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• Henthorn Case In Hands of Jury, Victim’s Brother Wants To ‘Beat His Ass’

  18-09-2015 23:56
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The murder case against Harold Henthorn, 59, went to an eight-man, four-woman federal jury just after noon Friday.
  Henthorn is charged with killing his second wife, Toni, by shoving her off a cliff in Rocky Mountain National Park in 2012 during an anniversary hike.
  “The honest opinion is I want to beat his ass’, said Dr. Barry Bertolet, Toni Henthorn’s brother, shortly after the jury began their deliberations. “I do think it’s an excellent case
  
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• Grass Fire Near Kersey Grows To Nearly 4,800, I-76 Reopens

  18-09-2015 23:43
  
  KERSEY, Colo. (CBS4)– Smoke billowed from a wildfire burning approximately 4,793 acres approximately 5  miles from Interstate 76 between Roggen and Keenesburg in Weld County Friday afternoon.
  The fire is burning near the area of Highway 34 at Weld County Road 69 south to I-76. Both directions of I-76 were closed just after 2:30 p.m. because of the fire. The highway reopened at approximately 3:30 p.m.
  Multiple agencies have been called to help battle the blaze. The plume of smoke
  
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• Viral Video: Is This Woman Allowed To Save A Parking Spot This Way?

  18-09-2015 23:16
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Those who have driven in downtown Denver know parking can be a nightmare, but video of what one woman did to save a spot near Larimer Square has gone viral.
  In the video a woman in an SUV can be heard yelling at another woman standing in a parking spot to save it. The driver is attempting to back into the parking spot and the woman standing there is bracing herself against the back of the vehicle.
  “You can’t do that!” the woman in the SUV yells.
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• 2015 Last Year For Rock ‘n’ Roll Denver Marathon

  18-09-2015 23:13
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Series will no longer host a 26.2-mile marathon distance in Denver. Organizers says that starting in 2016 they’ll focus on the ½ marathon, 10K, and 5K distances.
  “After several meetings with the City of Denver we are collectively focusing our resources on operating the premier half-marathon in the state of Colorado,” said Alan Culpepper, former Olympic runner and Vice President of the Rock ‘n’ Roll
  
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• Broncos' DeMarcus Ware is dominating at 33 years old

  18-09-2015 22:49
  
  Broncos pass rusher DeMarcus Ware is dominating        
  
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• Environmentalists Challenging Some Of West’s Largest Mines

  18-09-2015 22:45
  
  DENVER (AP) – Boosted by a recent victory in Colorado, an environmental group is expanding its legal campaign to try stop coal mining because of climate change by challenging permits for some of the largest mines in the West.
  This time, New Mexico-based WildEarth Guardians is asking that a federal judge block mining at the Antelope Mine and Black Thunder mines in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin, the El Segundo Mine in New Mexico and the Bowie No. 2 Mine in Colorado.
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• Jury Deliberates Fate Of Man Accused In Wife’s Cliff Death

  18-09-2015 22:41
  
  DENVER (AP) – A federal jury on Friday began deliberating the fate of a man accused of pushing his wife to her death off a remote cliff in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park.
  The jury of eight women and four men must decide whether to convict Harold Henthorn, 59, of first-degree murder in the death of his second wife, a wealthy Mississippi native. She died after falling about 130 feet in a remote area where the couple was hiking Sept. 29, 2012, their 12th wedding anniversary.
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• Keidel: Mayweather Is Great, But Far From The Greatest Ever

  18-09-2015 22:38
  
  By Jason Keidel
  More ColumnsPantheon – noun
  a domed circular temple at Rome, erected a.d. 120–124 by Hadrian,used as a church since a.d.
  a public building containing tombs or memorials of the illustrious dead of a nation.
  the place of the heroes or idols of any group, individual, movement, pa
  
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• Researchers Find Heavy Metals Along Animas River After Mine Spill

  18-09-2015 22:33
  
  DENVER (AP) – Researchers say they found scattered accumulations of heavy metals along a 60-mile stretch of riverbank in Colorado and New Mexico a month after the Gold King Mine wastewater spill and say that any potential threat to crops and livestock should be studied further.
  David Weindorf of Texas Tech University and Kevin Lombard of New Mexico State University said they found patches of discolored sludge containing elevated levels of iron, copper, zinc, arsenic and lead along the Anim
  
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• Front Range Community College Told To Evacuate After Threat On Social Media

  18-09-2015 22:19
  
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – An emergency alert was sent out Friday afternoon for people to evacuate Front Range Community College in Fort Collins.
  The alert stated, “An Evacuation Order has been issued for the Larimer Campus. Do not come to campus until instructed. If on campus, take your belongings and evacuate the campus.”
  (credit: CBS)
  According to FRCC, the Larimer Campus received a report of an individual making a threat against a student and instructor on the FRCC Larime
  
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• Sports Authority Field at Mile High Map Game: Here are the results

  18-09-2015 21:35
  
   
  
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• Murdered Cab Driver Remembered At Memorial

  18-09-2015 21:28
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Fellow cab drivers joined friends and family to remember a cab driver who was shot and killed earlier this month. They gathered for a memorial ceremony on Friday morning.On Sept. 5, Bloomquist, 49, was shot and killed in his cab after receiving a call to 20000 East Mitchell Place in Green Valley Ranch. According to Metro Taxi, Bloomquist was shot in the head during a robbery.
  Police have arrested a 17-year-old in the deadly shooting. The teen remained in custody in the Gilli
  
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• Peyton Manning heard about his woes over breakfast

  18-09-2015 21:18
  
  Peyton Manningheard allabout whatpeopleweresaying about himover breakfast        
  
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• Democratic candidate Martin O'Malley talks marijuana in 2016 campaign

  18-09-2015 20:57
  
  In a visit to Denver, Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley said he is looking to Colorado as he considerswhether to support federal legalization of marijuana.
  
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• Denver sees stronger economic trends than nation, Census report finds

  18-09-2015 20:56
  
  Finally, workers in Denver and the rest of Colorado are carrying a little more money in their wallets.
  
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• Denver weather: Mild temperatures expected Friday; snow at RMNP

  18-09-2015 20:54
  
  Forecasters are calling for mild temperatures Friday in Denver as the city heads into its last summer weekend this year.
  
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• Denver police arrest juvenile in cabbie's Green Valley Ranch slaying

  18-09-2015 20:54
  
  Denver police said Thursday they have arrested a juvenile male inconnection with the fatal shooting of a cab driver earlier this month in the city's Green Valley Ranch neighborhood.
  
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• Possible Bomb Threat Evacuates Library In Jefferson County

  18-09-2015 20:48
  
  WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (CBS4)– A possible bomb threat has forced officials to evacuate a branch of the Jefferson County library in Wheat Ridge.Officers investigated the possible threat and suspicious device at 3227 Chase just after noon on Friday.Copter4 flew over the building in Wheat Ridge where a suspicious device was found (credit: CBS)
  The building is a branch of the library that is also used as a senior resources building.The Jeffco Bomb Squad arrived to investigate the device. (credit:
  
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• Miss Colorado appears on The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  18-09-2015 20:44
  
  GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Miss Colorado has added to her winnings from Sunday's Miss America competition after making an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
  
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• WATCH: Pedestrian and Land Rover fight over parking spot in downtown Denver, nobody wins

  18-09-2015 20:37
  
  Spotted: A Denver woman aggressively saving a parking spot downtown, steps away from Tom's Urban and Larimer Square.
  
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• Smoke Billows From Wildfire Burning Near Kersey

  18-09-2015 20:27
  
  KERSEY, Colo. (CBS4)– Smoke billowed from a wildfire burning near Kersey in Weld County on Friday afternoon.
  The fire is burning near the area of Highway 34 at Weld County Road 69 south to Interstate 76.Multiple agencies have been called to help battle the blaze.There is reduced visibility in the area. The size of the fire has not been estimated.What caused the fire is being investigated. It is unclear whether any structures are threatened.
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• Lawyer: Man Charged In Cliff Death Tried To Kill Wife Before

  18-09-2015 20:11
  
  DENVER (AP) — A man charged with pushing his wife to her death from a cliff as they celebrated their wedding anniversary in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park tried to kill her once before, a prosecutor said in closing arguments Friday in the man’s federal murder trial.
  Assistant U.S. Attorney Suneeta Hazra told jurors that Harold Henthorn dropped a 20-foot beam on Toni Henthorn while they were working on their mountain cabin more than a year before her 2012 death. The bea
  
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• Carl Schorske, Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar, dead at 100

  18-09-2015 19:43
  NEW YORK (AP) — Carl E. Schorske, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and popular classroom lecturer whose "Fin-De-Siecle Vienna" is widely regarded as a classic work of intellectual scholarship, has died.
  
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• Top 5 Wildest Sports Callers Of The Week: September 14th-September 18th

  18-09-2015 19:39
  
  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.
  Number 5: In this week’s episode we start with Adam from Miami who called in to the Joe Rose show on 560 WQAM to explain why he’s part of a group of guys who pay for anti-Al Golden banners to fly over Miami football games. 
  Number 4: Checking in at four is Kimberly from Atlanta who joined Rick and Jamie on 92.
  
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• Guilty Plea From Man Who Vandalized Officer Memorial

  18-09-2015 19:04
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– The man accused of vandalizing the Fallen Officer Memorial in the plaza at the Denver Police Headquarters has pleaded guilty.
  Robert Guerrero pleaded guilty on Thursday to criminal mischief and was immediately sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay $2,500 in restitution. Robert Guerrero and Matthew Goldberg(credit: Denver Police Department)
  In court, Guerrero apologized for crossing the line from free speech to vandalism.Guerrero, 25, poured and sprayed paint ov
  
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• Last Weekend Of Summer Will Bring Peak Fall Color To Parts Of Colorado

  18-09-2015 18:51
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Can you believe it’s already the last weekend of summer 2015?
  Fall arrives in Colorado at 2:21 a.m. on Wed., Sept. 23 with the Autumnal equinox.
  But even though the calendar doesn’t officially say fall it already feels like it in parts of the high country where overnight lows are consistently dropping into the 20s near and above tree line.The chilly temperatures are helping produce peak to near peak conditions for fall color in elevations above 9,000 feet along
  
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• Murder Suspect Changes Plea To Not Guilty By Reason Of Insanity

  18-09-2015 18:36
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– The man accused of murdering his wife after eating marijuana edibles has changed his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.
  Richard Kirk appeared in court on Friday morning where the plea was changed from not guilty to not guilty by reason of insanity in the shooting death of his wife.
  Kirk was arrested after he allegedly shot and killed his wife in April 2014 while she was on the phone with a 911 dispatcher. A search warrant revealed that Kirk had eaten marijuana-infused
  
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• Game RECAP: Broncos win in Kansas City

  18-09-2015 18:29
  
  #WeAreBRONCOS fan chat with a recap of Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs.        
  
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• Thornton Police Search For Bank Robber

  18-09-2015 18:28
  
  THORNTON, Colo. (CBS4)– Police in Thornton are searching for a man who robbed a Wells Fargo Bank on Thursday morning.Officers rushed to the bank located at 9828 N. Grant Street in reference to a robbery.Witnesses say an adult male entered the bank and approached a teller. The suspect then demanded money and ran northbound, away from the bank into an older model Chevy Blazer. Police were able to get surveillance photos of the suspect vehicle. Police in Thornton search for a suspect who robb
  
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• Indecent Exposure Suspect Wanted In Arapahoe County

  18-09-2015 18:10
  
  ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– A man who is exposing his genitals in Arapahoe County is wanted by authorities.
  Investigators with the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office says a man exposed himself behind the Subway restaurant at 20971 E. Smoky Hill Road between 10:30 a.m and 11:30 a.m. on both July 24 and July 31.
  Deputies say he was standing near the trees behind the Subway when he exposed his genitals. The man then left the area by walking east.
  Anyone with information regarding these
  
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• Rocky Mountain National Park Gets Light Snow From Cold Front

  18-09-2015 17:57
  
  ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (AP) — Parts of northern Colorado are getting an early taste of winter.
  Light snow was on the ground in Rocky Mountain National Park on Friday morning after a cold front dropped temperatures into the 20s there. Trail Ridge Road is also temporarily closed until ice on the roadway melted.Cameron Pass on Friday morning (credit: CDOT)
  Snow was also reported on nearby Cameron Pass.
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• The Latest: Shooting suspect's friend pleads not guilty

  18-09-2015 17:48
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The latest on the Charleston church shooting, including the case against a friend of the suspect (all times local):11:35 a.
  
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• Broncos Week 2 Report Card: Grade the Denver Broncos' performance vs. Kansas City Chiefs

  18-09-2015 17:48
  
  Grade the Broncos' defense, offense, coaching and special teams performance in their Week 2 win over the Kansas City Chiefs.
  
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• The Latest: Closing Arguments Set In Trial Over Cliff Death

  18-09-2015 17:43
  
  DENVER (AP) — The latest in the trial of a Colorado man charged with pushing his wife from a cliff:8:50 a.m.
  Closing arguments are scheduled Friday in the trial of a man accused of pushing his wife to her death in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park during a hike to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
  Defense attorneys for 59-year-old Harold Henthorn rested their case Thursday without calling any witnesses during the trial in federal court in Denver.
  Henthorn is charged with fir
  
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• Experts say El Nino winter may benefit southwestern Colorado

  18-09-2015 17:23
  
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Experts are predicting this El Nino season could mean higher-than-average snowfall in southwestern Colorado.
  
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• Sudoku - Easy - Sept. 18, 2015

  18-09-2015 16:51
  
  This is the Denver Post's Sudoku game for Friday, Sept. 18, 2015.
  
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• Johnson Controls plans to cut 3,000 from salaried workforce

  18-09-2015 16:28
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Auto parts maker Johnson Controls plans to cut 3,000 salaried employees from its global workforce over the next two years as part of a cost-reduction push.
  
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• 2 Lone Tree officers injured on I-25 when vehicle slams into patrol cars

  18-09-2015 16:18
  
  Two Lone Tree police officers were injured early Friday after their patrol cars were struck by a vehicle on the shoulder of Interstate 25.
  
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• Morgan County authorities seek Brush-area girl, 16, missing for a week

  18-09-2015 16:09
  
  Morgan County authorities are searching for a missing 16-year-old girl last seen Saturday evening near Brush.
  
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• Fort Carson Welcoming Home Soldiers From Iraq

  18-09-2015 16:08
  
  FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) — Fort Carson is welcoming home about 20 soldiers who have been supporting the military intervention against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
  The soldiers returning Friday are members of the 4th Infantry Division and were sent to Iraq in December. Fort Carson says they provided radar coverage at Al Asad Air Base for more than 900 U.S. and coalition forces.
  All were awarded Combat Action Badges for attacks on the air base in February and March.
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• Denver I-25 crash clear near Sports Authority Field

  18-09-2015 15:22
  
  A Friday morning crash in the southbound lanes of Interstate 25 near Sports Authority Field at Mile Highin Denver has been cleared.
  
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• Closing Arguments Friday In Rocky Mountain Nat’l Park Death

  18-09-2015 15:10
  
  DENVER (AP) — Closing arguments are scheduled Friday in the case of a man accused of pushing his wife to her death.
  in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park.
  Jurors for 59-year-old Harold Henthorn rested their case Thursday without calling any witnesses during the trial in federal court in Denver.
  Harold and Toni Henthorn (courtesy to CBS)
  He’s charged with first-degree murder in the death of his second wife, Mississippi native Toni Henthorn, who fell about 130 feet in a remo
  
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• Crash At I-25 & 23rd Ave. Causes Major Traffic Backups

  18-09-2015 15:04
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– An early morning crash on Interstate 25 at 23rd Avenue caused major backups during Friday’s commute.
  The crash happened in the southbound lanes just before 6 a.m. Friday. Traffic was backed up for miles to U.S. 36.
  Copter4 flew over the crash at I-25 and 23rd Avenue (credit: CBS)Copter4 flew over the scene where headlights and brake lights could be seen stretching several miles in each direction.
  Once the accident scene was cleared traffic started to move but it was ex
  
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• Team Grades: Denver’s Defense Takes What’s Theirs

  18-09-2015 15:00
  
  By Mark Schiff
  If the Kansas City Chiefs want to claim the AFC West crown from the Denver Broncos, they’re going to have to take it—just like Denver did.
  Keyed by another lights-out defensive performance, the Broncos scored two touchdowns in a span of :09 seconds during the game’s final minute to pull out an astonishing 31-24 victory in Kansas City on Thursday night. With the win, the Broncos set an NFL record for most consecutive road wins against divisional opponents at 13, a
  
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• 2 Lone Tree Police Officers Injured In I-25 Crash

  18-09-2015 14:42
  
  LONE TREE, Colo. (CBS4)– Two Lone Tree police officers were involved in a crash early Friday morning that left them with minor injuries.The officers were conducting an investigation following a traffic stop on northbound Interstate 25 north of Lincoln Avenue about 12:50 a.m. Friday.Investigators say the two Lone Tree Police vehicles parked on the right shoulder of I-25 when a vehicle driven by an adult male struck one of the officer’s patrol vehicles. That patrol vehicle was pushed i
  
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• Thornton police investigating Thursday Wells Fargo Bank robbery

  18-09-2015 14:27
  
  Thornton police are investigating a bank robbery Thursday morning. The robbery happened at about 11 a.m. at the Wells Fargo Bank on the 9800 North Grant Street.
  
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• Joke With The Pope

  18-09-2015 14:24
  
  “Donate” a joke to support a cause, and you might be named Honorary Comedic Advisor to the Pope…and that cause will receive $10,000.
  
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• Manning Proves He Still Has It In Comeback Win Over Chiefs

  18-09-2015 14:16
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — All those doubters who kept saying that Peyton Manning was washed up, that his arm strength was depleted and his drive for championships diminished?
  He silenced them along with everyone else in Arrowhead Stadium on Thursday night.
  Manning calmly led the Broncos to a tying touchdown in the final minute, then watched from the sideline as Denver cornerback Bradley Roby returned Jamaal Charles’ fumble 21 yards for another score with 27 seconds left to cap a stunni
  
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• Man faces 18 years in death solved by Scrooge McDuck jewelry

  18-09-2015 13:23
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man is facing 18 years in prison for his role in a killing that police solved by tracking a gold chain and medallion featuring the Disney character Scrooge McDuck.
  
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• Colorado, Colorado State Players Linked By Theater Shooting

  18-09-2015 13:17
  
  DENVER (AP) — Zack Golditch and Jordan Murphy have never met. Yet, they share a strong connection through football and a tragedy inside a movie complex.
  Golditch, a sophomore starting left tackle for Colorado State, was shot in the neck as he sat in an adjacent theater on July 20, 2012, when James Holmes murdered 12 people and tried to kill 70 more during a midnight showing of the Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises,” in a suburb of Denver.
  In the main theater that night, Murph
  
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