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New PUC member might hinder Boulder’s municipalization
The controversy over the appointment of Glenn Vaad, a member of the right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission has not only raised questions about whether he will be confirmed by the Senate, but where Vaad’s ...
Al-Qaida’s No. 3 leader believed killed in U.S. drone strike
WASHINGTON — Al-Qaida's third-ranking leader — a close associate and relative by marriage of Osama bin Laden — is believed to have been killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region, according to U.S. officials...
Medical marijuana workers vote to join union
On Oct. 17, labor and community leaders announced that...
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...
Less talk, more action
Robert Castellino has worn a lot of hats over the last 20 years — he ran the ski-racing program at Eldora in the early ’80s, worked in telecommunications, founded his own greeting card company, supported adolescents as a youth minister and, as a lifelong photographer...
EU fines Microsoft over $700 million for antitrust violations
The European Union levied a $732 million fine against Microsoft for its failure to live by a 2009 antitrust commitment...
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...
Breast implant may have saved woman’s life, doctor says
LOS ANGELES — When a gunman stormed a Simi Valley, Calif., dental office last summer and shot Lydia Carranza in the chest, salvation may have come in the shape of her size-D breast implant...
White House struggles to pin down cost of Afghan war buildup
WASHINGTON — As President Barack Obama measures the...
Woman with knife shot dead by police at California school
MODESTO, Calif. — Police shot to death a woman on an...
Bomb training set for tomorrow
A bomb training exercise will be held at Fairview and Boulder high schools on Wednesday, June 8, to help provide school district officials with recommendations and information on how to approach bomb-related situations.The Boulder police and fire departments, ...
Boulder restaurants offering free food and drink for evacuees, firefighters
With the Boulder County fire still burning, local businesses are coming...
