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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...

Cosmic brownie call

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Cosmic brownie callOn Thursday, April 15, the Boulder County communications center received a call at 9 p.m. from two adults at an address on Rustic Knolls Dr. who said that they had been poisoned. After the parties were transported to Boulder Community Hospital, ...

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...

The last man standing

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The year was 1942 and the first American forces had landed in Europe. The U.S. was desperate to get men trained and deployed. At Luke Field in Arizona, hundreds of young men went through rushed flight training, and 14 from the entering class of new recruits called ...

Man convicted in Chicago of 11 murders, 9 rapes, attempted murder

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CHICAGO — It took a Cook County, Ill., judge seven minutes...

Steve Jobs to take another medical leave from Apple

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Apple CEO Steve Jobs...

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...

Woman pleads guilty to killing 2 fellow soldiers, kidnapping their baby

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JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — A 24-year-old...

Poll: Almost half of Americans reject swine flu vaccine

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WASHINGTON — Despite a rising nationwide toll of sickness...

Fight against hunger gets boost

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Boulder County CROP...

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...