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• Former NFL Player Tim Tebow Writing Book On ‘Life’s Storms’

  18-05-2016 23:47
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A new book by former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow will be a guide on how to handle success and disappointment.
  WaterBrook, a Christian imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that it will publish Tebow’s “Shaken: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life’s Storms” in October. Tebow will write about maintaining perspective “when your dreams do not go as planned.” WaterBrook also plans a companio
  
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• Roby ready for Paxton Lynch in OTAs

  18-05-2016 23:39
  
  Next week the Broncos begin OTAs, which means for the first time this year, the offense will take on the defense.       
  
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• Peyton Manning Is No John Elway, Will Have To Wait For Ring Of Fame Honors

  18-05-2016 23:32
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The Denver Broncos on Tuesday announced the three latest great players that have been elected to the Ring of Fame, but they all had to wait at least five years after their retirement to even be considered for the honor. But there’s one former Bronco who didn’t have to wait at all — John Elway.
  Kicker Jason Elam, linebacker Simon Fletcher and safety John Lynch will be inducted during a ceremony that will happen during halftime of a Broncos home game this se
  
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• Henderson Pleads Guilty In Deadly Trooper Hit & Run

  18-05-2016 23:22
  
  CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (CBS4)– The man accused of hitting and killing a Colorado State Trooper has pleaded guilty to two felony counts.Eric Henderson, a 52-year-old retired colonel with the U.S. Army, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and tampering with evidence.He pleaded guilty on Wednesday afternoon in a hit-and-run that killed Trooper Jaimie Jursevics. She was on the scene of a crash on Interstate 25 south of Castle Rock in November when Henderson, allegedly intoxicated, struck her
  
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• Business Owners, Workers Rally For $12 Minimum Wage

  18-05-2016 23:10
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Dozens of business owners and workers rallied in downtown Denver on Wednesday, calling for a higher minimum wage.The demonstrators are part of the Colorado Families for a Fair Wage campaign. They want a ballot initiative that would ask voters to approve an increase in the minimum wage to $12 by 2020.
  “I run a landscape maintenance business and we also do landscaping so when I started my company 14 years ago, I started people at $15 an hour. My business has never been m
  
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• ‘Oatmaha!’: A Peyton Manning-Themed Beer Is Coming To Denver

  18-05-2016 23:08
  
  Bryan Altman
  Broncos fans looking to continue basking in their team’s Super Bowl victory are in luck as a new line of savory suds are being released that honor the team’s recently retired quarterback, Peyton Manning.
  Denver brewery Factotum Brewhouse are working in conjunction with Indianapolis brewery, Tow-Yard Brewing Co. on a limited edition beer/can combination as an homage to Manning’s patented ‘Omaha’ calls at the line of scrimmage, according to the Denve
  
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• Anadarko Petroleum Joins ‘Wish For Wheels’ To Make Bikes For Kids

  18-05-2016 23:08
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Two groups in the community have come together to help low-income children.
  The nonprofit Wish for Wheels and Anadarko Petroleum helped build bikes for those children. They were outside Union Station Wednesday afternoon building 200 bikes which will be the first some of the children have ever had.
  (credit: CBS)
  “We are just so happy to give back. Wish for Wheels does just such a wonderful job for kids. I think we can all remember back to maybe that first bike that we
  
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• Student Suspended, Accused Of Punching A Pregnant Teacher

  18-05-2016 22:51
  
  WIDEFIELD, Colo. (CBS4)– A high school student from Widefield south of Colorado Springs has been suspended after he allegedly punched a pregnant substitute teacher repeatedly.The incident happened Monday at Mesa Ridge High School in Widefield.“We had a male student who was in class, and he did assault a substitute teacher who was not happy apparently with a grade she felt that he deserved, so there was a verbal altercation that turned physical,” said El Paso County Sheriff&rsqu
  
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• Metal Spikes Found On Mountain Bike Trail

  18-05-2016 22:32
  
  BUFFALO CREEK, Colo. (CBS4)– Mountain bikers are wary after a trail was sabotaged with metal spikes, resulting in numerous flat tires.The booby-traps were discovered on the Little Scraggy Trail in the Buffalo Creek Trail System located about an hour west of Denver.The hazard wasn’t just nails on the trail, but metal spikes lodged in concrete blocks that were buried along the trail with the spikes sticking out.The Forest Service is investigating the incidents.
  
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• Coroner: No Drugs, Alcohol In Taxi Driver Involved In Deadly Crash

  18-05-2016 21:42
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– The coroner investigating a deadly crash caused by a taxi driver going the wrong way said no alcohol or drugs were detected in the driver.
  Police say Abdurazaq Bilal, 27, was driving his Metro Taxi northbound in the southbound lanes of Monaco Parkway near Yale Avenue when he hit a silver Hyundai head on last month.
  The taxi rolled and burst into flames and both drivers died.
  (credit: CBS)
  Debris from the crash was found up to a mile away from the crash scene.
  Metro Taxi says
  
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• Victims: James Holmes Secrecy Violates Rights

  18-05-2016 21:11
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Several victims of the Colorado theater shooting have filed complaints alleging the state corrections department violated their rights by refusing to reveal where the gunman is serving his life sentence, prosecutors said Wednesday.
  Several survivors of the 2012 attack that killed 12 and injured 70 have said they were upset after prison officials quietly transferred James Holmes to an out-of-state prison in January. They have repeatedly refused to tell the public, i
  
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• Fish Pathogen Detected At 2 Hatcheries In Larimer County

  18-05-2016 21:08
  
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — The bacteria that cause the disease that led to the destruction of fish at two hatcheries in western Colorado have been detected at two facilities in Larimer County.
  A senior fish pathologist for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Vicki Milano, said Wednesday that the pathogen behind bacterial kidney disease, or BKD, has been found in trout at the Poudre State Fish Hatchery and the Fish Research Hatchery in Bellvue following increased checks after its discovery at hatc
  
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• Colorado Lives Up To Hail Rep With Heart Of Storm Season Ahead

  18-05-2016 21:06
  
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – A new report shows that Colorado had the second highest number of losses in the United States due to hail damage between 2013-2015 with 182,591 claims.
  Texas ranked first with 394,572 claims.
  Hail can be expected in Colorado anytime between April and October but it can be especially bad in late spring and early summer.
  CBS4 Meteorologist Justin McHeffey holds a hailstone from a severe storm on June 4, 2015.
  Colorado lies in an area known as the ‘hail ca
  
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• Assistant Fire Chief Fined Over ‘Close Call’ Incident

  18-05-2016 20:42
  
  By Brian Maass
  DENVER (CBS4)– A Denver Assistant Fire Chief has been fined 24 hours of pay in connection with a 2012 “close call” incident that nearly cost a Denver firefighter his life.
  Denver’s Department of Safety issued the order April 22, docking Assistant Denver Fire Chief Dave McGrail the equivalent of three days’ pay for failing to ensure a written report on the 2012 incident was disseminated to department members.
  The discipline is only occurring now, three
  
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• Ian Baker-Finch On AT&T Byron Nelson: ‘Great Tournament Honors Special Guy’

  18-05-2016 19:46
  
  By Dave Shedloski
  What began as the Dallas Open in 1944 was named after legendary Byron Nelson in 1968, making it the first PGA TOUR event to put a player on its marquee. Nelson just happened to be the very first winner of what today is known as the AT&T Byron Nelson.
  Four of the top 10 players in the world and 10 of the top 30 will be in attendance at TPC Four Seasons Las Colinas in the Dallas suburb of Irving, Texas, and another hometown hero will have plenty of attention. That would be wo
  
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• Closing Arguments Expected In Aurora Theater Shooting Civil Trial

  18-05-2016 19:41
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4)– Closing arguments are expected in the Aurora theater shooting civil trial on whether the company that owns the theater should have done more to prevent the 2012 shooting which left 12 dead and dozens more injured.Attorneys could make their final statements to jurors on Wednesday. Twenty-eight survivors and families of those killed sued Cinemark arguing that security was lacking that night.Jurors are being asked to determine whether Cinemark should have prepared fo
  
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• Captain America Spotted In Denver Traffic

  18-05-2016 19:40
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A costumed crusader caused a commotion in the Mile High City on Wednesday morning.
  A Captain America lookalike roared down 6th Avenue on a Harley-Davidson at 10 a.m. He was traveling from the Santa Fe intersection towards Lincoln when a CBS4 photographer captured several photos of him.
  (credit: CBS)
  He shared a salute with CBS4’s employee — and with several other excited drivers — but CBS4 wasn’t able to ask what the man’s name was or find out
  
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• Spring Cleaning? Get Rid Of Your Unwanted Stuff This Saturday

  18-05-2016 19:26
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Denver Public Works is helping those cleaning out their closets, making room in the garage and tidying up their yards.
  Take those unwanted items to free drop-off locations for The Great Denver Cleanup on Saturday.
  Drop-off times for the following locations are from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.
  North High School (W. 32nd Ave. & Eliot St.)
  Evie Dennis Campus (E. 48th Ave. & Walden St.)
  Lincoln High School (S. Federal & Iliff Ave.)
  Kepner Middle School (W. Kentucky & S.
  
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• Top 10 Summer Travel Destinations Across The World

  18-05-2016 19:11
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Summer is prime time for travel, and with flight prices down and the U.S. dollar up it’s worth considering international destinations.
  One local company actually makes vacation mandatory for its employees, and the boss even gives $7500 towards it. Catch the story Tonight at 10 on CBS4.
   
  For now, browse the top 10 vacation destinations according to AAA:
  Cancun, Mexico
  (credit: Heather Sadusky)
  Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  (credit: godominicanrepublic.com)
  
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• Westminster Firefighters Rescue Baby Ducklings

  18-05-2016 19:03
  
  WESTMINSTER, Colo. (CBS4)– Firefighters in Westminster helped rescue four ducklings that had fallen down a storm drain.Outside Westminster Fire Station 2 Wednesday morning, fire crews noticed a mother duck in distress. After investigating they discovered her ducklings had fallen into a nearby storm drain.(credit: Westminster Fire Station 2)
  Firefighters, along with help from Westminster Animal Management, sprung into action and rescued all four ducklings. (credit: Westminster Fire Station
  
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• Teacher Stabbed In Botched Golden Home Invasion Improving

  18-05-2016 18:43
  
  GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — A Golden middle school teacher stabbed while trying to defend his home from three intruders who broke into the wrong house is improving as police search for two suspects.
  Jesse Swift was stabbed by a 21-year-old suspect after confronting them during Monday night’s botched home invasion. The Jefferson County School District said Wednesday that he is in stable condition.
  Police say Swift, who grabbed a kitchen knife, also stabbed the same suspect, who is also hospi
  
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• Tire And Wheel Thieves Target Southeast Denver

  18-05-2016 18:34
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Police in Denver are searching for tire and wheel thieves who have targeted the southeast part of the city.
  Officers said thieves take the wheels and tires and leave the car on blocks.
  In the past two weeks, police in District Three have seen 10 such cases.
  Police offer some advice to keep thieves at bay that include a car alarm, turning in your wheels, putting on wheel locks and keeping your car in a well-lit area.
  
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• Broncos Fans Get Fit With Stadium Challenge

  18-05-2016 17:53
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Broncos fans will get the chance to get fit and learn about making healthy choices with the inaugural Stadium Challenge hosted by the Denver Broncos.
  The Broncos partnered with 24 Hour Fitness, Children’s Hospital Colorado and UCHealth to host the first ever Stadium Challenge at Sports Authority Field on June 11 from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
  The program is part of the team’s health and wellness effort to educate and motivate Broncos fans to embrace a healthy lifestyle
  
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• Peyton Manning To High School Athletes: Be Proud Of Your Accomplishments

  18-05-2016 17:44
  
  LOVELAND, Colo. (CBS4) – Peyton Manning told high school athletes in Loveland on Tuesday that they should cherish their accomplishments.
  Speaking at the Northern Colorado Sports Awards on Tuesday night at the Budweiser Events Center, the former Denver Broncos quarterback said to the crowd that the feeling of winning a Super Bowl is on par with that of winning a state high school championship.
  Northern Colorado Sports Awards guest Peyton Manning reflects on playing in high school, honors at
  
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• John Lynch To Be Inducted Into 2 Different Rings Of Fame This Year

  18-05-2016 17:16
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) – Former Denver Broncos safety John Lynch used to look up from the grass at Sports Authority Field and glance at the names along the team’s hallowed Ring of Fame.
  Steve Atwater, Dennis Smith, Randy Gradishar.
  “I used to look up there all the time and wonder if my name could ever go alongside theirs,” Lynch recounted Tuesday. “I thought my time in Denver was too short for that to happen.”
  It wasn’t.
  Lynch, who played in Denver from 2
  
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• Toxicology Results May Give Clues To What Caused Series Of Crashes In Thornton

  18-05-2016 17:04
  
  THORNTON, Colo. (CBS4)– Investigators are waiting on toxicology reports to determine what, if any, criminal charges will be filed in a bizarre series of crashes that involved more than a dozen vehicles earlier this week.
  There were 14 vehicles involved in the crashes that stretched from Thornton to Northglenn just before the evening commute on Monday.
  Several vehicles were involved in a crash in Thornton (credit: CBS)
  Investigators believe a medical episode may be to blame for the damage b
  
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• CBS Announces New Primetime Lineup For 2016-2017 Season

  18-05-2016 16:50
  
  NEW YORK (CBS) – CBS has unveiled its 2016-2017 primetime lineup, featuring three new comedies, five new dramas and 21 returning series. The new series will join a lineup that will finish the current season as America’s most-watched network in viewers for the 13th time in 14 years, including the last eight years straight.
  The new lineup will expand the networks comedy offerings from four to eight shows with two two-hour blocks on Mondays and Thursdays. Stars featured in these new com
  
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• Police Search For Attempted Sex Assault Suspect

  18-05-2016 16:42
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Police in Denver searched for a man who tried to sexually assault a woman in Denver earlier this month.
  The attack happened early in morning on May 9 at Colfax Avenue and Colorado Boulevard.
  The suspect’s image was captured on surveillance video on an RTD bus.
  The suspect is described as a black man in his 20s, 6-foot-2 and weighing more than 200 pounds.
  Anyone with information is asked to call Denver Police or contact Crime Stoppers at 720-913-STOP (7867). You ca
  
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• Man Accused In State Trooper’s Death Reaches Plea

  18-05-2016 16:02
  
  DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – A plea deal has been reached in the case of the man accused of hitting and killing a Colorado State Trooper.
  Eric Henderson, a 52-year-old retired colonel with the U.S. Army, will not be immediately sentenced.
  A hearing will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday to announce the details of the plea.
  He is accused in a hit and run that killed Trooper Jamie Jursevics. She was on the scene of a crash on Interstate 25 south of Castle Rock in November when Henderson,
  
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• Rockies Road Trip Starts With ‘Outstanding’ Outing From Bettis

  18-05-2016 15:26
  
  ST. LOUIS (The Sports Xchange) – The development of Chad Bettis continued Tuesday night, this time with another six-plus inning outing and another win.
  The Colorado right hander stymied the St. Louis Cardinals for 6 2/3 innings as the Rockies opened a difficult nine-game road trip with a 3-1 decision at Busch Stadium.Chad Bettis of the Colorado Rockies pitches against the St. Louis Cardinals during the first inningat Busch Stadium on May 17, 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri.(Photo by Scott Kane
  
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• Pickup Truck Flips On I-25, Causing Backups

  18-05-2016 15:00
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – An accident on northbound Interstate 25 slowed traffic Wednesday morning.
  A red pickup truck crashed on I-25 at Colorado Boulevard at approximately 6:45 a.m., flipping onto its side in the middle of the highway.
  There is no word yet on injuries.
  As of 7 a.m., the three left lanes were closed off and only the right lane of traffic was getting by.
  The left lane of southbound I-25 was also temporarily blocked off.
  
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• Man & Woman Injured In Officer-Involved Shooting

  18-05-2016 14:13
  
  WELD COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – An officer-involved shooting in the town of Milliken overnight Wednesday left two people injured.
  Multiple agencies were on scene Wednesday morning of a home at 764 Saddleback Drive. Officers responded to the house at approximately 12:40 a.m., and arrived to find the adult male in possession of a firearm.
  Police said he was randomly firing his weapon, and eventually pointed it at officers causing them to shoot. It is unclear why the woman was shot.
  One person is
  
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• Murdered Former Springs Firefighter Was ‘Still Part Of The Family’

  18-05-2016 06:31
  
  By Kelly Werthmann
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – A 30-year veteran of the Colorado Springs Fire Department was found murdered in eastern El Paso County early Tuesday morning.
  The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the body of Daryl Ritz, 58, was discovered at a vacant 5-acre commercial lot off Judge Orr Road in Falcon. Investigators aren’t saying how Ritz died, but say the manner of death is a homicide.
  Daryl Ritz (credit: Colorado Springs Fire Department)
  “Some
  
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• Mandatory Rental Inspections Under Fire, Renters & Landlords Push Back

  18-05-2016 06:00
  
  By Brian Maass
  FEDERAL HEIGHTS, Colo. (CBS4) – Government-ordered mandatory inspections of rental homes and apartments in Federal Heights are coming under increasing fire with some renters, property managers and property owners fighting back, claiming the inspections discriminate against renters and are a violation of their constitutional rights.
  “I just felt like my privacy was violated. I’ve never had the police walk through every room of my house,” said Kerrie Than, a
  
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• Woman Who Ambushed Husband With Knife Gets 15 Years In Stabbing

  18-05-2016 05:27
  
  BROOMFIELD, Colo. (CBS4) – A woman found guilty of stabbing her common-law husband to death in their Broomfield home was sentenced on Tuesday.
  According to Sue Lindsay with the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, Carmen Bermudez, 34, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for stabbing 45-year-old Nerio Pinales last August 11.
  Carmen Bermudez (credit: Broomfield Police Department)
  Pinales was stabbed seven times after he returned to their home from working his second job at about 3
  
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• Study: 1,500 Percent Increase Of Children Poisoned By E-Cigarettes

  18-05-2016 05:07
  
  By Tom Mustin
  DENVER (CBS4) – A new study shows that more children than ever are being poisoned by e-cigarettes.
  The study in the Journal Pediatrics showed a 1,500 percent increase in children under the age of six being poisoned by nicotine in e-cigarettes in the past two years. Most cases involved children who swallowed the e-juice.
  Julia Staley showed CBS4’s Tom Mustin the enticing flavors of e-juice at her Denver shop, iPuff Vape.
   
  CBS4’s Tom Mustin smells e-juice at J
  
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• Jefferson County Man Convicted Of Killing Wife

  18-05-2016 04:52
  
  GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) – A Jefferson County man accused of strangling his common-law wife with the cord of a curling iron has been convicted of first-degree murder.
  The Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office says 35-year-old Michael Sommerfield was found guilty Monday in the March 21, 2014, death of 34-year-old Michelle Lucero.
  Michael Sommerfield (credit: Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office)
  Sheriff’s deputies called to a disturbance at the couple’s home f
  
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• Lawsuit Filed To Stop New Development In Historic Littleton Neighborhood

  18-05-2016 04:46
  
  LITTLETON, Colo. (CBS4) – Neighbors are teaming up to fight a new development in downtown Littleton.
  The Grove project is going up along Littleton Boulevard near Santa Fe and Bowles. It will include apartments and retail space.
  (credit: CBS)
  Opponents say it just doesn’t fit into the historic neighborhood.
  “This is a really huge building — 336,000 square feet, five stories. It just doesn’t fit the character or the scale of the surrounding area,” said Littleton
  
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• Report: Vet Who Died Received Inadequate Care From Grand Junction VA Hospital

  18-05-2016 04:13
  
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (CBS4) – A report has been released on the death of a veteran that his former caseworker blamed on the VA hospital in Grand Junction.
  Vietnam veteran Rodger Holmes died in 2014. A newly-released report confirms he received inadequate care and it recommends changes Holmes fought for at the VA clinic where he was treated, even though he knew it would be too late for him.
  Just before Holmes passed away in December of 2014 his VA caseworker, Chris Blumenstein, made a
  
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• Sweet Tooth: Florida Alligator Spotted Swiping Watermelon

  18-05-2016 04:04
  
  FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) – Florida alligators are known for eating many things: turtles, birds, the occasional human limb.
  But one large gator with an apparent sweet tooth was recently photographed sliding into a canal with a whole watermelon clamped in its jaws.
  “Gator caught stealing watermelon out of watermelon field in Hendry County,” a Florida Agricultural Crimes Intelligence Unit officer wrote May 13 on the group’s Facebook page. Sgt. Charles White of the Hendry C
  
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• Boulder To Be Role Model City For Handling Of Urban Wildlife

  18-05-2016 03:34
  
  By Lauren DiSpirito
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – Boulder is one of five cities taking part in a nationwide pilot program to limit the use of euthanasia in handling urban wildlife conflicts.
  The Humane Society of the United States is launching the program called Wild Neighbors in Arlington, Virginia; Austin, Texas; San Diego, California; and Washington D.C., in addition to Boulder. The program aims to provide local animal control agencies the training, resources, and strategies needed to impleme
  
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• Nuggets Again Have No Luck In NBA Draft Lottery, Land 7th Pick

  18-05-2016 02:48
  
  NEW YORK (CBS4) – The Denver Nuggets have been in the NBA draft lottery 14 times and have never improved their draft standing — ever.
  The Nuggets were hoping to finally move up this year and they had decent odds — a 21 percent chance of landing a pick in the Top 3. But no such luck. The Nuggets landed the seventh overall pick in Tuesday’s draft lottery.
  So once again the Nuggets don’t move up, but they do have two other picks in the first round with — the 15th
  
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• Broncos RoFame: Elam, Fletcher, Lynch

  18-05-2016 02:47
  
  ENGLEWOOD—Jason Elam is not just the Denver Broncos' all-time scoring leader. He's No. 1 by more than 1,000 points.       
  
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• 'Oatmaha' cans to be released Friday

  18-05-2016 02:10
  
  You can probably guess which iconic athlete would be honored by brewers in both Denver and Indianapolis.        
  
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• Dead Voter’s Signature Handed In For Jon Keyser

  18-05-2016 01:22
  
  DENVER (AP) – A petition gatherer working on behalf of Jon Keyser‘s Republican U.S. Senate campaign turned in the signature of a dead voter, Colorado’s top elections official said Tuesday.
  Secretary of State Wayne Williams said that he first learned about the incident Tuesday and referred the matter to Denver’s district attorney’s office, which is reviewing reports that a handful of forged signatures were found on petitions aimed at qualifying Keyser for the GOP pri
  
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• Denver Scholarship Foundation

  18-05-2016 01:15
  The fund is celebrating its 10th anniversary, having granted 5,000 scholarships worth more than $30 million. Find out how you can help at denverscholarship.org
  
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• Couple Fights Off Home Intruders, Husband Suffers Serious Stab Wounds

  18-05-2016 01:04
  
  GOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4) – Two people have been arrested after a home invasion and stabbing in Golden. The victims are middle school teachers and investigators say it seems the criminals targeted the wrong house.
  The crime happened on Monday night at a married couple’s home near 19th Street and Washington Avenue. Neighbors told CBS4 the Jesse and Jessica Swift and their family live in the home.
  (credit: CBS)
  Police said the incident started when the couple heard a knock at the door about
  
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• Private Company Can Issue Driver’s Licenses After Gov. Hickenlooper Signs Bill

  18-05-2016 00:57
  
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (CBS4)– Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed a bill into law that allows Colorado to use kiosks to speed things up at Division of Motor Vehicles offices.Hickenlooper signed the law at a DMV office in Grand Junction on Tuesday.The law allows a private company to handle certain services including issuing driver’s licenses and certificates of title.
  
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