Author: cbrubaker
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Refurbished Integra CD changer adds value to beauty
Question: You recently recommended a refurbished Integra CDC-3.4 6-disc CD changer for $249 and a new Onkyo DX-C390 6-disc CD changer for $349. You seemed to prefer the Integra over the Onkyo. Was that for the beauty of the component, or did you think there was better sound quality and features with the Integra as…
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Eatery serving up Detroit-style pizza at Ivywild lives up to its name | Dining review
Decent Pizza Co. is a modest, albeit accurate, name for the ‘za available at Ivywild School. There are numerous synonyms for the word decent, some of which would also be apt, but all leave me wondering about the intent. I found myself more interested in the name than the food, which doesn’t often happen. Nonetheless,…
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DOLA awards GMF a $1 million matching grant for bridge repair
A 30-page narrative about a bridge on Ute Pass Avenue in Green Mountain Falls captured the attention of the Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Last month, Mayor Todd Dixon announced that DOLA had awarded the town a $1 million matching grant. Rather than dispersing the funds, the state holds the money until the town secures…
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Pet of the Week for March 26
Safe Place for Pets, 808 Village Center Drive, 80919 Hello, I’m Callie! I am a healthy, confident and very playful polydactyl (extra toes) calico girl who’s only 4 years old and always on the hunt for a fun toy or a tasty treat. The first shelter I visited was very hard for me to adjust…
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Insider account by former Meta official has strong first-week sales
NEW YORK • A former Meta official’s explosive insider account sold 60,000 copies in its first week and reached the top 10 on Amazon.com’s best-seller list amid efforts by the social media giant to discredit the book. Released this month by Flatiron Books, a Macmillan imprint, Sarah Wynn-Williams’ “Careless People” alleges cruel and otherwise disturbing…
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‘Young Guns 3: Dead or Alive’ to film in N.M.
SANTA FE, N.M. • It’s been almost 40 years since Emilio Estevez first drew his revolver as Billy the Kid in the iconic Western “Young Guns.” The actor visited the New Mexico State Capitol on Thursday during Film and Media Day to announce that he’ll be coming back to where it all started to film…
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No. 16 seed Colorado deals No. 8 seed WVU’s NCAA hopes a blow with 67-60 Big 12 tourney win
KANSAS CITY, Mo. • Elijah Malone scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half, helping No. 16 seed Colorado deal No. 8 seed West Virginia’s at-large NCAA Tournament hopes a massive blow with a 67-60 victory in the second round of the Big 12 Tournament on Wednesday. RJ Smith added 13 points for…
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EPA moves to unwind over two dozen air, water regulations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said it’ll reconsider the greenhouse gas tailpipe emissions regulations instituted by the Biden administration that are a key provision behind what President Donald Trump has called an electric vehicle “mandate.” “The American auto industry has been hamstrung by the crushing regulatory regime of the last administration,” EPA Administrator…
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South Africa’s playwright Athol Fugard, whose works challenged apartheid, dies aged 92
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The Blood Knot” and “’Master Harold’… and the Boys” to show how the racist system distorted the humanity of his country with what he called “a daily tally of injustice,” has died. He…