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1. BROCK OSWEILER SHOWS PROMISE
Brock Osweiler guided four scoring drives in , and eight in the exhibition season (seven touchdowns, one field goal). Fake games don’t matter, but than a liability. Check out on the Media Center.
2. MINORITY-CONTRACT MESS
An investigation into the largest minority contract awarded by Denver that threatened to undermine the integrity of the city’s disadvantaged-business program.
3. WHATEVER IS GOING TO HAPPEN
The that allowed Bud Light to take over Elk Avenue for a $500,000 payment (up from an orginal $250,000) to the town and paint it blue for huge commercial-worthy bash.
4. CRACKING DOWN ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Colorado’s new human trafficking laws are aimed to boost convictions and help curb the crime. ” ,” said John Suthers, Colorado’s attorney general
5. “PARTIALLY EFFECTIVE” TEACHERS SNUBBED
The Jefferson County Board of Education’s conservative majority moved Thursday to rejecting an independent review that found the district’s teacher evaluation system too flawed to use for setting salaries.
6. HANGAR’S ON
Today, it’s weed-choked, decrepit and surrounded by fencing topped with barbed wire. By next year, however, the old Stanley Aviation building in northwest Aurora .
7. GOOGLE STEPPING UP DRONE ARMS RACE
Google’s secretive research laboratory is so packages can be delivered to people more quickly — a move that escalates its tech arms race with rival Amazon.com.
8. APPLE TO UNVEIL NEW PRODUCTS
. The iPhone and iPad maker set the date in invitations mailed Thursday to reporters and others who typically come to see the unveiling of Apple’s latest twists on technology.
9. MYSTERY SOLVED
For years scientists have theorized about how large rocks — some weighing hundreds of pounds — zigzag across Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park, leaving long trails etched in the earth… .
10. ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHOWDOWN: PRIMETIME EDITION
The kicks off at 7 p.m. tonight at Sports Authorities Field at Mile High. CSU coach in his offensive front, while the .
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