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• Denver advances outsourcing contracts for workforce, youth programs

  10-05-2016 23:55
  
  A Denver City Council committee on Tuesday advanced big contracts for the proposed outsourcing of the city's workforce centers and youth employment programs this summer.
  
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• Take A Wild Boat Ride, Or Calm Tour Along The Colorado River

  10-05-2016 23:39
  
  By Matt Kroschel
  DEBEQUE, Colo. (CBS4) – Imagine traveling on the Colorado River at speeds of more than 50 mph, pushed along by the power of a jet engine!
  Jet Boat Colorado boat tours recently launched the first of its kind adventure and scenic tour jet boat rides on the Western Slope.
  CBS4 Mountain Newsroom reporter Matt Kroschel and photojournalist John Mason strapped in for a wild ride Tuesday.
  CBS4’s Matt Kroschel on a Jet Boat Colorado tour (credit: CBS)
  The wild mustang boat is
  
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• Union Station to open beer garden by end of May

  10-05-2016 23:34
  
  The beer garden-and-hall trend in Denver will soon get a new player.
  
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• Judge To Rule On Planned Parenthood Shooting Defendant’s Mental State

  10-05-2016 23:33
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – A judge is expected to rule Wednesday on whether a man who acknowledged killing three people at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic is mentally competent to continue with his criminal case.
  Judge Gilbert Martinez heard more testimony Tuesday from a psychologist who examined 57-year-old Robert Dear.
  Dear is charged with murder, attempted murder and other counts in the Nov. 27 shootings at the Colorado Springs clinic. Nine people were injured.
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• Family Plans To Sue Denver Over Death Of Homeless Inmate

  10-05-2016 23:30
  
  DENVER (AP) – The family of a homeless Denver jail inmate who suffocated while being restrained during a psychotic episode last year plans to sue the city, alleging both excessive force and a possible cover up.
  Image from the Michael Marshall encounter (credit: Denver Sheriff Daepartment)
  Lawyers for Michael Marshall’s family filed a notice of their plans Tuesday, a step required under state law in cases against the government. The city didn’t immediately comment on the allegat
  
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• Theater Shooting Victims Cite Lack Of Guards, Silent Alarms

  10-05-2016 23:25
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) – A gunman who killed 12 people in a Aurora movie theater was so determined that no security measures could have stopped him, an attorney for the cinema chain said Tuesday during the start of a civil trial over whether the company should have foreseen the 2012 attack.
  In opening statements in the civil trial brought by survivors of the attack and their families, attorney Marc Bern said the suburban Denver movie theater should have been better prepared for the po
  
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• Presidential Primary Revival Falls Apart In Colorado

  10-05-2016 23:21
  
  DENVER (AP) – Bipartisan efforts to revive presidential primaries in Colorado have failed — for now.
  A long debate over presidential primaries in Colorado ended in failure Tuesday at the state Legislature. Democrats and Republicans in the Legislature could not agree on how to revive a statewide primary instead of precinct caucuses in 2020. With a deadline looming Tuesday, talks broke down on two separate plans to bring back primaries.
  The legislative stalemate means that Coloradans c
  
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• Man Found Inside Burning Apartment Was Shot

  10-05-2016 23:16
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– The man found inside a burning apartment earlier this month was shot.
  According to the Denver Office of the Medical Examiner, Shane Richardson was killed by a gunshot wound.
  Crews found Richardson, 29, after putting out the fire early May 2 in an apartment unit above Rosenberg’s Bagels & Delicatessen at Welton Street and 26th Avenue.
  (credit: CBS)
  The cause of the fire has not been released or is unknown at this time.
  Police were looking for two missing vehicles th
  
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• Man Found Inside Burning Apartment In Five Points Was Shot

  10-05-2016 23:16
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– The man found inside a burning apartment earlier this month was shot.
  According to the Denver Office of the Medical Examiner, Shane Richardson was killed by a gunshot wound.
  Crews found Richardson, 29, after putting out the fire early May 2 in an apartment unit above Rosenberg’s Bagels & Delicatessen at Welton Street and 26th Avenue.
  (credit: CBS)
  The cause of the fire has not been released or is unknown at this time.
  Police were looking for two missing vehicles th
  
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• Afternoon Thunderstorms Could Turn Severe On The Plains

  10-05-2016 23:15
  
  By Justin McHeffey
  A few scattered thunderstorms developed over the metro area around 1 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. As of 3 p.m., part of Denver, Douglas, Arapahoe, Adams, and Weld Counties continue to see some brief heavy rain, lightning, and dime-sized hail. We’re expecting a round of thunderstorms in Denver between 3:15 and 6 p.m. tonight.
   
  Fast winds at 30,000 feet are moving from southwest to northeast over Colorado. This is producing upward motion in the middle and upper levels of
  
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• Brighton Boulevard: A Hipster Denver ‘Hood In The Making

  10-05-2016 22:32
  
  DENVER (AP) – A busy street connecting downtown Denver to the interstate, roaring with trucks and running alongside railroad tracks, might not sound like a trendy neighborhood in the making. But now’s the time to visit Brighton Boulevard before it begins to look too much like any hipster street in any other city. It offers a close connection to Denver’s gritty roots, as well a glimpse of what’s coming, along with eateries, entertainment and more.
  COWBOYS AND RODEOS
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• Colorado Democrats Kill GOP Bill On $3.5 Billion For Roads

  10-05-2016 22:14
  
  DENVER (AP) – Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday killed a Republican-backed roads bonds measure, all but ensuring that nothing will be done this year to tackle the $8 billion-and-growing problem that is Colorado’s grossly underfunded roads.
  Lawmakers cited a host of reasons – too late to discuss, the construction projects are wrong, self-driving cars can relieve congestion, where will we find the money to maintain new roads – before rejecting the $3.5 billion bonds measure p
  
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• 9NEWS speaks at Broncos rookie forum

  10-05-2016 21:56
  
  Standing before roughly 25 Denver Broncos rookies who were seated in the team auditorium, I sensed how they were all trying, really trying to appear engaged.       
  
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• Real Or Fake? Question About Weapons Put Before Students

  10-05-2016 21:52
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Real or fake? That’s the question police officers must answer quickly when they see weapons. Officers and students teamed up to make sure students know the dangers that fake weapons can pose.At South High School on Tuesday, officers brought replica weapons to the school to help spread the message “Fake guns carry real consequences.”
  Officers invited the students to examine the guns and identify whether they were real or fake. (credit: CBS)
  “When they
  
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• Teen faces attempted murder charge in Colorado Springs shooting

  10-05-2016 21:35
  
  An 18-year-old man has been arrested in Colorado Springs on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder in the shooting last week of a 17-year-old boy.
  
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• Denver warning sirens set to be tested Wednesday as tornado season starts

  10-05-2016 20:48
  
  Denver will sound the city's warning sirens at 11 a.m. Wednesday.The test is a three-minute test conducted annually before the start of tornado season.
  
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• 4 Women Frontier Pilots Want New Policies For Moms At Work

  10-05-2016 20:39
  
  DENVER (AP) — Four women pilots who fly for Frontier want the airline to change policies on maternity leave and make it easier for new mothers to pump breast milk once they have returned to work.
  The American Civil Liberties Union said Tuesday it had filed discrimination charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of the four.
  The women say Frontier fails to offer either paid maternity leave or job reassignment for pregnant pilots, and fails to provide a convenient,
  
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• Patients At University Of Colorado Hospital Develop Infections Linked To Scope

  10-05-2016 20:34
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– Some patients at the University of Colorado Hospital have developed infections after undergoing a procedure with a particular endoscope. Of the nine who developed infections, three of those patients later died.Endoscopes are used to look into patient body cavities. One particular duodenoscope is at the center of a national investigation. That equipment can be difficult to clean.
  At the hospital, nine of 19 patients who underwent procedures with the specific duodenosco
  
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• Northglenn approves plan for backyard hens, beekeeping

  10-05-2016 20:34
  
  Residents of Northglenn got the green light from City Councilto begin keeping bees and chickens in their backyards after a year of city research and community meetings.
  
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• Work begins on RTD's southeast light rail line extension

  10-05-2016 20:21
  
  Work has begun on extending the Regional Transportation District's Southeast Light Rail Line, which will connect Lone Tree to the line's Lincoln Station.
  
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• Colorado Springs police hope arrest of 7 shuts down identity theft ring

  10-05-2016 20:14
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS — Police hope the arrest of seven people last week will shut down a major mail theft ring spanning five counties.
  
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• Surgical tool used at University Hospital linked to infections, deaths

  10-05-2016 20:13
  
  Nine University of Colorado Hospital patients developed infections, and three of them later died, after undergoing surgeries with a medical device suspected ofcausing fatal infectionsnationally.
  
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• Schriever Air Force Base colonel headed to trial on allegations of rape, adultery

  10-05-2016 20:12
  
  A Schriever Air Force Base colonel faces an August court-martial oncharges including multiple instances of adultery and a sexual assault.
  
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• Lawsuit Filed Against Edible Manufacturer Over Denver Murder

  10-05-2016 20:08
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The young sons of a mother shot to death in Denver’s Observatory Park neighborhood are suing a marijuana edible manufacturer.
  The lawsuit claims the company recklessly sold the pot candy to Richard Kirk. Kirk bought the candy an hour before the deadly shooting of his wife Kristine in April 2014.
  The lawsuit is filed on behalf of the children of the couple, who are ages nine, 13 and 15.
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  The lawsuit also claims
  
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• Sterling Couple Missing, Left Cellphone Behind

  10-05-2016 19:58
  
  STERLING, Colo. (CBS4)– A couple from Sterling left their home on Saturday to drive to Missouri but left behind their cellphone and personal belongings. They have signs of dementia and haven’t been seen since.
  The couple, Jerry and Patricia Marshall, left their home in Sterling about 5 a.m. Saturday in a gold 2012 Chevy Impala with Colorado license plate 288-ZRX.They were enroute to Seymour, Missouri and their last known location was possibly Topeka, Kan.Both Jerry and Patricia, ages
  
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• Bill to audit Colorado nonprofits for disabled advances to governor

  10-05-2016 19:57
  
  A bill on its way to the governor's desk would require periodic audits of the nonprofit community boards that manage Medicaid and mill levy funds for Coloradans with disabilities.
  
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• BP wins severance tax deduction in Colorado Supreme Court ruling

  10-05-2016 19:52
  
  BP America Production Co. scored alegal victory requiring Colorado to refund millions of dollars in severance taxes to oil and gas interests after a ruling that has ping-ponged from
  
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• Budweiser Plans To Change Name To ‘America’ For The Summer

  10-05-2016 19:49
  NEW YORK (AP) – There’s no trademark on America.
  Budweiser, now owned by Belgium’s AB Inbev, will rename its beer “America” this summer and alter its labels with images and phrases affiliated with the republic.
  The red, white and blue campaign is being launched into a very competitive market already foamy with craft beers, and upon a drinking public bracing itself for a presidential election likely to be unlike any before it.
  “We are embarking on what sho
  
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• Xcel drops plans for gas line facility in Highlands Ranch neighborhood

  10-05-2016 19:43
  
  Xcel Energyhas abandoned plans to build a gas regulator station in aHighlands Ranchneighborhood, citing opposition from other groups.
  
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• Weld County chase goes through barbed wire fences, over a ditch

  10-05-2016 19:42
  
  A man in Weld County was arrestedafter a chase across multiple roads, over several fences and through a field. The man was not stopped when a resident tried to confront him, when he jumped out of his own moving truck, or when deputies used a Taser on him.
  
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• Man Arrested, Suspected Of Ski, Snowboards, Gear Theft

  10-05-2016 19:35
  
  WOLCOTT, Colo. (CBS4)– A Denver man was arrested during a traffic stop on Interstate 70 after authorities discovered a large number of stolen skis, snowboards, boots, coats and snowsports gear in his vehicle.
  A Colorado State Trooper discovered a truckload of suspicious property after pulling over Nicholas Broviak on May 6 on I-70 near Wolcott. Broviak, 37, was pulled over for failing to signal and following too closely.
  A search of the Dodge Ram revealed 12 pairs of skis, 14 snowboards an
  
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• Single Dad Learns How To Do Daughter’s Hair, Starts Class To Teach Others

  10-05-2016 19:06
  
  PUEBLO, Colo. (CBS4) – A Colorado man has brought his solution to one of life’s greatest struggles to the masses through daddy-daughter hairstyle classes in Pueblo.
  When a bald-headed Greg Wickherst became a full-time single father, he knew he didn’t want his daughter growing up with unfashionable hair.
  Luckily, his job at a college in Pueblo that teaches Cosmetology gave him access to students with hair styling skills. He asked for a tutorial on ponytails, braids, and bun
  
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• Mother Of Quintuplets Thanks Medical Staff 15 Years Later

  10-05-2016 18:59
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A mom of quintuplets returned to the hospital where her children were born 15 years ago to thank the medical staff.Eva DeLoera gave birth to three girls and two boys at St. Joseph Hospital on Mother’s Day in 2001. Eva DeLoera with her babies (credit: CBS)
  The babies were 12 weeks premature and spent months in the NICU but now those babies have grown into teenagers. (credit: CBS)
  The family returned to the hospital on Monday night to see their doctors, nurses and other
  
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• Denver man stopped with truckload of suspected stolen skis, snowboards and boots

  10-05-2016 18:25
  
  A Denver man was arrested last week after authorities in Eagle County say they found suspected stolen skis, snowboards and several pairs of snowsports boots in a loaded down pickup truck he was driving.
  
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• Drones Help Explore, Document Red Rocks In 3-D

  10-05-2016 18:09
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Drones are helping reveal the true topography of Red Rocks, measuring every inch of the cliffs that were nearly impossible before the technology emerged.
  “We’re going to be flying over the amphitheatre and the surrounding area,” said CEO of 3DR Drones Chris Anderson.
  Drones use software from Autodesk, 3D design engineering and entertainment software, while circling the amphitheatre and send back the best visuals ever taken of the iconic concert venue and pa
  
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• 6 Things To Know About Nuggets Center Nikola Jokic

  10-05-2016 18:09
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4) – Lots of young players saw healthy amounts of playing time during the Denver Nuggets 2015-16 season, and one of those who is looking back on his rookie campaign with pride is Nikola Jokic.
  Jokic finished in the top 10 among NBA rookies in points, rebounds, assists and blocks and is probably going to finish in the top three in the league’s rookie of the year voting.
  Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets defends the ball against the Sacramento Kings during the ga
  
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• Longmont Man Worried Dogs Targeted With Rat Poison

  10-05-2016 17:40
  
  LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4)– A Longmont man believes someone could be targeting his dogs, or others in the neighborhood, with rat poison– and it’s not the first time.“People who do this are cowards,” said Doedo Schipper.His wife spotted something strange in their yard on Saturday afternoon when he let the dogs outside to play.“She found a big chunk of rat poison,” said Schipper. (credit: CBS)
  The poison was quickly scooped up before his Dachshunds, two years
  
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• Planned Parenthood Shooting Defendant Returning To Court

  10-05-2016 17:32
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A man who acknowledged killing three people at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic is returning to court for a hearing on whether he’s mentally competent to continue with his criminal case.
  A psychologist who examined 57-year-old Robert Dear is scheduled to testify Tuesday.
  Dear is charged with 179 counts, including murder, attempted murder and assault, in the Nov. 27 shootings at the Colorado Springs clinic. Nine people were injured.
  In c
  
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• Testimony To Begin In Civil Trial Against Colorado Theater

  10-05-2016 17:29
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Opening statements are set to begin in a civil trial over whether the company that owns a Colorado movie theater should have done more to prevent a 2012 shooting there.
  Attorneys will deliver their statements Tuesday morning before six jurors and two alternates begin hearing testimony in the case against Cinemark. Jurors will be asked to decide whether, in an age of mass shootings, the company should have foreseen the shooting that left 12 dead and more than 70 oth
  
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• Arrest warrant issued for second suspect in Adams County motel slaying

  10-05-2016 17:07
  
  Adams County authorities have issued an arrest warrant for a second suspectin last week's fatal shooting of a man at a Super 8 Motel.
  
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• Man In Colorado High Security Penitentiary Claims To Be Prince’s Son

  10-05-2016 16:56
  
  FLORENCE, Colo. (CBS4) – A man incarcerated in Colorado has filed a paternity claim against Prince’s estate.
  Carlin Q. Williams, 39, is currently being held at the United States Penitentiary, Administrative Maximum Facility in Florence, Colorado.
  The Kansas City, Missouri man claims he is the son of pop icon Prince, whose April 21 death lacked a will and sparked family disagreement over the estate.
  As CBS News reports, court documents filed Monday show Williams’ mother, Ma
  
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• Man accused of punching, kicking and spitting on Colorado Springs officers

  10-05-2016 16:17
  
  Colorado Springs police arrested a man Monday night after they say he punched, kicked and then spit on officers.
  
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• Senate kills its presidential primary bill, will take up House version

  10-05-2016 15:58
  
  The Colorado Senate effectively killed abill it introduced last week to provide a state presidential primary that excluded unaffiliated voters.
  
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• Scientific Basis For Laws On Marijuana, Driving Questioned

  10-05-2016 15:31
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Six states that allow marijuana use have legal tests to determine driving while impaired by the drug that have no scientific basis, according to a study by the nation’s largest automobile club that calls for scrapping those laws.
  The study commissioned by AAA’s safety foundation said it’s not possible to set a blood-test threshold for THC, the chemical in marijuana that makes people high, that can reliably determine impairment. Yet the laws in five of th
  
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• Diamondbacks Get To Chatwood, Rockies Lose 10-5

  10-05-2016 15:17
  
  DENVER (AP) Jake Lamb grounded out on an inside pitch in his first at-bat. When Tyler Chatwood tried it again, Lamb made Colorado’s starter pay.
  Lamb hit a three-run homer in Arizona’s five-run fifth, Jean Segura also went deep and the Diamondbacks beat the Rockies 10-5 on Monday night.
  Lamb also tripled and finished four RBIs and three runs for the Diamondbacks, who finally got to Chatwood after he dominated them at the start of the season.
  Starting pitcher Tyler Chatwood #32 of the
  
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• Rockies’ Reyes Could Get At Least 60-Game Suspension

  10-05-2016 15:12
  
  (The Sports Xchange) – Colorado Rockies shortstop Jose Reyes, currently on paid leave as Major League Baseball reviews his offseason domestic violence arrest, could be facing at least a 60-game suspension.
  According MLB Network’s Jon Heyman, Reyes’ suspension will be at least 60 games and that 80 games “may be a fair ballpark estimate,” per his sources.
  Domestic-violence charges against Reyes were dropped a month ago in Hawaii, but commissioner Rob Manfred has yet t
  
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• Peyton Manning Helps Former Coach, Tutors Dolphins QB

  10-05-2016 15:06
  
  (The Sports Xchange) – Peyton Manning spent part of his spring helping an old coach and new pupil.
  Manning volunteered to help Miami Dolphins head coach Adam Gase introduce quarterback Ryan Tannehill to the offense Manning ran with the Denver Broncos.
  “It was really cool,” Tannehill said of working with Manning. “A guy that had his career, the living legend he is, coming off a Super Bowl winning season — it was really cool just to be able to sit and pick his brain a
  
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• Aurora To Honor Fallen Officers With Ceremony

  10-05-2016 15:01
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – The Aurora Police Department will honor officers killed in line of duty in a ceremony Tuesday morning.
  Five fallen officers in the history of the Aurora Police Department, going as far back as the 1980s and all killed while in the line of duty, will be remembered Tuesday, as will other officers from across the state.
  Names were added to the Colorado Law Enforcement Memorial in Golden last week, honoring those who lost their lives while on duty in 2015. In total
  
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• Father tried to save his boys from Little Thompson River, witness says

  10-05-2016 14:19
  
  Lisa Phillips' son was playing with his two best friends — young brothers who lived nearby— along the Little Thompson Riverwhen he went running home for help.
  
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• Torchy's Tacos coming soon to Stapleton and Greenwood Village

  10-05-2016 13:39
  
  Torchy's Tacos, the Tex-Mex eaterythat opened on Broadway in Denver this winter —withlines around the block during a snowstorm —is rapidly expanding in Colorado.
  
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