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For the second time in a matter of days, technical problems with a major carrier have caused significant problems at Denver International Airport. Last weekend, it was United, which grounded all domestic flights following a computer outage. This time around, it’s Delta, which delayed or cancelled at least 250 flights as a result of its own computer snafus. Yet the amount of anger these issues have generated among passengers can’t compare to the vitriol stirred up by troubles at Frontier Airlines in December.

After 25 years, the Cherry Creek Shopping Center is finally charging for parking (after the first hour, and not counting some store validations) in a program called Smart Parking. In response to this not-so-smart move, Teague Bohlen offered “Eight More Money-Making Ideas for the Cherry Creek Mall” — but readers quickly ticketed him for violations.

“For city-slickers eager to get their cowboy on, the aroma might have been a little overwhelming. But for those who live in the world of rodeo and agriculture, it’s the smell of a way of life.”

Tomorrow morning, the second of three community meetings concerning the new Denver Police Department use-of-force policy draft will take place in west Denver. But even before attendees get a chance to weigh in about the document, which critics have excoriated in part because it was assembled without input from community members or Denver’s Office of the Independent Monitor, the Denver Justice Project has released a list of six changes or additions that organization would like to see.

The Colorado the Beautiful initiative, launched under the auspices of the state’s Department of Natural Resources, has what project manager Chris Kehmeier calls “an overarching goal: to have every citizen of Colorado live within ten minutes of a trail, park, greenway or open space that they can get out and recreate in.” And the first sixteen trails planned for construction under the program will go a long way toward turning this vision into reality.

An administrative law judge has ruled that Texas teacher Maryam Roland can’t be suspended after testing positive for marijuana she says she smoked legally while on vacation in Colorado.

We take a closer look at five additional Denver zip codes, including ones that correspond to Cherry Creek, Baker and Green Valley Ranch. On top of that, we compare and contrast Capitol Hill and Five Points, which are just two digits away from each other zip-wise, but with plenty of other differences.