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Above and Beyond

September 17, 2012 Like 0 Greg Campbell

Pairing service dogs with injured U.S. veterans is nothing new. Man’s (and woman’s) best friends have long been trained to act as an extra pair of eyes, ears, feet and hands for people with serious injuries and disabilities. For those…

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Cheat Sheet: The Beer Runs Through It

September 17, 2012 Like 0 Greg Campbell

“I would kill everyone in this room for a drop of sweet beer.” Homer Simpson said that, of course, and it makes you wonder whether Springfield is located in Colorado. While not resorting to Homer’s extremes, the simple truth is…

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Month in Review: August 2012

September 17, 2012 Like 0 Greg Campbell

Neil Armstrong died, and an intoxicated woman in Longmont was arrested for shoving a puppy down her pants. The USA Pro Cycling Challenge roared through Boulder in what one event organizer said was the “biggest day” in the event’s history.…

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Churchill turns to U.S. Supreme Court to get his CU job back.

September 10, 2012 Like 0 Greg Campbell

Ward Churchill is nothing if not tenacious. The former CU professor, who was fired by the Board of Regents over accusations of plagiarism, fabricating evidence and violating academic standards lost his latest appeal to be reinstated to his job when…

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U.S. Pro Challenge will be a challenge for Boulder traffic

August 23, 2012 Like 0 Greg Campbell

Planning to head into Boulder Saturday to cheer on riders in the U.S.A. Pro Cycling Challenge? If so, you’d better put the emphasis on the “planning” part of your trip, because the city is expecting something like 100,000 spectators to…

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How to Shop Smarter With Your Smartphone

August 21, 2012 Like 0 Greg Campbell

Chances are, you’re as tethered to your smartphone as the next guy or gal, incessantly texting, browsing and emailing throughout the day. But chances are equally high that you’re not using that smartphone as well as you might to save…

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Bare Necessities

August 21, 2012 Like 1 Greg Campbell

To hear Bob Pierce describe it, the scene inside the Boulder County Courthouse on Tuesday, July 19, was pretty bizarre. It all started when his wife Cathy was prevented by a sheriff’s deputy from entering the courthouse. She was clad…

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Q&A with Sheriff Joe Pelle

August 21, 2012 Like 1 Greg Campbell

Bookended by historic blazes on the north and the south, Boulder’s Flagstaff Fire ignited on the same day that Colorado Springs’ Waldo Canyon fire exploded, eventually destroying more than 200 homes. Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle, the county’s fire warden…

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Barely a Bronze Medal in Education

August 21, 2012 Like 0 Greg Campbell

With the Olympics dovetailing nicely with August’s typical back-to-school frenzy, we thought it would be a good time to see how the old “U-S-A” stacks up against the rest of the world in the gold-medal competition of educational spending and…

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The Month in Review

August 21, 2012 Like 0 Greg Campbell

The Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado Springs was the worst in the state’s history, destroying 248 homes and killing two; investigators still don’t know the cause. June was the hottest month on record in Colorado and the first six months…