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Today's Front Page News

Police: Islamic gunman dead after French standoff
PARIS—French President Nicolas Sarkozy says an investigation is under way to see if the suspect in a series of radical Islam-inspired killings had any accomplices.  

• Women in Transition Together program is inspiration for transformation
• DPS might have to pay to create jobs for pink-slipped teachers
• Denver juror who lied to get out of duty arrested after bragging about it months later on talk radio
• Denver hosts public meeting Thursday on budget shortfall
• Concerns about Tebow's ability to stay healthy sparked Broncos' pursuit of Manning and subsequent trade

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Today's Local Politics

Denver hosts public meeting Thursday on budget shortfall
Denver city officials grappling with an expected $94 million shortfall in the 2013 budget will host a town-hall meeting tonight to gather public input about areas that could be cut and ways for the city to raise money.  

• Colorado senator backing overhaul of drug-user penalties reveals brother's struggle with meth

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Today's Business

Colorado-based CH2M Hill lodges protest over choice of rival to support polar outposts
The Antarctic is harsh, with extremely dry, extremely cold conditions that require special people and equipment to support the scientists who work there.  

• SCL Health expands in Denver, Broomfield, wants more hospitals
• Southwest, Frontier vying to be part of new routes to Reagan airport in D.C.
• Colorado Senate committee advances bill to revamp phone subsidy
• Integrate, co-founded by University of Colorado grad Jeremy Bloom, raises $11 million

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Today's Sports Headlines

Concerns about Tebow's ability to stay healthy sparked Broncos' pursuit of Manning and subsequent trade
This may be difficult to digest given Peyton Manning's highly publicized neck injury, but the Broncos believe he may be less of a health risk as an every-down quarterback than Tim Tebow.  

• Woody Paige: Tim Tebow run out of Denver, but Broncos will never see another like him
• N.Y. Jets get Tim Tebow to shake things up; Mark Sanchez on notice
• It seems like there was never a dull moment during Tim Tebow's time in Denver
• The Bronx Zoo: Broncos perhaps starting to recover from McDaniels era
• Nuggets nearly blow 25-point lead, rally to defeat Detroit Pistons

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Today's Style

Three Coloradans' recipes vie for best in the Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest
Margaret Martinez is a few years removed from her days as a fledgling cook learning her craft in Sterling's 4-H club. But this retired Westminster resident and grandmother has only honed her kitchen expertise since then.  

• Show: Mondo Bazaaro
• A taste-tester's beef with "pink slime"? Its texture

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Today's Opinion

Dionne: The GOP's religious head count
The Republican presidential primaries this year have turned into a religious census. There is little precedent in modern politics for the extent to which a state's choice for a nominee has coincided so closely with how many of its ballots were cast by white evangelical voters.  

• Rosen: ASSET bill is a liability
• Guest Commentary: Doctors' preference should be natural childbirth
• Editorial: Punish lies at the ballot box
• Rubin: Russian justice often depends on a bribe
• Guest Commentary: Appreciating wild creatures during National Wildlife Week