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Obama, one year later

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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 ...

Democrats’ Rocky Mountain high takes a tumble in Colorado

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DENVER — It was less than 18 months ago that the Democratic Party declared this region its new base...

Obama earmarks $100 million for ‘top priority’ Haiti relief

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WASHINGTON — Saying relief for earthquake-devastated Haiti must be a "top priority" for U.S. government agencies, President Barack Obama announced Thursday additional U.S. search and rescue teams and critical supplies are on the way to the Caribbean nation...

H-P, Microsoft link up in $250 million cloud computing pact

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SAN FRANCISCO — Hewlett-Packard Co. and Microsoft Corp. announced Wednesday a $250 million partnership designed to simplify technology operations for businesses and promote cloud-computing technologies...

Chinese Internet users praise Google’s threat to exit

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BEIJING — Bouquets of flowers were laid in front of Google Inc.'s headquarters in China on Wednesday, a show of support for a company whose threat to exit China rather than tolerate more censorship is a dramatic shot across the bow of the Chinese Communist Party...

Pat Robertson: Haiti earthquake result of ‘pact with the devil’

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WASHINGTON — Conservative televangelist Rev. Pat Robertson on Wednesday blamed the earthquake in Haiti...

Energy efficiency upgrades offered

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The City of Boulder is giving owners of rental properties free energy-efficiency upgrades as part of the SmartRegs project. The program is providing a limited number of case study properties with an energy analysis and energy efficiency retrofits to help the city ...

T. Boone Pickens cuts GE wind turbine order in half

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DALLAS — T. Boone Pickens cut his massive order for wind turbines from General Electric in half...

Fed posts record $46.1 billion profit

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WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve announced Monday that it made a record $46.1 billion...