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In Europe, a Fed President Urges Quantitative Easing May 22, 2013

James Bullard, a member of the Federal Reserve’s policy committee, warned Europe of becoming trapped in the economic stasis from which Japan is only now emerging.

India Ink: Kashmir Pressing Delhi for Aid for Quake-Hit Victims May 22, 2013

More than three weeks after an earthquake hit the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir, victims await government support toward rehabilitation.

North Korean Leader Sends Envoy to China May 22, 2013

Kim Jong-un sent a top official to China as ties between the two countries remained strained over Pyongyang’s nuclear program.

IHT Rendezvous: Tensions Flare in Asian Seas, Now Involving Taiwan May 22, 2013

‘Han chauvinism’ and ‘a lack of worldliness’ are two differing explanations for the Taiwan government’s hardline stance in a recent row with the Philippines over the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman in disputed waters.

Mountain news roundup

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Jenney Coberly

The bone bonanza continues, and huge snowdrifts put damper on Memorial Day mountain pass openings

Dr. Joe Sertich excavates a mastodon humerus - PHOTO COURTESY DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE

Compiled by Jenney Coberly

Dem bones just keep on comin’

The amazing ice-age fossil finds just keep on coming at Ziegler Reservoir in Snowmass Village. Denver Museum of Nature & Science crews have pulled more than 100 prehistoric bones from the dig site since they began their work earlier this month. The team is now more than a week into its largest-ever fossil excavation in very challenging spring weather conditions. “It’s extremely rewarding work, thanks to these amazing finds so far,” said Kirk Johnson, leader of the museum’s excavation team and vice president of the research and collections division. “With only 40 days to go we are shoveling like mad in a race against time and we continue to bump into bone after bone.” Read the story in the Aspen Daily News, and learn more about the project at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science Snowmastodon Project webpage.

Lawn tickets still available for Lovett/Hiatt concert

Reserved indoor seating for the June 16th Lyle Lovett/John Hiatt concert is sold out, but lawn seating is still available either from Riverwalk Center in Breckenridge, or Ticketmaster. The general admission lawn area for this event will be fenced in and will feature video and sound. Read more about the upcoming concert in the April 27th Summit Voice story.

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Mountain news roundup

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Jenney Coberly

Custom snowboards for soldiers, state-of-the-art bike sharing in Boulder, and more ice-age discoveries at Ziegler Reservoir

Compiled by Jenney Coberly

Custom snowboards for soldiers

When soldiers from the G Company 2-135th General Support Aviation Battalion, a helicopter MEDEVAC unit, returned from a year in Iraq, they were greeted not only by their families and friends, but also by custom snowboards provided by Never Summer Industries of Denver, Colorado. For the board graphic, Never Summer Art Director Jeremy Salyer designed a silhouette of a Black Hawk helicopter like the ones the battalion flew in Iraq. Check out the coverage in the Mountain Weekly News to see photos of the snowboard and the ceremony.

New bike-sharing program in Boulder

Boulder is already a bike-friendly town, and will become even more so with the launch of the Boulder B-cycle program this Friday. The program will launch with 12 stations, 7 of which are completely solar-powered. The stations are state of the art, with computer touchscreens and encrypted wireless data transmission for the bike rentals. The bikes are state of the art as well, with adjustable seats, specially designed brakes that work even when wet, durable tires that rarely go flat, utility baskets, and bike locks with removable keys for parking away from B-cycle stations. Read more in the article in the Boulder Daily Camera or the Boulder B-cycle website. (more…)

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Denver Post News

Boulder storm researchers were near as tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma May 22, 2013

Russ Schumacher was about 45 miles from Moore, Okla., working on the science of predicting extreme weather, when the tornado hit Monday afternoon.

OKC rescue workers raced to finish search for tornado survivors May 22, 2013

Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives, including those of nine children.

Gun recall effort against Colo. lawmaker fails, 3 more pending May 22, 2013

The first of four separate efforts to recall Democratic lawmakers over their gun votes failed as organizers attempting to oust Rep. Mike McLachlan of Durango didn't collect the required number of signatures needed to put the issue on the ballot.

Colorado gubernatorial GOP primary getting crowded May 22, 2013

At least five candidates are officially challenging Gov. John Hickenlooper in 2014 and another three are mulling whether to jump in the race .

Colorado attorneys bring down the hammer of social media justice by YouTube May 22, 2013

A Boulder attorney is wading into a touchy new area of legal ethics as he champions a cybertool — YouTube — for attorneys who want to take their cases beyond the courtroom and into the court of public opinion.

Wilin Rosario delivers winning hit as Rockies defeat Diamondbacks May 22, 2013

Walt Weiss was hired on Nov. 8. He officially became the Rockies manager Tuesday night.

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