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• Police Want Help Identifying Man Who Stole Cash, Alcohol From Lounge

  05-01-2016 23:56
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Police in Denver would like the public’s identifying a suspect in a burglary.
  According to police, on Dec. 20 the suspect broke into Inga’s Alpine Lounge located at 5151 Leetsdale Drive and stole cash and alcohol.
  The suspect was seen driving a dark-colored sedan.
  Additional Information From The Denver Police DepartmentRemain anonymous and earn up to $2,000. Call Crime Stoppers at (720) 913-STOP (7867). Text to CRIMES (274637) then title DMCS and enter the messa
  
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• Broncos Mailbag: Brock's future with the Broncos

  05-01-2016 23:54
  
  Each Tuesday during Denver Broncos' season, our Broncos Insider Mike Klis will answer questions pulled from the Broncos Mailbag.        
  
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• Rep. Fields At White House For Gun Announcement, Gardner Slams Action

  05-01-2016 23:38
  
  DENVER (CBS4/AP) – A state lawmaker who pushed for gun control legislation in Colorado was among those invited to the White House for the announcement of President Barack Obama’s plan to tighten gun regulations.
  Democratic State Rep. Rhonda Fields of Aurora says she got an unexpected invitation to talk to the president about gun control Tuesday and watch the announcement. She posted on Facebook that the East Room was “heavy with grief” from families who have lost children
  
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• Bill Cowher: Steelers-Bengals Wild Card Game Comes Down To Receivers

  05-01-2016 22:22
  
  By Danny Cox
  If anyone knows what the Pittsburgh Steelers organization is about, it’s coach Bill Cowher. As an analyst for CBS Sports on THE NFL TODAY, Cowher now gets to watch all teams around the NFL, but still knows what the Steelers are all about. Considering they play in the same division, he also knows what the Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh’s Wild Card opponent, are capable of.
  This weekend’s playoff game takes place Saturday, January 9 at 8:15pm ET on CBS and will pit t
  
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• History Colorado Cowboys Up For The Stock Show

  05-01-2016 22:03
  
  By Alan Gionet
  DENVER (CBS4) – History Colorado brought more unique items out of storage on Tuesday as Denver gets ready for the annual National Western Stock Show.
  This time visitors get to see horn furniture. The owner of the old Smith Brothers Packing House in Denver had an armchair and footstool made for his brother’s wife. Smith Brothers was the first packing plant to establish itself in Denver as the city began a long history with the stock industry.
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• Auto Industry Ends 2015 On A Very Strong Note

  05-01-2016 21:46
  
  DETROIT (WWJ) – Car and truck sales set a new record in 2015, narrowly edging out the previous record–17.4 million, set in 2000.
  “Hear that?  That’s the sound of sales records falling,” said Autotrader.com analyst Michelle Krebs. “More importantly, profits are setting records as almost all automakers are in far healthier financial shape than they were in 2000.
  All three domestic car companies posted gains, with Fiat Chrysler leading the way. &nb
  
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• 2 Suspects Arrested, Another At Large After Man Found Shot And Beaten

  05-01-2016 21:31
  
  LOVELAND, Colo. (CBS4) – Police in Loveland are trying to track down a third person after a shooting incident that was first reported in a Walmart parking lot off Garfield Avenue.
  Officers saw an SUV tearing out of the store’s parking lot at approximately 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
  Eventually, Greeley police stopped the SUV and found a 48-year-old man inside who had been shot and beaten.
  The driver and another man ran away and then allegedly stole a car.
  Larimer County deputies stopped th
  
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• From Your Smartphone To Smarthome, Ford Wants To Be A Connected Ride

  05-01-2016 21:03
  
  PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Ford is betting that drivers want to be as ‘connected’ behind the wheel as they are everywhere else. The automaker’s technology push is one of the big stories so far at CES, the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
  Whether you have an iPhone or Android in your pocket, Ford has you covered:
  “With Sync helping drivers stay connected on the move while keeping their hands on the wheel and their eyes on the road.”
  Sync 3 is the latest versio
  
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• Avalanche Claim Bodnarchuk On Waivers From Blue Jackets

  05-01-2016 20:56
  
  DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche bolstered their blue line by claiming defenseman Andrew Bodnarchuk on waivers Tuesday from Columbus.
  The addition of Bodnarchuk comes a day after the Avalanche had defenseman Erik Johnson suffer a lower-body injury in the second period of a win over Los Angeles. Johnson didn’t return to the game and coach Patrick Roy had no update on his condition after the game.
  Bodnarchuk played in 16 games for the Blue Jackets this season, with two assists. He
  
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• Nurse Under Arrest, Possible Victims Asked To Come Forward

  05-01-2016 20:50
  
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – Fort Collins sex crime detectives have released of a photo of a 43-year-old man accused of assaulting several people and are asking anyone else who feels they were victimized by him to contact them.
  Thomas Mark Moore is a registered nurse. He’s accused of assaulting female victims when they were under his care in hospitals or emergency rooms.
  Thomas Mark Moore (credit: Fort Collins Police)
  Detectives fear there could be additional victims.
  Moore worked in
  
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• Court Case Delayed For Teens Accused Of Making School Threat

  05-01-2016 20:28
  
  CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (CBS4) – A formal filing of charges against two teenage girls who were arrested after allegedly making threats against their high school in Douglas County has been delayed.
  One of the two teens appeared in Douglas County Court on Tuesday morning and learned that their hearing will be rescheduled to Jan. 14. The other teen was scheduled to make a court appearance in the afternoon.
  Prosecutors are holding off on making a decision about whether the girls will be charged as
  
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• Body Found In Fire Wreckage Identified As Missing Man

  05-01-2016 19:56
  
  ARVADA, Colo. (CBS4) – Authorities in Jefferson County have identified the body found in the wreckage of a building fire, and they say it is a man who worked at a treatment center there.
  John Rutter, a 55-year-old counselor at Creative Treatment Options in Arvada, went missing after the fire erupted on Saturday morning in the building that housed his facility.
  On Monday afternoon officials announced they had found a body, then on Tuesday just before noon they confirmed it was Rutter’
  
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• Denver-Bound Plane Slides Off Slippery Runway In Spokane

  05-01-2016 18:28
  
  SPOKANE, Wash. (CBS4) – A United Airlines plane that was departing from an airport in Washington state and headed for Denver slid off a slippery runway during its planned departure Tuesday morning.
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  No one was hurt, but planes were grounded at Spokane International Airport — where the incident happened at 6 a.m. — for part of the morning. The airport also announced they were temporarily closing during the incident.
  The plane is a 737, and crews were working to get
  
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• Election Officials Helped Expose Bizarre City Council Forgery Case

  05-01-2016 18:25
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Prosecutors say Denver’s election officials blew the whistle on a 44-year-old woman who was trying to land on last May’s city ballot by forging signatures and using the identities of people who had died.
  Corrie Houck, a Democrat, was trying to run for a city council seat in Denver’s southwest district in 2015.
  Houck’s first petition to be on the ballot was declined on a technicality. She was then told she had one day to gather the required 100 valid
  
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• Air Quality Action Day Issued In Metro Area

  05-01-2016 18:23
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Air pollution on Monday and Tuesday has prompted the Department of Public Health and Environment to issue an air quality action day for the Denver-Boulder metro area.
  People with heart or lung disease, older adults, and children should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion on Tuesday, according to the CDPHE. North of the Palmer Divide, it is suggested for unusually sensitive people.
  In addition, indoor burning restrictions and requests to limit driving have been put into
  
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• Rental Rates Continue To Rise, Boulder Comes Out As Most Expensive

  05-01-2016 18:00
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – Renters are paying more for apartments in Boulder than in any other location in the Denver metro area.
  That’s according to Apartment List, which reports that the average price of a two bedroom apartment in Boulder is $2,010.
  Golden, Broomfield and Highlands Ranch round out the top four most expensive municipalities in the metro area for rent costs.
  A two bedroom apartment in Colorado averaged $1,320 a month in December. Apartment List says rents are growing at
  
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• New On CBS Primetime, ‘Angel From Hell’

  05-01-2016 17:22
  
  New to the CBS lineup, “Angel From Hell” is a comedy about Amy, played by Emmy winner Jane Lynch, a colorful, brassy woman who insinuates herself into the life of an organized and seemingly perfect young woman, Allison (Maggie Lawson), claiming to be her “guardian angel.”
  “Amy is messy and Allison is not,” Lynch says of her character. “She doesn’t have any boundaries, all she has is infinite love for this one (Allison) and a great desire for this o
  
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• Rejuvenated Redskins Won’t Be Pushover For Packers In Wild Card Round

  05-01-2016 16:34
  
  By Danny Cox
  The Green Bay Packers won’t take anyone lightly, and they certainly can’t now that the playoffs have arrived. It’s no longer win or lose this game because there is always next week. In the Wild Card Round, they have to face off with the Washington Redskins who aren’t a great team after all is said and done, but they did win the NFC East and have been a true surprise this season.
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  The Redskins finished the season with a 9-7 record, and that was go
  
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• Denver-Bound Plane Slides Off Runway In Spokane

  05-01-2016 16:34
  
  SPOKANE, Wash. (CBS4) – A United Airlines plane that was departing from an airport in Washington state and headed for Denver slid off the runway during its departure Tuesday morning and hit a snowbank.
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  No one was hurt, but planes were grounded at Spokane International Airport, where the incident happened at 6 a.m., and the airport announced they were temporarily closing.
  The Airport is temporarily closed while we take measures to assure adequate braking conditions have been e
  
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• Minnesota Vikings Get Second Chance At Seattle Seahawks

  05-01-2016 16:29
  
  By Joseph Gunther
  The Minnesota Vikings knew a week ago that they were going to make the playoffs. What they didn’t know is what seed they would be, who they would play, and where they would play it. They didn’t find out the answer to all three questions until they beat the Green Bay Packers in the final game of the regular season.
  Once Xavier Rhodes and Anthony Barr broke up the Packers Hail Mary attempt at the buzzer, the Vikings knew they were entering the playoffs as the NFC Nort
  
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• Texans-Chiefs Face Off In First-Round AFC Playoff

  05-01-2016 16:27
  
  By Sam McPherson
  The Houston Texans have now won three of the last five AFC South Division titles, and Head Coach Bill O’Brien has posted two consecutive 9-7 seasons with the Texans. However, as winners of the weakest division in the conference, no one is giving Houston much credit for its strong finish to the 2015 regular season. The Texans won seven of nine to close out the season and claim their playoff spot, but their first-round playoff opponent has that beat: The Kansas City Chiefs s
  
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• Wild Card Weekend Sees Bengals Prepped For Round Three Against Steelers

  05-01-2016 16:23
  
  By Christina Rivers
  The Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers had quite the split series between them during the 2015 NFL regular season. That the two rivals will meet each other in the first round of the playoffs means that there are sure to be fireworks. The Bengals enter the contest as the number three seed in the conference with a 12-4 record as the AFC North division champions. Throw out the win-loss records on Saturday as Cincinnati and Pittsburgh get ready to make a final statement d
  
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• Seahawks Hoping For Repeat Performance Against Vikings

  05-01-2016 16:15
  
  By Dave Thomas
  It was a little over a month ago that the Seattle Seahawks swooped into Minnesota and did a number on the Vikings, rolling to a 38-7 win over the NFC North champions.
  With the NFC first-round wild card playoff matchups set, the two teams square off again this Sunday in the upper midwest, with Minnesota (11-5) feeling better about itself after wrapping up the NFC North title with a 20-13 win over rival Green Bay this past Sunday evening. Meantime, Seattle (10-6) and quarterback Rus
  
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• Red-Hot Chiefs Are Most Likely Opponent For Patriots In Divisional Playoff

  05-01-2016 16:13
  
  By Gregory Hunt
  For the first time under head coach Bill Belichick, the New England Patriots are entering the AFC playoffs with a two-game losing streak. In fact, the last six weeks have not been kind to the Patriots, as the team has lost four of its last six games after starting the season 10-0.
  A loss in Week 17 to the Miami Dolphins cost the Patriots a number-one seed, but as the number-two seed, the Patriots will still receive a first-round bye. New England’s roster has been decimated
  
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• Redskins Win Streak Hides Major Team Flaw

  05-01-2016 16:10
  
  By Kevin Ross II 
  The Redskins have won four games in a row, but all of the winning has camouflaged a major team flaw. To get right to it, the secondary has been below average, to put it nicely. Those who are not nice would call the secondary horrendous, and it would be hard to argue that point.
  Redskins four-game win streak is deceiving 
  The four game win streak began in Chicago. It was Kirk Cousins who bailed the team out, and no one took time to talk about the secondary. Against Chi
  
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• Carolina Panthers’ Potential 2015 NFL Playoff Opponents

  05-01-2016 16:07
  
  By Shawn S. Lealos
  The Carolina Panthers entered the 2015 NFL season with a great chance of making the playoffs, but early prognosticators had them ranked behind the Seattle Seahawks, Green Bay Packers, and Dallas Cowboys. So, the Panthers went and finished the season 15-1, one win away from a perfect regular season. That gave the Panthers the number one seed in the NFC playoffs and the easiest road into the Super Bowl. However, the problem is that their most likely opponent is the Seattle Seaha
  
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• Chiefs Face Next-Hottest AFC Team In First Round Of Playoffs

  05-01-2016 16:04
  
  By Sam McPherson
  Everyone knows the Kansas City Chiefs haven’t won an NFL playoff game since Joe Montana quarterbacked the team to the 1993 AFC Championship Game. Since then, the Chiefs have lost seven straight playoff games, including a heartbreaker just two years ago on the road against the AFC South Division champions. There, Kansas City blew a 28-point, third-quarter lead in that 2013 wild-card round game to the Indianapolis Colts, and many of this year’s players still remember t
  
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• Cardinals Await Potential Rematches While Idle During Wild Card Round

  05-01-2016 16:02
  
  By Danny Cox
  With an NFC West crown and a 13-3 record, 2015 was a good year for the Arizona Cardinals. It was just an overall season that looked really great for the Cardinals and has them as one of the top contenders to win it all. They have a first-round bye due to nabbing the second seed in the NFC and now they know who they may face in the divisional round.
  Regular season victories over two of the three teams is a good start, but the playoffs are a whole new season and an entirely different
  
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• Two Colorado Women Make Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List

  05-01-2016 16:00
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Two Colorado women have made Forbes’ 2016 30 Under 30 list, which names 600 of “the brightest young entrepreneurs, breakout talents and change agents in 20 different sectors.”
  Milagros Barsallo, 28, made the list in the education sector as the cofounder of Rise Colorado. The nonprofit works to close the educational opportunity gap for low-income and minority students.
  Also on the list is 27-year-old Tyler Haney in the retail and e-commerce sector
  
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• Police: 2 Armed Women Carjack Man, Lead Officers On Chase

  05-01-2016 15:49
  
  COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (CBS4) – Two women were arrested Tuesday morning after police said they carjacked an SUV owner, led police on a chase in the north Denver metro area and then caused a crash.
  The arrests followed an hour-long standoff just west of Interstate 25 in Thornton.
  The carjacking took place at 2:30 a.m. at East 60th Avenue and Holly Street, according to Commerce City police. A man said the two women had a gun and demanded he give them his SUV.
  After the SUV was stolen, officers
  
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• Broncos Go With The Flow, Finish As No. 1 AFC Seed

  05-01-2016 15:21
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (The Sports Xchange) – Throughout the week, the focus for the Denver Broncos was on defeating the San Diego Chargers and receiving the bye week; the notion of claiming the AFC’s top seed seemed out of reach.
  But when New England stumbled at Miami, the sellout crowd at Sports Authority Field at Mile High erupted, and the Broncos had the window through which they eventually leapt.
  As the Broncos warmed up, two of the three HD screens above the end zones aired the NFL R
  
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• Broncos Have A Quarterback Decision To Make

  05-01-2016 15:13
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (The Sports Xchange) – Somehow, it seemed appropriate that the battered Denver Broncos used both quarterbacks to throw themselves across the finish line of the regular season and earn a first-round bye that they desperately needed.
  Now, as their regular season concludes, there is one dominant question: Does Peyton Manning start or does Brock Osweiler continue on the first team after starting the last seven games of the regular season in Manning’s stead?
  Quarterback B
  
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• Two Women In Custody After Attempted Carjacking, Police Chase

  05-01-2016 14:26
  
  ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Two women are in custody after an attempted carjacking early Tuesday morning at East 60th Avenue and Holly Street in Commerce City. Police received a call at approximately 2:30 that
  The two females approached a car with a handgun and got into the car with the male driver, police said, then drove him around the corner and told him to get out.
  Police located the car on Interstate 25 and attempted to pull it over, but the women took off. A short chase en
  
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• El Niño Loves Colorado’s San Juan Mountains

  05-01-2016 07:58
  
  By Justin McHeffey
  A string of wet days in California may mean heavy mountain snow for Colorado later this week.
  El Niño conditions remain at a historic level in the Pacific Ocean. The only other El Niño episode of similar strength and duration within the past 20 years happened during the 1997/1998 winter season. Sea surface temperatures continue their warmer-than-normal trend along the equator—that means the storm track favors the southwestern U.S. as we move deeper into&nbs
  
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• Iginla’s 600th Goal Helps Avs Beat Kings 4-1

  05-01-2016 07:24
  
  With a flick of the wrist and a fortunate bounce off a skate, Jarome Iginla joined an exclusive NHL club of scorers. He scored his 600th career goal to become the 19th player to reach the milestone,
  
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• Washington State Women Top Colorado 74-66

  05-01-2016 07:19
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) – Maria Kostourkova scored 17 points and Mariah Cooks added 11 points and 12 rebounds as Washington State earned its 10th win of the season, beating Colorado 74-66 Monday night.Coach June Daugherty earned her 100th victory in nine seasons at Washington State and became the first Pac-12 coach to collect 100 victories at two Pac-12 Conference schools. Daugherty boasted a 191-139 record at Washington and her career record now stands at 413-379 over her 27-year coaching car
  
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• Police Using Social Media For Marijuana Stings, Some Call It Entrapment

  05-01-2016 06:00
  
  By Rick Sallinger
  DENVER (CBS4) – CBS4 has learned Denver police are posing as pot growers on Facebook. They are conducting sting operations and have landed at least one deal worth tens of thousands of dollars.
  The Internet social media websites have become a high-tech marketplace for drugs. On Instagram one post reads, “Place your order today, gets shipped out before 8 a.m.”
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  It was Facebook where Denver police say 26-year-old Sean Edelson responded to a picture p
  
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• Officer Investigating Smash & Grabs: ‘It’s Definitely Got Our Attention’

  05-01-2016 06:00
  
  By Tom Mustin
  SHERIDAN, Colo. (CBS4) – There have been 23 so-called smash-and-grab burglaries in the metro area in the past week.
  Crushed glass and a broken cash register told the story of two more — this time in Sheridan.
  “Pretty brazen,” said TruckLogic.com store manager Warren Reyna.
  Early Monday morning a hooded figure was seen on surveillance video after using a rock to smash the glass door of the Verizon store on River Point Parkway.“They took an iPhone that t
  
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• El Niño Loves The San Juans

  05-01-2016 05:38
  
  By Justin McHeffey
  A string of wet days in California may mean heavy mountain snow for Colorado later this week. El Niño conditions remain at a historic level within the Pacific Ocean. The only other El Niño episode of similar strength and duration within the past 20 years happened during the 1997/1998 winter season. Sea surface temperatures continue their warmer-than-normal trend along the equator—that means the storm track favors the southwestern U.S. as we move deeper into
  
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• Muslim Store Owner Calls It A Hate Crime, Sheriff’s Office Not So Sure

  05-01-2016 05:36
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office says there are no signs of a hate crime in connection with a fire set at an Islamic business, but the owner feels otherwise.
  The fire occurred at the Zamzam Halal International Market and Deli located at Quebec Street and East Iliff Avenue.
  A motive has yet to be established but the business caters to Denver’s Muslim community and someone set a fire there on Friday afternoon. A truck that’s used to receive and deliver g
  
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• Watch Xfinity Monday Live With Broncos Cornerback Bradley Roby

  05-01-2016 03:29
  
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• Suspect, Victims Identified After Crash That Left 2 Dead, 6 Injured

  05-01-2016 02:21
  
  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.
  Police have identified the suspect as Semere Dawit.
  Investigators say firefighters tried to help a man they’ve identified as Dawit sleeping inside an SUV in the road on near Colorado Boulevard and Evans. Witnesses say the driver sped off when firefighters approached.
  The incident ended at the intersection with a four-vehicle crash.
  
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• Broncos notes: Kubiak gives vote of confidence to Brock

  05-01-2016 02:16
  
  Broncos notebook: Kubiak states confidence in Osweiler; four players signed        
  
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• Teen Accused In Smash & Grab Burglary Of Same Gas Station Twice

  05-01-2016 02:09
  
  WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (CBS4) – Police in Wheat Ridge have arrested a teenager suspected in two smash-and-grab burglaries at the same gas station.
  The burglaries happened at the Diamond Shamrock located 44th Avenue and Newland Street.
  The first burglary was in October. Cigarettes and cash were taken. The business was hit again Dec. 1.
  In both cases the burglar used a rock to break through the front door.
  
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• Those Who Don’t Qualify To Buy A Gun Better Not Try In Boulder County

  05-01-2016 02:00
  
  By Lauren DiSpirito
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett says he’s cracking down on people who try to buy guns that know they legally are not allowed to own one.
  The move is one of his goals for better enforcing already existing gun laws in the new year. In Colorado it’s illegal to fill out the application and submit information for a background check knowing you do not qualify to own a gun.
  The violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor that carries po
  
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