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Lafayette activists petition for fracking ban
Anti-fracking activists in Lafayette have launched a petition drive for a ballot measure that would enact a ban on hydraulic fracturing and other oil/gas extraction methods within city limits...
College first to ask about sexual orientation on admission application
CHICAGO — Something new at 140-year-old Elmhurst College made senior Ally Vertigan very proud when she learned of it...
Health expenses to rise 8.5 percent in 2012, study finds
LOS ANGELES — Employers can expect to see an...
Analyzing the risk
Let’s start with a theoretical scenario: Al Capone and Mother Theresa are both arrested and charged with committing murder. Based on that charge, bond...
Moderate House Democrats under pressure on health care bill
WASHINGTON — As a historic vote on sweeping health care legislation nears, Democratic moderates in the House of Representatives face relentless pressure as they juggle personal pleas from President Barack Obama, a multimillion-dollar ad barrage and constituents who ...
SeaWorld seeks to settle with OSHA in death of killer-whale trainer
ORLANDO, Fla. — SeaWorld...
Harvest of rage
First Boulder Weekly scooped the nation by sounding the alarm about the militia movement the day after the Oklahoma City bombing. Then the paper delved into the world of the foreclosed farms and struggling communities of the heartland that had led to the smoking ...
Prosecutors seek death penalty of James Holmes in Aurora theater shooting
Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler has told the court that he wants to pursue the death penalty against James Holmes, the man accused of shooting 70 people in a theater in Aurora, Colo. last year...
U.S. Oil Fields Stage “Great Revival,” But No Easing Gas Prices
The United States has long been seen as a nation in its twilight as an oil producer, facing a relentless decline that began when President Richard Nixon was in the White House. He and every president since pledged to halt the U.S. slide into greater dependence on ...
Relocalization may be the key to not exterminating ourselves
In the novel Time Enough to Love, author Robert Heinlein’s character Lazarus Long opines, “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, ...
All aboard
A four-star U.S. officer walks onto an electric school bus. But besides the familiar black and yellow exterior of the vehicle, this isn’t a typical...
