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• Get Ready For More Zoo Lights Than Ever Before

  10-10-2015 23:40
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– This holiday season the Denver Zoo is celebrating its 25th anniversary of the Denver Zoo Lights. And the zoo is doing something special to commemorate the event.
  The Denver Zoo is nearly doubling the amount of lights with 70 acres of lights set to be on display. The zoo will also feature more than 150 animated animal sculptures.
  The zoo will light up the nights starting Dec. 4 and every night through Jan. 3, 2016.
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• CBS Sports Poll 10-10-15

  10-10-2015 23:27
  
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• Bomb Squad Investigates Suspicious Device

  10-10-2015 23:20
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– Crews with the Arapahoe County Bomb Squad investigated a suspicious device left in a field on Saturday morning that turned out to be a false alarm.
  The device was found by a man as he was walking through the field near Idalia and Mississippi. He picked it up and then called police.The bomb squad was called in to investigate. They X-rayed the device and then detonated it. The Arapahoe County Bomb Squad investigated a suspicious device in Aurora (credit: CBS)
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• Major Crime Ring Busted In Denver Metro Area

  10-10-2015 22:23
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A major crime ring in the Denver metro area has been busted for crimes they allegedly committed to feed their methamphetamine habit.
  A Denver grand jury has indicted eight people on 142 charges including burglary, identity theft and motor vehicle theft.Jesus Luna-Rodriguez, Ivan Lopez-Banuelos, Lucio Sierra-Camarena and Luz Lomeli-Lucio have been charged with violating Colorado’s Organized Crime Control Act in addition to multiple felony counts. Ivan Lopez-Banuelos and
  
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• Shooting At Tree Farm Leaves Woman Injured

  10-10-2015 21:47
  
  ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Police are trying to figure out what happened when a woman was shot while working on a tree farm in Adams County.Deputies say a woman was shot in the cheek while working at Harmony Gardens on Friday morning.It’s not clear who the gunman is but deputies believe the bullet was shot off the property.An employee at Harmony Gardens was shot in the cheek on Friday morning (credit: CBS)
  The woman’s family said she is in stable condition and remained hospita
  
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• Broncos Release Veteran Fullback James Casey

  10-10-2015 21:35
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos’ release of veteran fullback James Casey says plenty about how they’ve skewed the offense more toward Peyton Manning‘s strengths and away from coach Gary Kubiak’s trademark running style.
  The 31-year-old Casey played for Kubiak in Houston from 2009-12 and was signed in Denver to be a big part of the zone-blocking scheme.
  However, the unbeaten Broncos have put Manning more in the shotgun and pistol formations the last two ga
  
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• Halloween Decorations Stolen From Front Yard

  10-10-2015 21:32
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)– A family in Colorado Springs hopes a Halloween grinch will have a change of heart after their decorations were stolen out of their yard.Liam Graham loves Halloween. The 10-year-old spends his own money to buy the decorations to make his family’s yard the very best place for trick-or-treaters.
  Someone swiped his prize decorations this week, an inflatable Pac-Man chasing ghosts.“I got upset that somebody had taken a piece of what I like to enjoy aw
  
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• If/Then Denver Performance Features Original Broadway Stars

  10-10-2015 20:42
  
  DENVER (CBS4)-While If/Then will feature its Broadway leads on the stage, there is a fresh cast filling in behind them and that means rehearsal all in preparation for next week’s opening.
  Producer David Stone has helped bring shows like “Next to Normal” and “Wicked” to the stage and sent them out on the road. But he’s never had a show where the Broadway stars all stepped out with the tour.
  “We rehearsed in New York and Los Angeles for three weeks before
  
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• Woman Struck By Light Rail Train While Walking Across Tracks

  10-10-2015 20:15
  
  LONE TREE, Colo. (CBS4)– A woman was struck by a light rain train on Saturday morning. She was rushed to the hospital.Police in Lone Tree rushed to the Lincoln light rail station just after 10 a.m. on Saturday. A woman in her 70s was struck while walking across the tracks.
  She was rushed to the hospital with unknown injuries.The accident remains under investigation. The woman has not been identified.
  
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• Lace Up For The Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk

  10-10-2015 19:54
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Making Strides Against Breast Cancer is a breast cancer walk through the American Cancer Society that is a non-competitive 5K happening in Denver on Sunday.
  “It’s a non -competitive 5K walk that joins thousands of breast cancer survivors, their care givers, volunteers, corporate and community members, basically just to unite, raise awareness and funds to end breast cancer,” said Making Strides of Denver spokeswoman Cristina Johnson.
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• Police Search For Hit & Run Driver Who Struck, Killed Man

  10-10-2015 19:25
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Police in Denver are searching for the driver who struck two people, killing one, and sped away early Saturday morning.The two people, one man and one woman, were struck about midnight in the 3000 block of Walnut Street.The man died at the scene and the woman was rushed to the hospital with minor injuries. Police believe they were sitting in the alley when they were struck.A deadly hit-and-run in the 3000 block of Walnut Street (credit: CBS)
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• Tegna, Dish Spar Over Contract Fees

  10-10-2015 19:08
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — TV station operator Tegna Inc. has cut off Dish Network subscribers’ access to its local channels in more than three dozen markets because of a contract dispute between the two sides.
  At issue is that satellite broadcaster Dish refuses to pay the rate increase pushed by Tegna for retransmission consent fees. A new deal would allow Dish to continue carrying 46 television stations in 38 markets across 33 states operated by Tegna.
  The companies fired shots at each other
  
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• Bomb Squad Called To Hyatt Downtown, Guests Evacuated

  10-10-2015 18:21
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– The bomb squad was called to the Hyatt Regency located in downtown Denver on reports of a suspicious vehicle. Guests of the hotel were evacuated early Saturday morning.The investigation started around 11 p.m. Friday when police blocked off the streets surrounding the hotel.Hundreds of guests at the Hyatt at the Colorado Convention Center poured out into the streets a short time later when the hotel was evacuated.The bomb squad was called in to investigate a suspicious vehicl
  
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• How Colorado Colleges Develop Emergency Plans

  10-10-2015 18:10
  
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s colleges all have plans for emergencies, including shootings. Community colleges work with the state system that oversees them, while universities have more autonomy over their individual plans. All work with law enforcement to develop these plans.
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  HOW THE PLANS ARE DEVELOPED
  The Colorado Community College System, which oversees 13 campuses, hired ERCM Consulting in 2014 to advise each school about emergency plan improvements and to create a statewide tem
  
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• One person dead after hit-and-run in Denver early Saturday morning

  10-10-2015 17:31
  
  One man is dead after a vehicle hit him while he was walking and then fled early Saturday morning in Denver, officials said.
  
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• Denver police officer injured in 3-vehicle crash Saturday morning

  10-10-2015 17:31
  
  Denver police investigated a three-vehiclecrash that left a police officer with serious but non-life threateninginjuries, officials said early Saturday morning.
  
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• Downtown Denver hotel evacuated due to suspicious vehicle

  10-10-2015 17:25
  
  The Hyatt Regency Denver in downtown was evacuated early Saturday morning after a suspicious vehicle in the area prompted a bomb squad response.
  
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• Broncos hope to get Emmanuel Sanders more involved

  10-10-2015 17:05
  
  Broncos want more than three catches for EmmanuelSanders        
  
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• El Niño weather phenomenon could deliver early snow to Colorado

  10-10-2015 08:52
  
  It's looking like El Niño has grown up — at least for this winter. The periodic warming of surface waters in the Pacific Ocean, and its influence on weather patterns across North America, continues to gain strength of potentially historic proportion.
  
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• Denver jury finds anti-gang activist Terrance Roberts not guilty

  10-10-2015 08:52
  
  Denver activist Terrance Roberts, known for abandoning his life with the Bloods street gang and focusing his efforts on peace, wasacquitted Friday in the highly publicized 2013 shooting ofHasan Isaiah Jones.
  
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• Hancock says "maybe" to request for more cops, "yes" to composting

  10-10-2015 08:51
  
  Asked to up the number of Denver police recruits next year, Mayor Michael Hancock responded to the City Council request Friday by answering "maybe."
  
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• Castle Rock man was victim in Northern Arizona University shooting

  10-10-2015 08:51
  
  A student killed in an overnight shooting at Northern Arizona University graduated from Castle View High School in 2013, officials said Friday.
  
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• Colorado monthly marijuana sales eclipse $100 million mark

  10-10-2015 08:50
  
  Monthly marijuanasales in Colorado have soared past the $100 million mark for the first time, according to the August recreational and medical marijuana sales data from the state Department of Revenue released Friday.
  
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• Former Denver sheriff chief Frank Gale said he did not lie during investigation

  10-10-2015 08:48
  
  Former Denver Sheriff Department chief Frank Galeinsisted Friday that he never lied about his handling of a fellow employee's arrest, incarceration and mishandled release from the downtown jail.
  
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• Denver prosecutors: 8 charged with 142-counts in meth-based scheme

  10-10-2015 08:48
  
  Denver prosecutors on Friday announced a grand jury has handed down a 142-count indictment against eight people accused in a methamphetamine-fueled, 20-month theft scheme.
  
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• Woman in Adams County shot in head in apparent random shooting

  10-10-2015 08:47
  
  Adams County authorities are investigating after a woman was struck in the head by a bullet in an apparently random shooting near Brighton on Friday morning.
  
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• Columbus Day parade to make its way through downtown Denver Saturday

  10-10-2015 08:47
  
  The annual Columbus Day parade will make its way through downtown Denver on Saturday.
  
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• House approves bill to lift 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports

  10-10-2015 08:30
  
  Defying a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House on Friday approved a bill to lift a 40-year-old U.S. ban on crude oil exports. Supporters argued that an ongoing boom in oil and gas drilling has made the 1970s-era restrictions obsolete.
  
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• Elite Pass Rushers Highlight Broncos’ Visit To Raiders

  10-10-2015 06:37
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — While much of Aldon Smith’s focus will be on trying to bring down Denver quarterback Peyton Manning, Oakland’s pass rusher also will be in a little competition with the Broncos’ edge rushers.
  With Smith and teammate Khalil Mack on one side and Denver’s DeMarcus Ware and Von Miller on the other, the game Sunday between the Raiders (2-2) and Broncos (4-0) will feature some of the best pass rushers around.
  “There’s definitely going to
  
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• Criminal Mischief Charges Filed In School Of Mines Vandalism Case

  10-10-2015 06:04
  
  GOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4)– More than three months after two vandals broke into a research lab at the Colorado School of Mines, criminal charges against a student have been filed.
  The Jefferson County District Attorney filed felony criminal mischief as well as misdemeanor reckless endangerment charges against one of the alleged suspects Friday, but an arrest warrant is still pending.
  Overnight on July 4, two men broke into the General Research Lab (GRL) causing nearly $1 million in damage.
  
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• Lakewood police take robbery suspect to hospital with self-inflicted injuries

  10-10-2015 05:48
  
  Police arrested a man wanted on a robbery charge after a standoff that lasted several hours Friday afternoon and then took him to a hospital with self-inflicted injuries, authorities say.
  
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• Punkin’ Chunkin’ Is The Biggest Gourd-Launching Competition In The U.S.

  10-10-2015 05:31
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– The largest gourd-launching competition is happening in Aurora on Saturday and Sunday. Punkin Chunkin Colorado will host 20 teams from across Colorado and the country to set up for the competition.It’s an annual ritual where teams launch pumpkins nearly a mile with homemade launchers. Visitors can cheer for their favorite team and enjoy some ale from local breweries.The teams are preparing their gourd-launching machines for the 18th annual Punkin Chunkin games o
  
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• Bear With 2 Strikes Put Down, Cubs To Be Relocated

  10-10-2015 05:20
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)– A bear known to get too close to humans has been captured and euthanized in Boulder. Her two cubs will most likely be relocated.Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials first spotted the bear in August. They tagged and released her but she showed up again on Thursday in a backyard in Iris Avenue. One of the bear cubs (credit: Boulder Daily Camera)
  Bears only get two strikes in Colorado before they’re euthanized.The bears two cubs were also captured on Thursday. Wi
  
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• Sen. Bennet Plans To Change Non-Paid Sick Days For Workers

  10-10-2015 05:09
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– There is a new push to get paid sick leave for workers in Colorado. Sen. Micheal Bennet has a plan to change the current system which leaves about 40 percent of workers in the state without paid leave for sick days.“Even when I’m not feeling well I have to decide should I go to work? If I don’t work, my pay is not going to be enough for me to maybe buy food,” said healthcare worker Brenda Lozada. “If I’m going half sick to work i’m n
  
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• Man Charged With Cruelty In Dog’s Death

  10-10-2015 04:34
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A man has been charged with leaving his eight-month-old dog in a hot car in June. That dog then had to be euthanized.Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey has formally charged Dane Hampel with one count of aggravated cruelty to animals.On June 24, a law enforcement officer discovered the unconscious and unresponsive dog inside a parked car near 12th Avenue and Delaware Street and contacted animal control. The dog was taken to the emergency veterinarian at the Denver Anima
  
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• Man Charged With Impersonating A Police Officer, Assaulting Woman

  10-10-2015 04:24
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A man has been charged with impersonating a police officer and assaulting a woman.
  Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey has formally charged Morris Fate with third-degree assault and impersonating a peace officer.
  On Tuesday, Fate, 32, offered a ride to a woman in the 1700 block of Xenia Street. The charges allege that he threatened her, then grabbed her and claimed to be a police officer as he showed her a badge.
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  The victim was able to get away and Fate wa
  
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• Man Charged In 2010 Cold Case Sexual Assault After Victim Passed Away

  10-10-2015 04:14
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A man has been charged in connection with a 2010 cold case sexual assault of a teenager, even though the victim passed away in 2012.Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey has formally charged Gabino Otero-Labra with one count of sexual assault.
  The charges allege that on March 29, 2010, Otero-Labra sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl whom he had befriended. Otero-Labra was 24 years old at the time of the assault. The assault allegedly occurred at Otero-Labra’s home
  
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• Tools of area's early visitors get public debut at CU-Boulder

  10-10-2015 04:10
  
  So many people in this town these days. It's hardly recognizable anymore. That would possibly be one of the reactions of some of the earliest known visitors to the Boulder Valley, who frequented the area 13,000 years ago — and left some of their tools behind.
  
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• Denver Zoo Visitors Can See Baby Zebra In The Yard

  10-10-2015 03:25
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Visitor to the Denver Zoo can see the newest member of the Zebra herd running around the yard. Bosley was born on Thursday.
  The little guy is an adorable Grevy’s zebra. His mother, Farasi, gave birth while on exhibit in the yard around noon on Thursday.
  Zookeepers say the mom and baby bonded instantly. Bosley was in the yard on Friday for all the visitors to see.
  Bosley was born at the Denver Zoo on Thursday (credit: Denver Zoo)
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• EPA Reduces Estimate Of Sediment Release At Superfund Site

  10-10-2015 02:30
  
  DENVER (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says between 500 and 600 gallons of sediment-bearing water was released from a pond at a western Colorado Superfund site, not 2,000 gallons as the agency first reported.
  The EPA released the revised estimate Friday.
  The agency says a contractor was using a vacuum truck to transfer treated water from the holding pond into a creek on Tuesday and inadvertently picked up sediment as well as water.
  The pond contains water flowing from the inacti
  
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• CBS Sports Poll 10-09-15

  10-10-2015 02:03
  
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• Running Groups Help Support Marathon Training

  10-10-2015 01:57
  
  WESTMINSTER, Colo (CBS4) – Nearly 15,000 runners will turn out for the Rock ‘n’ Roll Denver Marathon. For many of them, crossing the finish line will be a huge accomplishment. It’s the payoff for a lot of hard work, and many found support from running groups.
  Runner’s Edge of The Rockies meets early Saturday mornings at various locations around the Denver metro area. Members stretch and stand around sharing stories and support before they head out on their run. Ever
  
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• I-70 mountain corridor switches to daytime work

  10-10-2015 01:43
  
  Nightly congestion on the Interstate 70 mountain corridor is giving way to weekday congestion, as crews work to finish a tolled express lane by the end of the year.
  
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• Denver files charges in cold case sexual assault on 13-year-old girl

  10-10-2015 01:30
  
  The Denver District Attorney's office has filed a sexual assault charge against a man for molesting a 13-year-old girl even though the victim has since died of cancer.
  
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• Aurora teacher arrested for indecent exposure at YMCA

  10-10-2015 01:28
  
  A Wheeling Elementary School teacher has been placed on administrative leave following his arrest in Littleton on a charge of indecent exposure, school officials say.
  
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• ‘I Could Be Dead’: Woman Avoids Becoming Victim Thanks To News Reports

  10-10-2015 01:23
  
  WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (CBS4)– One woman avoided becoming a victim of a fake police officer after watching news reports warning residents about an increase in police impersonation incidents.
  There have been eight recent police impersonation cases along the Front Range. But the most recent was different than previous cases.
  It happened about 6:35 p.m. Wednesday at a home in the 3900 block of Parfet Street near 38th and Kipling.
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  “Joanie” told CBS4’s Howard Nathan,
  
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• Denver's Saint Joseph Hospital hires Jamie Smith as new president

  10-10-2015 01:04
  
  Jameson "Jamie" Smith, a veteran hospital administrator, has been hired as president of Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver.
  
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• Colorado Jackpot Added to National Lotto Fraud Investigation

  10-10-2015 00:53
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Lottery officials in Iowa say jackpots won in Colorado and Wisconsin are now part of a national lottery fraud investigation.The investigation centers around a former lottery vendor named Eddie Tipton who was recently sentenced to 10 years in prison for rigging a computerized Hot Lotto game in an attempt to win a $14 million jackpot in Iowa. Prosecutors say Tipton inserted a stealth program into the computer that randomly picked the winning numbers.Friday, the Iowa Department
  
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