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• Amazon of marijuana wholesalers celebrates $1M in financing

  04-11-2015 23:56
  
  Tradiv.com lists all the products, the cost and the variation on details that storeowners are looking for.        
  
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• Colorado online job ads creep up

  04-11-2015 23:55
  
  Online ads to fill jobs in Colorado edged up in October from the previous month, while online help-wanted ads declined slightly in Denver last month, according to a report Wednesday from The Conference Board.        
  
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• Denver police union files lawsuit over body camera program

  04-11-2015 23:54
  
  The Denver police union has filed a lawsuit against thepolice department over its new body camera program, saying it was illegally developed because the administration ignored collective
  
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• How your money is made: A look inside the Denver Mint

  04-11-2015 23:53
  
  The United States Mint is one of the Denver's most historic buildings, and has long-been one of Colorado's most popular tourist attractions.        
  
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• EB I-70 near Central Park Blvd reopens

  04-11-2015 23:51
  
  Eastbound Interstate 70 approaching Central Park Boulevard is now fully open after an earlier crash Wednesday afternoon.        
  
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• Denver judge rules on whether Colorado business fees are a tax

  04-11-2015 23:50
  
  The money collected from Colorado businesses is a fee, not a tax, a Denver District Court ruled.        
  
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• Stock Show says thank you with a free grounds admission day

  04-11-2015 23:47
  
  Visitors to the National Western Stock Show will get on the grounds free on January 19 as thank you to Denver voters for approving ballot measure 2C, the extension of two taxes to help pay for the renovation of the aging complex.        
  
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• Wheat Ridge votes for more development financing oversight

  04-11-2015 23:44
  
  Wheat Ridge voters have passed a ballot measure that provides residents of the city oversight of certain tax-increment financing deals for development.        
  
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• Bomb may have downed Russian jet, US, UK officials say

  04-11-2015 23:43
  
  LONDON (AP) — British and U.S. officials said Wednesday they have information suggesting the Russian jetliner that crashed in the Egyptian desert may have been brought down by a bomb, and Britain said it was suspending flights to and from the Sinai Peninsula indefinitely.
  
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• Congress taking action on businesses banning negative feedback

  04-11-2015 23:42
  
  Businesses could no longer prohibit customers from making negative comments about them under legislation being considered by Congress.        
  
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• Thornton City Council gets new faces in three out of four wards

  04-11-2015 23:41
  
  There will be a few new people on Thornton City Council after voters choose newcomers in three out of four wards up for election Tuesday.
  
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• Circle Graphics scoops up California printing firm

  04-11-2015 23:41
  
  Terms of the deal were not disclosed.        
  
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• Frontier Airlines Hiking Prices During Holiday Travel Season

  04-11-2015 23:39
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Frontier Airlines is getting ready for the busy travel season with temporary price increases.According to the airline’s website, checked and carry-on bags will cost an extra $5 to $10 for flights scheduled between Thanksgiving week and just after New Year’s.
  The temporary price increases are in effect for departures from Nov. 19 through Jan. 5, 2016 as well as other weeks in 2016 that include Feb. 11 to April 4, June 9 to Aug. 16.Frontier is giving travelers doub
  
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• Firm offers free office space to energy companies

  04-11-2015 23:37
  
  A local real estate company is offering a helping hand to Denver-area energy companies battered by months of low oil and natural gas prices.        
  
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• First Lawsuit Filed Over Chipotle E. Coli Outbreak

  04-11-2015 23:35
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The first lawsuit has been filed over the Chipotle E. coli outbreak and health officials now say 39 people have gotten sick.
  Those who got sick include Chamaine Denise Mode. She says she got violently ill shortly after eating at a Chipotle in Vancouver, Washington, last month.
  Mode is seeking at least $75,000 in her federal lawsuit. Chipotle has not commented.
  The Denver-based chain closed 43 restaurants in Washington and Oregon because of the outbreak. It’s still wor
  
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• Senate backs resolution to get rid of EPA clean water rules

  04-11-2015 23:33
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite White House objections, the Senate voted for a resolution Wednesday to scrap new federal rules to protect smaller streams, tributaries and wetlands from development and pollution.
  
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• Rubio, Ryan back off comprehensive immigration overhaul

  04-11-2015 23:33
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two of the Republican Party's rising young stars — House Speaker Paul Ryan and presidential hopeful Marco Rubio — made similar calculations on the way to political advancement: Both abandoned efforts to pass a comprehensive immigration overhaul.
  
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• SUV Driver Who Crashed Into Marczyks Identified

  04-11-2015 23:30
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The man who drove an SUV into Marczyks Fine Foods on Colfax Avenue Tuesday afternoon has been identified.
  Marcus Martinez was taken into custody after he drove into the store.
  The SUV driver was arrested after crashing into Marczyks Fine Food Market (credit:CBS)
  Police believe Martinez was under the influence of methamphetamine at the time of the crash. He was arrested for DUID.
  Investigators say Martinez left the roadway while driving in the eastbound lanes of Colfax Avenu
  
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• 2 armed men rob Arapahoe County Walmart

  04-11-2015 23:29
  
  Authorities are looking for the two men accused of entering a Walmart store with guns and trying to get money from the store manager early Wednesday morning.        
  
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• Verne Lundquist: ‘Brandon Harris Is Becoming A Significant Contributor For LSU’

  04-11-2015 23:18
  
  By Ryan Mayer, CBS Local Sports
  This Saturday pits two teams in the College Football Playoff committee’s initial top four against each other: #2 LSU at #4 Alabama. The Tigers and Tide renew a rivalry that has only gotten more spirited under coaches Les Miles and Nick Saban. CBS Sports’ broadcaster Verne Lundquist offers his thoughts on Saturday’s prime time match-up. 
  Verne, the rivalry adds a new chapter on Saturday. What makes LSU-Bama seemingly always an unforgettable g
  
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• FAA Clears CU For Take Off Of Drones In Colorado For Testing

  04-11-2015 23:18
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – The Federal Aviation Administration will soon allow the University of Colorado to start testing drones — and they aren’t the typical hobby drones.
  One of the drones that will be tested is called the Tempest. It’s used for storm chasing and is one of two drones that will soon be hitting the skies in the San Luis Valley near Alamosa.
  The Tempest drone (credit: CBS)
  The Tempest was the first official drone to intercept a supercell thunderstorm.
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• Suspect ID'd in 2008 sex assault

  04-11-2015 23:15
  
  The woman was walking to her home in northwest Denver when she was attacked.        
  
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• Cause of Cap Hill explosion still under investigation

  04-11-2015 23:06
  
  Authorities say it will probably be a while before they know what caused an explosion that left extensive damage to a garden-level apartment Tuesday afternoon and prompted road closures near the Colorado State Capitol.        
  
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• 5 Bold Predictions Based On The First Month Of The NHL Season

  04-11-2015 23:05
  
  Bryan Altman, CBS Local Sports
  If there’s one thing I know about the 2015-16 NHL season, which is truly still in its infancy stage, is that we probably know absolutely nothing about the 2015-16 NHL season. Sure, there are some exceptions, but even those could change in the blink of an eye. For example, Connor McDavid was the sure-fire front runner to take home the Calder Trophy this year roughly 24 hours ago.
  Now? His status for the rest of the season might be in doubt after he s
  
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• Open carry becomes focus after Colorado Springs shooting rampage

  04-11-2015 23:01
  
  An emergency call placed moments before Saturday's shooting rampage in Colorado Springs has sparked intense debate on how police should respond to armed people in public given Colorado's open carry law.
  
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• Colorado County Bullish On Pot Starts New Weed Scholarship

  04-11-2015 22:51
  
  DENVER (AP) – A Colorado county that boasts the world’s largest outdoor marijuana farm and has been actively courting the new pot industry has approved the world’s first marijuana-funded college scholarship.
  Pueblo County voters approved the pot tax by a 20-point margin Tuesday. The 5 percent excise tax on marijuana growers is expected to raise about $3.5 million a year by 2020, with the money available for any high school senior in the county who attends one of two public coll
  
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• Woman Accused Of Chasing 12-Year-Old With Knife

  04-11-2015 22:48
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A Denver woman has been charged with chasing a 12-year-old boy with a knife while yelling racial slurs.
  The Denver District Attorney has charged Amanda Saad Al-Faris with harassment- ethnic intimidation and felony menacing.Prosecutors say on Oct. 23, Al-Faris, 27, confronted the victim as he got off the school bus at his apartment complex and then chased him with a knife while yelling racial slurs. The boy was able to get help from a neighbor who called police.Al-Faris remai
  
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• Broncos Can’t Work Out Deal To Get OL Joe Thomas From The Browns

  04-11-2015 22:40
  
  BEREA, Ohio (The Sports Xchange) – The NFL trading deadline of 4 p.m. Eastern time Tuesday passed without the Cleveland Browns completing a rumored deal that would have shipped All-Pro left tackle Joe Thomas to the Denver Broncos.
  An ESPN report had the Browns and Broncos working on a trade that would have sent Thomas and a 2016 fourth-round pick to Denver for the Broncos’ first two picks next year.
  Thomas, 30, was the third pick of 2007. He has never missed a snap in a streak n
  
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• Man Charged In Cold Case Sexual Assault

  04-11-2015 22:39
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A man accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 2008 as she walked to her home in northwest Denver has been formally charged.
  Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey has formally charged Leonard Botello with sexual assault.On Oct. 3, 2008, the 61-year-old woman was walking home when she was attacked in a park in the 4100 block of Tennyson Street. The charges allege that Botello had seen the victim and asked her for sex and when she refused he became angry and attacked her.T
  
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• Commerce City Mayor Sean Ford to serve four more years

  04-11-2015 22:38
  
  Commerce City voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly reelected Mayor Sean Ford to serve four more years on council, giving him 60 percent of the vote over his two challengers.
  
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• No. 9 Stanford Faces Colorado In Homecoming For McCaffrey

  04-11-2015 22:33
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) – Not all that long ago, Christian McCaffrey and his mom were nearly trampled by a roaming buffalo.
  On an official recruiting visit to Boulder in high school, the Stanford do-just-about-everything sophomore was on the sideline for a Colorado game when Ralphie, the school’s mascot, got loose and charged in their direction. More specifically, headed toward his mom, with people screaming at her to get out of the way. Like they all do in his family, she easily sideste
  
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• Airport Workers Greet Rugby Team With Traditional Dance

  04-11-2015 22:28
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The New Zealand rugby team arrived home as the winner of the sport’s world cup, and got a true New Zealand greeting at the airport.
  Workers at Auckland’s airport did the traditional Haka dance to welcome home the team.
  The All-Blacks beat Australia 34-17 to win the Rugby World Cup on Saturday.
  The team captain said the welcome was amazing.
  
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• Man Accused Of Voter Fraud In Kansas After Voting In Colorado Wants Charges Dismissed

  04-11-2015 22:26
  
  GOODLAND, Kan. (AP) – A lawyer for a man charged with voting illegally in western Kansas says the case should be dismissed because Secretary of State Kris Kobach isn’t prosecuting it personally.
  Defense attorney Jeffery Mason filed a motion Tuesday attacking the three felony and seven misdemeanor charges against Lincoln Wilson in Sherman County District Court.
  Kobach’s top assistant filed the case last month.
  Wilson’s first court appearance was Tuesday. He is accused of v
  
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• Britain: Russian jetliner may have been downed by bomb

  04-11-2015 22:18
  
  LONDON (AP) — Britain said Wednesday it has information suggesting the Russian jet that crashed in the Egyptian desert may have been brought down by a bomb and it was suspending flights to and from the Sinai Peninsula as a precaution.
  
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• Voters Across Colorado Back Local Broadband Efforts

  04-11-2015 22:17
  
  DENVER (AP) – Frustrated by slow or expensive Internet connections, voters in cities, towns and counties across Colorado backed allowing their local governments to get involved in the broadband business in Tuesday’s election.
  Rural and mountain communities like Durango, Craig and Pitkin County as well as Loveland and Fort Collins on the Front Range were among the 43 places where the issue was on the ballot. That’s the most in the decade since the state barred local governments
  
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• Appeals court upholds Ex-New Mexico sheriff conviction

  04-11-2015 22:17
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal appeals court in Denver has upheld the conviction of a former New Mexico sheriff accused of pulling a gun on a motorist and striking him with his badge.
  
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• Kansas High School Senior Brain Dead After Football Game Collapse

  04-11-2015 22:11
  
  SHARON SPRINGS, Kan. (AP) — The father of a Kansas high school football player who collapsed on the sidelines during a playoff game says his son is on life support but has no brain activity.
  David Schemm held a news conference Wednesday outside Swedish Medical Center in the Denver suburb of Englewood, where is son Luke was flown Tuesday night.
  He says the Wallace County High School senior had just scored the point after a touchdown and ran to the sidelines, where he collapsed.
  Schemm says
  
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• Brighton School District 27J voters pass $248 million bond question

  04-11-2015 22:05
  
  After years of failure, Brighton School District 27Jpassed a $248 million bond questionTuesday that will helpbuild four new schools and address more than$20 million worth of overdue maintenance projects needed in the overcrowded, unfunded district.
  
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• Broncos Welcome Vernon Davis To The Mix

  04-11-2015 22:01
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Tight end Vernon Davis is wearing No. 80 and practicing with the Denver Broncos, who acquired him this week from the San Francisco 49ers in a low-risk trade.
  To make room on the roster, the Broncos put rookie left tackle Ty Sambrailo on season-ending injured reserve. Sambrailo needs surgery on his left shoulder.
  Davis is a 10th-year pro and two-time Pro Bowler who spent his first 9 1-2 seasons with the 49ers. He has 18 receptions for 194 yards this season.
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• TNF Fantasy Starters: Browns Vs. Bengals – Who To Play, Who To Pass

  04-11-2015 21:59
  
  By Stephen Dolan
  The AFC North is once again the focus of Thursday Night Football as the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns square off in the national spotlight. The Bengals have started 7-0 for the first time in franchise history after their victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers; meanwhile the Cleveland Browns allowed the Cardinals to score 27 unanswered points in a 34-20 defeat to drop the Browns to 2-6. There are plenty of appealing fantasy options between the two teams for the Week 9 mat
  
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• Federal Heights has a new mayor after 2015 election results

  04-11-2015 21:46
  
  Federal Heights has a new mayor after voters elected former Ward 2 Councilman Daniel Dick to the seat vacated by term-limited Mayor Joyce Thomas.
  
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• Arapahoe Library District voters pass $6 million tax increase

  04-11-2015 21:45
  
  A majority of voters in theArapahoe Library District have supported a tax measure that will infuse the district with nearly $6 millionin additional revenue each year.
  
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• Study Ranks Cities According To Which Fans Drink The Most On NFL Game Days

  04-11-2015 21:29
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A new study has organized data from NFL Sundays on fans’ blood alcohol content.
  BACtrack collected anonymous breathalyzer data from users of the app BACtrack Mobile, a smartphone breathalyzer, and paired it with Twitter’s map of NFL fan allegiance.
  Their findings display people’s Blood Alcohol Content levels and corresponding teams, revealing which fans drink the most on NFL game days.
  The data was taken from Sunday games beginning in the pre-season t
  
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• Vendor on Army post told to stop selling anti-Islam T-shirt

  04-11-2015 21:27
  
  DENVER (AP) — A vendor on a Colorado Army post was ordered to stop selling a T-shirt with an anti-Islam message after a shopper complained.
  
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• Sanders says Obama should reject Keystone XL pipeline now

  04-11-2015 21:23
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama should reject the Keystone XL oil pipeline before heading to Paris next month to finalize a global climate agreement, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said Wednesday.
  
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• Broncos Notebook: Nov. 4, Vernon Davis’ 1st Practice

  04-11-2015 21:17
  
  Vernon Davis has arrived in Denver and was at his first #Broncos practice today. He will wear #80 and bolster a TE group (Owen Daniels/Virgil Green) coming off their best pass catching game of the year vs. Green Bay. Interesting to see how quickly they can work him into the offense.
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  Vernon Davis (credit: CBS)
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  Peyton Manning back to getting Wednesdays off from throwing (at least what media was allowed to see).
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• Air Force Academy Cadet Sentenced For Drug Use, Distribution

  04-11-2015 21:10
  
  AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (CBS4) — An Air Force Academy cadet who pleaded guilty to dealing prescription and illegal drugs to fellow students was sentenced on Wednesday.Nathaniel Penalosa was sentenced to 42 months of confinement, dismissal and total forfeiture of all pay and allowances as part of a pretrial agreement.Penalosa pleaded guilty to illegal use, distribution and introduction on a military base of LSD, Modafinil, and Methlyenedioxy-methanphetamine (Molly) and manufacture of Molly
  
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• Heroin, prescription pain pills top drug threat in the US

  04-11-2015 21:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Heroin and prescription pain pills are among the top drug threats in the U.S.
  
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• Voters approve Applewood Golf Course purchase

  04-11-2015 20:59
  
  Votersapproved the opportunity for a local recreation district to purchase Applewood Golf Course in an attempt to save it from development.
  
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• Longmont police arrest suspect in stabbing after brief standoff overnight

  04-11-2015 20:53
  
  Longmont police arrested a man who reportedly stabbed and punched a man and chased another person with a knife before he briefly barricaded himself in his home early this morning.
  
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