — the judge who issued the arrest warrant in the case has been fired. More »

Colorado Teen Arrested For Overdue DVD
By Chris Morran on March 9, 2010 11:01 AM   97 Comments
A 19-year-old was pulled over at a traffic stop in Colorado a few weeks ago and quickly found himself arrested on an outstanding warrant. The charge? Not drugs or murder or even tax fraud. No, the perp was picked up because of an overdue DVD from his local library. More »

Amazon Cut Ties With Affiliates In Yet Another State Over Taxes
By Chris Morran on March 9, 2010 9:35 AM   100 Comments
The ongoing debate about whether or not to levy sales tax on online purchases got another talking point yesterday, as Amazon.com reacted to one such law in Colorado by completely dropping all of its affiliates in the state. More »

Man Stabs Himself So He Doesn't Have To Work At Blockbuster
By Meg Marco on November 4, 2009 12:15 AM   58 Comments

—>Blockbuster must be a very unpleasant place to work, because police say a Colorado man stabbed himself and blamed "three skinheads or Hispanic males dressed in black." (Really.) According to the cops, the guy eventually admitted that he stabbed himself so he wouldn't have to go to work.  More »

Lower Cost Of Living Means Less Income For Some
By Laura Northrup on October 17, 2009 9:00 PM   55 Comments

—>The good news: the cost of living is decreasing, or at least isn't increasing. The bad news: Colorado is the first state to actually decrease its minimum wage, from $7.28 to $7.24, and Social Security recipients will not be receiving their routine cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA for 2010.   More »

Colorado Job Opening: Marijuana Dispensary Reviewer
By Laura Northrup on October 2, 2009 2:14 PM   9 Comments

—>Are you looking for a job? Do you live in the Denver area and have a talent for writing and a prescription for medical marijuana? Well, then the alt-newsweekly Westword wants to talk to you!  More »

ID Theft Ring Placed Skimmers In Taco Bell, Stole Cards From Gym Lockers
By Meg Marco on September 4, 2009 9:59 PM   29 Comments

—>Credit card skimmers aren't just on ATMs and in grocery stores, apparently they're at Taco Bell. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports that a ID theft ring was busted for skimming credit card numbers at a Taco Bell as well as stealing cards from people's gym lockers.  More »

Start Your Christmas Shopping In August At This Colorado Pawn Shop
By Laura Northrup on August 26, 2009 11:30 AM   30 Comments

—>This sign spotted outside of a pawn shop in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, raises all kinds of questions. Such as: now what for Christmas? Now hiring for Christmas? Now buying artificial conifers for Christmas? Now cleaning out our warehouses for Christmas? We need more clarification, EZ Pawn.  More »

Best Buy Employees Fired For Attempting To Stop Knife-Wielding Shoplifters
By Meg Marco on August 18, 2009 12:45 PM   152 Comments

—>If you work at Best Buy, don't tackle any knife-wielding shoplifters or you'll be fired. That's what happened to two Best Buy employees who chased a couple shoplifters who were fleeing with armloads of merchandise towards a waiting car.  More »

Marriott Is Nice To You When Jerks Charge Food To Your Room
By Meg Marco on July 28, 2009 7:17 PM   77 Comments

—>Reader Stephen writes in to let us know that the Marriott Residence Inn in Boulder, CO was nice to him when some random jerks charged food to his room.  More »

Recession Scenes At Wal-Mart: Beef, Peanut Butter, Toilet Seats
By Laura Northrup on May 6, 2009 2:06 AM   102 Comments

—>Wal-Mart's management is watching their customers during the recession. What have they learned? More shoppers now make lists, instead of buying on impulse. Sales of frozen vegetables are up; sales of Angus beef are down. And mysteriously, $5 white toilet seats are a hot item near Denver.  More »

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