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NASA study: Polar ice melting more rapidly
Ice at both poles is melting faster every year, a new study from an international group including NASA reports. And the study has found the melting is leading to rising sea levels...
Last ‘Nintendo Power’ issue shouts out to first cover
Nintendo Power magazine was an integral part of the childhoods of the nerdier among us...
Hostess will pay bonuses to execs despite dropping pension payments
BREAKING NEWS OF THE DAY, November 30, 1842: President John Tyler reacted with great joy at news that the top industry leaders of the HOSTESS CORPORATION will be awarded more than $1 million in Bonuses, Payments and sundry other Monetary Blessings for the great works...
Why fight against fracking could determine Earth’s future
As obscure as the war against fracking is in Boulder County — it gets front-page headlines less often than marijuana and a bad football team — the oil-drilling practice is even less well-known across the country...
Review: Apple’s iMac still leads in desktop computing
Those of us sitting at desks all day can start drooling. Apple's new iMac is out and, CNET says, it's a beauty...
Senate Dems point to climate change in Sandy hearing
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee saw tears and surprising aggression from Democrats in a recent hearing on Hurricane Sandy...
‘Gasland’ filmmaker to speak at local anti-fracking event
Josh Fox, the creator of Gasland, the documentary film that helped catalyze national activism against hydraulic fracturing, will be the guest speaker at an anti-fracking fundraiser in Boulder on Dec. 2...
Colorado likely to reverse Boulder County canvass board decision
The Colorado secretary of state’s office is mum on where it will come down on the Boulder County canvass board’s refusal to certify local election results, but it would be a shock if the Nov. 6 results were not upheld...
Thrifting local: The season of giving — and giving back
A couple of years ago, a group that got its start in the late 1970s blocking railroad tracks in a successful effort to close Rocky Flats ran into some budget trouble...
‘A hand up’ for homeless Boulder couple
The Weaver family is running out of time. And with a new addition due any day, things are getting pretty desperate. For Lexi, Chris and their two dogs, CJ and Mayday, there’s no room at the inn — at least no room that a homeless family like them can afford right now...
Activists want to start new homeless shelter
There is an Army Reserve building on Table Mesa Drive that has long sat empty, and a couple of local activists would like to put it to good use for some of Boulder’s less fortunate...
