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Boulder to Belize
In 1986, a 26-year-old woman from Colorado made her way to Los Angeles to march to Washington, D.C., to raise awareness about the mounting danger of nuclear proliferation — the Great Peace March took nine months, 3,700 miles and a lot of dedication...
Lost hikers found 100 yards from parking lot
Six hikers lost their way on Jan. 24 after leaving the Gregory Canyon Trailhead, heading toward the Bluebell Shelter...
Sneak attack
Astonishing. Remarkable. Sinister. Those are words that come up again and again when confronting the wave of voter identification laws that has swept through more than 30 Republican-dominated state legislatures in recent years. The measures sound innocuous enough: ...
Radio Shack to close 20 percent of its stores
The BBC is reporting that electronics retailer, Radio Shack, will be closing around 1,100 of its stores, a number representing nearly 20 percent of its locations...
Todd Akin’s ‘legitimate rape’ statement: a roundup of news and analysis
Senate candidate Todd Akin, currently a representative from Missouri, told a news station Sunday that "legitimate rapes" aren't likely to result in pregnancy...
Obama team: Romney committed a felony or lied to voters
Mitt Romney either lied in federal filings that show he worked at Bain Capital...
MOST CREATIVE SUBMISSION
I hate my job because … it’s so depressing. I’m not alone. A lot of us hate it. But what can we do? We are who we are. We’ve been put on Earth to serve a purpose. Sadly that service is not of our choosing. Oh, it is not doing the job that I hate. It’s just that, ...
One word from Jobs can send Mac world into tizzy
LOS ANGELES — It just took one word for Apple Inc. to make headlines...
River first, border second
The road to Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park is as flat as the rest of Texas and lined with palm trees — the tall,...
Thrifting local: The season of giving — and giving back
A couple of years ago, a group that got its start in the late 1970s blocking railroad tracks in a successful effort to close Rocky Flats ran into some budget trouble...
