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...bikers are lumped together on a narrow, twisting dirt track. First to the finish wins. Period. The bikes fly off jumps, and midair collisions are inevitable. It's a summer version of snowboard cross - the frenzied, TV-friendly race that debuted in Torino in which racers zip down the mountain while navigating tricky jumps and dodging each other. Remember Lindsey Jacobellis, the American who was yards from a gold before she hot-dogged it off a ramp and fell...
...number of environmentalists and prominent local politicians. But he faces two tough opponents: Joan Fitz-Gerald, who has been in the Colorado state senate since 2000, and Will Shafroth, former executive director of the Colorado Conservation Trust, who has been endorsed by the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News. In one of the most liberal districts in the state, the campaign has focused primarily on the economy, Iraq, the environment and education. [Full disclosure: the writer attended college with Polis...
Having served almost 10 years in the U.S. Air Force, I am well aware that the U.S. is a target [Aug. 4]. While reading "Postcard: Cheyenne Mountain," I was deeply disturbed that Obama has vowed "to remove U.S. weapons from launch-ready status if elected." Imagine two boxers in a ring, one with his hands tied. Ryan Girardot, CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MICH...
BAMBOO BICYCLE Calfee Design's bamboo mountain-bike frame costs $2,695. Coming soon: a city version that costs half as much...
According to a U.S. military press release issued the same day, a car carrying "three criminals" opened fire on a convoy of U.S. troops stopped on the roadside on the way to Baghdad International Airport at 8:40 a.m. "The Soldiers [from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division] returned fire, which resulted in the vehicle running off the road and striking a wall. The vehicle then exploded," read the release. The military statement also said that "a weapon was recovered from the wreckage" and "two MND-B convoy vehicles received bullet hole damage from the small arms fire...