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Tangles in the ties that bind
It’s a well-known fact that prison inmates with strong family and community ties are less likely to wind up back inside the joint once they are released...
Landlord crackdown
The City of Boulder has ramped up its enforcement of the city’s rental licensing code, targeting property owners who are illegally leasing units to renters...
Ability to choose
On August 4, as people poured into Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics, Ashley Byrne settled in for a long bath — right in...
Behind closed doors
It’s been 70 years since the Allied Chemical Company started storing radioactive and heavy metal contamination at Valmont Butte. And in all that time — despite the significant releases of toxic wastes into the environment, including millions of gallons of pollutants ...
Secrets of Natural Cocaine Production Revealed
A mysterious but crucial step that coca plants use to build cocaine has been discovered, according to a group of biochemists...
GMO sugar beets get the green light
Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ruled once and for all...
News Briefs 2/3
City council approves Joint Terrorism Task Force, formalizing BPD's relationship with the FBI
News briefs: Jail populations drop, radiation levels rise
Jail populations drop by almost half during pandemic, according to ACLUIt appears the coronavirus pandemic has moved the needle in ways decades of criminal...
Prosecutors seek death penalty of James Holmes in Aurora theater shooting
Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler has told the court that he wants to pursue the death penalty against James Holmes, the man accused of shooting 70 people in a theater in Aurora, Colo. last year...
News Briefs
Winners of the Leadville Trail 100 Run Announced
Neither Adrian MacDonald nor Annie Hughes had ever competed in a 100-mile race before, let alone one...


















