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Best of the West
LA’s got traffic and smog. NYC has crowds and Wall Street. They ain’t got what we got. Welcome to the Best of the West.
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Did You Miss AmazonFail 2009?
Something interesting happened this weekend, but you’ll be forgiven if you didn’t notice. Sometime this weekend, Amazon began pulling the sales rankings from hundreds of gay and lesbian books on the grounds that the books are “adult” and should be…
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Who Killed the Rocky?
We had a death in the family this winter. She was a beautiful, gracefully aged gem, the matriarch of our entire populace. She had guided us through tragedy, triumph and turbulence with a steely resolve, steady hand and strong leadership.…
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Locally Incorrect
[criminal justice] Not Enough Degrees of Separation Wesley Francis Cox has got his legal briefs in a bunch. He says he can’t get a fair trial because he is distantly related to Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett; he is…
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Ready to Ride
For three years, I rode with anonymous partners: snarling, four-legged beasts who, from under their rickety porches, sprinted ferociously across their yards toward my pedaling legs. Those rural Alabama dogs were just medieval. Yelling “Git!” and squirting them with water…
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Boiling Point: April 2009
1} A Friendly Reminder The economy sucks and seems to be getting suckier. But just in case it wasn’t obvious enough, we now have more proof. State labor officials reported that in March Colorado’s unemployment rate jumped to 8.5 percent,…
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Spring Storm Snarls Boulder County
Everybody digging out OK from the snow? Parts of Boulder County received more than 16 inches, making this the biggest snowfall since the blizzard in December of 2006. Got a story to tell? Let us know. Got cool snow photos? …
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2009 Summer Camp Listings
Whether your kids are into dancing, building robots or exploring the great outdoors, you'll find a great summer camp for them in our annual Summer Camp Listings.
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Makeover Update: New Glasses
Morgan wears glasses to improve her distance vision. Breaking her existing pair meant quick work to find a replacement. First order of business when looking for new frames is to find a shop that has a huge inventory from which…
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