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TOUCHDOWN
Denver Broncos wide receiver Brandon Stokley pulls in the Broncos’ second touchdown of the game in the first quarter. The Denver Broncos play the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Divisional playoff game at Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. (Photo by Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
30 questions: So pot is legal in Colorado now. What comes next?
The passage and governor’s proclamation of Amendment 64 on Monday, which makes Colorado one of the first two states to legalize limited possession and sales of marijuana, has prompted a flood of questions about what happens now.
Denver Post reporter John Ingold fields 30 questions about what’s coming for Colorado with pot legalized. Some highlights:
- Wait, is pot really legal?
- Do I need a license or a registration to possess marijuana?
- So I can just smoke up wherever I want now?
- Can I grow marijuana in my backyard?
- I can be fired for using marijuana even if I wasn’t impaired on the job?
- So, we’re like the Amsterdam of the West now?
Photos: Israeli Offensive in Gaza Continues
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip—Militants in the Gaza Strip pounded southern Israel with rocket fire on Thursday, killing three people as the Israeli military pressed forward with a second day of intense air raids and naval attacks on militant targets.
JERUSALEM—Tel Aviv residents say they heard an explosion following an air-raid alert across the city, raising fears of a Gaza rocket strike on Israel’s commercial capital.
WASHINGTON—The White House says the U.S. strongly condemns the barrage of rocket fire from Gaza into Israel and regrets the loss of life.
ALERT: Prosecution gives up fight for Aurora theater shooting suspect’s notebook
Prosecutors have given up the fight for the notebook that Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes mailed to his psychiatrist before the July 20 massacre in which 12 were killed and at least 58 were wounded.
Follow Denver Post reporter Jessica Fender (@Oh_Fender) for more updates.
WATCH LIVE: Mitt Romney to speak in Jefferson County, Colorado
For the first time in almost six months, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney visits the Denver metro-area Thursday morning, speaking at a rally on the Jefferson County Fair Grounds.
We are live streaming from the event, where Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney is expected to speak momentarily.
Alleged Colorado theater shooting gunman James Holmes was referred to threat-assessment team, sources say
The University of Colorado psychiatrist seeing accused murderer James Eagan Holmes was so alarmed by his behavior that she notified the campus-wide threat assessment team that she helped create years before, a source told The Denver Post.
Dr. Lynne Fenton, identified in a court document as Holmes’ psychiatrist, in June took her concerns to members of the campus’ Behavioral Evaluation and Threat Assessment team but no further action was taken, a source with knowledge of the process told The Post.
President Obama to visit theater shooting victims, families Sunday
EXCLUSIVE: President Barack Obama will be in Colorado Sunday to visit with victims of Friday’s shooting and their families, a White House official said.
Obama also will meet with Aurora and state officials.
11: 17 a.m. - Aurora Police have advised media to stand behind their vehicles. They are confident in the safety of the perimeter, but are advising this extra precaution.
11:35 a.m. - Expecting an airhorn blast in 5-10 minutes; and then a detonation.
11:40 a.m. - Peoria St. is closed.
11:44 - The controller detonation has happened.
11:47 a.m. - Detonation was successful. Peoria is now reopened.
The living room of the 800-square-foot apartment is littered with about 30 softball-sized improvised explosive devices, according to a bomb technician at the scene.
Bomb technicians used a water bottle device to disable the “9D trip device” in the apartment, according to a source at the scene. They sent the device in with a robot, the robot dropped the water device and then retreated.
— Within the next hour, bomb technicians in Aurora expect to breach the booby-trapped apartment of theater shooting suspect James Eagan Holmes.
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Silo and Barn at Sunset.
Alaska 2012 Images are trickling out!
Head over to www.fishphotog.com and click on Keywords then Alaska or Bristol bay...
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golden hour in steamboat, colorado
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Sunrise over Manitou Springs after several days of below-freezing temperatures.
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Garden of the Gods
Pikes Peak, once again.
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Echo Lake, Colorado