Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Afternoon Headlines: Clerk, 22, killed during robbery at Denver auto parts store



Najibullah Zazi testifies at NYC trial of alleged accomplice
The admitted mastermind of a foiled suicide attack on the New York City subways says he grew to believe that the force behind 9/11 was "America itself." Najibullah Zazi testified Tuesday at the Brooklyn trial of Adis Medunjanin.

RTD sets public meetings to discuss changes to West Rail Line plans
The Regional Transportation District is hosting a series of public meetings this month to explain proposed route changes that comes with the opening of the new West Rail Line.

Greeley police say child killed over cellphone
A Greeley teenager has been charged as an adult with child abuse resulting in death after a 2-year-old cousin died in his care.

Denver marijuana shop broken into, roof lit on fire
Firefighters this morning put out a blaze on the roof of a medical marijuana shop in west Denver in an apparent arson case.


Denver metro area to see five new Walmarts and 400 new jobs
Walmart is hiring approximately 400 part- and full-time associates to work at five new Walmart Neighborhood Markets slated to open in the Denver metro area this summer, the company announced today.

Longmont's Oskar Blues, Left Hand among largest brewers
Longmont-based Oskar Blues Brewery ranked as the 41st largest brewery by sales volume in 2011, according to a report released today by the Boulder-based Brewers Association.

Denver-based RMI Associates ordered to pay $300,000 and barred from consumer advocacy
The Colorado Attorney General's Office has reached an agreement with Denver-based RMI Associates and its principals, Russell Bryant III and Damon Smith , that bars them from engaging in any operation that offers to help consumers receive restitution or conducts any form of consumer advocacy.


Obama wants to target oil market manipulation
President Barack Obama pushed Congress Tuesday to give oil market regulators more muscle to deter price manipulation by speculators, the latest White House response to determined Republican attacks on administration energy policies amid high gas prices at the pump.

THE RACE: Romney likely to look to right for veep
If he follows recent tradition, Mitt Romney will look to his right for a running mate. Speculation over a GOP No. 2 has been percolating for some time and has been boiling over since Romney on Monday put longtime adviser Beth Myers in charge of the selection process.

A Tax Day rally – in support of taxes?
Denver's seen Tax Day rallies for the last several years from Tea Party groups protesting federal and state spending and taxation, but groups on the left are going a different direction today, which is Tax Day 2012.


Von Miller said Tim Tebow could win Jets' QB job
Von Miller has something to tell football fans, in New York or elsewhere, that think Tim Tebow is going to be just a "Wildcat" quarterback for the Jets: You're wrong.

Washington RB Chris Polk on Broncos' NFL draft board
After Alabama's Trent Richardson, who figures to go in the top 10 picks of next week's draft, somewhere in the top five running backs on the Broncos' draft board are Boise State's Doug Martin and Washington's Chris Polk.

Expect 4 to 5 primetime games, including opener, on Broncos schedule
The 32 NFL teams will release their full 2012 schedules at 5 p.m. MDT today. The Broncos with new quarterback Peyton Manning figure to get close to, if not their full allotment of five primetime games between Sunday Night Football on NBC, Monday Night Football on ESPN and Thursday Night Football on the NFL Network.

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