Your daily resource for late-breaking news, upcoming events, the , , and the stories that will be talked about today, Thursday, August 7, 2014. Download our , and apps for breaking news throughout the day.
1. IT’S A MATTER OF PRIDE
Nobody remembers the preseason. Nobody forgets Super Bowls. Welcome to the Broncos’ dilemma. in its exhibition opener. Here are heading into the game. And then there’s .
2. CH-CH-CH-CHANGES
Troy Tulowitzki said Wednesday that the Rockies’ fall to the bottom of the National League should force the team into changes before next year. ” ,” he said. Then the , a season high.
3. PULLING THE DOUBLE?
For sports fanatics who’ll double-dip Thursday, attending both the Rockies and Broncos games in Denver, here’s .
4. CALLING OUT THE LOOPHOLES
Colorado lawmakers and parents on Wednesday decried the state’s system for reporting school violence after a fatal shooting at Arapahoe High School did not appear in a statewide discipline report intended to give parents a snapshot of campus safety. ” ,” State Rep. Polly Lawrence said.
5. BRINGING IN A BIG NAME
Reeling from a Denver jail abuse scandal, the to advise the administration as it reforms the sheriff’s department.
6. RTD POWER STRUGGLE IN THE WORKS
Some Regional Transportation District Board of Directors in planning for the future. The board members grew miffed at a Tuesday night work session at efforts by agency planners to update RTD’s five-year strategic plan.
7. ALREADY BANNED IN RUSSIA
In an escalation of tit-for-tat sanctions over Ukraine, Russia said Wednesday that it would ban agricultural imports from the U.S. and Europe. A formal list of banned items is expected Thursday, but to what happened in 2013.
8. DISTRIBUTIONS IN HIGH-PROFILE PONZI SCHEME
Investors in Sean Mueller’s Ponzi scheme, one of the highest-profile fraud cases to hit Colorado, soon could receive $10 million, according to a settlement request filed in Denver District Court. Among the biggest losers is John Elway, general manager of the Denver Broncos, .
9. LONG-LOST WEDDING RING RETURNED
Five years after it went missing from an unlucky finger, , the resort announced Wednesday.
10. PUTTING FAMILY AND FUN FIRST
For Brian Levin, Perky Jerky’s “chairman of the herd,” the more “non-vegetarians with teeth” that bite into his product the better, not only for the company’s bottom line .
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