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...where Eng's Republican opponent has set up his headquarters. To get to Mike Coffman's office in Highlands Ranch, you have to drive past mile after mile of McMansion developments with names like Berkshire Residences and soon-to-be-opened box stores that still have the plastic wrap on. In the late 1980s, the area was home to just a few hundred residents; today more than 100,000 live in Highlands Ranch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Obama Turn Colorado Blue? | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

...Still, it's unlikely that the presidential campaign will wrap up with a string of feel-good ads that promote each candidate's virtues while saying nary a false word about the other. As long as candidates can get away with testing the limits of voters' gullibility and tolerance, they will. If the last few decades have taught candidates anything, it's that truth in political advertising is for losers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Truth in Advertising? Not for Political Ads | 9/23/2008 | See Source »

...says last week's functional hiccup was not surprising. A massive machine designed to study miniscule particles will inevitably face problems. The LHC's intricacy is indeed breathtaking: One of the particle detectors on the 17-mile ring (there are four) is connected to enough cable and wiring to wrap around the earth nearly seven times. Scientists had to take into account the gravitational pull of the tides when constructing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why The Large Hadron Collider Is Already On The Fritz | 9/22/2008 | See Source »

Girl Talk, the stage name of Gregg Gillis, is known for his distinctive mash-up remixes, as well as his performance style. The former biomedical engineer often strips to his underwear and performs with only a laptop that he covers with saran wrap to protect it from his flying sweat as he bounces about onstage...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: D.J. Girl Talk May Perform at Annual Harvard-Yale Pep Rally | 9/14/2008 | See Source »

...time to wrap up Day One of the Republican convention, where delegates of the Grand Old Party have gathered to nominate John McCain as their presidential candidate. So that means it must be time to play good news, bad news...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Slow, Shaky Start for the GOP | 9/1/2008 | See Source »

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