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  • CU Students win grant to build a better toilet

    August 14, 2012 11:25 PM

    BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - A team of student and faculty engineers from the University of Colorado Boulder is among the winners of grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to reinvent the toilet. The foundation has a competition to invent a waterless, hygienic, safe, affordable toilet for the 2.5... more »
  • Stolen toilets??

    March 16, 2012 7:18 AM

    GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) - Authorities in the Denver area are investigating 18 burglaries where toilets were the target. Law-enforcement officials say the culprit has entered businesses, a restaurant, grocery store, university and hospital to steal copper or brass plumbing and hardware from toilets in the restrooms since Jan. 5. Jefferson... more »
  • Potty peeper appears in court

    September 3, 2011 1:38 PM

    BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - A man suspected of spying on women in bathrooms around Boulder is scheduled to be in court again Oct. 27. The Boulder Daily Camera reports that Luke Ivan Chrisco appeared in court Friday where a judge rescheduled his arraignment for next month. Arraignments are where suspects... more »
  • Man arrested for hiding in women's toilet

    June 28, 2011 5:33 AM

    BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - A Colorado man suspected of hiding in the tank of a portable toilet is also accused of spying on women in bathrooms at several Boulder businesses. Boulder police spokeswoman Kim Kobel said Monday that 30-year-old Luke Ivan Chrisco faces four charges of burglary. Police say... more »
  • You could be drinking medicines washed down the shower

    March 28, 2010 10:51 AM

    Just by showering or bathing, you may be adding to the growing concentrations of medicines, hormones, and other health care products polluting the nation's water supply, a new study shows. Experts have suspected that our drinking water supply was being contaminated by what we flush down the toilet, Dr.... more »
  • Focus on the Family collects toilet paper for the needy

    March 25, 2010 6:57 PM

    Focus on the Family is joining with other organizations to collect a semi-truck load of toilet paper for the needy. The brainchild of Focus employee Kathy Peterson, who was once homeless, the drive should help with the number one need they hear from the Colorado Springs Community Roundtable, a coalition... more »
  • Day after Thanksgiving keeps plumbers busy

    November 27, 2009 5:39 PM

    Black Friday is a big day at the stores, but its also considered one the busiest days of the year for plumbers. It's a Thanksgiving problem: people pour grease or put food down the drain. At one apartment in Pueblo a teenager poured all the grease from a 24-pound turkey... more »
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