Post News: Project to redevelop former convent to begin in spring

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Today's Front Page News

Project to redevelop former convent to begin in spring
More than a half-century ago, the three-story Marycrest convent in northwest Denver was home to as many as 50 nuns, housed women in need and served as a food bank for the poor.  

• Hours from voting, Iowa still unpredictable
• Ex-Marine sergeant operates Apple accessories company from Golden home
• Colorado legislator's bill seeks cooling-off period before getting divorce
• Nuggets, playing on third consecutive night, rally to beat Milwaukee
• Aurora family coping after losing house, possessions in Dec. 26 fire

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Today's Local Politics

Colorado legislator's bill seeks cooling-off period before getting divorce
A state lawmaker who wants to make it more difficult for parents to divorce said he initially had no idea that legislators a decade ago killed a similar proposal dubbed the "Dr. Laura" bill.  

• Colorado GOP group organizes support for civil unions, saying they fit party's personal-freedom philosophy

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Today's Business

Program helps young man land and keep steady job
As a teen, Byron Dennis relied on others to keep him off the streets. Denver's Road to Work has helped get the 21-year-old in a steady job.  

• Oil-and-gas regulators in Colorado hiring community liaisons
• Voyager 1 close to exiting solar system
• Protests resume against Newmont gold-mine project in Peru
• Confidence growing among U.S. farmers
• Lotus sale seen 30 years after Bond let go with no profit

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Today's Sports Headlines

Nuggets, playing on third consecutive night, rally to beat Milwaukee
The Nuggets' legs were weary on this, their third game in three nights. Grinding out a win was the order of the night.  

• Avalanche beats Kings 2-1 in shootout
• Lundqvist stops penalty shot at Winter Classic
• Broncos running into trouble without a passing game
• Krieger: In playoffs at 8-8, Broncos in some bad company
• Well-traveled Steve Sidwell felt right at home on any coaching staff

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Today's Entertainment

Management is funny business in Showtime's "House of Lies"
In April, when actress Kristen Bell appeared on "The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson," she had news to share: She would be co-starring in a new Showtime series called "House of Lies." Suddenly Bell found herself stuck as the straight man in a comedian's bit.  

• HBO's "Mildred Pierce" a stunning miniseries
• New CDs In Review, 1/3/12
• New on DVD, 1/3/12

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Today's Style

Lynne Cheney named 2012 Citizen of the West
Nowhere in the Citizen of the West job description does it say that the recipient must be a rider, roper, wrangler or steer-rasslin' kind of person. Good thing. Because if proficiency in any one of them had been mandatory, 2012 honoree Lynne Cheney might not have made the cut.  

• Cameron: It was a year of undies, end times and endings
• In 2012, resolve to limit stress
• The dos and don'ts of fashion
• 1950s women may have triggered obesity epidemic

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Today's Opinion

Editorial: Highway funding stuck in slow lane
News that Colorado has lost out on a federal grant to make needed highway improvements across the state — including easing congestion on Interstate 25 north of Denver — is the latest example of the country's faltering transportation funding system.  

• Guest Commentary: A tale of two Gov. Hickenloopers