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• Mile High Comics plans HQ sale, thanks legal pot for real estate value

  13-11-2015 23:38
  
  One of the largest comic book retailers in the world is putting its north Denver headquarters on the market — and the owner ofMile High Comics credits the state's legal marijuana economy for boosting his potential profit.
  
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• 100+ People Spend Night Outdoors For ‘Sleep Out For Homeless’ Event

  13-11-2015 23:14
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)– More than 100 people spent a very chilly night in Boulder to draw attention to the homeless and runaways.
  They spent the night on a lawn in downtown Boulder near the First United Methodist Church.
  This is the fourth year for the “Sleep Out for Homeless Youth” event.
  It’s estimated more than 160 children in Boulder are either homeles or don’t have a secure living situation.
  
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• Justices agree to hear first abortion case since 2007

  13-11-2015 23:13
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is giving an election-year hearing to a dispute over state regulation of abortion clinics in the court's first abortion case in eight years.
  
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• Injury Report: Denver Broncos Will Be Without DeMarcus Ware In Bounce-Back Game Against Kansas City

  13-11-2015 23:00
  
  By Danny Cox
  It’s not like the Denver Broncos are having a bad season as they only have one loss; but considering it just happened, the wound is still fresh. Matters weren’t helped any by the fact that the lone loss this season came to Peyton Manning’s old team, the Indianapolis Colts.
  Now, they are looking to bounce back this week in a game against the Kansas City Chiefs, and they are healthy enough to do it. The injury report for Week 10 shows just one player listed as out, b
  
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• Broncos WR Thomas A Step Closer To Reunion With Mother

  13-11-2015 22:50
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Demaryius Thomas will have to wait a little bit longer to celebrate his mother’s freedom and treat her to her first NFL game.
  The star receiver’s plans to fly Katina Smith to Denver this weekend were scuttled by a 60-day travel restriction following her release from a halfway house in Georgia. She had been staying there since President Barack Obama cut short her drug trafficking sentence last summer as part of his push to reduce the prison population of
  
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• Armed robbers hit Starbucks in Aurora early Friday morning

  13-11-2015 22:45
  
  An Aurora Starbucks was robbed at gunpoint early Friday morning, officials said.Witnesses said two men wearing surgical masks and latex gloves came into the 15795 East Arapahoe Roadstore
  
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• Coast Guard searches for woman who fell from cruise ship

  13-11-2015 22:43
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Crews are continuing to search for a woman officials say intentionally went overboard from a cruise ship that had been chartered for an electronic dance party.
  
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• Woman charged in $1M jewelry theft in Colorado Springs

  13-11-2015 22:28
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS — A 66-year-old Colorado Springs woman was arrested Thursday night after she allegedly stole about $1 million worth of jewelry, police said.
  
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• Landeskog To Miss 2 Games After Illegal Check In Boston

  13-11-2015 22:21
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The NHL announced Friday afternoon that Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog will be suspended for two games after what they say was “an illegal check to the head” during Thursday night’s 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins.
  Gabriel Landeskog (credit: CBS)
  Landeskog put the hit on Brad Marchand of the Boston Bruins in the second period. Referees said it was a deliberate attempt to injure Marchand, who got up right afterwards and delivered a punch to
  
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• Colorado Man Wins Car & International Trip On ‘The Price Is Right’

  13-11-2015 22:07
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The latest winner on the CBS game show “The Price Is Right” is a man from Durango, Colorado.
  Randall Ash made it through numerous rounds of games, and came back at the end of the show to win $29,100 worth of prizes. Ash won a car and a trip to Madagascar.
  His shirt read “Pick my daughter,” who was in the audience with a shirt that read “Pick my dad.”
  
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• Old Laws Collide With Digital Reality In Teen Sexting Cases

  13-11-2015 21:57
  
  CANON CITY, Colo. (AP) — Educators in a small Colorado town say they had no choice but alert police when they discovered that many high-schoolers were using a cellphone app to collect and hide hundreds of naked photos of themselves.
  The law in Colorado and many other states classifies any explicit photos of minors as child pornography, and requires school employees to bring in police the moment they learn of it.
  Prosecutors are looking for evidence of coercion and to see if any adults were
  
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• Quiz: How many Colorado ski resorts can you name?

  13-11-2015 21:43
  
   
  
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• Hickenlooper Orders Pesticide-Tainted Pot Destroyed

  13-11-2015 21:26
  
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s governor has ordered the destruction of marijuana treated with unapproved pesticides, more than six months after Denver authorities started quarantining plants tainted by unauthorized chemicals.
  Gov. John Hickenlooper issued an executive order Thursday calling marijuana treated with certain pesticides a “threat to public safety” and said it should be destroyed.
  The order came after The Denver Post reported that pesticides barred for use on cannabi
  
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• Trinidad man arrested for providing illegal hunting services

  13-11-2015 21:22
  A Trinidad man has been arrested on charges of providing unregistered outfitting services for big game wildlife, providing an illegal hunt for big game wildlife for profit and more, officials
  
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• Map Game: Where is Oregon?

  13-11-2015 20:29
  
   
  
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• Next Week’s Snowstorm Could Require A Snowplow

  13-11-2015 20:23
  
  By Dave Aguilera and Chris Spears
  DENVER (CBS4) – We’re busy in Colorado’s Weather Center tracking a developing snowstorm that is set to hit Colorado sometime late Monday and potentially lasting through Wednesday.
  We know this storm is still a long way out, but because of the potential it is showing to be significant, we want you to be informed.
  (credit: Colorado’s Weather Center/CBS4)
  Current forecast models all show a strong winter storm entering the region early next w
  
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• Still No Plea In Evergreen Bear Cub Shooting Case

  13-11-2015 20:19
  
  GOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4) – An Evergreen man facing felony charges after the deadly shooting of two bear cubs was back in court on Friday.
  Daniel Williams (credit: CBS)
  Daniel Williams is charged with shooting the cubs in his yard in September, and his hearing in Jefferson County Court on Friday morning was largely procedural. Williams has yet to enter a plea in the case.
  Williams faces felony charges of illegal discharge of a firearm and aggravated cruelty to animal after the Sept. 1 incident.
  
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• Oregon Map Game: Here are the results

  13-11-2015 20:17
  
   
  
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• Complete With ‘Stompy’ Denver Music, KBCO Studio C Release Ready To Go

  13-11-2015 20:08
  
  By Alan Gionet
  DENVER (CBS4) – Today’s the day we share what’s on the much anticipated Volume 27 of the annual KBCO Studio C release.
  “Every year we say this is the best one and we mean it. And we mean it this 27th time as well. This is the best one!” said KBCO’s Bret Saunders.
  LINK: KBCO Studio C Announcement
  People line up to get their hands on it and it usually sells out in hours.
  It’s a mix like no other this year, and Bret has seen and heard the CD
  
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• Bills & Jets ‘Color Rush’ Uniforms A Complete Eyesore For Everyone, Especially The Colorblind

  13-11-2015 20:01
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The game between the Buffalo Bills and New York Jets was hard to watch, for reasons other than the game itself.
  Both teams debuted unique, fluorescent-colored uniforms as part of the NFL’s “Color Rush” campaign, as a way to spice up Thursday Night Football.
  Unfortunately, the combination of bright red and bright green created chaos for viewers. Some considered it a Christmas nightmare, some were reminded of the Power Rangers, and color blind people li
  
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• The Giants Can Beat The Patriots

  13-11-2015 19:23
  
  By Jason Keidel
  Thursday night’s game popped the lid off MetLife Stadium, where Rex Ryan exacted some form of revenge on the Jets — then shrieked and cussed and contorted like he just won the Super Bowl. Now two teams that actually win Super Bowls are set to meet in the same building a few days hence.
  The New England Patriots (8-0) roll into the Meadowlands to play the New York Giants (5-4). And if it were anyone but the Giants, you’d assume the Patriots would just vaporiz
  
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• Ruling gives Sandusky back $4,900-a-month Penn State pension

  13-11-2015 19:17
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The state must restore the $4,900-a-month pension of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky that was taken away three years ago when he was sentenced to decades in prison on child molestation convictions, a court ordered Friday.
  
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• 'Jihadi John' horrified public, emboldened extremists

  13-11-2015 19:02
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Islamic State group militant known as "Jihadi John," who was targeted in a U.
  
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• Police investigate drive-by shooting at Pueblo Community College

  13-11-2015 18:47
  
  Pueblo police are investigating aThursday night drive-by shootingat Pueblo Community College, officials said.
  
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• Colorado's new standardized math, English tests set benchmark

  13-11-2015 18:30
  
  Many Colorado students decided not to take the state's new standardized tests last spring, and of those who did, few met or exceeded expectations.
  
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• After Dozens Of Offers, Overland’s Davis Makes College Choice

  13-11-2015 18:26
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – Colorado’s most heavily recruited high school basketball player perhaps since Chauncey Billups has chosen which college he will play for.
  De’Ron Davis, a star at Overland High School, announced on Thursday that he has accepted an offer for a scholarship to play at Indiana University.
  De’Ron Davis (credit: CBS)
  His decision had come down to the Hoosiers or the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
  De’Ron Davis (credit: CBS)
  IU had been recruiting Davis s
  
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• IS suicide blast, roadside bomb hit Baghdad Shiites, kill 26

  13-11-2015 17:27
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a suicide blast and a roadside bombing that targeted Shiites in Baghdad on Friday, killing a total of 26 people and wounding dozens.
  
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• Police seek man they say stole dog before scheduled death

  13-11-2015 16:52
  
  SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities on California's Central Coast are seeking a man they say broke into an animal shelter and took back his own dog the night before it was scheduled to be euthanized.
  
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• Boulder real estate hits top 1 percent of country's most expensive markets

  13-11-2015 16:48
  
  The average list price for a four-bedroom, two-bathroom house in Boulder has crossed above $1 million, a rarified altitude that places the city amongthe country's most expensivehousing markets,according to a new survey fromColdwell Banker.
  
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• Authorities discount text threats to Colorado Springs high school

  13-11-2015 16:41
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS — Threats of a shooting at a Colorado Springs high school turned out to be not credible after Colorado Springs police officers talked to the teenager suspected of making
  
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• 48 Denver Children Find New Home On National Adoption Day

  13-11-2015 16:26
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Nearly 50 children in Denver will get new parents and a new family. Wednesday is National Adoption Day and the city is celebrating with a ceremony at the court house.
  It’s Denver’s 11th year of the event, and each year dozens of children are adopted. The goal is to highlight families taking in children and also bring awareness to those who still need a home.
  Nationally, there are over 100,000 children in foster care looking for a permanent family. Almo
  
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• Denver weather: Seasonable Friday conditions, warm weekend ahead

  13-11-2015 16:23
  
  Sunny skies and seasonable temperatures should make for an enjoyable Friday the 13th in Denver.
  
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• Southern Ute Indian tribe works out solar plant deal

  13-11-2015 15:52
  
  DURANGO, Colorado (AP) — The Southern Ute Indian tribe plans to build a solar plant that will power about 10 tribal buildings in the capital of their Colorado reservation.
  
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• Sheriff cleared in shooting of suspected Tabernash burglar

  13-11-2015 15:42
  
  STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A grand jury has cleared the Grand County sheriff in the shooting of a suspected burglar in September.
  
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• Critics: Changing Guantanamo Prison’s ZIP Code Isn’t A Fix

  13-11-2015 15:33
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama’s quest to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, perhaps by moving some detainees to the United States, has fostered an unusual alliance between his congressional critics and liberal-leaning advocacy groups that say changing the detention facility’s ZIP code won’t solve the problem.
  Groups like Amnesty International and the American Civil Liberties Union argue that moving the terror suspects to U.S. soil doesn’t end the policy
  
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• No Triskaidekaphobia With Today’s Denver Forecast

  13-11-2015 15:32
  
  By Chris Spears
  DENVER (CBS4) – Last year on November 13 the high in Denver was only 13 degrees after a morning low of -14!
  But there’s no need to have any triskaidekaphobia with today’s Denver forecast.
  We’re expecting a high in the lower to middle 50s in the city.
  (credit: Rhonda Palmer)
  So what exactly is triskaidekaphobia?
  It’s a pretty big word with a Greek origin and it has a simple meaning: a fear of the number 13.
  tris meaning three
  kai meaning and
  deka mean
  
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• Man with genetic appetite disorder pleads in food thefts

  13-11-2015 15:27
  
  SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — A California man with a rare genetic disorder that gives him an insatiable appetite has pleaded no contest to breaking into houses to steal food and other belongings.
  
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• Reports of student suicide risk, threats to schools on rise in Jeffco

  13-11-2015 15:26
  
  Reports of risks to student safety have steeply increased in recent years in the Jefferson County school district.
  
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• 2 Men In Surgical Masks With Guns Rob Starbucks

  13-11-2015 14:46
  
  ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Two men robbed a Starbucks early Friday morning in eastern Centennial. It happened just before 6 a.m. at 15795 East Arapahoe Road on the corner with South Parker Road.
  The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office said two black men wearing black hoodies and black pants got away with an undisclosed amount of cash in a CVS bag.
  If Starbucks at Parker and Arapahoe is your morning coffee stop, you will need a different cup of joe this morning. #Robbery&m
  
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• Campbell Soup recalls 355,000 cans of SpaghettiOs

  13-11-2015 14:33
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Campbell Soup is recalling 355,000 cans of SpaghettiOs Original in the U.S. due to a possible choking hazard.
  
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• 'Free!:' Aging mobster acquitted in 1978 'Goodfellas' heist

  13-11-2015 13:53
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — An aging mobster threw his hands into the air and shouted "Free," grinning as he walked out of a courthouse following his surprising acquittal on charges he helped plan the legendary 1978 Lufthansa heist retold in the hit Mafia film "Goodfellas.
  
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• Kia recalls over 256,000 Souls for steering problem

  13-11-2015 13:27
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Kia is recalling more than 256,000 Soul compact SUVs in the U.S. because the steering could fail.
  
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• Clinton has early, commanding delegate lead for nomination

  13-11-2015 13:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton has locked up public support from half the Democratic Party insiders who get to cast ballots at the party's national convention.
  
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• Campers kill, grill snake but get an unexpected side—fines

  13-11-2015 11:17
  
  CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — Four young men got more than a meal when they killed and grilled a timber rattlesnake in western Maryland — they were hit with fines of $200 each in court.
  
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• Prosecutors say budget amendment doesn't protect Colorado pot lawyer

  13-11-2015 09:59
  
  Federal prosecutors say a Colorado attorney charged in connection with major raids on state-licensed medical marijuana businesses is not protected by a new law that tells the feds to back off.
  
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• Colorado, EPA clash over state role in Gold King Mine deluge

  13-11-2015 09:59
  
  Colorado officials are disputing Environmental Protection Agency accounts of the botched cleanup at an inactive mine that spilled 3 million gallons of toxic heavy metals into the Animas River, saying state experts gave advice but did not approve EPA actions.
  
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• Suspect in recreation center burglaries, vehicle thefts arrested

  13-11-2015 09:58
  
  A man suspected in two recent recreation-center burglaries and motor-vehicle thefts has been arrested, officials said Thursday.
  
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• Denver Jail inmate taken to hospital after being restrained

  13-11-2015 09:57
  
  An inmate at the downtown Denver Jail was taken to ahospital Wednesday night after being subdued and restrained by deputies.
  
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• Pianos Get Makeover From Student Artists

  13-11-2015 06:15
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Student artists decorated pianos on Thursday that will soon be on street corners along the 16th Street Mall.Students from the DCIS at Fairmont used holiday colors on two pianos from Denver’s Public Piano Art Program.
  The pianos will be placed along the 16th Street Mall the day after Thanksgiving. (credit: CBS)
  “Bringing back the pianos on the mall is an opportunity to just allow people to sit, to play Christmas carols to enjoy time with their family and it’
  
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• Man Finds ‘Zombie’ In Apartment On Halloween

  13-11-2015 06:06
  
  By Stan BushDENVER (CBS4)– A Denver man feared for his life when his own apartment became a house of horrors on Halloween.
  A resident of Block 32, an apartment complex in the RiNO, came home to find his unit trashed and a man in a zombie costume seemingly drunk and passed out in a chair.
  The suspect, Dane Clark, also lived in the building.Family members say Clark, 29, had been drinking heavily at his birthday party when he got out of control.
  When the victim tried to wake up Clark, he beca
  
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