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Boehner’s Senate push is a transparent trick
Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) is bobbing and weaving furiously on legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff. But his moves are pretty predictable, writes Matthew Yglesias for Slate...
Chinese coral reefs drop 80 percent over 30 years
An Australian research team, working together with the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, found that coral reefs along mainland China and in the South China Sea have decreased by 80 percent over the last 30 years...
Quake-hit N.Z. city gets new cathedral of cardboard
After a Feb. 22, 2011 earthquake destroyed the large Gothic cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand, the architectural loss was significant. But, more practically, the congregation needed somewhere to worship...
People of the year: Longmont anti-fracking citizens’ group Our Longmont
OUR HEALTH, OUR FUTURE, OUR LONGMONT...
Person of the Year runner-up: Brian Vicente, legal marijuana
The successful passage of Amendment 64 was the result of a combined effort among many different parties and tireless activists. But if we had to choose one to honor above the rest, it would be Brian Vicente, lawyer, activist, executive director of Sensible Colorado, ...
Person of the Year runner up: James Balog of Chasing Ice
James Balog started his work documenting the changing face of our planet years ago, but the documentary about his work, Chasing Ice, came out early this year and is getting widely distributed and rave reviews. The film tells the story behind the Extreme Ice Survey, a...
News of the day: Kerry to be nominated, NRA says more...
Political news is flying hot and fast recently, like some kind of mixed metaphor we're moving on from right now. Here's the latest on several fronts...
Signs and suggestions for the end of the world
Well, it’s here. We’ve finally reached the end of the Mayan calendar. Now we will finally know with certainty whether the world is going to come to an end on Dec. 21, or if the guy chipping away the dates simply ran out of room for adding more days on his rock...
Boehner moves to ‘Plan B’ on fiscal cliff, concedes tax increases
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has indicated that he wants House Republicans to embrace "Plan B" to solve the so-called "fiscal cliff" — a plan that would allow for the tax increases Democrats are asking for...
Global temperatures above average for 333rd straight month
At some point, the concept of 'average' becomes meaningless...
Shooting in Weld County leaves 4 dead
An early-morning shooting in unincorporated Weld County has left four dead, Weld County Sheriff's spokesman Tim Schwartz says...
Sen. Manchin, NRA member, calls for assault rifle ban discussion
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., is a member of the National Rifle Association and is one of the most conservative Democrats in the Senate...
