Morning headlines from DenverPost.com

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Today's Front Page News

American Airlines parent seeks Ch. 11 protection
FORT WORTH, Texas—American Airlines and its parent company are filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as they seek to cut costs and unload massive debt built up by years of high jet fuel prices and labor struggles.  

• Colorado legislative map friendly to Dems nears passage
• Issues found at second Colorado school built by Neenan Co.
• Complex world of soil studied by CSU scientists
• Broncos make it November to remember
• Colorado parents rank second in nation for vaccine refusals

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Today's Local Politics

Panel set to vote on new CO legislative districts
DENVER—A Colorado commission charged with redrawing state legislative districts will vote on which maps to submit to the state Supreme Court in what has turned into a bitter partisan  

• Gov. Hickenlooper announces innovation program

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Today's Business

Despite popularity, not everyone's sold on Cyber Monday
Today is supposedly the day when retailers offer their best online deals, with office workers feverishly snatching them up in between spreadsheet reviews and PowerPoint presentations. But not everyone is sold on Cyber Monday.  

• University of Colorado sophomore invests in an unusual education

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Today's Sports Headlines

Bettor wins dispute over USC-Utah score change
Steven Frith said his Las Vegas weekend was ruined when a rare scoring change in a September USC-Utah football game swung the betting result in many sports books from the Utes to the Trojans.  

• Kiszla: Re-signing Nene would be a big no-no
• Broncos make it November to remember
• Each NBA team can waive one bad contract
• Urban Meyer returns home to coach Ohio State
• Capitals fire Bruce Boudreau, hire Dale Hunter as coach

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Today's Entertainment

New on DVD, 11/29/11
"Another Earth" is being sold as an indie sci-fi drama, but that does both the movie and its proper audience a disservice. A muted story of atonement, forgiveness and parallel universes. A young woman driving home tipsy from a party hears a news bulletin that a planet identical to ours has suddenly appeared in the sky close to Earth.  

• Ostrow: KUSA wins in tightening late-night news battle
• New CDs In Review, 11/29/11
• Kickstarter site kicks off fundraising frenzy for bands, artists

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Today's Style

Local authors have warm prize for givers to kids-blanket effort
Today, a donation of two skeins of yarn, or 2 yards of polar fleece, or $5 to Project Linus, the nonprofit organization that donates handmade blankets to seriously ill children, earns donors a chance at winning a dozen books autographed by local authors.  

• Cameron: Your dog's crucial role in your life
• RSVP: Nutcracker Sugarplums make their debuts
• RSVP: Spirituals Project concert relates history through song
• Here's the dirt: Newest calendar pinups are farmers and foodies
• To friend or not to friend your parents: Tips for navigating social media ties between kids and parents

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Today's Opinion

Editorial: Postal gun ban should be tossed
When the Supreme Court in 2008 ruled that the Constitution protected an individual right to bear arms, it allowed reasonable restrictions such as "long-standing prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons or the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings."  

• Littwin: Why can't Newt win? Because he's Newt