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Ethnic groups say ‘white’ isn’t enough on the 2010 cens
DETROIT — With her light-brown skin and Islamic headscarf...
Turbulence
The ongoing battle about whether to extend the runway at the Vance Brand Municipal Airport in Longmont is poised to take off again...
Season of service
Several times a week, 47-year-old Ron Cobbley does his part to serve Boulder’s homeless. He spends much of his time assisting First Presbyterian Church with a lunch for the homeless and greets visitors by name or with a friendly pat on the back. Few would know that ...
The Darkest Day in the History of American Super PACs
Today, Jan. 30, 2012, is a uniquely strange day in the history of...
Supreme Court declines to hear case against Monsanto
On January 2, Boulder Weekly reported that a brief had been filed with The U.S. Supreme Court to hear a class-action lawsuit against agro-beheamoth Monsanto...
‘Snowmageddon’ hits D.C., mid-Atlantic
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A prolonged blizzard covered Washington, D.C...
Former Liberian President Sentenced to 50 Years
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was sentenced on Wednesday...
Censored: Ten big stories the news media ignored
In 1976, when Carl Jensen, a professor at California’s Sonoma State University, started looking into news-media self-censorship, nobody had ever dreamed of the Internet. Most computers were still big mainframes with whirling tape reels; Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak ...
Bringing the WTO home
On Saturday, Nov. 27, 1999, I embarked on a journey with more than 70 activists in a four-van caravan from the Denver/Boulder metro area to one of the longest, most intense and diverse demonstrations in this country since the 1960s. Kids and grandparents, ...
Pilot was ‘calm’ during turnpike landing
CHERRY HILL, N.J. — Frank Vogt, the pilot who made the emergency landing Monday morning on the New Jersey Turnpike, now has the perfect answer for that job interview question from last week...
Obama presents $3.8 trillion budget
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday sent Congress a federal budget for the coming fiscal year that projects a near-record $1.27 trillion deficit, saying he would create a bipartisan commission to find ways to bring down government spending...
