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Today's Front Page News

Hickenlooper may veto bill expanding Colorado's Regional Tourism Act
A bill to expand a state tax incentives program for tourism projects moved ahead in the Colorado House on Thursday but may run straight into the veto pen of Gov. John Hickenlooper.  

• Americans driving less, using public transit more, report says
• Colorado wildfire: Many addresses in emergency database wrong
• Relics of cross and saints prepare Denver Catholics for Good Friday
• Sales of popular painkillers exploding in new parts of U.S.
• Brutal assault outside Syrian capital casts doubt on cease-fire

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Today's Local Politics

Hickenlooper may veto bill expanding Colorado's Regional Tourism Act
A bill to expand a state tax incentives program for tourism projects moved ahead in the Colorado House on Thursday but may run straight into the veto pen of Gov. John Hickenlooper.  

• Colorado bill limiting ability to charge young offenders as adults heads to governor
• Colorado Democrats resurrect bill that would allow counties to mail ballots to inactive voters

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Today's Business

McDonald's can keep toys in Happy Meals after judge throws out proposed lawsuit
McDonald's can keep selling Happy Meals with toys to California children after a judge threw out a proposed class-action lawsuit seeking to ban the practice in the state.  

• Colorado ski resorts learn painful lessons in dry season
• Commodities center opens at CU Denver Business School
• Pharmaceutical company agrees to buy Westminster-based Allos
• Ski season of 1976-77 remains worst on record in Colorado
• Aurora's Havana Street getting attention from developers

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Today's Sports Headlines

Avalanche's playoff bid over after loss to Columbus
Based on the NHL standings from an Avalanche perspective, an unsightly result unfolded Thursday night at the Pepsi Center.  

• Frozen Four wrapup: Ferris State earns first shot at title
• Shawn Hunwick Jackets' backup
• All-Colorado swimming 2012
• Opening-day start not enough to make Colorado Rockies' Jeremy Guthrie worry
• Rockies have a lot to prove in 2012, even with "proven" players

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Today's Entertainment

Theater reviews: "Chess," "Ring of Fire" musicals deliver the goods
With the Arvada Center's regional premiere of "Chess, A Musical" and the Denver Center Theatre Company's revue "Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash," theatergoers can bite into two very approaches to musicals. Ratings: ***  

• Do Denver: Doors Open Denver invites everybody in to see their favorite buildings
• Movie review: "The Trouble With Bliss" is vexing, misguided
• Movie review: "Intruders" a subtle, rewarding horror flick
• Bar: Denver's Kraine Station puts Ukrainian twist on the sports bar
• Bar: At Cherry, a less-frenzied Denver night-life option

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Today's Style

Colorado polo turf manager shares his healthy-lawn secrets
Keeping grass healthy after a pounding from sports teams is a challenge. But when your athletes run at 40 mph and leave divots the size of dinner plates, your focus is on more than a few thin spots.  

• Outside Voice: Signs of spring chip away cold
• How to grow lettuce in Colorado's climate
• Denver Post Garden Calendar, 3/30/2012
• Denver Post Garden Center, 3/30/2012
• Denver Post Garden Center, 4/6/2012

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Today's Opinion

Editorial: Colorado Constitution is the wrong place for mortgage fix
Given the broad and troubling array of problems that have been revealed in mortgage foreclosures nationwide, a legislative effort to remedy Colorado's loose process should have been one of those Kumbaya moments at the Capitol.  

• Harsanyi: The mother of all tyrannies
• Colorado Voices: Finding ways to get by
• Guest Commentary: Trust judges with juvenile placements
• Guest Commentary: Homeless aren't criminals
• Guest Commentary: Restoring hope for breast cancer patients