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• California star WR Maurice Bell commits to play for CU Buffs

  27-06-2016 23:56
  
  Colorado has landed another highly regarded football player for the recruiting class of 2017 in Murrieta, Calif., wide receiver Maurice Bell, Scout.com reported.
  Bell, a 6-foot, 175-pounder from Murrieta Valley High School, committed to CU on Monday. He chose the Buffs over Nebraska, Michigan, Missouri, Iowa, Arizona, Arizona State and other schools.
  Bell is ranked as a four-star recruit by ESPN and three stars by Rivals.com and Scout.com. Commitments by recruits are not binding until they sign
  
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• Business Q&A: Love Blooms Florist, Aurora

  27-06-2016 23:48
  
  Business: Love Blooms Florist
  Address: Home-based in Aurora
  Hours: By appointment
  Founded: 2015
  Contact: 720-217-3694
  Employees: 1
  Interview with Jackie Rose, owner
  Q: How did you get involved in this business?
  A: I received my formal training in floral design in 2006 from Trim International School of Floral Design. I have always loved flowers and I love working with people so it was natural for me to become a retail florist. I am always honored to create gorgeous floral arra
  
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• Hillary Clinton To Visit Denver On Tuesday

  27-06-2016 23:45
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton will visit Denver on Tuesday.
  Clinton will visit Galvanize, a tech school and workforce facility. She is expected to see how the school is one that can help people get into growing companies.The school’s CEO said he hopes Clinton can meet some of the students.“We give them the real world access, the real world opportunity in this very unique learning experience where our faculty, our students and our mem
  
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• Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump To Visit Denver This Week

  27-06-2016 23:45
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton will visit Denver on Tuesday and Republican Donald Trump will be in Denver on Friday.
  Clinton will visit Galvanize, a tech school and workforce facility. She is expected to see how the school is one that can help people get into growing companies.
  The school’s CEO said he hopes Clinton can meet some of the students.
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• Muirfield intends to stage a second vote on allowing female members

  27-06-2016 23:32
  
  GULLANE, Scotland — Muirfield intends to stage another vote on whether to admit female members after being stripped of its right to host the British Open.
  The Scottish club failed in May to get the two-thirds majority required of its membership to change its policy, drawing disapproval from across golf.
  Now the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, which owns Muirfield, will seek approval from its membership to hold a fresh postal vote before the end of the year which could lead to the
  
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• Keidel: Jose Reyes, The New York Mets And The Sad Business Of Baseball

  27-06-2016 23:28
  
  By Jason Keidel
  On Sunday, The New York Times ran an interesting piece on Jose Reyes’s return to New York City. The headline read: ‘Mets May Be Best Equipped to Make Reyes a Better Person.’
  What a clever way to flip the script. Who can argue with self-help? Instead of hiring an alleged wife-beater, the Mets are now Father Flanagan, or Tony Robbins 2.0. The Mets are no longer a baseball club but rather a cluster of life coaches. In an age when we are allegedly more aware of
  
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• Business Q&A: Aria Integrative Health, Denver

  27-06-2016 22:59
  
  Business: Aria Integrative Health
  Address: 2500 18th St., Denver
  Hours: 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays for select services
  Founded: 2012
  Contact: 303-953-2899, ariaintegrativehealth.com, @AriaIntegrative
  Employees: 12
  Interview with Nick Tvrdik, owner
  Q: How did you get involved in this business?
  A: My interest in health care was really sparked while working at a juice bar in Wild Oats during college. I saw people healing themselves and gettin
  
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• Sole Survivor Of Train Vs. Van Crash Asking For Her Mother

  27-06-2016 22:48
  
  By Suzanne McCarrollTRINIDAD, Colo. (CBS4)– The sole survivor of the train vs. van crash that killed her entire family on Sunday morning is asking for her mother.
  Heidi Miller is 4 years old. She has broken bones and a head injury. She was flown to Children’s Hospital in Aurora after the crash. She is expected to recover but her family is concerned about how she will deal with the loss of her mother, father and three sisters.
  (credit: KKTV)
  The Colorado State Patrol said the crash oc
  
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• Broncos announcer going to Vikings

  27-06-2016 22:46
  
  The voice of the Broncos won't sound the same in 2016.       
  
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• Tim Howard arrives in Colorado, participates in first Rapids training session

  27-06-2016 22:37
  
  It’s a sight Rapids fans have been waiting for since his March signing: Tim Howard. In Commerce City. Wearing Rapids gear.
  Lucky #MLS fan @BJaerger2003 scores @TimHowardGK #Rapids96 autograph #1@Marco_Cummings @DanielBoniface @CurrentOfCO pic.twitter.com/fIp2BEkJty
  — John A. Babiak (@Photog_JohnB) June 27, 2016Howard on Monday was spotted by photographer John Babiak as the goalkeeper left the Rapids’ practice field at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. He was kitted ou
  
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• Visa threatening to stop King Soopers from accepting debit cards, court docs show

  27-06-2016 22:27
  
  This June 10, 2015 photo shows a chip credit card in Philadelphia.Matt Rourke, The Associated PressKroger Co. filed a lawsuit against Visa Inc., saying the payments network has threatened to raise fees and cut off the grocer’s acceptance of debit cards due to a dispute about the use of personal identification numbers to verify debit-card transactions.
  Kroger, the parent of King Soopers and City Market stores, said it has already been fined $7 million by Visa over the dispute. This has been
  
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• Colorado’s GOP Senate Contenders: Where They Stand On Issues

  27-06-2016 21:56
  
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado Republicans decide Tuesday who challenges Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in November. A glance at the five candidates on select issues:
  DARRYL GLENN
  — Donald Trump: Glenn has stumped for Trump but accepted an endorsement from Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who doesn’t support Trump. “At least Mr. Trump is out there and giving a vision that he wants to shake things up. And that’s what people want,” Glenn has said.
  — Immigration: “I
  
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• This Week In Golf: Navy Vet Billy Hurley III Wins Quicken Loans National

  27-06-2016 21:42
  
  By Sam McPherson
  The PGA Tour has had many first-time winners this year. And perhaps it should have been expected again just one week after the U.S. Open, when many Tour stars and veterans took the week off to start preparing for the British Open in July. However, none of this should detract from Billy Hurley III’s accomplishment at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland.
  Hurley won the Quicken Loans National, shooting a 69 on Sunday and posting a 17-under par for the t
  
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• What’s The Buzz At Union Station?

  27-06-2016 21:19
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– There is a new housing development at Union Station that’s getting a lot of buzz– four honey bee colonies.
  Urban bee keeping is growing in popularity around the world and now it’s finding a place among the latest redevelopment project in the heart of downtown Denver.
  (credit: CBS)
  There are four colonies or hives located at the urban transit center. Each hive contains 7,000 to 10,000 bees.
  The bees will make local honey for area restaurants. The idea behind
  
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• Colorado railroad crossing where 5 family members were killed was awaiting improvements

  27-06-2016 20:59
  
  The southern Colorado railroad crossing where five family members — including three young girls — died Sunday after their minivan was struck by a train has been the site of at least six crashes since 1986 and is slated for significant warning improvements.
  Workers from BNSF and fire department personnel from Fisher’s Peak Fire Department work to clear tracks following a fatal accident involving a vehicle and this westbound Amtrak train at a crossing located at L
  
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• Lake Granby Overflow Spill Good News For Colorado’s Water

  27-06-2016 20:56
  
  GRAND COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Colorado’s snowy winter and spring has caused one of the state’s largest bodies of water to reach capacity early in the summer season.
  It doesn’t happen every year, but Lake Granby’s overflow spillway is a sight to see.
  Water gushes from 320 feet in the air, out of the lake and into the headwater of the Colorado River. Water was flowing at 800 cubic feet per second as of Friday afternoon. The big wave at the base of the fall is caus
  
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• Beaver Creek Fire Grows To 6,235 Acres

  27-06-2016 20:11
  
  WALDEN, Colo. (CBS4)– The Beaver Creek Fire in Jackson County near Walden has burned 6,235 acres in heavy beetle kill forest.The fire continued to burn actively overnight with spot fires and new ignitions near the Colorado-Wyoming border.Firefighters continue to work to keep about 60 cabins in the area safe.PHOTO GALLERY: Beaver Creek Fire
  Crews have also been warned about the additional dangers posed by pine beetle kill in the fire lines. What sparked the fire on June 19 remains under inv
  
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• Top 5 NBA Free Agents Available

  27-06-2016 20:04
  
  By Ryan Mayer
  The NBA Draft has come and gone and now it’s time for that fun period of the year where we all speculate about the top free agents that will be on the market and dream about them coming to our favorite teams. With the July 1st start of the “moratorium” period that allows teams to negotiate, but not officially sign free agents right around the corner, let’s take a look at the top guys that are available on the market this summer.
  Credit: Ezra Shaw/Getty Image
  
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• ‘Jesus Is Lord’ Ads Illegal In Colorado Springs

  27-06-2016 19:47
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)– Some advertisements that have been on bus benches for three years are now illegal in the City of Colorado Springs.The ads read “Jesus is Lord” along with the name of the church that placed the advertising, Charis Christian Center. (credit: CBS)
  “I asked them why we could no longer use the name of Jesus. They said because, ‘If you use the name of Jesus we must allow hate messaging,” said Charis Christian Center Pastor Lawson Perd
  
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• ‘Jesus Is Lord’ Ads Causing Stir In Colorado Springs

  27-06-2016 19:47
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4 – Some advertisements that have been on bus benches for three years are now under scrutiny in the City of Colorado Springs.
  The ads read “Jesus is Lord” along with the name of the church that placed the advertising, Charis Christian Center.
  (credit: CBS)
  “I asked them why we could no longer use the name of Jesus. They said because, ‘If you use the name of Jesus we must allow hate messaging,'” said Charis Christian Center Past
  
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• Body Of Rafter Missing In Dinosaur National Monument Found

  27-06-2016 19:34
  
  DINOSAUR, Colo. (AP) — Searchers have found the body of a rafter missing in the Green River near the Colorado-Utah border since Friday.
  The body of 62-year-old Sandra Wolder of Aurora, Colorado was found Sunday trapped underwater in the roots of a large downed tree in the river in Dinosaur National Monument.
  Authorities say Wolder fell in the water after a commercial raft she was riding on flipped after hitting a rock in a remote part of the Canyon of Lodore. She was the only rafter who di
  
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• Victim Claims Graphic Video Shows Excessive Force By Police

  27-06-2016 19:27
  
  LA JUNTA, Colo. (CBS4)– Graphic video has been released that shows what a victim and his lawyer claim to be excessive force by La Junta police officers.
  The video shows officers taking down Donovan Duran in December 2015. Duran remains paralyzed. He was an aspiring MMA fighter before the encounter.
  La Junta Police Sgt. Vince Fraker and Officer John McMillan were allegedly taking Donovan Duran to the Arkansas Valley Medical Center after being arrested for public intoxication.
  Body camera fo
  
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• Paging Dr. Google… Paging Dr. Google.

  27-06-2016 19:12
  
  By Dr. Dave Hnida
  (CBS4) -Dr. Google has a pretty busy practice, with more Americans than ever turning to this popular dispenser of medical advice. Type in a symptom or a disease, within seconds you’ve got a potpourri of information on your hands. Unfortunately, too often that info tends to be confusing, scary, and simply plain inaccurate.
  First off, there’s the organization of that information. One day I typed in “headache” and the first things to pop up were ads for TMJ
  
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• Combat Veteran Says Shooting Range Would Aggravate PTSD

  27-06-2016 19:04
  
  ARVADA, Colo. (CBS4)– Some people who live in a neighborhood in Arvada are upset about plans to build a shooting range in the area.
  One of those residents, Gary Belhumeur, is a disabled combat veteran. He moved into the Leyden Rock neighborhood in August 2015 after he spent years searching for a community that had just what he was looking for after retirement.
  “You know, serenity, quiet,” said Belhumeur.(credit: CBS)
  That quiet neighborhood might not be that way for much longer
  
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• Denver Students Deliver Drone To Rwandan National Park

  27-06-2016 18:41
  
  DENVER (AP) — Two Denver teens have delivered a drone they built to a Rwandan game park.
  Max Alger-Meyer and Nathan Lepore also got to show off their drone to the east African country’s president, who returned the favor with a tour of his cattle farm.
  In an email Monday from the Rwandan capital, an official with the nonprofit that organized the teens’ trip says they visited Akagera park last week to hand over their drone and train rangers to use it to spot brushfires and survey
  
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• 4-Year-Old Sole Survivor Hospitalized In Train Vs. Van Crash

  27-06-2016 18:12
  
  TRINIDAD, Colo. (CBS4) – A 4-year-old girl was the sole survivor of a crash that killed her family when a train struck a vehicle near Trinidad Sunday morning.
  Heidi Miller was flown to Children’s Hospital in Aurora after the crash. She remained in serious condition on Monday morning.
  The Colorado State Patrol said the crash occurred on Las Animas County Road 32, approximately 3.miles north of Trinidad just before 10 a.m. Sunday.
  (credit: KKTV)
  A van carrying six people — two ad
  
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• Tonight’s XML Guest: Tyson Jost

  27-06-2016 18:06
  
  Watch Xfinity Monday Live on CBS4 at 6:30 p.m. or head to ViewHouse Centennial to see it live! Join in the fun, enjoy great food & drinks and watch all of tonight's big games on a 200 inch flatscreen.
  
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• Can You Find Potential All-Star Players In Fantasy Baseball On The Waiver Wire?

  27-06-2016 17:59
  
  By Sam McPherson
  Every year, Major League Baseball goes through this miniature drama of picking All-Star rosters for the American and National league in the Midsummer Classic. A lot of weight gets put on the label “All-Star player” in real life, and that value can be transferred to fantasy baseball, too, if an owner is wise enough to take advantage of opportunity.
  Many fantasy baseball owners overvalue the “All-Star” designation, meaning you may be able to trade some play
  
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• Grazing Goats Provide Wildfire Mitigation For Metro Neighborhood

  27-06-2016 17:23
  
  CASTLE PINES, Colo. (CBS4) – One homeowner’s association in Castle Pines has decided to use the eating power of goats as a long term solution to fire mitigation.
  Three hundred goats have been deployed in the Pine Ridge neighborhood, released into the weeds and grass Saturday afternoon to eat their hearts out in pursuit of reducing the risk of wildfire.
   
  (credit: CBS)
  For the second year in a row, the goats are working to clear a 22-acre area by eating through it.
  Fire danger is
  
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• Boulder County Fire Damages Home, Kills Dog

  27-06-2016 17:11
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a fire that damaged a Boulder County home and killed a dog that had been inside.
  Emergency crews had responded to the blaze Sunday afternoon to find the house fully engulfed in homes. Rocky Mountain Fire Department spokeswoman Pam Kaan says no one had been home at the time, but firefighters found the family’s dog and were unable to resuscitate it.
  A total of eight agencies had responded to the fire, including the Louisville and Lafa
  
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• Rockies Beat D-Backs 9-7 On Reynolds’ Homer In 9th

  27-06-2016 16:26
  
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado manager Walt Weiss was well aware his team would be in a bind if it had to play extra innings. Mark Reynolds rescued the Rockies with a clutch drive.
  Reynolds hit a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 9-7 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.
  Carlos Gonzalez launched a grand slam, and Trevor Story and Charlie Blackmon also went deep for theRockies, who earned a split of the four-game series.
  It might
  
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• Homer Amid Two Outs Lifts Rockies Over Diamondbacks

  27-06-2016 16:26
  
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado manager Walt Weiss was well aware his team would be in a bind if it had to play extra innings. Mark Reynolds rescued the Rockies with a clutch drive.
  Reynolds hit a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 9-7 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.
  Carlos Gonzalez launched a grand slam, and Trevor Story and Charlie Blackmon also went deep for theRockies, who earned a split of the four-game series.
  It might
  
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• Wife Of Cyclist Killed By Alleged Drunk Driver Wants 3 Sons To Remember

  27-06-2016 16:19
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – Support from cyclists, friends, and family members has been pouring in from around the country as they remember 35-year-old software engineer Bill Davis, the man they say was taken too soon.
  Brianne Davis was supposed to spend the day celebrating her 12-year anniversary with her husband Bill, but instead woke up to tell her three sons the unthinkable.
  “I just told them there was a really bad accident when daddy was riding yesterday, and he got hit, and there w
  
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• Latest Forecast: Severe Storms Possible Later Today

  27-06-2016 15:36
  
  By Lauren Whitney
  DENVER (CBS4) – You’ll need the shades this morning, but later today we’re in for stormy weather. Today is National Sunglasses Day, and we have plenty of sunshine to start the day in Denver and most of Colorado. This afternoon, the sunshine will give way to possible storms. Some storms, especially on the eastern plains, could turn severe. The biggest threats from today’s storms are hail and gusty winds. We could also be in for very heavy rainfall, if you
  
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• Doctor Pulled Unresponsive From Chatfield Reservoir After Storm Dies

  27-06-2016 15:33
  
  JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – The woman pulled unresponsive from Chatfield Reservoir on Friday has died.
  Hope Cassel, 45, was paddleboarding at the swim beach with her three sons around 1 p.m. Friday when a storm came up. Authorities found her unresponsive, wearing an uninflated life vest.
  She was taken to the hospital and on life support until Monday morning when she passed.
  According to her website, Cassel was board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology at a clinic in Parker, and mov
  
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• Traffic Delayed After Suspect Jumps From Bridge In Police Pursuit

  27-06-2016 14:26
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Traffic was stalled Monday morning after police stopped a suspect vehicle on Interstate 70 following a pursuit.
  It began when shots were fired in the Capitol Hill neighborhood before 5 a.m. The vehicle involved was then spotted at 22nd Street and Tremont Place, and officers started their pursuit.
  The chase ended on eastbound I-70 at Brighton Boulevard, where police used a PIT Maneuver. The suspect jumped from the highway but was taken into custody with serious injuries
  
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• Romain Dumas Wins Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

  27-06-2016 08:01
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – Swiss driver Romain Dumas won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb for Sunday’s 100th anniversary event.
  Dumas was running in the Unlimited class and posted a time of 8:51.445 to win the Race to the Clouds up Pikes Peak.
  Californian Rhys Millen, racing in the Electric Modified class, was next fastest at 8:57.118.
  Last Sunday, Dumas won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France.
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• Latest Forecast: A Hot Start To The Week With Late Day Storms

  27-06-2016 03:16
  
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – Temperatures for the first few days of the week ahead will be on the hot side with upper 80s to near 90 degrees through mid-week. There are two weather features we will be dealing with to start the week. It does seem like the Southwest Monsoon (annual reversal of wind flow over the southwest) is beginning to come alive. This will keep moisture streaming up from Mexico into the southern Rocky Mountain region.
  As a result we will be locked into a pattern of d
  
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• CBS Sports Poll 6/26/16

  27-06-2016 01:19
  
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• Crews Locate Body Of Missing Rafter In Dinosaur National Monument

  27-06-2016 01:18
  
  DINOSAUR, Colo. (AP/CBS4) – The body of a woman missing after a commercial raft flipped near the Utah border has been located.
  The woman, identified as Sandra Wolder, 62, of Aurora, was last seen Friday around 5 p.m. at Disaster Falls in Dinosaur National Monument. Park official Dan Johnson said Wolder was the only rafter who did not make it to shore.
  Johnson said the raft was pinned to a rock by the force of water flowing through the Green River.
  “Search and rescue team members loca
  
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• Thousands Ride ‘Bike MS’ To Help Find A Cure

  27-06-2016 00:56
  
  WESTMINSTER, Colo. (CBS4) – Saturday morning 3,000 cyclists took part in Bike MS and CBS4 is a proud sponsor of the ride. The goal is to raise $4 million to help find a cure for multiple sclerosis.
  CBS4’s Karen Leigh emceed the event and led the CBS4 team.
  One by one the teams left the starting gate at Front Range Community College in Westminster. They ride for people like Scott Kaplan, who was diagnosed with MS 13 years ago.
  “It’s my way to fight MS … the only way
  
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• 5 Killed After Amtrak’s Southwest Chief Hits Van Near Trinidad

  27-06-2016 00:27
  
  TRINIDAD, Colo. (CBS4) – Five people were killed after a train struck a vehicle near Trinidad Sunday morning.
  According to Josh Lewis with the Colorado State Patrol, the crash occurred near Highway 160 and County Road 75.1 just before 10 a.m.
  (credit: KKTV)
  A van carrying six people — two adults and four children — was struck by the Southwest Chief Amtrak train en route from Chicago to Los Angeles.
  Five of the occupants died. One of the occupants was flown to Children’s H
  
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• ‘Meet In The Street’ Brings Positive Activity To The 16th Street Mall

  27-06-2016 00:09
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Sporadic violence on the 16th Street Mall has led to more changes. The city and business community want the mall to be more people friendly — and that’s what Meet in the Street is all about.
  Those who want to stop the rough stuff on the mall, and the downtown business organizations certainly do, need to flood the mall with people — good people and lots of children.
  (credit: CBS)
  “What we found is the more positive activity you bring to a space, the s
  
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