Here’s a rundown of the biggest stories of the day for Monday, August 4, 2014. Download The Denver Post app for and for breaking news 24/7. For a daily sports fix, download our new Denver Post Sports app for and .
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Hundreds of people lined up at U.S. Mint in Denver early this morning to buy the 50th Anniversary Kennedy Half-Dollar Gold Proof coin for . (it’s made of .9999 fine 24-karat gold, so it’s a little more valuable than your average tossing coin, even though they are still technically worth $0.50 as legal tender)
Former Colorado State and current WNBA star Becky Hammon was hired as an assistant coach in the NBA, becoming only the second woman to coach in men’s league. And she’s not starting small either: the six-time WNBA all-star is after she retires from playing at the end of this season. Not. Too. Shabby.
Denver officially submitted a federal grant application to . If awarded the grant, the Denver Human Services Division of Child Welfare would provide temporary shelter for up to 60 unaccompanied children.
One word dominated the Denver Broncos’ : Seahawks. “Like every year, no matter who your opponent is, you get tired of banging on each other for 14 days,” Broncos coach John Fox said after the morning workout. Take a gander at the Broncos in our .
A man and his teenage son . It came after what officials and family said was months of precipitating problems between the man and his estranged wife.
A man dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire Tuesday on NATO troops at a military base, , among them a German brigadier general and a number of Americans troops, authorities said.
Kelsy Newell-Skinner, 21, who allegedly beat her child so severely on the night of July 27 that the baby girl died four days later, .
Denver is about to become a so-called ” Gig City.” CenturyLink is bringing super-fast broadband to Denver residents and businesses, offering speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second (for $150 a month), comparable to the Google Fiber plans that some cities around the country have been enjoying over the last few years.
King Soopers is exploring a plan to expand its Mayfair supermarket in east Denver – an idea viewed as not so super by some neighbors and nearby businesses. Plans aren’t final, but they could .
Here’s an interesting note from the opinion page: Michelle Barnes, after visiting Uganda in 2007, came back to Colorado while infected with the Marburg virus, Ebola’s “kissing cousin” disease. “For five days I lived my normal life, enjoying my family, going to Starbucks, shaking people’s hands. All the while, I was carrying this horrible disease at the height of its contagious period.” . If you’ll excuse me, I have a date with a bathtub full of hand sanitizer and a snorkel.
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