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• Vehicle Theft Suspect Identified In Douglas County

  15-09-2015 23:57
  
  HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (CBS4)– Detectives have identified a vehicle theft suspect in Highlands Ranch as incidents of vehicle trespasses and vehicle thefts continue to increase in Douglas County.
  About 3:30 a.m. on July 16 deputies responded to a vehicle trespass in progress in the 1100 block of Jesse Court in Highlands Ranch. Deputies parked their patrol cars so they blocked the alley and walked towards the reported suspect’s vehicle.
  When they got halfway across the street the vehic
  
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• Crews Battling 80-Acre Brush Fire Near Agate In Elbert County

  15-09-2015 23:49
  
  ELBERT COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Firefighters are battling a brush fire that broke out Tuesday in Elbert County.
  The fire is burning near the town of Agate and is estimated at 80 acres just off Interstate 70 and County Road 162.
  The fire in Elbert County near Agate (credit: Elbert County Sheriff’s Office)
  According to Elbert County Sheriff Shayne Heap, the fire is 30 percent contained and one structure is threatened.
  Multiple agencies are working the fire.
  The Colorado Department o
  
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• 1 Arrested In Connection With Homicide In Commerce City

  15-09-2015 23:39
  
  COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (CBS4) – Police in Commerce City have made an arrest in connection with the death of an Aurora man.
  According to police, Zackeia Crystal White, 40, was arrested last Friday for accessory to second-degree murder in the Sept. 7 death of 56-year-old Forrest Paskins.
  Officers had been called to the area of 4900 block of Sand Creek Drive on a report of a man down. When they arrived, they found the body of a black male deceased on the shoulder of the roadway. He was later id
  
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• El Paso County Authorities Trying To Identify Body

  15-09-2015 23:34
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – Authorities in El Paso County are trying to identify the body of a man who was found July 27 north of Colorado Springs.
  The El Paso County Coroner’s Office says the man was of medium height and slim build, with brown hair and brown eyes. He has a tattoo on his left forearm that says Daniel James. He was found near Voyager Parkway. Police believe he lived a transient lifestyle.
  Authorities say the cause of death is still under investigation.
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• Minnesota Woman Celebrates Newborn’s Advances After Twin’s Death

  15-09-2015 23:24
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– The Minnesota woman who gave birth to conjoined twins where one died shortly after is celebrating the advances her surviving twin is making.
  Amber McCullough delivered the twin girls, Hannah and Olivia, by cesarean section at the Children’s Hospital last month. Doctors had to immediately separate them due to the severity of their heart condition. Olivia did not survive.
  McCullough posted on the Hannah and Olivia McCullough GoFundMe Page an update about Hann
  
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• 11 horses diagnosed with West Nile Virus across Colorado

  15-09-2015 23:21
  
  Eleven horses have been diagnosed with West Nile Virus as of Monday, according to the Colorado Department of Agriculture.
  
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• Mike Coffman’s Democratic Challenger Morgan Carroll Touts Governor’s Backing

  15-09-2015 23:18
  
  AURORA, Colo. (AP) – Colorado’s Democratic governor has endorsed the Democratic challenger in the state’s most competitive congressional race.
  Democrat Morgan Carroll announced the backing of Gov. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday. Carroll is a state senator challenging three-term Republican Rep. Mike Coffman.
  U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colorado (credit: CBS)
  The district in Denver’s eastern suburbs has become hotly contested political turf. Redistricting after the 2010 Census
  
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• Monument police arrest four for various charges including drugs, guns

  15-09-2015 23:17
  
  Fourpeople were arrested in a Monument home for numerous charges related to drugs, guns and stolen vehicles, officials said.
  
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• The Legalization of Marijuana in Colorado

  15-09-2015 23:12
  The Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area put together as a resource for parents, teachers and voters so they can see the true impact of marijuana on the state through data. It's not an editorial -- they are real stats.
  
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• Trees Showing Damage After Brutal Temperature Drop Last Year

  15-09-2015 22:43
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Trees in the Denver metro area are showing damage as the season changes from summer into fall. The damage comes from last November when the temperature dropped from a mild winter day to 18 degrees.
  In November 2014 temperatures along the Front Range dropped more than 30 degrees over a period of just a few hours.That has left thousands of trees with bark peeling off and dead leaves weeks before fall officially begins. Many different species were impacted like cherry and plum
  
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• Police: Fugitive Who Died After Arrest Took Cyanide Pill

  15-09-2015 22:20
  
  DENVER (AP) — Registered sex offender Robert Lindsay, a fugitive on the run from Maryland for two years, slipped out of a Denver-area motorcycle painting shop where he worked when police arrived to arrest him in July.
  He didn’t get far before he encountered officers working at a road construction project. He held his keys in front of him as he walked toward them and was handcuffed. He started sweating profusely and became unresponsive before he died later at a hospital.
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• Grand County sheriff on leave after shooting at burglary suspect

  15-09-2015 22:16
  
  Grand County Sheriff Brett Schroetlin is on paid administrative leave after he shot at a 20-year-old burglary suspect who was wounded early Tuesday in a confrontation with law enforcement.
  
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• Accused Police Impersonator Picks Wrong Driver To Pull Over

  15-09-2015 22:10
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A man accused of impersonating a police officer in Denver picked the wrong victim.
  According to police, on Sept. 5, Robert Montoya “illuminated blue and white flashing emergency strobe lights inside his vehicle” in an attempt to pull over a driver who turned out to be a Denver police detective in an unmarked cruiser.
  “The detective aired the incident and apprised dispatch of his location,” police said in a statement.
  Officers responded and stopped th
  
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• Making A Difference For Kids In 2 Minutes: Shopping Spree

  15-09-2015 22:00
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– It’s a shopping spree that changes the lives of children and lasts only two minutes.
  CBS4’s Britt Moreno teamed up with the Boys and Girls Clubs Director Julio Flores in a mission to make a difference in the lives of the younger generation in the Denver metro area.
  They each grabbed a shopping cart and sprinted down the aisles at Sam’s Club. It was part of a challenge to ensure each child at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver stay warm this winter and
  
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• Tickets For ‘Battle On Blake’ Hockey Game At Coors Field On Sale Friday

  15-09-2015 21:46
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Tickets for the Battle on Blake hockey game to be played at Coors Field in February will go on sale this Friday, the Colorado Rockies and the University of Denver Athletics Department announced.
  The Colorado College Tigers will play the Denver Pioneers in the Battle on Blake outdoor hockey game on Feb. 20. The puck drops at 6:10 p.m.
  Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. at Rockies.com/hockey. Prices start at $10.
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• 2 Hospitalized After Fiery Crash On South University

  15-09-2015 21:40
  
  ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Two people were hospitalized on Tuesday morning after the car they were riding in crashed and the car burst into flames.The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office says the vehicle was traveling north on University at what witnesses describe as a high rate of speed. The driver lost control and crossed over the southbound lanes and crashed into the parking lot at 6631 S. University. The car then burst into flames. (credit: CBS)
  The crash happened about 1:18 a.m
  
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• GE to move 500 U.S. jobs overseas after Ex-Im Bank lapse

  15-09-2015 21:20
  
  General Electric Co., a longtime beneficiary of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, is moving 500 jobs to France, Hungary and China after Congress halted the agency's ability to offer new financing.
  
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• Land officials to move forward with challenged horse roundup

  15-09-2015 21:13
  
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A wild horse roundup is set to start Wednesday as opponents seek an injunction to block the Bureau of Land Management's actions.
  
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• Broncos make room for T.J. Ward by waiving Curtis Marsh

  15-09-2015 20:57
  
  The Denver Broncos waived reserve cornerback Curtis Marsh to make room for safety T.J. Ward, who was reinstated from the suspended list.        
  
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• Wine and tapas? Taco Bell to serve them in Chicago

  15-09-2015 20:49
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — What kind of wine pairs best with a Chalupa? Taco Bell customers in Chicago and San Francisco will soon be able to find out.
  
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• Michigan woman contracts plague while in Colorado for Salida music festival

  15-09-2015 20:41
  
  A Michigan woman is recovering after contracting bubonic plague while visiting southern Colorado for a music festival late last month, health officials say.
  
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• Turmoil over Eaton coach Jim Danley boils over at school board meeting

  15-09-2015 20:33
  
  The turmoil surrounding this small town's iconic high school baseball coach reached a boiling point Monday night at a standing-room-only school board meeting.
  
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• FirstBank warns customers some local ATMs had illegal "skimmers"

  15-09-2015 20:33
  
  FirstBank has notified an undetermined number of customers that their accounts may have been breached atthree ATMs in the Denver and Boulder areathat had illegal skimming devices installed.
  
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• Colorado pot critic's report suggests bad side effects of legalization

  15-09-2015 20:31
  
  A new report from an organization formed to disrupt drug trafficking lists a litany of negative side effects from legalized marijuanausein Colorado.
  
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• Supersized Peyton Manning statue to be dipped in Parisian chocolate

  15-09-2015 20:27
  
  Not many sculptures get covered in chocolate, but when it comes to Peyton Manning, anything is possible.
  
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• FanDuel Weekly Roundup: NFL Week 2 Plays And Passes For The Win

  15-09-2015 20:25
  
  By Stephen Dolan
  Week 1 is in the books and now it’s time to see how coaches adjust to just one week of preparation instead of three months. The NFL’s opening weekend certainly provided some surprising performances—from rookies like Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota to veterans likes Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers.
  Quarterback
  Play: Drew Brees (vs. TB)
  Cost: $8,900
  Brees threw for 355 yards and one touchdown in the Saints Week 1 loss to the Arizona Cardinals. Despite New Or
  
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• FBI: Same Man Robbed 2 Banks Just Hours Apart

  15-09-2015 20:24
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– The FBI believes the same man robbed two banks just hours apart in Denver and changed clothes in between robberies.
  The suspect robbed the Wells Fargo Bank located at 400 S. Colorado Blvd. about 11 a.m. Monday and then about four hours later hit the US Bank at 730 N. Colorado Blvd.
  The suspect is described as a black male, about 5-foot-8 with a muscular build and a goatee. He appears to wearing a black wig and a black baseball cap with a white star, possibly Houston Astros.
  
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• DIA Passengers Rerouted To A-Bridge During Train Maintenance

  15-09-2015 20:06
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– All week some passengers at Denver International Airportwill be rerouted through security at the A-bridge while crews conduct maintenance on the underground trains.
  The trains take passengers between the terminal and A, B and C Concourses at DIA.
  This week, between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. passengers will have to go through the A-bridge security checkpoints. Passengers going to the B and C concourses will take a bus from that point to connect to their gate.
  Maintenance on the train
  
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• James Corden Sings Carpool Karaoke With Stevie Wonder

  15-09-2015 19:55
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBS) – Monday night on the “Late Late Show With James Corden” (M-F 11:37p.m.-12:37a.m. Denver Time), the host was a bit nervous for this segment of Carpool Karaoke. The camera panned to the driver, who just so happened to be Stevie Wonder.
  After Wonder revealed he didn’t have his license they decided to switch places. They drove off and Stevie began to show Corden that he had an English accent.
  Wonder didn’t believe there wasn’t any of his music i
  
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• Colorado Avalanche Players, Coaches Hit The Links

  15-09-2015 19:55
  
  CASTLE PINES, Colo. (CBS4)– On Tuesday the Colorado Avalanche players and coaches took a break from the ice and hit the links to raise money to support youth recreation.
  The Colorado Avalanche Charity Golf Classic began Tuesday morning at The Ridge at Castle Pines North Golf Course.
  Matt Duchene (credit: CBS)
  According to the Colorado Avalanche website, the event gives fans and sponsors a chance to spend the day golfing while raising money to support youth recreation, health and education
  
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• Interior Department: High-Risk Oil, Gas Wells Checks Lack Funding

  15-09-2015 19:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management lacks sufficient resources to inspect high-risk oil and gas wells on federal land as a drilling boom continues in Wyoming, Colorado and other states, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said Tuesday.
  The Obama administration has proposed a fee on oil and gas drillers that would allow the land management agency to hire more than 60 inspectors, but the proposal has not gained traction in Congress.
  The land bureau faces a “major backlog o
  
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• Man stabbed while eating at Wendy's with family in Fountain

  15-09-2015 19:33
  
  A man is in custody after allegedly stabbing a victim who was having lunch with his family at Wendy's in Fountain.
  
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• This Week In Baseball: Who To Root For If Your Team’s Out Of The MLB Playoff Hunt

  15-09-2015 19:31
  
  By Ryan Mayer, CBS Local Sports
  The MLB regular season has entered it’s final weeks and it’s starting to dawn on some fan bases that they don’t have much of a shot at making the playoffs. For other fans, their teams have been out of it since Opening Day (it’s okay Phillies fans, Ruben Amaro Jr. is gone!).
  With that realization comes the sinking feeling of not getting to watch meaningful baseball for your favorite team until next year. This can cause different reactions ra
  
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• Pueblo police: Man was killed confronting group painting gang graffiti

  15-09-2015 19:23
  
  Pueblo police saya 32-year-old man slain in a shooting Monday night was killed as he went to confront a grouppainting gang graffiti behind his home.
  
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• Coors Field hosts Sept. 18-19 Colorado Rockies BBQ Contest

  15-09-2015 19:13
  
  Our hometown baseball team might not be playing fired-up baseball atthese days, but there will still be plenty of smoke at Coors Field this weekend during the Colorado Rockies Championship
  
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• Colorado State Patrol ID's Rocky Ford man killed in train, pickup crash

  15-09-2015 19:10
  
  Authorities in southeast Colorado have identified a 53-year-old man killed Monday morning near La Junta when his pickup truckwas hit by a train.
  
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• Hunter who shot at ultralight pilot near Byers charged with assault

  15-09-2015 19:07
  
  A hunter was charged with second-degree assault and felony menacing forallegedly shooting at an ultralight pilot two weeks ago.
  
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• Map Game: Where is Sports Authority Field at Mile High?

  15-09-2015 19:04
  
   
  
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• Storm Drain Improvements Underway For North Park Hill Neighborhood

  15-09-2015 18:40
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Storm drain improvements began Monday for the North Park Hill neighborhood after spring rains caused damaging flooding for many residents.
  Homeowners in the neighborhood near 33rd and Olive woke to the sounds of construction crews early Monday and were pleasantly surprised.
  “It’s joy,” said Elton Roses, whose in-laws’ home flooded several times, “It’s hope.”
  Construction crews began working on relocating some water and gas lines in t
  
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• Denver-area child prostitution ringleader gets 120 years in prison

  15-09-2015 18:21
  
  A 43-year-old man said to be the leaderof a child prostitution ring was sentenced Tuesday to 120 years in prison for pimping two teen girls out of the Denver-area in 2012.
  
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• DA: Officer Justified In Shooting Man Holding A Knife

  15-09-2015 18:12
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey announced on Monday that a Denver Police officer was justified in the shooting death of a man who was holding a knife and refusing to comply with officers’ instructions.
  The DA’s office also released surveillance video of that incident where Officer Michael Traudt made the split-second decision to to fire at Paul Castaway on July 12. The shooting occurred just before 8 p.m. that night in the 4500 block of Morrison Road nea
  
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• Keidel: Does Anyone Really Believe That Floyd Mayweather Jr Is Retiring?

  15-09-2015 18:10
  
  By Jason Keidel
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  Now that the curtain has closed on his legendary career…
  Wait, does anyone really believe that Floyd Mayweather Jr is really retiring? 
  The lone, bedrock certainty of any boxing career is that the boxer is the last one to know it’s over, when it’s time to hang up his gloves, sure that he’s square with the squared circle. 
  The twin narcotics of cash and cachet have plagued the aging boxer for as long as they’ve paid fighters to
  
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• Aurora expects pot revenue to double in 2016

  15-09-2015 17:56
  
  Revenue from marijuana sales in Aurora is expected to more than double next year compared to this year, as a handful of pot cultivation facilities and retail shops are slated to open in 2016.
  
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• 2016 candidates jump to raise money via new Twitter service

  15-09-2015 17:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Think of it as tweeting for dollars.The social media service Twitter on Tuesday introduced a feature that enables political candidates and advocacy groups to raise money directly via its mobile application, making it quicker and easier to harvest small donations from followers.
  
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• Debate Over Longtime Eaton Baseball Coach Continues

  15-09-2015 17:48
  
  EATON, Colo. (AP) — The job status of a longtime high school baseball coach in the northern Colorado town of Eaton remains in limbo as debate from community members persists.
  Parents, players and alumni of Eaton High School weighed in at a school board meeting Monday when members of the board decided not to vote on the renewal of Jim Danley’s year-to-year contract.
  Those in support of Danley, who has been Eaton’s head coach for 44 years, said they consider him a father figure,
  
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• Red Flag Warning Issued For Eastern Colorado

  15-09-2015 17:45
  
  PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Much of eastern Colorado is under a red flag warning because of expected gusty winds and dry weather.
  Tuesday’s warning area includes the areas in and around Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Canon City, Akron and Eads.
  The National Weather Service has put the warning in effect from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
  Officials say relative humidity is expected to be as low as 12 percent and wind gusts could be up to 35 mph. Those conditions combined with warm temperatures can create extr
  
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• Sudoku - Easy - Sept. 15, 2015

  15-09-2015 17:11
  
  Today's Sudoku game.
  
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• Close Nature Of Sunday’s Win Could Pay Dividends Later For Broncos

  15-09-2015 17:05
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Would you rather watch a close football game or a blowout in which the team you’re rooting for is dominating?
  According to the CBS4 Sports poll on Monday, many more people would prefer to see their team coast to victory.Take Our PollFormer Broncos receiver and current Broncos radio analyst Ed McCaffrey said blowout wins are never undesirable, but there is value as well in a narrow victory such as the one the Broncos pulled off on Sunday.
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• Mayor’s Budget Plan Calls For More Funds For Police Body Cameras

  15-09-2015 16:56
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – They’re the newest transparency tool for the Denver Police Department — body cameras.
  “As Iturn my head, it’s scanning and looking at whatever I’m looking at,” detective Tony Weathersby told CBS4’s Tom Mustin.
  Body cameras allow officers to record potentially volatile situations. Now the funding may be there for wider use.
  On Monday Denver Mayor Michael Hancock announced his 2016 proposed Denver budget, a plan that includes $1.4 mil
  
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• Rockies Suffer Defeat At Kershaw’s Hands For 9th Straight Time

  15-09-2015 16:47
  
  Clayton Kershaw didn't have his best stuff, but he pitched well enough to beat the Colorado Rockies again.
  
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