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Gun Control Measure: In the wake of the elementary school shooting in Connecticut that claimed the lives of 28 people, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said that Democrats will work on passing new gun control legislation when Congress convenes in January. Feinstein told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that she plans to introduce a bill aimed at regulating assault weapons. (Read more)

Panel Probe: Outgoing Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., is calling for a “national commission on mass violence” after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Lieberman told “Fox News Sunday”: “I’ve got to tell you, this reminds me of the days and weeks after the terrorist attacks against us of 9/11. And, at one point, John McCain and I turned to each other and said, we can’t let this just go. We’ve got to create a national commission to investigate exactly the questions we’re asking about Newtown—how could this have happened and is there anything we can do to try to prevent it from happening again?” (Read more)

Boehner Capitulates: Finally, some progress to report on the fiscal cliff talks. John Boehner has signaled he’s giving up on the GOP’s austerity-only approach by proposing to raise taxes on millionaires, a first for the House speaker during these budget negotiations. However, Boehner has one condition for the president: Obama must agree to deep cuts in certain entitlement programs. (Read more)

On the Mend: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is recovering from a concussion that she sustained after she fainted and fell last week. Clinton has canceled all work-related events for this week, including two congressional panels looking into the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Bengahzi, Libya, that she was supposed to testify before. (Read more)

Pizza Pile On: What is it with fast-food pizza chain executives? First, Papa John’s CEO gets into a brouhaha over the cost of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act. Now the founder of Domino’s Pizza is suing the administration over its birth control mandate. Tom Monaghan, a devout Catholic, filed the lawsuit Friday because he believes contraception is a “gravely immoral” act and is not health care. (Read more)

Good Causes: Stephen Colbert is donating the remaining money from his super PAC—nearly $775,000—to charities benefiting victims of Hurricane Sandy and to campaign finance reform groups the Center for Responsive Politics and the Campaign Legal Center. Colbert shut down his Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow super PAC a week after the election. (Read more)

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Lone Tree shoplifting incident turns into hit-and-run

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The Denver Postdenverpost.comPosted: 12/16/2012 11:34:35 AM MSTDecember 16, 2012 6:35 PM GMTUpdated: 12/16/2012 11:34:46 AM MST

  Lone Tree police chased a pick up truck suspected in the hit-and-run of a Park Meadow's Mall parking valet but gave up the pursuit when it became too dangerous on Saturday.

The incident began at about 3:30 p.m. when a woman suspected of shop lifting at a JC Penney store left with an unknown amount of merchandise, according to a release from police spokeswoman Kristen Knoll.

The woman walked to a waiting Maroon and silver 1996 Chevrolet pick-up truck and got in.

The valet was standing in the ring road trying to take down the license plate number when the truck crossed the double yellow line, accelerated and hit the valet.

The valet was hurt, but not seriously injured, Knoll said.

Police tried to stop the truck on Park Meadows Center Drive and Yosemite Street but the driver refused to stop.

The license plate on the vehicle is 975 VNG. Anyone with information can call (303)841-9800.

Tom McGhee: 303-954-1671, tmcghee

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Colorado mountains face major snow storm, Denver could see snow Tuesday

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The Denver Postdenverpost.comPosted: 12/16/2012 03:21:47 PM MSTDecember 16, 2012 10:30 PM GMTUpdated: 12/16/2012 03:30:33 PM MST

The Colorado high country could see new snowfall measured in feet by midweek as a strong storm spins from the Pacific and cold from the Arctic moves into the state. Snow is in Denver's forecast on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The National Weather Service in Grand Junction said Sunday afternoon that northwest Colorado could get up to 10 inches by Monday night, another foot by Tuesday night, with heavy snow continuing to fall on Wednesday.

Wind gusts up to 25 mph — and up to 60 mph over ridges and along eastern mountain slopes — could create blinding driving conditions through the region as well. The same region saw more than a foot of snow a little over a week earlier.

Summit County and the Front Range mountains are expected to get up to 6 inches Monday

As of Sunday, the National Weather Service had not sized up the Denver metro area's potential accumulation, but put the city's chances of snow at 30 percent on Tuesday night and 50 percent on Wednesday with blustery conditions.

Temperatures in Denver on Monday, however, are expected to be above average with a high temperature of 52 degrees. The average for the date is 44 degrees.

A cold front is expected to drop in from the north and push nighttime temperatures below zero in western Colorado. Denver is expected to top out at 28 on Wednesday and 35 on Thursday, with lows each night in the teens. Sunny skies and seasonal temperatures will return on Friday, forecasters said. The freshly powdered mountains should warm into the 30s for the weekend before Christmas.

While a reliable forecast for Christmas Day was not yet available on Sunday, the National Weather Service noted that a White Christmas in Denver is unusual.

An inch of snow has been on the ground on Christmas Day just 42 of the last 112 years. Snow has fallen on Christmas Day in the city just six of the last 30 years, according to weather records.

That improved the state's snowpack to 41 percent of its 30-year average on Nov. 29 to 46 percent last Wednesday, with improvement from 37 percent to 52 percent during the same duration in northwest Colorado, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Lakewood. The next winter storm should offer even more improvement.

Joey Bunch: 303-954-1174, jbunch

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