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GMO expert discusses new organism linked to health problems
A crop consultant told a committee reviewing the use of...
FBI criticized for post-9-11 probes of anti-war groups, PETA
WASHINGTON — FBI agents improperly opened investigations into Greenpeace and several other domestic advocacy groups following the Sept. 11...
Senate sets START showdown vote for Tuesday
WASHINGTON — The Senate plans a critical vote Tuesday on the Obama administration's nuclear arms treaty with Russia, as Russia warned lawmakers not to alter the treaty's terms and the White House stepped up lobbying...
City Ballot Issue 2B passes easily
Boulder City Ballot Issue 2B, also called the “replacement tax” or the “utility occupation tax,” passed with a wide margin: 68.55 percent for and only 31.45 percent against. That means when Thanksgiving comes around, Boulderites can give thanks for the fact that ...
Difference in U.S. and Canadian gun laws in contrast
The LA Times published a story today of a man that took a wrong turn in Vermont, and found himself at a Canadian border crossing with a legally-held handgun that landed him in jail, illustrating some of the differences between U.S. and Canadian gun policy...
New computer crimes lab and detective for Boulder police
The Boulder Police Department has announced that Scott Sloan, a 12-year veteran of the department, is its new detective who will work in the computer crimes forensics laboratory...
New federal data reveals huge disparities in health costs at different...
The federal government today released a spreadsheet of medical care costs that shows huge disparities in costs, even within the same geographical area...
See time-lapse animated GIFs of environmental changes over 28 years
Using annual photos from space, Google has compiled animated images that provide an overhead look at some major environmental changes over 28 years...
Fracking to expand on county land
Boulder County is bracing for a frack job, and not just in Longmont and Erie...
NRA’s LaPierre on Navy Yard: More guns, lock up ‘lunatics’
Another gun massacre, another Wayne LaPierre press tour...
