1.  Although his team is weak, he has a nicely hilly stage ahead Thursday.

2.  Denmark, another euro outsider, also reduced its discount and repurchase rates by a quarter-point Thursday, though for different reasons.

3.  DENMARK-EURO (Copenhagen) _ Exit polls from Thursday's vote showed that the Danes were moving toward rejecting the euro.

4.  DENMARK-EURO (Copenhagen) _ On Thursday's vote on whether to replace the Danish krone with the euro.

5.  DENMARK-EURO (Copenhagen, Denmark) _ Exit polls from Thursday's vote showed that the Danes were moving toward rejecting the euro.

6.  Dennis McCarthy's column appears Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday.

7.  Dennis Pendleton, branch chief for cooperative fire protection at the Forest Service in Washington, said on Thursday that 5,340 firefighters are actively fighting blazes across the West.

8.  Dennis Skillicorn, 34, was arrested Thursday by the California Highway Patrol as he hitchhiked near Escondido in Southern California's morning rush hour.

9.  DeNucci refused to tip his hand Thursday, but other sources said his staff has serious doubts about the T's savings estimates and the effect on service.

10.  DENVER (Thursday): Think the Nuggets will be after a little payback?