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Denver Post News

• Famous Brands finds new direction from Broomfield headquarters June 19, 2013
  Since Famous Brands International — the parent company of cookie store Mrs. Fields and The Country's Best Yogurt — moved its headquarters to Broomfield a year ago, it has worked to revitalize the businesses.
• Sudanese man's family wins right to bring lawsuit against 911 operator June 19, 2013
  Calling the actions of a 911 operator "conscience shocking," a federal judge said he would allow a civil rights lawsuit to go forward on behalf of the family of a man gunned down after being told to return to Denver.
• Senate President John Morse recall petitions certified June 19, 2013
  The effort to recall Colorado Senate President John Morse charged forward Tuesday with the secretary of state's office announcing that organizers submitted more than enough valid signatures to produce the first-ever recall election of a lawmaker in the state.
• Gold leaves for Colorado Capitol building dome return from Italy June 19, 2013
  It took only a day to mine and three months to mill, but it will be another year before the public gets a full view of the gold gilding the Capitol dome.
• Aurora theater shooting victim backs Biden in call for new gun laws June 19, 2013
  Aurora theater shooting victim Stephen Barton addressed members of Congress, gun advocates and cabinet secretaries at the White House Tuesday as Vice President Joe Biden urged Congress to take up gun-control legislation.
• Fire victims were members of Air Force Space Command June 19, 2013
  A husband and wife who died while trying to flee the Black Forest fire last week were longtime members of Air Force Space Command, officials said Tuesday.