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• Police Looking For White Vehicle Involved In Hit & Run Crash

  11-06-2016 23:51
  
  DENVER (CBs4) – Police in Denver are investigating a hit-and-run that occurred on a ramp from Federal Boulevard to east Interstate 70 on Friday.
  Police say there are possible serious injuries after the two-vehicle crash.
  #TRAFFIC: #DPD investigating a 2 car H&R crash with SBI injuries at I70/ Federal Blvd. Ramp NB Fedeal Blvd to EB I-70 closed during invest
  — Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) June 11, 2016Investigators are looking for a white vehicle that sped away from the sce
  
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• Stranded Tubers On Poudre River Saved By Firefighters

  11-06-2016 23:43
  
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – A Poudre Fire Authority crew saved stranded tubers in the Cache la Poudre River on Friday.
  The young women were cooling off with friends when the water got too rough. They panicked, jumped out of their tubes and somehow got dangerously tangled up.
  (credit: CBS)
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  Rescuers first put life jackets on the girls and then punctured the inner-tubes and pulled them into a boat.
  Nobody was injured.
  
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• Hit & Run Driver Gets Jail Time For Striking Jogger

  11-06-2016 23:31
  
  HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (CBS4) – A man accused in a hit-and-run that injured a jogger in Highlands Ranch last September has been sentenced.
  A judge sentenced Markus Lide, 33, to one year in jail for careless driving and four years probation for leaving the scene of an accident.
  Markus Lide (credit: Douglas County Sheriff’s Office)
  Lide drove up on a sidewalk and hit Tina Benner while she was jogging. She spent time in the hospital with internal injuries and several broken bones.
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• Peyton Manning Visits Boy Who Was Hit By Truck

  11-06-2016 23:18
  
  LAFAYETTE, Colo. (CBS4) – A young boy who was badly injured after getting struck by a vehicle in Lafayette got a surprise visit from one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time.
  According to Chelsea Romero, on Tuesday her son Jordan, 8, was struck by a truck while riding his bike.
  “He has now suffered a broken arm and a broken hip. He has had to get stitches in three different places on his body and is in a tremendous amount of pain. He has road burn, is bruised and has cuts all ove
  
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• Peyton Manning Visits Boy Who Has Hit By Truck

  11-06-2016 23:18
  
  LAFAYETTE, Colo. (CBS4) – A young boy who was badly injured after getting struck by a vehicle in Lafayette got a surprise visit from one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time.
  According to Chelsea Romero, on Tuesday her son Jordan, 8, was struck by a truck while riding his bike.
  “He has now suffered a broken arm and a broken hip. He has had to get stitches in three different places on his body and is in a tremendous amount of pain. He has road burn, is bruised and has cuts all ove
  
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• It’s Official: Grocery Stores Now Allowed To Sell Full-Strength Beer, Liquor

  11-06-2016 22:49
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Local liquor stores are preparing for big changes coming to their industry. On Friday afternoon Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill that will allow grocery stores to sell full-strength beer, liquor and wine.
  You may get thirsty waiting for the change. It will be phased in over 20 years. It’s being touted as the biggest change to Colorado liquor laws since the end of prohibition.
  Chains will be allowed 20 licenses over 20 years, but for every one they have to buy two
  
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• Vigil Held For Missing Teen Presumed Killed By Ex-Boyfriend

  11-06-2016 22:19
  
  LAFAYETTE, Colo. (CBS4) – The body of a woman found near the truck of an 18-year-old man from Berthoud has yet to be identified.
  Tanner George Flores is in jail after deputies made the discovery in a rural area on the Western Slope. The body is believed to be Flores’ ex-girlfriend Ashley Doolittle.
  In just about two months Doolittle was going to be named Boulder County Rodeo Queen, a position she’d spent the previous year training for. On Friday her friends were left shocked by
  
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• Von Miller Crops Out Elway In White House Photo

  11-06-2016 21:44
  
  DENVER (The Sports Xchange) – Denver Broncos outside linebacker Von Miller, currently in a contract dispute with the team, has taken a subtle jab at John Elway.
  After the Broncos visited the White House on Monday to celebrate their Super Bowl 50 victory with President Barack Obama, Miller stood for a picture with coach Gary Kubiak, linebacker DeMarcus Ware, retired quarterback Peyton Manning and Elway, the team’s executive vice president/general manager.
  The group photo original
  
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• Rockies Place McGee On Disabled List With Sore Left Knee

  11-06-2016 21:30
  
  DENVER (AP) – The Colorado Rockies placed closer Jake McGee on the 15-day disabled list with left knee inflammation a day after he blew a save in the ninth.
  McGee surrendered a three-run homer to Wil Myers on Friday night in a 7-5 loss. He had an MRI on Saturday morning.
  The left-handed McGee has converted 15 of 18 save opportunities this season. Candidates to take his closer’s role include veteran Jason Motte or hard-throwing righty Carlos Estevez, who’s currently the team&rsq
  
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• Big Leaguers Remember Draft Experiences ‘Like Christmas Day’

  11-06-2016 20:48
  
  SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) – Jim Abbott vividly remembers sitting nervously at home in Flint, Michigan, the tension broken only by one life-changing phone call.
  On the other side of the line were the Angels, announcing to the left-handed pitcher that they had selected him with the eighth overall pick in the 1988 baseball draft.
  “It’s like Christmas Day, times 100,” a smiling Abbott recalled Thursday night. “You know Santa Claus is coming, but you’re not sure when he&
  
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• Teen Accused Of Being Stoned In Crash That Killed Boulder Couple

  11-06-2016 19:37
  
  By Lauren DiSpirito
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – Newly released court documents show the teen driver who struck and killed a Boulder couple last month was on his way home from smoking marijuana with friends at the time of the crash.
  On May 7, the 17-year-old male, whose name CBS4 has chosen not to release because he is a juvenile, was headed westbound on Arapahoe Avenue near Foothills Parkway. Shortly before midnight, Joe Ramas, 39, and Stacey Reynolds, 30, were stopped at the intersection&rsqu
  
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• Berthoud Man Arrested After Body Found During Search

  11-06-2016 18:31
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) – Colorado authorities searching for a missing woman arrested her ex-boyfriend Friday after they found the 18-year-old man’s truck and a body.
  The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office would not say where the body was found or whether it is that of Ashley Doolittle, whose vehicle was found abandoned in northern Colorado on Thursday.
  Search crews at Lon Hagler Wildlife Area (credit: CBS)
  Her ex-boyfriend, Tanner George Flores, of Berthoud, was arrested after s
  
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• Blue Angels Pilot To Be Buried In Durango

  11-06-2016 18:06
  
  DURANGO, Colo. (AP) – A private burial ceremony for a Blue Angels pilot who was killed in a crash while practicing for an airshow is planned for Saturday.
  The body of 32-year-old Marine Capt. Jeff Kuss arrived Friday on the Blue Angels’ C-130 Hercules transport plane.
  Capt. Jeff Kuss (credit: Blue Angels)
  Residents are expected to line the streets to honor the Durango native as the motorcade passes through the city.
  The ceremony also will include a flyover by the Checkerboards, Kuss&
  
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• Win Tickets To CBS4 Night At Keith Urban!

  11-06-2016 12:00
  
  Enter to win a pair of tickets to see Keith Urban with Brett Eldredge and Maren Morris at Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre on Friday, July 22nd! Plus, one grand prize winner will receive VIP lounge passes for access to the Mazda VIP Lounge!
  
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• TSA Warns About A Busy Weekend At DIA

  11-06-2016 08:01
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The Transportation Security Administration is warning travelers about major delays possible this weekend.
  The TSA predicts more than 60,000 passengers daily at Denver International Airport. That’s enough to fill up 37 security lanes but DIA only has 30.
  The airport urges passengers to give themselves plenty of time before their flight.
  
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• Gray Pitches Solid 7 Innings, But Rockies Lose To Padres

  11-06-2016 06:31
  
  DENVER (The Sports Xchange) – Wil Myers hit a mammoth three-run homer with two outs in the ninth as the San Diego Padres — down to their last strike — came back and beat the Colorado Rockies 7-5.
  Myers capped a four-run ninth when he connected on a 3-2 pitch from closer Jake McGee and drove the ball an estimated 451 feet over the wall in center for his 13th homer this season.
  McGee (0-2) blew his third save in 18 chances and prevented starter Jon Gray from winning his fourth st
  
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• Driver In Deadly Aurora Crash May Have Had Medical Condition

  11-06-2016 06:18
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – Cars were left mangled in Aurora after a Friday evening crash that killed one person.
  The accident happened at 6:45 p.m. on 6th Avenue near Interstate 225.
  (credit: CBS)
  Police say a 25-year-old man exited the highway at up to 80 miles per hour. He rear-ended one car and then t-boned another.
  A man driving that vehicle died at the hospital.
  Police say it appears the driver who caused the crash may have been having a medical condition. They will determine later i
  
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• Rattlesnake Bite Victim Hopes Coloradans Are More Careful Than She Was

  11-06-2016 06:03
  
  LOVELAND, Colo. (CBS4) – A northern Colorado woman who was bitten by a rattlesnake near her home says her experience should serve as a reminder to hikers and walkers this summer.
  Jarmila Prikryl, who lives near Carter Lake west of Loveland, told CBS4 on Friday she probably should have been paying more attention to her surroundings when she was out on a walk this week.
  “I don’t want people to have the same experience, because it is very painful,” Prikryl said.
  Jarmila Prik
  
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• New Colorado Law Allows Full-Strength Beer Phase-In At Groceries

  11-06-2016 04:52
  
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill Friday to gradually allow grocery stores to sell full-strength beer, liquor and wine, making the biggest change to state liquor laws since the end of Prohibition.
  The law sets up a 20-year period for grocers to slowly acquire liquor licenses, sometimes by paying for those held by neighboring liquor stores.
  By 2037, Colorado would repeal its unusual limits on how many licenses a company or chain may hold to sell alcohol. It also wo
  
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• Passenger Video Shows Plane Dumping Fuel Before Unplanned Landing

  11-06-2016 04:31
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Some Hawaii-bound airline passengers who were hoping to depart from Denver Friday morning instead had to spend most of the rest of the day waiting after their plane turned around shortly after takeoff.
  The pilot of United Airlines Flight 328 told passengers after the plane departed from Denver International Airport Friday morning that he thought the plane’s right engine had ingested a bird. Airline officials later said the exact nature of the apparent engine trouble t
  
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• Man Gets Life In Prison For Bludgeoning Death In Lakewood

  11-06-2016 03:54
  
  GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — A man who was convicted of bludgeoning another man to death with a flashlight as he slept in a home in Lakewood has been sentenced to life in prison.
  The Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office says 32-year-old Charlie Brammeier was sentenced Friday for the death of 43-year-old Timothy Gomez. Brammeier was convicted in April of first-degree murder, burglary, robbery and motor vehicle theft.
  Charlie Brammeier (credit: Jefferson County)
  Prosecutors say he beat
  
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• Amber Alert Canceled After Boy Allegedly Abducted By Father Found Safe

  11-06-2016 03:31
  
  COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (CBS4) – An Amber Alert has been canceled after a missing 5-year-old boy was found safe.
  Authorities in Commerce City say they believe the boy was abducted by his father Nicholas Ptak at a gas station near a car wash at East 77th Avenue and Brighton Road.
  Nicholas Ptak (credit: CBI)
  Ptak then drove quickly from the scene.
  According to authorities, the father was seen taking pictures of the child and then coaxed the boy into his SUV.
  Ptak, 26, was taken into custody.
  
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• Carlos Gonzalez Sends Medical Supplies To His Native Venezuela

  11-06-2016 03:25
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Rockies outfielder Carlos Gonzalez and his family helped load up medical supplies to be sent to a hospital in his native Venezuela on Friday morning.
  Carlos Gonzalez and his family take part in “Cargo for Cargo.” (credit: CBS)
  The project — dubbed Cargo for Cargo — is put on by his foundation along with the Rockies and Project Cure.
  The Carlos Gonzalez Foundation & Project C.U.R.E teamed up this morning to deliver medical equipment to Venezuela.
  
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• Community In Shock As Berthoud Teen Is Feared Dead

  11-06-2016 03:19
  
  BERTHOUD, Colo. (CBS4) – A girl from Berthoud is feared dead after she vanished Thursday night, and a statewide search for her ex-boyfriend is over.
  The teenagers, both 18, recently ended a relationship.
  Ashley Doolittle and Tanner Flores (credit: CBS)
  The worried family of Ashley Doolittle called police after she never returned home Thursday evening. Police then found Doolittle’s car at Lon Hagler Reservoir near Loveland.Authorities said they were concerned her ex-boyfriend Tanner F
  
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• Home Inspection Trade Organizations Offer Certifications

  11-06-2016 02:25
  
  BOULDER, Colo (CBS4) In a warehouse in Boulder, crews are framing in a house.
  “So this will be the first time in history that we actually build a house with thousands of defects…intentional defects,” said Nick Gromicko, founder of the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors or InterNACHI.
  House of Horrors at InterNACHI in Boulder (credit CBS)
  Gromicko calls it the House of Horrors. It’s a learning tool for home inspectors.
  “The students are required
  
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• CBS Sports Poll 6/10/16

  11-06-2016 02:05
  
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• Woman Who Died In Apartment Fire Was Battling Cancer

  11-06-2016 00:59
  
  By Melissa Garcia
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – Investigators have determined that a cooking accident is what led to a deadly apartment fire in Aurora.
  (credit: Aurora Fire Department)
  The fire broke out shortly after 2 a.m. Friday in a third floor unit at the Ponderosa Villas Apartments on Galena Way near East Florida Avenue.A neighbor took video on his cellphone of the building as flames shot through the roof.
  Ten hours after battling the fierce blaze CBS4 captured video of firefighters finally
  
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• Cause Undetermined So Far In Fatal Apartment Fire

  11-06-2016 00:59
  
  By Melissa Garcia
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – Investigators are trying to determine what caused a deadly apartment fire in Aurora.
  (credit: Aurora Fire Department)
  The fire broke out shortly after 2 a.m. Friday in a 3rd floor unit at the Ponderosa Villas Apartments on Galena Way near East Florida Avenue.A neighbor took video on his cellphone of the building as flames shot through the roof.
  Ten hours after battling the fierce blaze CBS4 captured video of firefighters finally hosing themselves of
  
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• New Von Miller photo speaks 1000 words

  11-06-2016 00:46
  
  The Broncos' offseason hasn't been much tamer than the regular season.       
  
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