Your daily resource for late-breaking news, upcoming events, the , , and the stories that will be talked about today, Friday, July 18, 2014. Download our , and apps for breaking news throughout the day.
1. RECOVERY WORK IS UNDERWAY AT MALAYSIAN PLANE CRASH SITE
Emergency teams, policemen and off-duty coal miners are combing a sprawling area in in burning pieces, , as pro-Russian rebels say . Meanwhile, we’re learning more about .
2. WHAT THE CURRENT TOLL FOR ISRAEL’S GROUND OPERATION IS
Nearly 20 Palestinians and an Israeli soldier as Netanyahu says the country is ready for a “significant expansion” of the offensive.
3. AURORA VICTIMS AWAIT MEMORIAL
On the second anniversary of the attack that killed 12 and wounded dozens more — which falls on Sunday this year — there is no place devoted solely to the memory of those lost in one of the worst mass shootings in the country’s history. And .
4. FORECLOSURE FIRMS TO PAY HOMEOWNERS
Tens of thousands of Coloradans whose homes were foreclosed on since 2009 by law firm Aronowitz & Mecklenburg over allegations the lawyers regularly inflated fees that homeowners were forced to pay to save their house.
5. MAN, UNBORN CHILD KILLED
Police are searching for the shooter , and another wounded in a shooting at a Pueblo bar Thursday.
6. SHELTERING IMMIGRANT CHILDREN?
The city of Denver is asking to house some immigrant children who have overwhelmed border facilities in recent months. The city is , called the Family Crisis Center, into housing for immigrant children.
7. LAWSUIT OVER OPRAH’S PROPERTY DISMISSED
A lawsuit accusing Oprah Winfrey of blocking access to hiking trails near her property above Telluride, Colorado, .
8. COLORADO UNEMPLOYMENT DROPS
, the lowest rate of unemployment since October 2008 when the rate was 5.3 percent.
9. DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL’S CULINARY APPEAL
Dragon boat racing returns to Denver at the annual Colorado Dragon Boat Festival July 19-20 at Sloan’s Lake Park. Although the festival is named after the dragon boat races, it’s also .
10. ROCKIES OWNER PLAYING THE BLAME GAME?
Who is responsible for the Rockies’ 40-55 record this season, good for second-to-last place in the National League? Here’s during an interview on KOA. And while, the of the season, .
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