Morning headlines from DenverPost.com

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Today's Front Page News

Firefighters respond to Denver fire 90 minutes after 1st call
 Firefighters put out a blaze in the basement of a northeast Denver home this morning, about 90 minutes after a neighbor called 911 to report a strong smell of smoke.  

• Obama broadens birth-control exemption for religious groups but keeps employee option
• Gov. Hickenlooper's civic engagement initiative, TBD Colorado, goes out for test drive
• Pioneers punish Golden Gophers despite losing Zucker
• Charmed school: Arvada students focus on Scout project
• Ethics complaint tossed, Laura Bradford to stay in GOP

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Today's Local Politics

Colorado GOP official Perry Buck rescinds endorsement, apologizes
 A war of words has erupted over two legislative races involving an endorsement from a state Republican Party officer and the state's most strident gun-rights group.  

• CO panel tosses lawmaker's traffic stop complaint

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Today's Business

Selection process spelled out for Colorado Regional Tourism Act funds
The high-profile competition among six projects vying for funding under the state's Regional Tourism Act has left many people — including the applicants — scratching their heads as they seek to understand how the selection process will work.  

• Mailbag: Can you get Google to nix false information?
• Popular Denver coffee shop to close due to landlord-tenant dispute

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Today's Sports Headlines

Missy Franklin sets state and national records at 5A state swim championships; Bonnie Brandon also shines
Missy Franklin, the Regis Jesuit junior and likely Olympian, set an independent national high school record Friday in the preliminary heats of the 200-yard freestyle at the Class 5A state championships.  

• Pioneers punish Golden Gophers despite losing Zucker
• Zawadzki falls to sixth place in women's short program
• Metro State women earn win
• Hurricanes' winger cut teeth as Littleton Hawk
• Ryan O'Reilly lifts Avs to overtime win over Hurricanes

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Today's Entertainment

Stereotypes render "Two Things You Don't Talk About at Dinner" overdone
Theater review: The table is set for an exploration of prejudice and bigotry in Lisa Loomer's "Two Things You Don't Talk About at Dinner," but the world-premiere offering never gets any traction. Joanne Ostrow's rating: **  

• Movie review: Sappy but sweet, "The Vow" is a likable confection
• Ostrow: In television and radio talk wars, why do conservatives drown out all the others?
• Rinaldi: Understanding artist Christo's work demands a view with multiple voices
• Grammys to churn out memorable moments
• Movie review: Lives fracture in "A Separation," the frontrunner for foreign-language Oscar, screenplay

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Today's Style

Denver Post Fashion Calendar, 2/2/2012

 

• Denver Post Fashion Calendar, 2/9/2012
• RSVP: Strings of Hope honors Noel Cunningham
• RSVP: Snow-thinned crowd soaks up Ben Vereen's showmanship

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Today's Opinion

Editorial: Shining a light on redistricting
Not that we needed any more ammunition, but a ProPublica.com story published in Friday's Denver Post provides it for those of us who believe that Colorado's effort to redraw legislative district boundaries needs more sunshine.  

• Editorial: A compromise on contraception
• Peirce: Transportation bill is in peril
• Carroll: It's enough to make you weep
• Guest Commentary: Deferring action on Pinnacol OK
• Q&A with "Battleground Colorado" panel: What to make of Santorum success?