1. PAST IMMIGRATION IDEAS MAY PROVE PROBLEMATIC FOR CANDIDATES
Nowhere in Colorado than in the 6th Congressional district that includes Aurora and Littleton and that is home to burgeoning ethnic enclaves and an electorate evenly divided among political parties – making it one of the most competitive races in the nation.
2. MEYER: IS THIS THE BEST WORLD CUP EVER?
We saw Brazilians sobbing in disbelief after the host team was routed by Germany. We saw the end of an era when Spain lost its first two games. We saw another tournament favorite crash when Portugal was crushed by Germany. We saw exquisite goals, miraculous saves and heart-stopping finishes. Yes, this just may be .
3. RENOVATION OF DENVER’S UNION STATION HAS BEEN A 30-YEAR BARN-RAISING
The into a hotel, shops, restaurants and bars – now set to open July 26 – was to be a capstone in Denver’s march from a polluted, declining city to one of the nation’s fastest-growing urban areas.
4. LATEST LIGHTNING VICTIM IDENTIFIED
A 54-year-old Scottsbluff, Neb., man at Rocky Mountain National Park Saturday, the second person to be killed by lightning in two days in the park.
5. COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL TAKES FIRE OVER GAY MARRIAGE
After one judge struck down Colorado’s same-sex marriage ban and another allowed the rogue Boulder County clerk to continue issuing licenses to couples last week, Attorney General John Suthers – the man charged with defending the ban – .
6. PALESTINIANS FLEE NORTH GAZA AFTER ISREAL WARNING
Neither Israel nor Palestinian militants show signs of agreeing to a cease-fire to end , despite calls by the United Nations Security Council and others that they lay down their arms.
7. A ROCKY ROAD TO BECOMING JEFFCO’S SUPERINTENDENT
Dan McMinimee was in one of the most contentious superintendent selection processes in recent memory. But McMinimee, who completes his second week on the job Tuesday, said he never thought about bowing out of the running for the district’s top position, even as the criticisms and denunciations piled up.
8. TROY TULOWITZKI BRINGS NEW APPROACH TO DIAMOND
After nearly every game, no matter how he has done, Troy Tulowitzki heads to the batting cage. He has done that throughout his career, but . Maniacal intensity has been replaced by a more thoughtful, though still sweat-soaked, session.
9. DOWNTOWN BUSINESS FOOT BILL FOR MORE POLICE
Downtown crime rates have risen sharply this year. That’s one of the reasons that merchants and business advocacy groups are to put more police on the streets.
10. RUNNING LEGEND SETS RECORD AT BRUTAL HARDROCK 100
Kílian Jornet Burgada, the Spanish super endurance athlete who three weeks ago summited Alaska’s Denali in record time, crossed the finish line of the 100.5-mile Hardrock ultramarathon in Silverton in a course record time of 22 hours, 41 minutes, 35 seconds. He had just in North American ultradistance running in the most competitive field in the run’s history, and he appeared to have done it with ease.
11.SUMMER PROJECTS MAY MEAN SUMMER SANITY FOR PARENTS
Trying new things, heading outdoors for missions both planned and unplanned, tasking the imagination and repeating a favorite class or camp are all strategies parents can use to keep kids from becoming zoned-out screen zombies before the arrival of the new schoolyear. And, it turns out there may even be .
