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• CDOT To Begin Closures At The Eisenhower Tunnel

  10-07-2016 23:40
  
  DILLON, Colo. (CBS4) – Closures at the Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnels start this week so the Colorado Department of Transportation can test its new fire suppression systems.
  The westbound tunnel will be shut down overnight starting Monday and will close every night until Thursday.
  Closures of the eastbound tunnel will be the following week.
  Drivers will be detoured over Loveland Pass.
  
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• Portugal beats France on Eder’s goal to win 2016 European Championship

  10-07-2016 23:38
  
  SAINT-DENIS, France — Portugal overcame the loss of injured captain Cristiano Ronaldo to beat France 1-0 in the European Championship final on Sunday, with a goal in extra time from substitute Eder securing their country’s first football title.
  Just as the final looked destined for a penalty shootout, Eder cut through the French defense and struck a low shot from 25 meters (yards) past goalkeeper Hugo Lloris in the 109th minute at the Stade de France.
  Twelve years after losing to Gre
  
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• New Development In Douglas County Will Soon Offer 800 Homes

  10-07-2016 23:29
  
  DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Builders are rushing to keep up with the demand for new homes in the Denver metro area and preparation work is underway for construction of a new community in Douglas County.
  The new development is located west of Santa Fe Drive between Chatfield Reservoir and Roxborough Park.
  “Sterling Ranch is about the nature of your day and the nature of your surroundings,” said Jim Yates, president of the Sterling Ranch development.
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• CBS Sports Poll 7/10/16

  10-07-2016 23:09
  
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• Amanda Nunes becomes UFC’s first gay champion with upset win

  10-07-2016 22:51
  
  LAS VEGAS — After Amanda Nunes released the chokehold that finished her stunning victory at UFC 200 on Saturday night, the new bantamweight champion leaped onto the cage and pointed ecstatically at her girlfriend, Nina Ansaroff.
  Nunes became the UFC’s first openly gay champion with her first-round submission of Miesha Tate. While the Brazilian bantamweight celebrated, Nunes also spared a thought for the history-making nature of her accomplishment.
  “This is amazing,” Nune
  
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• J.T. Compher is shooting to make the Colorado Avalanche this season

  10-07-2016 22:43
  
  J.T. Compher hasn’t played a game for the Avalanche organization, yet he already is part of the ongoing evaluation of the controversial 2015 trade that sent Ryan O’Reilly and Jamie McGinn from Colorado to Buffalo.
  With that comes some pressure to avoid having the deal go down as a disaster for the Avalanche.
  “That’s nothing I can control,” Compher, 21, said last week at the Avalanche’s development camp. “I want to do whatever I can do to help win hockey
  
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• Nuggets Re-Sign F Darrell Arthur

  10-07-2016 22:36
  
  DENVER (The Sports Xchange) – The Denver Nuggets re-signed free agent forward Darrell Arthur to a multi-year contract, the team announced Saturday.
  Arthur averaged 7.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists in a career-high 21.7 minutes over 70 games (16 starts) last season. He made a career-high 45 three-pointers while shooting a career-best 38.5 percent from three-point range.
  Arthur, 27, has spent the past three seasons with Denver Nuggets.
  “Darrell embodies all of the values a
  
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• Cold Springs Fire evacuees say packing up their lives to flee has been “surreal”

  10-07-2016 22:36
  
  Dozens of displaced residents gathered in the cafeteria of Nederland Middle-Senior High School early Sunday morning to hear updates of the the Cold Springs Fire from officials and incident commanders, and to find out if Sunday’s unnerving weather conditions would steer flames in the direction of their homes.
  Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle, who has personally been displaced because of wildfires three times in the past decade, said major concern as of Sunday morning lies wit
  
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• The Latest: Cristiano Ronaldo injured, out of European Championship final

  10-07-2016 22:18
  
  SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — The Latest from the European Championship (all times local):
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  After Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo was carried off on a stretcher in the 25th minute of the European Championship final, France and Portugal were drawing 0-0 at halftime.
  Ronaldo injured his left knee after France midfielder Dimitri Payet clattered into him near the halfway line in the seventh minute. After treatment, the Real Madrid star tried to play on, but even with his knee band
  
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• Happy Cristiano Ronaldo leaves European final in tears for 2nd time

  10-07-2016 22:18
  
  SAINT-DENIS, France — This time, Cristiano Ronaldo cried with joy at a European Championship final and lifted the trophy as the winning captain.
  The Portugal star hoisted the silver trophy and screamed “Vamos” — “Let’s go” — as he got his hands on an elusive first major title for his national team at the age of 31.
  First there had been anguish. Ronaldo had a tearful night as first he was injured by a strong tackle by France’s Dimitri Payet,
  
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• Beaver Creek Fire now at more than 15,000 acres

  10-07-2016 22:00
  
  The Beaver Creek Fire, burning through heavy, beetle-killed timber north of Walden since June 19, grew to more than 15,000 acres Sunday.
  The fire has not reached the Wyoming state line, but a haze of smoke is expected to become visible in Laramie by early afternoon, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The fire is burning in the Routt National Forest, on Bureau of Land Management land and on private land.
  Recent rains have slightly reduced the intensity of the fire. However,
  
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• Unusual ‘Car-Into-Home’ Story Results In DUI Arrest

  10-07-2016 21:55
  
  By Howard Nathan
  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – CBS4 covers a lot of cars-driven-into-a-home stories, but this one was unusual.
  Lakewood police say Carlos Estala, 27, of Denver was drunk when he drove a Dodge he borrowed into a Volkswagen Jetta. The Jetta was parked across from where Francisco Villa lives.
  “We just heard a boom,” said Villa, explaining the sound his neighbor’s car made after being shoved well into his bedroom at 2 a.m. Saturday.
  (credit: Lakewood Police Departm
  
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• Full containment expected Sunday for Lodgepole wildfire near Leadville

  10-07-2016 21:50
  
  Fire officials expect to have the Lodgepole fire, south of Leadville, which started Saturday in the San Isabel National Forest, fully contained sometime on Sunday, said National Forest Service spokesman Greg Goodland.
  The 16-acre fire burning at the base of Mount Elbert on Forest Road 136 was reported at 2:37 p.m. Saturday, according to the Forest Service.The blaze was 50 percent contained at 10 a.m. Sunday. “But we had a little spot fire that picked up earlier this morning.
  
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• Andy Murray’s 1st Wimbledon was for Britain, 2nd was for himself

  10-07-2016 21:38
  
  LONDON (AP) — Andy Murray’s first Wimbledon championship was for his country.
  This one was for Andy Murray.
  Dulling big serves with quick-reflex returns, conjuring up daring passing shots and playing impressively mistake-free tennis all the while, Murray beat Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) on Sunday for his second trophy at the All England Club and third Grand Slam title overall.
  In 2013, Murray famously ended Britain’s 77-year wait for one of its own to win the men’s
  
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• Spanish matador fatally gored, first time since 1985

  10-07-2016 21:13
  
  Warning: This raw video is graphic and may disturb some viewers.
  MADRID (AP) — A bullfighter was fatally gored in Spain in an eastern town — the first professional matador to be killed in the ring in more than three decades.
  Victor Barrio, 29, was pronounced dead late Saturday by a surgeon at the Teruel bullring. Barrio was first gored in the thigh by the 1,166-pound (530-kilogram) bull’s left horn and his body was flipped over.
  He was gored a second time in the chest and the b
  
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• More Evacuations, 6 Structures Lost In Wildfire Near Nederland, Beaver Creek Fire Grows

  10-07-2016 21:00
  
  NEDERLAND, Colo. (AP/CBS4) – More evacuations are pending for a wildfire burning north of Nederland that continues to threaten homes.
  The Boulder Office of Emergency Management said Sunday people in about 170 homes should be ready to leave on a moment’s notice.
  (credit: CBS)
  Authorities say the fire started Saturday afternoon west of Boulder and grew quickly to more than 200 acres. They say a campfire probably started the fire. There are no reports of injuries but six structures have
  
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• 2 Hospitalized After Shooting At Denver Nightclub

  10-07-2016 20:29
  
  DENVER (AP/CBS4) – Two people have been hospitalized after someone fired into a crowd outside a Denver nightclub early Sunday and Denver police and a security guard returned fire.
  Police spokesman Tyrone Powell says the shootings are believed to have started with an argument while people were leaving the nightclub located at 14th and Curtis Streets.
  Campbell says the two gunshot victims are expected to survive.
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• Plane traveling to Denver diverted to Tulsa after passengers become sick

  10-07-2016 20:25
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A plane has been diverted to Tulsa International Airport after multiple passengers complained of sickness.
  Delta Airlines flight 1817 was traveling to Denver from Atlanta on Saturday when it diverted to Tulsa at about 3 p.m. after the passengers apparently became ill at the same time.
  Emergency Medical Services Authority spokeswoman Kelli Bruer says responders with the ambulance service have treated nine passengers suffering similar symptoms, including nausea. Bruer say
  
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• Broncos, Von talks take day to rest

  10-07-2016 20:01
  
  Von Miller contract negotiations are taking some time to breathe.       
  
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• Search On For Missing Autistic Boy From Westminster

  10-07-2016 19:16
  
  WESTMINSTER, Colo. (CBS4) – Police in Westminster need the public’s help locating a 15-year-old boy with autism who hasn’t been seen since Saturday.
  According to police, Gabriel Duwaik, who is “completely non-verbal,” was last seen at home in the 800 block of West 126th Court. His family noticed he was missing just after 11 p.m.
  Gabriel Duwaik in 2014 (credit: Westminster Police)
  Duwaik is a white male, 5-foot-9 to 5-foot-10, 175 pounds with brown hair and brown eye
  
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• Missing Autistic Boy From Westminster Found Safe

  10-07-2016 19:16
  
  WESTMINSTER, Colo. (CBS4) – Police in Westminster have located a 15-year-old boy with autism who hadn’t been seen since Saturday.
  According to police, Gabriel Duwaik, who is “completely non-verbal,” was last seen at home in the 800 block of West 126th Court. His family noticed he was missing just after 11 p.m.
  Authorities on Sunday afternoon announced that Duwaik has been found.
  
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• Denver temps could soar to a record for July 10

  10-07-2016 18:55
  
  The National Weather Service expects temperature in Denver on Sunday to approach, or beat, the record of 99 degrees for the day, which was set in 1955.
  “We are looking at the upper 90s to 100,” said Natalie Gusack, of the weather service.
  A 100-degree day would be short of the all-time high of 105 degrees first set on Aug. 8, 1878. That number was duplicated on July 20, 2005, and again on June 25 and 26, 2012, Gusack said.
  
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• Anderson Hits HR, Gets 1st Win As Rockies Beat Phillies 8-3

  10-07-2016 18:47
  
  DENVER (AP) – Rockies catcher Tony Wolters knew pitcher Tyler Anderson could grind through an outing without his best stuff.
  He was more amazed with the 26-year-old’s power at the plate.
  Anderson homered and earned his first big league win as Colorado beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3 Saturday night.
  “I didn’t think that thing was a home run,” Wolters laughed. “I didn’t know he had muscles like that.”
  Tyler Anderson #44 of the Colorado Rockies get
  
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• Rapids’ Unbeaten Streak At 13 After 2-2 Draw With Whitecaps

  10-07-2016 18:25
  
  VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) – Axel Sjoberg scored late in extra time to lift Colorado to a 2-2 draw against the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night, extending the Rapids’ unbeaten streak to 13 games.
  Sjoberg’s goal silenced a sellout crowd of 22,120 at BC Place Stadium after Kevin Doyle made a pass from the side of the net that Sjoberg headed past Whitecaps goalkeeper David Ousted.
  Vancouver’s Christian Techera had scored on a penalty kick in the 87th minute to giv
  
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• More Evacuations Pending For Wildfire Near Nederland

  10-07-2016 18:07
  
  NEDERLAND, Colo. (AP/CBS4) – More evacuations are pending for a wildfire burning north of Nederland that continues to threaten homes.
  The Boulder Office of Emergency Management said Sunday people in about 170 homes should be ready to leave on a moment’s notice.
  (credit: CBS)
  Authorities say the fire started Saturday afternoon west of Boulder and grew quickly to more than 200 acres. They say a campfire probably started the fire. There are no reports of injuries.
  In northern Colorado,
  
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• When eating disorders pushed them near death, they found hope in Denver

  10-07-2016 18:00
  
  After collapsing in the street across from her Kansas City, Mo., home, 43-year-old Hallie Smith showed up at a hospital emergency room bleeding badly from a gash above her eye. But she heard a more dire diagnosis when the attending physician examined her gaunt physique: You’re going to die within 30 days if you don’t get help.
  At that point, she was an emaciated 5-foot-7, growing weaker and missing work to the point she lost her job as an exercise instructor. People warned her she ha
  
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• Two shot, one arrested in Lakewood

  10-07-2016 16:54
  
  Two people were hospitalized with gunshot wounds, and Lakewood police arrested a suspect after an hours-long standoff in the 200 block of South Ingalls Street early Sunday.
  Police responded to a reported shooting after midnight near South Ingalls and West Byers streets and found the two victims.
  The suspect barricaded himself in a nearby home and a SWAT team was called in.
  Police took the suspect into custody without incident at about 7:44 a.m., according to the Lakewood Police Departm
  
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• Boulder County residents in path of Cold Springs fire should prepare to evacuate

  10-07-2016 16:32
  
  More residents of the area around the Cold Springs fire outside Nederland could be evacuated Sunday as the blaze, which has grown to 331 acres, threatens homes in the area.
  Boulder officials are sending pre-evacuation notifications to residents in a large area south of zone where hundreds of Boulder County residents were evacuated Saturday as firefighters battled the fire.
  The pre-evacuation notice includes residents on Sugarloaf Road, Lost Angel Road, Owl Creek Road, Old Townsite Road, La
  
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• Blind hiker Trevor Thomas returns to Rockies to wrap up Colorado Trail

  10-07-2016 16:22
  
  Trevor Thomas and his guide dog and thru-hiking companion Tennille have returned to Colorado to finish a segment of The Colorado Trail that they were unable to complete last summer.
  Thomas, who is blind, hiked The Colorado Trail from Denver to Durango last year, but snow from a June storm shut out the route through the high terrain of the Collegiate West section of the trail for Thomas and his Labrador retriever.
  Thomas, Tennille and former Denver Post photo editor Dean Krakel, wh
  
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• Suspects in critical condition after firing shots into downtown Denver crowd near Auraria Student Lofts

  10-07-2016 16:00
  
  A dispute that flared outside Auraria Student Lofts on 14th Street ended with two men in critical condition early Sunday after one of them opened fire on a crowd and a Denver police officer and a security guard returned fire.
  The incident began outside the student housing shortly after 1 a.m., when two groups began to scuffle and a guard at the apartment complex sprayed a chemical agent at them to break them up, said Ron Saunier, commander of the major crimes and investigations unit.
  
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• Latest Forecast: Red Flag Warning For Foothills

  10-07-2016 15:40
  
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – We have another big high pressure ridge over the mid-section of the nation along with a strong storm system moving in on the Pacific Northwest. Colorado is locked in between these two features with a strong south-westerly pressure gradient bringing in drier and warmer air along with gusty winds through the weekend.
  This set up warmed Denver up to 97 degrees Saturday! That was one degree away from Saturday’s record high of 98 degrees. On Sund
  
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• Credit Card Fraud Suspect Caught On Surveillance

  10-07-2016 14:53
  
  LONE TREE, Colo. (CBS4) – Police in Lone Tree are searching for a man accused of credit card fraud.
  Investigators believe a man stole a woman’s credit card information from a card skimmer in Longmont and then created a clone card.
  (credit: Lone Tree Police Department)
  Surveillance pictures show the suspect using the card to withdraw cash from an ATM at the Bellco Credit Union on Park Meadows Drive.
  (credit: Lone Tree Police Department)
  “The suspect was able to withdraw several
  
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• Boulder companies offer bonded, insured doggie hikes

  10-07-2016 10:50
  
  LuLu pulls on the leash held by Kath Allen, founder of Hike Doggie, as they explore Mount Galbraith Park in Golden. Hike Doggie is a dog walking service.Seth McConnell, The Denver PostBOULDER, Colo. — Dog owners in just about any city in America can hire someone to walk their dogs.
  But only in a few special places can you hire someone to hike your dog.
  Fortunately, Boulder is one of those.
  Our notoriously canine-crazy city has a lot of people who “love their dogs like their own kids
  
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• Forest Service installing cave gates to save bats

  10-07-2016 10:43
  
  GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. — White River National Forest is in the process of installing a gate on Spring Cave near Meeker, and Hubbard Cave near Glenwood Springs is likely to be next in line.
  The gates would complement existing closures and other measures intended to halt the spread of white-nose syndrome, a disease that has decimated eastern bat populations.
  While western bat colonies tend to be smaller than their lowland counterparts, the area has “a tremendous bat population,”
  
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• Former New York Times correspondent Sydney Schanberg dies at 82

  10-07-2016 10:40
  
  NEW YORK — Sydney H. Schanberg, a former correspondent for The New York Times awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the genocide in Cambodia in 1975 — and whose story of the survival of his assistant inspired the film “The Killing Fields” — has died. He was 82.
  The Times reported Schanberg died Saturday in Poughkeepsie, New York. The newspaper cited Charles Kaiser, a friend and former Times reporter who said Schanberg had a heart attack on Tuesday.
  “Syd
  
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• Wildfire Destroys Structures Near Nederland

  10-07-2016 05:00
  
  NEDERLAND, Colo. CBS4) – A wildfire burning in Boulder County has burned at least two structures .
  The fire is burning approximately three miles north of Nederland.
  (credit: Matt Reynolds)
  All residents east of Peak to Peak Highway along the north and west sides of Ridge Road were being evacuated. Evacuees can go to Nederland High School located at 597 Eldora Road or the Gilpin Recreation Center located at 250 Norton Drive in Black Hawk.
  Evacuees with small animals can bring them to t
  
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• Emotions Run High At This Year’s ‘Unity In The Community’ March

  10-07-2016 04:43
  
  By Melissa Garcia
  DENVER, Colo. (CBS4) – An anti-violence march in North Denver took on special meaning this year.
  The fifth annual Unity in the Community brought together citizens and police. The rally ended at Columbus Park after a 13-block march down 38th Avenue. Organizers said the anti-violence event was originally focused on reducing gang violence.
  (credit: CBS)
  Members of different groups and backgrounds met Saturday morning at 38th and Federal Boulevard.
  The Christian Riders led th
  
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• Near Record Heat With Growing Fire Danger

  10-07-2016 03:10
  
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – We have another big high pressure ridge over the mid-section of the nation along with a strong storm system off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. Colorado is locked in between these two features with a strong south-westerly pressure gradient bringing in drier and warmer air along with gusty winds through the weekend.
  This set up warmed Denver up to 97 degrees Saturday! That was one degree away from Saturday’s record high of 98 degrees. On Sunday the
  
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• 3 Families Out Of A Home After Apartment Fire In Northglenn

  10-07-2016 02:54
  
  NORTHGLENN, Colo. (CBS4) – A fire forced three families out of their homes in Northglenn Friday night.
  The fire broke out at an apartment complex located near 120th Avenue and Washington Street.
  CBS4 viewer Marina Churkovich sent pictures after the fire started. She says she heard propane tanks on the apartment balcony explode and saw children trying to throw buckets of water on the flames.
  (credit: Marina Churkovich)
  Firefighters were able to knock the fire out within minutes.
  Nobody was
  
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• Support For Law Enforcement Soars In Colorado Following Dallas Shooting

  10-07-2016 02:26
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Support for the Dallas Police Department has been pouring in since the attack, and police in Colorado are also getting support.
  Flowers, cards, balloons, lots of food, but even more “thank yous” have been pouring into law enforcement offices all over. It’s all to show the men and women behind the badge they have support.
  The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received a call they typically don’t get in the middle of the night.
  “I’m j
  
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• Denver Organizations Open Doors For Community Healing

  10-07-2016 01:52
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – People around the world are sending their love and support to the Dallas officers and the two men who died during their encounters with police. There was a vigil Friday night in Boulder, which was just one of several held across Colorado.
  Members of the Greater Denver Metro Ministerial Alliance met on the steps of the Capitol to speak out against violence.
  (credit: CBS)
  (credit: CBS)
  Students and staff at the University of Denver expressed their concern over the rec
  
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• Denver-Bound Plane Diverted To Tulsa After Passengers Become Sick

  10-07-2016 01:30
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) – A plane has been diverted to Tulsa International Airport after multiple passengers complained of sickness.
  Delta Airlines flight 1817 was traveling to Denver from Atlanta on Saturday when it diverted to Tulsa at about 3 p.m. after the passengers apparently became ill at the same time.
  Emergency Medical Services Authority spokeswoman Kelli Bruer says responders with the ambulance service have treated nine passengers suffering similar symptoms, including nausea. Bruer say
  
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• CBS Sports Poll 7/9/16

  10-07-2016 01:29
  
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• Beaver Creek Fire Forces More Evacuations

  10-07-2016 01:24
  
  WALDEN, Colo. (CBS4) – Parsons Draw residents on Saturday have been notified by Jackson County sheriff to leave in advance of the Beaver Creek Fire.
  The fire has burned more than 13,600 acres since it started June 19. What sparked the fire remains under investigation.
  Fire activity increased as drier and windier conditions increased in the area. The fire is burning near the Wyoming-Colorado state line.
  Adam Bonney took pictures of the smoke rising from the Beaver Creek Fire from an airplan
  
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