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• Broncos Mailbag: Who stays, who goes?

  23-02-2016 23:35
  
  DENVER - Each Tuesday during Denver Broncos' season, our Broncos Insider Mike Klis will answer questions pulled from the Broncos Mailbag.       
  
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• Colorado Senators React To Obama’s Gitmo Closing Announcement

  23-02-2016 23:18
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Colorado’s senators reacted to President Barack Obama’s announcement to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and transfer the most detainees to a facility in the U.S.
  The plan considers, but does not name, 13 different locations in the U.S., including seven existing prison facilities like Supermax in Colorado, South Carolina and Kansas.
  Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet said he supports closing Gitmo but does not support the transfer of prisoners to Co
  
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• Teen Accused Of Murdering Mesa County Deputy Will Be Tried As An Adult

  23-02-2016 23:05
  
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (CBS4) – A Mesa County teenager has been charged as an adult in the murder of a sheriff’s deputy.
  Austin Holzer, 17, has been charged with first-degree murder and 10 other counts in connection with the fatal shooting of 40-year-old Mesa County Sheriff Deputy Derek Geer on Feb. 8.
  Austin Holzer (credit: Mesa County Sheriff)
  Geer responded to 911 reports of a masked man with a gun near Grand Junction’s city limits around 11 a.m. When Geer contacted Holzer th
  
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• More Street Lights Coming To 16th Street Mall

  23-02-2016 22:59
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– The City of Denver is trying to make the 16th Street Mall a more inviting place by adding more than 180 street lights along the pedestrian mall.Mayor Michael Hancock announced on Tuesday that the city has finalized plans for the installation of 182 new street lights along the 16th Street Mall. The $1.9 million price tag for the project is coming from the Downtown TIF funds distributed by the Denver Urban Renewal Authority.The new lights will replace the aging fixtures now in
  
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• Surprising Results As Consumer Reports Chooses Best Cars And Brands

  23-02-2016 22:15
  
  DETROIT (WWJ) – Two of the smaller Japanese brands made the biggest impressions in Consumer Reports annual look at best vehicles and best brands.
  “It’s Mazda and Subaru that are really distancing themselves in making extremely desirable vehicles,” said Jake Fisher, Consumer Reports director of automotive testing. “Sure, they’re reliable too.”
  Subaru and Mazda were the top mass market brands in Consumer Reports annual brand “report card.” Audi
  
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• Ford CEO Looks Ahead To Autonomous Cars

  23-02-2016 21:44
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Ford CEO Mark Fields says the 112-year-old company is tripling its investment in new technologies that will ultimately lead to self-driving vehicles — but will make sure to keep making cars for drivers who want to keep their hands on the wheel.
  Fields said it was no coincidence that Ford chose the Mobile World Congress, a massive technology trade show in Barcelona, to unveil its new Kuga SUV, which features its latest connectivity and driver-assisted tech
  
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• Tesla, Radio Flyer Team Up To Create Cars For Kids

  23-02-2016 21:16
  
  (CBS) — It’s electrifying! Not just the idea but the price tag. CBS’s Vince Gerasole has a look at the latest luxury car for your toddler.
  The Tesla is a wickedly fast and expensive electric sport scar and now there is a $500 battery powered version for kids three to eight.
  The adult Tesla can go zero to sixty in 2.8 seconds something they call ludicrous speed. Price points start at about &70,000 but you will pay more for all the bells and whistles
  For the kid car, you can
  
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• Auto Exec: ‘Driverless’ Technology Is Coming

  23-02-2016 20:49
  
  Auto Show Pulls Up WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause(CBS) — You won’t find one on the floor of the Chicago Auto Show or your local car dealership, but a lot of people are talking about driverless car technology.
  Snicker if you want — and some watching a promotional video Wednesday showing a man reading in the driver’s seat of a moving car did just that — Volvo USA President Les Kerssemakers says it’s coming.
  He says it’s a marathon, not a sprint.
  “If we we
  
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• Manfred Closer To Final Decision On Domestic Violence Cases

  23-02-2016 20:46
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says he has made “additional progress” toward decisions on two of the first three cases under Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy and he expects an announcement in the next couple of days.
  “The substance of this policy uses a ‘just cause’ standard and also creates kind of a clean slate,” Manfred said, speaking Monday during his visit to the Cactus League in Arizona. “I am giving re
  
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• Amid Coal Market Struggles, Less Fuel Worth Mining In U.S.

  23-02-2016 20:32
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Vast coal seams dozens of feet thick that lie beneath the rolling hills of the Northern Plains once appeared almost limitless, fueling boasts that domestic reserves were sufficient to power the U.S. for centuries.
  But an exhaustive government analysis says that at current prices and mining rates the country’s largest coal reserves, located along the Montana-Wyoming border, will be tapped out in just a few decades.
  The finding by the U.S. Geological Survey upend
  
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• Bus Fire Closes Road Downtown, No Students On Board

  23-02-2016 20:29
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A school bus caught fire in downtown Denver on Tuesday morning but fortunately no students were on board.
  The Douglas County School District bus caught fire near the Brown Palace just before 11 a.m. on Tuesday.
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  The fire forced police to shut down some streets while firefighters put out the fire.
  ROAD CLOSURE: Roads in area of 18th in Tremont closed due to bus fire. No kids on board. #DPD assisting @Denver_Fire. Alt. routes advised.
  — Denver Police Dept. (
  
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• Uber Defends Safety Procedures After Kalamazoo Shootings

  23-02-2016 20:09
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Uber is once again facing tough questions about safety after one of its drivers was charged with murder.
  The fast-growing, San Francisco-based ride-hailing company defended its screening of drivers Monday, saying it couldn’t have predicted that driver Jason Dalton would engage in the random shootings that left a half-dozen people dead in Kalamazoo Saturday night. Uber said its safety procedures are robust and don’t need to change.
  But some experts say the company
  
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• Dynel Lane Convicted In Mother-To-Be Stabbing Trial

  23-02-2016 19:20
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – A Boulder County jury has found a woman guilty of attempted first-degree murder in the shocking incident nearly a year ago in which she cut an unborn baby from another woman’s womb.
  Dynel Lane in court on Tuesday (credit: CBS)
  Dynel Lane, 35, was found guilty in the attack on Michelle Wilkins at Lane’s Longmont home in March 2015.
  (credit: CBS)
  Lane’s trial started last Wednesday and Lane didn’t take the stand. Wilkins testified on the first
  
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• Colorado GOP Again Advances Plan To End Some Gun Permits

  23-02-2016 18:53
  
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado Republicans have again adopted a plan to end required permits for carrying concealed weapons.
  But the measure faces certain death in the Democratic state House.
  The concealed-carry bill passed the state Senate Tuesday on a party-line 18-17 vote.
  Republican sponsor Sen. Tim Neville of Littleton called the permit requirement an unnecessary burden on people exercising their constitutional right to carry a gun. All Democrats voted against the plan, arguing that gun train
  
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• Theater Shooting Victim’s Dad Running For Colorado Senate

  23-02-2016 18:51
  
  GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. (AP) — The father of a man who was killed in the 2012 Colorado theater shootings is running for state Senate.
  Tom Sullivan, who became a face of anguish after his son Alex was killed by James Holmes, announced his run as a Democrat in a heavily Republican district on Tuesday.
  AURORA THEATER SHOOTING: Story Archive | Timeline | Remembering The Victims
  Sullivan has no previous political experience. But he has lobbied the legislature for limits on high-capacity gun ma
  
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• Obama: Guantanamo Bay Undermines Security, Must Be Closed

  23-02-2016 18:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to “once and for all” close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and transfer the most detainees to a facility in the U.S., submitting a plan short on specifics and unlikely to make headway with opponents in Congress.
  Obama cast his proposal, released Tuesday after months of delay, as a moment to turn the page on a facility that for years has raised nettlesome legal questions, become a recruitment tool for violen
  
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• Rockies’ Matzek Determined To Overcome Performance Anxiety

  23-02-2016 18:41
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Tyler Matzek finished strong in 2014, ramping up expectations that the former first-round pick would be a key part of the rotation for the Colorado Rockies.
  Then the left-hander basically couldn’t throw a strike, spiraling from major league starter to minor leaguer to a guy who was taken off the field entirely.
  The problem was performance anxiety.
  “I put so much pressure on myself to be the guy and go out there and take the team and put it on my shoulde
  
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• 5 Reasons For Optimism About The Avalanche’s Playoff Chances

  23-02-2016 18:24
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4) – “It’s the home stretch here — 20 games to go,” said Avalanche forward Cody McLeod on Monday night.
  Fans of McLeod and the Avalanche have reason to be excited about that home stretch. The team has a 31-27-4 record. They have 66 points, which means they’re currently the No. 2 wildcard team.
  AVALANCHE’S BATTLE FOR PLAYOFF SPOT: NHL Playoff Picture
  McLeod, the guest on Xfinity Monday Live, said he’s feeling good about the Ava
  
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• Colorado State Rams Earn First Ranking Since 2002

  23-02-2016 17:53
  
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4)– Colorado State coach Ryun Williams was glad to be part of history.
  On the same day that Tennessee’s 31-year run in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll ended, the Rams made the Top 25 for the first time since 2002.
  “Tennessee, UConn, Notre Dame, those teams are elite. The consistency of excellence is remarkable,” Williams said. “I know what it’s taken for us to get a vote. Thirty-one straight years, that’s outsta
  
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• Deliberations Resume In Colorado Unborn Baby Attack Trial

  23-02-2016 17:49
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Jurors have resumed deliberations in the trial of a Colorado woman who cut an unborn baby from another woman’s womb.
  The jury deliberated the fate of Dynel Lane for about six hours Monday before reconvening Tuesday.
  In closing arguments, defense attorney Kate Herold told jurors that Lane attacked Michelle Wilkins on impulse last March and didn’t plan to kill her.
  However, District Attorney Stan Garnett says Lane was careful and deliberate enough to switch
  
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• Witnesses Describe Scary Moments When Gunfire Erupts In Highlands Neighborhood

  23-02-2016 17:46
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– People living in the Highlands neighborhood in Denver say the gunman’s actions were reckless when shots were fired on Monday. The gunfire ended with one police officer hospitalized, one suspect shot and killed and the other suspect behind bars.
  The crime spree started with a burglary at 37th and Grove and ended with the shooting at 32nd and Lowell Boulevard. The gunfire erupted when a homeowner caught two men trying to break in.“I see the guy right there and we l
  
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• CU's Spruce ready for NFL combine

  23-02-2016 17:12
  
  Nelson Spruce may first experience that overcrowded feeling at the NFL Scouting Combine.       
  
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• Tennessee Head Coaches Talk About Lawsuit With Incident Involving Peyton Manning

  23-02-2016 16:54
  
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rick Barnes said Tennessee coaches feel an unfair picture of the athletic department is being portrayed, two weeks after a group of unidentified women sued the school over its handling of sexual assault complaints made against student-athletes.
  “We don’t want the stereotype out there that there’s something there that isn’t true,” said Barnes, the men’s basketball coach.
  Barnes and the 15 other Tennessee head coaches representing e
  
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• Pentagon’s Guantanamo Closing Plan Lists 7 Existing Prison Facilities In Colorado

  23-02-2016 16:31
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Tuesday released its long-awaited plan to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transfer remaining detainees to a facility in the United States. But the proposal ducks the question of where the facility would be located and whether President Barack Obama could complete the unlikely closure before he leaves office.
  The plan, which was delivered to Congress, makes a financial argument for closing the controversial detention cent
  
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• Nuggets Face Kings At Pepsi Center Tuesday Night

  23-02-2016 16:13
  
  DeMarcus Cousins ranks fourth in the NBA in both scoring and rebounding and Denver knows it needs to slow him down in their rematch with Sacramento Tuesday night.
  
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• Headliner Announced For Rock ‘N’ Roll Half Marathon

  23-02-2016 15:05
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Rock and roll runners can look forward to an alternative band headlining this year’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Denver Half Marathon.
  G. Love and the Special Sauce will take center stage for this fall’s race.
  The concert will be free and open to the public.
  (credit: CBS)
  The seventh annual musical half marathon returns to Denver on Sunday, Oct. 16. It will start and finish in Civic Center Park.
  A 10k run and a 5k run will also be held.
  Registration is open f
  
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• ‘It Hit Us Hard’: Navajo Nation In New Mexico Still Suffering From Mine Spill

  23-02-2016 06:00
  
  By Rick Sallinger
  SHIPROCK, N.M. (CBS4) – Shiprock, a volcanic plume frozen in time, is sacred to the Navajo people who live there. So too is the water that flows through this land. Last August that water, which brings life, brought trouble.
  Shiprock, New Mexico (credit: CBS)
  Millions of gallons of contamination from heavy metals flowed from the Animas River in Colorado into the San Juan River in New Mexico, threatening their economy and their spiritual way of life.
  Joe Ben Jr. is a farmer
  
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• Icy Commute Tuesday, Plenty To Shovel West Of Denver

  23-02-2016 05:37
  
  By Justin McHeffey
  Snow totals will vary greatly for the foothills and the metro area. We are expecting snow for several hours overnight in Denver and the surrounding cities, but much more will fall at higher elevation.Lighter amounts will be found across the Denver metro area, although enough snow to measure in the driveway. This will not be a particularly big storm, but travel and traffic delays are likely Tuesday morning. The foothills are a different story, though. Favored location
  
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• Sexual Assault Victim Thought Man Was Going To Help Her

  23-02-2016 05:31
  
  By Tom Mustin
  PARKER, Colo. (CBS4) – A sketch may be the key to solving a terrifying sex assault in Douglas County. The victim was attacked while she was on the side of the road with a broken down car. She thought the man who stopped was trying to help her.
  “It’s kind of scary. It’s disconcerting,” Roxanna Trevino said.
  Trevino is on guard after the woman was sexually assaulted near a quiet development in East Parker.
  “I just hope officials are able to find hi
  
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• Broncos to open talks with free agents

  23-02-2016 05:13
  
         
  
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• Sandy Hook Murder Victim’s Sister Among Moms Fighting Bills That Loosen Gun Control

  23-02-2016 05:03
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A few dozen parents went to the state Capitol on Monday asking for tighter gun control in Colorado, including the sister of a Sandy Hook Elementary shooting murder victim.
  A controversial bill moved forward on Monday. It’s just one of a number of bills trying to loosen gun control at the state Legislature. One bill even proposes to let the state vote and repeal all gun control legislation ever enacted. It’s something a group of mothers say they will continue to
  
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• Evan Mathis writes his many thoughts

  23-02-2016 04:39
  
  KUSA—I had sent a text to Evan Mathis asking if we could chat.
  No Denver Broncos player overcame more ailments to play a game on a week-to-week basis this past season than Mathis. I wanted to get an update on the 34-year-old left guard, particularly about the damaged right ankle he played on the final 2 ½ months of the season. He will have surgery on the ankle Wednesday.       
  
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• Watch Xfinity Monday Live With Avs Forward Cody McLeod

  23-02-2016 04:10
  
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• Debate Over Collecting Rainwater Resurfaces At State Capitol

  23-02-2016 03:48
  
  By Shaun Boyd
  DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado is the only place in the country where it’s illegal to collect rainwater. You can direct it by changing your gutters or grading but you can’t collect it. The law dates back more than a century, but Rep. Jessie Danielson is hoping to change it.
  “If I can shovel snow off from my sidewalk and put it on my lawn, why can’t I use a rain barrel to take it from my sidewalk to put on my tomato plants?” said Danielson, D-Jefferson
  
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