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• 1 Seriously Injured After Getting Hit By Light Rail Train In Downtown Denver

  04-01-2016 23:55
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A person has been hospitalized with serious injuries after getting hit by a light rail train in downtown Denver Monday afternoon.
  According to police, just after 2:30 p.m. the male victim was struck by a train at the light rail stop located at 20th and Welton streets. Police said it appears the victim was standing on the platform and fell.
  (credit: CBS)
  The victim suffered “head trauma,” according to police.
  The D Line train from 20th and Welton to Downing Stree
  
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• Former Denver City Council Candidate Charged With Allegedly Forging Petition Signatures

  04-01-2016 23:17
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A former candidate for Denver City Council District 2 has been formally charged following allegations of forged petition signatures.
  According to Lynn Kimbrough with the district attorney’s office, Corrie Houck, 44, has been charged with one count of attempt to influence a public servant, six counts of forgery, and six counts of perjury.
  Corrie Houck (credit: vote-co.org)
  “The charges allege that Houck signed and submitted ballot petitions last spring that conta
  
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• Former Rocky Mountain News Columnist Penny Parker Dies

  04-01-2016 23:08
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Penny Parker, the former entertainment columnist for the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post, died in Denver over the weekend.
  Parker wrote a column called On the Town and covered celebrity news, entertainment news and the restaurant industry.
  Penny Parker (credit: CBS)
  After a series of jobs out of state, she took a job at the Denver Post as a business writer. After that she moved to the Rocky Mountain News and started her long-running column there.
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  After
  
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• Penny Parker, former Denver newspaper columnist, dies at 62

  04-01-2016 22:29
  
  Former Denver newspaper columnist Penny Parker has died, family members said Sunday night.
  
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• Heavy Equipment Brought In To Help With Search For Man Missing After Office Building Fire

  04-01-2016 22:25
  
  ARVADA, Colo. (CBS4) – The search for a missing man entered its third day on Monday at a former substance abuse and treatment facility that was destroyed by fire in Arvada.
  The fire gutted the building that housed Creative Treatment Options on Saturday morning near 64th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard. On Monday firefighters brought in some heavy equipment to help with the search for John Rutter, a therapist who’s been missing since the fire erupted and is currently unaccounted for.
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• Former Aspen postal employee sentenced for taking gun to work

  04-01-2016 22:22
  
  A formal U.S. Post Office worker who brought a gun, bullet cartridges and knives to work was sentenced Monday to time already served in jail.
  
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• Stocks sink on first day of 2016 on China, Mideast worries

  04-01-2016 22:16
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — It was a gloomy start to the new year on Wall Street as stocks sank as part of a global sell-off.
  
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• New Colorado rules bar sugary drinks, restrict TV at day care centers

  04-01-2016 22:07
  
  An overhaul to the rules for licensed child care centers in Colorado is getting praise from health and child advocates for provisions that ban sugary drinks, limit television viewing and require playground time and healthy meals.
  
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• Driver, Tow Truck Operator Catch Denver Hit & Run Suspect

  04-01-2016 22:07
  
  DENVER (AP/CBS4) – Denver police say a driver suspected of grazing a boy crossing the street was arrested after a witness and a tow truck operator managed to stop the driver.
  The driver hit the 10-year-old boy Monday morning near the intersection of East Colfax Avenue and Yosemite Street and kept driving.
  Police spokeswoman Christine Downs says another driver who saw what happened followed the vehicle and a tow truck driver who heard the driver’s efforts to stop the hit-and-run suspe
  
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• Agency that probes Chicago police to announce reform plans

  04-01-2016 22:07
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A watchdog agency that investigates Chicago police officers said Monday it will implement reforms in the wake of protests over several fatal shootings of African-Americans.
  
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• Colorado Board of Education officially hires Crandall as commissioner

  04-01-2016 22:06
  
  The State Board of Education voted unanimously Monday to appoint former Arizona lawmaker Richard Crandall as Colorado's next education commissioner.
  
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• Colorado's limping immigrant driver's program faces many more hurdles

  04-01-2016 22:03
  
  Colorado's immigrant driver's license program faces a host of new challenges heading into the new year that are threatening to further damagethe already-hobbled initiative.
  
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• Obama starts 2016 with a fight over gun control

  04-01-2016 21:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama defended his administration's plans to tighten the nation's gun-control restrictions without going through Congress, insisting Monday that the steps he'll announce fall within his legal authority and uphold the constitutional right to own a gun.
  
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• General Motors invests $500m in Lyft, forms partnership

  04-01-2016 21:26
  
  DETROIT (AP) — The automotive industry is placing its biggest bet yet that using a device to hail a ride — with or without a driver — is the future of transportation.
  
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• Marco Rubio to raise presidential campaign cash in Denver

  04-01-2016 21:21
  
  Marco Rubio and Donald Trump on the stage during the GOP debate in Boulder. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)Republican Marco Rubio will visit Denver on Tuesday to raise big money for his
  
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• Suspect Identified After Crash That Left 2 Dead, 6 Injured

  04-01-2016 21:11
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Denver police say a 55-year-old man now faces charges of vehicular homicide after a deadly crash at Colorado Boulevard and Mexico Avenue.
  They have identifed him as Semere Dawit.
  Investigators say firefighters tried to help a man sleeping inside an SUV in the road. Witnesses say the driver sped off when firefighters approached.
  The incident ended at the intersection with a four-vehicle crash. One person died immediately and another died at the hospital.Six more people have
  
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• Colorado Springs police: Man found dead after crash had shot self

  04-01-2016 21:04
  
  Colorado Springs police say a man found dead Friday aftera single-vehicle crash had fatally shot himself before the wreck.
  
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• Voter registration deadline for 2016 Colorado caucus Jan. 4

  04-01-2016 20:47
  
  In a state where a plurality of voters shun a political label, an important deadline for the 2016 presidential election is approaching at the start of the new year.
  
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• Hope Fading For Man Missing After Fire At Treatment Facility

  04-01-2016 20:33
  
  By Howard Nathan
  ARVADA, Colo. (CBS4) – A crane to remove debris was brought to the site of a possibly fatal fire Monday, and search dogs being used to search for a possible victim have not had any success.
  The fire gutted a substance abuse and treatment facility on Saturday morning near 64th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard.
  (credit: CBS)
  John Rutter, a therapist who’s been missing since this fire erupted, is currently unaccounted for.
  A client of his is holding out hope.
  “Oh he
  
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• Fidelity dumps AmEx for credit card, switches to Visa

  04-01-2016 20:16
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fidelity is switching partners for its cash back credit card, dumping American Express and Bank of America for Visa and U.
  
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• Pentagon: Hundreds of military kids sexually abused annually

  04-01-2016 20:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Cpl. Aaron C. Masa befriended a fellow Marine during field training in North Carolina.
  
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• Gary Kubiak In No Hurry To Choose Starting QB For Playoffs

  04-01-2016 19:56
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) – Gary Kubiak isn’t ready to say who his starting quarterback is for the playoffs. He’s just knows it’s a nice problem to have.
  Peyton Manning or Brock Osweiler.
  Peyton Manning after Sunday’s game (credit: CBS)
  The Broncos (12-4) secured the AFC’s top seed when Manning replaced Osweiler on Sunday and led Denver to a 27-20 win over San Diego.
  Kubiak said he’ll evaluate the health and play of his quarterbacks over the next few days be
  
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• Longmont girl, 10, killed in Greeley car crash

  04-01-2016 19:51
  
  TheGreeley Police Department and the Weld County Coroner's Office and are investigating a Sunday evening vehicle crash that killed a 10-year-old Longmont girl.
  
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• California condor that helped save species returns to wild

  04-01-2016 19:51
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Banking into the wind and then gliding out of sight, a male California condor flew back into the wild after a captive breeding program that helped save North America's largest species of land bird.
  
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• Christmas trees find new life as goat feed at Erie farmstead

  04-01-2016 19:17
  
  When Erie resident Lisa Crawford posted on Facebook a request for recycled Christmas trees for her goats to eat, she wasn't sure what kind of response she would get.
  She was surprised to receive messages from at least 20 people in the surrounding community. And when Crawford started to pick up donated trees last week, many people invited her in for Christmas cookies or wanted to talk more about what goats eat.
  
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• Patriots still slight AFC favorite to reach Super Bowl

  04-01-2016 19:03
  
  Patriotsstilla slight AFCfavorite toreach the Super Bowl        
  
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• Maine man dies in crash that went unnoticed for up to 5 days

  04-01-2016 18:51
  
  GARDINER, Maine (AP) — Maine State Police are investigating the death of a motorist in a crash that apparently went unnoticed for as many as five days.
  
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• Ellen DeGeneres To Accept People’s Choice Humanitarian Award

  04-01-2016 18:45
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ellen DeGeneres is receiving a humanitarian award, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is reaping the benefits.
  Producers of the People’s Choice Awards announced Monday that DeGeneres will be recognized as the Favorite Humanitarian at Wednesday’s ceremony. The honor comes with a $200,000 donation from Walgreens, which DeGeneres is directing toward the hospital.
  .@TheEllenShow to be honored with Favorite Humanitarian at #PCAs, presented by @Walgree
  
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• Monday Is Deadline To Register For Colorado Caucuses

  04-01-2016 18:42
  
  DENVER (AP) — Monday is the deadline for Coloradans interested in participating in a caucus to register as a member of a political party.
  Colorado law requires that voters be registered as a Republican or Democrat for two months before the caucuses, which will be held on March 1 for both parties this year.
  They can do that online at GoVoteColorado.com or visiting their county clerk.
  GOP caucus-goers won’t be voting on presidential candidates, however. The state party decided in Augus
  
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• Amtrak: Ridership, revenue up for embattled Southwest Chief route

  04-01-2016 18:30
  
  Ridership and ticket revenues for Amtrak'sembattled Southwest Chief, which runs through southeast Colorado, rose slightly in 2015 amidst successful efforts to preserve the historic route.
  
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• Denver police ID driver suspected in double fatal, 4-vehicle crash

  04-01-2016 18:26
  
  Denver police have identified the 55-year-old man they suspect triggered afour-vehicle crash Sunday that left two people dead and others seriously injured.
  
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• Dozens evacuated from chairlift at Lake Tahoe resort

  04-01-2016 18:19
  
  SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Nev. (AP) — Dozens of skiers and snowboarders were evacuated from a chairlift at a Lake Tahoe resort after an unoccupied chair felt from the cable.
  
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• Manning's heroic return was Namath and Morton-like

  04-01-2016 18:08
  
  Peyton Manning's heroic return conjured up memories from Joe Namath in 1971        
  
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• Brock deserves better, but Kubiak must go with Peyton

  04-01-2016 18:03
  
  Brock doesn't deserving benching but Gary Kubiak has no choice but to go with Manning in the playoffs        
  
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• Scott Leads The Way As CU Defeats Stanford

  04-01-2016 18:00
  
  Senior forward Josh Scott recorded his seventh double-double of the season, helping visiting CU hold on to beat Stanford 56-55 Sunday night at Maples Pavilion.
  
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• 1 dead, police officer wounded in North Carolina shootout

  04-01-2016 17:56
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — One person was killed and an officer was shot in the ankle after police were fired on as they tried to serve an arrest warrant late Sunday at a North Carolina home, authorities said.
  
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• Nuggets Fall To Trail Blazers At Home, 112-106

  04-01-2016 17:54
  
  Guard CJ McCollum scored 25 points, guard Gerald Henderson had 18, and the Portland Trail Blazers pulled away in the fourth to beat the Denver Nuggets 112-106 on Sunday night.
  
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• Lawyers for former Colorado cop charged with murder want photos barred

  04-01-2016 17:29
  
  Lawyers for a former Rocky Ford police officer charged with murder ina 2014 on-duty killing want graphic photographs of the man he gunned down barred from court.
  
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• Q&A about the market turmoil in China and beyond

  04-01-2016 17:21
  
  BEIJING (AP) — After the Chinese stock market started 2016 with a plunge that unnerved investors globally, here are some questions and answers about the turmoil.
  
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• Arvada firefighters to use dogs to search for remains following blaze

  04-01-2016 17:10
  
  Arvada firefighters will use dogs and heavy equipment Monday to search for a man who was reported missing after a substance abuse clinic was destroyed by fire on Saturday.
  
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• Troopers investigate fatal C-470 pedestrian crash in Denver

  04-01-2016 16:54
  
  A man walking on C-470 near Alameda Parkway was struck and killed Sunday night, authorities say.
  
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• IS attacks troops in western Iraq, killing 11

  04-01-2016 16:46
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic State militants attacked Iraqi troops and allied tribal fighters outside the western town of Haditha on Monday, killing at least 11 and wounding dozens, officials said.
  
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• Developer moves ahead with Boulder Junction townhomes for Google employees

  04-01-2016 16:46
  
  The developer who is hoping to build high-end townhomes for Google employees along 30th Street near Valmont is moving forward, having just secured a partner and equity to fund the project and tweaking site plans after an initial presentation to Boulder's planning board.
  
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• Cabin Burns To Ground In Douglas County

  04-01-2016 16:41
  
  DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – A cabin in Douglas County was destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon. Smoke could be seen from Sedalia to Colorado Springs, and multiple people called about the plume.
  An officer from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office got to the scene first and walked in on foot due to the significant amount of snow. The building had already burned, and there were no injuries. The owner, a Colorado Springs resident, was on scene but did not know how the fire began.
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• Denver weather: Mild temperatures expected until snow arrives Thursday

  04-01-2016 16:39
  
  Mild temperatures in the 40s are expected through the first part of the week before a storm brings snow to the Denver metro area by Thursday.
  
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