Post News: 1993 cold case solved: DNA matches long-dead suspect

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Today's Front Page News

1993 cold case solved: DNA matches long-dead suspect
The 18-year investigation into the kidnapping and murder of Alie Berrelez ended Tuesday where it began — with a now- dead suspect whose DNA matches genetic fingerprints recently extracted from the little girl's underwear.  

• Rockies lose at Milwaukee on walkoff home run in 11th
• Colorado Rapids lose 4-1 to Santos Laguna in CONCACAF game
• Jurors weigh conflicting tales of two inmates at trial
• Nearly 1 in 6 Americans in poverty, census says
• Graduated licensing cuts fatalities in youngest drivers as they rise among 18-year-olds

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Today's Local Politics

3rd District Rep. Tipton criticized for "missteps," defends actions
In one of the more feisty congressional town-hall meetings last month, U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton faced more than 100 people — some of whom were wearing "10.4" buttons indicating the area's unemployment rate — and asked them not to blame him for the mess in Washington.  

• Denver mayor's 2012 budget proposal holds to pared-down status quo
• Foes of Colorado education-funding initiative file complaint over petition worker's tactics

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Today's Business

Denver business, civic leaders to visit with Boston officials on health care and bioscience
Boston's booming health care and bioscience sectors will be the focus this week for 150 Denver business and civic leaders traveling to Massachusetts as part of the annual Leadership Exchange sponsored by the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation.  

• From city to city, Colorado's economic recovery hit and miss
• Lewis: Obama administration still blowing sunshine
• Sunflower Farmers Market will anchor East Colfax retail development
• E-mails reveal impatience
• Denver-area employers expect to hire at "steady pace" next quarter

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Today's Sports Headlines

Rockies lose to Milwaukee Brewers on walkoff home run in 11th
The Rockies aren't going to the playoffs. But maybe, just maybe, they can make it tougher for other teams to get there.  

• Ramirez faces battery charge
• Despite soreness in left hip, Tulo delivers a defensive gem
• Rockies' Kevin Millwood wants a shot at 2012 season
• Junior achievement: Abby Shelton helps Chaparral High School volleyball team stay on roll
• Sparty to go with Pro Combat unis

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Today's Entertainment

Book review: "Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life With John F. Kennedy" by Caroline Kennedy
It's a side of Jacqueline Kennedy only friends and family knew. Funny and inquisitive, canny and cutting.  

• Book review: "Bumble-Ardy" by Maurice Sendak
• New CDs in Review, 9/6/11
• People: Wedding day near for Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell
• Husted: Crown jewels: Miss Colorado kin

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Today's Style

The secret world of supper clubs
"If Paul Prudhomme were dead, he'd be rolling in his grave," says Chris MacGillivray as he seasons his gumbo with a few decidedly nontraditional ingredients: sherry vinegar, agave syrup and butter.  

• You talk back: A Saucy Affair; Photo contest; Happy birthday, Agatha Christie
• Barley, Apple and Hijiki Salad
• Seaweed gives hijiki salad a tasty and nutritious kick
• Salmon Papillotes: Circa 1984
• Make This: Rolled Stuffed Pork; Leg of Lamb

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Today's Opinion

Editorial: The hard part comes later for Hancock's first budget
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock's first budget holds little in the way of surprises. The tough medicine, and one of the first big tests of Hancock's leadership, will likely come later this fall when a fiscal task force releases recommendations on addressing the city's "structural deficit."  

• Editorial: For mentally ill, justice fails again
• Guest Commentary: Superintendent: Let's revisit Sept. start
• Guest Commentary: Teachers' union: Open to change
• Vincent Carroll: Perry's pratfalls on Social Security
• Editorial: Gessler's GOP pitch is all wet