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Analysis: Supreme Court’s ruling against Voting Rights Act flawed, weak

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The Supreme Court's ruling that some parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 are unconstitutional are poorly thought through, Eric Posner writes in a commentary for Slate...

Google celebrates 30 years of Pac-Man

A little more than 30 years ago, Toru Iwatani...

Lawmaker’s tweet: County funds threatened if GMOs banned

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"In Farm Bureau policy discussion at their annual convention. Just passed policy to defund Boulder County if they dictate how to farm...

Ahead of the EPA

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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 ...

Boulder and Sunshine Laws: Not-so-sunny days

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If you aren’t a member of the news media, you may not be aware that it’s officially Sunshine Week, so here’s your chance to celebrate. It shouldn’t just be journalists who are taking time this week to appreciate our so-called sunshine laws — we all benefit greatly ...

The 10 Best Android Tablets

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Android tablets had a rocky start, but since Google released its tablet-specific operating system, Android 3.0 "Honeycomb...

Gov. Hickenlooper signs medical marijuana ‘crackdown’ bill into law

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On Monday, May 18, Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law a bill that lawmakers claim will strengthen the state’s medical marijuana laws and weed out folks who illegally use and sell untaxed pot...

Women warriors

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Thelma Robinson — Thelma Morey back then — was 16 years old when the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii in 1942. The attack pulled the U.S. out of more than a decade of isolationism and into World War II...

Bosnian War series

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Like so many important stories that have appeared in Boulder Weekly, this one started out over beers at a local dive...

Final cropland policy sets conditions for GM wheat

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The cropland policy approved by the Boulder County commissioners on Jan. 5 not only allows for genetically modified (GM) corn and sugar beets on open space, but opens the door to other GM crops, including GM wheat, under certain circumstances...

Amnesiac found in New York City identified

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SEATTLE — A teenager who two weeks ago turned up in the...