Here’s a rundown of the biggest stories of the day for Thursday, August 14, 2014. Download our , and apps for breaking news throughout the day. Want just the best sports news? Download our new Denver Post Sports app for and .
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Colorado students in 2014 , results released today show. The percentage of students who scored proficient or advanced dipped in reading, writing and math, the three tests covered by the Transitional Colorado Assessment Program, or TCAP.
U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman faced off with his Democratic challenger Andrew Romanoff in the first debate of the Colorado election season. As they neared the end, Coffman and Romanoff, a former Colorado House speaker, ratcheted up the digs at each other’s records and stances. .
Just like last season and especially like last February, the Broncos’ defense, revamped as it is, continues to face challenges. And what better group to test them than their teammates across the line of scrimmage aka ? As long as they aren’t , they should be fine.
Marijuana is casting an ever-thickening haze across NFL locker rooms, and it’s not simply because more players are using it. As attitudes toward the drug soften, and science slowly teases out marijuana’s possible benefits for concussions and other injuries, the .
Ever tried to travel on Quebec Street during rush hour? Believe me, you’d know if you had. . Don’t change your commute just yet, though. It’s still in the initial planning phases.
Robin Williams, his wife said today. In a statement, Susan Schneider said that Williams, 63, was struggling with depression, anxiety and the Parkinson’s diagnosis when he died Monday in his Northern California home.
A thankful, excited, emotional Amy Van Dyken-Rouen . “I can’t wait to get out in the world,” a smiling Van Dyken-Rouen said a noon press conference at the hospital.
The the suburb that’s been the scene of protests and heavily armed police action since a police officer fatally shot an unarmed black teenager, the governor announced Wednesday. Ferguson police , among other bizarre instances during last night’s protest. .
Littleton police on Thursday who is sought in the shooting death of another man in a Littleton front yard last night.
Kirk Price, the longtime Cherry Creek High School Tennis coach will be calling it a career when the boys tennis season, which opens play Thursday, ends in October with state championships. He’s got a pretty decent legacy. In Price’s 38 years with the Bruins’ boys tennis program, 24 as head coach, Cherry Creek has won 35 Colorado state titles. In his two dozen years in command, his teams have won 22 state titles and finished second twice. Four times in that span the program has gone undefeated in sweeping the three singles and four doubles spots at state. .
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