Welcome to Thursday, September 29, and welcome back to me — the first woman to ever write the Roundup. What a treat, right? Maybe I’ll be invited as a guest on Zach Galifianakis’ internet show Who knows! The world is my oyster. Speaking of oysters, where’s the best place to get them in Colorado? I love seafood and I want to know. In the meantime, let’s get down to what everyone is talking about today in this landlocked state.
The Rundown
+ Today’s Weather: Of course I ride my bike to work at 6:45 a.m. everyday so I’m practically wrapped in ski clothes.
+ Today’s Editorial: ““
+ Today’s National Holiday: Why this day is not recognized as though, is beyond my comprehension.
Quick Hits
+ Fall color in Colorado is out of control. It won’t be long before those leaves start falling, so get off your butt and
+ An recent investigation has found that police officers across the country — Colorado included — to get information on romantic partners, business associates, neighbors, journalists and others for reasons that have nothing to do with daily police work.
+ Millennials: The generation we all love to hate. What crazy scheme are they up to now?
+ It happened again — this time, in South Carolina. A teenager wounding two students and a teacher. Authorities say the shootings began at the teen’s house not far from the school,
By The Numbers
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That’s the number of times Congress since he took office in 2008. It happened Wednesday, when the House voted 348-77 to override his veto of legislation and to sue Saudi Arabia for the kingdom’s alleged backing of the attackers.
The Senate had voted 97-1 to override his veto.
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Even Quicker Hits
+ DEVELOPING: A commuter train from New York during the Thursday morning rush hour. The collision has killed at least 1 and injured at least 100 others. as we continue to gather more information.
+ “I guess I’m having an Aleppo moment,” third-party candidate when asked Wednesday by Chris Matthews who his favorite foreign leader was.
+ There’s a that claims some producers of chickens are killing their birds early, shipping more eggs and buying one another’s products to keep public supply low.
+ If you’re anything like me, you think that listening to that inspired a Stephen King book which then inspired a Stanley Kubrick movie is frighteningly cool. Who else is in?
+ That reminds me: Haunted House season is here, and there are plenty in Colorado I happen to love haunted houses and scary movies — just as long as they don’t involve dolls. Or lately aliens are slowly being added to that list.
+ A fourth man in a case that seemed to stem from a family feud over the horse-breeding industry,
+ What to say about them today? Well: They’re on the brink of a they’re considering using for training, a fellow four-eyes has been named and, my personal favorite, they have a 3-0 quarterback who happened to be the
+ Yes, I know there’s other sports news in Colorado. Like the thing about on the road last night. Or sports columnist Mark Kiszla’s Q&A with with 6-foot-3, 325-pound Even the incredibly exciting and truly riveting .
+ BlackBerry has R.I.P
+ Can a ketogenic diet — — help you lose weight? Asking for a friend who loves chocolate.
+ If you don’t have weekend plans yet, keep Yes, of course there will be cider tastings — but there will also be a
+ Here’s what the has been up to lately. Hint: it may or may not involve encouraging you and yours public lands.
+ Some nuclear submarine chefs at Denver’s Brown Palace Hotel yesterday.
+ One thing to not do when law enforcement officials would be to try and destroy the evidence.
+ Do you bank at Wells Fargo? Because if so, And soon. Don’t do the thing where you wait around for the bank to tell you about any funny business that went on with your accounts.
What We’re Reading
+ How much fun is Maybe too fun. And actually, replace the word “fun” with the word “scary” or “insensitive.” Knott’s “Scary Farm” after complaints from mental health advocates. Did Knotts go too far?
+ Madonna doesn’t get naked you guys.
+ And while we’re at it, sort of endorsed a presidential candidate. No word on who is voting for yet.
+ There will be a rare “Black Moon” But what does that mean?
+ 5280 published an article Wednesday titled And I’ll be honest: Things haven’t been easy. And boy has it been rough. But I come to work everyday hopeful for us. So thanks for reading.
Song of the Day
Song: ““
Artist: John Lennon
Sounds like: When you finally stop letting all that noise get to you and finally just let something go.
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Hat Tips & Corrections
From Eric: In yesterday’s Roundup, a slip of the keyboard put the wrong link to Part 4 of our Drilling Through Danger series. , plus a link to (which I highly recommend you do).
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