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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...
Fracking and academic freedom II
While certain faculty members around the country have felt the heat from the oil and gas industry for raising questions about the possible health impacts of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” not all have been canned...
The battles after war
The list of symptoms of PTSD — hyper-vigilance, sensitivity to noise, difficulty sleeping, irritability — was a checklist for Mary Swan’s complaints after she came back from active duty in Afghanistan. But because she never came under direct fire and never saw ...
Supreme court denies to hear appeal on “boobies” ban
The BBC is reporting that a Pennsylvania school district that lost a lawsuit after banning students from wearing breast cancer awareness bracelets had its appeal denied by the U.S. Supreme Court, meaning the bracelets are a go...
Bosnian War series
Like so many important stories that have appeared in Boulder Weekly, this one started out over beers at a local dive...
White House struggles to pin down cost of Afghan war buildup
WASHINGTON — As President Barack Obama measures the...
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...
Why are we so hated?
Boulder Weekly’s cover story “Why are we so hated?” published in the immediate wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, garnered more mail than any other single story the paper had run up to that time. Letters came from across the United States, from Europe and...
Boulder restaurants offering free food and drink for evacuees, firefighters
With the Boulder County fire still burning, local businesses are coming...
Redbox Instant Streaming To Launch Alpha Testing, Name Former Verizon FiOS...
In February, Coinstar subsidiary Redbox announced...
‘A hand up’ for homeless Boulder couple
The Weaver family is running out of time. And with a new addition due any day, things are getting pretty desperate. For Lexi, Chris and their two dogs, CJ and Mayday, there’s no room at the inn — at least no room that a homeless family like them can afford right now...
Longmont sidesteps a third fracking lawsuit, hopes drilling permit bolsters case
The city of Longmont has negotiated changes in its agreement with oil and gas company TOP Operating Inc. in an effort to avoid getting embroiled in another lawsuit related to “fracking,” or hydraulic fracturing...
