Morning headlines from DenverPost.com

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Today's Front Page News

Family sues Intrawest over skier's death in Winter Park avalanche
http://business-news.thestreet.com/denver-post/story/family-sues-intrawest-over-skiers-death-winter-park-avalanche-0/1(hidethestreet) The wife of a skier killed in a January avalanche inside the Winter.  

• Noble Energy Spending $8 Billion to Drill Colorado's Shale Oil Fields
• Obama to be in Colorado for Air Force Academy graduation, fundraiser
• Rockies' owner says he still supports Tracy, O'Dowd
• Adams County adding to reforms
• Environmental groups fight erosion of greenback cutthroat trout habitat

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Today's Local Politics

Obama to be in Colorado for Air Force Academy graduation, fundraiser
President Barack Obama will make his second visit to Colorado in less than a month today, giving a morning commencement speech at the Air Force Academy north of Colorado Springs before jetting  

• Panel OKs pay raises to public-safety leaders
• Denver Mayor Michael Hancock asks agencies for cost-cutting ideas

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Today's Business

United Airlines to begin direct Denver-to-Tokyo flights
United Airlines will begin daily nonstop service from Denver International Airport to Tokyo's Narita International Airport in early spring next year, ending more than a decade of Denver efforts to land the route.  

• Noble Energy spending $8 billion to drill Colorado's shale oil fields
• Snazzy Boeing 787 billed as just right for Denver-Tokyo flights
• Family sues Intrawest over skier's death in Winter Park avalanche
• EU leaders hope to check fiscal crisis, promote jobs, growth
• Gunnison County may hold larger rare-earth mineral deposit

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Today's Sports Headlines

Astrodome fades, crumbles as Houston decides fate
HOUSTON—The Astrodome was once the envy of other cities, a fully air conditioned facility with a translucent roof that kept out the heat and humidity, gave synthetic grass its name, made Houston a sports entertainment destination and sparked the imaginations of baseball lovers, concert-goers and some of the country's most creative minds.  

• Rockies' owner says he still supports Jim Tracy, GM Dan O'Dowd
• Girl golfer ties for lead at NY boys' tourney
• Football star Donald Driver is new 'Dancing' champ
• Peak to Peak Pumas win first girls soccer title in school history
• Cherry Creek's Mackenzie Cohen birdies her way to 5A title

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Today's Entertainment

Theater Summer Preview 2012: Colorado's theater community aiming high
10 shows to watch this summer include: Buntport's "The Roast Beef Situation," Colorado Shakes' "Women of Will," Arvada Center's "Legally Blonde" and ... oh, yes: "The Book of Mormon."  

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Today's Style

Eat Local: Pints Pub deserves its Denver love
Denver has no shortage of sandwich shops or watering holes, but it's relatively light on the lived-in variety — the kind that reek of history, both literally and figuratively.  

• Crank it up: A meat grinder lets you choose customized blends that match your taste for burgers, hash and beyond!
• 4 recipes using your meat grinder
• Spicy hash browns — the good kind of greasy hangover food
• Colorado Table: Flobots Pop-Up Brunch
• Anchovies add a burst of flavor to flatbread pizza

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Today's Opinion

Milbank: Obama's European headache
It is no small irony that President Obama's re-election bid is being undermined by his friends in Old Europe. Forty-six months ago, then-candidate Barack Obama flew to Berlin to call for a new era of friendship with Europe after it and the United States had "drifted apart."  

• Test did more harm
• Petri: The 8 people on Facebook
• Colorado Voices: Selling Old Blue
• Editorial: DIA goes truly international
• Editorial: A reminder of racial tension