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A year ago, the mood in Boulder was elation. After eight years of nightmarish governance at the hands of the Bush-Cheney administration, voters had finally put a man in office who reflected our values, who seemed like he was our president. On Jan. 20, when Barack ...

Twenty years ago, Boulder was a very different place. Commercially, that is. Geographically, the basics remained the same. The nightlife, for the most part, centered around Pearl Street and the Hill (though recently, the Puritans on city council have done their ...

He removes his cap; fingers brush past his left ear and instinctively find the scar at the base of his skull. It’s much smaller now, about the size of a half-dollar coin, and much more manageable. There are other scars: two incisions along the base of his neck, and ...

WASHINGTON — In one of the hundreds of campaign ads targeting the Speaker of the House, the candidate boasts, "I voted against Nancy Pelosi's agenda 267 times...

On the surface, the race for Boulder County Treasurer appears to be one of the least interesting issues on this year’s ballot. Democrat Paul Weissmann is running unopposed to replace incumbent Bob Hullinghorst, who is being term-limited out of office...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google and Microsoft have long competed for talent and the attention of Wall Street, but the two have never taken each other head on. Google's main business is search. Microsoft's is Windows and Office software...

WASHINGTON — Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, arrested last Christmas for trying to explode a bomb on a plane arriving in Detroit...

You've probably never heard of Foxconn by name, but it's likely you know it by reputation: Long, grueling hours under unsafe and unpleasant working conditions, worker suicides, workplace violence and explosions in factories...

In the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Matthew Wynia aided relief efforts on an off-coast hospital ship, where it quickly became clear...

WASHINGTON — Republicans blocked a vote on President...

After nearly 30 years studying how plants use their genes to defend against viruses, Vicki Vance, a professor at the University of South Carolina, doesn’t see genetically modifying plants as a malevolent or arrogantly God-like endeavor...

It wasn't easy with the industry sending out an army of people to harass the men and woman who were gathering signatures for I-97,...