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Angry Birds Space Hits 10 Million Downloads In Less Than 3...
Fans of Angry Birds Space downloaded the game 10 million times in less than three days after launching Thursday for Android, iOS, Mac and Windows, Game maker Rovio...
City board appointments called into question
This week, as local political activist Seth Brigham finally had his day in court regarding the city’s restraining order against him, new allegations about Boulder City Council members’ possible conflicts of interest have come to light. And council member KC Becker ...
Foreign countries stop buying US wheat, fearing GMOs
A rogue, illegal strain of genetically modified wheat was found in Oregon May 30. And its impact is already being felt on U.S. exports...
The case for public accountability
Jessica Ernst won’t back down and she won’t settle. And for that, the Canadian has drawn international attention for her ongoing multimillion dollar lawsuit against oil and gas company Encana for its alleged gross negligence while fracking natural gas reserves near ...
Disney goes to trial over safety of Tower of Terror
ORLANDO — In a rare thrill-ride personal-injury lawsuit that has made it to trial, Walt Disney World is in court this week defending the safety record of one of its most popular attractions...
Fire at the Oak at Fourteenth restaurant contained
City of Boulder firefighters contained a fire Wednesday at the two-story building housing the Oak at Fourteenth restaurant, at 1400 Pearl St...
GM’s Henderson resigns as chief executive
DETROIT — General Motors Co. Chief Executive Fritz Henderson...
RTD runs the old bait and switch
In 2004, area voters approved a 0.4 percent sales tax as part of the FasTracks ballot initiative. The money collected from the tax was to be entrusted to the Regional Transportation District (RTD) in exchange for its promise to build, among other things, a Northwest ...
Clear-cut case
Maybe the homemade sign on the Peak to Peak Highway, painted in road-cone orange on plywood says it all: “U.S. Forest dis-Service. Locals say: Stop logging...
Verizon to kill grandfathered unlimited data plans for customers seeking upgrades
Verizon Wireless will no longer be allowing customers on a...
EPA vindicated on Pavillion fracking pollution tests
When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its long-awaited draft report on its investigation into the groundwater contamination near Pavillion, Wyo., in 2011, the oil and gas industry knew it was in trouble. The EPA’s Pavillion report was the first ...
