Your daily resource for late-breaking news, upcoming events, the , , and the stories that will be talked about today, Thursday, May 22, 2014.
1. READY FOR ANOTHER ROUND?
A storm pounded northeastern parts of the Denver area with hail, caused street flooding and, because of tornado warnings, closed Denver International Airport. Six tornadoes were spotted, but no significant damage was reported. However, . More: , , or check out .
2. HUDDLES FOCUS ON LOCAL CONTROL
Oil and business interests and Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday discussed than offered in a failed effort in the recently ended legislative session.
3. DID CITY FUMBLE SUPER BOWL TRIP?
Mayor Michael Hancock’s privately-funded $40,000 Super Bowl trip caught some heat Wednesday during a Denver Board of Ethics hearing. Here’s .
4. FINALIST’S CONTRACT POSTED ONLINE
After cries from the community, the $280,000-annual, 5-year contract for Jefferson County Schools’ superintendent finalist Daniel McMinimee was posted online Wednesday. A special meeting for public comment was also scheduled, , due to the anticipated turnout.
5. BIG WIN FOR VAIL
A Utah District Court ruled Wednesday that Park City Mountain Resort officials failed to renew their historic lease for a majority of their ski terrain and the landowner is allowed to lease the ski area’s upper terrain to a new operator. It was .
6. DACHSHUND MOURNED, BUT PUPPY ON THE WAY
The couple whose 10-year-old dachshund Sebastian was killed by a pit bull , a 13-week-old mini dachshund named Daisy.
7. WOMAN ESCAPES AFTER 10 YEARS IN CAPTIVITY
A woman who disappeared as a teenager a decade ago and told them her mother’s ex-boyfriend drugged and kidnapped her in 2004, forced her to marry him and fathered her child.
8. VETS FIND PEACE THROUGH ART
When Curt Bean picked up a paintbrush, he didn’t anticipate what would follow — that .
9. FOURNIER FACES LONG ROAD TO COMPETE
The 2013-14 season was one of major adjustment, some successes and a lot of frustration for Nuggets’ second-year shooting guard, Evan Fournier. The guard, who showed flashes of brilliance in his rookie season, .
10.ROCKIES LOSE, CARGO INJURED, TULO ACCUSED
The San Francisco Giants’ pitching staff bounced back behind Matt Cain and Yusmeiro Petit, capping the Rockies at just two hits through the first seven innings . Rockies outfielder with a finger injury. And finally, Walt Weiss, Gonzalez and Michael Cuddyer , who was .
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