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Doubts still plague Boulder’s election results despite Colorado ruling
Questions continue to swirl around activists’ complaints regarding irregularities in the Boulder County election process, and while the secretary of state has largely brushed aside the concerns, a local elections official says the clerk and recorder’s office will ...
Boulder-area lawmakers take aim at fracking
Fracking will be squarely in the crosshairs of several Boulder County lawmakers during the legislative session that started this week, due in part to frustration with the way a state commission recently chose to regulate oil and gas operations...
Republicans aim to slash spending in coming debt ceiling talks
Picking winners and losers in the recently resolved "fiscal cliff" debate is not easy...
Canadian study: oil sands mining causes water pollution
A study funded by the Canadian government has confirmed that, in areas within 56 miles of a tar sands or oil sands operation, sediment in lakes contains higher levels of pollution...
House passes part of Hurricane Sandy relief package
One of the darker hours of Rep. John Boehner's term as Speaker of the House may be coming to an end...
Ethnicity and the environment: Latinos join green movement
If Republicans thought immigration was the only issue that drove Latino voters away, they might be very wrong...
Looking ahead to CES 2013
One of the world's largest tech expos is coming to Las Vegas Jan. 8-11, and while surprises are expected, we can still get a sense of many of the upcoming exhibitions...
Life under the bridge
Someone lives under the Boulder Public Library bridge that spans the creek, and he’s not a troll...
Cops take various approaches to homeless
Boulder Police Officer Jenny Paddock acknowledges that different police officers take different approaches to the homeless and writing tickets for camping or trespassing, but much depends on their behaviors toward law enforcement as well...
Colorado representatives vote straight party line on ‘fiscal cliff’ bill
After weeks of debate and bickering, Congress has passed a bill to resolve the "fiscal cliff" crisis and extend tax cuts for a vast majority of taxpayers...
House won’t vote; US to go over fiscal cliff tonight
It looks like a compromise deal is in place, or very nearly completed, for Congress to help the country avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. But no vote will happen on the deal tonight...
EPA chief Lisa Jackson stepping down for Obama’s 2nd term
The administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson, will resign her post at the beginning of President Barack Obama's second term, Jackson has announced...
