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• Hazy Hippo Employee Thwarts Robbery By Pointing Gun At Suspect

  21-10-2015 23:54
  
  LOVELAND, Colo. (CBS4) – Authorities have released an image of a person accused of attempting to rob the Hazy Hippo shop in Loveland.
  The man reportedly threatened an employee with a baton on Tuesday. Investigators say the thief took off when the employee pulled out a gun.
  “The victim stated the suspect entered the store, gathered several items for sale, including a metal baton, and approached the counter. The suspect threatened the victim with the baton and ordered him onto the grou
  
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• Man Accused Of Murdering Ex-Wife In Strasburg To Appear In Court Thursday

  21-10-2015 23:42
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4) – A man charged in the murder of his ex-wife in Strasburg is behind bars and will be in court on Thursday.
  Andrew Ausmus, 58, faces charges of first-degree murder and is being held without bond after being arrested at Confluence Park in Denver on Tuesday.
  Theresa Ausmus’ burned home in Strasburg (credit: CBS)
  Ausmus is accused of killing his ex-wife Theresa Ausmus. Firefighters found her body in the garage of a home in Strasburg while they were fighting a fir
  
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• Driver Who Plowed Into Kmart Causing Injuries To Face Charges

  21-10-2015 23:32
  
  ARVADA, Colo. (CBS4) – A driver who crashed his minivan through the wall of a Kmart in Arvada Tuesday afternoon will be facing some charges.
  The 41-year-old man, whose name hasn’t been released, hit the wall at a high rate of speed and the vehicle hit two female employees inside the store. One was seriously injured.
  (credit: Arvada Fire Department/Twitter)
  Witnesses say it sounded like an explosion.
  “What I heard sounded like an explosion. This huge sound. Employees were runnin
  
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• CBS Sports’ Ian Eagle: Seahawks More Desperate Than 49ers For A Win

  21-10-2015 23:25
  
  By Danny Cox
  When it comes to the world of the NFL, Ian Eagle of CBS Sports knows virtually every single thing that takes place with any and every team in the league. Eagle took some time to speak on three big games coming up this week including a huge NFC match-up on Thursday Night Football between two desperate teams, and he touches on who wants it more.
  Seattle Seahawks vs. San Francisco 49ers, CBS Oct. 22 at 8:25p ET
  With matching 2-4 records, which team is more desperate and needs the win i
  
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• Zero Tolerance: Truckers Get Ticketed For Not Using Chains In The High Country

  21-10-2015 23:05
  
  VAIL PASS, Colo. (CBS4) – There is a wintry side to this storm system but you have to climb pretty high in elevation to find it. Some of Colorado’s high country above 10,000 feet will pick up close to a foot or more of snow before all is said and done, according to CBS4 Meteorologist Chris Spears, and truckers better be prepared or they could pay the price.
  By law truckers and commercial vehicles must carry chains between Sept. 1 and May 31 on Interstate 70 over the mountains. P
  
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• Zero Tolerance: Truckers Get Ticketed For Not Carrying Chains In The High Country

  21-10-2015 23:05
  
  VAIL PASS, Colo. (CBS4) – There is a wintry side to this storm system but you have to climb pretty high in elevation to find it. Some of Colorado’s high country above 10,000 feet will pick up close to a foot or more of snow before all is said and done, according to CBS4 Meteorologist Chris Spears, and truckers better be prepared or they could pay the price.
  By law truckers and commercial vehicles must carry chains between Sept. 1 and May 31 on Interstate 70 over the mountains. P
  
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• Hero Dog Harley From Berthoud Trades Life Of Abuse For Applause

  21-10-2015 22:49
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) – Of the eight finalists in the American Humane Association‘s 2015 American Hero Dog contest, Harley is the oldest, smallest and most unlikely of winners.
  After 10 years of abuse in a Midwestern puppy mill, Harley has a diseased heart, rotted mouth, fused spine, broken tail, gnarled toes, deformed legs and a missing eye. But the 6-pound Chihuahua was named top dog at a sold-out Los Angeles awards ceremony. More than a million public votes were cast and an expert pane
  
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• Jury Deliberating Fate Of Former Albuquerque School Exec From Denver

  21-10-2015 22:41
  
  DENVER (AP) – A Denver jury is deciding the fate of a former educator accused of sexually abusing two boys whose hiring led to the resignation of Albuquerque’s school superintendent.
  Jurors began deliberations in the case against Jason Martinez Wednesday morning. He was arrested in the sex abuse case in 2013 and later hired in Albuquerque, which never completed a background check on him.
  Prosecutors say Martinez abused the boys during visits to his Denver home and on trips. They say
  
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• First Significant Colorado Mountain Snow

  21-10-2015 22:34
  
  DENVER (AP) – Snow plows came out Wednesday for the first significant mountain snow in Colorado that is expected to bring up to 10 inches in higher elevations.
  Arapahoe Basin (credit: A-Basin Ski Area)
  National Weather Service forecaster Treste Huse says most of the snow is falling in the central mountains. Estes Park, Kenosha Pass and Nederland west of Boulder are all getting a taste of winter.
  Arapahoe Basin (credit: A-Basin Ski Area)
  The Colorado Department of Transportation says there
  
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• Grand Jury To Investigate Shooting By Grand County Sheriff

  21-10-2015 22:26
  
  TABERNASH, Colo. (AP) – A grand jury will investigate last month’s shooting of a suspected burglar in Tabernash by the Grand County sheriff.
  District Attorney Brett Barkey announced the move Tuesday, noting that a law passed by lawmakers this year requires the public to be notified when an officer-involved shooting is referred to a grand jury.
  The scene of the shooting (credit: CBS)
  Sheriff Brett Schroetlin shot and wounded 20-year-old Conor James Maclaird on Sept. 15 after a robbery
  
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• Switch defect prompts big Toyota recall

  21-10-2015 22:20
  
  Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 6.5 million vehicles worldwide for a defective power window switch that can overheat, melt and lead to fires. Learn more at CBSNews.com.
  
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• TNF Fantasy Starters: Seahawks Vs. 49ers – Who To Play, Who To Pass

  21-10-2015 21:08
  
  By Stephen Dolan
  Two NFC West teams that make up the last three NFC Championships square off on Thursday night when the Seattle Seahawks head to Levi’s Stadium to take on the San Francisco 49ers. Normally this match-up is for the top spot in the NFC West, or depending on the time of the year, the top spot in the NFC. This week it is different as both the Seahawks and 49ers enter the game at 2-4, tied for the worst record in the division. The records can be thrown out the window when these
  
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• Groceries Launch Effort To Change Colorado’s Liquor Law

  21-10-2015 21:08
  
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado grocery chains that want to sell wine and full-strength beer will lobby lawmakers or go to the 2016 ballot to change state law in a fight that pits them against liquor stores and craft breweries.
  A coalition called “Your Choice Colorado” announced Wednesday they’ll push to change the state’s Prohibition-era law during the legislative session that begins in January. If that fails, they’ll ask voters.
  (credit: CBS)
  Colorado is among a hand
  
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• Woman Who Rammed Police Cruisers May Have Been High On Heroin

  21-10-2015 20:49
  
  ARVADA, Colo. (CBS4) – Police believe a woman who rammed a police cruiser then led them on a chase through Arvada was on heroin.
  The incident began at East 100th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard. Thornton police were called there on a report of a suspicious vehicle.
  Investigators say when they approached the car Muriah Russell, 24 of Loveland, tried to back up and go over a curb to get away. She backed into the police car, couldn’t get over the curb, and then rammed it again and sped aw
  
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• Suicide Prevention Director Partners With Gun Enthusiasts To Raise Awareness

  21-10-2015 20:15
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4) – In the debate over guns here’s what you don’t often hear: it’s not homicides but suicides that are by far the leading cause of firearm deaths.
  Suicides account for 76 percent of such deaths in Colorado. Of 1,058 people who took their lives last year in Colorado, 527 did so with a gun.Jarrod Hindman is the director of the state’s suicide prevention office.
  “The need to find a way to blend suicide prevention and firearm safety together
  
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• After Residents Speak Out, Fort Collins Votes Down Allowing Women To Go Topless In Public

  21-10-2015 19:31
  
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – The discussion on whether or not to allow women to go topless in public took center stage at Fort Collins City Hall Tuesday night.
  Concerns were raised months ago by some residents who claimed the city’s current indecency ordinance on public nudity discriminates against women. According to the ordinance, a woman over the age of 10 who displays her breast “below the top of the nipple” faces a $250 fine. The ordinance does not prohibit men from
  
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• Marijuana Use In U.S. Adults Doubles In Decade, Surveys Show

  21-10-2015 19:30
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Marijuana use among U.S. adults doubled over a decade, rising to almost 10 percent or more than 22 million mostly recreational users, government surveys show.
  The trend reflects a cultural shift and increasingly permissive views about the drug, the researchers say, noting that other studies have shown increasing numbers of adults think marijuana should be legalized. Recreational use is now permitted in Colorado and three other states.
  Almost 1 in 3 users had signs of marijua
  
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• Jim Johannson, USA Hockey: Expansion, Exposure Essential To Development Of American Hockey Players

  21-10-2015 18:58
  
  Bryan Altman, CBS Local Sports
  While the NHL and hockey as a whole is often considered to be the little brother of the “big four” sports in America, the game is still growing in the states and it’s translating to more Americans playing the game both recreationally and at the NHL level.
  Numbers recently released by QuantHockey.com showed that not only is the number of Canadian players currently in the NHL below 50 percent for the first time ever, but the number of American
  
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• Denver Broncos at the bye: The Future

  21-10-2015 18:55
  
  Ten regular-season games and presumably a do-or-die postseason tournament lies ahead.        
  
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• Upon Further Review, NCAA Football Needs To Cut Back On Replay

  21-10-2015 18:47
  
  By Ryan Mayer, CBS Local Sports
  If you were watching the Michigan vs. Michigan State game over the weekend, the most memorable play, of course, came with just :10 seconds left. It left you either heartbroken (Michigan fans) or ecstatic and in shock (Michigan State fans). What that exciting final play covered up, however, was a game marred by instant replay delays.
  It may seem odd that in an era where sports fans want less of a chance of human error to impact the game to be arguing for the reduct
  
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• After Residents Speak Out, Fort Collins Votes Down Allowing Women To Be Topless In Public

  21-10-2015 18:31
  
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – The discussion on whether or not to allow women to go topless in public took center stage at Fort Collins City Hall Tuesday night.
  Concerns were raised months ago by some residents who claimed the city’s current ordinance on public nudity discriminates against women. Resident Brittiany Hoagland spearheaded a movement calling itself Go Topless Fort Collins.
  “We want to have topless equality in Fort Collins, so this way we can let women have …
  
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• Vice President Joe Biden Decides Not To Run For President

  21-10-2015 18:22
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday he will not run for president in 2016.Biden’s decision finalizes the Democratic field of White House candidates and sets him on a glide path toward the end of his decades-long political career.Biden had spent months deliberating with his family and political advisers about a potential late entry to the Democratic primary.But he also said he might not be emotionally ready to run after his 46-year-old son Beau died of brain canc
  
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• East Coast Ski Resort Beats Colorado Ski Areas In Race To Open First

  21-10-2015 17:50
  
  (CBS4) – Snow is falling in Colorado’s mountains and snowmaking efforts are underway at several resorts, but a ski area in Maine has beaten the usual suspects to the punch in the race to open first.
  This week Sunday River Ski Resort in Newry, Maine, opened for the season, beating Arapahoe Basin and Loveland, Colorado’s two resorts which are often the first two resorts to open across the country.
  So far no opening dates have been set at any Colorado resorts.
  The following are so
  
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• Broncos, NFL’s Other Unbeaten Face Big Tests In Upcoming Weeks

  21-10-2015 15:40
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) – The knock on both the Packers and Broncos, 6-0 teams with byes this weekend before their showdown in Denver on Nov. 1, is that they’ve fattened up on the league’s bottom-feeders.
  That argument could be made about any of the NFL’s five unbeaten teams, really – and that’s about to change over the next two weeks when they’ll either burnish their credentials or fall from the ranks of the undefeated.
  The league’s two 5-0 teams, C
  
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• Broncos at the bye: The Good

  21-10-2015 15:06
  
  These 2015 Denver Broncos are a reporter's dream.        
  
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• Denver Broncos at the bye: The Bad

  21-10-2015 14:56
  
  They have been chided as the worst 6-0 team in the NFL. They might be.        
  
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• Mid-Week Storm To Bring Month’s Worth Of Precipitation To Parts Of Colorado

  21-10-2015 14:54
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The weather system we’ve been talking about for several days in Colorado’s Weather Center is finally here and it arrived with a bang.
  Many locations saw afternoon and evening thunderstorms on Tuesday that produced locally heavy rain, small hail and intense lightning.
  (credit: CBS)
  One storm briefly turned severe in Yuma County near the Kansas state line Tuesday evening. It produced hail the size of dimes and dropped extremely heavy rain that prompted a flash fl
  
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• Former Rockies Pitcher Hammel Takes The Mound For Cubs (On ‘Back To The Future Day’)

  21-10-2015 14:46
  
  CHICAGO (The Sports Xchange) – Another big series, another Game 4 for Jason Hammel.
  The Cubs right-hander takes the mound Wednesday for his second postseason start after helping Chicago dispatch the St. Louis Cardinals in last week’s National League Division Series.
  MORE FROM CBSSPORTS.COM: Great Scott! Mets might oust Cubs on ‘Back to the Future’ day
  It is an even bigger challenge this time, as Hammel gets the call with the Cubs trailing 3-0 to the New York Mets in the b
  
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• Car Strikes Police Cruiser, Takes Off

  21-10-2015 14:22
  
  ARVADA, Colo. (CBS4) – A woman was arrested overnight after her vehicle hit a Thornton police car and then she drove off.
  The incident began at East 100th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard. Thornton police were called there on a report of a suspicious vehicle.
  After they arrived at the scene the car in question rammed into one of the police cruisers. Two officers were outside their vehicles at the time but neither of them were hurt.
  The driver then took off and police pursued it to 80th Avenue
  
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• Woman running 500 miles across Rockies for epilepsy

  21-10-2015 12:05
  
  She was just eight years old when she was diagnosed with simple partial seizures and told she would never be able to play sports, drive a car or live a "normal life."        
  
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• Week 7 Tale Of The Tape: Seahawks At 49ers

  21-10-2015 09:26
  
  This was the leading grudge match in the NFL for the last few years, and the hate level is still high.
  
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• Photo Of Suspect In Strasburg Murder Was Key In Finding Him

  21-10-2015 07:55
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A man suspected in the murder of his ex-wife in Strasburg was arrested in Denver Tuesday morning.
  Andrew Ausmus, 58, was found in Confluence Park by a citizen who recognized him from a picture shared by the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office on CBS4 and social media.
  “The person thought they looked familiar and called police,” Julie Brooks, spokesperson for the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, told CBS4.
  Ausmus’ ex-wife was found murdered in her
  
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• Colorado Rep. Ken Buck Not Convinced Ryan Is Right Choice

  21-10-2015 07:00
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan told GOP lawmakers late Tuesday that he will run for speaker, but only if they embrace him by week’s end as their consensus candidate — an ambitious bid to impose unity on a disordered and divided House.
  Dragged reluctantly into seeking a job he never wanted, Ryan spoke to his colleagues behind closed doors, telling them he will run only with the endorsement of the major caucuses in the House. That includes the hardline Freedom Caucus
  
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• 3 injured after car drives into Arvada Kmart

  21-10-2015 06:38
  
  The driver and one store employee were injured after a minivan plowed into a Kmart store Tuesday afternoon.        
  
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• Mom trapped in car for 6 days suing GM

  21-10-2015 06:20
  
  A Highlands Ranch mother of four who survived a horrific crash and was trapped in her mangled vehicle for six days – ultimately losing both of her feet – has filed a lawsuit against General Motors, claiming that her Chevrolet Malibu's crash avoidance features failed at the critical moments before it happened.        
  
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• Grand jury investigating after sheriff shoots burglary suspect

  21-10-2015 06:18
  
  A grand jury will investigate the September incident where Grand County Sheriff Brett Schroetlin shot and wounded a burglary suspect who was allegedly threatening law enforcement with a knife.        
  
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• Sheriff: Wanted suspect bragged about Colorado warrant

  21-10-2015 06:00
  
  A 55-year-old Egnar man wanted on multiple charges – and who is accused of threatening to kill deputies – was taken into custody just east of Reno Tuesday afternoon after workers at a motel heard him bragging about having an arrest warrant out of Colorado and claiming he was on his way to California to find a lawyer.        
  
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• Minivan Into Kmart Sounded Like Explosion, ‘Employees Were Running Out The Door’

  21-10-2015 06:00
  
  ARVADA, Colo. (CBS4) – “Very, very scary,” said resident Brandy Lesker.
  Stunned residents watched behind police tape after an minivan plowed into an Arvada Kmart.
  “I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Brandy’s daughter Tara.
  Around 2 p.m. on Tuesday a Toyota Sienna smashed into the building on West 58th Avenue at a high rate of speed. The 41-year-old man driving the car drove 50 feet into the store, crashing into two female employees inside. All thr
  
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• Northfield HS principal steps down after investigation

  21-10-2015 05:46
  
  The principal of Northfield High School has stepped down following an investigation into concerns that inappropriate force was used for discipline procedures at the school.        
  
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• Released Photo Of Suspect In Strasburg Murder Was Key In Finding Him

  21-10-2015 05:43
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A man wanted for the murder of his ex-wife in Strasburg was arrested in Denver Tuesday morning.
  Andrew Ausmus, 58, was found in Confluence Park by a citizen who recognized him from a picture shared by the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office on CBS4 and social media.
  “The person thought they looked familiar and called police,” Julie Brooks, spokesperson for the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, told CBS4.
  Ausmus’ ex-wife was found murdered in her b
  
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• Fort Collins City Council Declines To Strip Down Public Nudity Rules

  21-10-2015 05:12
  
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – Fort Collins decided not to strip down its rules on public nudity Tuesday evening.
  The city council considered whether women going topless should be allowed in city limits.
  (credit: Brittiany Urban Hoagland)
  The city council decided to keep the city’s policy against women going topless, but decided to add an exception for breastfeeding mothers.
  (credit: Brittiany Urban Hoagland)
  The council clarified the public nudity law to say women must be covered from
  
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• Woman Thought She’d Never See Stolen SUV Again, Then The Photo Radar Ticket Came

  21-10-2015 05:05
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The good news is Melissa Gonzales won’t have to pay her recent photo radar ticket, the bad news is, she doesn’t know who is behind the wheel of her 2014 Ford Explorer.
  “I knew immediately that somebody took the car,” Gonzales said when she first discovered the SUV had been stolen outside her Highlands home on Aug. 27.
  Gonzales reported her SUV stolen and thought she would never see it again. But then she started getting parking and driving
  
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• Historic Interstate Checkpoint Targets Illegal Hunters

  21-10-2015 04:49
  
  CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – During a 36-hour period this week, hunters coming back from the mountains along Interstate 70 were greeted by dozens of wildlife officers with illegal hunters in their crosshairs.
  Denver deer hunter Roy Hernandez was stopped at the massive Colorado Parks and Wildlife checkpoint set up in Clear Creek County Tuesday. Hernandez had all the proper tags and information and was happy to see the officers out checking on hunters.“This type of checkpoint is
  
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• Colorado Breast Cancer Survivor Not Sold On New Mammogram Guidelines

  21-10-2015 04:33
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – In a major change in guidelines, the American Cancer Society has recommended that women at average risk of breast cancer get their first mammogram at age 45.
  That’s five years later than previously recommended and the group’s first revision in a dozen years. The new guidelines were published online in JAMA. They reflect changing attitudes about cancer screenings, much to the dismay of at least one Colorado cancer survivor.
  Saundra Robinson has tackled mor
  
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• CBS4’s Britt Moreno & Dave Aguilera Need Your Votes In ‘Dancing With The Anchors’

  21-10-2015 04:10
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Meteorologist Dave Aguilera and CBS4 morning anchor Britt Moreno have danced their way off set and into the ballroom.
  Aguilera and Moreno are competing in the annual Dancing with the Anchors event in hopes of winning the Mirror Ball Trophy and bringing in the most money to a wonderful organization called the Anchor Center for blind Children, an organization that helps blind children and their families.
  CBS4’s Dave Aguilera doing the cha-cha (credit: CBS)
  Aguilera is l
  
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• Police Say Teen Waved Gun Around At Party Because DJ Wouldn’t Play His Song

  21-10-2015 03:55
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – Boulder police have arrested a man they say was waving a gun while at two different parties on University Hill.
  Investigators say Abdikarim Ali Mumin, 18, was upset because he wasn’t allowed into one house party and a deejay didn’t play his song at another.
  The incidents happened at approximately 1 a.m. on Sunday. According to police, at one party Mumin pointed a gun person’s chest after he wasn’t let into the party.
  Mumin was arrested on fel
  
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• Golden Woman Wins $1 Million Playing Powerball In Georgia

  21-10-2015 03:46
  
  GOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4) – A vacation turned out to be very rewarding for a Colorado woman.
  Judith Newcomb of Golden ended up winning a million dollars. She decided to play Powerball while visiting her mother in Georgia in August. It turned out she matched the first five numbers and won the million dollars.
  She claimed the prize earlier this month.
  LINKS: Powerball | Colorado Lottery
  
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