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From surviving at Hereford on the final day in 1997 to life at Withdean, Brighton fans are lapping up a scarcely credible journey to Europe

Who's to blame next? No telling. In fact, we don't know who's to blame now, though there are plenty of folks in Ouray looking for answers after the city council unanimously voted to fire City Administrator Katie Sickles Monday night. Sickles, who was hired a year ago almost to the day after a three-month trial run as interim administrator, may never know why she was released. Council voted to fire her without cause, which means they get to keep their reasons to themselves, and Sic...

        by Alan Todd    atodd@ouraynews.com

Tesla vehicles at charging stations outside a store in Rocklin, California, America Credit: Bloomberg/David Paul Morris SIR – It is proposed that electric car owners could connect their cars to the National Grid and allow the energy in their batteries to take some of the load at peak times (report, July 28). But such use would seriously compromise battery life. A typical lithium-ion battery has a life of about 1,000 cycles. For a car like a Tesla S, a 100kWh battery costs about £10,000. So e...