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Last-minute stocking stuffers
It´s Christmas Eve and you’ve done it again. You’ve put off shopping until the last minute, and now you’ve lost the chance to order gifts online, make a homemade anything, or even drive around to stores. Well, we’ve compiled a list of suggestions to help you fill ...
Buffs´ spikers take sets from top teams
The days of consistent 0-3 losses for the University of Colorado volleyball team appear to be over. After a fairly successful four-game road trip, CU returned home to face Stanford and California, both top 10 teams...
Juggernaut Stanford rolls over Colorado
Colorado women ended a disappointing 0-2 homestand with a 54-80...
Geared up for the holidays
Expensive mountaineering gear is not generally where you want to drop a lot of cash on a trendy item. There are a few items popping up in outdoor stores this year that may last longer than this year’s snowfall, but the debate is still on over rocker skis...
Hot 2011 outdoors gifts
On the eighth day, Santa said “Let there be gear!” And behold there was a plethora of Gore-tex laid before the masses and fleece grew from the trees and carbon-fiber precision welded bike frames sprang from the earth. Mankind did rejoice at 800-fill down ...
Bliss Organic Ice Cream Floats
Well, I missed it by one stinking month. I am a day late and a dollar short, or maybe two scoops short of a waffle cone is more appropriate. July was national ice cream month, and here I am about ready to gush over some hometown Boulder deliciousness. In August...
Holiday fun indoors and out
There’s a lot going on this time of year, and we’re not just talking about shopping and holiday parties. Boulder offers a plethora of events and activities for families in December...
After the deluge: What I told city council
On Sept. 17 I ended up the first to address the Boulder City Council during citizen participation. Several council members were nodding their heads by the end of the first sentence ... but soon they stopped. Here’s what I said, prettied up for print...
Consider books over toys this season
In this fast-paced, high-tech age of newfangled gizmos and gadgets, when all that kids seem to want is the latest video game or highpriced toy of the month, sometimes it’s good to get back to basics...
Report linking autism to vaccine is retracted by medical journal
LOS ANGELES — Twelve years after Dr. Andrew Wakefield...