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• Avalanche Season Already Underway In November

  06-11-2015 23:38
  
  SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– It may be hard to believe but avalanche season is here thanks to the healthy dose of recent snow.
  Avalanche forecasters with the Colorado Avalanche Information Center want people heading into the backcountry this weekend to be aware of the risk and not caught off guard.
  Avalanche experts released this update Friday on current conditions statewide:
  “Our first storm for November is winding down across the state on Friday. The storm snow fell on a variety of
  
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• Police chase involving Denver police ends in crash in Wheat Ridge

  06-11-2015 23:21
  
  A police chase that began in Denver ended in Wheat Ridge on Friday morning in a crash involvingtwo police vehicles.
  
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• Burst of hiring: US employers added 271,000 jobs in October

  06-11-2015 23:17
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. hiring swelled in October by the largest amount all year, and unemployment dropped another notch to 5 percent, increasing the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next month for the first time in a decade.
  
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• Broncos Insist They’re Not Getting Caught Up In Success

  06-11-2015 23:12
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The unbeaten Denver Broncos are expecting the unexpected in Indianapolis.
  Trickery on special teams.
  Uncertainty with a new Colts offensive coordinator.
  Desperation from a 3-5 team.
  Denver coach Gary Kubiak said the Broncos (7-0) aren’t overlooking or underestimating the Colts, who have played six consecutive games decided by no more than seven points.
  Andrew Luck ailing? OK.
  He’s still the guy who beat them in the playoffs in January and just threw for
  
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• Broncos Notebook: Nov. 6, Hillman Listed As Questionable

  06-11-2015 23:08
  
  The Denver Broncos wrapped up this week’s practice on Friday. Sometimes, things may spoil for an NFL team after a convincing win last Sunday against a high-quality matchup with the Green Bay Packers.
  Gary Kubiak (credit: CBS)
  Head Coach Gary Kubiak was pleased with the teams effort and dedication, “I think it’s been really good. I thought we practiced well Wednesday. Yesterday we were a little slow getting going in our pads, but one of the things that they’re getting good
  
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• Broncos Week 9 Injury Report: Jordan Norwood Out For Second Straight Week

  06-11-2015 23:00
  
  By Mark Schiff
  The Broncos will once again be without their starting slot receiver when they take on the Colts Sunday in Indianapolis.
  On Friday, Denver head coach Gary Kubiak officially ruled out WR Jordan Norwood (hamstring) for the second straight week. Norwood suffered the injury during Denver’s practice on Oct. 30 and was inactive against Green Bay. Andre Caldwell will get the start in his place, with Bennie Fowler and Cody Latimer also getting additional snaps.
  Shane Ray (knee) has a
  
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• Doctor Accused Of Stealing Medical Records From Another Doctor

  06-11-2015 22:56
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)– A doctor in Colorado Springs has been accused of stealing medical records from another doctor.Police arrested Dr. Scott Lewey last week. Another doctor and an assistant told police that Lewey looked up their medical information.In the case of the doctor, she claims Lewey gave the information to a financial service provider that she had filed a lawsuit against.Lewey faces a felony charge of stealing medical records.
  
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• Raiders-Steelers Rivalry Revived

  06-11-2015 22:38
  
  By Jason Keidel
  The game between the Oakland Raiders and the Pittsburgh Steelers has a cool, retro feel, like bell bottoms and strobe lights and outsized hair.
  People of a certain age remember when the Raiders and Steelers dueled for more than a week 9 win. They bludgeoned each other for much of the 1970s, in what many regarded as the most vital rivalry in the sport. Going back to Jack Tatum and George Atkinson jamming forearms into Lynn Swann’s face, and to Franco Harris and the Imma
  
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• Cañon City officials meet with parents to discuss sexting

  06-11-2015 22:23
  
  Hundreds of students may be involved in a nude photo scandal at Cañon City High School, Superintendent George Welsh said at a meeting for parents Thursday night.
  
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• Man Questioned But Not Arrested In Hash Oil Explosion

  06-11-2015 22:21
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Police in Denver interviewed a man who was inside a home when a hash oil explosion ripped through the property, blowing out windows, doors and knocking bricks off the exterior.
  The man was not hurt in the explosion that happened around 8 p.m. Thursday at a home IN THE 1300 block of South Logan Street in south Denver.
  On July 1, a new state law went into effect that makes is a felony to use butane and open flames at a residential property to extract hash oil. Police and fire
  
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• Woman Fatally Burned At Bar She Owns; Patrons Doused In Flames

  06-11-2015 22:05
  
  RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — Police in Wyoming are investigating the death of a woman who caught fire while working at the bar she owned. She died at a hospital in Colorado.
  Rawlins Police Chief Troy Palmer says 47-year-old Denise King Martinez died from burn injuries she suffered at the County 6 Bar early Tuesday.
  Palmer said Friday that bar patrons doused the flames. Martinez died of her wounds at a northern Colorado burn center. Autopsy results are pending.
  Palmer refused to say whether foul pl
  
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• Illinois medical marijuana sales will debut Nov. 9 at eight dispensaries

  06-11-2015 21:05
  
  CHICAGO — More than 3,000 patients with Illinois-issued ID cards will be able to buy medical marijuana legally for the first time Monday, according to the state official overseeing the
  
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• Effort Underway To Expand Colorado’s Immigrant Driver’s License Program

  06-11-2015 20:48
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – An effort is underway in Denver to expand the state’s controversial immigrant driver’s license program.
  Colorado issued about 48,000 of the special non-citizen licenses in the first year of the program’s existence, but activists say tens of thousands more people can’t even get an appointment.
  Inside a Denver DMV office (credit: CBS)
  A state legislator plans to introduce legislation to expand the program to every DMV office in the state. Right now it&
  
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• Sharp divisions on display through Jeffco school board's final meeting

  06-11-2015 20:38
  
  The Jefferson County school board went out Thursday night on the same feisty and rollicking note it came in on two years ago, with plenty of hissing, guffaws and groans to go around the packed meeting room.
  
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• Aurora theater shooting jurors work to remember victims

  06-11-2015 20:34
  
  Four jurors from the Aurora theater shooting trial have teamed up with victims' families to raise $200,000 for a memorial garden.
  
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• Spacewalkers encounter leaking ammonia, spoils radiator work

  06-11-2015 20:22
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Spacewalking astronauts encountered leaking ammonia and minor glove damage while performing plumbing work outside the International Space Station on Friday, then fell so far behind that they had to leave a radiator job undone.
  
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• Family Still Lacking Closure As Killer Is Sentenced To 48 Years

  06-11-2015 19:59
  
  BRIGHTON, Colo. (CBS4) – An Adams County judge on Friday sentenced a Westminster man to 48 years in prison for murdering a 19-year-old woman whose body has never been found.
  Christopher Waide, 23, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in September in the death of Lea Porter.
  Porter’s family reported her missing in June 2014. The southern Colorado woman disappeared while she was in the Denver metro area making plans to move to the city.
  In court on Friday the vers
  
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• 4th Supreme Court go-round for 5-year-old Obama health law

  06-11-2015 19:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is wading into its fourth dispute over President Barack Obama's 5-year-old health care overhaul.
  
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• Apparent Prowler Shot, Killed After Forcing His Way Into Home

  06-11-2015 19:38
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Denver police are investigating a deadly shooting at a home near the intersection of Winona Court and Floyd Avenue.
  Police responded overnight to a call of what they say was a prowler who forced his way into a home in the 3300 block of South Winona Court.
  (credit: CBS)
  Officers found the suspected prowler with a gunshot wound. He died at the scene.
  Detectives are still investigating, but no one has been arrested. The man who shot the intruder is a former police officer.The
  
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• Top 5 Wildest Sports Callers Of The Week: November 2nd-November 6th

  06-11-2015 19:32
  
  The Top 5 Sports Callers of the week is a weekly installment from CBS Local Sports that will bring you the wildest callers from across the nation.
  Number 5: In this week’s episode we start with Wayne from Atlanta who joined the Rick and Randy show on 92.9 The Game to give his thoughts on why the 49ers decided to start Blaine Gabbert this weekend against the Falcons. 
  Number 4: Checking in at four is Harry from Pittsburgh who called in to the Dallas C
  
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• Polis Meeting With Kombucha Makers About Federal Enforcement

  06-11-2015 19:19
  
  ERIE, Colo. (AP) – A Colorado congressman who has tried without success to protect kombucha makers from federal alcohol enforcement is meeting with some of the brewers.
  Democratic Rep. Jared Polis is meeting with a handful of kombucha brewers in Erie Friday.
  Polis has appealed to the U.S. Alcohol Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau to relax enforcement on the fermented tea makers. Kombucha is an ancient style of fermented black tea. It’s a popular health food, but the fermentation process c
  
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• Gardner Calls Obama’s Keystone XL Decision A ‘Misguided Choice’

  06-11-2015 19:03
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado Republican Sen. Cory Garnersays President Barack Obama’s rejection of the proposal to build the Keystone XL pipeline Friday puts “the demands of radical political groups over American jobs” and is a “misguided choice.”
  “Construction of the Keystone pipeline would have created jobs, reduced America’s dependence on overseas oil, and helped further the North American energy revolution that has created so much prosperity in our
  
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• Christian McCaffrey ‘Fast White Guy’ Quote Originated In Broncos Locker Room

  06-11-2015 18:38
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – Christian McCaffrey and his Stanford Cardinal team travel to Boulder to face the CU Buffaloes this weekend, and as the hype about the Colorado native grows a quote from the past has surfaced.
  Christian McCaffrey #5 of the Stanford Cardinal’s scores a touchdown breaking the tackle ofJoJo McIntosh #14 of the Washington Huskies at Stanford Stadium on Oct. 24, 2015. (credit: Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
  Christian McCaffrey is a grad of Valor Christian High S
  
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• Keystone and Wolf Creek ski resorts open for business

  06-11-2015 18:21
  
  A DJ is ready to lead a party at Keystone and Wolf Creek is boasting 17 inches of new powder as the ski resorts open for business on Friday.
  
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• 11 Angels Prep For The 2015 ‘Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show’

  06-11-2015 18:17
  
  It’s almost time for the beautiful Victoria’s Secret Angels to hit the runway for the annual “Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.”The Angels return to New York City after spending last year in London, and they could not be more excited. Joining them on stage will be Ellie Goulding, Selena Gomez and The Weeknd providing an epic sound track for this years show.
  Check out how the Angels’ are preparing for their big day:
  Lily AldridgeCandice SwanepoelMartha HuntGigi H
  
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• 1,000 barrels of crude spill from pipeline in rural Oklahoma

  06-11-2015 18:12
  
  BILLINGS, Okla. (AP) — A Tulsa-based pipeline company says about 1,000 barrels of crude oil has spilled from a pipeline in rural Oklahoma.
  
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• Hot weather is now affecting Belgian beer too

  06-11-2015 17:58
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — One of the most renowned Belgian beer brewers said Friday it is a victim of climate change because increasingly high temperatures have shortened the brewing season by about a month compared with the 1950s.
  
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• Guess what, guys? Women love Broncos football, too

  06-11-2015 17:58
  
  Women aren't just football fans — they're super fans.        
  
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• UAW-GM deal likely to pass as Ohio, Michigan workers say yes

  06-11-2015 17:22
  
  DETROIT (AP) — United Auto Workers union members at General Motors appear poised to approve a new four-year contract with the company.
  
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• DEA Chief: Marijuana As Medicine Is ‘A Joke’

  06-11-2015 17:21
  
  (CBS4) – The head of the Drug Enforcement Administration dismissed the notion that smoking marijuana should be a medically approved act anywhere in comments to reporters this week.
  According to a CBS News report, Chuck Rosenberg said that smoking pot “has never been safe or effective as a medicine.”
  Rosenberg stated that there are qualities of cannabis that could be extracted and used medicinally, but the act of smoking pot “is bad and dangerous … don’t call
  
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• House fire, explosion in south Denver likely pot-related, officials say

  06-11-2015 17:01
  
  Ahouse exploded in south Denver Thursday night and officials said that the blast appears to be marijuana-related, although the exact cause is unknown.
  
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• Weather: Cool and clear in Denver, snow in Colorado mountains

  06-11-2015 16:58
  
  Denver's high temperature be stay cool but dry Friday as the mountains get another round of snow.
  
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• Ohio man pleads not guilty to providing support to al-Qaida

  06-11-2015 16:02
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — One of four men accused of raising money for a known al-Qaida leader has pleaded not guilty in Ohio.
  
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• NASA's MAVEN finds clues to what happened to Mars' atmosphere

  06-11-2015 15:41
  
  In its first major scientific finding, NASA's Mars-orbiting spacecraft offers the first substantial clue to what removed the red planet's atmosphere billions of years ago.
  
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• One person hurt in Denver car collision

  06-11-2015 15:37
  
  One person was taken to the hospital Friday morning following a collision involving two cars at East 11th Avenue and Grant Street, police say.
  
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• Aurora municipal building shut down after bomb threat

  06-11-2015 14:47
  
  The Aurora Police Department has shut down all entrances to the municipal building Friday morning following a bomb threat.
  
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• Injuries Reported In Rollover Crash In Downtown Denver

  06-11-2015 14:43
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – At least one person was hurt in a rollover car crash on Grant Street and 11th Avenue Friday morning.
  (credit: CBS)
  The vehicle appeared to a Jeep, and it’s not clear how it rolled over. The crash happened at approximately 6:20 a.m.
  (credit: CBS)
  
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• Million Mask March remembers Guy Fawkes, winds through Denver

  06-11-2015 14:32
  
  A group of protesters marched in downtown Denver Thursday evening as part of the Million Mask March and nine of the protesters were arrested.
  
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• Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg visiting Air Force Academy

  06-11-2015 14:12
  
  AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — Facebook's chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, is visiting the Air Force Academy as part of her campaign to promote women in leadership.
  
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• Lawsuit filed in inmate's 2013 death

  06-11-2015 13:25
  
  CORTEZ, Colo. (AP) — An attorney has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in connection to the 2013 death of a Navajo man at the Montezuma County jail.
  
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• Colorado weighs in on Adidas' plan to oust American Indian mascots

  06-11-2015 10:42
  
  An initiative by the athletic company Adidas to fund the removal of high school American Indian mascots is receiving mixed reviews in Colorado.
  
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• Western senators launch effort to reform mining law to spur cleanup

  06-11-2015 10:41
  
  Western senators weighed in on the toxic mines problem Thursday, launching legislation to reform the nation's 1872 Mining Law andrequire companies to pay fees to create a cleanup fund for abandoned inactive mines.
  
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• Veterans wrestle with new VA Choice Card effort to reform care

  06-11-2015 10:41
  
  Bill Holen is no stranger to politics or the VA. Before his current gig as Arapahoe County commissioner, Holen served with the Army in Vietnam and later did veterans outreach for U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Arvada.
  
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• CSU study says oil and gas water contaminants low in DJ Basin

  06-11-2015 10:38
  
  A new Colorado State University report says there is no evidence water-based contaminants are seeping into drinking water wells over a vast oil and gas field in northeast Colorado.
  
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• Second suspect reaches apparent plea agreement in VIP Cannabis raids

  06-11-2015 10:37
  
  Another suspect in a case stemming from a series of high-profile federal raids on Colorado medical marijuana businesses has indicated he plans to plead guilty.
  
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• How to avoid big fines (and save time) on I-70 mountain corridor this winter

  06-11-2015 10:36
  
  Interstate 70 through the Colorado mountains will get a lot of special attention this winter including a chance for more federal funding, stricter chain and traction law enforcement and a tolled express lane slated to open Dec. 12.
  
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• Ridley's Family Market will buy Bella's Markets in Wellington, Gypsum

  06-11-2015 09:44
  
  Jerome, Idaho-based Ridley's Family Market is buying Bella's Marketsin Wellington and Gypsum in a sale that follows months of complaints from shoppers angered by empty shelves.
  
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• Noodles & Co. to shutter 16 restaurants after missing earnings target

  06-11-2015 09:44
  
  Broomfield-based Noodles & Company plans to shutter 16 company-owned stores by the end of the year in a cost-saving move that represents the largest number of closures the fast-casual chain hasmade during a single quarter.
  
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• Five finalists for Colorado Child Protection Ombudsman announced

  06-11-2015 08:10
  
  The Colorado Child Protection Ombudsman Board announced Thursdayfive finalists for the newChild Protection Ombudsman.
  
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• Nuggets 0-2 At Home After Loss To Jazz

  06-11-2015 06:37
  
  The Denver Nuggets didn't have enough energy to make it happen against the Utah Jazz on Thursday night.
  
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