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• Beware Players That Switch Leagues At The Trade Deadline

  25-07-2015 23:32
  
  Every year it happens: Big-league trades send hitters and pitchers from the National League to the American League—and vice versa. This isn't always a good thing, though, as pitchers have a hard time adjusting going from the NL to the AL, while hitters have a hard time adjusting going from the AL to the NL.
  
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• JeffCo resident comes home to burglar

  25-07-2015 23:27
  
  Homeowner came home to find a burglar inside their residence.
          
  
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• Slow Caves breaks the stage at their first UMS performance at Irish Rover

  25-07-2015 23:21
  
  The Fort Collins-based band incubator Spokesbuzz kicked off their UMS showcase at 1 p.
  
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• 2-Alarm Fire At Cosmopolitan Hotel In Las Vegas

  25-07-2015 23:07
  
  The Clark County Fire Department called a 2nd alarm on a fire reported near a pool deck at The Cosmopolitan Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip at mid-day Saturday.
  
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• ‘Brush Off’ Event Cleans Up Capitol Hill Neighborhood

  25-07-2015 22:42
  
  People came together on Saturday to help cleanup Denver's Capitol Hill neighborhood on Saturday morning.
  
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• Troopers: Teen Driver Died In Wrong-Way Crash On I-25

  25-07-2015 22:23
  
  Colorado State Troopers said an 18-year-old driver was going the wrong way on Interstate 25 when she crashed head-on into a pickup and was killed.
  
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• Sweat out the booze with the Sour Notes, opening UMS day three

  25-07-2015 22:06
  
  Forget about coffee. The Sour Notes are waking up this 1pm Hi-Dive crowd with, as they put on their set opener, "not just rock and roll.
  
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• Man Found In Animas River Identified

  25-07-2015 22:06
  
  The man who was found in the Animas River and later died has been identified.
  
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• BLM: Idaho Cyclist Sparks Fire By Burning Used Toilet Paper

  25-07-2015 21:53
  
  Authorities say a cyclist started a 73-acre wildfire in southwest Idaho by lighting his toilet paper on fire after taking a comfort break.
  
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• Timeline of theater gunman John Russell Houser's life

  25-07-2015 21:36
  
  This timeline of the life of John Russell Houser is based on police statements, court records and Associated Press interviews.
  
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• Project Begins To Ease Congestion On Meadows Parkway In Castle Rock

  25-07-2015 21:13
  
  The Colorado Department of Transportation began a project this week to ease congestion on Meadows Parkway between The Meadows and Interstate 25 in Castle Rock.
  
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• Plague Confirmed In Squirrel Found In Golden

  25-07-2015 20:46
  
  A squirrel in Golden tested positive for the plague and the public is on alert.
  
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• Ohio zoo presses charges against man who petted cougars

  25-07-2015 20:21
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio zoo officials say they are pressing charges against a man who jumped a fence to pet cougars, then posted his video on YouTube.
  
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• Colorado Cold Cases: dying man named his killer

  25-07-2015 20:10
  
  Robert Leyba, 63, photo courtesy of the Colorado Bureau of InvestigationRobert Lee Leyba had two stab wounds in the chest as he lay bleeding in an alley beside a Commerce City trailer park.
  
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• Ghawi’s Parents React To Latest Shooting: ‘Enough Is Enough’

  25-07-2015 20:06
  
  The parents of a victim in the Aurora theater shooting are once again calling for action after a gunman opened fire in a movie theater in Louisiana.
  
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• John Force Leads Funny Car Qualifying At Mile-High Nationals

  25-07-2015 19:45
  
  John Force topped Funny Car qualifying with a Bandimere Speedway-record time of 4.015 seconds at 318.09 mph Friday night in the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals.
  
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• Donated Breast Milk From Denver Helping Newborns In Casper

  25-07-2015 19:41
  
  On Wednesday morning, 3-day-old Caysen Rohrer needed an ounce of milk.
  
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• Sex Assault Fugitive Returned To Custody

  25-07-2015 19:23
  
  A sex assault fugitive was returned to custody on Saturday morning after he turned himself in to authorities.
  
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• Denver Police investigating body found in Platte River

  25-07-2015 19:17
  
  Police are investigating the discovery of a body found in the South Platte River Saturday morning, police say.
  
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• Blood Drives In Honor Of Flight For Life Helicopter Crash

  25-07-2015 18:54
  
  Two blood drives have been organized to honor the pilot killed and two nurses injured in the Flight For Life helicopter crash in Frisco earlier this month.
  
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• Police Investigate Body Found In South Platte River

  25-07-2015 18:42
  
  Police in Denver conducted a death investigation after a body was found in the South Platte River on Saturday morning.
  
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• Police Investigate After Body Found In South Platte River

  25-07-2015 18:42
  
  Police in Denver conducted a death investigation after a body was found in the South Platte River on Saturday morning.
  
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• Body Found In South Platte River, Rescue Crews; ‘Busy Year For Us’

  25-07-2015 18:42
  
  Police in Denver conducted a death investigation after a body was found in the South Platte River on Saturday morning.
  
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• Man who drowned in Animas River identified

  25-07-2015 18:31
  
  DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — A man who was discovered in the Animas River in southwest Colorado on Thursday and later died has been identified.
  
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• Rockies Beat Reds 6-5

  25-07-2015 17:59
  
  The Colorado Rockies beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 on Friday night at Coors Field
  
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• Montrose County fined for pregnancy discrimination

  25-07-2015 17:48
  
  MONTROSE, Colo. (AP) — A jury has found Montrose County guilty of discriminating against a pregnant woman.
  
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• Rocket manufacturing and testing lab to open in Pueblo

  25-07-2015 17:48
  
  PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — A rocket launch company is opening a propulsion testing and manufacturing operation in Pueblo.
  
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• Magnitude 4.2 quake rattles inland Southern California

  25-07-2015 17:46
  
  FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — A magnitude 4.2 earthquake rattled inland Southern California but there were no reports of damage or injury.
  
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• Colorado man buys Confederate toy, shoots at it in street

  25-07-2015 17:25
  
  BELLVUE, Colo. (AP) — Authorities in Larimer County are scratching their heads over the case of a man who bought an antique toy decorated with a Confederate flag, then shot it nine times
  
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• Fatal crash closes NB I-25 at Highway 7

  25-07-2015 16:42
  
  Northbound Interstate 25 closed Saturday morning at the Erie exit following a two-vehicle crash that left at least one person dead.
          
  
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• CSU denies allegations it bought aborted body parts

  25-07-2015 16:37
  
  Despite allegations it purchased aborted babies' body parts, Colorado State University officials told the Coloradoan this week that is "just not true."
          
  
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• Man who threatened police with hatchet arrested

  25-07-2015 16:19
  
  Colorado State University police arrested a transient man Wednesday after he threatened officers with a hatchet pulled from his waistband, CSU spokeswoman Dell Rae Ciaravola said Friday.
          
  
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• Broomfield crash kills one and closes NB Interstate-25

  25-07-2015 16:03
  
  Awoman was killed and two people were hospitalized with serious injuries following a chain-reaction traffic accident involving four vehicles on northbound Interstate-25 early Saturday morning.
  
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• Plague found in squirrels in Golden

  25-07-2015 15:48
  
  Tree squirrels in Golden tested positive for the Bubonic Plague.
          
  
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• Stay in the Game: Avoid lacrosse injuries

  25-07-2015 15:44
  
  Lacrosse has become one of the fastest-growing team sports at high schools across the country.
          
  
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• Louisiana theater shooting reopens old wounds

  25-07-2015 15:40
  
  The shooting inside a Louisiana movie theater Thursday night that left two people dead hits close to home for many Coloradans still reeling from the impacts of the July 20, 2012 Aurora theater shooting.
          
  
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• Motorcyclist severely injured in Denver crash

  25-07-2015 15:39
  
  A motorcyclist was severely injured in a single-vehicle crash near the intersection of East Speer Boulevard and North Downing Street early Saturday morning.
          
  
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• Truck flees police, crashes near CSU campus

  25-07-2015 15:38
  
  The occupants of a truck tried to evade police in their vehicle and on foot Friday night. Neither attempt worked.
          
  
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• Suspect shoots Confederate toy wagon in NoCo street

  25-07-2015 15:22
  
  A man dragged a wagon decorated with a Confederate flag into a public street and opened fire last month, shocking residents in Bellvue, according to a Larimer County Sheriff's Office report.
          
  
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• Denver: 2 traffic accidents leave 3 seriously injured

  25-07-2015 15:22
  
  Three people were seriously injured early Saturday morning in two unrelated accidents less than an hour apart, according to Denver police reports.
  
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• Denver has mosquitoes with West Nile, but no emergency, officials say

  25-07-2015 08:20
  
  Denver is among the six Colorado counties where field workers have found West Nile virus in mosquitoes, but the city doesn't spray for the adult insects unless there is evidence of a serious outbreak.
  
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• Witness describes Aurora theater gunman as "a model child"

  25-07-2015 08:18
  
  The defense attorney pointed to where her client sat and then turned to the witness with a simple question: Do you recognize this man?
  
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• Denver police chief shakes up command staff

  25-07-2015 08:18
  
  Denver Police Department Chief Robert Whitemade changes this week to his command staff, giving promotions to rising stars and sendingothers back down the ranks.
  
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• Westminster man charged in hit-and-run death of Belgian journalist

  25-07-2015 08:18
  
  Cory Jack Norris, 21, has been charged with vehicular homicide in the death of a vacationing Belgian journalist killed in a Sunday hit-and-run crash in Westminster.
  
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• University of Colorado Hospital names Will Cook new CEO

  25-07-2015 08:14
  
  The University of Colorado Hospital announced Friday its next president and chief executive is Will Cook, who will take the postin September.
  
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• Woman's Rocky Ford death investigated as suspicious; suspect held

  25-07-2015 08:14
  
  Rocky Ford police, with the assistance of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found early Friday.
  
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• Pueblo lands United Launch Alliance rocket R&D operation

  25-07-2015 07:46
  
  Southern Colorado has a stellar new resident. Centennial-based rocket giant United Launch Alliance on Friday announced it will create a new engineering and propulsion testing center in Pueblo for its fleet ofrockets.
  
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• Camper describes Pike National Forest tornado

  25-07-2015 06:21
  
  The campground host at the Devil's Head Campground describes what it was like when a tornado went through on Tuesday.
          
  
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• Boulder entrepreneur out to change the way we travel

  25-07-2015 05:55
  
  Imagine starting a company with a mission to change the way we travel the world.
          
  
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• Cat found dead in plastic bag near Dillon Reservoir

  25-07-2015 05:54
  
  A cat was found dead inside a plastic bag on the shores of Dillon Reservoir.
          
  
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