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A wake-up call

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Therewas probably a moment for all of us, in the hours and days that followed the outbreak of the Fourmile Canyon fire, in which we stopped and thought about what we’d throw in the car if it happened to us...

Walmart is still bad for the planet

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In May, Walmart was hit with $110 million in environmental fines after pleading guilty to improperly dumping pesticides, fertilizer and other hazardous materials into public sewers and landfills. The Justice Department’s Environmental Crimes Section said that it was ...

2012 Gift Guide Introduction

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Happy holidays. Yep, it’s officially that time of year again, so you might as well get used to it. You know what we’re talking about, everyone smiling and throwing kindness your way in one form or another, including gifts. Aside from the TV commercials, it’s not that...

Hopped with love

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What do you get for the beer lover in your life that has everything? Or more appropriately, has tried every Kolsch, Baltic porter and barleywine money can buy...

Holiday bump

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The long lines and packed parking lots and overplayed Christmas carols of the holiday season might be a pain for shoppers, but they’re music to the ears — and bottom lines — of retailers. Big-box electronic stores and gargantuan mega-marts are not the only retailers ...

In a sexual twilight

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Dear Dr. Jenni...

Give memories, not things: active gifts

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With winter comes a host of new things to do outdoors, which often lead to the best presents of all: lasting memories...

Sweet Relief for Coughing Children

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Dear Pharmacist...

Vanilla Sprinkle Cookies

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Fa la la la freakity la. The holiday season has finally come to a close...

A baby step out of the shadows

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Outside a 300,000-squarefoot building in a run-down Aurora neighborhood on Aug. 5, a lively, ethnically diverse crowd of some 80 people marched, sang and chanted...

You can save a life

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Jennifer Braun’s day in Soroti, Uganda, starts early. Roosters apparently don’t know they’re only supposed to crow after dawn. And when it comes to being born, babies have never respected working hours...