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In the 2 1/2 years since the Aurora theater shooting, each of the 70 survivors who received subpoenas has tried a different way of exorcising trauma. Some have turned toward activism, and some have found solace in faith or art or family. Marcus Weaver’s way is talking.
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The leaders who envisioned the big new airport on the plains had a long-term strategy in mind: the airport as an economic engine, working with industry and tourism to help catapult Denver – a so-called cowtown in a land-locked state with no water ports and limited rail access – to new heights of growth and financial success.
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Should Dickerson emerge into a full-blown star, it could help the Rockies recreate the Blake Street Bombers. Colorado hasn’t had three players hit 25 or more home runs in a season since 2007, when Matt Holliday (36), Brad Hawpe (29) and Garrett Atkins (25) helped slug the Rockies to the World Series.
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Oil and gas companies have yet to fully restore land around half of the 47,505 inactive wells in Colorado, and 72 percent of those un-restored sites have been in the process for more than five years, The Denver Post has found.
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Downtown Denver’s evolution to a vibrant live, work and play district is coming with a cost. Parking lots are rapidly being displaced as developers snatch them up to become the sites of new office towers and apartment complexes.
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Women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey made UFC history by submitting No. 1 contender Cat Zingano in just 14 seconds in the main event in front of 17,654 people at UFC 184.
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Backlash against standardized testing has strengthened a grassroots movement promoting the rights of parents to hold their children out of new assessments designed to measure readiness for college and career.
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Located at West 144th Avenue and Interstate 25, the $177 million facility houses 92 inpatient rooms, including a 20-room intensive care unit, a 12-room birthing center and a 24-hour emergency room.
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“Constructed Histories,” the new exhibit at the downtown, is as good as any contemporary show you might see at the Denver Art Museum these days. Maybe even better, considering the circumstances.
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The Broncos, since John Elway took charge of football operations in 2011, have become big spenders. Much like the Yankees under the late George Steinbrenner.
