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• Wildfire Burns 13 Homes In Wyoming, 50 Percent Contained

  13-10-2015 23:53
  
  CASPER, Wyo. (CBS4)– Evacuations could be lifted on Tuesday night for people forced to leave their homes because of a large wildfire burning in Wyoming.According to the Casper Star Tribune the fire burning near Cole Creek is about 50 percent contained. Thirteen homes have burned since the fire started over the weekend.It has grown to at least 9,000 acres. Crews had to evacuate more than 500 homes as flames approached the residential areas.“When I saw the flames literally coming over
  
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• A field guide to the 2016 presidential candidates

  13-10-2015 23:42
  
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• Library Patrons Can Now ‘Check Out’ A 7-Day Colorado State Parks Pass

  13-10-2015 23:31
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – When going to the library next time, along with a good book, why not check out a seven-day pass to any of Colorado’s state parks?
  Colorado Parks and Wildlife has teamed up with eight libraries across Colorado for the Check-Out Colorado State Park Program. The program offers residents the ability to check out one of two seven-day hang-tag park passes at each library. The pass is good for entrance to all 42 state parks.
  The passes also include a backpack filled with par
  
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• Planned Parenthood changes fetal-tissue reimbursement policy

  13-10-2015 23:17
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Responding to a furor over undercover videos, Planned Parenthood says it will maintain programs at some of its clinics that make fetal tissue available for research, but will cover the costs itself rather than accepting any reimbursement.
  
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• Trial opens for Colorado school official charged with abuse

  13-10-2015 23:01
  
  DENVER (AP) — A man whose hiring led to the resignation of Albuquerque's school superintendent is on trial in Denver for allegedly sexually abusing two boys.
  
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• Woman Accused Of Having Child Porn On Cellphone Formally Charged

  13-10-2015 22:45
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A woman accused of having sexually exploitive material of minors on her cellphone has been formally charged.
  According to Lynn Kimbrough with the district attorney’s office, Sabrina Davis, 31, has been charged with one count of sexual exploitation of a child.
  “The charge alleges that she had sexually exploitive material of a 9-year-old family member and another 6-year-old boy, ” Kimbrough said in a statement.
  Davis remains in custody on a $2,000 bond after
  
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• Rist Canyon Shows Off New Fire Station After It Was Destroyed In Fire

  13-10-2015 22:40
  
  RIST CANYON, Colo. (CBS4)– Firefighters in Rist Canyon showed off their new fire station on Tuesday morning. They celebrated with an uncoupling of fire hoses to put the fire house officially in business.The original station on Whale Rock Road was burned in 2012 in the High Park Fire northwest of Fort Collins along with 254 homes. Some firefighters also lost their homes. The new Rist Canyon fire house (credit: CBS)
  The community is thankful to have the fire station back.
  “I think by p
  
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• Lockheed likely to face competition for next batch of GPS satellites

  13-10-2015 22:39
  
  Lockheed Martin is likely to face competition from Boeing and Northrop Grumman for billions of dollars in contracts to build as many as 22 improved GPS satellites, accordingto a top U.S. Air Force procurement official.
  
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• Chart: Which MLB umpires performed the worst in replay reviews?

  13-10-2015 22:29
  
  More than 1,300 replays were reviewed in the MLB in 2015. Here's which umpires had their calls overturned the most often.
  
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• Correction: DEM 2016-Clinton-Trump story

  13-10-2015 22:27
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a story Oct. 12 about Hillary Rodham Clinton appearing outside of Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the establishment is a casino.
  
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• Ex-Chicago Public Schools CEO pleads guilty, apologizes

  13-10-2015 22:22
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — An hour after pleading guilty to her role in a scheme to steer $23 million in no-bid contracts to education firms for $2.
  
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• AB InBev distributors draw U.S. scrutiny ahead of deal review

  13-10-2015 22:16
  
  Anheuser-Busch InBev's distribution power in the United States is drawing government scrutiny as the brewer seeks antitrust approval to buy SABMiller, an indication the brewer seeks antitrust approval to buy SABMiller, an indication the company may need to cede control over how beer gets on shelves.
  
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• FBI: 20 Teens Rescued In Colorado, Wyoming Sex Sting

  13-10-2015 22:15
  
  DENVER (AP/CBS4) — Authorities in Colorado and Wyoming say they’ve rescued 20 teenage victims and arrested seven pimps as part of an annual crackdown on child sex trafficking.
  FBI officials on Tuesday announced the results of the yearly operation, which targets the problem nationwide. Across the country, authorities rescued 149 young victims and arrested 153 pimps as part of Operation Cross Country.
  In Denver and Wyoming, the victims ranged in age from 13 to 17.
  In one case, investig
  
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• Manners & Etiquette For Rushing The Court And/Or Field

  13-10-2015 22:10
  
  CBS4 Sports Photojournalist Brian Madden has attended hundreds of live sporting events and has witnessed all sorts of crazy things that happen at games. He’s seen the good, the bad and the ugly. So he thought he’d put together a little guide for how fans should act following a home team’s big win.
  DENVER (CBS4) – Act like you been there. Fun is good. Enjoy yourself at live athletic contests. Be proud of your school. Root, root for the home team. Cheer until you have no mo
  
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• Woman Goes To Court Against 12-Year-Old Nephew & Hug That Resulted In Injury

  13-10-2015 22:07
  
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBS4) – A Manhattan woman sued her nephew for the injuries she sustained after the 8-year-old gave her a hug at his birthday party.
  Jennifer Connell, 54, filed a $127,000 suit against Sean Tarala, now 12, reports CBS4 affiliate CBS New York.
  Connell said they both tumbled to the ground when Tarala jumped and she failed to catch him. She claims he caused her to fall to the ground and break her wrist, resulting in lasting physical impairment.
  She admitted in court tha
  
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• Frontier Airlines' plan to return 6 gates at DIA OK'd by Denver committee

  13-10-2015 22:06
  
  Denver City Council's Business Development Committee on Tuesdayunanimously approved an amendment to Frontier Airlines' Denver International Airport lease,allowing it to reduce its gates to eight from 14.
  
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• Trial Begins For Former School Principal Facing Child Sex Abuse Charges

  13-10-2015 22:03
  
  DENVER (CBS4/AP) – Jury selection began on Tuesday in the trial of a former Denver Public Schools principal and former New Mexico school administrator who has been charged with child sexual abuse and assault cases in Colorado.
  Timothy Jason Martinez was arrested on the charges in 2013. Neither victim has any connection to his employment with DPS.
  Martinez worked for DPS from 2002 to 2012.
  Martinez was hired by Albuquerque Public Schools in June but resigned after the charges came to light.
  
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• Jury Selection Begins For Former School Principal Facing Child Sex Abuse Charges

  13-10-2015 22:03
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Jury selection began on Tuesday for a former Denver Public Schools principal and former New Mexico school administrator who has been charged with child sexual abuse and assault cases in Colorado.
  Timothy Jason Martinez was arrested on the charges in 2013. Neither victim has any connection to his employment with DPS.
  Martinez worked for DPS from 2002 to 2012.
  Martinez was hired by Albuquerque Public Schools in June but resigned after the charges came to light. He was re-arre
  
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• Two Denver sheriff's deputies fired, another suspended

  13-10-2015 21:54
  
  Two Denver sheriff's deputies have been fired, one for flashing his badge during an off-duty dispute with a neighbor and then lying about it, and the other for allowing jail inmates to patsearch each other.
  
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• St. Louis man ID'd as person found dead in tent in Rocky Mountain National Park

  13-10-2015 21:52
  
  The National Park Service has identified a 39-year-old St. Louis manfound dead in a tent Saturday in Rocky Mountain National Park.
  
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• 'Disappointed' in limited student access, CU chancellor still sees value in GOP debate

  13-10-2015 21:49
  
  Though he's "disappointed" with the limited number of tickets available to students for the Republican presidential debate being held at the University of Colorado this month,Chancellor Phil DiStefano still sees educational value in the televisedevent that has drawn criticism from vocal students.
  
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• Denver prosecutors charge woman with exploiting 2 young boys

  13-10-2015 21:43
  
  Denver prosecutors announced Tuesday they have formally charged a woman with havingsexually exploitive material of two young boys on her cell phone.
  
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• Firefighter denies beating homeless man over slow food order

  13-10-2015 21:33
  
  BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts firefighter has been released on personal recognizance after pleading not guilty to charges that he beat up a homeless man for taking too long to order at a restaurant.
  
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• Condé Nast, owner of Vogue and Vanity Fair, buys Pitchfork Media

  13-10-2015 21:27
  Condé Nast Inc., the publisher of Vogue, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, has acquired Pitchfork Media, Inc.
  
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• CU-Boulder graduation rate improving, but not enough to meet 80% goal by 2020

  13-10-2015 21:24
  
  The University of Colorado has inched forward on Chancellor Phil DiStefano's goal of improving the campus graduation rate, but not nearly enough to reach his 80 percent target by 2020.
  
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• Small airplane lands on Idaho interstate during rush hour

  13-10-2015 21:23
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A small plane with a single engine that stopped working made a belly landing on a major interstate through Boise at the start of rush-hour traffic Tuesday.
  
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• Twitter purging up to 336 workers as new CEO slashes costs

  13-10-2015 21:21
  
  Twitter is laying off up to 336 employees, signaling CEO Jack Dorsey's resolve to slash costs while the company struggles to make money.
  
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• Forest Service Conducts Prescribed Burn, Smoke Visible For Miles

  13-10-2015 21:16
  
  PIKE NATIONAL FOREST (CBS4) – The U.S. Forest Service conducted a prescribed burn Tuesday in the Pike National Forest that could be seen from miles away.
  The Trout Creek prescribed burn took place seven miles north of Woodland Park. Smoke was seen from Teller, Douglas, Jefferson, and El Paso counties.
  (credit: USFS)
  The plan is to burn 800 acres of the Trout Creek area.
  The Forest Service said prescribed burns have numerous benefits, including to help reduce hazardous fuels and theref
  
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• Plane Crashes Into Field, Killing Both People On Board

  13-10-2015 20:34
  
  GREELEY, Colo. (CBS4) – Two people died in a plane crash north of Greeley Tuesday morning.
  The plane crashed at 11:37 a.m. Tuesday in a field near County Road 80 and County Road 43.
  The two individuals on board the plane were pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of the crash is not immediately known and the Weld County Sheriff’s Office along with the FAA are conducting a full investigation.
  The names of the victims have not been released. They were in a small, white plane. Th
  
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• Flavor Flav pleads guilty in NY court over 2014 traffic stop

  13-10-2015 20:23
  
  MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Entertainer Flavor Flav has settled criminal charges stemming from a traffic stop in suburban New York while racing to his mother's funeral, but his legal headaches are not quite over.
  
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• Denver-based Tri-State inks deal for New Mexico solar farm

  13-10-2015 20:17
  
  Denver-based Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association has signed a contract to buy power from a planned solar farm in southern New Mexico.
  
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• Colorado lawmaker salaries rank high in new report, but numbers tell different story

  13-10-2015 20:15
  
  It's a political opposition advertisement that writes itself.A new analysis of federal labor data shows that the most disproportionately well-paying job in Colorado is "legislator.
  
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• Breckenridge Grand Vacations owner dies while on tour of Nepal

  13-10-2015 20:14
  
  Rob Millisor, co-founder of Breckenridge Grand Vacations, died Oct. 8 while on a philanthropic visit to the earthquake-impacted area of Nepal.
  
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• Justices hear arguments over life sentences for teenagers

  13-10-2015 20:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — People serving life terms for murders they committed as teenagers were looking to the Supreme Court Tuesday for signals about whether they will have a chance to seek their freedom.
  
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• SD School Of Mines Student From Colorado Arrested After Dorm Raid

  13-10-2015 19:54
  
  RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A student at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City is facing charges after authorities raided his dorm room.
  Police say they found various drugs including cocaine and marijuana in the room of 19-year-old Tyler Prins of Foxfield, Colorado. They also searched his vehicle and say they found a semiautomatic pistol, a .22-caliber rifle and an AR-15 rifle.
  Prins is charged with distribution/manufacture of a controlled drug and ingestion of a contro
  
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• Woman Trying To Sell Computer Attacked By Man Who Posed As Buyer

  13-10-2015 19:32
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A Denver woman was attacked by a man who posed as a buyer when she tried to sell her laptop computer online.
  The victim was selling everything of value that she had, her laptop, stereo equipment, speakers and her cellphone on the site OfferUp. A man going by the name Max Long contacted her about the MacBook Pro.
  He came to her house to allegedly make the purchase but after a short exchange, he tried to drive off with the computer.
  The victim fought back but was thrown from t
  
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• Summit County authorities: Skull found by hikers was from missing man

  13-10-2015 19:25
  
  Summit County authorities said Mondaya skull found by hikers in August is that of a 27-year-old Breckenridge man who went missing in September 2014.
  
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• Denver Records Warmest End Of Summer, Start To Fall Since 1872

  13-10-2015 19:21
  
  DENVER (CBS) – Denver’s recent warm and dry stretch of weather has earned a special place in the record books.
  According to the National Weather Service in Boulder, for the 41 days between Sept. 1 and Oct. 11, 2015, the average mean temperature in Denver was 67.3°F.It’s the warmest average temperature for that date range since reliable temperature records began in Denver in 1872
  From 9/1 through 10/11 the Average Mean Temperature has been 67.3 degrees which is the warmest o
  
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• Northglenn officers cleared in June shooting of armed man

  13-10-2015 19:15
  
  Two Northglenn police officers have been cleared by Adams County prosecutorsin the June shooting of an armed 36-year-old suspect.
  
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• Missing 9-Year-Old In Northglenn Found After Search

  13-10-2015 18:57
  
  NORTHGLENN, Colo. (CBS4)– Police in Northglenn found a missing 9-year-old boy after a search on Tuesday morning.
  The child is described as an African American male who attends Leroy Driver Elementary School located at 1451 Leroy Drive in Northglenn.
  Police initially say the child did not make it to school. A reverse 911 went out in the neighborhood surrounding the school.
  The boy was found safe. It is unclear where he was located.
  
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• Falcons Try To Remain Undefeated Against Saints On Thursday Night Football

  13-10-2015 18:52
  
  By Shawn Lealos
  Week six of the 2015 NFL season features a game that at one time looked like it could be a battle for the NFC South, but now features two teams at different ends of the spectrum. The Atlanta Falcons are undefeated, at 5-0, while the New Orleans Saints sit in dead last in the division at 1-4. The Saints are trying to save their season while the Falcons just want to keep rolling. Here is a look at the Falcons vs. Saints week six Thursday Night Football game.
  Atlanta Falcons Sitting
  
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• Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, the Weeknd lead American Music Awards nominations

  13-10-2015 18:42
  
  Taylor Swift performs to a sold out crowd June 2, 2013 during her Red Tour stop in Denver at Pepsi Center.
  
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• Sudoku - Medium - Oct. 12 2015

  13-10-2015 18:31
  
  Tuesday's Sudoku game.
  
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• Colorado’s Senators Working Together To Bridge Divide Between Parties

  13-10-2015 18:21
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Colorado Senators Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner, are trying to work together for the good of the state.Bennet, the senior Senator and a Democrat, along with Gardner, the junior Senator and Republican, are part of a new effort to bridge the divide between the parties on Capitol Hill.
  Bennet, a city dweller and Gardner, a farm boy, make an unlikely pair. But at a time of historic partisanship in Congress, the odd couple is doing something very odd indeed when it comes to wor
  
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• Most requested Denver Favor? Delivery app says it's "Will you bring me a quesadilla?"

  13-10-2015 18:00
  
  Austin, Tex.-based Favor actually came to Denver to snap this photo for its Denver site.
  
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• Denver sheriff apologizes for comments in secretly recorded phone call

  13-10-2015 17:58
  
  Denver's interim sheriff Elias Diggins has apologized for comments he made during a secretly recorded phone conversation.
  
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