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1. 100 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW
The weather service has issued a for the Denver metro area from 3 p.m. through 2 a.m. Saturday, and there’s a 100 percent chance of snow tonight in Denver, mainly before 11 p.m., according to the weather service. Here’s . In other weather news, ?
2. WHO DEPUTIES SAY STARTED A CONDO FIRE
Adams County authorities are asking the community for help in locating this week. Deputies say he spoke on camera with 7NEWS during their coverage of the fire.
3. HANDS OFF!
A Colorado lawmaker who has received complaints from constituents about drivers distracted by their cellphones is unless people use a hands-free device. State law already forbids texting while driving. In other political news, the results of an informal straw poll for governor and U.S. Senate are in from the .
4. NOBLE ASCENT
Months of planning. Hours crawling through snow and clawing up vertical ice. Hundreds of nonstop pull-ups. And when climber Sean O’Neill reached the top of Telluride’s daunting Bridal Veil Falls, a 365-foot fang of treacherous ice, he felt reborn. Last week, .
5. TAXI! TAXI!
The only thing keeping 150 more taxicabs from hitting Denver streets in the coming weeks is a check from Mile High Cab payable to the state agency that regulates them. Here’s at cab stands around town.
6. LIVING AMONG EQUALS
The northern Front Range is home to some of the most “equal” large communities in the country in terms of household incomes — places including Thornton and Centennial.
7. 28 YEARS AGO TODAY
When Diana Ladd unlocked the front door of her Colorado Springs apartment and walked into her daughter’s room, her girl was sprawled out on her bed with a knife sticking out of her chest. Denver Post reporter examines 28 years later. Find .
8. “STICKS AND BONES”
A dance-and-music concert on Saturday at the stately, refurbished McNichols Building in downtown’s Civic Center is a stripped-down affair designed to break barriers between fine arts and the casual audiences the arts so desperately need. Denver Post reporter John Wenzel has , the city’s arts-promotion arm
9. WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE BRONCOS?
Champ Bailey is gone. It’s been at least a decade since the team’s cornerback stable featured so much uncertainty. Columnist Benjamin Hochman opines that .
10. AVS WIN IN OT
Jean-Sebastien Giguere played well in his second start since the Olympic break Thursday night, making 35 saves, and the Avalanche got a goal from defenseman Andre Benoit at 4:28 of overtime to at Joe Louis Arena. Plus, rookie Nathan MacKinnon broke a record held by Wayne Gretzky.
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