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Today's Front Page News

Denver official's push to attract In-N-Out Burger generates plenty of sizzle
Burger lovers listen up: California's In-N-Out Burger chain is in Colorado's future if a member of Denver's City Council has his way.  

• Colorado asks DEA to reclassify marijuana
• Denver Broncos' Tebow train suddenly off track
• Denver cop fired for driving drunk at 143 mph wants job back
• Colorado gets $26M in Medicaid bonus funds for enrolling kids
• Divorce, job loss, foreclosure preceded murder-suicide

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Today's Local Politics

Denver official's push to attract In-N-Out Burger generates plenty of sizzle
Burger lovers listen up: California's In-N-Out Burger chain is in Colorado's future if a member of Denver's City Council has his way.  

• Race to replace Larimer County GOP chairman may already have two candidates
• Predictions difficult on Lobato education-funding case in Colorado Supreme Court
• Tough choices in 2012 will reveal Denver Mayor Michael Hancock's leadership style

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Today's Business

Lockheed-built twin Grail spacecraft enter orbit around moon this weekend
On Saturday, a spacecraft built in Colorado will enter orbit around the moon, followed by its twin on New Year's Day.  

• Pothole opened in middle of otherwise smooth holiday shopping season
• Stocks slip amid new signs of Europe's woes
• 242-unit apartment project planned near downtown Denver
• Colorado ranching family bathed in success after finding hydrothermal water
• Facebook poised to lead biggest U.S. Internet IPO year since '99

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Today's Sports Headlines

Denver Broncos' Tebow train suddenly off track
After back-to-back losses, including his four-turnover performance at Buffalo, the Denver QB is eager to excel. Then there are days like Saturday in Orchard Park, N.Y., where Tebow and the Broncos lost 40-14 to the Buffalo Bills.  

• Ash leads the Longhorns to win over Golden Bears
• Former CU Buff Alec Burks scores 15 off bench vs. Nuggets in second game as pro
• Avalanche's Quincey hates being a healthy scratch
• Kiszla: Nuggets light up if Nene powers up at new position
• Eikmeier leads Ramsto title game

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Today's Entertainment

Boards: It's either "all aboard!" ... or a train wreck
For any arts organization, curating a board of directors is as important as curating any million-dollar work of art. Just going after the richest, the most wanted and most famous can backfire. Division in vision can lead to stalemate and implosion, like the rupture last month that drove at least 20 of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra's 30 community board members to quit.  

• SPECIAL REPORT: Denver Post photographers reflect on the year's best photos
• Movie crowds dip to 16-year low as apathy lingers
• Justin Bieber's grandparents fine after car crash
• Muslim American Comics Stand Up for Tolerance

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Today's Opinion

Akst: Putting a price on resolutions
As the new year approaches, so too does a vast armada of New Year's resolutions, their eager sails full of wind on the bright horizon.  

• Marcus: Watch this wild card
• Carlson: Bullied to death in Afghanistan
• Rosen: Who is Obama kidding?
• Editorial: The politics of voter ID rules
• Guest Commentary: Youth pageants thrive, 15 years after JonBenét Ramsey's death