Your daily resource for late-breaking news, upcoming events, the , , and the stories that will be talked about today, April 4, 2014.
1. LET’S PLAY BALL
The Colorado Rockies open their slate of home games at Coors Field on Friday against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Slugger , but how are the fans feeling heading into 2014? ? Whatever the case, they will be that will make , but there will be . This morning, we’ve got a . And finally, after a snowstorm hit LoDo on Thursday, the today.
2. DEATH SPOTLIGHTS MARIJUANA EDIBLES
The after the death of a Wyoming college student last month. Levy Thamba, 19, became agitated after eating marijuana-infused cookies and then leapt to his death from a hotel balcony, according to a coroner’s report released this week. His death was classified as an accident.
3. UNDERDOGS NIPPING AT HEELS
The GOP gubernatorial underdogs are working to convince Republicans that they’re the best choice to knock off Democrat John Hickenlooper in November. It’s a miles-and-messaging strategy aimed at reaching the party faithful in all corners of the state. Denver Post reporter Lynn Bartels takes .
4. HELPING STARTUPS GROW
It might seem that a startup selling a computerized lawn-sprinkler controller and one developing a dental anesthetic that is sniffed, not injected, don’t have much in common. But sprinkler-control maker Rachio and anesthetic developer St. Renatus are both graduates of .
5. MAYOR HANCOCK’S EUROPEAN ADVENTURE
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and other city officials are traveling to London and Amsterdam this month, with Denver International Airport and the British Consulate footing the bill. Here’s .
6. BUYING IN THE ‘BURBS?
In metro Denver, typical buyers on the hunt for affordable homes likely . Denver Post reporter Howard Pankratz looks inside a the numbers of a recent report.
7. AUDITOR BALKS AT I-70 PLAN
A proposal to expand Interstate 70 to five lanes in each direction through northeast Denver is , who feels the idea doesn’t make sense for neighborhoods and the city as a whole.
8. PATH OF GLORY
Near the entrance to Denver Botanic Gardens, the . In the spring, dramatic displays of bulbs and pansies bloom, followed by an impressive showing of peonies, irises, daylilies and phlox. In autumn, drifts of asters and towering sunflowers blossom.
9. WITH LETTERMAN RETIRING, CBS LOOKS TO A NEW LATE-NIGHT STAR
But just to compete against NBC’s Fallon and ABC’s Kimmel, remains to be seen.
10. BARRIE, BARRIE GOOD
At one point this season, he was an afterthought to Avs coach Patrick Roy. He wore the uniform of the Lake Erie Monsters for a time with no guarantee of getting out of the minors. Tyson Barrie is now one of Roy’s first options when looking for a clutch goal, and .
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