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New charges pending, Chandra Levy murder trial postponed to October
WASHINGTON — A judge on Monday reluctantly postponed until...
Bypassing voter approval for public debt backfires
The recent announcement that the prison complex known as Colorado State Penitentiary II will be closing its doors in 2013 provides a good lesson in what happens when politicians and bureaucrats bypass the traditional funding restraints derived from the democratic ...
Ruffled feathers
A long-simmering dispute between the city of Boulder and a local nonprofit group over the ownership of the Boulder Creek Festival is threatening to boil over...
Fracking Industry Follows Tobacco Industry’s Deceptive Playbook
A thorough and well reported Bloomberg News story...
At Apple-associated factory, iPhone production comes at a price
You've probably never heard of Foxconn by name, but it's likely you know it by reputation: Long, grueling hours under unsafe and unpleasant working conditions, worker suicides, workplace violence and explosions in factories...
County opens distribution center
Relief for the victims of the Fourmile Canyon fire — and aid for the firefighters — has poured in since smoke first started billowing from the hills, and it has taken many forms, from shelter for humans and pets to donations of food, water and supplies...
Hearing scheduled for Fort Hood shooting suspect
FORT HOOD, Texas — Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan faces a pretrial...
Michelle Obama makes first solo international trip to Mexico
WASHINGTON — Almost 50 years ago, a first lady seized Mexico City's heart: the beautiful, chic, multilingual Jackie Kennedy, to whom Michelle Obama draws comparisons...
2012 preview? Obama, Palin trade insults on nuclear policy
NEW ORLEANS — President Barack Obama and potential rival Sarah Palin...
Big changes for U.S. 36 coming down the pike
On weekdays, U.S. 36 feels more like a parking lot than a freeway, with traffic often coming to a standstill...
