July is the beating heart of summer. The scorch, the heat waves, the , the , the . There’s just so much to do, so much happening. It’s the best month.
And this weekend! I never use exclamation points but that sentence deserved it. Yes, we say goodbye to July this weekend, but it leaves us with so . The . The . Saturday’s . The . The . That .
There’s more: We have a list of .
Yes, these are still my favorite links of the newsletter: , , and .
If you’re good, I’m good. Good! On with the Roundup.
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The Big Stuff
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton closed the final night of the DNC with a speech . Was Clinton’s speech a success? . How accurate was it? Here’s the Associated Press (if you’re interested in comparing that with , have at it).
Last night at the DNC the father of a Muslim American soldier killed in Iraq posed a question to Donald Trump: ? (If you’re answering that question for yourself and need a little help, here’s .)
And, finally: Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper had . . If you want to know what else happened at the DNC in one handy-to-click article, reporters John Frank and Mark Matthews break down .
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By The Numbers
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That’s the number of times I’ve finished a Sudoku game that I’ve started. It’s not hard to beat a score of zero, and you can do that here .
Quick Hits
+ Investigative reporter Jennifer Brown breaks news on how the state to help Coloradans suffering from hepatitis C.
+ South Metro Fire Rescue Thursday after the horse fell in muddy water in Cherry Creek State Park.
+ This Mongolian-born, 82-year-old man (who used to dance in NYC on Broadway) .
+ Donald Trump’s in .
+ in Denver, and if there’s one thing the people who comment on articles enjoy arguing about (there isn’t, there are like a bajillion things), it’s bike lanes.
+ The Pope, . He also .
+ , and more NFL Hall of Famer’s getting .
+ The hundreds of motorcyclists who clogged I-25 Sunday .
+ Country music star Blake Shelton played a free show at Denver’s Grizzly Rose last night, and .
+ on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old.
+ You probably sit too much. Sitting’s probably killing you. You should probably .
+ .
+ Chipotle’s .
+ Broncos and Broncos fans photos from .
+ A . Police are looking for a 1990s-model Mustang with windshield damage.
+ There’s a reporter from German news magazine spending two months in the Denver Post’s newsroom, and Thursday he spent an afternoon in a giant pickup truck and wrote a story about .
+ Read Harry Potter? .
+ after a shooting there.
+ If the number of were a Colorado city, it would be the seventh-largest city in the state.
+ U.S. homeownership rate of 62.9 percent .
+ There was some crazy weather along the Front Range last night — .
+ makes for a refreshingly zesty meal.
+ Authorities in Jefferson County have on a popular bike route over the Fourth of July weekend. According to other news reports, this isn’t the first time the suspect has has been suspected of harassing bicyclists. If you’re a bicyclist on the Front Range, and you’ve been harassed in the past by a young man driving a green pickup truck, email me your story, will you?
What We’re Reading
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+ The Kansas City Royals’ minor-league affiliate (h/t )
+ and I have been spending (too much) time with these wildlife cams. First it was the , then the , and man those . The have their moments. For optimum viewing, I suggest you open each cam in its own window, arranged on top of each other. If animals move a little too much for you, (“going” may not be the right word. “Standing still” feels more accurate).
+ for selling photos she donated to public.
+ Speaking of one billion dollars, .
+ “Appearing in [Dances With Wolves] was one of the least interesting things David William Beautiful Bald Eagle ever did.” .
+ .
Song of the Day
Today it’s poppy-with-a-touch-of-horns Denver band Strawberry Runners, which play the Underground Music Showcase . Is this band the second coming of the Cranberries? .
Head over to our , or, if you don’t have a Spotify account, .
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The beat on this two-minute jam is exactly what you need for this long weekend
Today’s song is , because we haven’t had any Leonard Cohen yet, and it’s Leonard Cohen time. Head over to our and help.
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Hat Tips and Corrections
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