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FAA pushes airlines on in-flight distractions in the cockpit
MINNEAPOLIS — Citing the case of two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot the Twin Cities last year while they used their laptops in the cockpit, the Federal Aviation Administration is urging airlines Monday to train their crews about in-flight distractions...
Supreme Court to hear case on violent video games
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether California...
Hugh Hefner, others donate money to save Hollywood sign from developers
LOS ANGELES — Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has come to the rescue of the Hollywood sign on Monday, anteing up $900,000 to help in the effort to preserve the land to the west of the famed landmark...
Obama calls Arizona move on immigration ‘misguided’
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, urging Congress...
Cosmic brownie call
Cosmic brownie callOn Thursday, April 15, the Boulder County communications center received a call at 9 p.m. from two adults at an address on Rustic Knolls Dr. who said that they had been poisoned. After the parties were transported to Boulder Community Hospital, ...
Shackling bill moves forward
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday passed the shackling bill, Senate Bill 193, on a unanimous vote. The bill, carried by Sen. Evie Hudak, D-Westminster, would prohibit the shackling of inmates who are in labor, giving birth or recovering from giving birth, ...
Will power
Late CU professor Hazel Barnes’ bequest to university in dispute The person charged with carrying out a bequest to the University of Colorado from one of its most prominent professors, the late Hazel Barnes, says he doesn’t trust the CU Foundation to carry...
Appearance is everything
CU unveils results of $785,000 branding/marketing study On the heels of announcing a 9 percent tuition increase, more layoffs and another $22 million in budget cuts, University of Colorado officials are rolling out the results of a branding and marketing ...
Briefs | Free composting classes
boulderweekly.com/briefs Free composting classes The Boulder County Resource Conservation Division is offering free backyard composting workshops — one each in Lafayette, Longmont and Boulder — beginning this week. The one in Longmont will be held from 10 a.m. to ...
