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Secret Service guards its museum closely

WASHINGTON — The six-story tan brick building on H Street houses one of the most secret museums in Washington...

Survival stinks

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In a lot of ways Sue Norton and her husband, Noel, are the lucky ones...

People of the year runners up

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Dan Eamon, Longmont’s emergency manager, was one of the first people mentioned when BW asked about the people who played a crucial role in that city’s flood response...

Amazon Instant Video is now streaming to Xbox 360

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Microsoft announced a new partnership that will allow Xbox 360 owners to access Amazon's massive selection of streaming video content from their gaming consoles...

Supreme Court backs students in MySpace cases

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WASHINGTON — School officials were put on notice they...

United and Continental join forces in $3-billion merger

CHICAGO — United Airlines and Continental Airlines announced early Monday morning they were combining operations in a $3-billion merger, forming the world's largest airline...

Pythons Eating Through Everglades Mammals at “Astonishing” Rate?

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From rabbits to deer to even bobcats, invasive Burmese pythons appear to be eating through the Everglades' supply of mammals, new research shows...

Assaulted Boulder cop: Outpouring of support has been incredible

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The Boulder police officer who was seriously injured in a scuffle with a man suspected of slashing tires on his patrol vehicle on Oct. 16 says he is overwhelmed by the outpouring of support he has received from the community and his co-workers...

Helping hands

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A waterfall crashes into a river. There is a crowd on the riverbank. In the river there is a drowning child, fallen from the top of the waterfall. The people in the crowd link arms and create a chain. The chain pulls the child to safety. Then another child falls in. ...

Radio Shack to close 20 percent of its stores

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The BBC is reporting that electronics retailer, Radio Shack, will be closing around 1,100 of its stores, a number representing nearly 20 percent of its locations...

An angry letter to Paul Danish mad Lib

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For years, barely a week goes by that we don’t get a letter lambasting long-time columnist Paul Danish. While a lot of people want to rip Danish a new one, we’re sensitive to the fact that not everyone is a great letter writer, and that there are readers out there ...

Flooding, fracking among legislative priorities for county’s lawmakers

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Flooding and fracking are likely to be two main themes for Boulder County lawmakers in the upcoming legislative session...