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1. FATAL SHOOTING ON ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS
Aurora police homicide detectives are investigating after during a traffic stop on the Anschutz Medical Campus last night. It wasn’t immediately clear what precipitated the shooting.
2. POT BANKING PLAN DRAWS YAWNS IN D.C.
Federal legislation that could end cash-only practices in the marijuana industry , with near silence from Washington lawmakers as to why it has. In other marijuana news, ?
3. FIRST DAY OF SPRING
Spring has sprung: Skies will be mostly sunny and temperatures will be warmer than average for the first day of spring in Denver. .
4. TRIPLE-HOMICIDE SUSPECT DUE IN COURT
A sex offender accused of killing a woman and two of her children in southern Colorado is due back in court. Prosecutors are during Thursday’s hearing in Canon City.
5. KIOWA’S NEXT BET
After an expected oil-and-gas boom went bust, Kiowa County is staking its economic-development dreams on casino gambling, hoping to lure even just a small percentage of long-haul truckers on U.S. 287 to drop a few bucks on the slots or at blackjack. Here’s .
6. WHERE SEARCH FOR FLIGHT 370 IS SHIFTING
Planes were dispatched to a remote part of the Indian Ocean after Australian officials say there.
7. YOU MUST BE “DREAMING”
Antonio Mercado knows a confluence when he sees one. “Dreaming Sin Fronteras” (“Dreaming Without Borders”) is the 39-year-old Greeley native’s attempt to present — as well as the ennui some feel when faced with the idea of live theater.
8. BROOKS COMES UP BIG FOR NUGGETS
Aaron Brooks, who will be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season, has made the most of what is an audition for the Nuggets — and the rest of the NBA, for that matter. Wednesday, he had his best night in any uniform this season in at the Pepsi Center.
9. OT LOSS KNOCKS AVS DOWN A PEG
Blake Wheeler scored in overtime on a shot through the crowd to give on Wednesday night. The loss .
10. IT’S TOURNEY TIME FOR CU
Colorado (23-11, 10-8 Pac-12), the eighth seed in the South Regional, faces No. 9 seed Pittsburgh (25-9, 11-7 ACC) on Thursday (11:40 a.m., TBS) in a second-round game. The in what is expected to be a low-scoring, bruising battle with points at a premium. If you haven’t filled out your bracket yet, here’s , or you can always turn to for advice. Meanwhile, here’s .
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