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Stimulus Funds Used to Study Fluorescent Spiders, Tibetan Environmentalists

October 2, 2012
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OUT THERE: Millions of dollars in federal stimulus money is being spent on academic research, including studies to determine why spiders glow

DENVER — U.S. taxpayers picking up the tab for the Obama administration’s $831-billion federal “stimulus” — touted to create jobs amid a crippling recession when it passed Congress in 2009 – probably didn’t expect the program to fund research by the University of Colorado studying the fluorescent properties of glowing spiders. Read more »

Colorado Teachers Dropping Out of State’s Largest Union

August 13, 2012
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WETZEL: “Our mission’s the same regardless of how many members we have.”

DENVER – Colorado’s largest and most powerful teacher’s union — a major force in state politics — has lost more than 3,000 members in the past two years, according to the labor organization’s officials and its own data. Read more »

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