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Taking a Toor
Boulder County Commissioner Will Toor says someone has been attempting to mar his well-earned liberal reputation by sending right-wing groups money in his name...
Arson case revives Texas death penalty debate
CORSICANA, Texas — The call came in at midmorning on a...
Out like a lamb
About one out of every five homes was destroyed or significantly damaged in Lyons in the 2013 flood. At least 98 households were forced to relocate. Many haven’t returned, in no small part because they have no home to return to...
Task force recommendations and near misses
When Governor John Hickenlooper handpicked his task force to examine state and local regulations concerning oil and gas operations, his stated intent was to resolve those issues involving competing regulatory entities and multiple jurisdictions including state and ...
Fracking disposal well causes over 100 earthquakes in Ohio
Youngstown, Ohio had its first earthquake in 2011. It had its 100th earthquake in 2011, too...
National Review fires John Derbyshire
The National Review has fired longtime columnist John Derbyshire following an article he wrote for an online magazine that was widely viewed as racist...
Sony Confirms 10,000 Jobs To Go As Part Of Its Big...
So the reports have proven to be true: Sony has now officially said...
Biff 2012 | The life of an indie animator
Bill Plympton is a cheater. He admits it freely. He even brings up the fact without being asked. Bill Plympton is a cheater because he doesn’t draw an animation for every frame of a movie, but rather for every three frames...
Big oil pours money into killing Longmont frack ban
As first reported in Boulder Weekly, the oil and gas industry is bankrolling an effort to defeat Longmont’s proposed ban against hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars...
