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1. YOUNG NOT BUYING IN
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that 40 percent of people ages 18 to 34 need to sign up for health insurance to defray the costs of coverage for older, sicker people, but . “How could a young person nowadays afford it?” asked Matt Leising, 29, the manager of a small business that doesn’t provide health insurance.
2. LAST PIECE OF U.S. 36 CONTRACT
The final piece of an agreement that hands over the maintenance and tolling of U.S. 36 between Boulder and Denver for 50 years was quietly put in place Thursday. The pact not only means a private firm will soon maintain and collect tolls on the Boulder Turnpike, it also for the state.
3. DIA CONCESSIONS
DIA officials say the airport’s concessionaire program is unique in that it tries to prevent “master concessionaires,” or monopolies, but a recent .
4. DRIVING SMOKING RATES LOWER?
Utah and Colorado, which already have low percentages of smokers, are considering raising the legal age to buy tobacco to 21. Both proposals face several more votes, .
5. UKRAINE CRISIS DEAL
In what could be a major breakthrough in a months-long crisis, and European mediators for early elections and a new government in hopes of ending a deadly political crisis. For more on this story, check out our and .
6. DISMEMBERMENT SUSPECT THOUGHT HE WAS GOD
Greenwood Village police Officer Jeremy Wilson told an Arapahoe County judge that Ari Liggett, accused of killing and dismembering his mother, .
7. SOLD FOR SEX AT 16
Dressed in slacks and a bright-blue top, Aubrey Lloyd shows not a hint of . “I was not hidden, I didn’t have chains, I was right next to you the entire time,” Lloyd told an audience at the state Capitol on Thursday.
8. HOT FOOTBALL TICKETS
The Broncos mailed out notices Thursday informing 56 percent of their season-ticket holders that it will cost more for their seats in 2014. Here’s . And speaking of “football” (or as we call it, soccer) tickets, it was announced Thursday that Colorado will play host to this spring.
9. BUSY DAY FOR THE NUGGETS
Thursday started with news that the in separate deals. Miller’s exit was a move that . That was quickly followed by word that . Nevertheless, the team rebounded to beat the Bucks — their .
10. BIG DAY ON TAP FOR U.S.
Racing with a sinus infection and a scratchy throat, after the first run of Friday’s Olympic slalom. The second run will begin at 9:15 a.m. Denver time. Meanwhile, the U.S. men’s hockey team heads into semifinals against Canada at 10 a.m. with hopes for a better result than the in the gold medal game. Columnist Mark Kiszla , but ?
