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• 2nd Suspect Arrested In Craigslist Robbery, Home Invasion

  30-01-2016 23:50
  
  JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– The second suspect wanted in connection to the Craigslist robbery and home invasion, where one suspect was shot and killed, has been arrested.
  Officers arrested David Ernest Mascarenas on Friday at an apartment complex in Federal Heights. Mascarenas, 54, was wanted in last Sunday’s robbery and home invasion on South Taft Court for first-degree burglary, aggravated robbery and identity theft.
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• Rivera, Kubiak Followed Blueprint To Super Bowl

  30-01-2016 23:26
  
  DENVER (The Sports Xchange)– For only the fourth time in 50 years, two long-time former players will be the opposing coaches in the Super Bowl. And in the way that Ron Rivera and Gary Kubiak manage their teams, there is a message that coaches who want to follow them need to heed.
  We’re talking to you, Chip Kelly, but you’re not the only one.
  To be successful, a coach has to be willing to move out of his comfort zone, whether it is offense or defense, and figure out the other si
  
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• It’s Girl Scout Cookie Time!

  30-01-2016 23:12
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Girl Scout cookies go on sale in Colorado on Sunday.
  Scouts and their parents picked up their cookies on Saturday morning at Red Rocks Community College.
  Scouts will sell seven varieties for $4 a box. This year’s selection includes classics like Samoas, Thin Mints and Tagalongs and new recipes like Cranberry Citrus Crisps and Lemonades.
  The Girl Scouts have a cookie locator so cookie lovers can find the ones they like.
  
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• Jeffco Craigslist robber captured in Federal Heights

  30-01-2016 23:06
  
  The Jefferson County Sheriff's office announced Saturday that officers have apprehended the second suspect in last weekend's Jeffco Craigslist robbery.
  
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• District 5 Officers Move Roll Call To The Streets To Get In Touch

  30-01-2016 22:54
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Police working out of District 5 in Northeast Denver are trying a new approach to get in touch with the community– they moved their roll call out onto the streets.
  Daily assignments will be issued in public instead of in meetings behind closed doors.
  The suspect wanted in a deadly shooting in Montbello (credit: Denver police)
  “I don’t think we can do our jobs effectively without the community so we’re willing to come into the community and engage and
  
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• 1 Dead, Others Injured In Multiple Shootings At Stock Show Complex

  30-01-2016 22:49
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– One confirmed dead and numerous others injured after a shooting and stabbing at the National Western Stock Show Complex on Saturday afternoon.Copter4 flew over the scene outside the National Western Complex (credit: CBS)
  Officers tweeted that there were several people shot.
  BREAKING: DPD working multiple shootings (1 stabbed) at Coliseum. PIO RESPONDING
  — Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) January 30, 2016The shooting happened about 1 p.m. at the Coliseum. It is uncle
  
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• 2 Men Arrested In Adams County Home Invasion, Shooting

  30-01-2016 22:26
  
  ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Two additional men have been arrested in connection with a home invasion and shooting in Adams County earlier this month.Melvin Taylor and Mario Marquez were arrested on Friday morning in connection with the Jan. 7 incident. The victim remains in the hospital.
  Investigators say Taylor and Marquez face attempted first-degree murder charges for their role in the home invasion. Two masked men entered the home and shot a man inside three times before running away.To
  
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• United In Orange Banner Placed Outside Levi’s Stadium

  30-01-2016 22:11
  
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. (CBS4)– The United in Orange banner was placed on Levi’s Stadium for Super Bowl 50 where the Denver Broncos will take on the Carolina Panthers.
  The banner was placed outside the stadium to honor the Denver Broncos.
  Of course there was a Panthers banner on the other side of the stadium.
  
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• San Francisco Ready For Super Bowl Festivities, If Not The Game Itself

  30-01-2016 21:51
  
  By Mark SchiffSan Francisco is one of America’s greatest cities and its mild winter weather makes it an ideal location to host Super Bowl 50. Even if San Francisco isn’t actually hosting Super Bowl 50.
  The game itself will take place in Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, the 49ers new football palace which opened in 2014. However, Santa Clara is about 45 miles south of San Francisco proper and much closer to San Jose. But just because the 49ers skipped town to move south, doesn&rsq
  
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• 2 Men Charged After Teen’s Body Found In Suitcase

  30-01-2016 21:03
  
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (CBS4)– Two man have been charged in connection with a Grand Junction woman’s body found in a suitcase.
  Raymond Cordova of Grand Junction and Eduardo Delacruz of Utah have been charged with abuse or desecration of a human body and obstructing justice.According to court documents, Cordova, 48 and Delacruz, 31, met at a West Valley City, Utah hotel to discuss how to get rid of Kelly Myers’ body.
  The body of Myers, 18, was found inside a suitcase in a hiking
  
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• Attorneys In Unborn Cut From Womb Attack Want Dr. Phil Comments Excluded

  30-01-2016 20:38
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)– The attorneys for the suspect in the unborn cut from the womb attack want the mother’s comments on the Dr. Phil show excluded from the trial.
  Attorneys for suspect Dynel Lane have cited 18 comments made by Michelle Wilkins on the show that aired on CBS4 in September 2015.
  Dynel Lane (credit: CBS)
  Wilkins and Dr. Phil discuss the viability of the baby, who did not survive the attack, and also motherhood and family life.
  Lane’s trial is scheduled to start i
  
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• Fowler III goes from 100th Rose Bowl to 50th Super Bowl

  30-01-2016 20:31
  
  Broncos receiver Bennie Fowler played in the 100th Rose Bowland will now play inthe 50th Super Bowl        
  
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• 9 best quarterback matchups in Super Bowl history

  30-01-2016 20:29
  
  DENVER - The criteria for Part II in  our  series -- best  quarterback matchups in Super Bowl  history -- was first, the quality of quarterbacks and two, the quality of  their respective Super Bowl showdowns.        
  
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• Colorado weather: Big storm to follow Saturday night snow

  30-01-2016 20:25
  
  The Denver area is expected to receive around two inches of snow by the end of the day Saturday, as the first of two storm systems moves through the area.
  
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• Police Shoot Man Holding Woman Hostage In Larimer County

  30-01-2016 19:13
  
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Police in Larimer County shot and killed a man who had taken a woman hostage in a mobile home park northeast of Fort Collins.
  The incident began about 11 p.m. Friday and ended with the man being shot about 2:30 a.m. Saturday.
  Lt. Bobby Moll of the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office says the initial call to police reported a domestic disturbance.A picture of the scene of the officer-involved shooting (credit: CBS)
  Moll says it turned into a barricaded and hosta
  
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• Propane Tank Explosions Fuel House Fire In SW Denver

  30-01-2016 19:06
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Multiple propane tank explosions fueled a fire that destroyed a home in southwest Denver early Saturday morning.One person was injured in the fire at a home near Yuma Street and Jewell. A propane tank that exploded in the house fire on Yuma Street (credit: CBS)
  Several propane tanks were scattered around the neighborhood after the explosions (credit: CBS)
  The explosions and fire also damaged two vehicles at the home on Yuma Street (credit: CBS)
  Firefighters told CBS4 that at
  
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• Archie, Eli Manning Proud Of Peyton’s Evolution This Season

  30-01-2016 18:59
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Archie Manning speaks deliberately and carefully when addressing whether his 39-year-old son, Peyton, might be playing his final NFL game when he returns to the Super Bowl.
  “This is Peyton’s fourth one — certainly could be his last one, so we’re going to try to enjoy it,” Archie Manning, who lives in New Orleans, said this week in an interview with The Associated Press.
  “There’s a lot of speculation that Peyton will retire. He an
  
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• One woman killed in Colorado Springs house fire

  30-01-2016 18:58
  
  An elderly woman was killed early Friday in a house fire in eastern Colorado Springs.The Colorado Springs Police Department posted on its online blotter that the fire, in the 5300 block of
  
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• 1 Dies In Colorado Springs House Fire

  30-01-2016 18:57
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A house fire on the east side of Colorado Springs has claimed the life of one person.
  Authorities say the fire was reported early Saturday morning. The victim was among seven people in the house at the time. The others escaped without injury.
  The name of the victim was not immediately released.
  The cause of the fire is under investigation.
  (© Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritte
  
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• Ward, Stewart Vow To Return From Injuries For Super Bowl

  30-01-2016 18:55
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — T.J. Ward’s Super Bowl guarantee doesn’t exactly possess the same sort of sizzle as Joe Namath once promising — and delivering — a win.
  For the Denver Broncos, though, the strong safety’s guarantee just might make the difference in one.
  Ward vowed he would play a week from Sunday despite a tender ankle. Even more, free safety Darian Stewart pledged to be back, too, after spraining the MCL in his right knee during a win over New England
  
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• Hot air balloon business catches Denver home on fire

  30-01-2016 18:54
  
  Exploding propane tanks from a hot air balloon business set a Denver home ablaze and left one residentwith minor injuries early Saturday morning.
  
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• High Impact Snowstorm Will Begin Moving Into Colorado On Sunday

  30-01-2016 18:07
  
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – The big storm we’ve been talking about for the past few days is finally moving on shore today and it will make a quick dive down the West Coast and into southern California over the next24 hours.
  It will then make a trek through the Four Corners and be positioned somewhere near southeast Colorado by Monday night.
  This storm will bring an ample supply of water as it taps into a flow of moisture originating over 3,000 miles away near Hawaii.
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• Carolina Panthers Have No Problem Beating Peyton Manning In His Last Game

  30-01-2016 17:42
  
  The Carolina Panthers just finished their first week of Super Bowl preparation and practices and will take the weekend off while the rest of the NFL plays the annual Pro Bowl. There is now one more week before Cam Newton leads his team against the Denver Broncos, and most of next week will be split between practices and promotion for Super Bowl 50. Here is a look at the news coming from the Carolina Panthers as they take their one last break before the big Super Bowl.
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• The NFL's secret: How the league controls Super Bowl ticket sales

  30-01-2016 10:18
  
  Broncos season-ticket holders got one of two e-mails within a few hours of the team's down-to-the-wire win over the New England Patriots, before the rush of a nerve-wracking AFC championship had even begun to wear off.
  
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• DEA confiscates Rolexes, homes and luxury cars from illegal pot grow

  30-01-2016 10:18
  
  Federal prosecutors are going after the money side of a southern Colorado marijuana grow enterprise by confiscating cash, homes and luxury cars.
  
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• Weekend snowstorm could bring up to 10 inches of snow in Denver

  30-01-2016 10:08
  
  A winter storm watch has been issued for the Colorado Rockies beginning Friday night with projections of between a foot and 2 feet of snow falling by Monday night.
  
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• Off-duty Jeffco deputy who was shot identified as Jose Marquez

  30-01-2016 10:08
  
  A Jefferson County deputy who was shot on Tuesday was identified Friday.
  
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• Teen charged in DougCo school murder plot signals she wants new judge

  30-01-2016 10:07
  
  Lawyers for one of the two 16-year-old girls charged in an alleged plot to kill classmates and staff members at their Highlands Ranch high school signaled in court filings they want a new judge.
  
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• Gruesome details emerge in Colorado Rapids midfielder Marco Pappa's stabbing

  30-01-2016 10:03
  
  Whenpolice entered the Seattle apartment ofColorado Rapids player Marco Pappa, they found him with stab wounds, soaked withblood. They found a bloody kitchen knife and Miss Washington USA with blood on her hands.
  
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• Avs goalie Semyon Varlamov testifies in Denver civil trial

  30-01-2016 10:03
  
  Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov on Friday testifiedhe restrained his longtime girlfriend when she attacked him in his apartment in late October 2013, but he never meant to hurt her.
  
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• Colorado's traction law used 143 times on Colorado mountain roads

  30-01-2016 10:02
  
  Colorado's traction law was in effect 143 times at various locations on the state's mountain highways between Oct. 22 and Jan. 20 as part of a campaign to unclog traffic through the high country.
  
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• Three Democratic presidential hopefuls to attend Colorado dinner

  30-01-2016 10:01
  
  Presidential candidateMartin O'Malley, the governor of Maryland, will appear at theColorado Democratic Party's annual dinner in February, joining former Secretary of StateHillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders.
  
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• Denver to hold Broncos fan rally Sunday

  30-01-2016 06:37
  
  The rally will be held snow or shine from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.        
  
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• Former Bronco indicted in drug ring

  30-01-2016 06:07
  
  A member of a former Broncos Super Bowl team is making headlines this week—and it has nothing to do with football. Former runningback Derek Loville could face life in prison after he was indicted in a drug trafficking ring.        
  
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• #WeAreBRONCOS viewer video challenge

  30-01-2016 06:05
  
  BRONCOS COUNTRY - Denver, are you ready to party like it's 1999?         
  
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• Evans Man Arrested For Child Abuse Resulting In Death

  30-01-2016 06:05
  
  EVANS, Colo. (CBS4)– Police in Evans arrested a man for child abuse resulting in death.Edward Berdan, 30, was arrested about 7:45 p.m. Friday in connection with a call received on Jan. 20.On that day, an infant sustained significant injuries and was transported to Children’s Hospital in Aurora. The infant did not survive and passed away eight days later on Thursday.Investigators determined the injuries sustained appeared to be criminal in nature. Charges against Berdan have been file
  
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• Man Sentenced For Killing 2 Women Inside His Apartment

  30-01-2016 06:03
  
  By Lauren DiSpirito
  DENVER (CBS4)– A man found guilty of shooting and killing two women inside his apartment in Denver has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
  A judge handed down the sentence to Jose King, 24, in Denver District Court on Friday. The judge ordered two consecutive life terms, one for each of the women King killed.
  Jose Gabriel King (credit: Denver Police)
  In October 2014, King shot his roommate, Amanda Anders, 19, and her friend, Nancy Worrell
  
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• Evans man arrested as suspect in infant's death; investigation ongoing

  30-01-2016 06:00
  
  An Evans man was arrested Friday night on suspicion of child abuse resulting in death, police said.
  
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• Despite Rule Changes & Safety Measures, NFL Concussions Up 31 Percent

  30-01-2016 06:00
  
  By Mark Ackerman
  DENVER (CBS4)– After years of steady declines in concussions in the National Football League, the number of concussions spiked from 206 in 2014 to 271 in 2015. The 31 percent increase comes as the NFL claims it is doing more than ever before to make the game safer.
  This year the NFL enacted a new rule which allows medical time outs. At every game, two independent athletic trainers are paid to watch the games with binoculars from a suite atop the stadium. The medical spotte
  
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• Evans man arrested in infant’s death

  30-01-2016 05:58
  
  EVANS – A 30-old man was arrested Friday after an infant in his care passed away from injuries authorities say appear to be criminal in nature. Edward Berdan was arrested on Friday for child abuse resulting in death.        
  
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• Olympian Kerri Walsh is rooting for the Broncos

  30-01-2016 05:55
  
  KUSA - Kerri Walsh Jennings knows a thing or two about winning. After all, she is a three-time Olympic Gold Medalist in Beach Volleyball for Team USA.        
  
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• Storytellers: His finest hour

  30-01-2016 05:49
  
  KUSA - Their heroism is part of a story not often told, but don’t tell 84-year-old Andy Fitzgerald he’s a hero. “Everybody said, ‘You were on a suicide mission,’” he said. “We did the job we were supposed to do.        
  
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• Assault Suspect Wanted In Serious Beating

  30-01-2016 05:43
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4)– The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office hopes someone recognizes an assault suspect captured in surveillance video.
  The suspect was involved in an assault about 7 p.m. on Sunday in the 21500 block of E. Union Place.
  Assault suspect (credit: Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office)
  Investigators say the suspect and victim don’t know each other but the suspect had been at the victim’s home earlier in the day with people who did know the victim.
  The sus
  
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• Hit The Slopes With New Technology

  30-01-2016 04:36
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Skiers and boarders may get to use what’s on display at the Snowsports Industries America Snow Show.About 18,000 industry insiders will tour the booths at the Colorado Convention Center this weekend looking for the best new inventions. Some 900 vendors are displaying their latest and greatest must-haves for the slopes next ski season.
  “What happens here is retailers from all over the country and internationally come and see the products that are going to be for s
  
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• Pedestrian hit by auto on East Colfax in Denver; serious injury

  30-01-2016 04:29
  
  A pedestrian was hit by an automobile Friday night in east Denver, police said. The incident happened in the 8400 block of East Colfax Avenue, according to an 8:17 p.m. Twitter post by the Denver Police Department.
  
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