Day: January 22, 2008

‘They died doing what they loved to do — they were drinking, they were (driving) fast and they were together’

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The Boulder Daily Camera is taking heat for its article covering the spectacularly horrible car crash that killed three men who were in their early twenties. Westword has the details on reader reaction that accuses the paper of glorifying the men’s behavior, including this quote:

“The thing that really makes me feel much better about this is they died doing what they loved to do —  they were drinking, they were going fast and they were together,” (one of the dead men’s sister) said. “It gives me comfort, it does, to know those three things.”   

 UPDATE: The Boulder Daily Camera editor responded to the readers’ reactions.

 

Whole Foods Dumps Single-Use Plastic Grocery Bags

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Whole Foods announced it will only offer customers 100-percent recyclable paper grocery bags, in a move designed to bolster the company’s green credentials. The Boulder Daily Camera reports, “As part of the effort to cut out single-use plastic bags — which are petroleum based and can take more than 1,000 years to break down in a landfill — Whole Foods stores will sell canvas bags and a new reusable plastic sack for 99 cents.”