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CU defends ongoing effort to snuff out 4/20
When University of Colorado officials announced plans to close campus to outsiders again on April 20 — a Saturday — critics howled that last year’s justification for doing so was no longer valid...
High Times magazine launches private equity fund
The Denver Post is reporting that High Times magazine is launching a private equity fund that will be used to invest in marijuana businesses that aren't likely to get Small Business Administration loans...
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...
Genetic Engineers Explain Why GE Food Is Dangerous
Aren’t critics of genetically engineered food anti-science? Isn’t the...
NYPD officer charged with cocaine-smuggling plot
MELVILLE, N.Y. — An NYPD officer faces life in prison after...
Suspect in Washington police shootings getting help from family
SEATTLE — Police surrounded a house in the Renton, Wash...
Shackling bill moves ahead
Senate Bill 193, the legislation prompted by a Boulder Weekly investigation into the practice of shackling pregnant inmates while they are in labor, cleared the Colorado Senate on second reading Tuesday...
BP robots prepare risky bid to stop oil leak
LOS ANGELES — BP's robots wielded clamps and hauled machinery Monday in a slow-motion ballet a mile below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, preparing the next risky maneuver to stanch the gush of oil from the company's renegade well...
Plague passes, with rabies on its heels
The plague outbreak in Boulder’s Mapleton Hill area reported last week seems to have run its course, according to county officials...
Local supplier under fire
The following is an excerpt from an Oct. 5 letter from U.S. Rep. Elijah...
Couple, son shot to death in Chicago area home
DARIEN, Ill. — A husband, wife and their son were found shot to death in their Chicago area home early Tuesday morning after the couple's daughter called police while hiding in a closet, officials said...
