http://coloradodaily.com/news/news/Colorado Daily Stories: Newsen-usnewshttp://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/falls-bad-choices-picking-up-the-pieces-as-pile/The Bastille rock formation in the Eldorado Canyon has already proven its power this month. On Friday, 47-year-old Preston Brennan died of head injuries sustained on July 13, when he plunged 50 feet from the formation. On Tuesday, another solo rock climber fell 50 feet from nearly the same location, landing on the dirt road below. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:06:00 -0000http://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/falls-bad-choices-picking-up-the-pieces-as-pile/news/cu-and-boulderhttp://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/acid-its-sketchy-stuff-freak-outs-recent-lsd-to/When the Beatles used LSD, they went to a place "where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies," but the only place one Boulder teen went after a bad experience with acid was the hospital after being Tasered by Boulder Police for resisting arrest . . . in the nude. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:03:00 -0000http://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/acid-its-sketchy-stuff-freak-outs-recent-lsd-to/news/cu-and-boulderhttp://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/word-jump-line-here-cu-grads-bringing-business/Advanced Thin Film, an optical lens manufacturing company founded by several CU grads, will be moving from Longmont to Boulder in the near future. Don Weaver, the firm's Chief Financial Officer, holds an Electrical Engineering degree and an MBA from CU, and he said Tuesday that he and the other Advanced founders are excited to make the move. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:53:00 -0000http://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/word-jump-line-here-cu-grads-bringing-business/news/cu-and-boulderhttp://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/asbestos-testing-ongoing-after-hill-apartment-fire/Environmental experts spent Monday testing and re-testing air levels in a Boulder apartment that caught fire earlier this month, and fire officials said it could be a while yet before tenants are allowed back into the asbestos-contaminated building. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:59:00 -0000http://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/asbestos-testing-ongoing-after-hill-apartment-fire/news/cu-and-boulderhttp://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/some-gold-run-tenants-return/About nine months after flames tore through Boulder's Gold Run condominiums for the second time in a year, Elizabeth Barbot was moving back into her ground-level unit Monday — setting up her living room and decorating freshly painted walls. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:53:00 -0000http://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/some-gold-run-tenants-return/news/cu-and-boulderhttp://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/ron-tupa-endorses-jared-polis-congress/Outgoing state Sen. Ron Tupa, D-Boulder, endorsed Jared Polis in the race for the 2nd Congressional District this afternoon, praising the Internet entrepreneur and school founder as an independent voice with proven political courage. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:49:00 -0000http://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/ron-tupa-endorses-jared-polis-congress/news/cu-and-boulderhttp://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/boulder-county-ban-open-fires-starting-friday/The county will restrict open burning and will ban all fireworks in unincorporated parts of the county starting at noon Friday, it was announced this afternoon. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:47:00 -0000http://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/boulder-county-ban-open-fires-starting-friday/news/cu-and-boulderhttp://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/crocs-tout-escalator-awareness-shoe-tags/Niwot's Crocs Inc. today announced plans to add escalator safety tips to the tags of its shoes and launch an “escalator safety awareness initiative” during the next year. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:42:00 -0000http://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/crocs-tout-escalator-awareness-shoe-tags/news/cu-and-boulderhttp://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/need-based-scholarships-put-college-reach/About 100 financially needy graduates of Denver high schools will come to the University of Colorado on full-ride scholarships this fall thanks to a new partnership between the schools. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:36:00 -0000http://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/need-based-scholarships-put-college-reach/news/cu-and-boulderhttp://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/21/taxes-many-proposals-city-taxes-to-08-ballot-to/Whether people dislike paying taxes or appreciate the services that taxes pay for, Boulder residents have the opportunity to speak out on several tax proposals before they hit the ballot. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:52:00 -0000http://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/21/taxes-many-proposals-city-taxes-to-08-ballot-to/news/cu-and-boulderhttp://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/06/word-jump-line-here-energy-ideas-for-the-future/America’s current lifestyle largely depends on some form of energy, but what would happen to our economy, key services or way of life if we experienced major energy shortages? Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:19:00 -0000http://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/06/word-jump-line-here-energy-ideas-for-the-future/news/2ndcdhttp://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/13/cd-2-on-the-issues-candidates-talk-about-our-94/A lengthy primary election campaign is closer to over for three U.S. House candidates than seems possible. Democrats Joan Fitz-Gerald, Jared Polis and Will Shafroth are running for the party's nomination in Colorado's 2nd Congressional District. Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:29:00 -0000http://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/13/cd-2-on-the-issues-candidates-talk-about-our-94/news/2ndcdhttp://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jun/29/afghanistan-on-the-right-track-cd-2-candidates/The U.S. military has been in Afghanistan since shortly after 9/11/2001 – but are we on the right track? Three Second Congressional District candidates give their answers. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:36:00 -0000http://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jun/29/afghanistan-on-the-right-track-cd-2-candidates/news/2ndcdhttp://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/word-jump-line-here-hello-dolly-storm-heads-for/Forecasters say Dolly has become a hurricane and is heading toward southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:20:00 -0000http://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/word-jump-line-here-hello-dolly-storm-heads-for/news/beyond-boulderhttp://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/word-jump-line-here-karadzic-arrest-sparks-still/Serb nationalists skirmished with riot police in the capital Tuesday, lashing out against the new Western-leaning government that captured war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:19:00 -0000http://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/word-jump-line-here-karadzic-arrest-sparks-still/news/beyond-boulderhttp://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/word-jump-line-here-obamas-mideast-trip-confers/Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama declined to rate the Bush administration's troop surge in Iraq a success on Tuesday despite a reduction in violence, and expressed understanding of Gen. David Petraeus' opposition to a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:17:00 -0000http://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/word-jump-line-here-obamas-mideast-trip-confers/news/beyond-boulderhttp://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/14-million-africans-need-food-eastern-region-hit/More than 14 million people across the Horn of Africa are relying on food aid and other assistance to survive a devastating drought and rising food prices, aid officials said Tuesday. The crisis is especially dire in Ethiopia and Somalia, two of the poorest countries in the world. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:15:00 -0000http://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/14-million-africans-need-food-eastern-region-hit/news/beyond-boulderhttp://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/word-jump-line-here-another-construction-vehicle/A Palestinian attacker turned a construction vehicle into a fearsome weapon in downtown Jerusalem just hours before Barack Obama's visit Tuesday, ramming a bus, overturning a car and injuring five people before he was shot dead. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:14:00 -0000http://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/word-jump-line-here-another-construction-vehicle/news/beyond-boulderhttp://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/word-jump-line-here-youtube-divorce-granted-man/A Broadway mogul whose wife trashed him in a widely viewed Internet video was granted a divorce from her Monday. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:11:00 -0000http://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/22/word-jump-line-here-youtube-divorce-granted-man/news/beyond-boulderhttp://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/21/word-jump-line-here-talks-to-take-place-mugabe/Three months after the voting and violence began, Zimbabwe's embattled President Robert Mugabe and his bitter opposition rival agreed Monday to hold talks immediately about sharing power to end the country's political crisis. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:05:00 -0000http://coloradodaily.com/news/2008/jul/21/word-jump-line-here-talks-to-take-place-mugabe/news/beyond-boulder