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• 20th Street Bridge Closed For Emergency Repairs

  26-02-2016 23:56
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– The 20th Street Bridge over Interstate 25 was closed Friday afternoon for emergency repairs to a damaged expansion joint.Crews with the Colorado Department of Transportation began repairs immediately. The bridge is expected to remain closed until after 8 p.m. Friday.
  CDOT believes the increased traffic associated with the Colorado Avalanche-Detroit Red Wings Alumni game at Coors Field will be impacted by the closure. Copter4 flew over the 20th Street Bridge at I-25 on Friday
  
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• Park County Deputy Shot During Eviction Upgraded To Fair Condition

  26-02-2016 23:48
  
  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4)– The Park County Sheriff’s deputy who was shot on Wednesday continues to improve. Park County Master Patrol Deputy Kolby Martin’s condition has been upgraded to fair.
  Martin was wounded in the shooting that killed Park County Sheriff Cpl. Nate Carrigan while they were serving an eviction notice to Martin Wirth in Bailey. Capt. Mark Hancock was also wounded but expected to recover.
  Park County Sheriff Cpl. Nate Carrigan (credit: Park County Sheriff)
  Wirth
  
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• Suspect Identified In Adams County Deputy Crash

  26-02-2016 23:33
  
  ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Investigators have identified the suspect facing charges after allegedly crashing into an Adams County deputy last week.Investigators believe David Martinez had been drinking when he rear-ended the sheriff’s office SUV. (credit: Adams County Sheriff’s Office)
  Sgt. Aaron Pataluna, who was at the wheel, suffered a broken neck but was not paralyzed. Pataluna was stopped at a red light when the crash happened.Martinez is facing charges of DUI and v
  
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• Boulder Police Search For Man Who Tried To Lure Teen Into Car

  26-02-2016 23:15
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)– Police in Boulder hope someone recognizes a man wanted for trying to lure a girl into his car. Detectives released a sketch of the suspect wanted in the incident.
  The incident happened just after 3 p.m. on Feb. 16 as the 14-year-old girl was walking home from school.The girl was walking across the crosswalk at Broadway and Baseline Road when the man, driving a late-model Subaru Forester or similar style vehicle, asked if she wanted a ride.The girl ran towards her hom
  
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• Man Charged In Woman’s Murder

  26-02-2016 22:54
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A man has been formally charged with killing a woman whose body was found in an apartment last weekend.Jerimiah Halsey has been charged with one count of first-degree murder.The charges from the Denver District Attorney’s Office allege that Halsey met the victim, Sheryl Thompson, 53, and killed her following an altercation in her apartment in the 3400 block of Park Avenue on Feb. 21.Halsey, 36, was arrested after he approached members of the Denver Fire Department and
  
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• Man Charged In Sex Assault On A Child

  26-02-2016 22:48
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A man accused of sexually assaulting a 7-year-old family acquaintance has been formally charged.
  Islam Ibn Shabazz has been charged with sexual assault on a child and sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust.The charges were filed earlier this month. Shabazz, 25, is accused of sexually assaulting the young boy, a family acquaintance, last year.Shabazz has been released from custody on $50,000 bond. He is scheduled to appear in a Denver courtroom on March
  
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• Man Arrested, Suspected Of Making Threatening Phone Calls

  26-02-2016 21:58
  
  ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a man they believe left a threatening message at a government office.The call was placed Monday afternoon.The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office told CBS4 surveillance cameras captured the suspect making the call from a public phone at the Smoky Hill Library in Centennial.Deputies arrested Derek Frey of Centennial for harassment and obstructing government operations. The nature of the call that Frey, 54, l
  
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• Title IX Lawsuit Against Tennessee Could Loom For Some Time

  26-02-2016 21:41
  
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — There’s been a flurry of activity at and around Tennessee since the university was sued over its handling of sexual assault complaints by athletes with news conferences, legal motions, amendments.
  Things may quiet down, but the legal process will take time so cloud looming over the school is probably not going to go away anytime soon.
  “Given the breadth of the allegations and the number of parties, this is probably an atypical case that will take longer
  
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• PD: Loveland woman kidnapped

  26-02-2016 21:13
  
  A woman was reportedly kidnapped from a motel in Loveland Friday morning.       
  
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• Keidel: Jose Reyes Never Lived Up To His Mets Potential

  26-02-2016 21:10
  
  By Jason Keidel » More Columns
  Where were you 13 years ago?
  While we’d all like to think our worlds improve exponentially with time, follows that golden arc up to our respective peaks, it doesn’t always shake out that way.
  But that’s almost always the case with high-end pro athletes. Especially those at the apex of American team sports.
  In 2003, Jose Reyes was more than a precocious prospect for the Mets. He was the baby-faced future of the franchise. He and David Wr
  
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• Ware, Clady may take pay cut in 2016

  26-02-2016 21:05
  
  Not all the buzz this time of year are about how rich some players are about to become.       
  
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• Police need help finding hit-and-run car

  26-02-2016 21:02
  
  Boulder Police are asking for the public's help in finding a vehicle that was involved in a hit-and-run crash that injured two people, one seriously.        
  
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• Man becomes Craigslist victim

  26-02-2016 20:48
  
  The Weld County Sheriff's Office took two people into custody on Feb. 18 who were taking items that could be sold as scrap metal from a property in unincorporated Weld County, near Greeley.         
  
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• Teacher arrested for sex assaul6

  26-02-2016 20:38
  
  A teacher at Denver Center for International Studies was charged with sexual assault on a child and sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust on Feb. 10.         
  
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• Arapahoe County Deputy Moved Out Of ICU After Crash

  26-02-2016 20:27
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — An Arapahoe County Sheriff’s deputy has been moved out of the intensive care 17 days after he was injured in a collision while responding to a fatal stabbing.
  Deputy Bill Foreman Jr. faces a long recovery after the Feb. 10 crash. He is stable and has become more alert in the past few days. Foreman has started to engage in short conversations.
  Foreman was responding to a report that a 6-year-old boy had been stabbed to death. Authorities say Foreman’s pa
  
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• Homebrewing language updated

  26-02-2016 20:24
  
  Good news for single beer brewers - an outdated requirement that Colorado homebrewers be a "head of a family" is on its way off the books.       
  
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• Immunization debate flares again

  26-02-2016 20:22
  
  An attempt to better track vaccination rates in Colorado is moving ahead in the state Legislature - but it's doubtful the effort will make it to the governor's desk.       
  
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• Endangered Black Rhino ‘Rudy’ Arrives At Denver Zoo

  26-02-2016 20:15
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The Denver Zoo welcomed a 22-year-old male black rhinoceros named Rudy on Tuesday.
  He’s the first of his endangered species to be housed at the zoo since the passing of Mshindi last September.
  Rudy (short for Rudisha) will live in the pachyderm building, across from Mahali the hippopotamus. It will be closed temporarily while the rhino gets acquainted to his surroundings and clears a quarantine period.
  He was born in August 1993 at a zoo in Kansas, where he lived unti
  
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• Study Names Most Hated Retailer In America

  26-02-2016 20:01
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A new study points out the most hated and most loved retail companies in the country.
  The American Customer Satisfaction Index put Abercrombie & Fitch at the top of the list for most-hated retailers. Customers surveyed said they’d had negative experiences at the stores.
  Walmart is second on the list for most-hated, and at the bottom of rankings in the department store category. Nordstrom ranked as the most-liked department store.
  As for th
  
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• Report: Bus driver had 'beer with lunch'

  26-02-2016 19:40
  
  A school bus driver arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence told sheriff’s officers he’d had “a beer with lunch” and had taken four different medications for the flu.         
  
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• Bill Change: Homebrewers No Longer Required To Be Head Of Household

  26-02-2016 19:06
  
  DENVER (AP) – Good news for single beer brewers: an outdated requirement that Colorado homebrewers be a “head of a family” is on its way off the books.
  The state Senate Friday voted 34-0 Friday for a bill changing that language from “head of a family” to “adult.”
  Colorado’s homebrewing law lays out who can brew beer or wine without a liquor license. Currently the law requires those home brewers to be “head of a family,” though
  
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• Bad weather dings Air Methods in Q4

  26-02-2016 19:06
  
  Bad weather that forced cancellations of its air ambulance service in the fourth quarter dinged Air Methods Corp.'s quarterly results.         
  
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• Area flier needs bankruptcy protection

  26-02-2016 18:41
  
  Republic Airways Holdings Inc., a contract flier that operates several regional flights for United Airlines out of Denver International Airport, is seeking bankruptcy protection, the first such filing by a U.S. airline in five years.         
  
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• Rendering Shows Denver Arts Complex Renovation

  26-02-2016 18:13
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – There are plans to completely revamp Denver’s performing arts complex.
  The project would get rid of Boettcher Concert Hall and replace it with a smaller venue. The project would also double the parking that’s currently available in the complex.
  A rendering depicts what the new facility would look like. The tall buildings shown would be condominiums.
  The city says any changes are still in the very early stages. It plans to formally present the project at a p
  
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• Buena Vista Residents Uneasy About Bringing Music Festival To Town

  26-02-2016 16:58
  
  BUENA VISTA, Colo. (CBS4) – A plan to bring a big music festival to a rural Colorado mountain town is creating debate among locals.
  The owner of a large property in Buena Vista is working with organizers to bring a 4-day music festival to his site in August. They expect 20,000 tickets to be sold.
  “This is just a field, it’s all it’s ever been. I don’t know why it has to be here,” said Buena Vista resident Bob Holder of the festival.
  Neighbors are organizi
  
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• NFL Combine: Top Offensive Lineman Performances

  26-02-2016 16:03
  
  By Ryan Mayer
  The big uglies get their chance to make an impression on scouts today as they will go through the underwear Olympics. We profiled the top performances in recent years by running backs, now it’s time to do the same with the men who will possibly be protecting your favorite QB come next season. As a refresher, we’ll be using the NFL’s official site for top performers. 
  Credit: Christian Peterson/Getty Images
  40-yard dash – Terron Armstead, OT, Arkansas-Pi
  
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• Denver Restaurant Week Begins Friday Night

  26-02-2016 15:24
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Denver Restaurant Week kicks off its 12th annual event Friday night.
  It lasts from Feb. 26 through March 6, and hundreds of restaurants will be participating.
  Top eateries from across the metro area offer multi-course dinners for $30 a person.
  Check out participating restaurants in your neighborhood.
  
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• NFL Combine: Top Special Teams Performances

  26-02-2016 15:02
  
  By Ryan Mayer
  The special teams group is among the three who will be participating in today’s combine workouts and for some players, it’s an opportunity to shine. As we did with both the offensive linemen and the running backs, let’s look at the top performances in the drills from this position group. 
  Credit: Jeff Gross/Getty Images
  Trindon Holliday, KR/PR, LSU (2010): Holliday is listed by name because he holds the records in the 40-yard dash (4.34 seconds), vertica
  
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• NFL Combine: Top Running Back Performances

  26-02-2016 14:03
  
  By Ryan Mayer
  The NFL combine workouts begin today with three position groups of players going through the rotation of drills as we all watch breathlessly (don’t lie some of you are). As we prepare to marvel at the athletic feats of these players that overall have nothing to do with on-field production, here’s the previous running backs that have set records in each drill and how their careers turned out. 
  Credit: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
  40-yard dash – Chris Johnson, RB, Ea
  
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• 1 Day After CBS4 Reports Mistaken Inmate Release, Jeffco Jail Releases Wrong Inmate

  26-02-2016 06:24
  
  By Brian MaassGOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4)– A CBS4 investigation has learned that the Jefferson County Jail mistakenly set an inmate free two weeks ago– a month and a half before he was due to get out of jail.“It’s very frustrating this is happening,” said Jacki Kelley, a spokesperson for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
  On Feb. 11, a CBS4 investigation revealed the Jeffco Jail mistakenly released the wrong Ron Chavez. An inmate named Ron A. Chavez was supposed
  
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• Thieves Target Spare Change Donation Jars In Weld County

  26-02-2016 06:14
  
  By Jeff ToddWELD COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Two different robbery suspects have targeted spare change donation jars at convenience stores in Weld County.
  At a 7-Eleven between Windsor and Loveland, Brinda Atencio has been telling almost every customer about the audacious crime.(credit: Weld County Sheriff)
  “Do you remember that jar we had here, to feed the hunger? We had somebody come in and steal it Monday morning,” Atencio told a group of customers.
  The Weld County Sheriff’s
  
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• CBS4 Investigation Puts Drug Price App To The Test

  26-02-2016 06:00
  
  (credit: lowestmed.com)
  By Brian Maass
  DENVER (CBS4) – A website and companion smartphone app that purports to save consumers big money on their drug prescriptions does work, and even offers lower prices on some prescription medications than insurance plans, according to a CBS4 investigation.
  The site — LowestMed.com — and its smartphone app suggest they can save consumers money on both name brand and generic drugs.
  “They don’t need to go in and unknowingly pay
  
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• Sheriff’s Office Didn’t Think Eviction Would Come To Violence

  26-02-2016 05:53
  
  By Kelly WerthmannBAILEY, Colo. (CBS4)– More often than not, evictions are peaceful. Yet there are cases where the homeowner refuses to leave, potentially creating a volatile environment for law enforcement like what happened in Park County on Wednesday.
  “It didn’t need to come to this,” Park County Sheriff Fred Wegener said Thursday. “This was an eviction. This was something we do on a routine basis, just like our fellow sheriff’s offices in the state of Colo
  
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• Cherry Creek School Bus Driver Arrested For Suspicion Of DUI

  26-02-2016 05:39
  
  ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– A school bus driver with the Cherry Creek School District was arrested for suspicion of DUI on Thursday afternoon.
  Michael Hobbs was a bus driver for West Middle School. He was arrested just after 3:30 p.m. on Thursday after he had picked up 30 students from the school.A female staff member thought she smelled alcohol on Hobbs but said he appeared to be walking and talking fine. She reported it to the school district’s transportation department.In the m
  
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• Colorado Climate Outlook Shows Active Spring Ahead

  26-02-2016 05:19
  
  By Justin McHeffey
  The Climate Prediction Center has released their latest outlook for the spring season and it looks promising — more precipitation than normal for Colorado. Confidence is high that their projection is accurate given the outcome of our last three month period: The odds were in our favor for wetter-than-normal conditions, and it came true.
  (credit: NOAA)
  Looking back at December, January, and February of 2015/2016, Denver recorded more moisture than it normally does if all
  
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• 2 Men Go After Dogs Attacking Postal Carrier

  26-02-2016 05:19
  
  LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4)– Two men armed with a shovel and a trowel went after three dogs that were attacking a postal carrier.
  Earl Tilford raced up the block when three dogs, Bowser, Onyx and Clover, escaped from their yard and tackled the postal worker making his rounds through the Longmont neighborhood.
  Tilford’s neighbor Jim Peeples joined in to thwart the attack. Tilford was armed with a trowel and Peeples had a shovel.
  Earl Tilford and Jim Peeples (credit: CBS)
  “They had kn
  
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• GOP Debate Held In Houston Ahead Of Super Tuesday

  26-02-2016 04:56
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Brawling from the get-go, a fiery Marco Rubio went hard after Donald Trump in Thursday night’s Republican debate, lacerating the front-runner’s position on immigration, his privileged background, his speaking style and more.
  Ted Cruz piled on, too, questioning the front-runner’s conservative credentials, as the two senators tag-teamed Trump in a debate that reflected the increasing urgency of their effort to take down the billionaire businessman before he b
  
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• Bill Would Require Reporting Of Non-Vaccinated Children

  26-02-2016 04:26
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A bill introduced in the state House would require the reporting of non-vaccinated students to the Colorado Department of Health and Environment. Currently those records are kept with the school.“What this bill is not about is requiring more students to get vaccinations. It’s about who will keep charge of the records,” said Rep. Dan Pabon, a Democrat representing Denver.A hearing at the state Capitol on Thursday was packed with parents who oppose the bill.C
  
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• New Mexico Exempts Sexting From Child Porn Penalties

  26-02-2016 04:04
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Increased prison sentences for the creation, distribution and possession of child pornography were signed into law Thursday by New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, despite her opposition to an exemption for the texting of explicit images between two consenting teenagers.
  The new law lines out sentences of up to 10 year for the possession of child pornography, 11 years for distribution and 12 years for manufacturing. Another year can be tacked on for preying on children un
  
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• Colorado’s GOP Skips Presidential Preference On Super Tuesday

  26-02-2016 03:09
  
  By Shaun BoydDENVER (CBS4)– They don’t call it Super Tuesday for nothing. Twelve states, including Colorado, are holding caucuses or primaries next Tuesday.
  But Colorado is the only one where Republicans won’t be weighing in on who the nominee for president should be after the state party’s executive committee decided to cancel the presidential preference poll.
  “We’re talking about the presidency here and I think if you see what’s happening and some ques
  
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• Suspect Shot, Killed During Chase In Evans

  26-02-2016 02:44
  
  By Lauren DiSpiritoWELD COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – An investigation is underway in Weld County after an officer-involved shooting along Highway 85 left one man dead.
  It began at approximately 1:30 a.m. Thursday when two Evans police officers were looking into a call about a suspicious vehicle at the intersection of 40th Street and Highway 85. Two men were spotted at the scene and they ran from the officers.(credit: CBS)
  Officers were able to catch one of the men and take him into custody. The
  
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• Elway talks contract with Osweiler

  26-02-2016 02:35
  
  Elway is waiting for quarterback Peyton Manning to decide on whether to retire. Brock Osweiler, Manning’s replacement, is 11 days from reaching the NFL free agent tampering window on March 7.
          
  
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• Software Scam Is Hard Lesson For Victims

  26-02-2016 02:16
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– Scam calls are infiltrating our phones and voicemails. Thieves posing as the IRS, the Federal Reserve Bank, and even Microsoft. At a weak moment, it’s easy to get taken in by the scam.
  Nancy can no longer use her personal computer. She refuses to turn it on after thieves posing as Microsoft Services accessed it remotely.
  “They had some software that they had to put on my computer to fix it,” she explained.
  She ended up paying almost $200 for that sup
  
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• County Sheriff: Multiple Deaths, Injuries Kansas Attacks

  26-02-2016 02:11
  
  HESSTON, Kan. (AP) — A county sheriff said Thursday it’s possible “as many” as three to four people are dead, including a suspect, and up to 20 people may be injured after a series of attacks in south-central Kansas.
  Sheriff T. Walton said at a news conference Thursday evening that there are “a number of crime scenes involved,” including the Excel Industries plant in Hesston where dispatchers earlier said they were responding to a shooting.
  The suspect was an
  
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• Fire Danger Returns As Colorado Stays In Dry Pattern

  26-02-2016 01:13
  
  By Justin McHeffey
  Warmer than normal conditions continue into the weekend. A Fire Weather Watch has been posted for parts of southern Colorado from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday. Low relative humidity, gusty winds, and dry vegetation prompted the Watch as fire danger remains high.Southern El Paso, Pueblo, Huerfano, Las Animas, Crowley, and Otero Counties will have gusty winds to 35 mph with humidity around 10 percent. If a wildfire starts it will likely spread very quickly.Although the Denver metr
  
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