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• Best Places For Cloth Diapers In Denver

  13-02-2018 23:55
  By Alaina Brandenburger
  There are many factors that sway parents to switch to cloth diapers over disposable. Concern for the environment, saving money and enhanced convenience are just some of them. Since they are re-used, you won’t find yourself having to run to the store to get a new package of diapers. When laundered correctly, cloth diapers can be re-used multiple times, which can save a significant amount of money over time. If you’re thinking of making the switch, find cloth di
  
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• Man Arrested, Accused Of Handcuffing, Demanding Money From Victims

  13-02-2018 23:44
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)– Police in Boulder arrested a man accused of handcuffing and assaulting victims at a business.
  Investigators say Daniel Shea also demanded money from the victims. They say it wasn’t a random attack and that he had a previous relationship with the victims.Daniel Shea (credit: Boulder County)
  He was eventually found at a nearby residence outside of Lyons and was arrested.
  Shea is facing a number of charges including burglary, kidnapping and impersonating an office
  
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• AG Sessions Calls Out Colorado Senator Following Policy Withdrawal

  13-02-2018 23:41
  DENVER (CBS4) – Attorney General Jeff Sessions called out Sen. Cory Gardner on Tuesday for blocking nominations for the Department of Justice.
  Sen. Cory Gardner (credit: CBS)
  In January, Gardner, a Republican, said he’s placing a hold on DOJ nominees after Sessions withdrew a federal policy called the Cole memo which stopped federal prosecutors from interfering with marijuana sales in states where it’s legal.
  Sessions voiced his frustration with the stalled confirmation he
  
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• Puerto Rican Children Cheer After Xcel Crews Restore School’s Power

  13-02-2018 23:03
  CAYEY, Puerto Rico (CBS4) – Xcel Energy crews from Colorado are continuing to make a difference in Puerto Rico.
  Children in Puerto Rico cheer after Xcel energy crews restore power to their school.
  (credit: Xcel Energy)
  The crews just restored power to Escuela Rexford Guy Tugwell, a Montessori school, last Thursday.
  The school has been in the dark since Hurricane Maria hit in September.
  (credit: Xcel Energy)
  Xcel crews from the Upper Midwest, Texas, New Mexico and Colorado have been on
  
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• Mom Sentenced After 3-Year-Old Shoots 2-Year-Old Brother

  13-02-2018 22:56
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)– A mother has been sentenced after her 3-year-old shot and critically injured his 2-year-old brother.
  Police in Colorado Springs arrested the boys’ mother, Monica Abeyta, 31, on suspicion of felony child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury in June 2017.
  Police say the toddler found the gun in his mother’s backpack.
  Monica Abeyta (credit: Colorado Springs Police)
  As a result of a plea agreement, Abeyta was sentenced to four years of supervised
  
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• 2018 Winter Olympics Sets Record For Most Condoms Given Out

  13-02-2018 22:26
  CBS Local — Olympic officials want the thousands of athletes at this year’s winter games to be safe on and off the field. A record 110,000 condoms have been handed out to the nearly 3,000 Olympians in PyeongChang; that’s almost 40 condoms per athlete.
  The Olympics have a reputation for being a hotbed for hook-ups and one night stands between the talented competitors. Organizers say the massive total is 10,000 more than were given to athletes at the Vancouver 2010 and
  
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• Rockies Boost Bullpen In Effort To Make It Back To Playoffs

  13-02-2018 22:07
  DENVER (AP) Nolan Arenado didn’t travel home with the team after the Colorado Rockies lost at Arizona in last October’s wild-card game.
  Nolan Arenado (credit: Russell Lansford/Getty Images)
  He needed some time to himself, to reflect on a season in which the Rockies made it back to the postseason for the first time since 2009 only to have the run abruptly end with an 11-8 loss to the Diamondbacks.
  The Gold Glove third baseman played some golf, went to a concert all by himself —
  
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• Parents Of GOP Senate Candidate Gives Max Donation To His Opponent

  13-02-2018 22:05
  CBS Local — The parents of a Republican U.S. Senate candidate have made a very generous political donation… to one of their son’s opponents.
  GOP candidate Kevin Nicholson, a Marine Corps veteran running for office in Wisconsin, is challenging fellow Republican Leah Vukmir for the spot in November’s senate race. The GOP’s primary winner will face off against the incumbent Democrat, Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who has been in office since 2013.
  According to federal
  
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• Heavy Snow Prompts Avalanche Warning For Southern San Juans

  13-02-2018 21:43
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – Heavy snowthis week has prompted an avalanche warning in southwest Colorado.
  Colorado’s Avalanche Information Center says both natural and human-triggered avalanches large enough to bury or kill a person are likely today.
  The warning is in effect for the southern San Juan Mountains where 1-2 feet of snow fell with a water content of 1-2 inches.
  Experts say to avoid being on or under any slope that is 30 degree or higher.
  Meteorologist Chris Spears trave
  
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• Rob Porter’s Ex-Wife: Strength Doesn’t ‘Inoculate A Person Against Abuse’

  13-02-2018 21:41
  (CNN) — Colbie Holderness, one of the women who have gone public with allegations of spousal abuse by a former top White House aide, wrote in a piece published Monday evening that abuse affects many different types of people.
  “Being strong — with excellent instincts and loyalty and smarts — does not inoculate a person against abuse. It doesn’t prevent her from entering into a relationship with an abuser. Abuse often doesn’t manifest itself early on — onl
  
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• Nuggets Players Hit The Court With Special Olympics Athletes

  13-02-2018 21:34
  DENVER (CBS4)– Some of the Denver Nuggets players put on their coaching hats for the annual basketball skills clinic for Special Olympics of Colorado athletes.The players, including Kenneth Faried and Darrell Arthur, hit the court with the athletes to show them the finer points of throwing down a dunk. (credit: CBS)
  “It’s great, man. We put a smile on these kids’ faces. They just come out to have fun. We’re just trying to do our best to make them happy,” said
  
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• Man Mistakenly Buys Tickets To ‘Red Hot Chilli Pipers’ Concert

  13-02-2018 20:51
  CBS Local — One man’s Valentine’s Day fail is reminding people around the world to always read the fine print.
  Thinking he had found the perfect Valentine’s Day present, Duncan Robb bought what he believed to be tickets for his girlfriend Sarah’s favorite band the Red Hot Chili Peppers. “Fast forward a month and we get the actual tickets through the post – brilliant! Up they went on the board – still nobody had noticed my mistake,” Robb said,
  
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• Single Dad Walked 11 Miles To Work Every Day — Until His Co-Workers Found Out

  13-02-2018 20:48
  (CNN) — Trenton Lewis’ legs ached from the 11-mile walk he made every morning to get to his 4 a.m. shift. And yet the 21-year-old dutifully did it for seven long months.
  He didn’t tell anyone. He’s never been one for excuses — especially when it comes to providing for his 14-month-old daughter, Karmen.
  “My pride is strong,” he told CNN. “Whatever she needs, I’m the person who is supposed to provide it for her.”
  Trenton Lewis with his da
  
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• School That Told Students To Say Yes If Asked To Dance Changes Policy

  13-02-2018 20:31
  (CNN) — Sometimes the best of intentions have unintended consequences.
  Kanesville Elementary School in Ogden, Utah, holds a sixth-grade dance on Valentine’s Day each year. The dance is intended to promote inclusion and kindness, and students have traditionally been told by their teachers to say yes when a classmate asks them to dance.
  But times have changed, and some parents were angry when they got wind of the dance’s protocol this year.
  Natalie Richard was shocked when her si
  
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• LOOK: Video Of Teen’s Jump Onto ‘Ice’ Trampoline Goes Viral

  13-02-2018 20:15
  CBS Local — What happens when you jump onto a trampoline that’s been covered by a sheet of ice? You become an instant hit on YouTube.
  A Missouri teen’s leap onto an ice-coated trampoline was captured in slow motion by the boy’s friend and later posted on YouTube by the jumper’s mom, Michelle McNew. “I couldn’t see the whole thing,” 14-year-old Dylan McNew said, via the Springfield News-Leader. “After I jumped, I felt the ice break a
  
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• Colorado Raising Taxes On Oil, Gas Drillers By $4.8 Million

  13-02-2018 19:52
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado oil and gas regulators are raising taxes on energy developers to help pay for the environmental impacts of drilling.
  The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission approved a plan on Monday to raise $4.8 million more in taxes by charging 0.11 cents on every dollar of oil and gas produced.
  The industry supported the increase.(credit: CBS)
  Local governments and environmentalists had urged commissioners to raise taxes by at least $7 million a year to address more publ
  
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• Olympic Skater Who Rescued Pup From South Korea Meat Trade Wins Gold

  13-02-2018 19:33
  CBS Local — An Olympic figure skater went to South Korea last year to rescue dogs from the country’s controversial meat trade, and now she’s back and taking home a gold medal.
  Canadian pairs skater Meagan Duhamel — a two-time world champion — rescued her mini-dachshund Moo-tae from a South Korean meat farm last February. Working with the non-profit Free Korean Dogs, Duhamel adopted the two-year-old while she was in the country for Olympic trial runs.
  
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• Peyton Manning to be honorary pace car driver for Daytona 500

  13-02-2018 19:16
  Vroooommmmmm, vrooooommmmmm.        
  
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• Murder Suspect Claimed Teen Victim Wanted To Die

  13-02-2018 18:53
  ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – The man accused of killing a teenager from Broomfield told police that she was looking on Craigslist for someone to kill her.
  Joseph Lopez told investigators that he met Natalie Bollinger through the classified advertisements website. He claims that she wanted to be shot and killed and that he tried to talk her out of it.
  Joseph Lopez (credit: Adams County)
  Police arrested Lopez after investigators examined Bollinger’s social media accounts.
  Lopez told po
  
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• Peyton Manning To Lead Field To Green Flag At Daytona 500

  13-02-2018 18:42
  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Peyton Manning is leading one more drive on a big stage.
  The two-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback will serve as honorary pace car driver for the 60th running of the Daytona 500. Manning will be behind the wheel of the Toyota pace car and lead the 40-car field to the green flag to start “The Great American Race” on Sunday.Former quarterback Peyton Manning looks on prior to Super Bowl LII between the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots a
  
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• Chloe Kim Wins Olympic Gold In Halfpipe, Says ‘I Could’ve Done Better’

  13-02-2018 18:40
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Chloe Kim stamped her name on a new era of snowboarding with a run down the halfpipe that, officially, did not mean anything. To her, it meant everything.
  The Olympic gold medal was already hers but she knew she could do better. So she cinched on her gloves, cranked up “Motorsport” on her iPod, said “This one’s for you, Grams” — a shout-out to her South Korean grandmother, who was watching her in person for the first time
  
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• Black: Rockies’ Young Pitchers Working Hard To Avoid Sophomore Slump

  13-02-2018 18:27
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (CBS4) – Colorado Rockies pitchers and catchers officially report for Spring Training on Tuesday, but some players have already been down in Arizona practicing.
  Bud Black (credit: Denis Poroy/Getty Images)
  Rockies manager Bud Black was among those at the Salt River Fields at Talking Stick facility in Scottsdale on Monday. He said pitchers like Jeff Hoffman and Kyle Freeland will be working hard to avoid a letdown in performance in their second full season in the majors.
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• Deputies Find Inmate Hiding In Ceiling

  13-02-2018 18:15
  CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (CBS4)– Deputies surrounded the Douglas County Detention Center in Castle Rock on Tuesday morning to search for an inmate who was hiding in the ceiling.
  The inmate was found less than an hour later.Inmate has been located in the ceiling and is unharmed. He’s been removed from the ceiling & will be assessed by medical staff before being placed in a cell. Perimeter is breaking down outside. Thanks CRPD @crgov for the assistance. pic.twitter.com/GNt6HaBGja
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• White House Wants To Deliver Food To The Poor, Blue Apron-Style

  13-02-2018 17:53
  (CNN Money) — Think of it as Blue Apron for food stamp recipients.
  That’s how Budget Director Mick Mulvaney described the Trump administration’s proposal to replace nearly half of poor Americans’ monthly cash benefits with a box of food. It would affect households that receive at least $90 a month in food stamps, or roughly 38 million people.
  “USDA America’s Harvest Box is a bold, innovative approach to providing nutritious food to people who need assistance f
  
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• ‘Smart’ Avalanche Teammates Help Kerfoot Succeed In Rookie Year

  13-02-2018 17:49
  Colorado Avalanche forward Alexander Kerfoot joined CBS4 sports anchor Michael Spencer for Monday’s edition of Xfinity Monday Live this week.
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4) – Alexander Kerfoot is in the middle of a fantastic rookie season in which he is fourth on the Avs in scoring with 33 points and fourth in goals with 13.
  Alexander Kerfoot of the Colorado Avalanche advances the puck against the San Jose Sharks at the Pepsi Center on Jan. 18. (credit: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
  His f
  
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• Sheriff’s Office Warns Of ‘River Bottles’ Washing Up On Banks

  13-02-2018 17:23
  GARFIELD COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– The Garfield County Sheriff is warning residents about “river bottles” washing up on the river banks that could be dangerous.
  Over the past week, people living in Garfield, Eagle and Pitkin Counties have encountered a lot of bottles turning up on river banks. The bottles are similar in size to a water bottle but have been mostly encapsulated in duct tape. A river bottle found in the Roaring Fork River (credit: Basalt Police)
  The sheriff says in mo
  
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• 11 Officers Have Been Shot To Death In First 6 Weeks Of 2018

  13-02-2018 16:55
  (CNN) – In the first six weeks of the year, 11 law enforcement officers across the United States have died after they were shot in the line of duty.
  Brighton police officers wear a black ribbon over their badge and fight back tears for fallen Adams County Deputy Heath Gumm on Jan. 25 in Brighton. (credit: John Leyba/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
  Six of them died in just one week, said Craig Floyd with the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.
  It’s a big jump from the f
  
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• Teenagers Who Went Missing Found Safe

  13-02-2018 16:40
  LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4) – Police have found two Longmont teenagers who didn’t come home from school on Monday.
  @LongmontPS is glad to report Justice / Harley were found in Ft Collins at about 7:10am this am and are safe. Found thanks to social media followers! #Longmont pic.twitter.com/Rt87Dmuzea
  — Longmont Fire/Police (@LongmontPS) February 13, 2018The teens were spotted in western Longmont on Monday, and police said they didn’t suspect there was anything criminal to expl
  
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• Tweeting AG Candidate Brauchler Says ‘Our Roads Continue To Suck’

  13-02-2018 16:38
  DENVER (CBS4) – “Our roads continue to suck.”
  That was what many Denverites were probably thinking during Tuesday morning’s typically slow commute, but a candidate for the state attorney general’s office took the thought a step further and went on a minor Twitter rant.
  Our roads continue to suck. Huge portions of our lives are being wasted dealing with the mismanagement of this transportation issue. #FixOurRoads #transportation #coleg pic.twitter.com/14yD3vTUU7
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• John Smoltz: ‘The Success Of The Atlanta Braves Won’t Be Duplicated’

  13-02-2018 16:21
  All these years later, it is still incredible to think that the Atlanta Braves won 14 straight division titles from 1991-2005. The Braves won the World Series in 1995, played in the Fall Classic five times in the 1990s and had a roster that featured four Hall of Fame players and a Hall of Fame manager. Yet this was a dynasty that was supposed to win multiple championships. The Braves lost in extra innings of Game 7 of the 1991 World Series and blew a 2-0 series lead against the New York Yankees
  
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• RiNo Zoning Change Approved In Exchange For Affordable Housing

  13-02-2018 15:53
  By Makenzie O’Keefe
  DENVER (CBS4) – Denver City Council members approved a measure that will allow developers to build taller buildings in the RiNo neighborhood in exchange for affordable housing.
  (credit: CBS)
  The decision, which was made late Monday night, allows developers to build up to 16 stories in certain parts of the River North neighborhood.
  Council President Albus Brooks said the issues surrounding the measure have been a concern in the community for nearly two years.
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