U.s. Manufacturing Contraction Slowest Since Last August

Plans to build the contentious Jefferson Parkway toll highway through Broomfield and Jefferson counties — part of a conspicuously missing segment in metro Denver’s 83-mile beltway — are set to come back to life after years of delays, resistance and litigation. But don’t expect the earthmovers and asphalt pavers to roar to life anytime soon on the 10-mile thoroughfare. On Dec.

Jeff Jacob remembers getting his first glimpses of a galaxy far, far away at Denver’s Cooper Cinerama, where his family took him to see the first Star Wars film in 1977. From a young age, Jacob was hooked. He stockpiled action figures and bought the first piece of what would become his official collection when he was just 19 years old. “It’s like a lifetime of treasure hunting,” he said.

More than a half century after the last passenger disembarked Car No. 10 of the Yampa Valley Mail train, an effort to revive passenger rail from Colorado’s capital city to the state’s northwest corner is taking shape. The type of train hasn’t been chosen, ridership projections haven’t been publicized, fares haven’t been set and travel times haven’t been announced.

Juanjo Gasull for BIAbout a decade ago, I loaded a couple of midsize suitcases, three large Ikea bags, a pair of 10-gallon Rubbermaid totes, a laundry basket, and two heavily sedated cats into a U-Haul and moved from Toronto to New York City. All my belongings fit neatly into my tiny new Brooklyn bedroom, with plenty of square footage to spare.

New-release audiobooks are free with a paid Spotify subscription. Spotify; Getty Images; Chelsea Jia Feng/BISpotify added audiobooks last year. Paid subscribers get 15 hours worth each month. You can also get them through Amazon or your library — celebrity memoirs are great on audiobooks. I'd never cared one way or the other about Al Pacino until I listened to him read his audiobook.

Mike Cavanagh's 10-foot-wide skinny house in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, attracts stares and comments from some passersby. Open House OpticsMike Cavanagh bought a 10-foot-wide skinny house in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, in 2024It's a spite house because its developer decided to build what he could given city restrictions. Cavanagh said he's glad he bought the skinny house even though it attracts some curious onlookers.