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1. NEW DETAILS IN CLEMENTS MURDER PROBE
New details are emerging in the investigation into the murder of Colorado prisons director Tom Clements that . On Sunday, Denver Post reporter Kirk Mitchell examined how in the year since Clement’s murder. Review the in our interactive timeline.
2. POPULATION: ONE
Later this year, Bonanza (population: 1) may no longer be called a town. Colorado’s smallest municipality — and one of its oldest — is poised to go over the hill into history. Here’s when determining whether its 133-year-old incorporation will be nullified.
3. SCHOOL LEADERS ACT IN UNISON
School superintendents across the state are employing a rare, unified message that has intensified the pressure on lawmakers to significantly bolster education funding this legislative session. Here’s .
4. HEALTH-CARE DEADLINE NEARS
If you don’t get insurance through your employer, the deadline to buy private coverage this year through the state exchange — and avoid a fine under the Affordable Care Act in 2015 — is March 31. But whether you’re buying a plan on the exchange or reviewing the options of an employer-sponsored plan during open enrollment this fall, .
5. NEXT STOP: RENOVATION
Just a few historic structures remain from 19th-century Broomfield, so : the train depot, built in 1909, which now serves as the Broomfield Depot Museum.
6. CRIMEANS VOTE OVERWHELMINGLY TO JOIN RUSSIA
Crimea’s parliament declares the region an independent state following a referendum where . Ukraine’s new government in Kiev calls the referendum a “circus” directed at gunpoint by Moscow. Meanwhile, . But, the against Russian officials over the vote.
7. WHAT’S NEXT IN SEARCH FOR MISSING MALAYSIA AIRLINER
Malaysia says of a vast swath of Asia where the missing Malaysia Airlines jet is believed to have ended up.
8. A PILL THAT’S EASY TO SWALLOW
A study is being launched to see . The pills are so packed with nutrients you’d have to eat a gazillion candy bars to get the amount being tested.
9. WHO WILL — AND WON’T — BE MARCHING IN THE NYC ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE
New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio is out, as is Guinness sponsorship, . Ireland’s head of state will be there, reasoning the parade is about “Irishness and not sexuality.” Locally, . And if you missed on our Media Center.
10. CU BUFFS HEAD TO THE TOURNEY
The University of Colorado Buffaloes are headed back to the NCAA tournament for the third third straight year. But, . Even though Spencer Dinwiddie won’t play, , writes Terry Frei. Find our here.
11. AVS BOUNCE BACK VS. OTTAWA
The Colorado Avalanche rebounded from an off game Friday against Anaheim to . The got a lift from a former Senator in the victory.
12. PEYTON MANNING GETS A NEW TARGET
With Eric Decker bolting to New York, . The team came to terms with former Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Emmanuel Sanders over the weekend.
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