Post News: Infighting plagues Colorado marijuana legalization bid

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Today's Front Page News

Infighting plagues Colorado marijuana legalization bid
The campaign to put an initiative partially legalizing marijuana on the 2012 Colorado ballot says it already has collected 35,000 signatures, but it has been dogged in the effort's earliest stages by a persistent foe: other marijuana-legalization supporters.  

• Denver school board to re-examine limits after board members overspent
• Rockies lose again, swept by Arizona
• Colorado man cuts off toes after foot gets pinned under trailer
• Study says Colorado budget outlook worse than thought
• Vail Resorts adds photos to its EpicMix, hoping Web sharing brings free-publicity ride

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Today's Local Politics

Infighting plagues Colorado marijuana legalization bid
The campaign to put an initiative partially legalizing marijuana on the 2012 Colorado ballot says it already has collected 35,000 signatures, but it has been dogged in the effort's earliest stages by a persistent foe: other marijuana-legalization supporters.  

• Study says Colorado budget outlook worse than thought and cutting alone won't fix it
• Job-growth ideas for Colorado sent to Obama
• President Obama to visit Colorado in late September
• Contested Saguache County election gets public scrutiny, vote by vote
• Colorado scaling back Medicaid after drastically underestimating numbers, cost

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Today's Business

Vail Resorts adds photos to its EpicMix, hoping Web sharing brings free-publicity ride
Vail Resorts is enlisting potentially millions of skiers into its marketing efforts next season. Tapping the soaring trend of uploading photographs onto social sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Flickr, the continent's largest resort operator on Wednesday unveiled the second generation of its wildly popular EpicMix.  

• Denver's new economic-development chief Paul Washington ready to deal
• Suit against merger of AT&T, T-Mobile keeps with Obama antitrust vow
• Parker: Park Meadows has had 15 years, one woman at helm
• Park Meadows, Orchard Town entrances violate ADA, judge rules
• Qwest among companies whose CEO pay exceeded tax bills

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Today's Sports Headlines

Paige: Sign of respect — Just call the Denver Broncos' stadium "Mile High"
The sporting goods company did the good, sporting thing Wednesday. Is it a sign of the times?  

• NL West-leading Arizona Diamondbacks are hitting on all cylinders
• Analysis: Even in preseason, winning is good for Broncos
• Q&A: It's imperative for Broncos to get off to a good start
• With last round of cuts coming, many Denver Broncos on edge entering final preseason game
• Lawyer expects more arrests in LSU brawl

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Today's Entertainment

Bar & Grilled: Mark Stevens
Author Mark Stevens, 57, has worked in journalism, television and education, and these days he's finding success writing mystery novels about western Colorado. His newly released second novel, "Buried by the Roan," has garnered strong reviews. He sat down recently with Bill Husted at the Irish Snug in Denver.  

• Ostrow: Stark shows mark 9/11 anniversary

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Today's Style

Bar & Grilled: Mark Stevens
Author Mark Stevens, 57, has worked in journalism, television and education, and these days he's finding success writing mystery novels about western Colorado. His newly released second novel, "Buried by the Roan," has garnered strong reviews. He sat down recently with Bill Husted at the Irish Snug in Denver.  

• Style File: Lagerfeld's line in Macy's
• Divorced father ponders further separation (9/1/11)
• Do-it-yourselfer Christa Gordon takes old-school fashion to extremes at the Society for Creative Anachronism
• Style File: Falling into place
• Denver Post Fashion Calendar, 9/1/11

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Today's Opinion

George Will: Gov. Hickenlooper's purple brew
"Beer," said Benjamin Franklin, who knew a thing or two about pleasure, "is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. If so, perhaps He wanted John Hickenlooper to be Colorado's governor.  

• Editorial: Courting disaster on disaster relief
• Amy Goodman: Cheney, Rumsfeld and propaganda
• Mike Rosen: Corporations are people, too
• Gaffes that really say something
• In education, money isn't all