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CU’s Wieman tapped by Obama for White House job

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Renowned University of Colorado at Boulder physics professor and Nobel Prize winner Carl Wieman has been tapped by President Barack Obama to serve as associate director for science in the Office of Science and Technology Policy at the White House...

Fourmile Fire watch: Fire is 100 percent contained, investigation continues

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Boulder County officials have announced the the Fourmile Canyon fire is 100 percent contained. There are still some dangers in the burn area but most if not all residents should be allowed to return to their homes by Wednesday...

The myth of a post-racial America

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On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass, a fugitive from the Peculiar Institution, gave a talk in Corinthian Hall before the Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society at Rochester, N.Y., in which he addressed the topic of “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro.” I was reminded of ...

Looking ahead to CES 2013

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One of the world's largest tech expos is coming to Las Vegas Jan. 8-11, and while surprises are expected, we can still get a sense of many of the upcoming exhibitions...

Obama names White House lawyer as U.S. emissary to Muslim world

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Saturday named White House lawyer Rashad Hussain a special envoy to the Muslim world...

The Supreme Court appears to be headed to a split decision...

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One thing was clear after the two hour session at the Supreme Court...

Disappearing Romney: Tracking Facebook ‘unlikes’ for former candidate

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They only liked him for his candidacy...

Copper to host kickoff weekend festival

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In celebration of the opening of its ski area this weekend...

Art house briefing

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Boulder’s newest venue for independent films, The Boedecker Theater, opens Wednesday...

Twitter introduces Innovator’s Patent Agreement, promises not to run around suing...

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Twitter today introduced a new patent license it's calling the...

Elections golden boy Nate Silver drives 20 percent of NYT traffic

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It's no secret that Nate Silver and the FiveThirtyEight blog are popular...

Google, Mozilla renew search deal for 3 more years

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Google Inc. and Mozilla have...