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COLORADO COMMUNITY RIGHTS AMENDMENT PULLED...

Virginia Tech gunman was not a student, acted alone, authorities say

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LOS ANGELES — The gunman in the Virginia Tech...

Romney’s recent foreign policy speech was his falsest yet

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Republican Mitt Romney has told a few whoppers in his day — his day being the last few months of campaigning...

The last man standing

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The year was 1942 and the first American forces had landed in Europe. The U.S. was desperate to get men trained and deployed. At Luke Field in Arizona, hundreds of young men went through rushed flight training, and 14 from the entering class of new recruits called ...

With record profits, Xcel still plans to seek rate increase

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A recent report from Xcel Energy detailing earnings on electric energy in Colorado shows the utility exceed the maximum profit set by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) by more than 11 percent. Despite excess earnings for the company’s Colorado subsidiary, known ...

Payroll tax bill heads to Obama’s desk

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Congress easily passed a sweeping package...

Dish Network’s new DVR system eliminates commercials

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We all used to be annoyed by commercials. Thanks to the wonders of...

At Stanford, stem cells shed light on human development

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Stanford University researchers have...

Behind the curtain

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If money is speech, then it stands to reason that a very small number of very wealthy people can effectively drown out the voices of the multitude on issues they determine worthy of a shout via their checkbooks. Currently in Colorado, the issues where this money/ ...

Doctor Who Helped Capture Bin Laden Jailed for Treason

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Pakistan-U.S. relations took another turn for the worse Wednesday...

U.S. power plant emissions down

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A new study shows that natural gas power plants that use a...

Frankenfoods

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Recent decisions by federal authorities to allow the unregulated planting of genetically modified alfalfa and sugar beets have some fearing that the approvals may take root in Boulder County’s own approach to the genetically engineered crops...