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Meeting to disagree

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About two dozen or so protesters stood and held antifracking signs in front of a meeting of Weld County representatives and the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) this week, broadcasting concerns over the state’s direction with local control over ...

Washington will decide whether to label GMO food

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The battle to put labels on foods that contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, continues in the state of Washington this November...

Gang of 8 puts together immigration plan

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The Senate's bipartisan Gang of Eight has agreed on an immigration proposal that would include a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S...

Report: $5.6 billion flowed to clean technology in ’09

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Venture capital firms invested at least $5.6 billion in clean technology in 2009 in North America, Europe, China and India, according to a preliminary tally announced Wednesday by the Cleantech Group and Deloitte...

Plague passes, with rabies on its heels

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The plague outbreak in Boulder’s Mapleton Hill area reported last week seems to have run its course, according to county officials...

‘This place is sacred’

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According to oral tradition, there once was a band of Paiute Shoshone camping at Thacker Pass — between the Double H and Montana Mountains...

As Drought Marches on, Can Chicagoans Help Save 10,000 Trees?

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The middle of the United States hasn’t seen a drought as destructive...

Hackers hit CIA, UN Web sites

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The CIA's Web site was down this afternoon in what looked like a distributed denial-of-service attack publicized by members of the online activist group Anonymous...

Scientist cleared in reports of polar bear drowning

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Wildlife researcher Charles Monnett wasn't kidding or making it up, an investigation has found: Polar bears really did appear to be drowning in the Arctic for lack of ice, as he reported...

Neuroscientists develop video game for stroke recovery

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After a stroke, it is often possible -- with months of therapy and...

Joining forces

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On Feb. 1, 2022, Boulder’s City Council voted 6-3 to allow a Boulder Police Department (BPD) officer to join the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task...

Scientists unveil new step in less-controversial stem-cell efforts

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MILWAUKEE — By fusing mouse and human cells, scientists at Stanford...