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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...
Lyons businesses bare all
In January, three months after the waters of the North and South St. Vrain creeks flooded their banks and overwhelmed the Town of Lyons, physical therapist Bronwyn Muldoon’s business was still struggling in the wake of 2013’s historic flooding...
Couple accused of diverting $2 million worth of gas, electricity to...
CHICAGO — A Chicago-area couple has been charged with money laundering and theft for illegally diverting about $2 million worth of natural gas and electricity over the past several years to their pet food company, prosecutors say...
White House struggles to pin down cost of Afghan war buildup
WASHINGTON — As President Barack Obama measures the...
Ahead of the EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency’s announcement that power plants are going to have to cut carbon dioxide emissions to 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 has sparked cries that it’s a recipe for economic woe. Small government advocacy group Americans for ...
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...
Lockheed Martin Develops a ‘Space Fence’ to Track Orbiting Space Trash
There's a lot of space debris caught within the Earth's orbit. This...
Pricey new U.S. Embassy in Iraq has ‘multiple’ flaws
WASHINGTON — The $736 million new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad...
Did you pay your online sales tax?
If you spent more than $500 with a single online retailer during the past 10 months and didn’t pay state sales tax on the purchases, you may receive a mailing this month notifying you to cough it up...
A hard season for Boulder’s homeless kids
While most kids this time of year are busy contemplating their impending Yuletide haul, that’s hardly the case for Boulder’s estimated 200 or so teenagers who are living on the streets at any given time. For these kids who are avoiding troubles at home or don’t have ...
