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Boulder County Democrats in conflict

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A recent Pew survey states that 50 percent of conservative voters and 35 percent of progressives say that it’s important to live where most people share their political views. In Colorado, this political self-segregation is seen in the stark differences between ...

Longmont ballot issues results

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The following is a list of the final unofficial 2009 results...

Court of Appeals: Retain Judge John R. Webb

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Court of Appeals — John R. Webb...

Chocolate is A Love Drug

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Dear Pharmacist,My wife made a resolution this year to eat healthy, but she loves candy and chocolate. Is there any compromise because I want to surprise her with something delicious without sabotaging her diet? --S.H., Dallas, TexasAnswer: Ah, Valentine’s Day, when ...

Skin Tags May Point to Diabetes

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Dear Pharmacist, I used to have beautiful skin and now as I get older I notice more and more age spots. How can I get rid of the ones I have and stop more from forming?  I'm also curious as to why some people get skin tags as we age. Thanks.  --K.S.  Lodi, ...

Triple Berry Spoon Cake

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Yippe! I got an invitation to a pool party from a lovely Boulder Weekly reader. They remembered my request for a boat ride last year and thought this was the next best thing. How nice was that? It did however, just like my bikini, come with strings attached. You ...

Fresh pasta and vegetarian Bolognese

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Italian Americans are always talking about how they are Italian, bragging about their mother’s marinara, and mispronouncing Italian words in cheesy accents...

Vote 2011: Local elections, big issues

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It’s been a steady few years of incessant complaining about government and all the things government fails to do well for its citizens. Now we’re heading into an election in which very few people will take time to vote. It’s not that they have to brave death threats ...

Science and contraception

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If we want to decrease the number of unwanted pregnancies in the United States, we would do well to pay attention to the results of two recent studies on contraception. Both show that long-term methods of birth control, in particular the intrauterine device, are far ...

Another water battle to keep an eye on

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While citizens of Boulder and Larimer counties battle horizontal fracking and the mess associated with it, countless communities in Latin America, Asia and Africa are trying to stop open-pit mega-mining in order to save their water...

City of Boulder Ballot Issue 2B: Yes on Sales and Use...

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City of Boulder Ballot Issue No. 2B...

Just doing our job

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If the Congressional candidate had not sent us the press release, we probably wouldn’t have learned about the police report, and he probably wouldn’t have suspended his campaign. This is a story about looking under the surface of things. Bob Brancato, a ...