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After Newtown shooting, NRA silent
The country's largest and most outspoken pro-gun group has been silent since the school shooting in Newtown, Conn. that left 27 people dead, including 20 children...
Demand to dwarf supply on Colorado River
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar called it "a call to action." But a recently released federal study may be a few steps beyond just that...
New Hampshire teen invents low-cost water purifier
Develop a cheap way to kill bacteria in water, and you can provide clean drinking water to millions, maybe billions, of people in the developing world...
Longmont woman caught between two laws
The last time Ashley Weber turned her head to look to the side, it was to watch the drunk driver who had just wrecked the truck she was a passenger in walk away from the car. He’d said he was going to take her on the ride of her life, and refused to hand over the ...
Sticker shock nixes Republican’s recount effort
A Republican candidate for state legislature requested a recount of Boulder County’s election results last week in an effort to give election integrity activists an opportunity to examine concerns about how the election was run...
Why the chemical weapon ‘red line’ for Syria?
Syrian President Bashar Assad has killed over 40,000 of his own citizens during months-long unrest in the Middle Eastern nation...
The Clean Water Act: America’s greatest environmental law turns 40
The Clean Water Act is entering its 40th year of preventing rivers from catching fire...
Apple’s map woes continue: Australian cops warn against bad directions
Police in southern Australia are asking travelers not to use Apple's iOS Maps application after multiple drivers have followed the app's directions and become lost in a national park...
Boxed in: Resident says he turned to shipping containers after pressure
Shipping containers were not Mark Gelband’s first choice...
Boulder homeless couple has baby girl
The Boulder homeless couple featured in a Nov. 21 Boulder Weekly feature story — Lexi and Chris Weaver — now has a little girl...
Clinton draws line on Syria: chemical weapons
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the U.S. is setting a "red line" on Syria's treatment of citizen unrest: If Syria uses chemical weapons against its citizens, the U.S. would "take action...
Dispersant-oil mix highly toxic in BP spill
The dispersant used after the massive oil spill in the Gulf in 2010 has been found to be highly toxic when mixed with the oil it was intended to disperse...