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• Broncos’ David Bruton Visits With Denver Boys & Girls Club For Reading & Dinner

  26-11-2015 23:39
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Denver Broncos safety David Bruton Jr. has a passion off the football field — reading. It’s why he founded a charity, Bruton’s Books, to help get books into the hands of young children.
  This week Bruton stopped off at the Denver Boy’s and Girl’s Club in southwest Denver to visit with children.
  He spent Tuesday speaking about the importance of reading, giving each child a book, and sharing an early Thanksgiving feast with them.
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• College student from Castle Rock was drunk when shot, autopsy shows

  26-11-2015 23:23
  
  Colin Brough, the 20-year-old college student from Castle Rock,had a high blood-alcohol level and had recently used marijuanalast month when he was shot and killed by a fellow Northern
  
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• Brothers Caught In Avalanche Escape Separately, Think The Other’s Dead

  26-11-2015 23:12
  
  OPHIR, Colo. (CBS4) – A major avalanche was trigged in the Ophir backcountry Wednesday when two brothers were skiing a popular route.
  Brian Holmes, 26, and Alex Holmes, 27, were skiing from Trout Lake to Ophir and were on top of the Fatwa area when Brian began his decent, triggering an avalanche. Alex witnessed the massive slide sweep his brother down the mountain and out of sight.
  Alex tried to ski down to search for his brother, but that triggered a second avalanche. He did not feel
  
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• Colorado brothers survive slides

  26-11-2015 22:42
  
  Each thought the other was dead near Ophir.
  
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• Mike Coffman visits troops in Afghanistan for Thanksgiving

  26-11-2015 22:33
  
  U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman of Aurora gave thanks to American military Thursday by spending the holiday with deployed troops in Afghanistan.
  
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• Young Moose Euthanized After Getting Stuck In Cliff Ledge

  26-11-2015 22:32
  
  GUNNISON, Colo. (CBS4) – A young bull moose had to be euthanized Tuesday night after it was unable to climb out of a ledge in a cliffside near Gunnison.
  The moose had been up in the draw since Friday, Nov. 20. Wildlife officers had attempted to lure him out, without success.
  He was visible to drivers traveling westbound on Highway 135 into Gunnison, some of whom stopped to take pictures. The moose had an unusual antler formation, similar to an elk’s.
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• Halfway House Client Wanted For Attempted Murder After Assaulting Staff Member

  26-11-2015 22:14
  
  ALAMOSA, Colo. (CBS4) – A corrections staff member was assaulted by a client early Thursday morning at the San Luis Valley Community Corrections halfway house.
  The staff member was doing a routine bed check and a head count when the shower was heard running. The individual went to check on the shower and found it empty, then was attacked from behind.
  The attacker, identified as Matthew Gray, 42, held a towel over the staff member’s face in an attempt to choke the person.  T
  
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• First VFW in America serves Thanksgiving meal to vets and homeless in Denver

  26-11-2015 22:14
  
  Marine veteran Kyle Kellylost his left leg just above the knee because of deteriorating health symptoms he attributes to Gulf War Syndrome.
  
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• TV viewer donates $10K to replace girl's stolen wheelchair

  26-11-2015 22:10
  
  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A local television viewer in Los Angeles has made a $10,000 donation to buy a new wheelchair for a 4-year-old girl who was born without legs and has been using a skateboard.
  
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• How To Enjoy Turkey Day…While Avoiding Tummy Trouble

  26-11-2015 22:09
  
  By Dr. Dave Hnida
  DENVER (CBS4) -One of the best things about a big Thanksgiving dinner is that it’s a meal that gets to be eaten over and over for days.
  But it’s always a good idea to get it right the first time—that way you not only get to enjoy the meal(s), but also avoid the tummy troubles that tend to spike once we hit the holiday season.
  Food poisoning is a huge issue from now until January, most of it of our own doing. So following some simple steps may cut your ris
  
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• Consumer Group Petitions FAA For Airplane Seat Requirements

  26-11-2015 21:52
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A consumer group is pushing the FAA to set a limit on the number of seats on airplanes.
  The only current requirement from the FAA is that an emergency evacuation must be able to happen in 90 seconds or less. There are no limits on how close rows of seats can be, or the size of seats.
  A group called Flyer’s Rights sent the FAA a petition with over 30,000 signatures. It calls for minimum seat size standards.
  “It’s a safety concern, particularly with eva
  
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• Hollande and Putin agree on closer anti-IS coordination

  26-11-2015 21:50
  
  French President Francois Hollande and Russia s Vladimir Putin agreed to share intelligence information and cooperate on selecting targets in the fight against the Islamic State group, raising hope for closer ties between Moscow and the U.
  
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• FBI, Grassroots Groups Fight Sex Trafficking In Denver

  26-11-2015 21:40
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The FBI calls forced prostitution one of the biggest criminal industries in the country, and they’re fighting sex trafficking in Denver.
  “It’s like your soul is screaming to get out of your body… to leave,” said Hope Valor, who was a 10-year-old runaway when she was forced to have sex for money.
  Q: “What did they do to you?”
  A: “They pushed me into a bedroom door where a man who was in his 40s or 50s, about my dad’
  
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• Extended Black Friday sales mean deals are more elusive

  26-11-2015 21:36
  
  Astute shoppers know that Black Friday no longer is just theFriday after Thanksgiving.
  
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• Big balloons, heavy security for NYC Thanksgiving parade

  26-11-2015 21:31
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Americans paused Thursday to celebrate their blessings despite terrorism fears and racial tensions over fatal police shootings across the country.
  
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• Broncos Notebook, Nov. 26: Quick Practice Before Thanksgiving

  26-11-2015 21:25
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The Broncos went to work early Thursday morning so players could get home before noon for Thanksgiving.
  Due to the snowy weather, the team practiced indoors Thursday.  Head coach Gary Kubiak said he would prefer practicing in the elements. However, with ice on the fields, safety was the over-riding factor to take the team inside.
  DeMarcus Ware did not practice Thursday. He’s expected to miss his third straight game this Sunday due to a back injury. Kubiak th
  
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• Icy roads make Denver's Thanksgiving trips treacherous

  26-11-2015 21:18
  
  Colorado's roadways are glazed with black ice, makingholiday traveldifficult, if not hazardous.
  
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• CDOT Radio Station Kicks Off In Time For Thanksgiving Travel

  26-11-2015 21:07
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The holiday travel season is here, and AAA reports that 87% of Coloradans will travel by car this Thanksgiving.
  The day before Thanksgiving, and on the holiday itself, means large numbers of travelers on Colorado highways.
  The Colorado Department of Transportation launched an online-streaming, live radio station on Wednesday to keep drivers up to date on current road conditions across the state.
  Forty thousand people are expected to pass through the Interstate 70 mount
  
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• Dueling Pianos Founder Charged With 122 Counts Of Financial Crimes

  26-11-2015 20:50
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The founder of a piano entertainment company has been charged with money laundering, theft and forgery.
  He is alleged to have gotten away with hundreds of thousands of dollars from seven identified victims, all detailed in a 122-count indictment.
  A night of entertainment is what clients expected to get when they hired the Dueling Pianos Roadshow for their events.
  Heidi Weisner booked them for a school fundraiser.
  “I had about 100 people coming to my house,”
  
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• Broncos Look To Add To Success Against Tom Brady

  26-11-2015 20:47
  
  By Mark Schiff
  With four super Bowl rings and a pair of MVP awards, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has had a lot of success over the course of his Hall of Fame career. But more often than not when he’s played the Broncos, Brady has gone home a loser.
  Including the playoffs, Brady is just 6-7 against the Broncos in his career, and two of those losses have been quite memorable. Denver’s 27-13 win over New England in the 2006 playoffs featured one of the signature plays of Champ Bailey&
  
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• Adele announces first tour in five years for new album '25'

  26-11-2015 20:41
  
  LONDON (AP) — Adele has announced her first tour since 2011, with a string of European dates in support of her record-breaking new album, "25.
  
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• Colorado Outscores Air Force In Game Shadowed By Bite, Ejection

  26-11-2015 20:06
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) – It happened quickly in a tussle on the floor over a loose ball.
  Air Force’s Hayden Graham was in the scrum wrestling for the ball with Colorado’s Tory Miller, when he felt the sting of a bite on his shoulder during the second half of Colorado’s 81-70 win over Air Force on Wednesday night.
  Josh Scott scored 21 points and Josh Fortune added a season high 18 to help Colorado (4-1) roll to a sixth consecutive win over Air Force, but m
  
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• Officials see good coal news in sale of Colorado mine

  26-11-2015 19:40
  
  STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The pending sale of the Twentymile Coal Co. mine outside Steamboat Springs is a piece of rare good coal news for Routt County officials.
  
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• No-tip policy at Abrusci's in Wheat Ridge off to rough start

  26-11-2015 19:26
  
  Matt Silverberg emerged from a lunch at Abrusci's Italian restaurantthis week, mildly annoyed thathe was unable to leave the server the tip of his choosing.
  
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• Difference Of Opinion On Effectiveness Of Security Guards During Bank Robbery

  26-11-2015 19:11
  
  By Rick Sallinger
  DENVER (CBS4) – In the case of three armed men in masks robbing a First Bank in Lakewood Nov. 18, there is no mention of security guards.
  The two men in custody for last week’s violent bank robbery, carjackings, and shootings went before a judge on Wednesday.
  Miguel David Sanders and Tyrone Richardson were ordered held $1 million bond. Sanders was formally charged with 35 counts, including attempted murder, kidnapping, and assault.
  A woman who said she is a fri
  
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• Weather Watchers Have A Rich History In Colorado

  26-11-2015 19:00
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – One of the first weather stations in Colorado dates back to 1852 at Fort Massachusetts, in an area now known as Fort Garland.And while weather stations started popping up as Colorado’s population grew, they really got a boost in the late 1880s thanks to a math professor at Colorado College.
  Frank Herbert Loud (credit: Colorado College)
  Frank Herbert Loud had a huge interest in meteorology.He formed the Colorado Meteorological Association in 1886 to establish a network
  
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• The CBS4 Weather Watchers

  26-11-2015 19:00
  
  Watch the November 2015 special as we explore some of Colorado's weather observing history and learn more about the CBS4 weather watcher program.
  
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• High Flying Weather Watcher Tracks Conditions All Across Colorado

  26-11-2015 19:00
  
  FRANKTOWN, Colo. (CBS4) – Chances are if you’re a regular CBS4 viewer that you’ve heard the name ‘Phil Curry’ at some point during one of our weather segments.
  (credit: CBS)
  He’s a former U.S. Navy Pilot, a current resident of Franktown and a CBS4 Weather Watcher. He also has a pretty cool day job and spends most of his week flying high above the skies of Colorado.In addition to reporting the weather each morning and evening he’ll often send us supplemen
  
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• Conifer Weather Watcher Learns About Local Microclimates

  26-11-2015 19:00
  
  CONIFER, Colo. (CBS4) – Most people with a fascination for the weather will tell you it started at an early age.
  And that’s true for CBS4 Weather Watcher Bambi Moss, who says she got her love for the weather from her dad.
  “My dad is a weather nut. He writes it down in a spiral notebook every single morning and night,” said Moss.
  CBS4 Weather Watcher Bambi Moss logs climate data at her home weather station in Conifer. (credit: CBS)
  In fact her dad has weather records for C
  
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• Build An Affordable Home Weather Station With 3 Simple Tools

  26-11-2015 19:00
  
  BENNETT, Colo. (CBS4) – If you consider yourself a weather geek but don’t think you have the right tools necessary to be a weather watcher, then think again!Chances are that you have at least one or two of the three simple tools needed in your home right now. They are a thermometer, a rain gauge and a ruler.
  Once you have your weather tools in hand it’s important to place them in the right location to get an accurate reading.CBS4 Weather Watcher Joy Jordan from Bennett is an ex
  
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• 5th Graders At Bear Canyon Elementary Track The Weather

  26-11-2015 19:00
  
  HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (CBS4) – For one 5th grade class at Bear Canyon Elementary, students aren’t just learning about the weather, they’re also tracking it too.
  By participating in the CBS4 Weather Watcher program teacher Deborah Charalton hopes her students will be able to relate the classroom work to their everyday lives.
  A 5th grader at Bear Canyon Elementary checks the wind as part of the CBS4 Weather Watcher program. (credit: CBS)
  “I think it’s good because it
  
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• Colorado brothers survive avalanches near Ophir after each thought the other was dead

  26-11-2015 18:38
  
  Two brothers from Ophir a survived massive avalanche Wednesday in the San Miguel County backcountry after one of them was swept away and buried.
  
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• DNA evidence leads to new conviction in 1994 bathtub murder

  26-11-2015 18:15
  
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — More than 20 years after a Palisade woman was found strangled with a dog leash in her bathtub, a Mesa County jury has convicted a second man of her murder.
  
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• Thanksgiving parade features balloons, bands, heavy security

  26-11-2015 18:05
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Giant balloons took to the clear, sunny sky over midtown Manhattan on Thursday for the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, with spectators lining up along the parade route and a heavy police presence keeping a watchful eye.
  
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• Top 5 Thanksgiving Games Of All-Time

  26-11-2015 18:02
  
  Ross Kelly, CBS Local Sports
  Thanksgiving and football go hand-in-hand. The first Thanksgiving football game was played way back in 1869 between the Young America Cricket Club and the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia. Almost needless to say, that game doesn’t make our list of top Thanksgiving Day Games of all-time. But there are a lot of good ones on here and some of the most memorable moments in NFL history.
  Here is our list of the top 5 Thanksgiving Games of all time, and I promis
  
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• Human remains found near vehicle in Pike National Forest

  26-11-2015 17:09
  
  CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Teller County authorities are trying to identify human remains found near an abandoned vehicle in Pike National Forest.
  
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• Colorado State Patrol: Alcohol suspected in fatal crash into Boulder pond

  26-11-2015 16:35
  
  Investigators suspect alcohol was a factor in a crash that left a Boulder man dead after he drove his car into a pond near U.S. 36 and Foothills Parkway sometime over the weekend.
  
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• 7 Sports Personalities You Shouldn’t Invite To Thanksgiving Dinner

  26-11-2015 15:03
  
  Bryan Altman, CBS Local Sports
  Thanksgiving is one of the most popular holidays in America, and for good reason. Basically the entire holiday is built around three central things – football, food and family. Of the three, football is the easiest part to execute. Basically the only prerequisite is that you paid your cable bill last month and have a functioning TV.
  The food part is easy enough, too. If you know how to cook, GREAT! Cook up a storm and everyone will shower you with thanks. If
  
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• Turkey releases recording of warnings to Russian plane

  26-11-2015 14:55
  
  Turkey has released audio recordings of what it says are the Turkish military s repeated warnings to the pilot of the Russian plane before it was shot down at the border with Syria—audio that grows increasingly more agitated.
  
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• Obama makes holiday appeal for acceptance of Syrian refugees

  26-11-2015 12:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama appealed anew on Thanksgiving Day for acceptance of Syrian refugees, saying "so much of our greatness comes from our generosity.
  
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• Pew: Driver's licenses for immigrants challenge Colorado, other states

  26-11-2015 09:01
  Colorado isn't alone in its struggle to provide driver's licenses to thoseliving in the country illegally.
  
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• Four Coloradans infected with bad strain of E.coli from Costco are OK

  26-11-2015 09:00
  
  Thefour Coloradans who were confirmed to beinfected with E.coli from Costco chicken salad have recovered, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said Wednesday.
  
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• Dexter Lewis files notice of appeal in Denver bar massacre

  26-11-2015 08:59
  
  Attorneys have filed a notice of appeal for a man convicted of stabbing five people to death in a Denver bar.
  
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• Colorado selects next child watchdog

  26-11-2015 08:59
  
  A former prosecutor and governor's deputy chief of staff will become Colorado's new child watchdog,in charge of investigating the way child welfare workers handle cases of abuse and neglect.
  
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• Cold and snowy weather in Denver should stick through Friday

  26-11-2015 08:59
  
  Thanksgivingwill be cold and snowyin northeastern Colorado, including Denver.
  
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• Suspect arrested in Denver for fatal shooting in Wheat Ridge

  26-11-2015 08:58
  
  A suspect in a fatal shooting in Wheat Ridge this month was arrested Wednesday as he attempted to run from a stolen vehicle in Denver, police said.
  
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• Endangered Lake Titicaca frogs land at the Denver Zoo

  26-11-2015 08:57
  
  The Denver Zoo is the only institution in the Northern Hemisphere to house Lake Titicaca frogs, an endangered species, zoo officials announced Thursday.
  
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• Denver DA: Dueling Pianos Roadshow founder indicted for fraud, theft

  26-11-2015 08:57
  
  A Denver grand jury has indicted the founder ofDueling Pianos Roadshow and his girlfriend on122 countsalleging the couple engaged ina pattern of racketeeringincluding money laundering, theft, forgery and fraud.
  
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• Colorado Springs police want help in nabbing serial bank robber

  26-11-2015 08:57
  
  Police in Colorado Springs are asking for the public's help in identifying a woman wanted in five bank robberies and two other attempted heists during the past several weeks.
  
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• Colorado vehicle crashes into wildlife up 15 percent in 2014

  26-11-2015 08:56
  
  If you are traveling to grandma's house this Thanksgiving holiday, please avoid producing more road kill on Colorado's highway and byways.
  
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