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Big oil pours money into killing Longmont frack ban
As first reported in Boulder Weekly, the oil and gas industry is bankrolling an effort to defeat Longmont’s proposed ban against hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars...
Industrial gravel mining in Boulder County clears hurdle
Twenty years ago, Boulder County granted a special use permit that allowed a company to mine gravel on about 650 acres between Lyons and...
No strings attached
The saying goes that if you give a man a fish he’ll eat for a day, but teach a man to fish and he’ll...
New study proves gun control works
The BBC is reporting on a new study relating to the 2007 repeal of a Missouri gun control law that required purchasers to go through a vetting process and obtain a license before being able to purchase a gun...
Scarborough: GOP has backed itself into a corner
President Barack Obama's inauguration speech this week was a sign that he's taking a firm stand. It was less about collaboration and compromise and more about a definite liberal vision for the U.S., particularly in the areas of gay rights and global warming...
How Bad Was Mitt Romney’s Prep School Bullying?
In a must-read piece today, the Washington Post’s...
Police seek help in attempted child abduction
The Boulder Police Department is asking for help from the...
Stripping away illusions
If you go to David Barsamian’s State of the World Address looking for quick solutions to the world’s problems, you’ll be disappointed.
“It’s more like...
Clinic owner pleads guilty to bilking Medicare with $55 million in...
MIAMI — Pitcher Ihosvany Marquez got drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in 1990 and went on to make millions of dollars...
Immigration detention in CO nearly doubles
The day after the election of Donald Trump, shares for private prison corporations soared. Leading companies The GEO Group, Inc. and CoreCivic (formerly Correction...
Apple blames bugs for storing data on users’ locations
LOS ANGELES — Breaking nearly a week of silence on why its iPhones and iPads stored up to a year of specific location data, Apple Inc...
