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• Winter Storm Watches Issued Ahead Of Weekend Snow Include South Metro Denver

  24-03-2016 22:51
  
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for portions of the I-25 urban corridor starting Friday night and lasting into Saturday as a new winter storm approaches the state.
  The watches include the southern fringe of the Denver metro area including southeast Aurora, Elizabeth, Parker and Castle Rock.
  (credit: CBS4/Colorado’s Weather Center)
  While this storm appears to be taking a more southern track than the last one and doesn’t
  
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• Boulder Brands' parent co. head exits

  24-03-2016 22:43
  
  Robert Gamgort, CEO of the company that bought Colorado's Boulder Brands in January, has left to take the helm at another company.       
  
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• Man sentenced in fatal hit-and-run

  24-03-2016 22:42
  
  A man convicted of killing a woman while driving drunk on Christmas day will spend 34 years behind bars.       
  
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• CO city named top weekend getaway

  24-03-2016 22:37
  
  Sometimes, we all need to just pack up a couple bags, book a quick flight and head out of town for the weekend.       
  
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• Man Charged In Cold Case Sexual Assault In 2006

  24-03-2016 22:34
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A man has been formally charged in a cold case sexual assault dating back nearly a decade.Isaias Villa has been charged with two counts of sexual assault.The charges allege that in August 2006, Villa took a 14-year-old girl to a party where she became intoxicated and then he took her to his home and sexually assaulted her.The case was unsolved until Villa, 30, was identified as a suspect through a DNA match last November.Villa was already in custody on an unrelated matter an
  
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• Erie man charged with luring child

  24-03-2016 22:18
  
  A 57-year-old longtime youth sports referee is accused of trying to contact a 13-year-old girl online and arranging a meeting.        
  
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• 9PetCheck coming in April

  24-03-2016 22:14
  
  Veterinarians across Colorado will offer free wellness exams and rabies vaccinations on April 9 and 10 as part of 9PetCheck. This program is a partnership between 9NEWS, the Colorado Veterinary Medical Association, and more than 60 veterinary clinics to help pet owners who are struggling financially get free wellness examinations for their beloved cats and dogs.        
  
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• RGIII is headed to Cleveland

  24-03-2016 22:10
  
  The Cleveland Browns have officially signed former Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III to their roster.       
  
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• Whole Foods gives away free frozen food

  24-03-2016 22:09
  
         
  
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• Man Sentenced In Deadly Christmas Hit & Run

  24-03-2016 22:09
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A man convicted of driving drunk and causing a deadly crash at 51st Avenue and Peoria Street early Christmas Day 2013 has been sentenced.Johnny Gilbert was found guilty of vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, vehicular assault, second-degree assault, careless driving resulting in death, third-degree assault and DUI.Gilbert, 39, was driving drunk on Christmas Eve 2013 when he ran a red light going northbound on Peoria Street at 51st Avenue.
  
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• Smell natural gas? Clear off your meter

  24-03-2016 22:06
  
  So, you've shoveled your driveway and dug out your car after Wednesday's whopper of a spring storm. But there's one more thing you should remember to do.        
  
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• Is Coach K The Best College Basketball Coach Ever?

  24-03-2016 21:37
  
  By Jason Keidel
  Take Tyus Jones, Justise Winslow and Jahlil Okafor from your college basketball team, and say sayonara for a year or two. The program will have to recover and rebuild, retool and regroup. Unless you’re Mike Krzyzewski. And you coach at Duke, that little fiefdom down in Durham, where those ‘r’ verbs don’t make it into the vernacular.
  According to CBSSports.com, 39 players in these eight delicious games over the next four days are on the CBS S
  
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• Prosecutor In Disputed Rape Case Will Remain On Case

  24-03-2016 21:36
  
  DENVER (CBS4) — A judge has ruled that a Denver prosecutor can remain on the case of a man who spent 28 years behind bars for a rape he says he did not commit.
  Clarence Moses-EL was convicted in 1988 after the victim said his face appeared to her in a dream, but a judge vacated his conviction last week after another inmate said he had sex with the woman.
  Clarence Moses-EL after he was released on Tuesday (credit: CBS)
  Moses-EL has long maintained his innocence and was released from jail on
  
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• Gerber recalls organic food pouches

  24-03-2016 21:27
  
  Gerber Products Company is voluntarily recalling two Organic pouch baby food products after identifying a packaging defect that may result in spoilage during transport and handling.       
  
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• Interstate 70 Snow Tire Bill Dies In Senate Committee

  24-03-2016 21:24
  
  DENVER (AP) — A bill intended to cut the number of I-70 mountain closures during winter storms by requiring that passenger vehicles have snow-ready tires or chains has died.
  Colorado’s Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee voted 3-2 on party lines Thursday.
  Similar bills have been killed in recent years.
  Democrats Kerry Donovan of Vail and Nancy Todd of Aurora sponsored this year’s attempt in the Senate.
  They argue that unprepared drivers cause frequent I-70 shutdowns that
  
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• Denver Won’t Plow Residential Streets After This Storm

  24-03-2016 21:20
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Crews were out on the streets across the Denver metro area on Thursday clearing snow from major streets but those residential and side streets could remain snow covered for a while.Denver Public Works said the plows used for clearing side streets are not equipped to handle this type of snow.“So with this storm we receive a lot of heavy, wet snow which created a lot of slush and those light-duty plows, they are really not meant to clear that type of snow and they wouldn
  
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• Kelsea Ballerini On Winning New Female Artist Of The Year ACM: ‘THANK YOU’

  24-03-2016 21:19
  
  By Robyn Collins
  Kelsea Ballerini was visibly blown away at the news that she’d won the ACM’s New Female Vocalist of the year. And with good reason, this is Kelsea’s first ACM win.
  She said, “Yesterday, I got a phone call from my friend Bob Romeo who let me know that I won my first ACM award for New Female artist. I don’t even know what to say, so for now I will just say THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart.  For making not only my dreams come t
  
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• It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over: The Flu Season That’s Just Starting To Peak

  24-03-2016 21:18
  
  By Dr. Dave Hnida
  (CBS4) -“What do you mean I have the flu?!?!”
  That’s been a common exclamation over the past couple of weeks as people crawl into the office with fever, chills, and that general I feel like I got hit by a truck.
  Yet it’s been one of those years.
  The flu season is hanging on, and still yet to peak.
  Even worse, many of the patients that I’ve seen have even been immunized—but they have still gotten sick.
  So…you’re not off the hook.
  
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• Broncos not affected by Browns and RGIII

  24-03-2016 21:11
  
  By itself, the Robert Griffin III contract agreement with the Cleveland Browns had no impact on the quarterback situation in Denver.       
  
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• Colorado Blizzard Misses Southeast Plains Where Moderate Drought Now Declared

  24-03-2016 20:58
  
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – While parts of eastern Colorado were buried under heavy snow driven by tropical storm force winds on Wednesday, not too far away, residents looked to the sky hoping a little snow would fall.
  Colorado’s southeast plains missed out on the blizzard and the past few storms that moved through the region.
  Within the past year this area recovered from a devastating drought thanks to a wet spring and summer in 2015. But in less than a year things have once agai
  
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• I-70 snow tire bill dies in Senate

  24-03-2016 20:25
  
  A bill intended to cut the number of I-70 mountain closures during winter storms by requiring that passenger vehicles have snow-ready tires or chains has died.       
  
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• Volunteers Track Various Snow Patterns From Blizzard, More Wanted For Future Storms

  24-03-2016 20:09
  
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – Hundreds of volunteers along Colorado’s Front Range and on the eastern plains were busy tracking this week’s strong spring blizzard for an organization at Colorado State University.
  (credit: CoCoRaHS)
  The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network, better known as CoCoRaHS, has been operating in Colorado since the late 1990s and now has volunteers in all 50 U.S. States, Puerto Rico, Canada and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  Their goal is to hav
  
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• Bonner: Oregon Is Well Deserving Of Their Spot In NCAA Tournament

  24-03-2016 20:09
  
  By Danny Cox
  This has been one of the most unpredictable and strangest NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournaments in history, and while all four number one seeds remain, it’s still been a strange one. Brackets weren’t just busted after the first round, but the majority were gone after just the first day of games.
  CBS Sports college basketball analyst Dan Bonner will be calling the Midwest Region, and the former captain of the 1975 Virginia Cavaliers knows that his alma mater has a tough
  
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• Attorney Wants Planned Parenthood Shooter In Mental Hospital

  24-03-2016 20:05
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A defense attorney for a man who acknowledges killing three people at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic has asked a judge to commit his client to a psychiatric hospital for treatment but didn’t disclose the findings of a mental competency evaluation.
  Judge Gilbert Martinez made no ruling on whether 57-year-old Robert Dear is competent to continue with his criminal case and set an April hearing on the issue.
  Dear is charged with 179 counts of
  
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• Rockies’ Gray Sidelined Couple Weeks With Abdominal Strain

  24-03-2016 20:00
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Rockies right-hander Jon Gray won’t be ready for the start of the season due to an abdominal strain, opening a spot in Colorado’s rotation.
  Gray said Thursday he was told he won’t be able to pitch in a game for at least a couple of weeks.
  “It’s really frustrating because I have so much stuff I need to work on, reps I don’t need to miss out on,” Gray said. “It could be a lot worse. I’m happy it’s not bad. I
  
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• Aurora Police Officer Cleared In Accidental Shooting

  24-03-2016 19:59
  
  DENVER (AP) — An Aurora police officer who slipped and accidentally shot a car theft suspect during a foot chase has been cleared of any wrongdoing.
  Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey ruled that Officer David Musgrave did not intentionally shoot Christopher Padilla and the officer committed no crime.
  The officer was part of a team pursuing a group of alleged car thieves on Dec. 17.
  After finding a stolen vehicle in a parking lot, one of the suspects fled in another car, then crashed
  
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• Recall Issued For Dangerous Magnets From Colorado Company

  24-03-2016 19:00
  
  WASHINGTON D.C. (CBS4) – A federal judge ordered a Colorado company on Wednesday to recall small but powerful magnets that can cause fatal injuries when swallowed.
  Zen Magnets LLC had previously been issued a preliminary injunction, prohibiting the company from continuing to sell the magnets. On Tuesday, the judge made this permanent, ordering the company to conduct a recall.
  Zen Magnets must provide refunds to customers who return the magnets and destroy those remaining in their inventory
  
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• Easter Sunrise Service At Red Rocks Cancelled

  24-03-2016 18:22
  
  MORRISON, Colo. (CBS4) – The Colorado Council of Churches announced Thursday that their planned sunrise service on Easter Sunday at Red Rocks Amphitheatre is cancelled.
  They said there is too much snow at the venue, and it likely won’t melt in time for Sunday’s sunrise. In addition, the current forecast calls for more snow on Saturday.
  For the comfort and safety of attendees, the sunrise service has been cancelled.
  Copter4 flew over Red Rocks Thursday afternoon and spotted ski
  
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• Rookie’s 3-Pointer Gives Nuggets Win Over 76ers

  24-03-2016 17:02
  
  Emmanuel Mudiay never played college basketball, let alone taking part in the NCAA Tournament. No problem. He can come up with his own version of March Madness.
  
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• Shemar Moore Exits ‘Criminal Minds’ After 11 Seasons

  24-03-2016 16:13
  
  Fans of “Criminal Minds” found out after the episode “A Beautiful Disaster” on Wednesday that SSA Derek Morgan, played by Shemar Moore, is retiring.
  After 11 seasons on the show, Moore has decided to move on from the BAU. His character, who survived a harrowing kidnapping, is departing to focus on his family.
  “To my homies, to my fans, to my baby girls: Cry if you have to, scream and yell if you have to, smile, smile, laugh, celebrate,” Moore says in the video
  
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• 9 reasons Manning is cooler than you

  24-03-2016 15:35
  
  March 24 marks Peyton Manning's 40th birthday.       
  
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• Heavy Snow Weighs Down, Snaps Tree Branches

  24-03-2016 14:38
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – As soon as heavy wet snow began piling up in Wednesday’s blizzard, tree branches across the metro area started dropping.
  “It sounded like somebody had fallen in my bathtub upstairs or you know like something big had crashed,” said homeowner Laura Osborne.
  She found a big piece of her neighbor’s tree in her front yard, narrowing avoiding damage to her home.
  “I just broke a bunch of branches so I could get to my front door,” Osborne sa
  
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• 30 Players: Kyle Schwarber A Large Part Of Cubs’ Youth Movement

  24-03-2016 14:03
  
  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.
  Kyle Schwarber, Outfielder/Catcher, Chicago Cubs
  2015 season (Minors): 75 G, 257 AB, .323 BA, 16 HR, 49 RBI, 1 SB, 1.022 OPS
  2015 season (Majors):  69 G, 232 AB, .246 BA, 16 HR, 43 RBI, 3 SB, .842 OPS
  The Cubs had seemingly been rebuilding for years until finally, in 2015, that rebuild came together in se
  
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• Coach Patrick Chambers: “I Want To Make Penn St. Known For More Than Just Football”

  24-03-2016 14:00
  
  This article is sponsored by Delta Air Lines.
  When Patrick Chambers took the men’s basketball head coaching gig at Penn State, he knew it’d be a tough task. Penn State is a football school: everything else is an afterthought.
  Chambers pegs that as the reason why the Penn State job is so appealing. He loves the challenge, he loves the opportunity for growth.
  Coach Chambers sat down with us as part of our “Guiding Greatness” series of one-on-one interviews with college bask
  
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• Oklahoma, Texas Crews Arrive To Assist Xcel In Restoring Power

  24-03-2016 13:15
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Approximately 26,000 Xcel Energy customers were still without service Thursday morning. In the past 24 hours, 290,000 customers across the metro area experienced power outages.
  Mark Stutz from Xcel said 90% had been restored, but hoped that all would be back to normal by the end of Thursday.
  Many of the issues are related to snow on the power lines, ice buildup, high winds, and other debris on the lines. In northern Colorado, poles are down.
  Power poles in Longmon
  
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• Eastbound I-70 Closed Into Denver Due To Accident

  24-03-2016 12:41
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 were closed approaching Denver at Federal Boulevard.
  An accident at approximately 5:30 a.m. shut down all eastbound lanes, causing traffic to be directed off I-70 and onto Federal Boulevard.
  CBS4’s Traffic Specialist Joel Hillan said the roads are very icy Thursday morning after cold overnight temperatures. Check the full Denver traffic map here.
  
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• Officials Say Drivers In Massive I-25 Traffic Jam Weren’t Cooperating

  24-03-2016 04:41
  
  MONUMENT, Colo. (CBS4) – The Colorado Department of Transportation says it was having a problem clearing a traffic jam Wednesday night on Interstate 25 at Monument Hill where semis jackknifed and dozens of cars went off the road during the spring blizzard.
  CDOT said one southbound lane was cleared at approximately 8:30 p.m. from Monument Hill to Colorado Springs. The road remained closed in both directions from the Plum Creek Parkway exit in Castle Rock to Woodman Road in Colorado Springs.
  
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• At One Point 290,000 Were Without Power, No 911 In Estes Valley

  24-03-2016 04:37
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Xcel Energy crews have been working hard to restore power knocked out by the spring blizzard.
  According to Mark Stutz with Xcel Energy, at one point on Wednesday they had 290,000 sustained outages due to the storm. As of 9:30 p.m. about 51,500 were still in the dark.
  Power poles in Longmont (credit: CBS)
  Stutz said crews would be working until 11 p.m. Wednesday but some crews would still be working overnight. They plan to go out in full force Thursday at 7 a.m. with the hel
  
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• A Lot Of Work Remains For CDOT & Denver Public Works

  24-03-2016 02:48
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The Colorado Department of Transportation says it has 500 plows deployed statewide to clear highways, and for Denver Public Works it’s also all hands on deck, but roads were still treacherous Wednesday evening. With colder temperatures on the way, now comes the ice.
  (credit: CBS)
  Interstates and many other highways were closed for much of Wednesday and started to reopen in the late afternoon. One trouble spot for CDOT lasting into Wednesday evening was Interstate 25 a
  
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• JeffCo Deputies Help Save Man Having Heart Attack, Shovel His Driveway

  24-03-2016 02:43
  
  JEFFERSON COUNTY (CBS4) – Three Jefferson County sheriffs deputies are credited with rescuing a man who had a heart attack while out shoveling, and then going back to finish the job.
  Deputies D. Springfield, A. Dillman and G. Youngs responded to the home after receiving the call.
  “After the man was safely taken to the hospital, deputies finished shoveling the driveway!”
  After a man shoveling snow had a heart attack, #JeffCo deputies helped him then returned to shovel the drivew
  
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• Broncos bring back Jordan Norwood

  24-03-2016 02:09
  
  The slot man is back. The Denver Broncos have reached an agreement on a one-year contract with slot receiver and punt returner Jordan Norwood.       
  
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• DIA Reopens, Was Shut Down For Only The 3rd Time Ever

  24-03-2016 01:04
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – For only the third time in the airport’s history, Denver International Airport totally shut down on Wednesday due to the spring blizzard. It reopened and resumed flight operations at 7 p.m.
  DEN will reopen and resume flight operations at 7 p.m. tonight – few flights scheduled for the rest of today so check your status
  — Denver Int'l Airport (@DENAirport) March 24, 2016Winds blowing snow at up to 50 miles per hour made it too dangerous for planes to ta
  
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• Blizzard Shuts Down DIA, Closes Highways

  24-03-2016 00:12
  
  DENVER (AP) – A powerful spring blizzard stranded travelers at Denver’s airport and shut down hundreds of miles of highway in Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska as it spread into the Midwest on Wednesday.
  Snow blown by gusts up to around 50 mph made it unsafe for planes to land or take off at Denver International Airport, leading officials to close it around midday. The closure came hours after long flight delays caused by power outages at the airport’s fuel depot and deicing suppl
  
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