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• Search On For Assault Suspect In Larimer County

  22-11-2015 23:54
  
  LOVELAND, Colo. (CBS4) – Sheriff’s deputies found a pickup truck they were looking for after a man was assaulted Saturday night in Loveland.
  According to the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to the 400 block of East 57th Street on a report of an assault and found a man with injuries.
  “A 39 year old man sustained serious injuries and was transported to a local hospital with significant but non-life threatening injuries,” the sheriff’s office
  
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• Student From Colorado Killed In Arizona Skydiving Accident

  22-11-2015 23:01
  
  MARICOPA, Ariz. (AP) – Authorities have identified a skydiving student who was killed in a tandem jump in Arizona.
  Pinal County Sheriff’s spokesman Mark Clark confirmed Sunday that 26-year-old Jeriann Henderson, of Colorado, suffered fatal injuries after a malfunction or failure led to a hard-impact landing during a jump in Maricopa.
  Clark says the instructor, 40-year-old Todd Dimauro, sustained two broken legs in the Saturday incident but will survive.
  Dimauro works for Skydive Phoe
  
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• Broncos Beat Bears 17-15 In Brock Osweiler’s First NFL Start

  22-11-2015 22:04
  
  CHICAGO (The Sports Xchange)— Brock Osweiler made it look easy in his first NFL start with two touchdown passes Sunday to lead the Denver Broncos to a 17-15 victory over the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field.
  The win ended a two-game losing streak for Denver.
  Osweiler, on his 25th birthday, completed 20 of 27 passes for 250 yards and recorded a passer rating of 127.1. Injured Peyton Manning, the ertswhile Denver starter, did not make the trip to Chicago.
  The Bears had three chances in the fou
  
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• Colorado Holds Off Upset-Minded Nebraska-Omaha 87-82

  22-11-2015 21:52
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) – George King scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half, Josh Scott had 14 points and 12 rebounds and Colorado rallied to beat Nebraska-Omaha 87-82 on Sunday afternoon.
  Tre’Shaun Fletcher added 12 of his 15 points in the second half for the Buffaloes (3-1), who came back from down 13 for their third consecutive win.
  Devin Patterson had 19 points and Jake White added 16 for the Mavericks (2-2), who looked to have an upset brewing in the program’s first ga
  
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• Broncos Lead Bears 10-9 After 3rd Quarter

  22-11-2015 21:15
  
  CHICACO (CBS4/The Sports Xchange) – The Denver Broncos lead the Chicago Bears 10-9 after the third quarter.
  The Broncos opened up the second half with a promising drive after Brocks Osweiler hooked up with tight end Owen Daniels on a 31-yard pass but the drive stalled and the Broncos were forced to punt.
  The Broncos defense is looking good as Danny Trevathan picked off Jay Cutler midway through the third quarter. It was the first takeaway for the Broncos since Week 6 against the Cleveland
  
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• Swing State Colorado Mulls Universal Health Care Proposal

  22-11-2015 21:05
  
  DENVER (AP) – A new plan for government-run health care that covers everyone is coming from a surprising corner: Colorado, a politically moderate swing state where Republicans and Democrats often share control of state government.
  Universal coverage proposals – known as “single-payer” – have failed time and again in the United States. Left-leaning Vermont recently pursued such a system, only to abandon it as too expensive. President Obama’s health care law doe
  
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• Missed Chances For Colorado In 27-3 Loss To No. 24 Cougars

  22-11-2015 20:55
  
  PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Six times Colorado rolled into Washington State’s half of the field. The Buffaloes ended up with just three points to show for it.
  There were too many empty trips for the Buffaloes to pull off the upset of the 24th-ranked Cougars.
  “I guess I didn’t have them ready enough to play,” Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre said. “We had some opportunities to go down and score there early and we missed those field goals and I went for it on fourth down
  
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• Colorado State Outlasts New Mexico 28-21

  22-11-2015 20:46
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Nick Stevens passed for 264 yards and a touchdown, and Kevin Pierre-Louis’s interception late in the fourth quarter sealed Colorado State’s 28-21 win over New Mexico Saturday night.
  Izzy Matthews’ 1-yard TD run with 8:41 left broke a 21-all tie and capped off a 12-play, 87-yard drive for Colorado State (6-5, 4-3 Mountain West).
  Lamar Jordan was intercepted on the next play from scrimmage, but the Lobos defense pushed Colorado State back 9 yards an
  
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• Broncos Lead Bears 10-6 At Halftime

  22-11-2015 20:22
  
  CHICAGO (CBS4) – After an impressive first drive of the game with a Brock Osweiler to Demaryius Thomas touchdown, the Broncos offense then stalled, but they still lead the Bears 10-6 at halftime.
  The Broncos’ defense looked like their old selves and kept Jay Cutler and the Bears out of the end zone in the first half.
  CHICAGO, IL – NOVEMBER 22: Quarterback Jay Cutler #6 of the Chicago Bears is hit by David Bruton Jr. #30 and Bradley Roby #29 of the Denver Broncos in the first qu
  
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• Northern Colorado Falls to Austin Peay, 91-76

  22-11-2015 20:05
  
  GREELEY, Colo. (AP) – Khalil Davis had 17 points with five assists, Josh Robinson scored 17 with three 3-pointers, and Austin Peay picked up its first win of the season, 91-76 over Northern Colorado on Sunday.
  The Governors (1-4), who never trailed, shot a phenomenal 63 percent (31-49), including a sizzling 65 percent in the second half as they broke open a one-point game with 52 points after halftime.
  Northern Colorado (1-3) trailed just 39-38 at the break.
  Kenny Jones and Chris Horton ea
  
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• No. 13 Kentucky Women Get Past Colorado 86-61

  22-11-2015 19:44
  
  LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) – Janee Thompson scored 17 points and seven assists and No. 13 Kentucky got off to a fast start to defeat Colorado 86-61 on Sunday.
  The Wildcats (4-0) had a 14-0 run over the last five minutes of the first quarter for a 22-7 lead and then scored the last eight of the first half to make it 42-21. Defensively they scored 16 points off 16 turnovers.
  Maci Morris added 13 points and three players had 10, including Evelyn Akhator, who had nine rebounds.
  Kentucky hit 7 of 10 o
  
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• Osweiler Strikes On First Start Of His Career, Broncos Lead Bears 7-0 After 1st Quarter

  22-11-2015 19:35
  
  CHICAGO (CBS4) – Brock Osweiler wasted no time taking advantage of his first start of his career by hooking up with Demaryius Thomas for a 48-yard touchdown on the Broncos first possession of the game.
  It was the first opening drive touchdown for the Broncos in the last 14 games.
  Best opening drive of the season. Hands down.
  — Vic Lombardi (@VicLombardi) November 22, 2015The Broncos running game looked great in the first quarter. Ronnie Hillman 30 yards and C.J. Anderson added anothe
  
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• Sanders, Walker not playing against Bears

  22-11-2015 19:08
  
  Sanders, Walker inactive against Bears        
  
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• Driver Killed After Crashing Into Pond Near CU South Boulder Campus

  22-11-2015 17:41
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – The driver of a car was killed Sunday morning after crashing into a pond near the CU south Boulder campus.
  The male driver was heading southbound on the Foothills Parkway, taking the ramp onto eastbound US 36 when he lost control shortly before 8 a.m. The car went off the road, crossed a bike path, and crashed into a pond. Multiple agencies responded to the crash and worked on the rescue.
  One person, the driver, was pulled from the partially submerged car
  
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• Capitals Score First Against The Avs, Don’t Stop There

  22-11-2015 17:11
  
  After the Washington Capitals snapped a streak of nine games without scoring first, they weren't about to stop at one goal.
  
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• Anderson: ‘We’ve Just Got To Do Our Job’ To Help Osweiler Out

  22-11-2015 07:00
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – For the first time since most of the players on the Broncos current roster arrived in Denver, Peyton Manning won’t be starting at quarterback in a regular season game this weekend.
  Sunday’s matchup with the Bears will of course feature Brock Osweiler at QB, Manning’s backup for the past 3-and-a-half years.
  Running back C.J. Anderson said there seems to be some high expectations for Osweiler.
  “People act like Brock has to go out there and throw six to
  
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• Sports A to Z: When will Manning return?

  22-11-2015 03:05
  
  In this week's Sports A to Z, Sam and Ron debate what it will take for Manning to return as starting quarterback.        
  
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• Colorado Kids Get Stuck After Move To Minnesota

  22-11-2015 01:54
  
  FOUNTAIN, Colo. (CBS4)– Two kids from Colorado gave their parents quite a fright after moving to their new home in Minnesota. The siblings got their heads stuck in the banister.Their mom, Jessica Romero, called 911 when her 3-year-old son became trapped in between the two railings. (credit: Jessica Romero)
  While she was on the phone with dispatchers, her 2-year-old daughter copied her brother, also becoming trapped!(credit: Jessica Romero)
  The fire department rushed to the home and got the
  
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• Mission Running Low On Turkey Donations For Upcoming Holiday

  22-11-2015 01:36
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Time is running out to donate turkeys to the Denver Rescue Mission for less fortunate families this holiday season.
  The mission is about 6,500 turkeys short of their goal of 15,000 turkeys.
  Volunteers plan to deliver turkeys and serve holiday meals across Denver and Fort Collins next week.
  Donations can be dropped off at Mike Ward Infiniti in Highlands Ranch through Nov. 22 or at the Lawrence Street Shelter located at Park Avenue West and Lawrence Street from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m
  
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• Woman Captured On Surveillance Stealing Package

  22-11-2015 01:30
  
  By Mark Taylor
  THORNTON, Colo. (CBS4)– Surveillance cameras captured a woman stealing a package front a Thornton family’s front porch in the middle of the day. Now that family hopes someone will recognize the suspect before she can strike again.
  The package was stolen happened Wednesday morning while Michael Wastart’s wife and children were inside.
  “What if they had tried to break into the house?” Wastart said.
  Surveillance video shows that at 11:32 a.m. a UPS drive
  
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• Knipp Leads N. Colorado To 40-36 Win Over Abilene Christian

  22-11-2015 01:17
  
  GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Jacob Knipp threw for 293 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for another score as Northern Colorado came back in the fourth quarter to beat Abilene Christian 40-36 on Saturday.
  Trae Riek rushed for 151 yards for one score and grabbed four passes for 90 yards and another touchdown for Northern Colorado (6-5).
  The Bears were leading 33-28 following a Jamie Falloon 44-yard field goal early in the final quarter. Parker McKenzie led Abilene Christian (3-8) on an 83-yard
  
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• US Ski Team Names 2 Prospects Killed In Avalanche To Squad

  22-11-2015 01:15
  
  COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) — Her voice quivered but remained strong as she read a powerful poem about her son to a room full of skiers gathered for an avalanche awareness seminar.
  “Do I look as though I’m all right?” Cindy Berlack read. “No, I’m not. It’s still a fight.”
  Nearly a year ago, her son, Ronnie, and fellow skiing prospect Bryce Astle were killed in an avalanche near Soelden, Austria.
  On Friday night, Cindy Berlack watched a video with s
  
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• Sketch Released Of Man Wanted In Break-Ins, Attempted Sexual Assault

  22-11-2015 00:14
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)– Police in Colorado Springs hope a sketch of a man wanted in break-ins and attempted sexual assaults will lead them to a break in the case.“She kept telling him to leave her alone, ‘Leave me alone, leave me alone.’ And eventually he was in bed with her,” said child’s father.
  Police believe the same man is responsible for two break-ins on Monday night but was prevented from a third attempt. Police say based on their investigation,
  
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