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• Mayor Hancock Calls For End To Violence After Deadly Weekend In Denver

  16-03-2015 23:37
  
  Denver Mayor Michael Hancock was joined at a news conference Monday by his police chief and city council members following a string of weekend shootings that killed four people.
  
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• Englewood IDs police officers and suspect in Saturday shooting

  16-03-2015 23:22
  
  The Englewood Police Department on Monday identified a suspect and two officers involved in a shooting outside an apartment complex Saturday night.
  
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• Lack Of Quality Road Wins May Have Doomed CSU’s Tournament Chances

  16-03-2015 23:10
  
  The Colorado State Rams are still stinging after being stiff-armed out of the NCAA Tournament, but as a consolation the pulled a No. 1 seed in the National Invitation Tournament, something they unenthusiastically accepted.
  
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• Ouster of Colorado GOP Chairman Show Fissures Remain

  16-03-2015 22:39
  
  Colorado Democrats were hammered in last year's elections while Republicans had their best year in a decade. Yet it's the GOP that's ousting its state party leader and the Democrats keeping theirs.
  
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• Colorado Education Board Members Hear Testing Complaints

  16-03-2015 22:36
  
  A Colorado State Board of Education member says more than 100 parents have told him their local school districts are trying to pressure them into allowing their children to take standardized tests.
  
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• Coors Field Will Host Zac Brown Band For First Major Concert

  16-03-2015 22:30
  
  Coors Field will have its first ever major concert Friday, July 3 when Zac Brown Band hits the road for its 2015 tour.
  
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• Talks Planned About Future Of Winter Park Ski Train

  16-03-2015 22:17
  
  As the first Ski Train in six years pulled out of Denver's Union Station, a conductor checking his smartphone read out a report that traffic was already stop-and-go on the highway to the mountains.
  
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• Heat Breaking Colorado Weather Records, Raising Fire Danger

  16-03-2015 22:11
  
  The heat is breaking more weather records in Colorado and raising the risk of wildfires.
  
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• Colorado Senate Approves Repeal Of Ammunition Magazine Law

  16-03-2015 21:35
  
  Republicans in the Colorado Senate used their new majority to pass legislation Monday that would repeal a limit on the size of ammunition magazines - a law widely despised by their party and the impetus for the recall of two Democratic state senators.
  
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• Man Who Harassed Aurora Families Sentenced In Hoax-Bomb Case

  16-03-2015 21:32
  
  An Oregon man who harassed relatives of people killed in the Aurora theater shooting has been sentenced in a separate case involving hoax bomb threats at public buildings in Portland.
  
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• Tebow Time In Philly?: Former Broncos QB Works Out For Eagles

  16-03-2015 21:28
  
  Former Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow worked out Monday for the Philadelphia Eagles, a person familiar with the session told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the workout was not made public.
  
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• Denver police: Missing 11-year-old girl found safe

  16-03-2015 21:28
  
  Police in Denver say they have found a missing 11-year-old girl who disappeared Sunday night in the northwest part of the city.
  
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• Joe Cocker’s Colorado Home Back On Market For $7 Million

  16-03-2015 21:23
  
  The Colorado home of the late Joe Cocker is on the market again.
  
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• Defense In Theater Shooting Case Asks Judge To Move Trial

  16-03-2015 21:18
  
  Defense attorneys in the Colorado theater shooting case have again asked a judge to move the trial, saying most prospective jurors believe defendant James Holmes is guilty and can't set their opinions aside.
  
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• Youth Corrections Transparency Bill Advances At Colorado Capitol

  16-03-2015 21:16
  
  A bill to give the public more information about rapes, assaults and other crimes at the state's youth detention facilities has won unanimous initial approval in the Colorado House.
  
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• Win Tickets To The ACMs!

  16-03-2015 21:15
  
  The biggest stars in Country Music come together on April 19th for the 50th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards and Radio.com, Eventful, PEOPLE Country and Tasting Table want to send you there! Enter now!
  
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• Sanford Pentagon To Host Iowa State-Colorado Men’s Game

  16-03-2015 21:12
  
  The Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls will host a men's basketball matchup between Iowa State and Colorado late this year.
  
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• Colorado Lawmakers Settle Exchange Audit Measure

  16-03-2015 21:10
  
  An expanded review of the Colorado health insurance exchange awaits the governor's pen.
  
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• Win a BIG SCREEN TV!

  16-03-2015 21:08
  
  College Basketball is in full force! Enter for a chance to watch the games on the BIG Screen with a HD TV from SONY! Enter daily through March 30.
  
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• Denver police arrest 23 suspected of DUI during St. Patrick's Day patrols

  16-03-2015 20:23
  
  Police in Denver arrested 23 people on suspicion of driving under the influence between Friday and Sunday as part of the saturated patrols targeted during St.
  
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• Police: Denver deputy hit by minivan, killed in Weld County motorcycle crash

  16-03-2015 20:22
  
  A deputy who worked for the Denver Sheriff's Department for 10 years was killed in a Weld County motorcycle crash on Sunday after a minivan crossed into oncoming traffic and struck her, police
  
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• 4 Murders Take Place In 24 Hour Period Over Weekend

  16-03-2015 20:04
  
  Anti-violence activists in Denver have scheduled an open meeting Monday night outside a police office after multiple murders over the weekend.
  
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• Jon Rothstein’s 2015 March Madness Preview

  16-03-2015 19:35
  
  My big question for the committee - how did UCLA get into the bracket instead of Miami and Temple?
  
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• Colorado G Dustin Thomas Leaves The Program

  16-03-2015 19:04
  
  Sophomore guard Dustin Thomas is leaving the University of Colorado men's basketball program.
  
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• Betty White To Get Daytime Emmy’s Lifetime Achievement Award

  16-03-2015 19:03
  
  Show-biz sweetheart Betty White is about to get another dose of love, this time from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
  
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• 5 Teams Near Colorado Hoops Fans Can Root For In The Big Dance

  16-03-2015 18:58
  
  After a shocking snub on Sunday, fans of college basketball in Colorado are now left with no team that's inside state lines to root for in the NCAA Tournament.
  
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• Firefighters battle house fire north of Denver near Northglenn

  16-03-2015 18:50
  
  Fire crews north of Denver responded Monday morning to a house fire northeast of Northglenn.
  
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• When Elmo Met Zelma: Rare & Extinct Baby Names

  16-03-2015 17:56
  
  So you're having a baby girl and you want to name her Zelma. No? Okay, a baby boy and he will be named Elmo.
  
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• 30 Players: Detroit Tigers Hope Iglesias Is Fully Recovered From Injuries

  16-03-2015 17:38
  
  SS Jose Iglesias had a breakout year in 2013, but it’s been a tough road for the promising young shortstop. A healthy return could be huge for Iglesias and the Tigers in 2015.
  
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• Applewood residents concerned about fate of their neighborhood schools

  16-03-2015 17:27
  
  Proposed changes to the Manning School and Maple Grove Elementary in the Applewood neighborhood near Golden have revealed a strong connection between a community and its schools.
  
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• CSU Rams To Face South Dakota State In First Round Of NIT

  16-03-2015 16:58
  
  After getting snubbed by the selection committee of the NCAA Tournament, the CSU Rams are now looking to do damage in the National Invitational Tournament.
  
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• Elton John Calls For Dolce & Gabbana Boycott After Comments About His Children

  16-03-2015 16:43
  
  Ricky Martin, Courtney Love and Victoria Beckham are also calling out the designing duo for their comments about surrogacy.
  
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• Colorado Joining ‘Zero Deaths’ Traffic Safety Plan

  16-03-2015 16:39
  
  Colorado is signing on to a national effort to reduce traffic deaths dramatically -- all the way to zero.
  
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• Behind the Song: Tim McGraw and Faith Hill – ‘Meanwhile Back at Mama’s’

  16-03-2015 16:38
  
  When Jaren Johnston, Tom Douglas and Jeffrey Steele initially wrote the ACM Award-nominated song "Meanwhile Back at Mama's," they never intended for it to be a duet.
  
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• Flooding Awareness Takes Center Stage This Week

  16-03-2015 16:30
  
  Flood and wildfire season is just around the corner, but in Colorado, a natural disaster can strike during any month of the year.
  
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• Aurora, CU Anschutz step up for Comitis, city's only homeless shelter

  16-03-2015 16:00
  
  ;An unrelenting snowfall recently pushed Aurora's only homeless shelter to max out its resources when the kitchen ran low on food and there weren't enough beds for all the people seeking shelter.
  
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• Getting To Know Theo James, Hollywood’s Newest Brit

  16-03-2015 16:00
  
  Theo James has been heating up the silver screen since audiences worldwide saw him in the film “Divergent," and he’s not going anywhere anytime soon.
  
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• Top 5 Sports Callers Of The Week: March 9th To March 13th

  16-03-2015 15:57
  
  The Top 5 Sports Callers of the week is a weekly installment from CBS Local Sports that will bring you the wildest callers from across the nation.
  
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• Behind the Song: Keith Urban – ‘Cop Car’

  16-03-2015 15:41
  
  "Never have I heard the song written from the point of view of a guy who’s in the back of a cop car with handcuffs on, watching a girl go completely redneck crazy at the cops," Keith Urban said.
  
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• Man Accused Of Kidnapping & Stabbing Young Girls Goes To Court

  16-03-2015 15:40
  
  The Breckenridge man accused of assaulting three young girls will be in court on Monday.
  
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• Behind the Song: Dierks Bentley – ‘Drunk on a Plane’

  16-03-2015 15:40
  
  One of 2014's biggest country hits was almost a song about a hurricane.
  
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• Behind the Song: Lee Brice – ‘I Don’t Dance’

  16-03-2015 15:37
  
  "It's really simple," said Lee Brice of "I Don't Dance," his ACM Award-nominated song, "but it's so true and to the point."
  
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• Nuggets Travel To Memphis, Shoot For 5th Straight Win

  16-03-2015 15:19
  
  The two meetings between the Memphis Grizzlies and Denver Nuggets this season have resulted in the home team running their guests out of the building. The Grizzlies might have a tougher time continuing that trend Monday night.
  
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• Daily Digest: 4 dead in 4 Denver shootings since Sunday, and 9 other stories

  16-03-2015 15:13
  
  Your daily resource for late-breaking news, upcoming events, the Denver weather forecast, Denver traffic information, and the stories that will be talked about on Monday, March 16, 2015.
  
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• Denver police: 1 wounded in latest of 4 shootings — 3 of them fatal — since Sunday

  16-03-2015 14:59
  
  One person was shot and wounded early Monday in the latest of four shootings in Denver over a roughly 24-hour period that left four people dead.
  
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• Five Things: NCAA Tournament Bracket Revealed

  16-03-2015 14:49
  
  We will not have a repeat champion this year. While expected for much of the season, it became official yesterday, when Connecticut lost in the American Conference finals and was denied an at-large bid.
  
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• Denver weather: Record-breaking high — 78 — forecast for Monday

  16-03-2015 14:31
  
  Forecasters are calling for unseasonable, record-breaking warmth in Denver on Monday as temperatures are expected to top out at 78 degrees.
  
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• Behind the Song: Kenny Chesney – ‘American Kids’

  16-03-2015 13:18
  
  "'American Kids' was that one thing that I was looking for that was different," Chesney said. "There's not that many of those songs around. We're an industry of chasers and copycats, we really are. That's just the way it is."
  
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• Behind the Song: Luke Bryan – ‘Drink A Beer’

  16-03-2015 13:16
  
  "I walked up onto my tour bus that same night and played it for my bus driver and the band. I think it floored them too. We were blessed to get our hands on that one."
  
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• Animal Sanctuary Rescues Former Circus Lions

  16-03-2015 13:14
  
  The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg has agreed to take in 30 lions in need of a home.
  
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