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Boulder lawyers up for municipalization
The City of Boulder is lawyering up for its battle with Xcel over municipalization...
Why are U.S. taxpayers subsidizing coal mining?
The most important thing you can read this week is Joe Smyth’s post on federal coal leasing. I realize “federal coal leasing” is not a phrase to quicken the pulse, but it’s a Very Big Deal...
Barry Bonds avoids jail, gets 2 years’ probation, home confinement
SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds, baseball’s home run...
Naropa to cut budget
New Naropa University President Stuart Lord announced this week that the school will be cutting its budget by more than $1 million...
CU cops: Cracking down on 4/20 isn’t worth it
Over the years, University of Colorado at Boulder officials have made several attempts to curtail, break up and even prosecute participants in the 4/20 pot smokeout...
Quietly, Obama’s ‘new foundation’ sinks into slogan history
WASHINGTON — Lyndon Johnson envisioned a "Great Society." Franklin D. Roosevelt offered Americans a "New Deal." President Barack Obama is building a "New Foundation" — or, at least, he was...
Netflix CEO admits ‘arrogance,’ renames disc business Qwikster
LOS ANGELES — After watching customers leave and the...
CU leaders balk at Proposition 103
Despite the ongoing budget crisis throttling public higher education in the state, neither the University of Colorado’s Board of Regents nor its president is endorsing Proposition 103, which would raise about $3 billion for education, including higher education...
Tiny corn could be the next big thing
If modern baseball can teach kids anything about science, it’s that...
The other DAPL protest
Protesters in North Dakota claimed victory in their fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) on Sunday, following the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’...
