Recently added articles from Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO):
OBITUARIES & MEMORIALS.(News)(Obituary)
Jan 16, 2009 ... LANE, DAVID MICHAEL Survived by his parents, Neil and Doris Lane; his sister, Sarah Brockway; his brothers, Jeffrey and Scott Lane; his nephews, Michael, Ben and Josh; and his niece, Andrea. Services Monday, 10am, Olinger Crown Hill Pavilion of Reflection. Interment Crown Hill Cemetery. ...
Joy meets girl Colorado Select club provides outlet for love of male-dominated sport.(Sports)
Jan 16, 2009; ... Byline: Pat Rooney, Special to the Rocky Less than a month ago, a unique reunion was held at Edge Ice Arena in Littleton. On one side of the ice was the Under-19 AAA team from the Colorado Select girls hockey club program. Their opponents were almost two dozen ...
Boulevard of dreams Dining in ethnic eateries on Federal is a global pleasure hunt.(Spotlight)(Restaurant review)
Jan 16, 2009; ... Byline: Lori Midson, Special to the Rocky There's no other stretch of asphalt in the metro area where you can eat so adventurously and affordably as you can on Federal Boulevard, a globalized trench of potholed roadway that extols the city's best ethnic eating. I've ...
Tiny academy provides big returns.(News)
Jan 16, 2009; ... Byline: Bill Johnson, Rocky Mountain News I am going to tell this story on Raylene Wayoe but only because she ought to know how her own story can turn out. She is the sweetest little thing, not yet 4 feet tall; her angelic face framed by a head full of tiny little ...
Cady crew steers for Cowboy Bar.(News)(Column)
Jan 16, 2009; ... Byline: Penny Parker, Rocky Mountain News Lew Cady, the lovable leader who trudges our troupe on our annual National Western Stock Show tour, said this year's look-see was in keeping with the lean economic times. "Our visit was designed to conserve energy and save ...
The road to repairs This time, both parties' ideas should be combined.(Commentary/Editorial)
Jan 16, 2009 ... Byline: Rocky Mountain News The transportation finance plans floated by a coalition assembled by Gov. Bill Ritter of elected officials, contractors and business leaders on one hand and Republican lawmakers on the other do not have to compete against one another. A ...
Thirty years of reforms propel China to No. 3.(Commentary/Editorial)
Jan 16, 2009 ... Byline: Rocky Mountain News This was inevitable, but when it came this week it was still a little bit of a shock: China surpassed Germany to become the world's third-largest economy. Revised figures show China with a 2007 gross domestic product of $3.5 trillion ...
Mainstream (liberal) media.(Commentary/Editorial)
Jan 16, 2009; ... Byline: Mike Rosen, Rocky Mountain News In its Saturday opinion section, the Rocky Mountain News gives readers a chance to Talk Back to the Media. Under the headline "Mainstream media hardly monolithic," a liberal reader took issue with conservative columnist Charles ...
'Next exit, one mile back'.(Commentary/Editorial)
Jan 16, 2009; ... Byline: David M. Young, Special to the Rocky This was my story Sunday on Interstate 70. We skied Vail and left about 2:30 p.m. to arrive home by 5. I knew that it would be tight, but I felt we could do it. After all, it is only 90 miles. We started off ...
Extra.(News)
Jan 16, 2009 ... Byline: Rocky Mountain News BULL FOR GOOD CAUSE Denver City Councilman Charlie Brown, below, is vying for top fundraiser at this year's celebrity bull-riding event. Brown will be vying against, among others, the Rocky's Sam Adams, at the Cowboy Lounge in downtown ...
Airlines, other companies should lock in low oil prices.(Business)
Jan 16, 2009 ... Byline: James Cramer, TheStreet.com Can oil collapse through $30? I am on record saying no, and I don't want to deviate from it because I believe there are too many companies that need to lock in low oil for years, and this would be the time to do it. If there are solvent ...
Riding through tough times Teammates rally as Westernaire battles cancer.(News)
Jan 16, 2009; ... Byline: James Kruger, Special to the Rocky Years as a member of the Westernaires have taught Katie Adamson many things, among them how to ride a horse with expert skill and grace. When tragedy struck two years ago, the Jefferson County youth horse team taught her ...
Roundup.(News)
Jan 16, 2009 ... HORSE FAIRY In the spirit of today's 7:30 p.m. $10,000 National Western Gambler's Choice Open Jumper Stake, here's a horse fact you can gnaw on . . . Horses lose their baby teeth just like the children of their human companions. A PILE HIGH ...
Author sounds alarm: Beware of the 'snark'.(Spotlight)
Jan 16, 2009; ... Byline: Vince Darcangelo, Special to the Rocky Some readers might be puzzled by the title of David Denby's new book, Snark: It's Mean, It's Personal, and It's Ruining Our Conversation. What the heck is a "snark"? And why does it have to be so darn mean? ...
What Darwin, Lincoln mean now.(Spotlight)
Jan 16, 2009; ... Byline: John C. Ensslin, Rocky Mountain News * Nonfiction. By Adam Gopnik. Knopf, $24.95. Grade: A Book in a nutshell: The bicentennial of the births of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin has generated a tsunami of new books on the Great Emancipator, but only a ripple ...
The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet.(Spotlight)
Jan 16, 2009; ... Byline: Christine Jacques, Special to the Rocky * Fiction. By Colleen McCullough. Simon & Schuster, $26. Grade: D Plot in a nutshell: Readers of Pride and Prejudice will remember Mary Bennet as Elizabeth's unattractive sister with no voice for singing. In this ...
Mission: Black List #1.(Spotlight)
Jan 16, 2009; ... Byline: Sarah Peasley Miller, Special to the Rocky * Nonfiction. By Eric Maddox with Davin Seay. HarperCollins, $25.95. Grade: B Book in a nutshell: Staff Sergeant Eric Maddox was trained, but he had never interrogated anyone when the Army sent him to Iraq in July ...
Miles From Nowhere.(Spotlight)
Jan 16, 2009; ... Byline: Joan Hinkemeyer, Special to the Rocky * Fiction. By Nami Mun. Riverhead, $21.95. Grade: A- Plot in a nutshell: In this urban fiction, 13-year-old Joon watches her mother descend into catatonic depression after her father abandons the family for alcohol and ...
Specialty bookshelf: reviews of fantasy/horror, children's, mystery and thriller titles.(Spotlight)
Jan 16, 2009 ... Byline: Rocky Mountain News FANTASY/HORROR Those Who Went Remain There Still By Cherie Priest. Subterranean, $25. Grade: A- Although Kentucky is far east of Colorado, back in 1775, when Daniel Boone was clearing forests for the Wilderness Road, ...
Westminster wins in pinfest Ortiz moves up to beat Guerrero in 130-pound match.(Sports)
Jan 16, 2009; ... Byline: Scott Stocker, Rocky Mountain News Adams City's Aaron Ortiz does not like to pay attention to the individual wrestling rankings. So when he moved up a weight from his normal 125 pounds to face Westminster's Gabe Guerrero, he didn't realize his opponent was also ranked. ...