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• Crews Search For Missing Hiker On St. Mary’s Glacier

  17-01-2016 23:29
  
  CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Searchers with Alpine Rescue Team looked for a man who was reported missing after he didn’t return from a hike on St. Mary’s Glacier.
  Searchers have been searching for the 50-year-old man after he was reported missing on Saturday.
  (credit: CBS)
  Members from the Rocky Mountain Rescue and Front Range Rescue Dogs joined the search on Sunday.
  Weather conditions have been cold and snowy with extremely high winds and poor visibility.
  Crews plan to co
  
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• Broncos-Steelers First Quarter Recap: 2 FGs For Denver, TD For Steelers

  17-01-2016 23:27
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The Broncos trail the Steelers 7-6 on Sunday afternoon after one quarter of action.
  The Broncos got on the board first with two consecutive field goals, but the Steelers struck back late in the quarter with an 80 yard touchdown drive.
  Broncos safety/kick returner Omar Bolden was injured in the first quarter.
  The following are some of the tweets from the CBS4 Sports Team during the first quarter:
  Great save by Talib. Gotta give Steelers some credit for taking a shot.—g
  
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• Bolden Makes Big Punt Return, Then Gets Hurt

  17-01-2016 23:13
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Broncos safety Omar Bolden suffered a knee injury in the first quarter and is questionable to return to game action.
  Bolden missed the Broncos last four games with a hamstring injury, but he came flying out of the gates during Sunday’s Steelers-Broncos game, returning a punt for 42 yards. That led to the Broncos first field goal.
  He was hurt later in the quarter on a special teams play.
  Omar knee injury, questionable to return.—Steve Cox (@SteveCoxDenver) Januar
  
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• Water Gushes During Ouray Ice Fest, Climbing Competition Continues

  17-01-2016 23:09
  
  OURAY, Colo. (CBS4)– Every year ice climbers gather in Ouray for the annual Ice Fest and this year was no different except for water that gushed out after a pipe burst.The three-foot pipe burst on Saturday during the Ice Fest right next to the ice where the Elite Mixed Ice climbers were competing. (credit: Barry Stevenson)
  Parts of the lower gorge had to be evacuated because of the rising water. What caused the ice to burst has not been determined.Barry Stevenson, a photographer, said it&r
  
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• Demaryius Thomas’ Mom Sports Custom Jersey At 1st Broncos Game

  17-01-2016 22:33
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Demaryius Thomas’s mom is sporting her son’s jersey at Sunday’s AFC Divisional Playoff game in Denver. It’s the first time Katina Smith has seen her son play professional football.
  Smith and Thomas were pictured together on Sunday morning as he was getting ready for the Steelers-Broncos matchup at Sports Authority at Mile High. Smith watched from a suite as Thomas hit the field to warm up before the game.
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  Smith is sporting a custom-made
  
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• Firefighters Battle 2-Alarm House Fire In Franktown

  17-01-2016 22:21
  
  FRANKTOWN, Colo. (CBS4)– Firefighters battled a two-alarm house fire in Franktown late Saturday night.
  The fire broke out at a home in the 500 block of Gray Squirrel Way about 10 p.m. Saturday.
  Firefighters say it quickly grew to a two-alarm fire. It took crews hours to extinguish the fire. No one was injured.
  (credit: Tim Tonge)
  What caused the fire is being investigated. No one was injured.
  
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• Osweiler Active, Siemian & Thompson Deactivated For Broncos

  17-01-2016 22:16
  
  DENVER (AP) — Backup quarterback Brock Osweiler is active and available to relieve Peyton Manning in the Denver Broncos’ playoff game against the battered Pittsburgh Steelers.
  Osweiler missed nearly two weeks of practice with a sprained right knee before returning Friday.
  With Osweiler available, the Broncos (12-4) deactivated QB Trevor Siemian.
  Also out for Denver are DBs Shiloh Keo and Lorenzo Doss, running back Juwan Thompson, offensive linemen Sam Brenner and Robert Myers Jr. and
  
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• Big Ben Expected To Run Entire Offense vs. Broncos

  17-01-2016 21:55
  
  DENVER (The Sports Xchange) – Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger may not be at full strength but he is expected to handle all of the offensive plays in Sunday’s divisional-round playoff game against the Denver Broncos.
  The Steelers listed Roethlisberger as questionable on Friday’s injury report with a sprained AC joint and ligament damage in his right shoulder.
  NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport reported Sunday morning on NFL Network that Big Ben threw the ball well
  
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• Demaryius Thomas’ Mom Sports Son’s Jersey At First Broncos Game

  17-01-2016 20:27
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Demaryius Thomas’s mom sported her son’s jersey at Sunday’s AFC Divisional Playoffs when the Denver Broncos take on the Pittsburgh Steelers. It’s the first time Katina Smith has seen her son play professional football.Smith and Thomas were pictured together on Sunday morning as he was getting ready for the game at Sports Authority at Mile High.Smith was released from a federal prison in Florida last summer when President Barack Obama commuted the sent
  
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• 4 Arrested After Shots Fired, Chase & Crash

  17-01-2016 20:10
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Police in Denver arrested four people after a series of events that included gunfire, a chase and crash.Police tweeted an update on the situation after all four suspects were taken into custody.BREAKING: DPD arrest 4 suspects after they shot at a vehicle and crashed into another. Florida closed from Federal to Elliot. No injuries.
  — Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) January 17, 2016Police say it all began on reports of a car-to-car shooting where one vehicle was stru
  
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• Manning's injury, not Elway order, led to Osweiler

  17-01-2016 19:51
  
  It was Peyton Manning's health, notJohn Elway order that caused Gary Kubiakto startBrock Osweiler against Bengals        
  
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• Faulty Heater Blamed For Hotel Fire That Injured 3 Deputies

  17-01-2016 19:51
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4)– A faulty heater has been blamed for igniting a fire inside an unoccupied room at a hotel that sent three deputies to the hospital.
  The fire started at the Towne Place Suites located at 7877 S. Chester St. about 4:30 p.m. Saturday.A fire on Saturday night (credit: CBS)
  South Metro Fire Rescue confirmed three deputies with the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office suffered smoke inhalation after helping people evacuate the hotel.A malfunctioning heater in an unoccu
  
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• Pickard Makes 19 Saves But Avs Fall To Blue Jackets

  17-01-2016 19:32
  
  The Colorado Avalanche played 58 minutes of pretty good hockey in Columbus but the final two minutes of the game against the Blue Jackets cost them.
  
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• Final Minutes Of Avs-Blue Jackets Game Cost Colorado

  17-01-2016 19:32
  
  The Colorado Avalanche played 58 minutes of pretty good hockey in Columbus but the final two minutes of the game against the Blue Jackets cost them.
  
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• ‘Felony Lane Gang’ Targets Women & Their Wallets

  17-01-2016 19:22
  
  By Melissa GarciaARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Authorities in Arapahoe County have issued a warning to the public about the ‘Felony Lane Gang,’ a national crime syndicate targeting women and their wallets.
  The criminals work in three to four person teams to break into cars and steal women’s purses. Often, the thieves leave credit cards and electronics behind, only taking the victim’s checkbook.
  Authorities are urging people to take purses with them when they exit t
  
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• Suspicion Over Federal Wolf Plan Spreads To Colorado, Utah

  17-01-2016 18:44
  
  DENVER (AP) — Suspicion over federal plans to restore endangered Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest has spread to Colorado and Utah, where ranchers and officials are fiercely resisting any attempt to import the predators.
  About 110 Mexican gray wolves — a smaller subspecies of the gray wolf — now roam a portion of Arizona and New Mexico, nearly two decades after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released 11 wolves there to restart a population that had nearly vanished.
  The a
  
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• Authorities Say DNA Tests Needed To ID Stabbing Suspect

  17-01-2016 18:05
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities say it will take DNA testing to identify a suspect in the stabbing of his wife, the couple’s two young sons and his wife’s father at a home in Cheyenne.
  Investigators say the man fled in a car and crashed on Interstate 25 in northern Colorado, then walked back onto the roadway before being struck by multiple vehicles.
  The Cheyenne Police Department says police went to the home late Friday after receiving several hang-up 911 calls. Officers foun
  
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• Autopsy Scheduled For Plane Crash Victim

  17-01-2016 18:01
  
  MEEKER, Colo. (AP) — An autopsy is scheduled Monday for the victim of a plane crash in northwest Colorado after witnesses reported hearing an explosion and authorities found wreckage of a plane.
  The Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office says deputies and rescue crews searched the area again on Saturday after the body was found on Friday.
  The crash happened Thursday in a remote area about 15 miles west of Meeker.
  A witness reported hearing a plane rev its engines before the explosion. Ai
  
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• Fans show Broncos pride on ski slopes

  17-01-2016 03:56
  
  A little snow the day before the Broncos play prompted fans to get out on the hill to make some turns while supporting the home team.        
  
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• Demonstrators Call For Change In Abortion Law In Colorado

  17-01-2016 02:43
  
  By Shawn Chitnis
  DENVER (CBS4)– Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at the state Capitol Saturday afternoon holding signs, singing songs, and marching around Civic Center Park with a message for lawmakers about taking more action against abortion.
  “They need to get on board with the message that stop regulating, stop compromising with the lives of human beings,” said Susan Sutherland, Vice President of Colorado Right To Life.
  The March for Life comes days after Planned Parenthoo
  
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  17-01-2016 02:36
  
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• Man Wanted For Stabbing Family Struck By Several Vehicles On I-25

  17-01-2016 02:13
  
  WELD COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– A man presumed to be the suspect who stabbed his entire family was killed after he was struck by several vehicles on Interstate 25 in Weld County.The man has been identified as Randall Vanwoerkom, 30, of Cheyenne, Wyo.Police in Cheyenne rushed to 4306 Cheyenne Street at 11:15 p.m. Friday after receiving multiple 911 hang up calls from the residence. When officers arrived they found four members of Vanwoerkom’s family had been stabbed with a knife multiple t
  
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• Denver Woman Puts Life On Hold To Help Refugees Fleeing Syria

  17-01-2016 02:00
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A young woman from Denver has put her life on hold to help refugees fleeing Syria and Afghanistan.
  What began as a year-long sabbatical in Europe has turned into a mission to reunite families for Amy Shrodes.
  “I’m 25. I was working my way through Europe, seeing refugees in train stations everywhere. I thought, I can’t just go to India and forget about what I saw,” said Shrodes.
  Shrodes is in Turkey and talked to CBS4’s Melissa Garcia via Skype.(
  
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• Aurora Girl Pays It Forward, Asks For Donations Instead Of Presents

  17-01-2016 02:00
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– One girl from Aurora is paying it forward after she asked for donations instead of Christmas presents.
  “It’s totally worth it. Because in the end, you realize how much of a difference you’ve made,” said Kyra Dooley.
  Kyra, 12, delivered more than 600 pounds of dog and cat food on Saturday to PawsCo, a local rescue and foster organization.
  PawsCo (credit: CBS)
  “It’s hard to convince people not to buy her presents. So she really has to
  
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• 3 Deputies Injured In Hotel Fire

  17-01-2016 01:52
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4)– Three deputies with the Arapahoe County Sheriff were injured during a hotel fire on Saturday evening.The fire broke out at the Town Place Suites located at 7877 S. Chester St. about 4:30 p.m.Three deputies were rushed to the hospital for smoke inhalation. A fire on Saturday night (credit: CBS)
  Firefighters with South Metro Fire Rescue were able to contain the fire to one room. The hotel was evacuated.No one else was injured.What caused the fire is being investigat
  
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• Boston Marathon Bomber Loses Bid For New Trial, Ordered To Pay $101 Million

  17-01-2016 00:56
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday rejected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s bid for a new trial and ordered him to pay victims of the deadly attack more than $101 million in restitution.
  The restitution order, issued by Judge George O’Toole Jr., is seen as largely symbolic because Tsarnaev is in federal prison and has no ability to pay.
  Tsarnaev, 22, was convicted and sentenced last year to death in the 2013 attack. Two pressure cooker bombs placed near the mara
  
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• Utah State Holds Off Colorado State 96-92

  17-01-2016 00:44
  
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Chris Smith scored 35 points with 13 rebounds — both career highs — and Utah State held off a late rally to beat Colorado State 96-92 on Saturday.
  Julion Pearre scored 19 points, Jalen Moore added 16 with a career-high 12 rebounds, Lew Evans had 12, and Shane Rector added 10 for the Aggies (11-6, 3-3 Mountain West Conference).
  Trailing by six at halftime, Colorado State rallied to a 56-54 lead on Tiel Daniels’ dunk. But Evans scored eight points
  
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• Colorado Governor Married To Robin Pringle

  17-01-2016 00:20
  
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper got married Saturday at a quiet ceremony in Denver at St. Andrews Episcopal Church.
  Spokeswoman Kathy Green said in a statement that the couple was surrounded by family and friends.
  The two became engaged over the holidays.
  The 37-year-old Robin Pringle is the vice president of corporate development for Liberty Media Corp. in Englewood.
  The 63-year-old governor was previously married to author Helen Thorpe. They separated in 2012 and have remai
  
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