Your daily resource for late-breaking news, upcoming events, the , , and the stories that will be talked about today, Tuesday, May 13, 2014.
1. EARLY ATTACK KEY TO FIGHT
Colorado is embarking on a new aerial strategy to detect and snuff wildfires while they are small — the state’s latest attempt to reduce danger to people and destruction of watersheds. Here are the .
2. OCTOGENARIAN FOUND
A missing octogenarian with dementia who was , police said Tuesday morning. She had been missing since about 6:50 p.m. Monday.
3. HUNDREDS SLEEP AT DIA OVERNIGHT
Airport spokeswoman Julie Smith said Tuesday that nearly 800 people camped out in the B concourse while others chose to check into hotels. Here’s .
4. WHERE HOMEBUILDING IS SURGING
, issuing more than six times as many permits last year as it did four years earlier and comfortably outpacing the metro area in housing starts.
5. THE FACE OF SUBURBAN HOMELESS
While the need remains in the Denver suburbs, there are those who think funding to help homeless families is not enough of a priority. ” ,” said Terry Moore, executive director of one of Adams County’s three shelters, Almost Home.
6. AURORA HAS MOUNTAINS?
Many people know about the Denver Mountain Parks system. But, Aurora has recreational assets in the mountains, too. It’s just that not many people know about them — or, if they do, they don’t know they are an Aurora amenity. .
7. FORGET THE LEFTOVERS
Until recently, much of what the Chinese wanted from the state met the definition of leftovers — scrap metal, waste plastics, animal hides and other by-products. “They don’t need the scrap as much,” said Michael Rosen, manager of Atlas Metal & Iron Corp. Now, .
8. DID SOMEONE SAY “WEIGHT LOSS”?
When author JJ Smith developed her latest nutrition plan, she hoped it would have fast results. But even . In other fitness news, it’s spring, so ?
9. SUPER BOWL ODDS
There’s no fear and loathing in Las Vegas about the Broncos. Two days after the draft, the wiseguys see the Broncos as an even more secure lock to win the AFC West. But, . Meanwhile, .
10. MORNEAU DELIVERS
Skeptics, and there were plenty, snickered when the Rockies signed free agent Justin Morneau to a two-year, $12.5 million contract last winter to become their first baseman. A quarter of the way into the season, . Meanwhile, ?
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