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Giant Crack in Antarctica About to Spawn New York-Size Iceberg

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With a gargantuan crack slowly splitting it apart, Antarctica's fastest-melting glacier is about to lose a chunk of ice larger than all of New York City, scientists say...

Puritan déjà vu

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If the crackdown on bars that city of Boulder officials were discussing at a city council meeting this week sounds familiar, it’s probably because it’s similar to the approach that City Attorney Tom Carr took when he was Seattle’s city attorney...

Alone on the moon

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It was as though he had walked on the moon, and spent the rest of his life looking up in the sky, knowing he could never get back there. Chet Carman was a 17-year-old teenager from Colorado Springs, shuttling between separated parents and an older brother. In 1964, ...

Ron Paul not quitting

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Ron Paul said Monday he has no plans to end his campaign and is...

Why Energy Efficiency Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be

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When New Yorker writer David Owen...

The full email exchange from July 9 city council hotline

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The following is the entire email string sent on the city council hotline July 9 concerning the controversy surrounding the decision by city council members Ken Wilson and George Karakehian to change the manner in which City Attorney Tom Carr, City Manager Jane ...

Romney Booed While Addressing NAACP

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Mitt Romney...

NRG Energy sees offshore wind revenue by 2014

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NEW YORK — NRG Energy paid about $10 million for Bluewater...

An insider’s view of the Venezuelan crisis

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Long gone are the days when people in the United States would ask me where I’m from, and when I’d say Venezuela, they’d reply:...

Body found in Berkeley marina could be missing baby

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BERKELEY, Calif. — A child's body found near the Berkeley...

American Indians: Resiliency in Independence

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On the Fourth of July, citizens celebrate with barbeques, picnics, ceremonies and lots of fireworks each year in the United States. It marks a beginning point in this country’s history, independence from the British. How does the American Indian fit into this ...

As gov., Romney flip-flopped on addressing climate change

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Flip-flopping isn't a new accusation on the campaign trail, but Mitt the governor started switching positions years before he was ever running...