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• Broncos notes: Manning will dress, Marshall questionable

  01-01-2016 22:54
  
  Broncos notes:Manningwilldress, Marshallquestionable        
  
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• Brandon Marshall receives Darrent Williams award

  01-01-2016 22:51
  
  Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshallwins Darrent Williams Good Guy Award        
  
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• Witness: 2 Men Fighting When 3rd Man Started Shooting

  01-01-2016 22:40
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– One person is in critical condition after a shooting early New Year’s day outside The Church nightclub.
  A witness, who didn’t want to be identified, told CBS4 he saw the shooting happen outside the nightclub near 12th between Lincoln and Sherman just after 1 a.m. Friday. He said two men were fighting, rolling around on the ground when a third man pulled out a gun and fired, striking one man.“When the gunshots went off it was just chaos and I couldn’t
  
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• Despite Cold, Thousands Watch Fireworks In Denver

  01-01-2016 20:50
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The cold didn’t stop Denverites from ringing in the new year in style in downtown Denver overnight.
  Thousands of people packed the 16th Street Mall for fireworks at 9 a.m. and then again at midnight.
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  Temperatures were well below freezing, but that didn’t put a damper on the celebration.
  While the show is a highlight for many, the night goes beyond the twinkling lights. It’s about reflection, and looking back at all that 2015 brought with it.
  
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• Fire Breaks Out In Evergreen While Homeowners Are Out Of Town

  01-01-2016 20:20
  
  EVERGREEN, Colo. (CBS4) – The cold and a lack of water made things difficult for firefighters battling a house fire in Evergreen on Friday morning.
  Something sparked the fire in an house at 28940 Golf Way, which was unoccupied at the time.
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  Evergreen Fire Rescue had to call for aid from other agencies after the fire started at approximately 7 a.m.
  “The damage was mostly limited to the interior but there was a lot of smoke pushing from one of the ends,” said Evergre
  
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• Mom Of Apparent 1st Baby Born In New Year In Denver Thanks Hospital

  01-01-2016 19:19
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – The early results are in, and it appears the first baby born in the Denver metro area in 2016 was born at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora.
  Ten minutes after the clock struck midnight (Mountain Time), Jaxton Kitchin was born. He weighed 5 pounds and 4 ounces and is 17 1/2 inches long.
  Jaxton Wayne Kitchin (credit: Children’s Hospital Colorado)
  His parents, Shawna and Craig Kitchin, are from Colorado Springs.
  The hospital released photos of the baby
  
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• Hit & Run Investigation Underway After Crash That Closed Down I-25 Ramp

  01-01-2016 16:03
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A crash involving two vehicles that closed down part of Interstate 25 and left one person with life threatening injuries was a hit-and-run.
  Denver police said the suspected hit-and-run driver ran away after the crash.
  The northbound ramp of the interstate that connects to Interstate 225 was shut down Friday morning for several hours while police investigated the crime.
  The crash happened shortly after 4 a.m. Police said the person who was hurt was ejected from a vehicle.
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• 1 Shot Outside Denver Nightclub

  01-01-2016 15:22
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A shooting in Denver overnight stopped New Year’s celebration at a popular nightclub.
  The shooting happened at approximately 2 a.m. at the intersection of 12th and Lincoln, next to The Church nightclub.
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  One person was shot, and their condition isn’t available.
  Police said the suspect in the shooting was described as being a Hispanic male with a gray shirt.
  The shooting caused issues for people trying to leave the nightclub, some of whom had their c
  
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• Serious Injuries Reported After 4 Vehicle Crash

  01-01-2016 15:06
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A crash involving four vehicles left several people hurt overnight.
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  The crash happened at the intersection of Interstate 25 and Interstate 225, and the northbound ramp from I-25 to I-225 was closed during the early part of the rush hour Friday morning.
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  So far the severity of the injuries isn’t clear, but those hurt were taken to Denver Health Medical Center.
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  The accident scene was about 200 yards long, and there was a large am
  
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• Avalanche Fall To Blackhawks In OT At Pepsi Center

  01-01-2016 14:52
  
  The Blackhawks snapped a four-game losing streak to the Avalanche with a 4-3 win in Denver on Thursday night.
  
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• Peyton Manning Practices Again For Broncos

  01-01-2016 14:47
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (The Sports Xchange) – Quarterback Peyton Manning was able to make it through a full practice on Thursday and could be active for the first time in seven games on Sunday when the Denver Broncos face the San Diego Chargers.
  If Manning avoids any setbacks, he will back up starter Brock Osweiler in the regular-season finale, coach Gary Kubiak said.
  “He’s moving around, got a lot of reps today,” Kubiak said. “The confidence comes more each day.”
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• Officer shot in west Denver focused on his unborn child in ambulance

  01-01-2016 10:05
  
  In the back of the ambulance, as paramedics and fellow officers told him he was stronger than the five bullets that had ripped through his body, all police Officer Tony Lopez Jr. could think about was his unborn baby.
  
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• New Colorado laws include a pay raise for state, county officials

  01-01-2016 10:04
  
  A future pay raise for state and county officials and more oversight for child-welfare investigations are among five Colorado laws that took effect with the new year.
  
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• Colorado appeals court: State patrol discriminated against gay officer

  01-01-2016 10:04
  
  The state Court of Appeals said the Colorado State Patrol intentionally discriminated against a former high-ranking officer when it denied him re-employment after agency leaders learned he is gay.
  
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• Parents of Colorado children with disabilities fight for change

  01-01-2016 10:03
  
  Parents of children with disabilities, empowered by a recent city audit that uncovered "shameful" misspending of taxpayer money,demanded new laws Thursday and a state investigation into the community boards that manage their children's services.
  
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• Local officials questioning new plan to house immigrant children at Lakewood center

  01-01-2016 10:03
  A day after the federal government's announcement it would send up to 1,000 unaccompanied Central American children to a buildingat its Federal Center in Lakewood in April, city officials and community activists were scrambling to respond.
  
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• Cargill: Tried to resolve issues before firing Colorado Muslim workers

  01-01-2016 10:03
  
  Cargill Meat Solutions said Thursday it tried to resolve aworkplace prayer dispute with Somali workers at its Fort Morgan meatpackingplant that led to the firing of about 190 employees.
  
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• Wounded burglary suspect once person of interest in Tom Clements case

  01-01-2016 10:02
  
  A suspected burglar — once named a person of interest in theslaying of Colorado's top prison official — waswounded late Wednesday byColorado Springs police officers after two shootouts and a car chase.
  
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• New VA doctor in Alamosa is resigning after just four months on job

  01-01-2016 10:00
  
  The San Luis Valley veterans who waited five months for a doctor in 2015 will watch him leave in 2016.
  
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• Denver New Year celebration on 16th St. Mall frosty, busy and festive

  01-01-2016 08:52
  
  Bundled up against the cold, 12-year-old Sydnie Rounsville, stood on a snowboard with a Colorado mountain backdrop behind her,posing for photos as a friend snapped away.
  
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• Golden woman on Colorado ski trip disappears, investigation ongoing

  01-01-2016 07:11
  
  A Golden woman who went on a Colorado ski trip last week didn't return home when expected and is consideredmissing.
  
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• SWAT officers surround home north of downtown Denver

  01-01-2016 04:55
  
  Police, including SWAT officers surrounded a houseThursday night north of downtown Denver.
  
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• Muslim workers in Fort Morgan fired over prayer dispute walkout

  01-01-2016 04:29
  
  About 190 workers, most of them immigrants from Somalia, have been fired from a meat packing and distribution plant on Colorado's Eastern Plainsfor walking off the job to protest a workplace prayer dispute.
  
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• Having A Drink Or More? Some New Year’s Alcohol Advice

  01-01-2016 03:41
  
  Some greet the changing of the calendar with a quiet night, and the expectation of food, football, and a handful of resolutions on New Year’s Day.
  Others, however, ring in the New Year with an axe-splitting headache, a tongue that feels like it was used to sweep the 16th Street Mall (don’t remember doing that, do you?), a queasy tummy, and the desire to sleep until the end of the century.
  Oh yeah, I almost forgot the pleading promise of “I’m NEVER going to do that again!
  
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• Dead ice climber ID'd as Carbondale man

  01-01-2016 03:00
  
  An ice climber who died Wednesday after a fall near Redstone has been identified as a 42-year-old Carbondale man.
  
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• Remembering the Broncos' Darrent Williams on New Year's

  01-01-2016 02:48
  
  Nine years ago tonight, highly popular Denver Broncos' cornerback Darrent Williams was shot and killed by gang member Willie D. Clark in a drive-by shooting.        
  
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• Autopsy: Broomfield woman in unsolved homicide was stabbed 8 times

  01-01-2016 02:44
  
  The Broomfield woman whose body was foundin her mobile home in October died after being stabbed eight times in the chest and torso, and also suffered blunt trauma to the neck, the Adams County coroner concluded in an autopsy released Wednesday.
  
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• Dispute Over Prayer Leads To Firing Of Nearly 200 Muslims At Meat Plant

  01-01-2016 02:42
  
  FORT MORGAN, Colo. (CBS4) – The Cargill meat plant in Fort Morgan has fired approximately 190 Muslim workers as the result of a dispute over prayer while on the job.
  On Dec. 18 a group of 11 Somalis working in one particular area of the plant wanted to go pray at the same time. Their supervisor asked that they go in smaller numbers to keep production going. They went anyway, and that’s when the trouble began.
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  “It doesn’t matter if I don’t have a job, m
  
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• Woman Found Dead In Broomfield Home Was Stabbed 8 Times

  01-01-2016 02:25
  
  BROOMFIELD, Colo. (AP) – The Adams County coroner’s office says a woman whose body was found in her Broomfield home was stabbed eight times in the chest and torso and suffered blunt-force trauma to the neck.
  The Broomfield Enterprise reports police have not arrested anyone in the death of 33-year-old Amalia Lopez De Mansilla, and investigators have not said if they have identified any suspects. She was found dead in her home Oct. 18.
  Karolina Amalia Lopez-Leon, also known as Ama
  
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• I-70 Mountain Corridor Smooth On Thursday, Won’t Be Come Sunday

  01-01-2016 02:03
  
  IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – Heavy traffic is expected on the Interstate 70 mountain corridor this holiday weekend.
  Westbound traffic should increase Thursday and Friday nights, meaning eastbound traffic should be very heavy on Sunday.
  Traffic was steady but moving up and down I-70 Thursday afternoon even though earlier in the week the Colorado Department of Transportation put out warnings to expect about an hour delay on Thursday.
  Drivers CBS4’s Matt Kroschel talked to on Thursday
  
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• Foul Play Suspected In Disappearance Of Greeley Man

  01-01-2016 01:51
  
  GREELEY, Colo. (AP) – Greeley police say they believe foul play was involved in the disappearance of a man who has been missing since Nov. 30.
  Sgt. Joe Tymkowych says officers checking on the wellbeing of 62-year-old Jose Dejesus Luna on Dec. 8 found suspicious evidence and circumstances and began a more extensive search. Luna’s car also was unaccounted for.
  Jose Dejesus Luna (credit: Greeley Police Department)
  Investigators have not said why they think foul play was involved.
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• Statement From Cargill, Inc.

  01-01-2016 01:22
  
  Overview 
  Cargill has policies specific to attendance and religious accommodation.  They have not changed.
  As a USDA-inspected meat processing facility, Cargill’s Fort Morgan beef processing plant must meet federal government requirements related to food safety, workplace safety and other federal regulations.
  The nearly 2,000 hourly employees at our Fort Morgan beef processing facility also work under a collective bargaining agreement (union contract) with the International Broth
  
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• Aurora Police Release ID, Photo Of Woman Found Dead In Hopes For Help From Public

  01-01-2016 01:20
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – Police in Aurora have released the identity and photo of a woman found dead in a motel in the hopes of finding more information about her death.
  Avis Pitts (credit: Aurora Police Department)
  According to Diana Cooley with Aurora police, on Dec. 19 at approximately 9 p.m. officers responded to a report of a woman found dead at the Pacesetter Motel located at 14291 East Colfax Avenue. When they arrived they found Avis Pitts, 35, deceased.
  “Detectives and investig
  
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• Woman found dead in Pacesetter Motel, police seek information

  01-01-2016 01:14
  
  The Aurora Police Department is asking anyone with information about a woman found dead at the Pacesetter Motel to come forward.
  
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• Fire breaks out near Dubai's New Year's fireworks display

  01-01-2016 01:11
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A 63-story luxury hotel was engulfed in flames even as a massive New Year's fireworks display kicked off at the world's tallest skyscraper nearby, while tens of thousands of people whistled and cheered at early Friday's pyrotechnics.
  
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• Mesa County sheriff: Woman suspected of DUI was going 5 mph

  01-01-2016 01:08
  
  Mesa County authorities say they arrested a Grand Junction woman late Tuesday on suspicion of driving under the influence after deputies spotted her driving at a speed of just 5 mph.
  
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• Law Enforcement Out In Full Force Looking For Drunk Drivers, Get A Free Ride Home

  01-01-2016 01:03
  
  Wednesday marked the start of the Colorado Department of Transportation's DUI enforcement period.
  
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• Flooding forcing evacuations, traffic troubles in Missouri

  01-01-2016 01:01
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Floodwater was starting to recede at some water-logged Midwestern communities Thursday, but hundreds of homes were damaged, hundreds more remained evacuated, and getting through St.
  
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• RTD Bus & Light Rail Fares Go Up On New Year’s Day

  01-01-2016 00:53
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The price to ride Regional Transportation District buses and the light rail will go up on Friday.
  Fares will go from $2.25 each way to $2.60, but RTD is adding a new day pass option. For $5.20 riders can get unlimited trips in one day.
  Regional fares are also increasing from $4 to $4.50.
  LINK: RTD Fares
  
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• Man Gets Prison Time For Hit & Run That Killed Journalist From Belgium

  01-01-2016 00:46
  
  WESTMINSTER, Colo. (CBS4) – A man is headed to prison after killing a tourist in a hit-and-run crash in Westminster.
  Cory Norris, 21, was sentenced to six years in prison on Thursday.
  Eric Van Coppenolle (credit: LinkedIn)
  Norris admitted to being drunk last July when he hit Eric Van Coppenolle. The 47-year-old was a journalist visiting from Belgium.
  
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