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• Pros and Cons of Colin Kaepernick

  28-03-2016 23:46
  
  Once before, John Elway had a quarterback who was a better athlete than he was a passer.       
  
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• This Week In Golf: Jason Day Wins WGC-Dell Match Play

  28-03-2016 23:11
  
  By Ron Patey
  Jason Day of Australia brought the thunder from Down Under, not to mention steady nerves on and around the greens, to add another PGA Tour victory to his extensive hit parade. The win at the World Golf Championships-Dell Match Play event in Austin, Texas also put him back atop the Official World Golf Rankings ahead of Jordan Spieth.
  Fresh off his one-shot victory over Kevin Chappell of the U.S. a week earlier at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Day nearly needed a bail out
  
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• Bill To Close Prison Defense Loophole Awaits Governor’s Pen

  28-03-2016 22:13
  
  DENVER (AP) — A loophole in Colorado law that allows inmates to use deadly force to defend their prison cells is close to being closed.
  The state Senate voted 35-0 Monday to amend Colorado’s so-called “Make My Day” law, which allows deadly force against threatening intruders.
  The 1985 law has been used at least twice to waive murder charges against Colorado inmates accused of killing fellow inmates who entered their cells.
  Most states have some variation of a self-defense
  
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• Cruz To Visit Colorado In Attempt To Win Over State’s Delegates

  28-03-2016 22:01
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – Presidential candidate Ted Cruz will try to win over Colorado’s 27 Republican delegates next month.
  Cruz is scheduled to speak at the state’s Republican convention on April 9. It will be held at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs.
  Members of the state’s GOP will elect 13 delegates at the their convention and also 21 delegates during Congressional district conventions which also take place next month.
  Cruz was campaigning in 
  
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• Man Accused Of Attempted Break-In At Sheriff’s Home

  28-03-2016 21:51
  
  SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – The sheriff in Summit County had to arrest a man who tried to break in to his home late last week.
  Investigators say Graham Goodwin was drunk on Friday when he jumped a fence at Sheriff John Minor’s home in Keystone’s Summit Cove area.
  Goodwin, 24, is accused of then lunging at the sheriff.
  Minor grabbed him, punched him and put him in handcuffs.
  Goodwin is facing criminal trespass charges.
  
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• 1 In Custody After Shooting At U.S. Capitol

  28-03-2016 21:17
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) —A gunman was taken into custody after firing shots in the U.S. Capitol complex on Monday, Capitol officials said, and visitors and staff were shut in their offices and told to “shelter in place.”
  Initial reports said a police officer sustained minor injuries, but later reports raised doubts about who, if anyone, was shot.
  The event unfolded with Congress on recess and lawmakers back in their districts. The White House was briefly put on lockdown,
  
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• Blake Shelton, Charles Kelly & Little Big Town Added To ACM Awards Performers

  28-03-2016 21:13
  
  By Amanda Wicks
  The list of performers at the 2016 ACM Awards continues to grow. After news last week that Dolly Parton and Katy Perry would duet together at the ceremony, the Association of Country Music announced today, March 28th, that four new names were being added to the already packed roster.
  Related: Kelsea Ballerini on Winning New Female Artist of the Year ACM
  Charles Kelly, Blake Shelton, Little Big Town and Old Dominion will all perfor
  
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• Unique Proposal To Raise Funding For Aspen Schools Draws Attention

  28-03-2016 20:41
  
  By Matt Kroschel
  ASPEN, Colo. (CBS4) – School board members in one of Colorado’s wealthiest mountain towns are considering selling names rights to school building to help raise funds for the district.
  (credit: Aspen Education Foundation)
  The Aspen Education Foundation executive director Brooke Bedingfield told CBS4 the proposal would help with a budget crisis many districts across the state currently face.
  Bedingfield told reporter Matt Kroschel people who give $1 million or more cou
  
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• Colorado Ski Areas Announce Closing Dates

  28-03-2016 20:12
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – More snow in the forecast is good news for ski resorts and now means a longer season.
  Copper Mountain has announced the resort will stay open an extra weekend in April. Their closing date was originally set for April 17, but it will now remain open for the weekend of April 22-24.
  The Mary Jane lift area of Winter Park will remain open until May 7 due to all the recent snow. The Winter Park side will close on the originally scheduled date of April 24.
  Other resorts will
  
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• CU Buffaloes Hire JR Payne As Women’s Basketball Coach

  28-03-2016 20:10
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Colorado has hired JR Payne from Santa Clara as the replacement for women’s basketball coach Linda Lappe.
  Athletic director Rick George announced the decision on Monday as Payne becomes the eighth coach in the history of the women’s basketball program. She signed a five-year deal that’s pending approval from the board of regents.
  “After interviewing JR and hearing from several coaches that have worked with her, she rose to the top and we’
  
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• Is Walt Weiss On The Hot Seat? Rockies GM Says No

  28-03-2016 19:54
  
  By Mark Haas
  DENVER (CBS4) – Despite three straight losing seasons, Rockies general manager Jeff Bridich says manager Walt Weiss is not on the hot seat to start 2016.
  Jeff Bridich (credit: CBS)
  “If it were different we probably wouldn’t be talking about him right now,” Bridich said recently during an interview at the Rockies spring training facility in Scottsdale, Arizona. “We would have agreed we needed a change.”
  Entering his fourth season with the Rockies,
  
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• New Hot Dogs To Make Debut At Coors Field This Season

  28-03-2016 19:14
  
  By Doug Hoffacker
  DENVER (CBS4) – Ready for some new food choices at the ballpark this summer? How about a hot dog topped with pineapple, barbecue sauce and jalapenos? Or maybe a corned beef sandwich?
  Those are two of the new offerings by food service provider Aramark to be sold just at Coors Field during Colorado Rockies games this season.
  The new hot dog with pineapple is called the Beach Comber. It will be sold behind Sections 130 and 144. The Rockies Corned Beef Sandwich has onion tang
  
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• CBS Renews 11 Returning Series

  28-03-2016 18:50
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBS) – CBS Entertainment announced last week it is renewing 11 shows including; “Blue Bloods,” “Elementary,” “Hawaii Five-0,” “Madam Secretary,” “Mom,” “NCIS: Los Angeles,” “NCIS: New Orleans,” “Scorpion,” “2 Broke Girls,” “Survivor” and “The Amazing Race.”
  Both “The Big Bang Theory” and “NCIS” renewals were previously anno
  
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• Funeral For Teen Cancer Fighter Celebrates Inspiration She Gave Community

  28-03-2016 18:19
  
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (CBS4) – A Colorado girl’s brave fight against cancer ended last week, but her memory and inspiration remain strong in the community.
  Delaney Clements‘ funeral was held Saturday afternoon at the Fellowship Church in Grand Junction.
  “I’ve heard the saying that god gives his hardest battles to his strongest soldiers and I honestly believe that I am one of his strongest soldiers,” said the 13-year-old in a video from last year.
  For six
  
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• 30 Players: Can Joey Gallo And His Tremendous Power Stick In Texas?

  28-03-2016 18:02
  
  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.
  Joey Gallo, Third base/left field, Texas Rangers
  2015 season (Minors): 87 G, 321 AB, .240 BA, 23 HR, 63 RBI,  2 SB, .862 OPS
  2015 season (Majors): 36 G, 108 AB, .204 BA, 6 HR, 14 RBI,  3 SB, .717 OPS
  Rangers third baseman/left fielder Joey Gallo is the No. 1 power prospect in baseball. Gallo is never
  
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• Student Crashes On Bike, Gets Hit By Car

  28-03-2016 17:41
  
  BROOMFIELD, Colo. (CBS4) – A student crashed on a bicycle on Monday morning and wound up getting hit by a car.
  The crash happened shortly after 7 a.m. at Miramonte Boulevard and Main Street, which is close to Broomfield High School.
  The female student was described as being high-school aged, but it’s not clear if she is a student at Broomfield high. She was taken to the hospital and it appeared her injuries were not life threatening.
  Police said she initially crashed when her bike sl
  
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• Timelapse Video Shows Snow Sliding From Roof

  28-03-2016 17:38
  
  HAYDEN, Colo. (CBS4) – As spring settles in to Colorado, the snow is being pushed out by sunshine and warm temperatures.
  YouReporter L.D. Shoffner shared a timelapse video of snow melting off a tin roof in Hayden. The thick layer slides down the metal and crashes to the ground in big chunks.
  It’s a new week, though, and Colorado is expecting a new snowstorm.
  
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• Country Group Old Dominion Head Into ACMs Already Winners

  28-03-2016 17:12
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When members of Old Dominion saw the band’s name on the voting ballots for the 51st Academy of Country Music Awards for both new vocal duo/group of the year and vocal group of the year, it felt like a joke.
  Lead singer Matthew Ramsey said it hit home when a friend told him it was like “being nominated for rookie of the year and MVP of the year at the same time.”
  Old Dominion will go into Sunday’s awards show already winners. The band has pic
  
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• Report: Colorado Child Poverty Rate Down But Homelessness Up

  28-03-2016 16:50
  
  DENVER (AP) — A new report says the number of children living in poverty in Colorado has dropped for the second straight year, falling to the same level as before the recession.
  The Kids Count report released Monday by the Colorado Children’s Campaign found that 15 percent of children lived in households earning less than the federal poverty level in 2014, the most recent data available. That’s defined as those with an income of less than about $24,000 for a family of four.
  In
  
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• Five Things: Syracuse Crashes Final Four

  28-03-2016 16:37
  
  By Andrew Kahn
  The Final Four in Houston is set and features three teams that spent time at No. 1 in the rankings this season and…Syracuse, a 10 seed that saved its best basketball for the Big Dance. Saturday’s games are both regular season rematches. Oklahoma beat Villanova by 23 on a neutral court and North Carolina topped Syracuse twice in ACC play.
  1. Orange you surprised?
  To the shock of its players, coaches, and fans, Syracuse is still playing. In two weeks, the Orange went fr
  
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• Keystone Introduces New Avalanche Dog, Scout

  28-03-2016 16:16
  
  KEYSTONE, Colo. (CBS4) – Keystone Resort introduced their new avalanche dog on social media Sunday.
  Scout is a 10-week-old puppy in training to become an avalanche dog. He’s full of energy and enjoying all the fresh snow Keystone has been receiving.
  Twenty-one inches of snow has fallen in just the past week, giving the dogs plenty to train with.
  (credit: Keystone Resort, Instagram)
  
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• DU Beats Ferris State 6-3 To Reach Frozen Four

  28-03-2016 16:02
  
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Blake Hillman broke a tie with 4:32 left and Denver beat Ferris State 6-3 on Sunday in the NCAA West Regional final to advance to the Frozen Four.
  Nolan Zajac added another goal 25 seconds later, and Quentin Shore capped the scoring spree on a power-play with 2:27 left. Hillman, Dylan Gambrell and Danton Heinen each had a goal and two assists, and Trevor Moore also scored for the Pioneers (25-9-6).
  Denver will face North Dakota in the national semifinals April 7 in T
  
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• Man Reported Missing Found Dead Inside Truck At Bottom Of Deer Creek Canyon

  28-03-2016 16:00
  
  JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – A man previously reported missing was found inside a pickup truck at the bottom of Deer Creek Canyon Saturday.
  The 76-year-old male was reported missing on Tuesday by a neighbor. He lived further west up Deer Creek Canyon from the accident scene.
  Deputies were following up on the report Saturday and slowly driving along the canyon road, when one spotted what appeared to be a tire sticking out of the snow. It was confirmed, and crews were called in for
  
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• Skier Triggers Avalanche On Berthoud Pass

  28-03-2016 15:16
  
  CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – The Colorado Avalanche Information Center released new video that shows a skier triggering a small avalanche on Berthoud Pass.
  It is called a “storm slab” avalanche, and happened Friday at approximately 11,000 feet in elevation.
  The skier was caught in the snow and buried up to his waist, suffering a minor leg injury.
  
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• 11 Injured Apartment In Fire, Some Forced To Jump From Windows

  28-03-2016 14:19
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A fire at an apartment building on Federal Boulevard at West 26th Avenue forced some residents to jump from their windows late Sunday night.
  It happened at approximately 9:15 p.m., and the fire was out at 9:45. Though the damage does not appear significant on the outside, the third floor hallway sustained much damage according to an officer on scene.
  The fire trapped some residents in the building, forcing them to jump out from second and third floor windows to escape
  
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• Chicago mayor to introduce new interim police superintendent

  28-03-2016 09:01
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel has rejected three finalists recommended by the Chicago police board for the city's top police post and selected the force's current chief of patrol as the new interim superintendent, his office said.
  
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• Death toll from Easter bombing in Pakistan reaches 70

  28-03-2016 08:51
  
  LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from a massive suicide bombing targeting Christians gathered on Easter in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore has risen to 70 as the country starts observing three-day mourning period following the attack.
  
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• Some residents injured in Denver apartment blaze Sunday night

  28-03-2016 08:08
  
  Denver firefighters battled a second-floorapartment blaze of uncertain origin,rescuing several trapped residents after others jumped.
  
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• Volcano erupts in southwest Alaska; sends ash 20,000 feet

  28-03-2016 07:31
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey reports that a volcano on Alaska's Aleutian Islands erupted Sunday afternoon and sent ash 20,000 feet into the air.
  
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• Clippers Clinch Playoff Spot With Win Over Nuggets

  28-03-2016 06:48
  
  The Clippers used a solid second half to beat the Nuggets 105-90 Sunday at Staples Center.
  
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• Sketchy work: Police artists nab bad guys with pencil, paper

  28-03-2016 06:11
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — In an age of ubiquitous cellphones and surveillance cameras, New York City police forensic artist Matthew Klein is one of a dying breed of crime fighters who helps catch bad guys with a pencil and paper.
  
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• Global Catholic Network founder Mother Angelica has died

  28-03-2016 06:11
  
  HANCEVILLE, Alabama (AP) — Mother Mary Angelica, a folksy Roman Catholic nun who used a monastery garage to begin a television ministry that grew into a global religious media empire, has died.
  
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• Colorado eyes regulations for pay-for-play fantasy sports leagues

  28-03-2016 05:48
  
  Colorado lawmakers are set tojoin about 30 legislatures lookingto curtail, regulate or ban pay-for-play fantasy sports leagues.
  
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• Fewer Colorado kids living in poverty, but more identified as homeless

  28-03-2016 05:38
  
  The number of Colorado kids living in poverty in 2014 decreased for the second year in a row,but the number of kids identified as homeless doubled in the past six years, according to a report published Monday.
  
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• Four suspects involved in Paris attacks

  28-03-2016 05:32
  
  Examining the roles of cell members gives insight into an operation's structure.
  
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• Denver March Powwow 2016 [PHOTOS]

  28-03-2016 05:28
  
  The 42nd annual Denver March Powwow finished up on March 27, 2016 at the Denver Coliseum with intertribal dancing and the crowning of Keya Clairmont as the new Denver powwow princess.
  
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• Trial set for Parachute man in infant daughter's death

  28-03-2016 04:54
  
  GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Parachute man is expected to plead not guilty to murder in the death of his one-month-old daughter.
  
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• Can Ryan, Trump coexist in GOP?

  28-03-2016 04:42
  
  House Speaker Paul D. Ryan attempted to lift the horizons of his party with a speech last week in which he called for a competition of ideas rather than insults, and constructive political debate rather than the politics of demonization.
  
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