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No Child Left Behind act to be waived in 10 states,...
President Barack Obama will announce Thursday that 10 states have...
Wis. teen pleads guilty in Facebook sex case
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Anthony Stancl, the former New Berlin Eisenhower High School student accused of using the social networking site Facebook to coerce male schoolmates into sexual encounters, was found guilty Tuesday of two counts of sexual assault...
Pro-fracking commenter admits getting paid by industry
In yet another apparent example of big money infiltrating local elections, an individual who has reportedly become a frequent defender of “fracking” at recent Boulder City Council meetings has acknowledged that he is on the payroll of the Colorado Oil and Gas ...
Mystery agenda perplexes critics of U.S. 36 construction finance deal
The new private consortium that has been granted the right to finance construction and charge a toll on U.S. 36 could be operating illegally...
Wave Wind catches the wind energy wave
SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. — As economic development officials await word on whether a European wind power company will invest in Milwaukee, an Asian firm is planting some roots in Wisconsin...
Boulder Canyon Dome fire
Boulder County investigators have announced that while they are confident the Dome Fire that spread west of Boulder last week was human-caused, they probably will never know what the exact cause was...
Burnt Toast closes, to reopen as Café Aion
The Hill restaurant Burnt Toast, located at 1235 Pennsylvania Ave., closed its doors on Dec. 24 and is expected to reopen as Café Aion in early March...
Local ‘Occupy’ participant: Crackdown coordinated
A Boulder mother who has been active in the local “Occupy” movement says the recent crackdowns on similar demonstrations in cities across the country are likely part of a federally coordinated attack on the movement...
Assaulted Boulder cop: Outpouring of support has been incredible
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...
Two steps forward, three steps back
At the beginning of August, the Obama Administration released its Clean Power Plan, which targets carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants. Since then, proponents of the plan in Colorado agree that the state is well on its way to meeting the ...
Monsanto Found Guilty of Chemical Poisoning in France
A French court has found U.S. chemical giant Monsanto Co. guilty of...
Radio Shack to close 20 percent of its stores
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...
