Politics or baseball?
For Colorado members of The Associated Press, picking the state’s top story of 2007 came down to a choice between the two — and baseball won.
1.
The Rockies’ unlikely run to the World Series was named by Colorado newspapers and broadcasters as the top story of the year, edging out several other important events — including some with roots more than a year old.
for second place were the lingering effects of the December 2006 snowstorms, and the awarding of the Democratic National Convention to Denver.
2. (Tie)
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper gets a hand at a speech by Gov. Bill Ritter in January after the city won
the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
2. (Tie)
Members of the Army National Guard bring hay to the airport, Thursday, Jan. 04, 2006, in Lamar Colorado. The recent blizzard forced ranches to get help form the National Guard.
4.
Former Qwest chief executive Joe Nacchio leaves federal court in Denver after being found guilty of 19 counts of illegal insider trading in April.
5. (tie)
Slain Broncos Darrent Williams was shot while riding in a limo as it left a downtown club Nerw Year’s Day. No charges have been filed in the case.
5. (tie)
Parachute Creek splits the oil shale-rich Roan Plateau while flowing south into Parachute, Colo., July 27, 2005. In December, Gov. Bill Ritter announced a compromise plan to attempt to balance both priorities.
7.
CU professor Ward Churchill learns in July that the university’s Board of Regents voted to fire him. Churchill was the focus of an intense investigation into his writings after a controversial essay and allegations of plagiarism.
8.
Police and SWAT officers surround New Life Church in Colorado Springs in December after a shooting rampage. Four people were slain two at New Life and two at an Arvada missionary center before the gunman, who had raged against Christians on the Web, shot himself.
9.
In November, Gov. Bill Ritter issued an executive order permitting limited collective bargaining for state workers. Livid business leaders say the move will strengthen unions and make it hard to lure new companies to the state. Labor leaders point out that the pact doesn’t permit strikes.
10.
The body of a man dressed in a tuxedo lies in front of the governor’s office in the Capitol building, shot by state trooper on the governor’s security detail in July. Aaron Richard Snyder had shown guards a loaded gun under his jacket,then rushed towards the office. He was shot once in the head and twice in the chest.
