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• 49 Immigrants Take Oath Of Allegiance At History Colorado Center

  26-08-2015 23:59
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Forty-nine immigrants from 27 countries are now U.S. citizens after they took the Oath of Allegiance Wednesday afternoon at the History Colorado Center in Denver.
  “It was my dream to be citizen of America, I love the country,” an immigrant said.
  Rep. Mike Coffman shakes the hand of a new American citizen (credit: CBS)
  The naturalization ceremony had multiple guest speakers including U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman and Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams.
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• Manning welcomes Mathis, 49ers

  26-08-2015 23:58
  
  Peyton Manning welcomes Evan Mathis, practice"doesn't stink"against 49ers        
  
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• ‘It Was Heinous … He Tortured Her’ Says Juror About Murder Of Lakewood Lawyer

  26-08-2015 23:32
  
  GOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4) – A man with a long criminal history accused of raping and killing a family attorney was found guilty on multiple charges on Tuesday.
  Warren Watson, 54, had been released from prison early and was on parole when he killed 61-year-old Claudia Miller in her office in Lakewood back in March of 2013. It was a case that shook the Lakewood community as well as many who work out of the courthouse where Claudia Miller was a familiar face.
  Claudia Miller (credit: Miller Family)
  
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• Tanker Fire Starts Brush Fire Off I-25

  26-08-2015 23:00
  
  DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– A tanker fire that spread to nearby brush near the Douglas- El Paso County line shut down all lanes of Interstate 25 on Wednesday afternoon.
  The tanker was hauling jet fuel when something went wrong and it caught fire between Monument and Larkspur about 12:30 p.m. The fire from the tanker started a small brush fire. The brush fire was named “Greenland Open Space Fire” and had grown to 250 acres by 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.A tanker hauling jet fuel burst
  
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• Peter Kostis On The Barclays: ‘Distance Isn’t Necessarily A Factor’

  26-08-2015 22:46
  
  By Dave Shedloski
  The ninth year of the PGA TOUR’s FedExCup Playoffs begins Thursday at Plainfield Country Club in Edison, New Jersey, with The Barclays, a 72-hole stroke-play tournament reserved for the top 125 players in the season-long points race.
  The Barclays, the first of four events in the playoff series, offers a purse of $8.25 million and a chance to get a jump on the ultimate prize, the $10 million bonus and the FedExCup. Of the 125 players who qualified, 119 will compete at Plai
  
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• Ex-New Mexico School Administrator Wanted In Denver In Custody

  26-08-2015 22:45
  
  DENVER (AP) – A former Albuquerque, New Mexico, school administrator who faces child sex abuse charges in Colorado has been booked into a Denver jail a day after a judge issued a warrant for his arrest.
  Denver County Jail records show Timothy Jason Martinez was booked Wednesday on a no-bond hold. Authorities say he violated the terms of an earlier bond agreement when he left the state without court permission.
  Martinez worked for Denver Public Schools for 10 years, ending in 2012. He was h
  
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• Mexico Airlifts Big Cats, Coyote To Wild Animal Sanctuary In Keenesburg

  26-08-2015 22:40
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexican environmental authorities loaded eight lions, two lynxes, a puma and a coyote aboard two military planes for a trip to a Colorado wildlife sanctuary on Wednesday, after the animals were found mistreated or abandoned.
  The flight aboard two Mexican Navy transport aircraft was the second instalment in an airlift that will eventually take about two dozen animals to The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg.
  Biologist Ignacio Millan said it was the first time Mexico&rsq
  
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• Theater Shooting Judge: ‘Defendant Does Not Deserve Any Sympathy’

  26-08-2015 22:31
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) – The man who unleashed a murderous attack on a packed Aurora movie theater was ordered Wednesday to serve life in prison without parole plus 3,318 years – the maximum allowed by law – before the judge told deputies, “Get the defendant out of my courtroom, please.”
  The gallery applauded the remark by Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. as he gaveled the hearing to a close, ending a grueling three-year wait to see the gunman brought to justice. Sur
  
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• Kidnapping Suspect Arrested In Aurora, Accused Of Stealing Car

  26-08-2015 22:23
  
  JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– The man wanted for allegedly kidnapping a teenage driver, telling him he had a gun and forcing him to drive to Pueblo, has been arrested.
  After a variety of tips from both citizens and law enforcement the suspect was identified as Dakota Holand.
  Police believe Holand, 20, forced a 16-year-old to drive him to Pueblo from Conifer last week.
  Police in Pueblo searched for a kidnapping suspect wanted for making a teen drive him from Jefferson County to Puebl
  
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• Tanker fire south of Castle Rock ignites grass blaze; long I-25 delays

  26-08-2015 22:14
  
  The Colorado State Patrol is reporting lengthy delays on Interstate 25 south of Castle Rock after a tanker truck hauling jet fuel caught fire and ignited a growing grass blaze.
  
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• Colorado jury convicts man who put woman's body in Rubbermaid box

  26-08-2015 22:11
  
  An Arapahoe County jury on Wednesday convicted a man of murdering a woman he later stuffed in a Rubbermaid container and carried around with him from house to house.
  
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• Jeffco School Board Recall Could Influence Other Districts ‘Stakes So High’

  26-08-2015 22:08
  
  JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Voters in Jefferson County will head to the polls later this fall to vote on whether to recall three school board members who have gone head-to-head with the teacher’s union. The results of that vote could impact school districts across Colorado.
  Supporters of the board have purchased thousands of dollars in television ads to keepschool board members Ken Witt, Julie Williams and John Newkirk in their positions. The three are conservatives who took cont
  
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• Theater review: "The Book of Mormon" returns as an energetic, musical powerhouse

  26-08-2015 22:07
  
  The wildly entertaining andequally profanesatiricalmusical "The Book of Mormon," the product of Colorado's "South Park" creators, is back for a third rousing run with a first-rate cast.
  
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• Arvada shopping center sells for $54.9 million

  26-08-2015 22:02
  
  An Illinois-based real estate firm has purchased the Arvada Marketplace-Connection shopping center at the northeast corner of Interstate 70 and Wadsworth Boulevard for $54.9 million.
  
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• Police Release Sketch Of Burglar Who Entered Home With Woman Inside

  26-08-2015 22:00
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Police in Denver would like the public’s help identifying a burglar who entered a residence while a woman was home.
  According to police, the suspect entered a residence near East 52nd Avenue and Sherman Street.
  “A lone female was in the residence at the time of the offense,” police said in a statement.
  The suspect is described as a white male in his late 40s or early 50s with blue eyes, a beard and mustache. He was wearing a baseball cap and long-sleeve sh
  
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• Reporter, cameraman killed on air; suspect in hospital

  26-08-2015 21:59
  
  MONETA, Va. (AP) — A TV reporter and cameraman were shot to death on live television Wednesday by their former colleague, a journalist who also recorded himself carrying out the killings and then posted the video on social media.
  
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• Federal prosecutors seek ways to reduce tribal violence during Indian Country conference

  26-08-2015 21:59
  
  Federal prosecutors from the Four Corners area are considering new strategies to decreaseviolence against women and children on American Indian lands including providing tribal law enforcement
  
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• Xerox to hire 300 at Highlands Ranch call center

  26-08-2015 21:52
  
  Xerox said Wednesday that it plans to add 300 customer service jobs at a call center in Highlands Ranch.
  
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• Two Aspen music school students killed in car crash

  26-08-2015 21:32
  
  Two students from the Aspen Music Festival and School died Monday night in a car accident near Rock Springs, Wyoming, the festival's president said Tuesday.
  
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• Tanker Fire Shuts Down I-25 South Of Metro Area, Starts Brush Fire

  26-08-2015 21:32
  
  DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– A tanker fire that spread to nearby brush near the Douglas- El Paso County line shut down all lanes of Interstate 25 on Wednesday afternoon.
  The tanker was hauling jet fuel when something went wrong and it caught fire between Monument and Larkspur. The fire from the tanker started a small brush fire. A tanker hauling jet fuel burst into flames on I-25 (credit: Colorado State Patrol)
  The brush fire has burned between 50 and 100 acres. No structures are endanger
  
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• Judge imposes 12 life sentences plus 3,318 years on Aurora theater shooting gunman

  26-08-2015 21:31
  
  CENTENNIAL — Closing out the Aurora theater shooting trial on Wednesday, Judge Carlos Samour Jr.
  
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• Why bears are roaming to unusual spots, including Denver

  26-08-2015 21:07
  
  Black bears along the Front Range this summer are getting into their usual mischief —breaking into vehicles, bashing beehives and raiding chicken coops — insomeunusual places, including an overnight forayinto the heart of Denver.
  
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• Officers remove activists' tent after clash at Denver courthouse

  26-08-2015 21:05
  
  Agroup of activist shouted profanities at Denver police officers as they removed a tent that had been set-up in front of a Denver courthouse Wednesday morning.
  
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• The best art exhibit of summer 2015: See it "Now" at the MCA Denver

  26-08-2015 20:52
  
  The problem with now is that as soon as you conjure it up it becomes then. Even the tiny amount of time it takes your brain to process a single moment pushes it into the past, and the more youcontemplate that moment, the farther it recedes into history.
  
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• Broncos Notebook: Aug. 26, 2015

  26-08-2015 20:49
  
  San Francisco 49er running back Jarryd Hayne has taken an unusual route to the NFL.Hayne has played professional rugby in his native Australia for the past 9 years.He decided to give the NFL a try and the 49ers signed him as a free agent this offseason.In two preseason games, Hayne is averaging a startling 21.6 yards per punt return and has led the Niners in rushing yards in both of games.
  (credit: Dave Wille)
  – Update from CBS4 Sports Photojournalist Dave Wille
  San Francisco 49er Quarterb
  
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• Western Uranium to raise capital as it prepares for Colorado project

  26-08-2015 20:45
  
  Western Uranium Corp. plans to raise funds and seek a U.S. share listing after next month's completion of its $13 million share deal to buy Australia's Black Range Minerals Ltd.
  
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• Rifle Range Fire In Grand County 80 Percent Contained

  26-08-2015 20:39
  
  GRAND COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – A wildfire in Colorado’s high country was 80 percent contained on Wednesday morning as fire crews battle warm temperatures and dry conditions. Crews hope to have it 100 percent contained by the end of the day.
  The Rifle Range Fire started Monday and on Wednesday was estimated at nearly 625 acres.
  The fire is burning near Hot Sulphur Springs and Granby in Grand County. Fire crews continue to battle the blaze in the air and on the ground.
  The Byers Ran
  
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• EPA: Underestimated water pressure led to Colorado mine spill

  26-08-2015 20:34
  
  The Environmental Protection Agency apparently never checked water pressure levels behind the collapsed opening of the Gold King Mine, inpart because of cost and time oversights that could
  
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• Denver Water To Continue Adding Fluroide To Drinking System

  26-08-2015 20:18
  
  DENVER (AP) — Denver Water will continue adding fluoride to the drinking water of some 1.3 million Coloradans.
  That’s the decision Wednesday from the water board. Fluoride was under debate after the federal government announced new standards in April.
  Attorneys for the water board had recommended the utility continue the practice
  The vote comes as fluoridation opponents claim it damages teeth and bones. State health officials maintain fluoride improves oral health.
  The U.S. Departmen
  
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• Investigation: EPA, State Underestimated Spill Potential

  26-08-2015 20:09
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — An internal government investigation has found that federal and state regulators underestimated the potential for a blowout from a Colorado mine, documents released Wednesday show.
  Investigators concluded the federal Environmental Protection Agency and state regulators underestimated how much water pressure had built up inside the inactive mine before a government cleanup crew triggered the release, according to the documents released by the EPA.
  The agency previousl
  
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• Colorado Springs K-9 unit arrests fugitive sex offender

  26-08-2015 19:58
  
  A fugitive sex offender who refused to leave his hotel room voluntarily eventually complied "without incident" when K-9 officers arrived at the scene early Wednesday morning.
  
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• Vail Resorts, Breckenridge reach agreement on lift ticket tax scrap

  26-08-2015 19:53
  
  Vail Resorts and the Town of Breckenridge have reached an agreement on a November ballot measure that will ask the town's voters to approve long-term funding for parking projects through a tax
  
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• 11 New ‘Amazing Race’ Teams Take Off

  26-08-2015 19:52
  
  VENICE BEACH, CA (CBS) — Eleven new teams take off on the journey of a lifetime from Venice Beach, CA and head for Rio de Janerio as they race for the $1 million dollar prize.
  THIS JUST IN: Get your first look at the new season of the #AmazingRace:ow.ly/RmKVW http://t.co/xaJjRNFjFj—The Amazing Race (@AmazingRace_CBS) August 25, 2015
  Once they arrive teams will take a thrilling helicopter ride and face a huge decision on the Fast Forward, on the season premiere of “The Amazing R
  
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• Some Dish channels go dark due to spat with their owner

  26-08-2015 19:43
  
  Dish Network said Wednesday that 129 local stations in 79 markets have gone dark for its customers because of a fight with the channels' owner, Sinclair Broadcasting.
  
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• Aurora Theater Gunman Sentenced To 12 Life Sentences, 3,318 Years In Prison

  26-08-2015 19:15
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4) – The theater shooting trial came to an end Wednesday when the judge formally sentenced James Holmes 12 life sentences without the possibility of parole plus 3,318 years in prison to be served consecutively. It was the maximum sentence and one never seen before in Colorado.
  Judge Carlos A. Samour had to decide if he would sentence the shooter to one of the longest sentences in criminal history. Aurora theater gunman James Holmes during his sentencing on Wednesday (
  
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• "Diary of a Teenage Girl" review: Sexuality from a woman's viewpoint

  26-08-2015 19:02
  
  In "Diary of a Teenage Girl," a bell-bottomed California 15-year-old girl comes of age in 1970s San Francisco.
  
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• RTD Mall shuttles may be too quiet for public safety

  26-08-2015 18:59
  
  New, electric shuttles for the always busy16th Street Mall will be so quiet that they are raising concerns they could be a hazard to an already distracted public.
  
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• Karis Community Hosts Day of Service Volunteers

  26-08-2015 18:58
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Xcel Energy is signing up volunteers from all over the state to participate in Day of Service. For three hours on Saturday, September 12, thousands of volunteers will be helping out at nearly 60 different projects set up by the energy company.
  Karis Community in Denver is hosting one of the projects. Volunteers will be painting the basket weave fence that surrounds the property. Last year the non-profit received a grant to fix up the fence and put in a new gate, now it needs
  
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• Pueblo County commissioner seeks marijuana tax-funded college scholarships

  26-08-2015 18:51
  
  A Pueblo County commissioneris proposing a ballot measure for a program to fund college scholarships through a marijuana excise tax.
  
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• Kidnapping Suspect Ordered Teen To ‘Shut Up And Drive’

  26-08-2015 18:31
  
  JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Authorities along the Front Range are searching for a kidnapping suspect who told a 16-year-old to “Shut up and drive” him from Jefferson County to Pueblo.The victim, a teenager, stopped at a King Soopers located at 25637 Conifer Road about 3:45 p.m. on Aug. 20. He was on his way home.When he returned to his Jeep Wrangler and got inside, he noticed the rear passenger door was open and an adult male inside. The man told the teen he had a gun and o
  
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• Jefferson County teen kidnapped, ordered to drive to Pueblo

  26-08-2015 18:19
  
  Jefferson County deputies are searching for a man who kidnapped a 16-year-old boyand forced him to drive his Jeep to Pueblo, authorities say.
  
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• Judge Formally Sentences James Holmes To Life In Prison

  26-08-2015 17:52
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — James Holmes was an angry quitter who gave up on life and turned his hatred into murder and mayhem against innocent victims in a Colorado movie theater, the judge said Wednesday before formally sentencing him to life in prison.
  “It is almost impossible to comprehend how a human being is capable of such acts,” Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. said.
  Samour contrasted Holmes’ bloody assault with the compassion of a juror who voted for a life sentence inste
  
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• The Latest: Somber Final Sentencing For Theater Shooter

  26-08-2015 17:43
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — The latest in the sentencing phase of the Colorado theater shooting trial:
  9:40 a.m.
  The Colorado theater shooter has no chance of getting released for good behavior.
  But the judge giving him his final sentence Wednesday had to read that possibility anyway.
  Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. was reading generic sentencing language before handing down Holmes’ term on more than 100 criminal convictions, from attempted murder to weapons charges.
  A jury already has given
  
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• The Latest: Judge Gives Holmes The Maximum, Orders Him Away

  26-08-2015 17:43
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — The latest in the sentencing phase of the Colorado theater shooting trial:
  11:30 a.m.
  The judge in the Colorado theater shooting case has sentenced James Holmes to the maximum possible 3,318 years in prison.
  Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. then told a bailiff to “get the defendant out of my courtroom, please,” as he gaveled to a close the arduous three-year wait to see the shooter put away.
  The gallery crowd applauded at the judge’s remark.
  The shackle
  
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• Higher Learning: Colorado County Mulls Scholarship Pot Tax

  26-08-2015 17:41
  
  DENVER (AP) — Talk about higher learning. A Colorado county may create the world’s first public college scholarship program funded with marijuana money.
  Pueblo County is considering a 5 percent excise tax on marijuana growers, with half the proceeds designated to a scholarship fund that boosters say would be the first of its kind.
  The southern Colorado county has more square footage of recreational marijuana growing than any other county in the state. Pueblo allows growing outside an
  
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• Denver Water To Vote On Fluoride In Drinking System

  26-08-2015 17:39
  
  DENVER (AP) — Denver Water will decide whether to change its policy of adding fluoride to its delivery system after the federal government announced new standards in April.
  Attorneys for the water board have recommended the utility continue the practice, but a formal vote is required Wednesday.
  The vote comes as fluoridation opponents claim it damages teeth and bones. State health officials maintain fluoride improves oral health.
  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services lowered its
  
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• Denver Water To Continue Adding Fluoride To Drinking System

  26-08-2015 17:39
  
  DENVER (AP) – Denver Water will continue adding fluoride to the drinking water of some 1.3 million Coloradans.
  That’s the decision Wednesday from the water board. Fluoride was under debate after the federal government announced new standards in April.
  Attorneys for the water board had recommended the utility continue the practice
  The vote comes as fluoridation opponents claim it damages teeth and bones. State health officials maintain fluoride improves oral health.
  The U.S. Departmen
  
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• Congressman lambastes EPA for not providing Colorado mine spill documents

  26-08-2015 17:24
  
  The Texas representative who chairs the Congressional Science, Space, and Technology Committee lambasted the Environmental Protection Agency's chief Tuesday for failing to hastily release
  
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• Colorado Republicans cancel presidential vote at 2016 caucus

  26-08-2015 16:48
  
  Colorado will not vote for a Republican candidate for president at its 2016 caucus after party leaders approved a little-noticed shift that maydiminish the state's clout in the most open nomination contest in the modern era.
  
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• Broncos Part Ways With Kicker Connor Barth

  26-08-2015 16:37
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The Broncos announced on Wednesday morning that they have released kicker Connor Barth.
  Barth was competing with Brandon McManus during training camp and it appears McManus has won that competition.
  Barth was signed by the Broncos mid season last year and handled placekicking duties.
  Brandon McManus (credit: CBS)
  McManus was cut by the Broncos last summer, but was re-signed late in the season to do kickoff duties.
  
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