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Pentagon announces 3,100-troop deployment to Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon announced the latest troop deployment for Afghanistan Tuesday, ensuring that the bulk of the additional forces requested by President Obama will be in place this summer...
Carnival Cruise Lines won’t allow ‘cougar cruise’
MIAMI — Apparently cougars put on more of a party than the Fun Ships can handle...
With CES over, can tablet PCs live up to all the...
SAN FRANCISCO — Of all the hype generated by the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, few products generated more headlines and heat than tablet PCs...
Proposition 8 part of long history of discrimination against gays, historians...
SAN FRANCISCO — The trial of a legal challenge to Proposition 8 may decide whether same-sex couples get the chance to marry in California in the future, but on Tuesday it was all about history...
Downtown Boulder goes mobile
On Jan. 5, the Downtown Boulder Business Improvement District formally launched a mobile version of its website at m.boulderdowntown.com...
Project YES hosts MLK march
On Jan. 18, Project YES will hold a march and rally for peace in Lafayette to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. The fifth annual Martin Luther King Jr. March for Peace, originally conceived by service-learning students at Pioneer Elementary School, begins at noon with a ...
Boulder launches weekly show
The City of Boulder has launched a weekly news program called Inside Boulder on Municipal Channel 8, airing Fridays at 7 p.m. Inside Boulder features city news and events and covers city-related topics in a format reminiscent of morning news/talk shows...
Police seek break-in suspect
Boulder Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating one of the suspects in the Jan. 10 break-in at a building housing a medical marijuana dispensary at 1121 Broadway. Police arrested a 23-year-old Denver transient, identified as Robert Michael Grant, but ...
Hightower event benefits KGNU
Syndicated columnist Jim Hightower, whose column is a Boulder Weekly mainstay, will speak at 7 p.m. on Feb. 4 at the Mercury Café in Denver and at 7 p.m. on Feb. 5 at Boulder Unity Church...
How green is my campus? Colleges woo students with environmental initiatives
SEATTLE — Need to get to Seattle University? There's a green transit pass for that. Need to meet somebody when you're there? Try the new eco-friendly gathering space...