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• Reward Grows To $55,000 In 2016 Murder Of Travis Mason Outside Marijuana Dispensary

  12-11-2019 23:54
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – More than three years after Travis Mason was gunned down at Green Heart Dispensary, police are still searching for his killer. The reward for information leading to an arrest has grown to $55,000.
  Mason, 24, a Marine, worked as a security guard at the marijuana dispensary for only a few weeks when two masked men stormed the store and gunned him down in June 2016.
  (credit: CBS)
  The suspects left without any money or marijuana.
  Mason and his family had moved to Colorad
  
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• Mitchell Hamilton Turns Self In After American Flag Burned In Vail

  12-11-2019 23:51
  
  VAIL, Colo. (CBS4) – Vail police say the man wanted for questioning about a burning American flag has turned himself in. Mitchell Hamilton, 22, is from Eagle-Vail.
  Mitchell Hamilton (credit: Vail)
  Investigators say Hamilton surrendered on Tuesday afternoon after his friends told him they saw retaliatory social media posts toward Hamilton for his alleged actions.
  Hamilton is now charged with second degree arson and criminal mischief for burning someone else’s property. The flag was bu
  
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• Missing Thornton Boy Found, 12-Year-Old Still Missing

  12-11-2019 23:50
  
  THONRTON, Colo. (CBS4) – Thornton police are still searching for a 12-year-old who ran away from the Shiloh House treatment center in Littleton Monday night. A 13-year-old who was with him was found Tuesday near West 46th Avenue and Mariposa Street.Daniel Romero, 13 (picture attached) has been located in Denver and returned safely. Still missing is Ronnie Hernandez, 12, if located please notify police.Thanks for all the retweets and help in locating Daniel. Let's find Ronnie now! #TPDsafer
  
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• Denver City Council To Discuss Change To Alcohol Consumption Rules

  12-11-2019 23:42
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A proposal before Denver’s City Council would allow patrons to leave a restaurant with an alcoholic beverage during special events. That proposal will be debated in Tuesday night’s regularly-scheduled council meeting.
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  The measure would allow for drinking alcohol from different establishments in pre-determined common areas such as the Santa Fe Arts District where the streets are closed to traffic. The ordinance would allow customers to enjoy their be
  
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• Teachers & Students Submit Creative Ideas To Jeffco Public School’s Innovation Fund Program

  12-11-2019 23:40
  
  JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Jefferson County Public Schools is giving away up to one million dollars to improve learning. It’s all part of the district’s Innovation Fund.
  Students and teachers submit creative ideas to Jeffco Public Schools’ Innovation Fund Program. (credit: CBS)
  More than 70 applicants, both teachers and students, have applied for this year’s fund. Participants submit their innovative learning ideas, which will be voted on by other members of t
  
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• Denver Police: Juvenile Male Shot Near Collegiate Prep Academy

  12-11-2019 23:33
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Denver police are responding to reports of a shooting near the Montbello neighborhood on Tuesday afternoon. It happened near 52nd Avenue and Kittredge Street.
  Denver police officers respond to a report of a shooting near Collegiate Prep Academy on Kittredge Street. (credit: CBS)
  Officers stretched crime scene taped across open area south of the Parkfield Lake Park. Collegiate Prep Academy sits south of that park.
  (credit: CBS)
  Denver police say one male was sent to the
  
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• Fantasy Football Waiver Wire: Consider Broncos Noah Fant, Jets Demaryius Thomas

  12-11-2019 23:10
  
  By Matt Citak
  (CBS) Week 11 is upon us, which means time is running out to clinch your spot in the fantasy postseason.
  Week 10 was a tough one for many fantasy managers, as six teams, including fantasy-friendly offenses such as the Patriots, Texans, Eagles and Jaguars, had the week off. That is the largest number of teams on bye in the same week that we will have to deal with all season. We’re not completely out of the woods yet, as Weeks 11 and 12 feature four teams on bye each week, but
  
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• Taxpayer Money, State Endorsement Fuels Meow Wolf Expansion Into Denver

  12-11-2019 22:45
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The arts-based entertainment company Meow Wolf continues to leverage public incentives and subsidies in its home state of New Mexico as it prepares to expand to major U.S. cities, winning approval for a half-million dollars in state job-training funds on top of recent awards that offset infrastructure costs. The board of the New Mexico Job Training Incentive Program last Friday approved the $528,000 grant for the art production arm of Meow Wolf as the Santa Fe-based s
  
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• Denver Police Respond To Shooting Near Collegiate Prep Academy

  12-11-2019 22:39
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Denver police are responding to reports of a shooting near the Montbello neighborhood on Tuesday afternoon. It happened near 52nd Avenue and Kittredge Street.
  Denver police officers respond to a report of a shooting near Collegiate Prep Academy on Kittredge Street. (credit: CBS)
  Officers stretched crime scene taped across open area south of the Parkfield Lake Park. Collegiate Prep Academy sits south of that park.
  (credit: CBS)
  Denver police say one male was sent to the
  
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• Fantasy Football Waiver Wire: Nick Foles A Top QB Option As He Returns From Injury

  12-11-2019 22:38
  
  By Matt Citak
  (CBS Boston) Week 11 is upon us, which means time is running out to clinch your spot in the fantasy postseason.
  Week 10 was a tough one for many fantasy managers, as six teams, including fantasy-friendly offenses such as the Patriots, Texans, Eagles and Jaguars, had the week off. That is the largest number of teams on bye in the same week that we will have to deal with all season. We’re not completely out of the woods yet, as Weeks 11 and 12 feature four teams on bye each wee
  
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• Fantasy Football Waiver Wire: Broncos Noah Fant, Jets’ Demaryius Thomas

  12-11-2019 22:38
  
  By Matt Citak
  (CBS) Week 11 is upon us, which means time is running out to clinch your spot in the fantasy postseason.
  Week 10 was a tough one for many fantasy managers, as six teams, including fantasy-friendly offenses such as the Patriots, Texans, Eagles and Jaguars, had the week off. That is the largest number of teams on bye in the same week that we will have to deal with all season. We’re not completely out of the woods yet, as Weeks 11 and 12 feature four teams on bye each week, but
  
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• Residents Authorized To Kill Invasive Ducks Running Amok In Town

  12-11-2019 22:35
  
  PEARLAND, Texas (CBS Local) — Muscovy ducks are taking over a town in Texas and residents are now being encouraged to trap or even shoot them in some cases.
  The City of Pearland is allowing landowners and homeowner’s associations (HOAs) to “address the ducks as seen fit, and within legal parameters, by the HOA or the landowner.”
  Pearland is designated as a bird sanctuary city but the Muscovy duck is considered an invasive species from Central and South America and are the
  
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• Two Fast-Food Employees Fired After Police Officer Refused Service

  12-11-2019 22:16
  
  ROXBORO, N.C. (CBS Local) — Two employees at a fast-food restaurant in North Carolina were fired last week after they allegedly refused service to a police officer.
  The Roxboro Police Chief David Hess said one of his officers, Kenneth Horton, an Army veteran and police sergeant, was on duty and in uniform when he arrived a Cook Out restaurant early Thursday to get food.
  “We’re saddened that an employee denied service to a police officer,” Hess told WTVD. “We promote
  
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• Legacy High School Lockout Lifted After Threat Investigation

  12-11-2019 21:10
  
  BROOMFIELD, Colo. (CBS4)– Legacy High School in Broomfield was placed on lockout status Tuesday morning during a threat investigation. The lockout was lifted just after 1 p.m. Tuesday.
  The lockOUT has been lifted. The anonymous phone calls were not a credible threat to the school. Thank you for your patience during our investigation.
  — Broomfield Police (@BroomfieldPD) November 12, 2019The threat against the school was made with an anonymous phone call.Per @Adams12 administration off
  
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• Krystal Lee’s Friends Testify In Murder Trial; Patrick Frazee Accused Of Killing Fiancee Kelsey Berreth

  12-11-2019 20:10
  
  TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – The murder trial of Patrick Frazee, accused of killing his fiancee Kelsey Berreth, resumed Tuesday after the Veterans Day holiday. Friends of the key witness for the prosecution, Krystal Lee, are taking the stand.
  (credit: CBS)
  One friend loaned Lee her car when she traveled to Colorado for Thanksgiving. That vehicle showed up in several surveillance videos.
  Prosecutors believe Berreth was murdered in her Woodland Park home in Colorado. She was last seen on Th
  
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• ‘Truly Adored By Many’: Ralphie V Retires From CU

  12-11-2019 20:05
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – It’s the end of an era in Boulder. Specifically, it’s the end of the Raphie V era.
  The University of Colorado’s live mascot, Ralphie V, has officially retired. Ralphie V has been the live buffalo that’s trampled across the CU football field for 12 seasons. Ralphie turned 13 in October, and CU Athletics say she is in great health. A release says the buffalo has lacked “the consistency she had displayed in prior years.”
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• Ralphie V Retires From CU

  12-11-2019 20:05
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – It’s the end of an era in Boulder. Specifically, it’s the end of the Raphie V era.
  The University of Colorado’s live mascot, Ralphie V, has officially retired. Ralphie V has been the live buffalo that’s trampled across the CU football field for 12 seasons. Ralphie turned 13 in October, and CU Athletics say she is in great health. A release says the buffalo has lacked “the consistency she had displayed in prior years.”
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• What’s Heating Up Denver’s Food Scene This November

  12-11-2019 20:00
  
  (HOODLINE) – Denver’s palate is always changing so plenty of spots are always popping, so which tastes are trending today? We took a data-driven look at the question, using Yelp to analyze which eateries have been most discussed this month.
  To find out who made the list, we looked at Denver businesses on Yelp by category and counted how many reviews each received. Rather than compare them based on number of reviews alone, we calculated a percentage increase in reviews over
  
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• ACLU Files Lawsuit Against GEO, Alleges The Wrongful Death Of An Inmate

  12-11-2019 19:52
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – The ACLU of Colorado has sued GEO, the contractor that operates the ICE facility in Aurora, over what they call a wrongful death of a legal permanent resident. The death happened in December 2017.
  In the suit, the group alleges that Kamyar Samimi died in custody after being cut off from methadone he’d legally been taking for 20 years to combat opioid withdrawal. The ACLU of Colorado Legal Director, Mark Silverstein, called the order “medically unjustifiab
  
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• Denver Family Escapes Burning Home Just After Midnight

  12-11-2019 19:31
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– An early morning fire on Tuesday forced a family out of their home in Denver’s Westwood neighborhood. The fire destroyed much of the home. (credit: CBS)
  Firefighters rushed to the home in the 4300 block of Center Avenue just before 1 a.m. Tuesday.The Denver Fire Department said three people and two dogs were inside at the time of the fire but they all escaped unharmed. (credit: CBS)
  The Red Cross helped the family find a place to stay the night.What sparked the fire is
  
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• WATCH: Police Officer Caught On Video Dancing Naked At Nightclub

  12-11-2019 19:26
  
  CONWAY, Ark. (CBS Local) — An off-duty Arkansas police officer who was caught on camera dancing naked at a nightclub has been suspended.
  The video shows Conway police officer Cebron Hackett dancing completely nude to Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin'” and then struggling with a security guard at Discovery Nightclub in Little Rock.
  The video was brought to the attention of the Conway Police Chief Jody Spradlin on October 13, CBS affiliate KTHV reported. Hackett was sus
  
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• Snapchat Picture Of Gun In Backpack Leads Wiggins School To Send Some Students Home

  12-11-2019 19:04
  
  WIGGINS, Colo. (CBS4) – A Colorado student has been questioned and released to his parents after a Snapchat picture of a gun in a backpack prompted a lockdown and lock-in at Wiggins Schools Tuesday morning. The picture in question showed a gun in a backpack and was sent to a group chat with a caption suggesting a shooting at school.
  The photograph, shared Monday evening, was shown to the Wiggins School Superintendent Trent Kerr and Wiggins Police, who ordered the student detained as soon a
  
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• Aurora West College Prep Dean Tushar Rae Found Dead In Denver

  12-11-2019 18:59
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – An Aurora school administrator facing charges for making threats against to another administrator has been found dead in Denver. Aurora Police confirmed that Tushar Rae was found dead on Monday.
  Denver Police responded to the 5100 block of Hannibal Street in Denver on Monday around 9:30 a.m. A cause of death was not made immediately available from Denver’s coroner.
  Rae, a Dean of Instruction at Aurora West College Preparatory Academy, was arrested in April for ma
  
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• Legacy High School On Lockout Status During Threat Investigation

  12-11-2019 18:49
  
  BROOMFIELD, Colo. (CBS4)– Legacy High School in Broomfield was placed on lockout status Tuesday morning during a threat investigation. The threat against the school was made with an anonymous phone call.
  Per @Adams12 administration officials at Legacy HSreceived anonymous phone calls this morning making threats towards the school. The school immediately contacted us & district security, and began investigating the origin of the calls.
  — Broomfield Police (@BroomfieldPD) November
  
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• NTSB Reports Weather Disorientation Caused Pilot To Crash Plane In Lone Tree In 2018

  12-11-2019 18:40
  
  LONE TREE, Colo. (CBS4) – An NTSB report out Tuesday rules that a crash that left a pilot dead and an engine in the side of a Lone Tree home was caused by weather.
  67-year-old Robert Marquis was killed when his single-engine Cessna SR22 on May 11, 2018. The plane came down near a neighborhood in Douglas County. The engine from Marquis’ plane was lodged in the side of a home. No one on the ground was injured.
  (credit: CBS)
  Shortly after takeoff that night, Marquis requested to return
  
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• WATCH: Man Vandalizes Town’s ‘Parade Of Flags’ For Veterans Day

  12-11-2019 18:37
  
  WOOSTER, Ohio (CBS Local) — Just as America was honoring its military veterans, a man was caught on camera ruining a Veterans Day flag display in northeast Ohio.
  Surveillance video from a small business in Wooster shows the unidentified man pulling flags out of the ground and throwing them onto the ground. The video is dated November 6, five days before Veterans Day.
  “It disturbed me badly,” U.S. Army veteran Jim Fields told CBS affiliate WOIO. “That is probably the most
  
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• Woman Killed During Shootout With Loveland Police

  12-11-2019 18:29
  
  LOVELAND, Colo. (CBS4)– One woman was killed and an officer injured in a shootout with Loveland police. The shooting happened Monday night after officers were called to a home to investigate a possible homicide. Police in Loveland investigate an officer-involved shooting on Cuchara Court. (credit: CBS)
  Officers rushed to a home in the 3300 block of Cuchara Court about 8:30 p.m. Monday. When they arrived, members of the SWAT team entered the home and found an adult female suspect in the hom
  
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• Threat Made To Wiggins School, Middle And High School Students Released For The Day

  12-11-2019 18:25
  
  WIGGINS, Colo. (CBS4) – A student has been questioned and released to his parents after a snapchat picture of a gun in a backpack prompted a lockdown and lock-in at Wiggins Schools Tuesday morning. The picture in question showed a gun in a backpack and was sent to a group chat with a caption suggesting a shooting at school.
  The photograph, shared Monday evening, was shown to the Wiggins School Superintendent Trent Kerr and Wiggins Police, who ordered the student detained as soon as he arri
  
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• U.S. Supreme Court Begins Hearing DACA Oral Arguments

  12-11-2019 17:43
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The U.S. Supreme Court begins hearing arguments on whether or not it is legal to do away with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy Tuesday morning.DACA was created by President Barack Obama back in 2012.
  (credit: CBS)
  The program allowed undocumented people who came to the U.S. before 2012, who were under the age of 31, and who had lived in the U.S. since 2007 to apply for deportation to be deferred and to become eligible for a work permit. The policy was meant
  
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• Colorado Weather: After Yesterday`s Return To Winter, We Quickly Warm Back Up

  12-11-2019 15:41
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – After officially reaching only 24 degrees in Denver on Monday, afternoon temperatures will be about 35 degrees warmer on Tuesday. Sunshine will also cover the entire state.
  (source: CBS)
  The same storm responsible for the frigid weather also brought 1.2 inches of snow. Denver’s snow total for the season is now 13.3 inches which is nearly a half foot above normal through this point in the season.
  (source: CBS)
  The next chance for any snow in Colorado will arrive this u
  
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• Former President Jimmy Carter enters hospital for surgery

  12-11-2019 15:07
  
  ATLANTA — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was going into surgery Tuesday morning at Emory University Hospital to relieve pressure on his brain, his spokeswoman said.
  The procedure is meant to resolve bleeding due to his recent falls, Deanna Congileo said in a statement.
  Carter has fallen at least three times this year. The first incident, in the spring, required hip replacement surgery. He hit his head falling again on Oct. 6 and received 14 stitches, but still traveled to Nashville, Te
  
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• U.S. held record number of migrant kids in custody in 2019

  12-11-2019 15:02
  
  COMAYAGUA, Honduras — The 3-year-old girl traveled for weeks cradled in her father’s arms, as he set out to seek asylum in the United States. Now she won’t even look at him.
  After being forcibly separated at the border by government officials, sexually abused in U.S. foster care and deported, the once bright and beaming girl arrived back in Honduras withdrawn, anxious and angry, convinced her father abandoned her.
  He fears their bond is forever broken.
  “I think about this
  
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• Denver weather: Cold morning to warm up to nearly 60 degrees

  12-11-2019 14:55
  
  Metro area residents will see a string of warm and dry days through Friday, according to the National Weather Service.What little snow remains from Sunday’s overnight snowfall should melt quickly on Tuesday when the high is expected to be 59 degrees.
  “It’s kind of what you see, cold air comes in and gets pushed out,” said Todd Dankers, NWS meteorologist. “Most of the time we’re dry in Denver but we tend to forget with the snow.”RELATED: Denver’s se
  
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• RTD considers ticket-slashing experiment amid falling ridership

  12-11-2019 14:00
  
  RTD may ditch its higher regional fare for the N-Line when the commuter train to Denver’s north suburbs opens next year — part of an experiment aimed at boosting sagging ridership across the eight-county district while also testing the idea of one day charging a flat fare systemwide.
  A Regional Transportation District committee will meet Tuesday to consider whether to move the concept — dubbed the Promotional Fare Pilot Program — on to the full RTD board of directors for
  
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• Philadelphia sports radio director says Denver shouldn’t be allowed to have home games

  12-11-2019 14:00
  
  Someone pass me some oxygen.
  No, I’m not having trouble breathing in our crisp, thin Colorado air. I need to catch my breath after laughing at a ridiculous hot take from a Philadelphia sports radio director, tweeted last week.
  “Remember when watching tonight’s game that the home court advantage in Denver is unfair and unreasonable considering the physical disadvantage that the visiting team has,” wrote Spike Eskin of WIP radio. “Denver should not have any home game
  
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• On impeachment, Colorado Democrats in Congress inch closer to support

  12-11-2019 14:00
  
  U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, an Arvada Democrat, has been careful and cautious in his public comments about the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. But asked Friday whether he has seen grounds for impeachment, Perlmutter didn’t pause before saying, “Oh, yeah. You bet.”
  “It will be up to the Judiciary Committee, but I think the extortionist behavior that was shown with respect to Ukraine and the holding up of $400 million that was to be there for the defense again
  
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• Five big questions going into Colorado Rapids’ offseason

  12-11-2019 14:00
  
  COMMERCE CITY — The Colorado Rapids’ goal was to be playoff competitive in 2019. Through three coaches and plenty of additional upheaval, they remained alive until the final day of the season.
  With captain Tim Howard retired and coach Robin Fraser taking full control of the club, a new chapter begins at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Rapids general manager Padraig Smith is armed with cap space, three designated player (DP) slots and a load of Targeted Allocation Money (TAM) t
  
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• Denver weather: Snowfall totals double the typical amount so far this season

  12-11-2019 14:00
  
  If it feels like it’s been an unusually snowy start to the winter season across the Front Range, you’d sure be right.
  After an exceptionally snowy October, an additional 1-2 inches of snow on Monday morning further boosted Denver’s season-to-date snowfall total up to 13.7 inches. That’s based on measurements at Denver’s official climate site at Denver International Airport, which picked up 1.2 inches of snow on Monday morning.
  For context, Denver didn’t record
  
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• Cannabis party bus — Dab Space Station — goes up in flames in Lakewood

  12-11-2019 14:00
  
  A party bus — the Dab Space Station — used to take people to concerts and other events as a safe ride so clients could indulge in cannabis and not drive, was set ablaze earlier this month in Lakewood.
  The bus owner, Ryan Skidmore, 33, said he was awakened at about 5 a.m. on Nov. 4 by his roommate, Madison Karl, when she screamed out his name.
  “She came downstairs to make sure I was OK,” Skidmore said. “She told me the bus was on fire.”
  Skidmore said he got dre
  
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• Broncos Mailbag: Could Cam Newton really work for Denver?

  12-11-2019 14:00
  
  Denver Post Broncos writer Ryan O’Halloran posts his Broncos Mailbag weekly during the season.
  You can pose a Broncos- or NFL-related question for the Broncos Mailbag here. Follow Ryan for more daily updates on Twitter.
  Read an article about Denver being a possible place that Cam Newton can wind up at. If I want to be a snarky person I would say Newton would be a perfect fit as Elway likes to choose players who are always hurt. But that aside, if we did get him and he d
  
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• Pamper Yourself With Services, Meals & Beer In Denver’s Lowry Field

  12-11-2019 13:00
  
  (HOODLINE) – Spending time in Lowry Field? Get to know this Denver neighborhood by browsing its most popular local businesses, from a beer garden to a nail parlor.
  Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top places to visit in Lowry Field, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of neighborhood businesses. Read on for the results.
  Lowry Beer Garden
  Topping the list is beer outlet and gastropub Lowry Beer Garden, which serves burgers, sandwiches and mor
  
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• Colorado Avalanche Anthem Singer Jake Schroeder Reveals Motivation: Dad’s Military Service

  12-11-2019 07:59
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – He has sung the same song 949 times over the course of 23 years, and it never gets old. Jake Schroeder, who sings the national anthem at Colorado Avalanche home games said, ”It’s a big deal to sing the national anthem, and I would be mortified if I messed it up.”
  Jake Schroeder sings the national anthem at Colorado Avalanche games. (credit: CBS)
  With Veterans Day at hand, Schroeder told CBS4 how and why he thinks of his father every time he sings the
  
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• Colorado Avalanche Anthem Singer Jake Schroeder Inspired By Dad’s Military Service

  12-11-2019 07:59
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – He has sung the same song 949 times over the course of 23 years, and it never gets old. Jake Schroeder, who sings the national anthem at Colorado Avalanche home games said, ”It’s a big deal to sing the national anthem, and I would be mortified if I messed it up.”
  Jake Schroeder sings the national anthem at Colorado Avalanche games. (credit: CBS)
  With Veterans Day at hand, Schroeder told CBS4 how and why he thinks of his father every time he sings the
  
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• Search Underway In Thornton For Boys Who Ran Away Without Coats Or Shoes

  12-11-2019 06:50
  
  THONRTON, Colo. (CBS4) – Thornton police are searching for two boys who ran away Monday night without coats or shoes. The boys were last seen around 7 p.m. near West 84th Avenue and Interstate 25.Missing and Endangered Runaways, Ronnie Hernandez, 12, 5’6”, 150 Lbs, black hair, wearing black hoodie with white stripes, dark pants. Daniel Romeo, 13 (picture attached) 5’, 90 Lbs, brown hair, wearing white trash bag, neither has coat or shoes. If seen call police. pic.twitter.
  
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• Person Hit & Killed By Car On SB I-225 Near Mississippi Avenue

  12-11-2019 06:13
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – Aurora police are investigating after a pedestrian was hit and killed by a driver on southbound I-225. Officers were called to the scene around 9:30 p.m. Monday.#TrafficAlert S/B I-225 traffic has been diverted to the E. Mississippi Ave exit ramp while officers investigate a veh vs ped crash.
  Cars exiting the highway can use the entrance ramp to get right back on.
  Plz drive w/ caution & follow officers directions.No ETA for opening. pic.twitter.com/kNC9iI9tfh
  &md
  
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• Person Hit & Killed By Car On SB I-225 Near Mississippi Ave.

  12-11-2019 06:13
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – Aurora police are investigating after a pedestrian was hit and killed by a driver on southbound I-225. Officers were called to the scene around 9:30 p.m. Monday.#TrafficAlert S/B I-225 traffic has been diverted to the E. Mississippi Ave exit ramp while officers investigate a veh vs ped crash.
  Cars exiting the highway can use the entrance ramp to get right back on.
  Plz drive w/ caution & follow officers directions.No ETA for opening. pic.twitter.com/kNC9iI9tfh
  &md
  
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• Avs Anthem Singer Reveals Motivation – His Father’s Military Service: ‘I Think He’d Love It’

  12-11-2019 05:59
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – He has sung the same song 949 times over the course of 23 years, and it never gets old. Jake Schroeder, who sings the national anthem at Colorado Avalanche home games said, ”It’s a big deal to sing the national anthem, and I would be mortified if I messed it up.”
  Jake Schroeder sings the national anthem at Colorado Avalanche games. (credit: CBS)
  With Veterans Day at hand, Schroeder told CBS4 how and why he thinks of his father every time he sings the
  
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• MSU Student To Watch SCOTUS Hearing On DACA: ‘I’m Very Worried’

  12-11-2019 05:50
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Thousands of Coloradans will be following closely as President Trump’s push to end the “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” program – or DACA – goes before the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Among them, several students of Metropolitan State University-Denver.
  (credit: CBS)
  “I hope [the Court] realizes the value of a lot of the students who have it,” Eunice, a DACA recipient and senior at MSU-Denver, said.
  Eunice is an undocumented i
  
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• Plan Announced To Remove Pre WWII Munitions From Green Mountain

  12-11-2019 05:37
  
  JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Officials with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Army National Guard say they’ve decided on a plan to remove pre-World War II munitions from the Green Mountain area.
  (credit: CBS)
  The ordinances came from the Old Camp George West artillery range, which was located just north of Green Mountain.
  (credit: CBS)
  “It is a concern, we’re usually on the path so not much of a problem there. But if we go bushwhacking i
  
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• Wheat Ridge Woman Needs Help Sending 18,000 Holiday Cards To Military Members Overseas

  12-11-2019 05:34
  
  WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (CBS4) – With help from some friends, a Wheat Ridge woman has amassed 18,000 holiday cards intended for active-duty military overseas. The only problem is she needs help shipping the 600 pounds of holiday cheer.
  Marlys Halbeisen has collected 18,000 Christmas cards for overseas troops. (credit: Tamera Halbeisen)
  “My favorite pastime in the evening is sit and watch a hallmark movie and write cards to heroes,” said Marlys Halbeisen.
  The idea started about a yea
  
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