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• Thieves Steal $20,000 Worth Of High-Ticket Items From MAX Clothing Stores

  15-02-2016 23:49
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Police are investigating thefts from the MAX Clothing Stores in Denver and Boulder.
  According to Scott Seale with MAX Clothing Stores, the thefts from stores in Cherry Creek North and Boulder happened on Saturday.
  (credit: Max Clothing Stores)
  “All high-ticket items were stolen for a total loss of over $20,000,” Seale said in a statement.
  Seale said the Cherry Creek North theft occurred just before 1 p.m. and the theft in Boulder occurred an hour earlier.
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• Man charged with vehicular homicide, DUI in fatal Lakewood crash

  15-02-2016 23:49
  
  A 23-year-old man was formally charged Friday with vehicular homicide while driving under the influence in a fatal Lakewood crash earlier this month.
  
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• Authorities find vast luxuries in Mexican prison where riot killed 49 inmates

  15-02-2016 23:42
  
  MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Vast luxuries such as saunas, a bar, food stands and appliances were discovered by authorities entering a prison in northern Mexico to investigate a riot that killed 49 inmates.
  
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• Denver Police Want Help Identifying Stabbing Suspect

  15-02-2016 23:23
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Police in Denver would like the public’s help identifying a stabbing suspect.
  According to police, the stabbing occurred at a business in the 800 block of East Colfax Avenue on Feb. 7.
  The suspect apparently stabbed somebody at a business “walk up” window at approximately 4 a.m.
  Police describe the suspect as a black male in his 20s, approximately 6 feet tall. He was wearing a brown hooded jacket with a snowflake print across the shoulders and top of the b
  
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• La Loma Mexican Restaurant taking over Trinity Grille space near The Brown Palace

  15-02-2016 23:17
  
  La Loma Mexican Restaurant will soon bemoving into prime real estate,across the street from The Brown Palace in the former space of the Trinity Grille.
  
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• Grammys 2016: Who will win and who should win

  15-02-2016 23:13
  
  Kendrick Lamar performs at the 2014 Grammy awards. The rapper is nominated for eleven Grammys this year, including Album of the Year.
  
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• Slain Colorado deputy remembered as family man

  15-02-2016 23:11
  
  Law enforcement colleagues gathered in western Colorado to mourn asheriff's deputy who was shot and killed by a suspect whom prosecutors have described as a teen drifter who used drugs and
  
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• Police arrest Colorado man in $14K Star Wars Lego fraud case

  15-02-2016 23:07
  
  Cañon City police on Sunday arrested a man suspected of bilking about $14,000 from several victims in an international Star Wars Lego scheme.
  
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• Semi Overturns On Northbound I-25 Near Colorado-Wyoming Border

  15-02-2016 22:52
  
  WELLINGTON, Colo. (AP) – Northbound lanes of Interstate 25 are back open about five miles south of the Colorado-Wyoming border after a tractor-trailer rig overturned.
  The Colorado Department of Transportation says the truck overturned shortly before noon on Monday. It was blocking both northbound lanes.
  All lanes currently blocked northbound I25 at milepost 294. pic.twitter.com/dh1qxjNkvJ
  — CSP Larimer (@CSP_Larimer) February 15, 2016Authorities didn’t say why the truck ov
  
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• Arenado Ready To Step Up To Plate And Be Leader For Rockies

  15-02-2016 22:33
  
  DENVER (AP) – Nolan Arenado spent some of his offseason kicking back on a beach in Mexico. A much-needed break to recharge and forget about yet another season that went south.
  Third baseman Nolan Arenado #28 of the Colorado Rockies fields a ground ball by Nelson Cruz #23 of the Seattle Mariners as pitcher Christian Friedrich #53 of the Colorado Rockies avoids the throw for an out in the fifth inning during interleague play at Coors Field on August 4, 2015 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Dou
  
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• Lions Hire Former Broncos Assistant Brian Callahan As QB Coach

  15-02-2016 22:25
  
  ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) – The Detroit Lions have hired quarterbacks coach Brian Callahan.
  They made the move Monday.
  Callahan was an offensive assistant and quarterbacks coach with the Denver Broncos last season, his sixth with the franchise. He was an assistant coach at Serra High School in California and a graduate assistant at UCLA before being hired by the Broncos in 2010.
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• EPA: Local Officials To Get Role In Gold King Superfund Site

  15-02-2016 22:19
  
  SILVERTON, Colo. (AP) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has promised to involve local officials as much as practical in any decisions about a possible Superfund cleanup around the site of a massive mine spill in southwestern Colorado.
  The EPA made the pledge in a letter to the town of Silverton and San Juan County dated Friday.
  Local officials are negotiating with the EPA over a Superfund designation for the mountains north of Silverton, where wastewater flows from scores of idle
  
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• Aspen's Sky Hotel, 39 Degrees Lounge to close in April

  15-02-2016 22:17
  
  The Sky Hotel in Aspen is expected to shutter on April 17 in advance of a planned redevelopment into a W Hotel property.
  
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• In Colorado, a coroner would have decided on Scalia autopsy

  15-02-2016 22:11
  
  Had Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died in Colorado instead of Texas, a justice of the peace would not have been able to decide whether his body should be subjected to an autopsy.
  
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• Grammys to feature Adele, Gaga, Rihanna, Swift and more

  15-02-2016 22:11
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Taylor Swift won the first Grammy of the night for her best-selling "1989" album in the Grammys pre-telecast Monday.
  
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• Red paint again dumped on Denver police fallen officer memorial

  15-02-2016 22:04
  
  The Denver Police Department's fallen officer memorial was vandalized overnight Sunday with red paint on the anniversary of a similar defacement last year.
  
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• Funeral Held For Mesa County Deputy Shot By Teen

  15-02-2016 21:51
  
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) – The Latest on the funeral of Mesa County deputy shot by teen suspect at (all times local):
  1:16 p.m.
  A funeral service is underway for Mesa County Sheriff’s Deputy Derek Geer, who was shot and killed in the line of duty.
  Sheriff Matt Lewis addressed the mourners at Canyon View Vineyard Church on Monday. Senior Pastor Kirk Yamaguchi also spoke.
  Deputy Derek Geer (credit: Mesa County Sheriff)
  Yamaguchi thanked God that Geer “was willing to lay do
  
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• I-25 northbound near Wyoming border closed for hours after crash

  15-02-2016 21:49
  
  The northbound lanes of Interstate 25 near the Wyoming border have beenreopened after closing for about two hours Monday following a semi-trailer crash.
  
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• Broncos Waiting On Manning Before Negotiating With Osweiler

  15-02-2016 21:48
  
  DENVER (The Sports Xchange) – The Denver Broncos are waiting on Peyton Manning to make a decision on whether to retire or come back another year before negotiating with quarterback-in-waiting Brock Osweiler.Broncos general manager John Elway last week told Manning, who turns 40 in March, to take his time on making the career decision.
  According to a source, the Broncos have not started contract negotiations with Osweiler “out of respect to Manning.”
  Manning became the oldest qu
  
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• Planned Parenthood clinic reopens months after shooting

  15-02-2016 21:45
  
  A Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs has reopened nearly three months after a gunman killed three people and injured nine.
  
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• Comcast TV Outage Hits Much Of US, But Problem Mostly Fixed

  15-02-2016 21:42
  
  DENVER (AP) – Customers of Comcast Corp. lost part of their cable television service for several hours in many major U.S. metropolitan areas Monday. But the company says it has fixed the problem in most places.
  Spokeswoman Jenni Moyer says engineers continue to work on a temporary network interruption. She apologized for any inconvenience.
  The tracking site Downdetector.com reports that the outage started around 6:30 a.m. Eastern time and affected much of the East Coast from Washingto
  
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• Construction Worker Rescued From Deep Hole In Downtown Denver

  15-02-2016 21:39
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A construction worker had to be rescued from a hole he was working in Monday morning in downtown Denver.
  According to Melissa Taylor with the Denver Fire Department, the man was working in a 20 foot deep hole in the 1700 block of Lincoln Street when the ground gave way and he shifted and tweaked his back.
  The man was complaining about back pain. Instead of climbing out of the hole on a ladder, the fire department’s High Angle Rescue Team put together a rope system and
  
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• Peyton Manning Mentioned In Lawsuit Filed Against Tennessee

  15-02-2016 21:28
  
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning is mentioned in the lawsuit a group of women filed against the University of Tennessee last week in which they said the school violated Title IX regulations in the way it has handled reports of sexual assaults by student-athletes.
  The lawsuit was filed by six unidentified women and focuses on five cases that were reported between 2013 and 2015, but it also references incidents involving Tennessee student-athletes dating to 1
  
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• New tarantula species named after singer Johnny Cash

  15-02-2016 21:26
  
  A tarantula named after singer Johnny Cash is among 14 new species identified by scientists who spent a decade collecting the hairy spiders and studying nearly 3,000 of them.
  
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• Fallen Officers Memorial Vandalized Again 1 Year Later

  15-02-2016 21:23
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – It’s cleaned up now but CBS4 has learned someone vandalized the Denver police memorial again overnight.
  The act of vandalism comes almost exactly a year after two men poured red paint on the Fallen Officers Memorial during a protest.
  CBS4’s Jeff Todd talked with Denver Police Chief Robert White about the new incident. He believes the vandalism was done to mark the one year anniversary because the same act was done. Since then a number of security measures have b
  
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• Magnitude-6.2 earthquake recorded off New Zealand coast

  15-02-2016 21:06
  
  GOLDEN, Colorado (AP) — A magnitude-6.2 earthquake has been recorded off the coast of New Zealand.
  
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• Police Believe Alcohol A Factor In Crash That Killed Mother, Injured Teen Daughter

  15-02-2016 21:00
  
  ARVADA, Colo. (CBS4) – A mother is dead and her 15-year-old daughter has been hospitalized after the driver of a Jeep ran a red light and smashed into them in Arvada Sunday night.
  The crash occurred at the intersection of 80th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard just after 10 p.m. Police say two men in a Jeep ran a red light while heading south on Sheridan. They crashed into a 40-year-old woman driving a Chevy Malibu heading west on 80th.
  The woman died instantly and her teen daughter was taken
  
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• Vail: Woman attacked by rancher's dogs receives $1 million settlement

  15-02-2016 20:56
  
  Awoman who was mauled by two Great Pyrenees dogs during a mountain bike race, has settled her lawsuit against the dogs' owners for $1 million.
  
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• Arvada: Woman killed, daughter injured in alleged drunk driving crash

  15-02-2016 20:47
  
  A woman was killed and her 15-year-old daughter was seriously injured Sunday night after the car they were in was struck by a suspected drunk driver who ran a red light, authorities say.
  
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• Deadly airstrikes hit hospitals, school in northern Syria

  15-02-2016 20:32
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Airstrikes blamed on Russia hit at least two hospitals and a school in northern Syria on Monday, killing and wounding dozens of civilians and further dimming hopes for a temporary truce, as government troops backed by Russian warplanes pressed a major offensive north of Aleppo.
  
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• 89 Couples Participate In Loveland Ski Area’s Annual Valentine’s Day Mountaintop Matrimony

  15-02-2016 20:23
  
  GEORGETOWN, Colo. (CBS4) – Dozens of couples donned ski goggles, winter coats, and skis or snowboards to mark Valentine’s Day by saying “I do” during the annual mass mountaintop ceremony at Loveland Ski Area.
  (credit: Dustin Schaefer)
  (credit: Dustin Schaefer)
  Dustin Schaefer with the ski area said 89 couples either got married or renewed their vows at Loveland’s annual Valentine’s Day Mountaintop Matrimony and reception on Sunday.
  (credit: Dustin Schaefe
  
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• Boulder woman killed by dump truck in New York while attending toy fair

  15-02-2016 20:20
  
  A Boulder woman was hit and killed by a dump truck in New York City on Friday while on her way to the North American International Toy Fair.
  
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• Passing the smell test: Colorado pot grow clears first odor review

  15-02-2016 20:19
  
  ASPEN — When it comes to marijuana odors coming out of a Basalt-area grow operation, the real proof the problem has been fixed will come this summer.
  
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• Avalanche sweeps up two backcountry skiers near Silverton, covers pass

  15-02-2016 20:06
  
  Two backcountry skiers were caught in an avalanche near Silverton on Saturday that sent a wall of snow cascading over Red Mountain Pass.
  
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• Denver firefighters rescue construction worker at downtown site

  15-02-2016 20:04
  
  Denver firefighters rescued a construction worker injured at a downtown site Monday morning.
  
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• Attacked Planned Parenthood In Colorado Springs Reopens With Ceremony

  15-02-2016 20:01
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – The Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs attacked by a gunman in November partially reopened its doors on Monday with a ceremony at 9 a.m.
  (credit: CBS)
  “I want to acknowledge that it’s been a really challenging and emotional time for Planned Parenthood. For our supporters, our staff and our patients since the events took place here,” Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains CEO and President Vicki Cowart said at the ceremon
  
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• The Latest: Funeral for Colorado deputy

  15-02-2016 20:00
  
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — The Latest on the funeral of Colorado deputy shot by teen suspect at (all times local):11:30 a.
  
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• Comcast says Denver outages due to "temporary network interruption"

  15-02-2016 19:59
  
  As of 11:45 a.m.,Comcast Corp. says that a cable TV and Internet outage in the Denver area has been repaired.
  
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• Heavy traffic Monday in mountains; metering likely

  15-02-2016 19:58
  
  Travel through the Colorado Rockies is very heavyMonday morning with many skiers headed west on Interstate 70 for the Presidents Day holiday.
  
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• Deputies Say Man Has Been Exposing Himself To Women Around Highlands Ranch

  15-02-2016 19:43
  
  HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (CBS4) – Detectives say a man has been exposing himself to strangers around Highlands Ranch and police are concerned there may be more victims.
  The man has picked very public areas to expose himself. The first incident happened on Feb 1 when the suspect exposed himself to a woman in a business parking lot in the 9300 block of Colorado Boulevard. It was a brazen attempt where it’s believed the man tried to follow the victim in her vehicle until he realized she w
  
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• US plane impounded in Zimbabwe; body and cash found on board

  15-02-2016 19:41
  
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwean aviation authorities impounded a U.S.-registered cargo jet, a senior official said Monday, after a dead body later believed to be a stowaway and millions of South African rand were found on board.
  
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• Man Finds Possible Bullet In Car After Window Shatters In Centennial

  15-02-2016 19:25
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4) – A man in Centennial thinks someone shot out his car window while he was behind the wheel.
  The man was driving on Arapahoe Road near Potomac Street Saturday morning when his driver’s side windshield shattered.
  The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office says the driver’s father later found what appears to be a bullet inside the car but say it’s too soon to tell if someone shot at the car.
  
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• Vail condo group owes $1 million for abuse of Mexican workers

  15-02-2016 18:36
  
  A Vail condo association and its owner must pay a $1 million settlement to eightMexican workers after one of its managers sexually harassed women, including one instance where he stripped and
  
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• Gas prices nearing bottom in Colorado, fuel analyst says

  15-02-2016 18:20
  
  Paying a buck-fiftyfor a gallon of gas may be a short-lived experience.Gas prices in Colorado — whichhave steadily declined during the past few months to average at$1.56 per gallon statewide.
  
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• Democrats in Denver: Sanders blasts inequality; Clinton laments gun violence

  15-02-2016 18:16
  
  The campaign events, hours apart Saturday, showcased the differences between the Democratic presidential rivals in style and substance as they spent the day in Denver before the state's March 1 caucus.
  
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• 2 Reports Of Police Impersonators Over The Weekend Has Police Concerned

  15-02-2016 17:55
  
  By Howard Nathan
  DENVER (CBS4) – Police in Denver are investigating two incidents of police impersonations over the weekend.
  The second incident happened Saturday at 11:30 p.m. a few blocks west of Washington Park in the area of Kentucky Avenue and Ogden Street. A man says two people in a dark blue sedan tried to pull him over.
  “Anytime you have a person posing as a police officer that concerns us greatly,” said Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson.
  The real Denver police say
  
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• 'Star Wars: Episode VIII' starts filming, adds del Toro

  15-02-2016 17:51
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — "Star Wars: Episode VIII" has begun filming and has added Benicio del Toro and Laura Dern to its cast.
  
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• 58th annual Grammy Awards to air live on CBS Denver

  15-02-2016 17:46
  
  Catching up to the times, CBS this year allowed affiliates and owned stations in the Pacific and Mountain time zones (like KCNC-Channel 4 in Denver) to opt into a live broadcast of the Grammy
  
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• Portion of Highway 550 Remains Closed Near Durango Due To Rock Slide

  15-02-2016 17:40
  
  DURANGO (CBS4) – Parts of a highway near Durango are set to open up Tuesday after a weekend rock slide closed down some of Highway 550.
  (credit: Amy Maestas/Durango Herald_
  Colorado Department of Transportation crews have already pushed most of the rocks off to the side to let traffic get by. The northbound lane is still blocked and is expected to open up Tuesday.
  (credit: Amy Maestas/Durango Herald_
  The rocks are so heavy workers will need to break them apart before they can clean up the
  
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• Warm temperatures and breezy weather in store for Denver

  15-02-2016 16:34
  
  Balmy and breezy weather is expected in the Denver metro area this week with temperatures rising to as high as 70 degrees by Thursday, forecasters say.
  
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