Here’s a rundown of the biggest stories of the day for Friday, July 11, 2014. Download our iPhone, iPad and Android apps for breaking news throughout the day. And now, download our new Denver Post Sports app for iOS and Android.
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1. RIOT FEST DENIED PERMIT, ORGANIZERS SAY SHOW WILL ROCK ON
Riot Fest organizers released a statement today saying their three-day music extravaganza will still go on in Colorado, just hours after Arapahoe County announced that it would not issue a temporary-use permit for the event to happen in Byers.
2. LEBRON’S TWO-RING CIRCUS ENDS IN CLEVELAND
After six or seven decades of waiting (was it really only three days?) LeBron James announced that he is returning to his homeland, aka northeastern Ohio, and the Cleveland Cavaliers next season. The Twitter reaction was swift, from Cavs fans looking for ways to un-burn jerseys to a quick defacement of a mural in Miami. Sports! Also in the world of the non-LeBron, Chauncey Billups is visiting Nuggets executives as he figures out the next steps of his career. Assitant coach Billups? We’ll see.
3. SEE DICK E-MAIL. SEE DICK APOLOGIZE. REPEAT.
Rockies owner Dick Monfort — his team one game above the worst record in the National League and trending toward an 11th losing season since 2001 — apologized for emails he sent to fans, some that told them not to come to games and another that suggested he would move the team to another city.
4. RENT-A-CHICKEN IS EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE
A new breed of backyard chicken has arrived in Colorado: The rentable kind. Rent-A-Chicken is open for business in the Denver area, and for the low, low price of $400 per six months, is ready to give city dwellers a low-risk intro to backyard bird farming.
5. UDALL INTRODUCES BILL TO COUNTERACT HOBBY LOBBY
Today Sen. Mark Udall introduced legislation on contraceptive coverage, colloquially known as The “Not My Boss’s Business” Act, as an attempt to counteract the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Hobby Lobby case.
6. DEVOTCHKA PLAYING A 75-PERSON ROOM THIS WEEKEND
Keep the fire marshal on speed dial, DeVotchKa is playing the tiny Lost Lake Lounge on Colfax this weekend. Tickets are only $20 and will probably be gone by the time you read this. Try anyway. Fortune favors the bold.
7. I SEE / A MONSOON A-RISING
Monsoon moisture could pack a punch Friday in northeastern Colorado, with downpours of up to one inch of rain in a 20-minute span possible.
8. QUAKE HITS JAPAN, TSUNAMI ADVISORY ISSUED
A 6.5-magnitude earthquake has hit Japan’s northern coast near the nuclear power plant crippled in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
9. JOIN THE ONLY REALITY SHOW OLD ENOUGH TO DRIVE
Want to be on Survivor? Then put on your best scheming face on and head to Vail next month for the open auditions.
10. COMMANDERS SAY TWO BENGHAZI DEATHS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED
The Benghazi investigation continues today, with leaders saying that two of the four deaths could have been prevented if commanders had known more information immediately after the attack began.
11. SEATTLE: ONE-POT SHOP TOWN
The lone marijuana shop in Seattle is out of pot. Three days into legal sales, the 11 pounds of ganja they had on hand quickly exited the shop in $50 2-gram packages.
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