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• Rising Sun Angle & Longer Days Will Soon Mean More Than Just ‘April Showers’

  01-04-2016 23:52
  
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – The arrival of the month of April can mean different things to different people.
  To a meteorologist in Colorado it’s a sure sign that severe weather season is near.
  A tornado near Yuma on April 18, 2015. (credit: Wendy Ross)
  April is considered to be a transitional weather month for the central Rockies. The daily weather story can sometimes feature multiple seasons within a few hours.
  And while there are several reasons for the often turbulent weather,
  
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• Spring Football Practices Underway For CSU Rams

  01-04-2016 22:32
  
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – The CSU Rams practiced indoors on Thursday for their first day in pads during spring football practices.
  There’s a big focus in Fort Collins on the quarterback position. Nick Stevens, last year’s starter, is back but he has some competition.
  Head Coach Mike Bobo, who is now in his second year, said he wants competition at all positions this spring so that everyone is better prepared in September.
  “We want to get them to the point where they&rs
  
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• QB Kaepernick Base Salary Set At $11.9 Million

  01-04-2016 22:17
  
  (The Sports Xchange) – The contract of San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick is now officially set with a base salary of $11.9 million for the 2016 season.
  Once the clock hit 4 p.m. ET on Thursday, Kaepernick’s salary was locked in. But it still isn’t clear whether he will be with the 49ers when the season starts.
  Kaepernick requested a trade earlier in the offseason and the Denver Broncos are among the interested teams. But Denver has salary cap issues and would want Kaep
  
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• Amputees, Physically Disabled Build Community & Confidence With Ice Climbing

  01-04-2016 22:03
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – A Boulder nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering abilities in the physically disabled has released video of their members ice climbing.
  Paradox Sports builds physical adaptive sport communities for people with disabilities ranging from  missing limbs to neurological disorders to deafness. Everyone, though, enjoys the outdoors.
  A video released on Vimeo shows these impressive members in action, at the Ouray Ice Park.
  “When I’m on the ice
  
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• Donald Trump To Visit Denver

  01-04-2016 22:00
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will be in Denver on April 8, CBS4’s Brian Maass has learned.
  Days off for many Denver police officers that Friday are being canceled in light of the event.
  Candidate Ted Cruz has already announced he will be in town that same weekend for the state’s Republican convention in Colorado Springs on April 9.
  Up to this point, Trump has not made any major campaign stops in Colorado since announcing he was running for pres
  
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• March Madness Rarely Leads To NBA Magic

  01-04-2016 21:38
  
  By Jason Keidel
  Buddy Hield may be the most visible basketball player on the planet right now — or a close second behind dynamic duos of Steph Curry and Klay Thompson or D’Angelo Russell and Swaggy P.
  NBA GMs are drooling over Final Four magic, and surely have binoculars pressed to the brow while parsing Hield’s particulars. But it’s been a long time since real NBA magic — or Magic Johnson — was spawned by March Madness.
  Indeed, there’s little evidence t
  
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• Weekend Construction Projects Will Mean 3 Big Closures In Metro Area

  01-04-2016 20:58
  
  By Joel HillanDENVER (CBS4) – We have three big closures on Denver area roads this weekend.Federal Boulevard will close Saturday, April 2nd at 7 p.m. from 67th Avenue to 69th Avenue and remain closed until Sunday, April 3rd at 8 p.m. for bridge girder work.The posted detour will take you from 64th Avenue to Pecos Street to 72nd Avenue before returning you onto Federal Blvd.
  In Aurora, Sable Boulevard closes at Exposition Avenue at some point in the evening on Sunday, April 3rd. The interse
  
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• Rockies’ Matzek Back After Treatment For Performance Anxiety

  01-04-2016 20:22
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Colorado Rockies left-hander Tyler Matzek returned to spring training Thursday after spending two weeks taking brain tests and undergoing coaching for performance anxiety.
  Matzek started the Rockies’ home opener last year, but ended up in the low minors because of control and confidence issues. He failed to get anybody out in his first spring appearance on March 2, was scratched from his next start and then left camp on March 14.
  The 25-year-old Matzek spent
  
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• Blood Donations Needed

  01-04-2016 20:17
  Bonfils Blood Center is in desperate need of O-positive and O-negative blood. The combination of spring break and the spring blizzard has hurt its supply.
  
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• 3 Suspects Wanted In Rape Investigation On CU Campus

  01-04-2016 20:17
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – A rape investigation is underway at the University of Colorado Boulder campus.
  Police say a female student was walking away from a party in the Williams Village residences Thursday night when she was attacked by three men.
  It happened near the tower’s north tennis courts on campus.
  The incident is being investigated as a rape, and police are largely relying on tips for more information.
  “If there was somebody who may not have seen what was going on,
  
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• Epic Skiing Reported At Winter Park Resort After Historic March Snow

  01-04-2016 20:12
  
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – Winter Park announced on Friday that March was their second snowiest in history with 101 inches of new snow.
  Snowfall records at the resort span over half of a century.
  (credit: Carl Frey/Winter Park Resort)
  Since the first flakes of the 2015-16 season started to fall last October they’ve measured 317 inches, or over 26 feet.
  Spring skiing this year has been described by some as epic.Andrew Hudson of Denver says, “Seriously skiers, take a day off,
  
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• Denver Curfew Active Enforcement Begins Friday

  01-04-2016 20:05
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – April 1 marks the start of the Denver SafeNite Program and Safety Youth Programs by diversion officers and Denver police officers.
  Denver’s Curfew Ordinance prohibits youth from being in a public place or on public property from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., Sunday through Thursday. On Friday and Saturday those hours are 12 a.m. to 5 a.m.
  The exceptions are if the minor is:
  accompanied by a parent or legal guardian
  accompanied by an adult 18 or older who is in possession of writ
  
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• 2016 NL Central Preview: Cubs Favorites In Top-Heavy Division

  01-04-2016 19:59
  
  Bryan Altman, CBS Local Sports
  Opening Day is right around the corner. As the calendar gets ready to turn to April, we prepare for another spring/summer full of the thrills of the diamond. With spring training games starting to wind down and teams heading back to their hometowns to get the season started, it’s time for some previews of how we project each division to play out. Follow along with us throughout the week as we go around the horn.
  The St. Louis Cardinals are routinely one
  
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• Weekend Road Closures In Place Across The Metro Area

  01-04-2016 19:30
  
  By Joel Hillan
  DENVER (CBS4) – Three big closures will be taking place on Denver area roads this weekend.
  Federal Boulevard will close Saturday, April 2 at 7 p.m. from 67th Avenue to 69th Avenue for bridge girder work. It will remain closed until Sunday, April 3 at 8 p.m. The posted detour will take drivers from 64th Avenue to Pecos Street to 72nd Avenue, before returning to Federal Boulevard.
  In Aurora, Sable Boulevard closes at Exposition Avenue at some point in the evening on Sunda
  
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• Mental Health Colorado Kicks Off Listening Tour

  01-04-2016 18:54
  
  PUEBLO, Colo. (CBS4) – An advocate group for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health and substance use disorders kicked off a statewide listening tour on Wednesday. It’s an effort to engage more citizens in the attempt to break through barriers to mental health care.
  Mental Health Colorado held their first “Conversation with Colorado” in Pueblo. Problems from waiting too long for appointments to insurance issues, cost, and not knowing how to navigat
  
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• Governor Meets With Petroleum Institute President On Oil & Gas Regulations

  01-04-2016 18:22
  
  DENVER (AP) — Collaboration and negotiation allowed Colorado to draw up oil and gas regulations that protect the public and the environment while encouraging a lucrative state industry, the governor and the president of an industry group say.
  Gov. John Hickenlooper and American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard talked Thursday about regulation, the future of the industry and the possibility of limits on hydraulic fracturing or fracking.
  Hickenlooper — a Democrat and a fo
  
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• Why Garth Brooks Should Win ACMs Entertainer Of The Year

  01-04-2016 18:10
  
  By Erin Duvall, Radio.comGarth Brooks is one of the best-selling artists of all time. He is second only to the Beatles (yes, those Beatles) and comes in ahead of Elvis Presley. He has sold more than 160 million albums during his 30-year career. The RIAA, which gives out those gold and platinum certifications for album sales, named him the best-selling solo artist of the 20th century in the United States.
  In terms of ACM Awards, Brooks has won the Entertainer of the Year award six times, but
  
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• Gov. Hickenlooper Makes Exception In Vehicle Puffing Law

  01-04-2016 17:57
  
  DENVER (AP) — It won’t be a crime next winter to leave cars running unattended in Colorado— if they have remote-start systems.
  (credit: CBS)
  Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed into law an end to the state’s full ban on so-called “puffing,” or leaving a car running while the driver is away.
  The practice is common on frigid Colorado winter mornings, but can leave the driver with a ticket because “puffing” makes cars vulnerable to theft.
  
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• Outdoor Retailer Evicted From Frisco Shop Amid Investigation

  01-04-2016 17:14
  
  FRISCO, Colo. (CBS4) – The Summit County Sheriff’s Department evicted outdoor retailer 123Mountain from its store in Frisco on Thursday.
  Authorities in Summit and Jefferson counties are investigating dozens of complaints that 123Mountain cheated customers out of thousands of dollars.
  Most complaints have come from shoppers who used the company website and didn’t get what they ordered.
  The store was swarmed and the merchandise seized by authorities last week.
  All of the ite
  
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• Coach K Talks About His 36 Years Coaching At Duke

  01-04-2016 16:00
  
  This article is sponsored by Delta Air Lines.
  Mike Krzyzewski talked with us as part of our “Guiding Greatness” series of one-on-one interviews with college basketball coaches, presented by Delta. In the second part of our interview, the Duke University Head Coach discusses adapting his coaching across four illustrious decades.
  Coach K first got the Duke coaching gig in 1980, and the world was much different than it is now.
  Krzyzewski has had to adapt multiple times over the years, b
  
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• Nuggets Fall To Pelicans In New Orleans

  01-04-2016 15:55
  
  The Nuggets were led by Darrell Arthur with 24 points and nine rebounds.
  
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• 30 Players: Taijuan Walker Close To Following King Felix As Mariners’ Ace

  01-04-2016 15:01
  
  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.
  Taijuan Walker, Starting pitcher, Seattle Mariners
  2015 season (Majors): 29 G, 29 GS, 169 2/3 IP, 4.56 ERA, 1.196 WHIP, 11 W, 157 SO, 40 BB
  The name Taijuan Walker has been familiar to Mariners fans and those who monitor top prospects for quite a few years now. The Mariners drafted him in the first round of th
  
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• Street Sweeping Season Begins, Lasts Through November

  01-04-2016 14:47
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Spring street sweeping begins April 1, and drivers will want to take note of the signs as it’s a new opportunity for parking tickets.
  Street sweeping is an effort to keep both the air and water in Denver clean, and the public works department wants to remind everyone to do their part.
  It usually happens once a month for each street, but residents and drivers will need to look at the red and white sign on their street to see the schedule for that location.
  (c
  
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• Florida man brought to Boulder County to face sexual-exploitation charges

  01-04-2016 14:25
  
  An 18-year-old is facing charges in both Florida and Colorado after prosecutors say he had sex with a 13-year-old girl in Florida and then exchangedexplicit videos and images with her once she moved to Longmont.
  
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• Denver Open Media's 104.7 FM to give listeners the power over music

  01-04-2016 14:11
  
  During his show on Denver Open Media's public access television station, Tony Shawcross used to play viewer-requestedsongs live on air.
  
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• 2 dead, many wounded as police disperse Philippine farmers

  01-04-2016 10:49
  
  KIDAPAWAN, Philippines (AP) — Police clashed with farmers blocking a highway to demand government relief in the drought-stricken southern Philippines on Friday, leaving at least two demonstrators dead and dozens injured, including at least 23 officers, officials said.
  
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• Yves Saint Laurent designer Hedi Slimane is leaving

  01-04-2016 09:39
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Yves Saint Laurent fashion house has announced that designer Hedi Slimane is leaving and it's rethinking its "creative organization.
  
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• Denver-area minority arts groups will get more cash under new fund

  01-04-2016 09:25
  
  TheScientific and Cultural Facilities District, under pressure to distribute the region's cultural cash more equitably, will create a new grant-making fund aimed at stabilizing groups thattarget ethnic minorities and other underserved audiences.
  
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• North Korea now blocking Facebook, Twitter, other websites

  01-04-2016 09:20
  
  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea has officially announced it is blocking Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and South Korean websites in a move underscoring its concern with the spread of online information.
  
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• Oil prices down, but Colorado debate on fracking is ramping up again

  01-04-2016 08:50
  
  With oil and gas prices down andthe number of drilling rigs in Colorado atless thana quarter of what it was just two years ago, the debate over local control regulations has been on a plateau — but it's set to rise again.
  
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• Junk rethunk: See what artists make from the things you throw away

  01-04-2016 08:45
  
  There's no harder art space to program in Denver than the lobby ofRepublic Plaza, the city'stallest building.
  
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• Slow but creepy, Hulu's 'The Path' portrays family life inside a cult

  01-04-2016 08:35
  
  "The Path" is a slow but steady new drama from Hulu about a family in Upstate New York that is deeply enmeshed ina self-help movement practiced byMeyerists, a commune with all the telltale
  
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• End of a TV era: 'American Idol' vows 'spectacular' finale shows April

  01-04-2016 08:22
  
  "American Idol," which gave the world Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and Jennifer Hudson, has one more chance to mint a star before it fades into TV and music history.
  
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• Taz Show To Air Live Episode After Big Wrestling Event

  01-04-2016 08:14
  
  The Taz Show, Sunday Night @ 11 p.m. EST
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  Tom Bogert, CBS Local Sports
  Former wrestling champion Taz takes The Taz Show: Bodyslams & Beyond to the CBS Sports Radio airwaves Sunday, April 3 from 11 p.m. until 2 a.m., directly after the big wrestling event in Dallas.
  Taz, who hosts his live streaming show five days a week on Play.It, will draw on his years of experience in the wrestling ring and ringside, to react to the ni
  
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• Agencies meet to discuss inactive mines draining into Colorado waterways

  01-04-2016 08:09
  
  State and federal agency officials this week ramped up efforts to build a complete, interlinked inventory of the hundreds of inactive mines draining into Colorado waterways,aiming to prioritize the worst of the worst for cleanup.
  
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• Seoul: North Korea fires short-range missile into sea

  01-04-2016 07:45
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired a short-range missile into the sea on Friday, Seoul officials said, hours after the U.
  
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• Former jail deputy walks free after jury acquits him in wife's death

  01-04-2016 07:42
  
  GREELEY — The jury's forewoman handed the verdict to the judge, and the answer to a question that had tormented two families and a local police department was written on the page.
  
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• Civic Center Station to get $26 million makeover this summer

  01-04-2016 07:39
  
  A$26 million renovation is planned for one of the busiest and most high-profile bus transit hubs in Denver.
  
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• Colorado GOP Senate candidates attack EPA, defend fracking at forum

  01-04-2016 07:37
  
  TheRepublican candidates for U.S. Senate took aim at the EPA and touted the benefits of fracking at a campaign forum Wednesday evening in Weld County, a drilling epicenter in Colorado.
  
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• Two injured in fire at NE Denver auto body shop Thursday night

  01-04-2016 07:33
  
  Two people were injured Thursday night at an auto body shop in northeast Denver.
  
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• Broadband Internet could drop to 70 cents a month for low-income users

  01-04-2016 07:04
  
  A federal subsidy approved Thursday couldlower the price of Internet to nearly nothing for somelow-income households.
  
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• Administrative law judge sides with Zen Magnets

  01-04-2016 06:50
  
  An administrative law judge is siding with Denver-based Zen Magnets, which was ordered to recall more than 900,000 powerful, small magnets that a federal agency said could harm children.
  
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• Fire Breaks Out At Denver Auto Body Shop

  01-04-2016 06:38
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A large number of emergency crews responded the area near Josephine Street and 46th for a fire at an auto body shop on Thursday night.
  One person was injured in the fire, according to the Denver Fire Department.So far there’s no word on what caused the fire, and the person who was injured has not been identified.
  
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