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Trading bullets for ballots

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Sometime in mid-2011, Boulder-based negotiations specialist William Ury flew to Bogotá at the request of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. There in the capital...

Boulder County floods: What’s in the water?

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This story is part of Our Road to Recovery, our coverage of the 2013 Boulder County floods...

River first, border second

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The road to Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park is as flat as the rest of Texas and lined with palm trees — the tall,...

Clear the air

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Colorado is making progress to clean emissions spewing from its roads and highways.  The Colorado Clean Car standard, adopted on Oct. 20 by the Air...

All you need is love – and a truck

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Imagine if someone launched a movement that was not about money, religion or politics — an effort that was simply based on the idea of spreading love from one person to another...

Unzipped

For years, local political gadfly Seth Brigham got away with being a persistent, even belligerent, bug in the ears of city council...

Conference on World Affairs preview

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The 68th annual Conference on World Affairs hits Boulder on April 4 and runs through April 8. Yes, that Conference on World Affairs, the...

Facebook Scoops Up Face.com For ~$100M To Bolster Its Facial Recognition...

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After about a month of speculation, Facebook has finally announced its acquisition of Israeli facial recognition technology Face.com...

New briefs: Congressional wildfire coalition forms, group asks Polis for action...

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Rep. Neguse, others introduce wildfire caucus and legislation Colorado Rep. Joe Neguse and Rep. John Curtis (R-Utah) recently announced the launch of the Bipartisan Wildfire...

Small but mighty

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Part of Amy Yarger’s work at the Butterfly Pavilion is to boost biodiversity — an increasingly daunting task.  “People often say, ‘Pollinators are cool —...

Court program seeks to reduce active warrants in one fell swoop

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The legislative season at the State House is in full swing and buried amid controversial bills that would repeal the death penalty, further regulate...

On shaky ground

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While much has been made of fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, another possibly negative side effect of oil and gas operations has emerged...