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Authorities seize $28 million in bitcoins from Silk Road
The BBC is reporting that U.S. authorities have seized $28 million in bitcoin from online purchase site, Silk Road. The site had already been shut down for being a hub of illegal commerce, dealing frequently in illegal products. Bitcoin, a virtual currency, was used ...
Flood continues to affect Boulder County; damage surveyed
Creek waters stayed high and emergency personnel utilized...
Analysis: Supreme Court’s ruling against Voting Rights Act flawed, weak
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...
Pentagon announces 3,100-troop deployment to Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon announced the latest troop deployment for Afghanistan Tuesday, ensuring that the bulk of the additional forces requested by President Obama will be in place this summer...
Apple again taps our tech hopes and dreams
I knew that the hype surrounding the Apple tablet had reached extraordinary proportions when I got an e-mail from Juan Antonio Giner a few weeks ago...
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...
Gov. Hickenlooper signs medical marijuana ‘crackdown’ bill into law
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
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...
James O’Keefe Sues Keith Olbermann and Pals
Conservative video provocateur James O'Keefe filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Keith Olbermann, his Countdown guest...












