A few headlines from the second week of May in Boulder from the Boulder Daily Camera. Please click the links below each recap to read the entire news story.
CU-Boulder sends record class into job market ‘not yet at its peak’
Published: May 10, 2012 10:42 pm
With CU awarding a record 6,237 degrees at Friday morning’s spring commencement at Folsom Field, campus career counselors say the overall job outlook is still good for graduates this year. Yet most students seeking jobs will not have it as easy as the computer science grads.
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CU-Boulder business grads pave way for women
Published: May 10, 2012 10:17 pm
Thursday, University of Colorado graduating senior Erica Mark was one of 198 women to receive degrees from CU’s Leeds School of Business. The school awarded degrees to 522 students, the majority of which were male — about 62 percent.
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Fifth-generation Buff: ‘CU is just in my heart’
Published: May 10, 2012 10:17 pm
University of Colorado graduating senior Cassie Hickman will become Buffalo alumnae Friday morning, following in the footsteps of her father, her grandparents, her great-grandparents and her great-great-grandmother.
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92-year-old Boulder woman involved in RTD crash dies at hospital
Published: May 10, 2012 10:13 pm
Remy Pitts, the 92-year-old Boulder woman who was involved in an accident with an RTD bus Wednesday morning, died of her injuries early this morning, according to officials at Boulder Community Hospital.
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Boulder cop facing attempted-murder charge re-arrested on drug counts
Published: May 10, 2012 10:12 pm
Christian McCracken, the Boulder police officer facing charges in Boulder and Broomfield counties in connection with threats police say he made to kill his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend, was re-arrested Thursday by Longmont police on multiple drug charges.
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Aspiring grill master gives Boulder County a boost in BBQ country
Published: May 10, 2012 09:37 pm
Superior’s Jason Ganahl is headed to the regional finals of the 2012 Sam’s Club National BBQ Tour this weekend with 19 pounds of beef brisket, 10 pounds of spare ribs, 30 pounds of pork shoulder and 12 chicken thighs.
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Denver Nuggets’ Chris ‘Birdman’ Andersen excused from team after cops search home
Published: May 10, 2012 07:59 pm
Nuggets center Christopher “Birdman” Andersen has been “excused indefinitely” from team activies while Douglas County sheriff’s detectives investigate him for unknown Internet crimes against children.
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CU-Boulder: Hungry supermassive black holes may stunt star formation
Published: May 10, 2012 07:31 pm
Gigantic black holes that are actively feeding on interstellar matter may stunt the formation of stars in their surrounding galaxies, according to a new study involving scientists at the University of Colorado.
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Lafayette to conduct first citizen survey in a decade
Published: May 10, 2012 07:09 pm
Starting next week, the city mails 1,200 five-page surveys to randomly selected residents with questions about the quality of police service, street conditions, housing choices, ease of travel throughout the city and the effectiveness of Lafayette’s communications with its residents, among other things.
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Jeff Mitton: Mutual interdependence of yucca and yucca moths
Published: May 10, 2012 07:09 pm
An immense and towering thunderhead was gliding to the east, forming a stark backdrop for Crane Lake in the Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge in the Sand Hills of Nebraska.
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Cory Richards, climber rescued from Everest, returns to Boulder healthy
Published: May 10, 2012 07:00 pm
On April 28, Cory Richards, of Boulder, and National Geographic expedition leader Conrad Anker were climbing at about 7,000 meters — nearly 23,000 feet — toward Everest’s West Ridge route when Richards realized he was panting and couldn’t catch his breath.
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Report: One coyote responsible for four summer attacks in Broomfield
Published: May 10, 2012 05:25 pm
A single coyote was the cause of the four attacks on children in Broomfield’s Anthem neighborhood last summer, according to a report from research experts. Researchers from three universities conducted a study of Broomfield’s coyote activity to determine what might have caused a cluster of three coyote encounters between July and September 2011. The results, released by the city Thursday, indicate the encounters lead back to a single “red male” who did not appear to be afraid of humans. The coyote, nicknamed to describe his unusual reddish color, was killed just after the fourth attack in September, according to the report.
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Boulder Community Foothills Hospital construction site re-opens after fatal accident
Published: May 10, 2012 03:47 pm
The construction site at the Boulder Community Foothills Hospital re-opened earlier this morning two days after a construction worker was killed when a steel-beamed canopy fell on him.
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Hickenlooper puts up civil unions, other issues, for special session
Published: May 10, 2012 03:09 pm
Gov. John Hickenlooper wants Colorado lawmakers back at the Capitol Monday to consider bills to fund water projects and help stabilize unemployment insurance rates for businesses — in
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