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. REBELS IN UKRAINE TAKE CONTROL OF PLANE CRASH BODIES
Rebels in eastern Ukraine took control Sunday of the , and the U.S. and European leaders demanded that Russian President Vladimir Putin make sure rebels give international investigators full access to the crash site.
2. THOUSANDS FLEE BATTLE WITH ISRAEL IN GAZA
Escalating their ground offensive, Israeli troops backed by tanks and in a crowded neighborhood of Gaza City early Sunday. The fighting, including heavy Israeli tank fire, killed scores of Palestinians, forced thousands to flee and damaged or destroyed dozens of homes.
3. COMEDY AND TRAGEDY SHARE FAMILY’S STAGE
As the cop guided his vehicle away from the chaos, making his third emergency run of the night to University of Colorado Hospital, he could hear the labored breathing of the injured young man, , in his back seat – “the most god-awful sound,” as he would later describe it.
4. SUPER BOWL FILM “ADDS A LITTLE MORE FUEL TO YOUR FIRE”
If life didn’t occasionally deliver a reminder it can always get worse, it would be difficult to come up with than what the Broncos’ offensive players endured on their final day of organized team activities this summer.
5. PAIGE: BRONCOS MUST BE TOUGH ENOUGH TO HAVE SUPER YEAR
When training camp and , the Broncos must get meaner, madder, more motivated and become the punishers, not the prey. And not those marshmallow milquetoasts the Seattle Seahawks intimidated and decimated in the Super Bowl 169 days ago.
6. REASONS FOR CHEEBA CHEWS’ HALTED PRODUCTION REVEALED
Last spring, the medicated chocolate taffy Cheeba Chews began disappearing from shelves without much of an explanation. – spelled out more precisely in records and correspondence reviewed by The Denver Post – provide an inside look at how questionable marijuana business structures and state regulatory delays in scrutinizing them can lead to problems.
7. “TEA PARTY OF THE LEFT” WAGES BATTLE OVER FRACKING
The ferocious battle over fracking – the new method used to extract natural gas – is being fought across the country. But the on several fronts and brings with it the potential for enormous political consequences.
8. SARAH PALIN’S JABS FIRE UP THE RIGHT
Former vice presidential candidate on Saturday, saying in order to “save the Republic” Americans must “have the guts to talk about impeachment.”
9. FAMILIES FRUSTRATED BY MISMANAGEMENT AT RURAL CEMETERIES
At many rural cemeteries around Colorado, messy record-keeping, lost records, revolving-door volunteer boards and underpaid cemetery workers have continued to of at least one half of death and taxes. Some of those who planned ahead for their demise, paid for their plots and hold deeds to them are having to find new graves.
10. EX-JANUS STAR ATTEMPTS A COMEBACK
After an eight-year break from the mutual-fund world, Blaine Rollins – who helped catapult Janus Capital Group to fame in the 1990s, earning a promotion in 2000 to captain of the Janus Fund, the family’s $50 billion flagship – of his 2006 exit, deploying a “cyborg” approach to money management.
11. CANADA AVENGES EARLIER LOSS, TOPS U.S. IN LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIP
Patience and Kevin Crowley were the two biggest reasons Canada on Saturday night to win the FIL World Lacrosse Championship at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.
12. FLIGHT DELAYED? TRUMP CARD WILL FLY
Treated like an urban legend, in its original form ensured that if a passenger’s flight was canceled or a connection missed for reasons within the airline’s control, the company would put them on the next flight out. This policy, while nearly extinct, still lurks in the shadows of a few U.S. carriers’ contract of carriage, including that of Denver-based Frontier Airlines.
13. FIVE SMALL THEATERS DELIVERING BIG EXPERIENCES
For intrepid theatergoers, there are more and more opportunities to witness some of the region’s most rewarding theater in intimate venues of 100 seats or fewer. Here are offering consistently expansive theater experiences.
