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• Colorado School Of Mines Marching Band Featured In Dublin’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade

  17-03-2016 23:26
  
  DUBLIN (CBS4)– The Colorado School of Mines Marching Band had the luck of the Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. The marching band, alumi, strings ensemble and choir all spent Thursday in Dublin, Ireland.
  The band hit the streets in Dublin where the band marched in the St. Patrick’s Festival Parade.
  (credit: Aaron Swift)
  The band received a formal invitation from the mayor of Dublin to perform in the annual parade. What began as a religious feast day for the patron saint of Ireland ha
  
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• Free Agent Tackle Russell Okung Agrees To Sign With Broncos

  17-03-2016 22:46
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – The Denver Broncos have agreed to terms with free-agent tackle Russell Okung on a five-year contract, the team announced on Thursday.
  Okung, in his seventh year, started all 72 regular-season and 12 playoff games at left tackle with the Seattle Seahawks.
  He’s “allowed the fewest sacks (20.0) in the NFL among tackles who have started at least half of their team’s games in each season since 2010,” according to the Broncos.
  Okung was a Pro Bow
  
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• 12th Seeded Yale Picks Up Program’s First Tournament Win 79-75 Over Baylor

  17-03-2016 22:43
  
  By Ryan Mayer
  (CBS) There’s a first time for everything.
  The Yale Bulldogs had previously made three appearances in the NCAA Tournament, and had never come away with a win. That changed today in Providence, just over 100 miles from their campus as the 12th seeded Bulldogs took down the 5th seeded Baylor Bears 79 to 75.
  In each of their previous appearances, the closest Yale came to winning was back in 1939 when they fell by just four 71-67 to Illinois. Today, coach Johnny Jones&r
  
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• Woman Charged In Taxi Carjacking

  17-03-2016 22:18
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A teenager has been charged with stealing a taxi at knife point last week.Jaylene Perini has been charged with aggravated robbery, second-degree aggravated motor vehicle theft and false reporting.About 2 a.m. on Friday, Perini, 19, was a passenger in a taxi that had stopped at a convenience store gas station at 1st Avenue and Knox Court. The charges allege that while the taxi driver was pumping gas, she jumped into the driver’s seat, pointed a knife at the driver and d
  
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• Police Believe Alcohol A Factor After Car Crashes Into Restaurant

  17-03-2016 22:09
  
  WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (CBS4) – A car crashed into a Wheat Ridge restaurant Thursday morning.
  The crash happened at Joe’s Cafe on 44th Avenue and Garrison Street. Police say the driver of a white Chevy went right through the intersection and crashed into a parked car and pushed it into the building.
  The 57-year-old driver was taken to the hospital for minor injuries. Nobody else was hurt.
  Police believe alcohol may have been a factor in the crash.
  
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• Woman Charged With Forging Divorce Paperwork

  17-03-2016 21:56
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A Denver woman has been charged with multiple felony counts after she allegedly forced her husband’s name on divorce paperwork.
  Xochitlt Ramirez has been charged with two counts of attempt to influence a public servant, two counts of forgery and two counts of conspiracy.The charges allege that in 2012, Ramirez filed a joint petition for the dissolution of marriage without her husband’s knowledge or consent and that she forged his signature on the paperwork.
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• CBS Sets Finale Dates For ‘The Good Wife,’ ‘Madam Secretary’ & More

  17-03-2016 21:53
  
  CBS announced this week the finale dates, return dates and special events dates for the remainder of the season, including the return of “Mike & Molly,” “Person Of Interest” and “Undercover Boss.”
  Sunday, May 8th will be a huge night for the network with the season finale of “Madam Secretary” at 8/7c and “Elementary” at 10/9c. Fan favorite “The Good Wife” will say goodbye to Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies) in the se
  
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• Denver’s Interstate 70 Expansion Challenged By Sierra Club Over Clean Air

  17-03-2016 21:51
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Environmental groups are trying to stop the expansion of Interstate 70 through Denver.
  The more than $1 billion project would widen the interstate and take part of it underground.
  The Sierra Club along with others filed suit challenging new Environmental Protection Agency clean air requirements.
  The Colorado Department of Transportation is saying emissions from traffic would not violate those new requirements.
  
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• Tackle Russell Okung Signs With Broncos

  17-03-2016 21:46
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – The Denver Broncos have agreed to terms with free-agent tackle Russell Okung on a five-year contract, the team announced on Thursday.
  Okung, in his seventh year, started all 72 regular-season and 12 playoff games at left tackle with the Seattle Seahawks.
  He’s “allowed the fewest sacks (20.0) in the NFL among tackles who have started at least half of their team’s games in each season since 2010,” according to the Broncos.
  Okung was a Pro Bow
  
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• Skillful Goes Live in Colorado

  17-03-2016 21:42
  
  Denver, CO Governor John Hickenlooper joined Markle Foundation CEO and President Zoë Baird and LinkedIn Co-Founder Allen Blue today as Skillful went live in the state of Colorado. Jobseekers, employers, and educators from around the state also were on hand for the roll-out of Skillful, a new skills-based platform that values people’s skills, not just degrees, and which supports lifelong learning in today’s rapidly changing economy.
  Skillful is a network of online tools and on-th
  
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• House Gay Conversion Therapy Bill Heads To The Senate

  17-03-2016 21:31
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A bill that would ban the use of gay conversion therapy on children and teens in Colorado has passed the House.
  Some believe the therapy can help gays and lesbians become straight. The sponsor of the bill says forcing kids to go through it is wrong.
  California and New Jersey have already outlawed the therapy.
  The bill now heads to the state Senate.
  
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• Fracking Ballot Initiative Gets State OK For Petition Drive

  17-03-2016 21:27
  
  DENVER (AP) – Backers of a proposal that would let local governments regulate or ban fracking have won approval to circulate petitions to put it before voters.
  The Secretary of State’s Office said Thursday supporters have until Aug. 8 to gather more than 98,000 signatures. If they succeed, voters would approve or reject the proposal in the Nov. 8 general election.
  The proposal would amend the state constitution to give cities and counties more power to regulate environmental issues,
  
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• Buffs Blow 11-Point Halftime Lead, Fall To UConn 74-67

  17-03-2016 21:11
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Rodney Purvis, Daniel Hamilton and a stifling defense carried Connecticut back from an 11-point first-half deficit, giving the Huskies enough for a 74-67 first-round victory over Colorado on Thursday and keeping Kevin Ollie unbeaten as a head coach in the NCAA Tournament.
  Purvis scored 15 of his 19 points after halftime, Daniel Hamilton had 17 points and 10 rebounds and the No. 9 seed Huskies (25-10) advanced to the second round of the South Region.
  Josh Scott had 2
  
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• Plumlee Leads Duke In Win Over UNC-Wilmington

  17-03-2016 21:10
  
  (CBS) On Thursday afternoon, coach Mike Krzyzewski and his No. 4 seeded Duke Blue Devils began their NCAA title defense with a first round tournament victory over the No. 13 seeded UNC Wilmington Seahawks, 93-85.
  It wasn’t the easy win many expected for the Blue Devils, but as we all well know by now, they don’t call it March Madness for nothing. NCAA Tournament games without even a little bit of drama – regardless of seeding disparity – are definitely not the norm and th
  
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• Parole Officers Find Woman’s Body In Chest-Like Trunk At Parolee’s Home

  17-03-2016 20:43
  
  GREELEY, Colo. (CBS4) – Parole officers in Greeley made a grisly discovery during an unannounced visit to the residence of a parolee.
  According to Sgt. Joe Tymkowych with Greeley Police, just after 4:30 p.m. Wednesday officers responded to a residence in the 1400 block of 9th Avenue on report of a body found by two parole officers.
  (credit: CBS)
  “The discovery was made by two parole officers when they contacted a parolee at that residence,” Tymkowych said in a statement. &ldquo
  
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• Colorado House Advances Fracking-Quake Bill

  17-03-2016 20:18
  
  DENVER (AP) – Colorado’s House Republicans warned of a tangle of lawsuits Thursday if a bill that would make it easier for people to sue energy firms whose drilling operations damage property or harm people becomes law.
  That seems unlikely, as the bill, which advanced on a party-line vote Thursday in the Democrat-led House, has yet to reach the GOP-controlled Senate. But it didn’t stop opponents from presenting objections to the legislation, whose sponsor, Thornton Democrat Jos
  
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• Clerk Grabs Baby From Woman Before She Collapses In Store

  17-03-2016 20:12
  
  ARVADA, Colo. (AP) – A convenience store clerk in Arvada was talking to a customer and smiling at her baby when she suddenly noticed the mother’s face glaze over.
  When the woman didn’t respond, Rebecca Montano reached across the counter and grabbed one of the baby’s arms. She pulled the child into her arms right before the mother slumped backward and fell onto the floor.
  Montano handed the baby to another customer so she could call 911 and check to make sure the moth
  
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• Teen Sexting Prompts Efforts To Update Child-Porn Laws

  17-03-2016 20:01
  
  DENVER (AP) – Rampant teen sexting has left politicians and law enforcement authorities around the country struggling to find some kind of legal middle ground between prosecuting students for child porn and letting them off the hook.
  Most states consider sexually explicit images of minors to be child pornography, meaning even teenagers who share nude selfies among themselves can, in theory at least, be hit with felony charges that can carry heavy prison sentences and require lifetime regis
  
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• Colorado Jobseekers Have New Option For The Hunt

  17-03-2016 19:53
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Jobseekers are using a new website to find the perfect position in Colorado.
  Gov. John Hickenlooper joined Markle Foundation CEO and President Zoë Baird and LinkedIn Co-Founder Allen BlueThursday to launch skillful.com. The jobs website focuses less on degrees and more on the skills required for a job.
  The website also has tools to help people get training and explore career options.
  “Skillful is a new opportunity for people who don’t have a college diploma
  
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• Police Find Dozens Of Spray Paint Cans In Graffiti Suspect’s Car

  17-03-2016 18:46
  
  THORNTON, Colo. (CBS4) – Police in Thornton have arrested a teenager they say has been vandalizing public and private property for at least two months.
  According to police, Benjamin Bennett, 19, of Thornton, is accused in at least 16 graffiti cases. When they arrested Bennett officers found 25 cans of spray paint in his car.
  Benjamin Bennett (credit: Thornton Police Department)
  Bennett is accused of tagging city park property, private businesses and trailers with his moniker “Glaze&r
  
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• Colorado PUC: Xcel Solar Garden Deal Not In Public Interest

  17-03-2016 18:35
  
  DENVER (AP) – Colorado regulators say an Xcel Energy deal for power from community solar gardens is not in the public’s interest.
  The Denver Post reported Thursday that the Public Utilities Commission said the deal would cost rate payers hundreds of thousands of dollars per garden and that Xcel should go through competitive bidding.
  Xcel had agreed to pay a renewable energy credit of 0.3 cents per kilowatt hour for power to its grid from new gardens developed by SunShare, Clean
  
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• Arenado Hitting Nearly .600, Weiss Not Worried About ‘Peaking’

  17-03-2016 17:46
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (CBS4) – Yes, it’s early and it doesn’t count, but look who’s leading the majors in batting average in spring training — Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado.
  Arenado went 2-for-3 in Wednesday’s 7-3 loss to the Dodgers and boosted his average to a scorching .593, which is 28 points ahead of second place Daniel Nava of the Angels.
  Arenado is 16-27 in spring training with 2 home runs, 3 doubles and 9 RBIs. His slugging percentage is an astronomica
  
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• Nothing Compares To March Madness

  17-03-2016 17:37
  
  By Jason Keidel
  If you’re a basketball junkie, you’ll find your fix starting today. March Madness begins.
  The screen-in-screen splendor. Programing your remote to cruise the cluster of networks that dip their yearly beaks into the NCAA waters. When else would you pinball between CBS, TNT, TBS, ESPN and TruTV in one day?
  The template titans still seem to have their mail forwarded to the Final Four. If Duke and Kentucky aren’t the chalk, then Kansas and Michigan State will p
  
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• Denver’s First Measurable Snow In 6 Weeks To Fall On Anniversary Of Epic March ’03 Blizzard

  17-03-2016 17:36
  
  By Chris Spears
  DENVER (CBS4) – The sky this morning looked much like it did 13 years ago on this date as a major winter storm was moving into Colorado.
  That storm brought several feet of heavy, wet snow that shut down most of the Front Range, including the city of Denver, which received 31.8 inches.
  (credit: CBS)
  If you’re hoping for a major storm system this time around you’re going to be disappointed.
  The present storm is threatening to bring an average of 3-6 inches of snow
  
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• Frontier Airlines Needs Even More Flight Attendants

  17-03-2016 17:22
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Frontier Airlines is looking for flight attendants and on Wednesday they announced they need more than originally projected.
  The company is hiring 225 people for its Denver based-crew teams. Last month, the airline said it needed 150 new flight attendants, and this week upped that number. Hiring is on a rolling basis starting each month through the end of the year.
  “Flight attendant candidates must be at least 21 years old, have valid passports, a love of travel as we
  
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• I-70 Closed At Vail Pass For Urgent Avalanche Work

  17-03-2016 17:10
  
  EAGLE COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Both directions of Interstate 70 closed on either side of Vail Pass Thursday morning, from milemarker 184 to 190, for urgent avalanche reduction work.
  The large amount of new snow has led to concern for avalanches in the area. Vail and Copper Mountain on either side of the pass have reported 17 inches over three days, and it’s still coming down.
  The avalanchea asdfsadfs says an avalanche could easily be triggered in these conditions. Areas most
  
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• 30 Players: Raul Mondesi Jr. Hopes To Find Room On Crowded Defending Champion Royals

  17-03-2016 17:03
  
  By Rich Arleo 
  CBS Local Sports, in our 30 Players 30 Days spring training feature, profiles one young player from each Major League Baseball team leading up to opening day.
  Raul Mondesi Jr., Shortstop, Kansas City Royals
  2015 season (Minors): 81 G, 304 AB, .243 BA, 6 HR, 33 RBI, 19 SB, .651 OPS
  The Kansas City Royals are the defending World Series champions for a number of reasons, but at their core, they are a roster of homegrown position players that has developed together to t
  
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• Power Outage Affects RTD Lights, Crossing

  17-03-2016 16:11
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – A power outage affected several blocks in northern Aurora, including an RTD line, Thursday morning.
  It began shortly before 7 a.m., and as of 9 a.m. 2400 Xcel customers were without power. The area affected is from the northern boundary of 47th Avenue to 17th Avenue on the south, and Pena Boulevard on the east to Fitzsimmons Drive on the west.
  An RTD station at Smith Road and Chambers Road was stalled due to the outage, and a train was without lights.
  
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• Brett Eldredge, Chris Young &; Cassadee Pope To Perform At ACM Awards

  17-03-2016 15:23
  
  By Amanda Wicks
  Brett Eldredge and Chris Young with Cassadee Pope will be performing at the 51st ACM Awards. The three additional names round out an already star-studded affair.
  Related: Be A Part of this Year’s ACM Awards with Tim McGraw
  The night promises several memorable moments with Jason Aldean, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Cam, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Sam Hunt, Tim McGraw, Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban and
  
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• Police Release Video In St. Patrick’s Day Cold Case Murder

  17-03-2016 13:21
  
  WESTMINSTER (CBS4) – One year after the murder of a man in Westminster, the case looms over the family and detectives as unsolved.
  During the afternoon of St. Patrick’s Day 2015, Lucas Mendoza was shot and killed inside his home on Bradburn Boulevard.
  Police believe sometime between 2:15 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. at least two unknown persons entered the house, shooting Lucas.
  On the one year anniversary of his murder, Westminster police are releasing new video from the day of the homic
  
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• Man Convicted Of Sex Assaults In Denver, Cases Had Gone Cold

  17-03-2016 06:45
  
  DENVER (AP) – A Denver jury has convicted a man who was charged in two sexual assaults – one in 1998 and the other in 2000.
  The Denver District Attorney’s Office says 47-year-old Warren Foster was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree sexual assault, second-degree kidnapping, sexual assault with force, two counts of third-degree assault and false imprisonment. He is scheduled to be sentenced June 3.
  Warren Foster (credit: Denver District Attorney’s Office)
  Prosecutors sa
  
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• Avs Back In Playoff Position With 3-1 Win Over Canucks

  17-03-2016 06:22
  
  Mikkel Boedker scored twice as the Colorado Avalanche broke open a close game with two third-period goals to defeat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 Wednesday.
  
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• Attorney General Now Investigating String Of Fur Coat Thefts

  17-03-2016 04:52
  
  By Kelly Werthmann
  DENVER (CBS4) – The investigation into a string of fur thefts in Denver, Boulder, Vail and Aspen is now being facilitated by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.
  About $200,000 worth of merchandise was stolen from at least four high-end stores in February, and authorities believe the same two thieves are responsible. One of the multiple agencies investigating the thefts reached out to the office of Attorney General Cynthia Coffman asking her to step in, accordin
  
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• Doctors Turn To Implantable Medication For Hard-To-Treat Patients

  17-03-2016 04:37
  
  By Mark Ackerman
  AURORA (CBS) – According to the Mayo Clinic, 70 percent of all Americans take at least one prescription. For most people, that means remembering to take a lot of pills. Now some patients are forgoing pills altogether and having medications implanted into their arms instead.
  The technique is helping some of the most hardest-to-treat patients like drug abusers and people with mental health disorders who may otherwise have a hard time remembering to take their medication.
  Dr.
  
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• Arvada City Officials Pick Up Dog Waste To Send Residents A Message

  17-03-2016 04:08
  
  ARVADA, Colo. (CBS4) – The City of Arvada is warning people to pick up after their pets. City crews put up red flags for every spot where waste was left behind, and on Wednesday the mayor and city council spent their lunch hour picking it all up.
  A park near 68th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard had more than 500 red flags in it earlier Wednesday — each one marking dog waste. It’s now much cleaner after city officials spent an hour cleaning up and hoping to send a message to pet
  
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