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Obama outlines plan to spur U.S. exports and jobs

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama...

Boy, 7, calls 911 and saves his family

LOS ANGELES — Authorities were hailing a 7-year-old Norwalk...

Rumors of wolves have some in Colorado howling

The news had scarcely gotten out that a western Colorado rancher suspected he had wolves on his land when the phone started ringing at state wildlife offices...

MySpace overhauls site to catch up with Facebook

LOS ANGELES — In a last-ditch effort to revive struggling MySpace, owner News Corp. has adopted a new strategy that it hopes will give the site's millions of users a reason to keep coming back...

Same-sex marriages begin in nation’s capital

WASHINGTON — As a cellist and soloist performed Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are," Darlene Garner and Candy Holmes walked down the aisle Tuesday morning and became among the first gay couples to legally marry in the District of Columbia...

Amazon to Colorado associates: You’re fired!

On Monday morning Colorado-based Amazon Associates woke up to an e-mail informing them that they were fired. Amazon said thanks to Colorado House Bill 10-1193 signed by Gov. Bill Ritter last month, all of their Colorado-based associates accounts have been shut down. ...

Israeli soldiers share stories of occupation

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Nearly 70 people decided to forego the Oscars Sunday evening in favor of hearing Dana Golan speak about the experiences of young female Israeli soldiers stationed in the occupied territories of the West Bank.Golan, herself a former lieutenant in the Israel Defense ...

Obama nominates retired general to lead TSA

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday nominated a new head of the Transportation Security Administration, a retired Army general and intelligence expert who would oversee the nation's airline passenger screening system...

Suspect in transient death arrested

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There has been an arrest in the case of a Longmont transient who was found dead in 2006...

Climbers rescued

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Late on March 4, the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, Rocky Mountain Fire Authority and Rocky Mountain Rescue responded to a report that two climbers were stuck on the Red Garden Wall in Eldorado Canyon State Park...

Catholic school parents upset over decision to kick out lesbians’ child

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Several families who have students at the Sacred Heart of Jesus School in Boulder had their children at home today to protest the Catholic school’s decision to keep the child of a lesbian couple from re-enrolling next fall...

Naropa hosts Haiti benefit concert

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Naropa University, the Colorado Musicians Consortium and Boulder Weekly will host a benefit concert to provide aid and assistance to Haiti in the wake of its devastating earthquake. The concert, which will take place on March 13 at 7 p.m. at Naropa University’s ...