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• 9 key points for Broncos-Steelers playoff game

  16-01-2016 23:19
  
  9 keypoints for the Broncos in theirplayoff gameSunday against the Steelers        
  
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• Broncos Star Demaryius Thomas Ready For Reunion With Mom

  16-01-2016 22:54
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Demaryius Thomas will celebrate his mother’s freedom and treat her to her first NFL game Sunday when the Denver Broncos play the Pittsburgh Steelers.
  It’ll be the first time Katina Smith has seen her son play football in person.
  Smith was released from a federal prison in Florida last summer when President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 46 non-violent drug offenders.
  After her release from a Georgia halfway house in November, she had a 60-day tra
  
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• Broomfield Man Missing While Treasure Hunting In New Mexico

  16-01-2016 22:42
  
  BROOMFIELD, Colo. (CBS4)– Search crews are looking for a man from Broomfield who went missing while hunting for treasure in New Mexico.Police in Santa Fe have been searching for Randy Bilyeu who was last seen in the area on Jan. 4. The 54-year-old traveled to New Mexico after reading a book about a hidden stash of coins and artifacts worth nearly $2 million. Randy Bilyeu’s SUV(credit: Santa Fe Police)
  Bilyeu’s dog and an inflatable raft were found along the Rio Grande about nin
  
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• Murder For Two Takes 2 Actors Into Multiple Roles On Stage

  16-01-2016 22:17
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– How do you get more than 10 characters on one small cabaret stage? Have those characters performed by just two actors.
  That’s the premise behind the fast, fun, high-energy musical “Murder for Two”
  Murder for Two is a small show, just two actors, one piano and murder. It’s also a very funny show.
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  Two performers play a number of different characters and this manic, comic murder mystery with music.
  One performer plays one character while th
  
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• Murder For Two Puts 2 Actors Into Multiple Roles On Stage

  16-01-2016 22:17
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– How do you get more than 10 characters on one small cabaret stage? Have those characters performed by just two actors.
  That’s the premise behind the fast, fun, high-energy musical “Murder for Two”
  Murder for Two is a small show, just two actors, one piano and murder. It’s also a very funny show.
  (credit: CBS)
  Two performers play a number of different characters and this manic, comic murder mystery with music.
  One performer plays one character while th
  
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• The clam chowder is good at Gillette Stadium

  16-01-2016 22:09
  
  9 observations from New England        
  
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• Barksdale’s Big 2nd Half Leads IUPUI Past Denver 76-61

  16-01-2016 21:24
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Marcellus Barksdale scored 13 of his 19 points in the second half to help IUPUI beat Denver 76-61 on Saturday.
  After leading 30-23 at halftime, Darell Combs opened the second half with a 3-pointer to start an 11-0 Jaguars run for a 41-23 lead. Mason Archie II capped the run with a steal and two free throws after being fouled on a fast break.
  Denver made five 3-pointers during a 17-7 spurt to pull to 55-44 and Joe Rosga cut it to single digits, 64-55, with 5:33 left, but
  
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• New Uniforms Help DIA Staff Stand Out

  16-01-2016 21:22
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Denver International Airport is making it easier for travelers to spot the customer service team now that they’re wearing new uniforms.DIA tweeted pictures of the new uniforms showing their ambassadors wearing bright blue vests or black vests with blue shirts underneath.Even DIA’s therapy dogs are getting in on the new look.
  
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• Broncos Vow Not To Make Same Mistake And Overlook Steelers

  16-01-2016 20:54
  
  DENVER (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers stagger into Denver with an ailing Ben Roethlisberger, who won’t have his leading rusher or his top receiver against the league’s best defense Sunday.
  So what?
  The Steelers (11-6) are deep even without All-Pro receiver Antonio Brown (concussion) and running back DeAngelo Williams (foot), and the Broncos insist Big Ben can go deep even with a sprained throwing shoulder.
  The Broncos (12-4) swear they won’t make the same mistake they did
  
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• Broncos Fans Call Steelers Country Home

  16-01-2016 20:43
  
  CANONSBURG, Penn. (CBS4)– It’s natural to find orange and blue all over Colorado but what about Steelers country?
  Dave Rossi’s family of Broncos fans in Pennsylvania is an anomaly but they’re proud of it. Their sons wear orange and blue to school on black and gold Fridays.
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  They have an entire room in their home dedicated to Broncos memorabilia.
  “Some of my friends might ask me why I wear it all the time but I just don’t answer,” said Vinny
  
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• Get your free Broncos magnet

  16-01-2016 20:17
  
  2016 is officially the year of the magnet!        
  
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• Fugitive Dies From Self-Inflicted Gunshot In Albuquerque

  16-01-2016 20:13
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Bernalillo County authorities say a fugitive wanted in Colorado has died after he shot himself to avoid capture.
  Sheriff’s Capt. Joshua Kingsbury says deputies and U.S. marshals found 32-year-old Brandon Ledbetter in a stolen vehicle Saturday in northeast Albuquerque.
  Kingsbury says Ledbetter, who was wanted on a parole violation, suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
  He was pronounced dead at a hospital.
  Kingsbury says two women and two men we
  
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• Demaryius Thomas' mom will see him play for the first time Sunday

  16-01-2016 20:08
  
  DENVER - Katina Smith, mother of Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas, will see her son play football in person for the first time on Sunday.        
  
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• Truck driver injured in collision with passenger bus

  16-01-2016 18:33
  
  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - The driver of a pickup truck was seriously injured when he ran head-on into an RTD passenger bus early Saturday.        
  
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• Injury Report: Carolina Panthers Entering Playoffs Healthy

  16-01-2016 17:39
  
  By Shawn S. Lealos
  One of the biggest reasons that the Carolina Panthers ended the regular season 15-1 is because they finished the year almost completely healthy. They lost their No. 1 starting wide receiver Devin Funchess when the season began, but didn’t miss a step. They had some problems in the secondary with minor injuries, but those didn’t compound until the end of the year. Now, with the Seattle Seahawks coming up next, the Panthers are really only missing one major playmaker
  
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• Injury Report: Osweiler Only Player Questionable For Sunday’s Playoff Game

  16-01-2016 17:35
  
  By Mark Schiff
  The Broncos are all healed up and ready to go ahead of their playoff opener against Pittsburgh.
  Every player on the 53-man roster participated in the team’s practice on Friday, Denver’s final session before taking on the Steelers in the divisional round on Sunday. Running back Juwan Thompson had to watch drills from the sideline, but otherwise Denver had its full compliment of players out on the field practicing.
  That speaks to just how important the bye week was for t
  
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• Broncos Injury Report: Osweiler Only Player Questionable For Sunday’s Playoff Game

  16-01-2016 17:35
  
  By Mark Schiff
  The Broncos are all healed up and ready to go ahead of their playoff opener against Pittsburgh.
  Every player on the 53-man roster participated in the team’s practice on Friday, Denver’s final session before taking on the Steelers in the divisional round on Sunday. Running back Juwan Thompson had to watch drills from the sideline, but otherwise Denver had its full compliment of players out on the field practicing.
  That speaks to just how important the bye week was for t
  
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• Despite Halftime Lead, Nuggets Lose To The Heat

  16-01-2016 06:31
  
  Despite being ahead at halftime, Denver couldn't keep the shorthanded Miami Heat from rallying to beat the Nuggets 98-95 on Friday night.
  
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• 1 in custody after truck crashes into building

  16-01-2016 06:28
  
  DENVER – Denver Fire Crews were called to the 5400 block of South Dover Street on Friday night after a truck crashed into a building.        
  
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• Thieves targeting women, unattended cars

  16-01-2016 06:12
  
  Investigators in Arapahoe County are investigating a group of thieves targeting unattended vehicles belonging to women.        
  
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• Woman accidentally shoots husband in leg at firing range

  16-01-2016 06:07
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A man is recovering after his wife accidentally shot him in the leg at an indoor firing range in north Colorado Springs.        
  
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• Colorado home trends for 2016

  16-01-2016 06:03
  
  DENVER - 2016 is the year of simplicity and elegance for home design in Colorado.        
  
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• Playoffs An Added Bonus To Players’ Bank Accounts

  16-01-2016 06:00
  
  By Alan GionetDENVER (CBS4) – The Broncos may be ready– to cash checks. This Sunday’s game against the Steelers comes with an added bonus – an added bonus.In the NFL, the playoffs mean extra dough.Players will tell you it’s not about the money, but the fact is for some, the money really helps.“My first couple of years I was excited I was going to get some more checks thrown my way but ultimately you play to win a championship,” said Bo Scaife, a former t
  
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• Man Sentenced For Alcohol-Induced Car Chase That Sparked Fire On I-25

  16-01-2016 05:52
  
  By Karen Morfitt
  CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (CBS4)– A Falcon man was sentenced to prison on Friday for his role in an alcohol-induced car chase that sparked a fire along Interstate 25 nearly one year ago.
  A Douglas County judge sentenced Garrett Dean Neugebauer to 24 years in the Department of Corrections for the chase that sparked a fire along I-25 in February 2015.
  A mug shot of Garrett Neugebauer from a previous arrest in El Paso County (credit: El Paso County Sheriff’s Office)
  Investigat
  
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• Heat G Wade Out Against Nuggets With Shoulder Injuries

  16-01-2016 05:38
  
  DENVER (AP) — Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade was out of the lineup Friday with injuries to both shoulders.
  Coach Erik Spoelstra said one shoulder has a “slight sprain and the other one is a little bit of an impingement issue that he’s had.”
  This is the first game Wade will miss this season due to injury.
  Wade had 16 points and eight rebounds in the Heat’s 104-90 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday. Spoelstra said the injuries were limiting Wade in the loss.
  
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• Outlets Seek To Unseal Planned Parenthood Shooting Documents

  16-01-2016 05:32
  
  DENVER (AP) — Several news organizations are petitioning the Colorado Supreme Court to reverse a judge’s order to seal details of the case against Colorado Planned Parenthood shooter Robert Lewis Dear.
  The local and national news outlets, including The Associated Press, filed the petition Friday, arguing the public has a constitutional right to monitor the operations of the court system. Specifically, they want access to affidavits involving Dear’s arrest and the search of his
  
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• Arapahoe County thieves targeting women, unattended cars

  16-01-2016 04:45
  
  Investigators in Arapahoe County are investigating a group of thieves targeting unattended vehicles belonging to women.        
  
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• Gov. Hickenlooper One Step Closer To Tying The Knot

  16-01-2016 04:41
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Gov. John Hickenlooper is one step closing to tying the knot to fiance Robin Pringle.The couple picked up their marriage license at the Denver Clerk and Recorder’s Office on Friday.Hickenlooper and Pringle are set to exchange marriage vows over the weekend in a small, private ceremony.
  
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• Orange Friday Takes Over As Bannock St. Becomes Broncos Blvd.

  16-01-2016 04:32
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Orange Friday took over the streets of Denver and across Colorado as Broncos fans supported their team leading up to the Divisional round playoff game.Denver Mayor Michael Hancock changed Bannock Street to Broncos Boulevard in front of the City County Building. (credit: CBS)
  “Here in Denver, we love our Broncos, and we show it with great pride every day of the year!” Mayor Hancock said in a statement. “So break out your jeans and jerseys because its playoff
  
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• Man sentenced to 48 years for slaying near Colorado Springs

  16-01-2016 04:08
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A man convicted of second-degree murder in connection with a slaying near Colorado Springs has been sentenced to 48 years in prison.    KRDO-TV reports (http://goo.        
  
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• 'Scream' bank robber arrested at motel

  16-01-2016 04:03
  
  THORNTON – A man placed on the FBI's Most Wanted list for his alleged involvement in a violent bank robbery and carjacking was captured by the FBI's Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force on Friday.         
  
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• CBS Sports Poll 1/15/16

  16-01-2016 03:42
  
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• Scream Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested At Motel 6

  16-01-2016 02:46
  
  THORNTON, Colo. (CBS4)– FBI agents arrested the Scream bank robbery suspect Myloh Mason on Friday night at a Motel 6 in Thornton.
  The FBI says he was arrested at the Motel 6 at Interstate 25 and 84th Avenue in Thornton around 5:30 p.m. Friday.
  Investigators believe Mason was involved with two others in the Nov. 18, 2015 armed robbery of a First Bank on Kipling Street in Lakewood while wearing a Scream mask. Mason is also wanted in the attempted murder in the shooting of two people that sam
  
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• So Will Big Ben Answer The Bell Against The Broncos? Ask the “AC”

  16-01-2016 02:23
  
  By Dr. Dave Hnida
  (CBS4) -So can Big Ben answer the bell against the Broncos? Or will an injured throwing shoulder force him to  keep the bench warm for his team mates?After a Friday practice, he continues to be officially listed as “questionable,” or day-to-day, but Roethlisberger did take to the field today to make some throws. And that suggests doctor’s orders will be full steam ahead come game day.The quarterback is reported to have a “shoulder sprain.” But
  
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• Paint Your House Orange Becomes Reality For Broncos Fans

  16-01-2016 02:09
  
  By Melissa Garcia
  EDGEWATER, Colo. (CBS4)– A couple of die-hard Broncos fans went to extremes to score a pair of playoff tickets to Sunday’s game.
  Mackenzie Cobb and her husband Nick Rocchio, winners of the Broncos “Paint Your House Orange” contest, allowed the entire interior of their home to be painted orange.
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  On Orange Friday, Broncos officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the couple’s Edgewater home.
  Broncos partner and real estate app Xome br
  
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• Federal coal moratorium could hit Colorado hard

  16-01-2016 02:04
  
  The Obama Administration on Friday called for a three-year “pause,” or moratorium, on issuing new coal mining leases on federal lands, saying it needs time to figure out how to account for the impacts of coal mining on the environment and how much co        
  
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• Broncos superfan shows off amazing John Elway tattoo

  16-01-2016 01:53
  
  WESTMINSTER - As if Bronco fans needed any encouragement, Denver mayor Michael Hancock asked Coloradans to wear orange Friday. But for some fans, every day is "wear orange" day.        
  
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• 'Pot Mall' could be coming to Trinidad

  16-01-2016 01:42
  
  TRINIDAD - A developer hopes to bring what he calls the World's First Pot Mini Mall to the city of Trinidad in southern Colorado.        
  
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• Peyton Manning Is ‘Amped Up’ As He Enters 25th Playoff Start

  16-01-2016 01:38
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Broncos running back C.J. Anderson was sitting at his locker discussing how dialed in Peyton Manning is when he saw his quarterback headed for the trainer’s room.
  “Hey P.,” Anderson bellowed, stopping his passer midstride to explain why he’d made a certain read at practice.
  What followed was a minute of conversation in the vernacular of the NFL, a tongue of codes, colors, numbers, shop talk and football slang that’s indecipherable to th
  
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• Father dies driving pregnant wife to hospital

  16-01-2016 01:16
  
  BELLVUE - A father, driving his pregnant wife to the hospital, instead crashed the family car and died before seeing his third child's birth.         
  
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• Glendale Police Search For Hit & Run Vehicle, Driver

  16-01-2016 01:15
  
  GLENDALE, Colo. (CBS4)– Police in Glendale want to find the suspect vehicle and driver wanted in a hit-and-run from Tuesday.
  Police say just before 7 a.m. Tuesday, the vehicle was involved in a hit-and-run crash at a stoplight at the 700 block of South Colorado Boulevard. The suspect vehicle struck the rear of another vehicle, reversed and sped away traveling north on Colorado Boulevard.The vehicle possibly has significant damage to the left front fender, front bumper, grille and light ass
  
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• School mourns the loss of student who fell through ice

  16-01-2016 01:13
  
  The teenage boy who was pulled from an icy retention pond Thursday afternoon was identified on Friday.        
  
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• Injury Report: Packers Have Two Out To Go With Long List Of Injured Players

  16-01-2016 01:10
  
  By Danny Cox
  The Green Bay Packers are heading into the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs coming off of a huge victory over the Washington Redskins in their Wild Card game. Now, they are ready for the Arizona Cardinals, but they’re going to have to hit the field without two players and a rather long injury report.
  Tight end Andrew Quarless (knee) and wide receiver Davante Adams (knee) are both out this week and won’t be playing at all against the Cardinals. Adams didn’t prac
  
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• Injury Report: Packers Have Two Out, Long List Of Injured Players

  16-01-2016 01:10
  
  By Danny Cox
  The Green Bay Packers are heading into the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs coming off of a huge victory over the Washington Redskins in their Wild Card game. Now, they are ready for the Arizona Cardinals, but they’re going to have to hit the field without two players and a rather long injury report.
  Tight end Andrew Quarless (knee) and wide receiver Davante Adams (knee) are both out this week and won’t be playing at all against the Cardinals. Adams didn’t prac
  
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• 4 people rescued from icy lake

  16-01-2016 00:53
  
  The Denver Fire Department rescued four people at Centennial Park in Englewood after they walked onto the ice.        
  
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• Fatal rollover crash near E-470

  16-01-2016 00:27
  
  Colorado State Patrol responded to a fatal crash near E-470 and the off-ramp to eastbound Interstate 76 on Friday afternoon.        
  
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• Bronze thief strikes twice in Centennial neighborhood

  16-01-2016 00:14
  
  Bronze entrance signs for the Palos Verdes neighborhood in Centennial were stolen for the second time, according to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s office.        
  
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• 4 Teens Rescued From Frozen Lake In Englewood

  16-01-2016 00:08
  
  By Jeff ToddENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4)– Concerned onlookers called Englewood police to report four teenagers who were walking on a frozen lake at Centennial Park on Friday morning.
  “Upon arrival the Englewood police officer did find those individuals about 50 to 75 yards off land and indicated they should proceed over to that island to get them safe as quickly as possible,” said Melissa Taylor with Denver Fire Department.(credit: CBS)
  The Ice and Water rescue team from Denver Fire
  
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