Your daily resource for late-breaking news, upcoming events, the , Denver traffic information, and the stories that will be talked about today, April 23, 2014.
1. NEW POLL ON GOVERNOR’S RACE
Gov. John Hickenlooper beats all four Republican rivals in a new poll that shows he’s favored by women voters and has a slight advantage with crucial unaffiliated voters. Denver Post political reporter .
2. GUNS IN SCHOOLS?
About half of Colorado voters support allowing teachers and school officials to carry guns in schools, according to a Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday. Denver Post education reporter .
3. RISING HOME VALUES?
, pulling average rents right up with them. But, it’s not all good news. A new report out Wednesday morning shows that nationally the , the slowest pace in seven months.
4. TODDLER FALLS FROM SECOND FLOOR WINDOW
A toddler was taken to Longmont United Hospital after Tuesday, according to police. A witness described the incident and police are investigating.
5. WELCOME TO MIAMI
. News broke late Tuesday that current chief Dan Oates is in line to become the new top cop for the Miami Beach Police Department.
6. COMFORT FOOD IN GLENDALE
It opened in February, part of the CitySet development that is Glendale’s attempt to drive some of Denver’s dining traffic its way. The Denver Post’s food critic .
7. IT’S SHED HUNTING SEASON
For those unfamiliar, shed hunting is a sort of spring season for devoted fans of elk and deer antlers. The antlers fall off the ungulates every winter, and opportunistic hunters track them down in the spring for sale on the open market, where .
8. MILLER’S NEW MENTOR?
Within hours of DeMarcus Ware’s exit from the Dallas Cowboys, the Broncos signed the pass-rushing specialist, providing a bookend, and mentor, to Von Miller. Monday, .
9. AWAITING WORD ON SUSPENSION
Matt Cooke will bring a long history of bad behavior to the office of NHL director of player safety Stephane Quintal when he meets at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday for on Monday in Game 3 of a first-round playoffs series with the Minnesota Wild. Meanwhile, columnist Mark Kiszla says the fact that .
10. FRANKLIN MORALES DEALS ROCKIES A WIN
On Tuesday , Franklin Morales was all over the map — throwing two-seamers and four-seamers, changeups, sliders, cutters, sinkers and splitters — anything and everything, inside the strike zone and out. It was astoundingly effective. And finally, it appears .
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