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Why is Boulder pursuing a partnership with Xcel when residents have...

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Over the last decade, Boulder residents voted to pursue a municipal electric utility six times: First, in 2011, to authorize a municipal utility and...

BP robots prepare risky bid to stop oil leak

LOS ANGELES — BP's robots wielded clamps and hauled machinery Monday in a slow-motion ballet a mile below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, preparing the next risky maneuver to stanch the gush of oil from the company's renegade well...

Fighting for today

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It’s been a little over a year since the City of Boulder and Boulder and San Miguel counties teamed up and filed a lawsuit...

Bag fee reduces paper and plastic bag use by 68 percent

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Whether you wanted paper or plastic, it started costing $.10 each at the grocery line six months ago when a new city initiative began requiring grocery stores to charge a fee per disposable bag. The City of Boulder is now reporting that has reduced grocery store bag ...

Senate passes $636-billion defense bill

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WASHINGTON — The Senate on Saturday passed a $636-billion defense appropriations bill that includes money for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a 3.4 percent pay increase for the military and a two-month extension of unemployment benefits...

City wants medical marijuana feedback

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The City of Boulder is requesting feedback on the interim medical marijuana land use regulations established in November 2009, which are set to expire on March 31...

Police arrest CU students in burglary, assault

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Police arrested two 21-year-old University of Colorado students, Quinton Elgin Dodson and Aaron Jaron Whitaker, on suspicion of burglary and assault charges stemming from an incident on April 8. According to police, on that date, a 21-year old man interrupted two ...

ACLU appeals Boulder homeless man’s conviction, camping ordinance

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The American Civil Liberties Union filed a legal challenge today against the city of Boulder camping ordinance that prohibits homeless people from sleeping outside under a blanket or sleeping bag...

Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center to recognize the still unsolved...

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On Friday, May 22, the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center (RMPJC) will join other cities around the nation in commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 1990 pipe bomb attack on environmental activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney in Oakland, Calif...

Mississippi considers anti-abortion ‘personhood amendment’

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ATLANTA — The anti-abortion movement’s tactic known...

Under a cloak of darkness

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Responding to stabbings, blunt force trauma, compound fractures, attempted suicides and domestic violence is just another day at the office for Emergency Medical Service...