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Why Bloomberg’s ‘Big Gulp ban’ could be good for New York...
If the food police has a chief, it may very well be New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. His battles with the food industry are quickly becoming the stuff of legend. And his latest gambit is his boldest yet: Bloomberg just announced a plan to ban the sale of any ...
Netflix topples Apple as king of U.S. online movie biz
Despite a rollercoaster year with a lot of missteps, Netflix still managed to become the largest U.S. online movie service based on revenue in 2011, according to market intelligence firm IHS iSuppli...
U.S. rushing to build an Afghan army to battle insurgents
KABUL — Several hundred Afghan National Army...
Oil and grouse
Sandra Goodwin, a private landowner from Boulder, Wyoming, has personally seen the effects of oil and gas development on greater sage-grouse populations near her home. When a gravel mine began hauling an average of 350 semi-truck loads a day on the county road in ...
Buffett throws $5 billion lifeline to troubled Bank of America
LOS ANGELES - Warren Buffett is known on Wall Street...
What can we learn about criminal justice reform from the...
The Boulder County Jail only had 199 inmates on Friday, May 22 — a record low, according to Sheriff Joe Pelle. The daily average...
Colorado seeing red in House
If the currently projected winners in the Colorado House races hold, the Republicans’ one-person lead in that chamber will make it interesting when it comes time to discuss issues like balancing the state budget and redistricting next year...
Family health insurance to rise sharply without COBRA subsidy
WASHINGTON — A new study estimates that the end of a hefty...
Marshall Fire photos
Megan Sweeney is a local filmmaker and photographer who lives in Louisville and took photos of destroyed homes, firefighters, families and more to document...
Chinese coral reefs drop 80 percent over 30 years
An Australian research team, working together with the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, found that coral reefs along mainland China and in the South China Sea have decreased by 80 percent over the last 30 years...
Schwarzenegger backs Obama on stimulus, health care
WASHINGTON — While Republican leaders in Washington are urging President Barack Obama to start from scratch on a health care bill, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday dismissed the idea as "bogus talk...
Oil Boom, part II
Last week’s Boulder Weekly cover story “Oil Boom” covered the proliferation of trains carrying volatile crude oil in outdated oil tanks through the hearts of Longmont, Boulder and Louisville. With industry estimates of an oil boom in the nearby Niobrara shale ...
