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• A stronger, leaner Shane Ray in 2016

  11-05-2016 23:57
  
  Like every rookie, Shane Ray was a bit naïve about the transition from college star to NFL rookie.       
  
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• Chris Harris Accepts Super Bowl 50 Tribute To Broncos From Colorado Lawmakers

  11-05-2016 23:17
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Denver Broncos cornerback Chris Harris Jr. was at the state Capitol on Wednesday to accept a Super Bowl 50 tribute.
  HR-1009 recognizes the Broncos for their Super Bowl victory.
  .@ChrisHarrisJr is at the Capitol, accepting an #SB50 tribute from the Colorado House of Representatives! #coleg pic.twitter.com/FZZQSTz36K
  — Denver Broncos (@Broncos) May 11, 2016The Colorado House of Representatives presented the Broncos the tribute “in recognition of the team’s c
  
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• Chris Harris Accepts Super Bowl 50 Tribute From Colorado Lawmakers

  11-05-2016 23:17
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Denver Broncos cornerback Chris Harris Jr. was at the state Capitol on Wednesday to accept a Super Bowl 50 tribute.
  .@ChrisHarrisJr is at the Capitol, accepting an #SB50 tribute from the Colorado House of Representatives! #coleg pic.twitter.com/FZZQSTz36K
  — Denver Broncos (@Broncos) May 11, 2016The Colorado House of Representatives presented the Broncos the tribute “in recognition of the team’s contributions to the city of Denver and the state of Colorado,
  
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• Bank Robber Who Told Teller ‘Don’t Be A Dead Hero’ Sentenced

  11-05-2016 22:51
  
  HUGO, Colo. (CBS4) – A California man found guilty of a bank robbery in Limon has been sentenced to 16 years in prison.
  According to the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, Jewel Wesley Gist, 47, of Modesto, California, robbed the First National Bank of Hugo-Limon on July 31, 2014.
  “The teller at the bank identified a male individual who had approached the teller and passed a note stating that he had a gun,” Michelle Yi with the district attorney’s office said
  
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• Man Charged In Deadly Super 8 Parking Lot Shooting

  11-05-2016 22:50
  
  BRIGHTON, Colo. (CBS4)– A homicide suspect has been formally charged for allegedly shooting a man to death in the parking lot of the Super 8 motel at 58th and Broadway.
  Jose Ocampo was arrested at the Motel 6 in Lakewood after a SWAT standoff (credit: CBS)
  The suspect, Jose Ocampo, 37, was taken into custody at a Motel 6 in Lakewood on May 5 after SWAT teams deployed a flash-bang and the man came outside.
  Jose Ocampo (credit: Adams County)
  Ocampo has been charged with first-degree murder a
  
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• Broncos sign rookie punter Riley Dixon

  11-05-2016 22:35
  ENGLEWOOD—Riley Dixon, a seventh-round punter, became the first player from the Denver Broncos' 2016 draft class to sign a contract.       
  
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• Planned Parenthood Gunman Not Competent To Stand Trial

  11-05-2016 21:56
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – A judge ruled Wednesday that the man who acknowledged killing three people at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic is not mentally competent to continue with his criminal case.
  Judge Gilbert Martinez made the announcement on Wednesday afternoon.
  Robert L. Dear (credit: Colorado Springs Police)
  Dear has been charged with murder, attempted murder and other counts in the Nov. 27 shootings at the Colorado Springs clinic. Nine people were injured.
  In cou
  
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• Aurora Theater Trial Could Prompt Tight Security At Movies

  11-05-2016 21:50
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) – Movie theaters across the U.S. could be forced to adopt costly security measures – and ticket prices could rise significantly – if a jury finds a Aurora theater at fault in the 2012 shooting rampage that left 12 people dead, industry experts say.
  “I don’t think there’s anything more important in the motion picture industry than what’s happening in this case right now,” said theater-security consultant Howard Levinson.
  
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• Lawmakers Pass Bill To Allow Grocery Stores Sell Full-Strength Beer

  11-05-2016 20:21
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– State lawmakers passed a bill that would allow more grocery stores to sell full-strength beer and wine. They tackled the bill on their final day of the 2016 Legislative Session.
  The bill was passed with little opposition late Tuesday but needed a final vote on Wednesday where it passed, as expected.
  Under the bill, some grocery stores will be added to the list of locations that are allowed to sell full-strength beer and wine.
  The bill was a compromise designed to cut off a p
  
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• Flaggers Monitor A Line Crossings After Issue With Gates

  11-05-2016 20:05
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– The Regional Transportation District expects to have flaggers at all the crossings along the new A Line commuter rail. The flaggers will stay on site for the next two months.
  The State of Colorado ordered the flaggers because of a problem with the gates at the 10 crossings along the A Line route from Union Station to Denver International Airport.
  Copter4 flew over a flagger along the A Line route (credit: CBS)
  The gates were not operating properly, either dropping when a tra
  
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• Beer, Marijuana On Lawmakers’ To-Do List

  11-05-2016 19:45
  
  DENVER (AP) — The Latest on the Colorado legislature’s last day Wednesday.11:10 a.m.
  The Senate is getting a late start on the last day of the session.
  It’s considering late House amendments to Senate bills on recording court-ordered mental health evaluations, out-of-state marijuana business investment and sentencing options for juvenile offenders.
  The House, too, got a late start, with beer sales by large retailers at the top of its agenda.
  The 120th day of the 2016 legislativ
  
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• Military School Students Died In Truck Rollover Crash

  11-05-2016 19:28
  
  CONIFER, Colo. (CBS4)– The three teenagers who died in a rollover crash near Conifer Tuesday afternoon have been identified. Another teen was seriously injured.According to the Colorado State Patrol, Dodge Dakota pickup was traveling southbound near 12448 S. Foxton Road when the driver lost control of the vehicle and traveled off the right side of the road.After leaving the road, the Dodge began to rollover as it went down an embankment, about 20-30 feet, finally coming to a stop in a
  
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• Apartment Fire Forces 16 From Homes

  11-05-2016 19:08
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)– Sixteen people and two cats were displaced when a fire destroyed their apartment complex.The fire broke out just before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Hunting Meadows apartments near South Academy Boulevard and Chelton Boulevard in southeast Colorado Springs. (credit: CBS)
  One person was treated for minor burns and another treated for smoke inhalation. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
  
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• Lawmakers Tackle Full-Strength Beer In Grocery Stores On Final Day

  11-05-2016 18:10
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– State lawmakers tackled the issue of whether to allow more grocery stores to sell full-strength beer and wine on their final day of the 2016 Legislative Session.The bill was passed late Tuesday but needed a final vote on Wednesday. The bill passed with little opposition.Under the bill, some grocery stores will be added to the list of locations that are allowed to sell full-strength beer and wine.The bill was a compromise designed to cut off a potential ballot measure that wo
  
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• Flood Advisory For Northern Colorado As Snow Melt Season Begins

  11-05-2016 17:42
  
  GREELEY, Colo. (CBS4)– It’s snow melt season and that has the risk of flooding increasing in parts of the state.In the rural part of Weld County near Greeley, the Poudre River has come up near the banks.There is a flood advisory in central and west Weld County, Larimer County below 6,000 feet and northeast Weld County through noon on Thursday.
  The Poudre River is about 7.2 feet near Greeley and the minor flood stage level is eight feet. CBS4 Meteorologist Justin McHeffey said in the
  
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• Edibles Lawsuit: Manufacturer Failed To Warn Of Side Effects

  11-05-2016 16:51
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Richard Kirk, the Denver man awaiting a criminal trial in the killing of his wife Kristine, claims to have been hallucinating after taking marijuana edibles and pain pills two years ago.
  This week the Kirk’s three young children have filed a lawsuit against him for negligence, but the lawsuit also goes after the maker and seller of those edibles. It claims the manufacturer and the store that sold the edibles failed to properly warn of potential side effects, and that
  
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• Men Disguised As Utility Workers Use Gun To Get In Home, Rob Woman

  11-05-2016 16:18
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Two men are wanted for robbery in Denver after using a disguise to force their way into a home Tuesday morning.
  The suspects, both black males in their 20s, robbed a home on South Stuart Street at approximately 11:30 a.m. They were wearing yellow hard hats and green safety vests at the time, and told the homeowner they were from Home Depot.
  The homeowners, a husband and wife who do not want to be identified, told CBS4’s Kelly Werthmann that the wife was home alon
  
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• Breastfeeding Pilots’ Claims Against Airline Seen As Advance

  11-05-2016 15:54
  
  DENVER (AP) – Charges by four female pilots that Frontier Airlines’ policies for pregnant women and new mothers are discriminatory could be seen as progress, an advocate says.
  Decades ago, flight attendants were pushing just to keep their jobs after they became pregnant, said Phoebe Taubman, senior staff attorney with the advocacy group A Better Balance.
  The discrimination claims filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission this week on behalf of the pilots by the American
  
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• Rockies Lose For Fourth Time In 5 Games

  11-05-2016 15:21
  
  A dominant start by Rubby De La Rosa enabled the Arizona Diamondbacks to beat Colorado 5-1 Tuesday night and add to the Rockies' misery at home.
  
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• Armed Carjacking Leads To Deadly Officer-Involved Shooting

  11-05-2016 14:40
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – One man is dead after an armed carjacking led to a pursuit and officer-involved shooting in Aurora.
  Officers responded to an armed carjacking at Wendy’s just before midnight Tuesday at East Colfax Avenue and Chambers Road.
  A pursuit was then authorized and officers chased the stolen suspect vehicle, a white Jeep Grand Cherokee, to the 7700 block of South Quatar Court, just south of E-470.
  That’s where the stolen vehicle spun out. The suspec
  
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• Fallen officers from Aurora, statewide, honored in ceremony Tuesday

  11-05-2016 07:45
  
  About 200 hundred cops and others gathered at the Aurora Police Department's Memorial Courtyard to pay their respects to officers in Aurora who died in the line of duty, as well as other law enforcement from throughout the state who suffered similar fates since January 2015.
  
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• Denver cops ask students: Can you differentiate real gun from a fake?

  11-05-2016 07:44
  
  With a table full of fake guns that looked all too real in front of her, South High School interim principal DeborahBlair-Minter told a libraryof students that the days of playing cops and robbers with toy guns were over.
  
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• Colorado GOP sues alleged sender of "We did it. #NeverTrump" tweet

  11-05-2016 07:43
  
  The Colorado Republican Party has filed a federal lawsuit against the unknown person officials say tapped its twitter account and wrote the controversial tweet "We did it. #Never Trump" at the culmination of its state assembly in Colorado Springs.
  
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• Colorado lawmakers finish session with little progress on top issues

  11-05-2016 07:42
  
  The Colorado General Assembly saved the 2016 term's top priorities for the final days and struggled Tuesday to reach deals on most of them.
  
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• Planned Parenthood shooter's competency to be decided Wednesday

  11-05-2016 07:39
  
  Prosecutors on Tuesday tried to poke holes in an evaluation completed by two state psychologists who say the man accused of killing three people at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood is not mentally competent.
  
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• Lawsuit against marijuana company over deadly Denver shooting could be first of its kind

  11-05-2016 07:38
  
  The three sons of a woman shot to death in 2014 have filed what appears to be the country's first wrongful-death lawsuit against the recreational marijuana industry.
  
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• Aurora theater shooting victims cite security flaws as civil trial opens

  11-05-2016 07:37
  
  On the night that a gunman attacked the Century Aurora 16 cineplex, the theater had no armed guards on duty, no security cameras monitoring the backside of the complex, no alarms on its exit doors and no perimeter patrols in place to watch for danger, an attorney for several victims of the attack said Tuesday.
  
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• Ryan Frazier files appeal to make Republican primary for U.S. Senate

  11-05-2016 07:36
  
  Ryan Frazier's effort to stay in contention for the Republican primary for U.S. Senate continued late Monday night, when he filed a petition to the Colorado Supreme Court over the state's ruling that he had not collected enough valid signatures to qualify.
  
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• Douglas County school board feels heat over student meeting

  11-05-2016 06:22
  
  A large contingent of parents and community members showed up at the Douglas County school board meeting Tuesday night to reiterate a demand thattwo board members resign.
  
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• Alcohol sales compromise bill receives initial OK in Colorado House

  11-05-2016 06:09
  
  A bill to expand alcohol sales in Colorado moved a step closer to law Tuesday night, after the state House gave it initial approval.
  
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• Missing Sterling couple found safe, police say

  11-05-2016 05:46
  
  A missing couple from Sterling have been found safe, officials said late Tuesday.Police had issued an alert for Jerry and Patricia Marshall, wholeft Sterlingearly Saturday morning traveling
  
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• Landscaper With Similar Name To Scam Artist Getting Death Threats

  11-05-2016 05:38
  
  By Tom Mustin
  GREELEY, Colo. (CBS4) – A bogus landscaping company is causing some major headaches for a legitimate company with a similar name.
  Landscaper Rob Scarzello is not happy.
  “About three weeks ago we were like, ‘Something weird is going on,'” he told CBS4’s Tom Mustin.
  Scarzello has owned Paradise Landscape Management in Greeley since 1997. His two sons are among his 10 employees. His rainbow logo can be seen on job sites across the city.
  “You’v
  
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• Truck goes off the road, three people are killed near Conifer

  11-05-2016 05:27
  
  Colorado State Patrol troopers are investigating a fatal accident Tuesday afternoon that has killed three people.
  
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• Colorado Legislature Passes Juvenile Life-Sentencing Bill

  11-05-2016 05:23
  
  DENVER (AP) – Colorado’s legislature has passed a bill bringing the state in line with U.S. Supreme Court rulings that ban mandatory life sentences without parole for youth offenders.
  The House passed a bill Tuesday that affects 48 inmates serving life without parole. They were convicted of first-degree murder and other crimes committed as youths between 1990 and 2006.
  Colorado ended the no-parole sentencing practice in 2006. The bill would help those 48 inmates seek – but not
  
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• Nolan Arenado Visits Students Who Won ‘Random Acts Of Kindness’ Awards

  11-05-2016 05:07
  
  THORNTON, Colo. (CBS4) – What do you do to get away when your team has lost six straight at home like the Rockies? For third baseman Nolan Arenado a trip back to school did the trick on Tuesday.
  Arenado took over the school intercom at Rocky Top Middle School in Thornton. He visited the school to recognize teachers and students who’ve gone above and beyond with random acts of kindness.
  The winners were nominated through short essays written by their classmates. Students like eighth-g
  
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• E. coli outbreak that infected 9 at UCH occurred over seven weeks

  11-05-2016 04:43
  
  Nearly half the patientstreated in seven weeks with a suspectscopeat University of Colorado Hospitaldeveloped the same dangerousinfection, state health officials reported Tuesday.
  
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• Session Ending: Big Ticket Issues Fall Apart, But Grocery Beer Bill Still Alive

  11-05-2016 04:40
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – From liquor sales in grocery stores to presidential primaries, the fate of several key issues facing Colorado will likely be decided by voters this fall. That’s because compromises on many big issues are falling apart as the legislature heads into its final hours, and the decisions will soon fall on the voters in November.
  A bill slowly changing Colorado’s liquor laws is still alive, but several other major pieces of legislation — ranging from affordable h
  
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• Body found in Montrose County where Utah woman reported missing

  11-05-2016 04:02
  
  A body was found late Tuesday afternoonin Montrose County in an area where a Utah woman was reported missing.
  
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• Prom Dates Pose With Tornado As Backdrop, Photos Go Viral

  11-05-2016 03:19
  
  By Lauren DiSpirito
  WRAY, Colo. (CBS4) – Eastern Colorado teens Ali Marintzer and Charlie Bator didn’t expect to have a dramatic backdrop for their prom photos. Now images of the couple posing in front of a tornado that touched down north of Wray on Saturday are spreading rapidly on social media.
  “It’s kind of crazy that we actually got a picture with a tornado,” Ali Marintzer, 15, said Tuesday.
  Charlie Bator with prom date Ali Jolie Marintzer in Wray when a tornado
  
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• Gov. Hickenlooper, Jeb Bush, address Denver senior living conference

  11-05-2016 02:57
  
  Former Florida Governor and 2016 presidential candidate Jeb Bush, along with Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, introduced a senior livingawards ceremony Tuesday at the Colorado Convention Center.
  
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• Domino’s Pizza Crew Helps Save Salem Customer’s Life

  11-05-2016 02:47
  
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Employees at a Domino’s Pizza shop in Salem have been credited with saving a customer’s life.
  The team had become concerned Sunday after not hearing from one of their regular customers, Kirk Alexander, in 11 days.
  The store’s assistant manager, Jenny Seiber, says they sent a delivery driver to Alexander’s home. The employee noticed lights and a television on inside, but calls to the man and a knock on his door went unanswered. The team then instru
  
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• Domino’s Pizza Crew Helps Save Customer’s Life

  11-05-2016 02:47
  
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Employees at a Domino’s Pizza shop in Salem have been credited with saving a customer’s life.
  The team had become concerned Sunday after not hearing from one of their regular customers, Kirk Alexander, in 11 days.
  The store’s assistant manager, Jenny Seiber, says they sent a delivery driver to Alexander’s home. The employee noticed lights and a television on inside, but calls to the man and a knock on his door went unanswered. The team then instru
  
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• Virtual Tour Shows What It’s Like Living With Dementia

  11-05-2016 02:38
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Most of us know someone with dementia. It’s a decline in mental ability severe enough to interfere with daily life. But do we really know what living with dementia is like? CBS4 Health Specialist Kathy Walsh recently took a virtual tour.
  It was through a nonprofit called Second Wind Dreams and offered during the Argentum Senior Living Executive Conference at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.
  (credit: CBS)
  According to Second Wind Dreams, the Virtual Dementia T
  
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• Denver police identify man shot by Aurora cop on East Colfax Avenue

  11-05-2016 02:17
  
  The man shot by an Aurora police officer Monday outside an East Colfax Avenue motel has been identified as Sidney Sylvester.
  
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• Denver is wrestling with overcrowded jails

  11-05-2016 02:06
  
  Denver's jails are overcrowded, and city officials are beginning to worry about how to handle the increasingly packed cells.
  
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• 3 Teens Killed In Crash While Heading Into The Mountains

  11-05-2016 02:03
  
  CONIFER, Colo. (CBS4) – Three teenagers died and another seriously injured in a rollover crash near Conifer Tuesday afternoon.
  According to Nate Reid with the Colorado State Patrol, sometime after 4 p.m. a pickup truck carrying four people went off South Foxton Road and fell 20 to 30 feet into a creek.
  (credit: CBS)
  Authorities were alerted around 4:30 p.m. when a passerby noticed the wreck.
  “One of the locals was driving down Foxton and happened to see the body out in the field
  
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• 3 Killed After Pickup Goes Of The Road Near Conifer

  11-05-2016 02:03
  
  CONIFER, Colo. (CBS4) – Three people died in a single-vehicle crash near Conifer Tuesday afternoon.
  According to Nate Reid with the Colorado State Patrol, sometime after 4 p.m. a pickup truck carrying four people went off South Foxton Road and fell 20 to 30 feet into a creek.
  Three people died at the scene and a fourth who survived was taken to St. Anthony Hospital.
  The crash occurred a little over a mile from Highway 285.
  Reid said the weather was dry at the time but there are sharp curve
  
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• Colorado Severance Tax Refund Bill Advances

  11-05-2016 01:53
  
  DENVER (AP) – The state Senate has passed a bill to pay $115 million in tax refunds — not to people, but to oil and gas companies.
  The bill passed Tuesday calls for the refunds to energy companies that were denied certain tax deductions in recent years.
  Colorado’s Supreme Court ruled last month the state improperly calculated the severance tax deductions that are paid by energy companies.
  The ruling likely will reduce severance tax payments to local governments affected by
  
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• Michael Marshall's family says it will sue Denver over his jail death

  11-05-2016 01:29
  
  The family of Michael Marshall has served notice that it intends to sue Denver over his death at the hands of deputies in thedowntown jail.
  
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• Aurora Honors Fallen Officers With Ceremony

  11-05-2016 01:29
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – The Aurora Police Department honored officers killed in line of duty in a ceremony Tuesday morning.
  Five fallen Aurora police officers killed in the line of duty, dating back into the 1980s, were remembered as well as other officers from across the state.
  (credit: CBS)
  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 there are more than 300 names on that memorial.
  Tuesda
  
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