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• Missing Man’s Snowmobile Found In Colorado Reservoir

  11-12-2015 23:15
  
  DOVE CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Search teams looking for a missing man have found his snowmobile in Groundhog Reservoir in southwestern Colorado.
  The Dolores County Sheriff’s Department said Friday the hunt for 37-year-old Ronald Wallace became a recovery operation in search of his body after the snowmobile was found Thursday.
  Wallace was last heard from on Sunday when he telephoned a friend while taking a break on a snowmobiling trip. A family member reported him missing on Tuesday.
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• Report Cites Denver As City With Near Collisions Between Pilots, Drones

  11-12-2015 23:01
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — There has yet to be a confirmed U.S. collision between a drone and a manned aircraft, but there’s a growing number of close calls as drones fly where they least belong — near airports. Some of those close calls happened in Denver.A report released Friday counted at least 241 reports of close encounters between drones and manned aircraft that meet the Federal Aviation Administration’s definition of a near-collision, including 28 incidents in which pilots
  
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• J.J. Watt Is No Lawrence Taylor

  11-12-2015 22:52
  
  By Jason Keidel
  Maybe you had to be here, alive and lucid, to understand.
  To see his epic greatness. To see his singular dominance. To absorb his eminence.
  Before the scourge of social media, before Twitter and Facebook and “Snap Face” (as Bill Belichick would say), before the Internet and online gangsters, before cell phones and smart phones and the instant ADD ingestion of news…
  We watched two games on Sunday, and one game on Monday. If you lived in New York City, or the Tri
  
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• DA: Suspect In Officer-Involved Shooting Confessed, Bond Set At $550,000

  11-12-2015 22:40
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Denver’s District Attorney said that the man accused of shooting a Denver police officer multiple times confessed to the shooting.
  Jason Wood made his first court appearance on Friday morning.
  Denver Police Officer Tony Lopez Jr. was injured when he pulled over Wood during a routine traffic stop near the intersection of N. Federal Boulevard and West Clyde Place on Tuesday. Police say Wood started firing at Lopez, seriously injuring him. Lopez was scheduled to undergo h
  
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• Police Capture 2 Suspects After Short Pursuit

  11-12-2015 22:16
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Police in Denver arrested two suspects after a short pursuit on Friday afternoon. Investigators worked to confirm whether the suspects are the same wanted in a series of attempted carjackings earlier in the day.
  .@DenverPolice believe these are the same two suspects from this morning's carjacking cases.
  — Jeff Todd (@CBS4Jeff) December 11, 2015Later police told CBS4’s Jeff Todd that despite earlier reports, a Nissan Murano was stolen by the suspects.Police starte
  
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• Darian Stewart Backs Up His Words, Anchors Denver’s Secondary

  11-12-2015 21:23
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) – When Darian Stewart followed Gary Kubiak from Baltimore to Denver in the offseason, he declared himself the “final piece of the puzzle” in the Broncos’ star-studded secondary.
  What he lacked in the Pro Bowl trips that Aqib Talib, Chris Harris Jr. and T.J. Ward have all made, Stewart more than made up for in bravado.
  It turns out that wasn’t just bluster, either.
  The newest member of the “No Fly Zone” has helped Denver build the le
  
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• Colorado Officials Look Into 2nd Round Of Sexting Complaints

  11-12-2015 21:12
  
  BUENA VISTA, Colo. (AP) — For the second time in five weeks, authorities are looking into complaints about sexting involving students in Colorado.
  The Chaffee County Sheriff’s Department is investigating reports of sexting at a middle school and high school in Buena Vista. The investigation was announced Thursday on the sheriff’s website.
  It wasn’t immediately known whether the Buena Vista complaints were related to a previous investigation inat a high school in Canon Cit
  
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• Standoff Situation Over At Restaurant In Watkins

  11-12-2015 21:00
  
  WATKINS, Colo. (CBS4) – Police responded in force late Friday morning to a restaurant in Watkins after reports came in about a man with gun.
  Adams County deputies surrounded Lulu’s Inn on Highway 36 at approximately 11 a.m.
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  The incident was over by 1 p.m.
  
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• Weekend Storm Track Trending A Bit Slower, Farther South

  11-12-2015 20:54
  
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – Colorado’s Weather Center is monitoring the latest track of a weekend winter storm, which has been showing signs of moving a little slower and a bit farther south.
  (credit: CBS4/Colorado’s Weather Center)
  Should the latest forecast track verify that means snow will get a later start in Denver by 6-12 hours and the flakes will linger into late Saturday night or early Sunday morning.
  Regardless of the track we’re still expecting a widespread s
  
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• Officer Lopez Shooting Inspires Police Agency To Donate Blood

  11-12-2015 20:03
  
  HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (CBS4) – Police officers in a Denver suburb were inspired to give blood this week after hearing about the shooting of Tony Lopez Jr.
  Lopez, a Denver police officer, lost nearly his entire blood supply after he was shot and critically hurt on Tuesday.
  Officer Tony Lopez Jr. (credit: Denver Police)
  On Friday officers from the Parker Police Department came to Bonfils Blood Center in Highlands Ranch to donate.
  “Officer Lopez survived and because of the reports that
  
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• Top 5 Wildest Sports Callers Of The Week: December 7th-December 11th

  11-12-2015 19:21
  
  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 PJ from Clayton County, GA who joined Rick and Randy on 92.9 The Game to tell the guys he thinks Falcons QB Matt Ryan has hit his ceiling. Number 4: Checking in at four is Mike from Pomeroy, OH who called in to the Kiley and Carman show on 92.3 The Fan to tell the hosts he d
  
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• After Attempted Car Thefts, Police Search For SUV

  11-12-2015 17:42
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Denver police are looking for the public’s help tracking down those responsible for a rash of attempted car thefts Friday morning.
  They shared the description of an SUV that is possibly tied to the cases, and they said the people inside should be considered armed an dangerous.
  The tweet went out at approximately 9:30 a.m., a few hours after a Denver homeowner nearly had their car stolen by a man and a woman who fired a shot during the attempted theft.
  That incident is
  
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• Famous Cowgirl’s Wedding Dress To Go On Display At History Colorado Center

  11-12-2015 17:30
  
  By Alan GionetDENVER (CBS4) – The History Colorado Center is bringing out another rarely seen item Friday morning and this one is the stuff of cowgirl legend.
  At 11:30 a.m. they will reveal the wedding dress worn by cowgirl Goldie Griffith Cameron.Griffith Cameron was a renown Bronc rider and with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show.
  Goldie Griffith Cameron (credit: History Colorado Center)
  She met her future husband while working on the show.On May 9, 1913, she married the feller in front
  
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• Shot Fired During Denver Carjacking Attempt

  11-12-2015 15:52
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Denver police are investigating an attempted carjacking in west Denver.
  (credit: CBS)
  Police told CBS4 a homeowner on the 300 block of South Utica Street went out to start their car Friday morning and then went back inside.
  When they came back out someone was in their car and there was a confrontation. A shot was fired but no one apparently was injured.
  The suspects — a man and a woman — then took off running and allegedly got away in a silver sedan.
  So far ther
  
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• Teen Upbeat As She Fights Cancer, Wishes For Meeting With A Pop Star

  11-12-2015 15:45
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Delaney Clements has battled cancer for five years and somehow she still finds ways to bring light to those around her.
  (credit: Wendy Campbell)
  The 13-year-old is a big fan of Taylor Swift and it’s her dream spend time with the singer.
  Taylor Swift (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
  A new hashtag that’s trending on social media — #DelaneyMeetTaylor — centers around Clements’ wish.Clements will begin a five day treatment of radiation on Frid
  
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• Report: Rockies, 1B Reynolds Agree On 1-Year Deal

  11-12-2015 15:09
  
  DENVER (The Sports Xchange) – The Colorado Rockies reached agreement with first baseman Mark Reynolds on a one-year, $2.6 million contract Thursday, according to reports.
  The 32-year-old Reynolds spent last season with the St. Louis Cardinals and finished with a .230 batting average, 13 home runs and 48 RBIs in 382 at-bats.
  The nine-year veteran had his best year with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2009 when he produced 44 home runs and 102 RBIs but struck out a major-league record 223 times.
  
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• Cowboy Christmas Giveaway

  11-12-2015 12:00
  
  Win the ultimate gift: Tickets to one of Cheyenne Frontier Days Frontier Nights with top acts like Jake Owen, Kenny Chesney, Billy Currington, Florida Georgia Line, Sam Hunt and Maddie & Tae.
  
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• Academy Graduate Gets Badge And The Girl

  11-12-2015 06:41
  
  JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Among the 42 recruits graduating from 10 law enforcement agencies in Jefferson County on Thursday, only one graduate proposed to his future wife.The proposal happened during the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and Lakewood Combined Regional Law Enforcement Academy graduation where one Arvada police graduate got down on one knee after getting his badge… and she said “Yes!”
  @ArvadaPolice officer gets his badge and the girl! He propos
  
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• High Court To Decide If Inmate, Released 90 Years Early, Should Be Sent Back To Prison

  11-12-2015 06:05
  
  By Kelly Werthmann
  DENVER (CBS4)– The Colorado Supreme Court is considering whether to free a convict who was sent back to prison after he was mistakenly released 90 years early.
  An attorney for Rene Lima-Marin told the court Thursday that it was cruel and unusual punishment to put him back behind bars after he started a family and reformed his life.
  “To give a person the opportunity to taste freedom, to go out and get married and have children and do all these things,
  
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• Stem Cells Stored In Baby Teeth Could Help Unlock Cure For Diseases

  11-12-2015 06:00
  
  By Kathy Walsh
  DENVER (CBS4)– For years, parents have been paying to store their children’s umbilical cord blood. Research has shown the stem cells have the potential to treat diseases later in life. But if you missed storing cord blood, there is another option.
  Parents, like Jennifer and John Hess of Lakewood, are banking on the lifesaving potential in baby teeth.
  Nine-year-old Alex Hess has Type 1 diabetes.
  “I don’t really remember life without it,” Alex told CBS4
  
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• Bionic Eye Helps Woman See For First Time In Years

  11-12-2015 05:18
  
  By Howard Nathan
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– A woman from Johnstown is the first person in the mountain west to receive a bionic eye to help her see.Jamie Carley has retinitis pigmentosa, which caused her to lose the ability to see left and right and then over time she lost her night vision and her peripheral vision. Jamie was in her 20s when she lost her eyesight.After a five-hour operation at the University of Colorado Hospital Eye Center in Aurora, and some help from special glasses, she is a
  
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• 2nd Defendant Pleads Guilty In Federal Marijuana Case

  11-12-2015 04:42
  
  By Rick Sallinger
  DENVER (CBS4)– The second of four defendants in a high profile federal drug case has pleaded guilty. The case is centering on whether money from Colombia has illegally infiltrated Colorado’s legalized marijuana industry.
  Luis Uribe, an American citizen could now be called on to testify against his brother Gerardo after agreeing to cooperate with the U.S. Attorney.
  Brothers Luis Uribe, left, and Gerardo Uribe, right (credit: CBS)
  Luis Uribe agreed to forfeit more tha
  
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• GOP Jeffco Commissioner Rosier To Run for U.S. Senate

  11-12-2015 04:26
  
  ARVADA, Colo. (AP) — Republican Donald Rosier, a Jefferson County commissioner since 2010, has announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate, hoping to challenge Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet next year.
  Rosier formally announced his run Thursday at an event in Arvada. The Denver Post first reported his candidacy.
  Already in the GOP race are state Sen. Tim Neville of Littleton, El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn, former Aurora City Councilman Ryan Frazier and former Parker Mayor Greg L
  
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• Sen. Bennet Driving Force Behind Law To Replace No Child Left Behind

  11-12-2015 04:20
  
  By Shaun Boyd
  DENVER (CBS4)– President Obama signed into law the most sweeping education reform in decades, calling it a “Christmas miracle.” It comes after more than a decade of heated debate and it passed Congress with wide bi-partisan support.
  The law replaces No Child Left Behind, which was passed in 2001 and dramatically expanded the federal government’s role in education, ushering in an era of standardized tests and federal sanctions.
  Obama praised No Child Left Beh
  
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• Mesa Verde Illuminates Cliff Palace With Luminarias

  11-12-2015 04:06
  
  MESA VERDE, Colo. (CBS4)– The Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde was illuminated for the holidays in what is a long-standing tradition at the park.The cliff dwellings were lit with lanterns while luminarias lined the pathways of the headquarters area of the park on Wednesday night.
  The luminarias have been a part of the Mesa Verde Holiday Open House since 1988. This year there were more than 4,000 luminarias. (credit: Cristy Brown)
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• December Weather Quickly Turns Snowy

  11-12-2015 03:02
  
  By Justin McHeffey – Two separate storm systems are expected to move across Colorado in the coming days. The first brings snow to Denver and the high country Friday and Saturday nights, the second gets here by Monday.
  Southwesterly jet stream winds carried cloud cover into the state on Thursday—this marks the eastern edge of the approaching storm. By Friday, the center of this low pressure will be over Arizona and mountain snow develops through the day.
  A Winter Storm Watch is p
  
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• School Bus Driver Charged After Crash Appears In Court

  11-12-2015 02:23
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)– A school bus driver appeared in court on Thursday after a crash that left students injured. Police say Elizabeth Burris admitted to having prescription medication in her system at the time of the rollover crash.
  Burris was released on bond but appeared before a judge in Boulder County for a formal filing of the 17 charges against her that include felony counts of vehicular assault and child abuse.
  Elizabeth Burris (credit: CBS)
  Police said Burris lost control on High
  
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• Partnership Promotes Workplace Health, Diabetes Prevention

  11-12-2015 02:18
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo (CBS4) – Colorado is one of the healthiest states in the nation, but still 410,312 people are living with diabetes and another 1.3 million have prediabetes and are at risk of developing diabetes.
  Now the American Diabetes Association and Centura Health are partnering to provide more comprehensive care to diabetes patients and encourage healthy lifestyles in the workplace.
  Three days a week a dozen or so Centura Health employees take part in a lunchtime boot camp.
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• Luminarias Light Up Santa Fe Arts District

  11-12-2015 02:15
  
  The Santa Fe Arts District will be lit up with luminarias on Friday, December 11 as part of Mile High Holidays.
  
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• Suspect In Officer-Involved Shooting Identified

  11-12-2015 02:05
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– The suspect injured in an officer-involved shooting that left one Denver police officer seriously injured has been identified.
  Jason Wood was released from the hospital on Thursday and arrested in connection with the shooting. He suffered injuries to his leg during the shooting.
  (credit: CBS)
  Officer Tony Lopez Jr. was injured when he pulled over Wood during a routine traffic stop near the intersection of N. Federal Boulevard and West Clyde Place on Tuesday. Police say Wood
  
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• #FreeSamba Campaign For East High Student Heads To Court

  11-12-2015 02:02
  
  By Suzanne McCarroll
  DENVER (CBS4)– The East High School student from Senegal charged with using a BB gun to try to rob a fellow student appeared in court on Thursday along with a lot of supporters.
  Elhadji Samba Dioum, 19, faces charges of theft, attempted aggravated robbery and menacing. Police say he used a BB gun to threaten a student. The school was on lockout for hours and students had to put into place the “active shooter scenario” they had practiced.
  One week later, som
  
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• Doctor On Demand Service Provides New Way To Get Medical Advice

  11-12-2015 02:00
  
  By Kathy WalshNORTHGLENN, Colo. (CBS4) – ‘Tis the season for sickness. Cold and flu afflict many of us. If you need to see a doctor but don’t want to leave the couch nowadays, you can simply reach for your smartphone, tablet or desktop computer and use a video medicine provider called Doctor on Demand.
  One day in November, Eileen Quist of Northglenn got home from work and found 11-year-old Kolby feeling crummy.
  “His fever was 104, his ears were bright red, he was complain
  
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• Broncos have many injuries but some key players return

  11-12-2015 01:47
  
  Broncos notebook: Injuries, Ware, Hillman, Anderson, Siemian updates        
  
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• Danny Trevathan seeks old childhood gift for Christmas

  11-12-2015 00:43
  
  Danny Trevathan swallows two teethwhile suffering concussion        
  
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• Arvada Police Officer Gets Badge And The Girl

  11-12-2015 00:41
  
  JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Among the 42 recruits graduating from 10 law enforcement agencies in Jefferson County on Thursday, only one graduate proposed to his future wife.The proposal happened during the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and Lakewood Combined Regional Law Enforcement Academy graduation where one Arvada police graduate got down on one knee after getting his badge… and she said “Yes!”
  @ArvadaPolice officer gets his badge and the girl! He propos
  
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• Homeowners Left With Sinking Houses Finally Allowed To Tell Story

  11-12-2015 00:04
  
  By Matt Kroschel
  GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)– This is a story about sinking homes, a seven year legal battle with developers, and disappointment.
  Homeowners at a golf course subdivision near Glenwood Springs recently won the lengthy legal battle with the builders who constructed homes on top of sinking soils, leaving many homes literally cracking in half and some condemned.
  The recently awarded nearly $9 million settlement to 20 homeowners at the Ironbridge subdivision determined that t
  
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