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• Controversial New Bike Lanes On Boulder’s Folsom Street Might Be Removed

  26-09-2015 23:37
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – The City of Boulder might remove the controversial bike lanes on Folsom Street.
  In June the city removed a lane of traffic in both directions to make way for bike lanes, but drivers argued the project just created more traffic. City officials are now recommending the city council return Folsom Street back to two lanes in both directions.
  The council will make a final decision on whether to get rid of the bike lanes at its meeting Tuesday.
  
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• Holly Square fills with dancing, eating, music and community

  26-09-2015 23:16
  
  Parents, kids and kids at heart took off throughout the Holly Square on a scavenger hunt promising exercise, neighborhood history and a walking tour of the area.
  
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• Spruce, Lindsay Lead Colorado Past Nicholls State 48-0

  26-09-2015 23:10
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) – The Colorado Buffaloes head into Pac-12 play riding their first three-game winning streak in seven years following a 48-0 rout of Nicholls State on Saturday.
  Buffs coach Mike MacIntyre’s son, Jay, scored his first collegiate touchdown, Nelson Spruce set another school receiving record and Jared Bell picked off two passes in Colorado’s first shutout since a 24-0 whitewash of Wyoming on Sept. 19, 2009.
  Even three trips inside the Colonels’ 10-yard line
  
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• Two firefighters injured in Cherry Hills Village house fire

  26-09-2015 23:04
  
  Two firefighters suffered minor injuries while battling a house fire in Cherry Hills Village on Saturday afternoon, officials said.
  
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• Buddhist-Inspired University In Boulder Contemplates Killing Prairie Dogs

  26-09-2015 22:19
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – One university’s plans to remove prairie dogs from its campus is drawing sharp criticism. The fact it’s a Buddhist-inspired school only adds to the controversy.
  Naropa University in Boulder has been trying to resolve the prairie dog issue on its east campus at 63rd Street and Arapahoe Avenue.
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  The university says it’s counted 250 prairie dog burrows on its campus. School officials say they’ve spent four years trying to find a new
  
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• Rockies Hit 3 Homers In 4th Inning, Beat Dodgers 7-4

  26-09-2015 20:53
  
  The Colorado Rockies began their second straight series against a playoff contender and fared better against Los Angeles than they did against Pittsburgh.
  
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• Broomfield police: Suspect riddled dealer with bullets, 'wanted to make sure he was dead'

  26-09-2015 20:29
  
  Broomfield police allege the suspect in afatal shooting Saturday nightriddled his heroin dealer with bullets before firing a final shot into the back of the victim's head "to make sure he was dead," according to court records.
  
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• Aurora officers show young girl that women also wear the badge

  26-09-2015 18:27
  
  A four-year-old girl from Aurora got a special visit from female police officers who showed her that women wear the badge, too.
  
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• Bridge work causes delays along eastbound I-70

  26-09-2015 18:07
  
  Portions of Interstate 70 are heavily backed up on Saturday morning due to bridge work, officials said.
  
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• Fog spreads across Colorado Saturday morning

  26-09-2015 17:55
  Dense fog is creeping through portions of Colorado on Saturday morning, forecasters said. The National Weather Service in Boulder said that areas of fog will be present over portions of southeast Colorado in the morning.
  
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• Colorado Clergy Hold Vigil To Honor Pope’s Message

  26-09-2015 17:25
  
  DENVER (AP) – Clergy and members of congregations from across the state are planning to honor the visit of Pope Francis to the United States on Saturday by recognizing people at the edges of society, listening to their stories and washing their feet in front of an immigration and detention center.
  The ceremony will be held at the GEO Immigration Detention Center in Denver, where the evangelical coalition Together Colorado says many people in need are incarcerated. The ceremony will include
  
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• Families, friends of murder victims gather in Denver

  26-09-2015 09:55
  
  With tears spilling down her cheeks, Cindy Jones told an audience who knew grief all too well about her murdered son, Nathan Leon.
  
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• Denver Zoo ditches plans to convert elephant dung for electricity

  26-09-2015 09:55
  
  The Denver Zoo has haltedplans for an innovative biomass gasification system that would have turned animal waste into energy — at least for now.
  
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• Big money in fantasy football attracts fans and legal scrutiny

  26-09-2015 09:55
  
  Peter Jennings works four computer screens mounted on the wall ofa converted office in his elegant Lone Tree condominium, a reality of big-time fantasy football.
  
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• Westminster man pleads guilty in disappearance, death of Pueblo teen

  26-09-2015 09:44
  
  A 24-year-old Westminster man accepted a plea deal Fridayin the disappearance and death of a Pueblo teen last year, despite protests from the teen's family that the agreement be rejected.
  
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• Man who tried to arrange sex with teen on Facebook sentenced to 21 years

  26-09-2015 07:30
  
  A 33-year-old man who brought fake rose petals and two video cameras to a meeting with a 13-year-old girl, planning to have "sex with a virgin," has been sentenced to 21 years in prison, authorities say.
  
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• El Paso County authorities say teen suspect killed by Fountain cop

  26-09-2015 07:29
  
  The person fatally shot by a Fountain police officer Thursday afternoon wasa 17-year-old boy,officials said Friday.
  
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• Denver verdict: $3.7 million against drug treatment facility

  26-09-2015 07:26
  
  A Denver juryawarded $3.7 millionFriday to a woman who sued a drug addiction treatment center that promised her its patented genetic formula would repair her brain and cure her drug addiction.
  
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• Mesa County prosecutors charge hunter in shooting death of 14-year-old boy

  26-09-2015 07:20
  
  Mesa County prosecutors Friday filed felony charges against a man whoauthorities sayfatally shot a 14-year-old boy this month while hunting on national forest land in western Colorado.
  
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• Saturday's Holly Square block party features free food, shoe giveaway

  26-09-2015 07:17
  
  A block party in Holly Square promises walking tours, food competitions, a shoe giveaway and entertainment Saturday.
  
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• Woman Hopes ‘Hunger Pacemaker’ Is Weight Loss Solution

  26-09-2015 06:00
  
  CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (CBS4)– If you’ve tried everything and still can’t lose weight, a small implant some call the “hunger pacemaker” may be the answer to fighting obesity. It was approved by the FDA in January and promises to zap away hunger.
  CBS4 Health Specialist Kathy Walsh got to see the first vBloc procedure performed in Colorado.
  “I’m ready. Let’s do this,” said Lyra Repplinger of Castle Rock.
  It’s unusual to be excited about an op
  
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• Boulder man who died climbing Mount Sopris identified

  26-09-2015 06:00
  
  A hiker who died Thursday on Mount Sopris has been identified. Robert Baumgartner, 73, of Boulder, died of "coronary artery disease" while ascending the 12,966-foot peak near Aspen, according to the Pitkin County Coroner's Office.
  
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• Clerk Kim Davis switching parties to become a Republican

  26-09-2015 05:49
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, a longtime Democrat, says she is switching to the Republican Party because she feels abandoned by Democrats in her crusade against same-sex marriage.
  
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• Mentally challenged man nets one-year jail term for teen sex assault

  26-09-2015 03:30
  
  A 20-year-old man, described in court Friday as "developmentally disabled," was sentenced to a year in jail for sexually assaulting a teenage girlduring an alleged group attack.
  
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• Denver Police Search For Attack Suspect

  26-09-2015 03:30
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Police in Denver searched for an attack suspect who targeted a woman who was walking alone at night.
  About 10 p.m. Thursday, an adult female was walking to her vehicle in the 4900 block alley between Irving and Julian Street when she was attacked by an unknown male.
  During the course of the attack the suspect committed an unlawful sexual contact and grabbed for the victim’s purse.
  The suspect is described as being a dark-skinned white or Hispanic male with short dark h
  
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• Team Edith Gains Momentum At Rock ‘n’ Roll Denver Marathon

  26-09-2015 02:33
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – During the Rock ‘n’ Roll Denver Marathon, many of the runners will be raising money to fight cancer. They’ll be running as part of Team Edith.
  Team Edith is the title charity at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Denver Marathon. The organization raises money and awareness for the Edith Sanford Breast Foundation, which does research into breast cancer on the genetic level and develop treatments specific to the patient.
  LINK: The Edith Sanford Breast Foundation
  
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• Feds Want Gunsmoke Owner To Forfeit Firearms Seized In Raid

  26-09-2015 02:32
  
  WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (CBS4)– Federal authorities want the owner of Gunsmoke, Inc. gun shop in Wheat Ridge to forfeit hundreds of firearms and other items seized in a raid in March.
  The gun shop was the subject of the now cancelled reality show “American Guns” on the Discovery Channel starring Rich Wyatt. Now its plot seems more like a crime movie and Gunsmoke is without its guns.
  It was March 31 when federal agents raided the gun shop. Hundreds of firearms, along with ammunition
  
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• Loveland Artist Creates 30-Story Image Of The Pope

  26-09-2015 02:20
  
  LOVELAND, Colo (CBS4)– In a quiet studio in Loveland, Van Hecht-Nielsen combines two of his life’s passions, religion and art.
  “It’s a big part of my expression of faith and love of God,” Hecht-Nielsen told CBS4.
  His artistic talent and his religious zeal were tapped to paint a particularly important portrait.
  “This mural is 30 stories high,” Hecht-Nielsen said.
  The painting is enormous, designed to honor a man of enormous influence world-wide. It took 1
  
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• Sex Offender Claimed He Needed To ‘Have Sex With Virgin’ For Educational Purposes

  26-09-2015 01:56
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4)– A sex offender who tried to have sex with a 13-year-old child and told her he was a “sexology” student and needed to have sex with a virgin for educational purposes has been sentenced to 21 years in prison.
  Benjamin Clinton Stribling started talking to the child on Facebook in the summer of 2013 and offered her money to have sex with him. He told her that he was a college student who was studying sexology and said that he needed to have sex with a virg
  
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• Denver Housing Authority Opens Voucher Lottery Sign-Up

  26-09-2015 01:54
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The Denver Housing Authority opened up a two day sign-up period for its Housing Choice Voucher program. The Denver Housing Authority manages 6,732 vouchers, which provides financial rental assistance to those in need.
  Last year, the lottery program had a record number of applicants at 26,0001 and organizers of the program expect even more this year.
  “That says to our state… there’s a need for housing. There’s a critical need for housing,”
  
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• FDA Panel Discusses Further Testing Of Popular Birth Control Device

  26-09-2015 01:35
  
  DENVER (CBS4) During a daylong hearing in Silver Spring, Maryland, members of the Food and Drug Administration’s Obstetrics and Gynecology Devices Panel heard testimony for and against a popular form of permanent birth control called Essure.
  A summary of that hearing indicates that Bayer HealthCare, the maker of the Essure device, presented information about product development and physician training, statistics about safety and effectiveness of Essure, as well as real world experience of
  
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• Former Denver nightclub destroyed after Friday afternoon fire

  26-09-2015 01:32
  
  The Denver Fire Department is responding to a structure fire at the former Dead Beat Club in southeast Denver late Friday afternoon.
  
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• 2 Killed When Motorcycle Crashes Into Semi

  26-09-2015 01:29
  
  FORT LUPTON, Colo. (CBS4)– Two people riding a motorcycle were killed on Friday after after they crashed into a semi on Highway 85.
  It happened at Hwy. 85 and Weld County Road 18 in Fort Lupton.Officers said the motorcycle slid in front of the truck, went underneath and ruptured the motorcycle’s fuel tank.Both the motorcycle and the semi were involved in an explosion. The man and woman on the motorcycle were killed, the semi driver survived. Copter4 flew over a deadly crash involving
  
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• This Month May Be Among Top 5 Driest Septembers On Record

  26-09-2015 01:00
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– September may wind up in the top five driest on record in Colorado and also has a good shot at being the warmest on record. This is really doing a number on the fire danger across the state.
  Right now there are twelve counties with some type of fire ban or restriction because of the dry hot fall that just began a couple of days ago. Some of those counties include Boulder, Gilpin, Clear Creek, Jefferson, Arapahoe, Elbert and Lincoln.
  (credit: CBS)
  And as we head closer toward
  
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• ‘Pop Up’ Bike Lane Encourages Cycling, Drivers To Share Road

  26-09-2015 01:00
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A pop up bike lane made a three day appearance along a heavily-traveled section of Broadway through downtown to test an idea that could demonstrate the future of commuting in Denver.
  The pop up bike lane was installed between Bayaud and First Avenue on Friday. It will remain there through Sunday.
  “A pop up bike lane is an opportunity for city staff to take a lane of traffic and install temporarily a bike lane to show what it might look like in the future,” said B
  
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• Vacant Nightclub Engulfed In Flames, Sends Black Smoke Over Denver

  26-09-2015 00:44
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A two-alarm fire at a vacant nightclub in Denver sent plumes of black smoke over the metro area on Friday afternoon.The fire engulfed the nightclub, formerly known as the “Deadbeat Club” at Evans and Colorado. All lanes of Evans between Colorado and Birch were closed while firefighters battled the blaze.
  Copter4 flew over an abandoned nightclub at Evans and Colorado on Friday (credit: CBS)
  Copter4 flew over the fire which sent up huge plumes of black smoke over I
  
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• Two die in fiery Fort Lupton crash involving motorcycle, semi-trailer

  26-09-2015 00:36
  
  A man and a woman were killed Thursday in Fort Lupton in a fiery, high-speed collision between a motorcycle and semi-trailer.
  
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• Speaker Boehner resigns from Congress, victory for tea party

  26-09-2015 00:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Plunging Congress into deeper turmoil, House Speaker John Boehner abruptly announced his resignation Friday, shutting down a tea party drive to depose the nation's highest-ranking Republican but opening up fresh troubles for the GOP.
  
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• Texas Man Donates Super Hero Casket For Murdered Toddler’s Funeral

  26-09-2015 00:17
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A man from Texas donated a super hero casket to the family of a toddler who was killed this week. Detectives have arrested his cousin in the death.
  Donnie Ro’mello Romero was found in a closed container with a cord wrapped around his neck in an apartment in the 2500 block of S. Sheridan Boulevard on Monday. He was one week away from his third birthday.
  Donnie Ro’mello Romero (credit: CBS)
  On Friday, Donnie’s family members received the casket at Denver Inte
  
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• Southwest Colorado plane crash near Pagosa Springs kills two

  26-09-2015 00:12
  
  Two people are dead after a single-engine plane crashed Friday morning about seven miles south of Pagosa Springs, authorities say.
  
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• Peyton Manning Pass Tracker

  26-09-2015 00:12
  
  We're tracking Peyton Manning as he passes his way past Brett Favre to number one on the NFL's list of all-time passing yardage
  
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• Dalai Lama cancels next month's Boulder visit over health concerns

  26-09-2015 00:11
  
  Citing medical reasons, the Dalai Lama is canceling his planned visit to Boulder and the University of Colorado next month. The Tibetan spiritual leader will not be able to attend any of his planned events in the United States next month after a medical evaluation at the Mayo Clinic on Thursday, CU officials said.
  
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