Post News: Snow apt to wallop Eastern Plains, but metro Denver also in path

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Today's Front Page News

Snow apt to wallop Eastern Plains, but metro Denver also in lumbering storm's path
Denver probably won't see the worst of a massive, slow-moving winter storm headed to the state today, but it's highly unlikely the metro region will escape it.  

• CU Buffs football recruiting: "D" is back in Colorado
• Colorado GOP lawmaker Bradford says she might leave party
• Fort Collins medical-marijuana businesses sue to halt ban
• Anthem pays front-line doctors bonuses to cut costs
• Obama plan would tax banks to help homeowners refinance

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Today's Local Politics

Colorado GOP lawmaker Bradford says she might leave party
What started out as a dull session has turned dramatic with a Republican lawmaker stopped by Denver police on suspicion of drunken driving threatening to leave her party, a move that could imperil the GOP's slim majority in the House.  

• Colorado Rep. Bradford's rock-star welcome fizzled
• Colorado Democrats want limits on enterprise zones
• GOP Rep. Mike Coffman of Colorado adds nearly $500,000 to 6th District war chest
• Douglas County school board members endorse Romney
• Denver council to vote Monday on supermarket near City Park

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Today's Business

Social-networking giant Facebook files papers for $5 billion IPO this spring
In a milestone for one of Silicon Valley's hottest companies, Facebook on Wednesday filed papers announcing a $5 billion initial public offering of stock in the world's biggest social-networking business.  

• Super Bowl advertisers go beyond TV screens
• Parker: Morton's The Steakhouse closes Denver Tech Center location
• Johns Manville plans to move headquarters from Denver to Greenwood Village
• Foreclosure filings down 25 percent in Colorado in 2011
• Broadband-based Comcast enters home-security market long tied to land lines

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Today's Sports Headlines

CU Buffs football recruiting: "D" is back in Colorado
Beginning Year 2 of his rebuilding plan, Colorado football coach Jon Embree acknowledged Wednesday during the school's signing day announcement that he had to fill critical needs rather than round up as much talent as possible regardless of position, as he might like to.  

• Alabama's Nick Saban secures another top-notch recruiting class
• Texas Christian hurdles Wyoming 58-52 in men's basketball
• Broncos have another new defensive coordinator, not another new defense
• Giant success story: Undrafted wide receiver Victor Cruz
• Giants' Coughlin just keeps rolling, not his head

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Today's Entertainment

CSO (cue drumroll) is back in the black
Three months after it went into a financial tailspin that ended with 20 board members resigning in a huff, the Colorado Symphony Orchestra says it has returned to solid ground.  

• Bravo! Vail fest marks 25th with top draws
• People: Jonah Hill credits sushi -- not Pitt -- for slim-down

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Today's Style

Denver Post Fashion Calendar, 2/2/12

 

• Style File: Vintage Valentines
• Style File: Italian dressing
• Style File: H&M goes undercover with David Beckham
• Reconnecting with the real world: A weekend away from gadgets
• Neal Cassady, finally, gets his Denver East diploma

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Today's Opinion

Editorial: Union grievance not just about classroom time
A pilot proposal to extend the instructional day at some middle schools in Denver is a good idea that could boost kids who've fallen behind, would offer advancement opportunities for those on grade level and provide enrichment classes for all.  

• Editorial: Keep up the pace car program
• Horrigan: Captains, cowardly and brave
• Littwin: Denver's Keystone Kops?
• Rosen: Buffett's tax fraud
• Editorial: Obama: Commit on gay marriage