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• Owl Causes Stir During CBS4’s ‘Zoo Lights’ Interview

  03-12-2016 22:39
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Denver Zoo’s Zoo Lights celebration is underway and zookeeper Holly Houser and Public Relations Manager Sean Andersen-Vie stopped by CBS4 studios with a special guest to talk about the event.
  Houser and Andersen-Vie brought in Vienna, a 21-year-old Eurasian eagle-owl, who caused a bit of a stir during the interview.
  (credit: CBS)
  “Her prey happen to be small mammals. If she’s also a little bit opportunistic she could eat reptiles, amphibians and also bugs
  
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• Vigil Held For Beloved Teen Jazz Musician Killed After Warehouse Party

  03-12-2016 21:01
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – Whenever Sanghyuk Kim saw that a friend of his or classmate were having a bad day, he’d make a heart shape above his head with his arms and tell them “I love you” in Korean. It was the 16-year-old Overland High School student’s way of putting a smile on the face of those who needed one.
  On Friday, more than 100 of Kim’s classmates joined his family for a candlelight vigil at Utah Park in Aurora. Kim was shot and killed last weekend outsi
  
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• 9 Keys to Broncos defeating Jaguars

  03-12-2016 20:36
  
  The schedule for the 7-4 Denver Broncos says this game is a gimme. The Jacksonville Jaguars have already clinched their sixth consecutive losing record with a 2-9 mark.Yet, the Broncos aren't expecting it be easy. One, their starting quarterback Trevor Siemian is out with a left foot sprain. Two, the Jags are one team that for some inexplicable reason has had the Broncos' number over the years. The Jags are 5-2 in their last seven meetings against the Broncos, including 3-1 in games played...&nb
  
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• Ice Cream Shop Owner Accused Of 15 Years Of Sex Assaults On Employees

  03-12-2016 19:32
  
  By Andrea Flores
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – The Boulder Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating other possible victims of a man accused of committing sexual assaults over the past 15 years.
  Police say Boulder Ice Cream co-owner Scott Roy is accused of sexually assaulting a specific group of employees.
  “For more than a year our investigators have been working diligently on a case that involves multiple women that are Spanish-speaking only, that have a question
  
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• Robbers Hit Up 2 Related Shops That Don’t Pull In A Lot Of Money

  03-12-2016 19:13
  
  By Stan Bush
  WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (CBS4) – Jean Ausenbraugh is lucky if her thrift shop, Angels With Paws, makes $100 a day. So it was a big deal to her on Tuesday when two men wanted to buy a $20 jacket.
  “He said he was going to get a $100 and I said, ‘That’s fine, I have the change.’ Dumb, I guess maybe,” said Ausenbraugh.
  She pulled $80 out of the register and when she looked up one of them men was pointing a gun at her and demanded the cash.
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• Elway review: The wins never stop

  03-12-2016 18:36
  
  ENGLEWOOD - There are many ways to segment the numbers and list the accomplishments to state the case John Elway is unreal.       
  
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• Nuggets Fall To Rockets 128-110

  03-12-2016 18:14
  
  James Harden scored 20 points and the Rockets led from start to finish in beating the Denver Nuggets 128-110 on Friday night.
  
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• Latest Forecast: Calm Weekend Before Arctic Blast

  03-12-2016 17:16
  
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – Our first weekend of December will be getting just a little warmer with west-northwest down slope flow. This should keep things mostly sunny for both Saturday and Sunday over eastern Colorado. There is a little moisture caught in this flow that may produce a few scattered snow showers in the northern mountains mainly north of I-70 on Saturday afternoon.
  We are still keeping on eye on what will be a huge cold wave coming in straight out of the Arctic fo
  
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• CU Loses Big In Pac-12 Championship, Most Likely Headed To Alamo Bowl

  03-12-2016 15:08
  
  After the game, coach Mike McIntyre focused less on the loss and more on his team's improvement from a 1-8 conference record in 2015 to this season's 8-1 Pac-12 record entering Friday's game.
  
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• Doctor Resigns After Making Controversial Comment About First Lady

  03-12-2016 06:28
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A doctor at Denver Health Medical Center has voluntarily resigned after a controversial social media comment she made became public.
  Dr. Michelle Herren made a post on Facebook about the First Lady Michelle Obama. It read: “Monkey face and poor ebonic English. There I feel better and still not racist!!! Just calling it like it is.”
  (credit: Dr. Michelle Herren)
  Herren has worked as a pediatric anesthesiologist for 10 years at Denver Health Medical Center. She al
  
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• Post-Election Fears Trigger ‘Safe Zones’ In Boulder

  03-12-2016 05:00
  
  By Melissa Garcia
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – Post-election fears have triggered the creation of “safe zones” at dozens of buildings throughout Boulder County.
  Employees were in the process of posting safe zone signage at every county facility in an effort to promote inclusion of all people and to discourage hate crimes.
  The signs state that people in the space will be respected regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender expression, sexual orientation, political affiliation, size,
  
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• Pearl Harbor Survivor Honored On Flight To Honolulu

  03-12-2016 03:46
  
  Denver (CBS4) – A Pearl Harbor survivor got a touching sendoff on a flight to Hawaii on Thursday.
  Donald Stratton, from Colorado Springs, was aboard the United flight bound for Honolulu for the Arizona Final Salute ceremony, marking the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
  Stratton served aboard the USS Arizona, which was sunk by Japanese attack fighters on December 7, 1941, and served as the event that ultimately drew the United States into World War II.
  DIA fire trucks provide
  
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• Broncos Injury Report Week 13: Paxton Lynch To Make Second NFL Start Against Jacksonville Jaguars

  03-12-2016 02:36
  
  By Rick Brown
  Both the Denver Broncos (7-4) and the Jacksonville Jaguars (2-9) are limping into this week’s match up in Florida. A foot injury to the Broncos starting quarterback, Trevor Siemian, will cause him to miss his second game of the season. In his place, Paxton Lynch will start his second game while looking to earn his first victory of his NFL career. Lynch will face a ferocious Jaguars’ secondary ranked fifth against the pass. Additionally, the Broncos moved another tailbac
  
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• Broncos Injury Report Week 13: Paxton Lynch To Make 2nd NFL Start Against Jaguars

  03-12-2016 02:36
  
  By Rick Brown
  Both the Denver Broncos (7-4) and the Jacksonville Jaguars (2-9) are limping into this week’s match up in Florida. A foot injury to the Broncos starting quarterback, Trevor Siemian, will cause him to miss his second game of the season. In his place, Paxton Lynch will start his second game while looking to earn his first victory of his NFL career. Lynch will face a ferocious Jaguars’ secondary ranked fifth against the pass. Additionally, the Broncos moved another tailbac
  
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• Slain Woman’s Ashes Returned 4 Years After Murder

  03-12-2016 02:30
  
  By Brian Maass
  DENVER (CBS4) – The ashes of slain Highlands Ranch eye doctor Toni Bertolet Henthorn have been returned to her family in Mississippi, four years after she was shoved to her death by her husband, Harold Henthorn.
  “We know that Toni is in heaven but we’d like an earthly reminder of who she is and what she stood for and everything she did on this earth,” said her brother, Barry Bertolet.
  Toni Bertolet Henthorn (credit: CBS)
  The well-liked doctor died in 2012 i
  
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• Hawaiian Mountains Could See Nearly A Foot Of Snow

  03-12-2016 02:28
  
  Hawaii (CBS4) – Winter is coming in the last place you’d expect it.
  Large amounts of snow are accumulating on the summits of both Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa in Hawaii.
  A Winter Storm Warning has been issued for the area, for locations above 8,000 feet. Temperatures are expected to fall below freezing. Meteorologists say the summits will see six to 12 inches of snow through Friday night.
  Besides the cold, the summits could experience winds up to 40 miles per hour, gusting at times to nea
  
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• Von Miller gives to all in AFC West

  03-12-2016 02:15
  
  Not including his growing number of endorsements, Von Miller is drawing $25 million in bonus and salary this season while rushing the quarterback for the Denver Broncos this year.       
  
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• Von Miller Sends Custom Bottles Of Wine To Teammates, Opponents

  03-12-2016 00:59
  
  DENVER (CBS4/AP) – Broncos linebacker Von Miller gave every player in the AFC West a custom bottle of wine with a note saying what an honor it is to play with them or face them twice a year.
  Von Miller (credit: CBS)
  He thanked them “for helping to make the game great.”
  The wine is a Cabernet Sauvignon from The Setting and the label features an orange outline of Miller’s signature eyeglasses.
  (credit: Devil Proof Vineyards)
  The AFC West is particularly competitive this yea
  
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• Laughter Mixes With Tears At Funeral For State Trooper Donahue

  03-12-2016 00:31
  
  By Dillon Thomas
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – Family and friends of Colorado State Patrol Trooper Cody Donahue spent hours sharing the memories of their fallen partner, brother and friend on Friday.
  Donahue was laid to rest after a funeral.
  “Cody was one of the most selfless, helpful, loving, honorable and funny people I have ever known,” said Mark Painter, Donahue’s brother-in-law.
  Trooper Cody Donahue (credit CBS)
  Many who spoke both cried, and laughed, while sharing diffe
  
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• Paraplegic Becomes First To Study Veterinary Medicine At CSU

  03-12-2016 00:00
  
  By Britt Moreno
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – The sky is no limit for Bernard Dime. He’s the first paraplegic to study veterinary medicine at Colorado State University.
  While Dime was a competitive “swooper” — or parachuter — and spent time as a skydiving videographer, this is perhaps the biggest risk he’s taken to date.
  Bernard Dime (credit: CBS)
  Dime was weeks away from enlisting in the Army before his zeal for adrenaline nearly cost him his life. A par
  
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