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High temps increase erosion, pollution in Rocky Mountain streams
Higher temperatures may be contributing to greater erosion of metals into Rocky Mountain streams, which in turn is causing fish and other wildlife to die...
The lowdown on Apple’s controversial new iPhone connector
Immediately after Apple announced its new iPhone — sleeker, thinner, longer, faster and all — attention shifted to the tiny oval slot at the top...
Ruminating on rivers and water in the West
Patty Limerick is sitting, incorrigible as ever, in her cluttered office, wearing a T-shirt that reads, “It’s a greater thing to be a good citizen than a good Republican or a good Democrat...
Commentary: Medical marijuana and taxes
An obscure tax law, intended to prevent cocaine kingpins from deducting yachts and other necessities, may alter Boulder’s landscape...
Occupy Monsanto protests shut down Monsanto distribution center
A protest against seed giant Monsanto successfully shut down the company's seed distribution center in Oxnard, Calif. for six hours, causing delays in shipments in protest of genetically modified organisms...
Complete coverage and details of Apple’s iPhone 5 release
A complete roundup of coverage of the iPhone 5 announcement today from Apple...
Arctic ice melt this year enough to cover Canada, and then...
2012's record-setting weather has included extreme highs and extreme dries, but none has the enormous proportions of the amount of ice that's melted in the Arctic...
GoDaddy flatly denies being hacked by Anonymous
Domain host GoDaddy.com said today its service outage Sept. 10 was not the result of hackers, contesting a claim by a member of Anonymous who said he (or she) had hacked the hosting service...
Sudden embrace a symbol of Obama on campaign trail
President Barack Obama walked into Big Apple Pizza & Pasta in Fort Pierce, Fla. for a campaign stop, to greet the owner and congratulate him on his charitable foundation and frequent blood donations...
New York fracking regs on back burner, Cuomo says
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants everyone to relax...
Chinese company GooPhone steals Apple iPhone 5 plans, patents them
Forget Apple's recent prolonged patent battle with Samsung over various obscure types of patents. A Chinese company called GooPhone is taking us back to Intellectual Property 101...
Why ‘Never again’ is an impossible national security motto
Only a few days after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, then-President George W. Bush uttered a phrase that has since come to represent the U.S. policy on terrorism: "Never again...
