Your daily resource for late-breaking news, upcoming events, the , , and the stories that will be talked about today, Monday, May 19, 2014.
1. DENVER POLICE INVESTIGATE HOMICIDE
Denver police are investigating after the victims of a shooting either drove or were dropped off at The Children’s Hospital early Monday morning. A .
2. DISCIPLINE GAP TAKES TOLL
A Denver Post analysis of school discipline data found that in reversing a trend that has left minority students bearing the brunt of strict discipline policies.
3. WHY AT&T IS BUYING DIRECTV
With the acquisition, the nation’s largest mobile carrier : television, computers, smartphones and tablets.
4. “AVERAGE JOE” WINS COLFAX MARATHON
The Colfax Marathon, a humble main-street race that starts and ends in prosaically named City Park, doesn’t attract Olympians but does makes dreams come true for ordinary people with extraordinary goals, like . If you ran the race, to see if we got a shot of you in action. And, it was a big day for Cali Leopold, who finished her first half marathon and .
5. CAN MAPQUEST STAY RELEVANT?
, grappling with a steep erosion of its core business amid fierce competition from a pair of tech Goliaths in Google and Apple.
6. WHICH NEW WORDS WERE ADDED TO THE DICTIONARY
You can, at last, . And if you still don’t know what a turducken is, that’s in there too.
7. ALL LOOK, NO LEAP
According to Pew Research Center surveys, millennials have higher levels of student loan debt, poverty and unemployment, along with lower personal income, than the two preceding generations at the same point in their lives. Here’s . And, ?
8. POP ROYALTY HAILED AT BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
A , while Justin Timberlake takes home seven awards and Jennifer Lopez becomes the first woman to win the icon award.
9. EXPLOSIVE FREE AGENT COULD MAKE BRONCOS ROSTER
Everything about : his legs, his feet, his words, which tumble out of his mouth with passion and inflection, and his potential path to the roster. And want the .
10. WALK-OFF WINNERS
Game tied 6-6, 10th inning. Big Pressure. . The big walk-off win also . And finally, .
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