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• Broncos Add Sam Carlson To O-Line Mix

  04-08-2016 23:58
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (The Sports Xchange) – The Denver Broncos added depth to their offensive line by signing versatile Sam Carlson to a contract on Thursday.
  Terms of the deal were not announced by the Broncos, who also waived receiver Marlon Brown with an injury designation.
  Carlson played guard, tackle and center at Colorado State before signing with Tennessee as an undrafted free agent in May. The rookie was waived two months later by the Titans and joins a Denver squad that has
  
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• No Clear-Cut No. 1 QB For Reigning Champion Broncos

  04-08-2016 23:33
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) – The Denver Broncos knew Peyton Manning was the unquestioned starter entering the last four training camps.
  A week into this year’s camp, the reigning Super Bowl champions haven’t named a No. 1 guy, and the battle to be the starter will likely continue at least through the first preseason game at Chicago on Aug. 11.
  Mark Sanchez hasn’t put distance between himself and Trevor Siemian and rookie Paxton Lynch. All three have been inconsistent, followin
  
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• Virgil Green can do more than block

  04-08-2016 23:31
  
  Demaryius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders are pretty good, but if you really want to put up points in fantasy football then you may want to pick up Virgil Green.       
  
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• Guns, Ammo Stolen From Armored Truck In Hotel Parking Lot

  04-08-2016 23:16
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Police are searching for missing guns stolen from an armored truck sometime before Thursday morning.
  The theft happened at the Ramada Plaza Hotel near the Mousetrap.
  Police have not named any suspects at this point and very little information is known about who broke into the armored truck while guests slept inside the hotel.
  (credit: CBS)
  Denver police say they’re not sure what time exactly the theft happened but do know the armored truck was broken into sometime ove
  
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• 1 Hospitalized After Being Rescued From House Fire

  04-08-2016 22:55
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Firefighters rescued a person from a house fire in Denver.
  The fire broke out at a home in the 1400 block of South Kearney Street Thursday afternoon. Firefighters rescued one person from the burning home.
  (credit: CBS)
  The victim was hospitalized but the condition of the victim hasn’t been released.
  The cause of the fire is under investigation.
  Investigators said there were a lot of oxygen tanks inside the home.
  
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• High School Grad Builds House, Donates To Habitat For Humanity

  04-08-2016 22:40
  
  By Suzanne McCarroll
  LITTLETON, Colo. (CBS4) – Hannah Golden is a recent high school graduate who likes architecture and building. She plans to study engineering next year in college, but she’s already built a house.
  Hannah Golden’s tiny house (credit: CBS)
  “I really like it, not even like it, I love it. It’s the coolest thing I’ve ever done,” Golden said.
  The tiny house is just 90 square feet with an upstairs loft for sleeping, a little living room, and
  
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• Bears game to help pick Broncos' QB

  04-08-2016 22:38
  
  This quarterback competition is in dire need of a game.       
  
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• A Year Later – He’s Out Of The Hospital; Flight For Life Nurse Burned Over 90% Of His Body

  04-08-2016 21:36
  
  By Alan Gionet
  FRISCO, Colo. (CBS4) – They were powerful steps, not taken lightly.
  Dave Repsher has been through the most painful of treatments — for burns. This week, he walked out of a hospital to go home after more than a year of inpatient treatment.
  Dave Repsher at home (credit: Dawg Nation Hockey)
  Repsher is the Flight For Life nurse who barely survived the crash of a helicopter near the St. Anthony Summit Medical Center on Fourth of July weekend last year. The helicopter, with
  
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• Latest Forecast: Flash Flood Watch West, Much Cooler East

  04-08-2016 20:51
  
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – There’s a lot happening with Colorado’s weather today.
  First a strong cool front raced across the eastern plains this morning dropping our temperatures by 20 degrees in most locations. The cool weather will stick around through Friday.The second concern we have is a shift in the upper-level wind pattern which is bringing a lot of moisture into the state.
  Pockets of moderate to heavy rain are expected through tonight across west and southwest Color
  
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• Rookie Spotlight: Carson Wentz Hopes To Prove To Be Worth High Draft Pick

  04-08-2016 20:07
  
  Name: Carson Wentz
  Height: 6’5″
  Weight: 237
  Position: Quarterback
  School: North Dakota State University 
  Draft Pick: 2nd overall
  When the Philadelphia Eagles drafted Carson Wentz with the second overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, it really seemed like a strange move. The Eagles had already promised Sam Bradford the starting job in 2016 and signed a big money backup. Wentz was brought in to be the future, but as the second overall pick, most expect him to do much
  
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• Huge Pot Grow Dismantled In San Isabel National Forest

  04-08-2016 20:05
  
  CUCHARA, Colo. (AP/CBS4) – The U.S. Forest Service says authorities have destroyed an illegal marijuana grow in the San Isabel National Forest.
  The agency said Thursday that over 13,000 plants were discovered east of Cuchara this week. A team of local and federal law enforcement agents removed them along with a loaded shotgun, irrigation pipe, pesticides, flammable liquids, camping gear and trash.
  (credit: U.S. Forest Service)
  “The production of marijuana and other illegal drugs on N
  
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• Coffman’s Ad About Trump A 1st For House Republicans

  04-08-2016 19:53
  
  DENVER (AP) – A Republican from Aurora has become the first House Republican to expressly distance himself from Donald Trump in a campaign ad.
  Rep. Mike Coffman, a four-term Republican, faces a competitive challenge in Colorado’s most ethnically diverse congressional seat. His Democratic opponent repeatedly compares him to Trump.
  Coffman starts a new television ad talking about his party’s presidential nominee. Coffman looks at the camera and says he’s always asked about
  
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• Melted Drone Found Near South Table Mountain Fire

  04-08-2016 19:39
  
  JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – A wildfire on South Table Mountain in Jefferson County is now fully extinguished.
  Firefighters said it was sparked by lightning, and was quickly contained upon igniting Tuesday night. Crews returned Thursday to finish the job.
  At the edge of the fire line, West Metro Fire found a melted drone. They say flying drones near fires is dangerous because it can slow down firefighting efforts. The owner has not been identified.
  (credit: West Metro Fire, Twitter)
  
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• Bronco notes: Schofield at guard

  04-08-2016 19:33
  
  ENGLEWOOD—This couldn't have been how they drew it up.       
  
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• Haas: ‘Back From Vacation!’

  04-08-2016 19:30
  
  By Mark Haas
  Back from vacation!
  Mark in Santorini. (Credit Mark Haas)
  Didn’t run a lot during my 2 week trip to Greece, but I did grow my best beard ever, and went for a few short runs (mostly to take selfies overlooking the sea).
  3 months until Rock’n’Roll now, and I feel good about where I’m at. Tuesday’s run was rained out, and I was a bit sluggish at the early morning Thursday run, but I felt strong at the group run on Saturday.
  We ran on the East-West regional
  
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• CBS4 Broncos Notebook: Aug. 4

  04-08-2016 17:51
  
  By Mark Haas
  A cool and cloudy day seven of Broncos Training Camp! Nice crowd for a Thursday.
  Roster move before practice today as the Broncos added former CSU OL Sam Carlson, and waived WR Marlon Brown. There are now four CSU players (Shaq Barrett, Kapri Bibbs, Ty Sambrailo & Carlson) on the training camp roster … And zero CU players.
  Speaking of Sambrailo, he’s still out with an elbow injury, and Kayvon Webster sitting another day with a thigh bruise. Max Garcia is back today
  
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• Latest Forecast: Big Cool Off With Flood Concerns Out West

  04-08-2016 16:03
  
  By Lauren Whitney
  DENVER (CBS4) – Big changes in Colorado today as a cold front drastically drops our temperatures today. Yesterday we hit 96 in Denver, today we won’t make it out of the 70s! Highs in the upper 70s thanks to this front, we’ll also be a bit windy through the early part of the day thanks to that front. We’ll be on the cloudy side in Denver and the plains today, with possible storms late in the day. A few showers could pop up around lunch time, but overall w
  
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• Big Cool Off With Flood Concerns Out West

  04-08-2016 16:03
  
  By Lauren Whitney
  DENVER (CBS4) – Big changes in Colorado today as a cold front drastically drops our temperatures today. Yesterday we hit 96 in Denver, today we won’t make it out of the 70s! Highs in the upper 70s thanks to this front, we’ll also be a bit windy through the early part of the day thanks to that front. We’ll be on the cloudy side in Denver and the plains today, with possible storms late in the day. A few showers could pop up around lunch time, but overall w
  
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• IKEA Considers Broomfield As Site Of Second Denver-Area Store

  04-08-2016 15:20
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – IKEA announced Thursday that it has identified a site in Broomfield that could be the location of their second store in the Denver metro area.
  The potential IKEA site is located at the intersection of Interstate 25 and East Baseline Road, and sits on a 123-acre parcel of land 17 miles north of downtown Denver.
  “A store in this retail corridor would … provide customers in the northern part of the Front Range an IKEA store closer to them,” said IKEA U.
  
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• New 3-D CDOT Billboard Warns Of Drugged Driving

  04-08-2016 15:04
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The Colorado Department of Transportation has erected a new billboard in downtown Denver warning passersby against drugged driving.
  It hangs at 1552 Curtis Street, and is a 3-D, 28-foot-tall message. A mangled car takes the shape of a joint, which lights up at night, with the words “Hits lead to hits.”
  CDOT said in a release that it’s their latest tactic to raise awareness about the dangers of driving high, not to mention the fact that it’s ille
  
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• Boulder passes Indigenous Peoples' Day

  04-08-2016 14:18
  
  Boulder has joined other cities across the nation in recognizing Indigenous Peoples' Day each year as a way to celebrate Native American culture       
  
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• Rosenthal: Overcoming cellphone and social media obsessions

  04-08-2016 11:00
  
  Note: This is the second of a two-part series.
  Often couples want opposing things. They want a close, passionate relationship with their spouse or intimate partner, and they want the instant stimulation and feelings of connection they get from social media. All too frequently, those two desires are in opposition to one another.
  That is, in order to get the rush that social media, texting, e-mails, phone calls or live streaming offers, people often spend too much time on their devices and thus tr
  
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• Free adaptive yoga program for traumatic brain injury helps those with TBI balance their recovery

  04-08-2016 09:00
  
  Most of us think of pretzel-like shapes when we think of yoga, but teachers training for an upcoming adaptive-yoga course had to take on a different challenge — teaching the muscle engagement required for downward-facing dog pose while sitting in a chair.
  The techniques teachers learned in recent sessions at The River Power Vinyasa Yoga, in the Golden Triangle, equipped them to teach a community just beginning to dip their toes into yoga — those who have suffered traumatic brain inju
  
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• Rookie QB Lynch Making Steady Progress In Broncos Camp

  04-08-2016 08:44
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (The Sports Xchange) – The first five days of training camp saw the quarterback competition progress as Denver Broncos coach Gary Kubiak had promised before training camp began.
  Mark Sanchez and Trevor Siemian split the first-team repetitions. Rookie Paxton Lynch, who emerged from OTAs behind the other two quarterbacks who were “neck and neck,” was in the No. 3 spot.
  Lynch ran the third-team offense throughout the first five practices before the Broncos took a
  
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• The Rio Olympics are “troubled” — but aren’t they always?

  04-08-2016 08:39
  
  In the months preceding the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the news media has been getting into shape for the event by exercising a familiar set of adjectives: “Troubled.” “Beleaguered.” “Disastrous.”
  The Rio Games face numerous problems, according to news accounts, and here are just a few: The city’s collapsing economy. Brazil’s political instability. Corruption. Crime. Incomplete and substandard facilities. Zika.
  Fun!
  Rather than hailing the
  
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• Pokemon statue mysteriously appears in New Orleans park

  04-08-2016 06:59
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Amid the craze over virtual characters in the smartphone-based “Pokemon Go” game, a Pokemon that people can touch in the physical world has mysteriously appeared in New Orleans.
  Someone put up a statue of the iconic Pokemon, Pikachu, at the center of a broken fountain in a park over the weekend. Pictures show a defiant looking Pikachu with his arms folded standing on a cement base with a Pokeball on the side. The inscription “#POKEMONUMENT” is als
  
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• Bottled water to outsell soda for first time, with nod to Flint

  04-08-2016 06:42
  
  Bottled water will be more popular than soda for the first time in the U.S. this year, thanks to its convenience — and fears over what’s coming out of the tap.
  The biggest U.S. bottled-water companies — Nestle Waters, Coca-Cola Co., PepsiCo Inc. and Dr Pepper Snapple Group — say Americans have switched from carbonated beverages because their products are calorie-free and as portable as a can of Mountain Dew. But the expectation that future sales will rise has to do with a
  
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• Melted drone found near wildfire

  04-08-2016 06:22
  
  If you're missing a drone, and you were foolishly it over the South Table Mountain fire, you can pick it up at the police station.       
  
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• Gonzalez Hits 2 HRs Before Injury, Rockies Beat Dodgers 12-2

  04-08-2016 06:16
  
  DENVER (AP) – Carlos Gonzalez homered twice before leaving with an apparent ankle injury and the Colorado Rockies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 12-2 Wednesday night.
  Gonzalez had his 19th multi-homer game of his career with Nos. 22 and 23 this season for Colorado. He was forced to exit the game in bottom of seventh after he appeared to roll his left ankle at the plate.
  Carlos Gonzalez #5 of the Colorado Rockies watches the flight of a sixth inning solo homerun off of Julio Urias #7 of the L
  
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• 2016 Rio Olympics Calendar: What to watch

  04-08-2016 06:10
  
  Saturday
  Cycling: Early riser? Boulder’s Taylor Phinney, 26, will be up and competing in the men’s road race at 6:30 a.m. MDT. Phinney suffered a career-threatening injury in 2014. Phinney finished fourth, just off the podium, in the London Olympics.
  Basketball: You saw Team USA demolish China’s team by 50 points at the Staples Center and the Oracle Arena, and now it’s time to see it play when it counts. Tune in as Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, DeMarcus Cousins and Co.
  
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• Rapids Acquire Sebastien Le Toux From Union For Cash

  04-08-2016 06:06
  
  CHESTER, Pa. (AP) – The Philadelphia Union traded French midfielder Sebastien Le Toux to the Colorado Rapids on Wednesday in exchange for general allocation money.
  Sebastien Le Toux #11 of the Philadelphia Union holds off Gonzalo Segares #13 of Chicago Fire during an MLS match at Toyota Park on May 11, 2013 in Bridgeview, Illinois. The Union defeated the Fire 1-0. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
  The 32-year-old Le Toux was selected by Philadelphia in the 2009 expansion draft after
  
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• Septuagenarian falls on Boulder trail, is rescued, taken to University Hospital

  04-08-2016 06:00
  
  A septuagenarian was rescued Wednesday after falling on a Boulder County backcountry trail.
  The rescue happened on the Blue Lake Trail, west of the Brainard Lake Recreational Area, according to a Boulder County Sheriff’s Office news release.
  Rescue workers were called to the area at about 2 p.m. after 70-year-old Brian Eblovi, who was with three other hikers, fell and injured his left leg.
  Eblovi’s fall happened about 3 miles up the trail, and rescuers decided to
  
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• Model train store has gotta move

  04-08-2016 05:55
  
  Moving is never easy.       
  
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• American woman killed, 5 hurt in London knife attack

  04-08-2016 05:40
  
  LONDON — A man who stabbed an American woman to death and injured five other people in London’s Russell Square is a Norwegian of Somali origin, police said Thursday. They said they have found no signs of radicalization as a motive.
  Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said the investigation “increasingly points to this tragic incident as having been triggered by mental-health issues.”
  “So far we have found no evidence of radicalization or anything
  
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• Demaryius Thomas: ‘I Kind Of Just Want To Talk To My Granny’

  04-08-2016 05:31
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) – Demaryius Thomas used the Denver Broncos’ celebratory White House visit in June to deliver a handwritten note to President Barack Obama thanking him for commuting Thomas’ mother’s drug sentence last year and then asked him to do the same for his grandmother.
  The Broncos wide receiver is ready to pen another thank you note after he was told the president fulfilled his wish. Minnie Pearl Thomas was among 214 federal inmates whose sentences were cut s
  
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• Clinton visits Denver's Knotty Tie Co.

  04-08-2016 05:24
  
  If you were paying attention you might have noticed that the scarf Hillary Clinton was wearing Wednesday was made here in Denver.       
  
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• Carlos Gonzalez’s 2 homers lifts Rockies to win over Dodgers, winning record

  04-08-2016 05:18
  
  For the first time in six years, the Rockies have a winning baseball team in August.
  And Colorado is showing no signs of letting the fun slow down anytime soon.
  Riding a flurry of tape-measure home runs, Colorado continued its remarkable second-half surge Wednesday night with a 12-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers at Coors Field, climbing above .500 this late in the season for the first time since 2010.
  The victory gave the Rockies (54-53) a fourth consecutive series win, wit
  
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• Truex Jr. clinches Chase playoff berth

  04-08-2016 05:01
  
  Despite a season marked by bad luck, Furniture Row Racing’s Martin Truex Jr. does have some good news.       
  
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• Water Treatment Plant Worker With Cancer Calls Health Department Letter ‘Smoking Gun’

  04-08-2016 04:46
  
  By Rick Sallinger
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – Neighbors near the Charles Allen Water Filtration Plant in Englewood are telling city officials they are concerned that three workers there have died of cancer.
  The neighbors want to be absolutely sure there is nothing that is affecting their health.
  The water treated at the plant for drinking leaves a waste referred to as sludge. Some who work there and families of those who died believe it may have been responsible for causing the cancer. After
  
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• Colorado Supreme Court to decide whether accused robber can claim self-defense

  04-08-2016 03:59
  
  The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review an unusual case in which a man convicted of robbery claims he should have been allowed to claim self-defense.
  Edward Kevin DeGreat’s attorneys have already persuaded the Colorado Court of Appeals that he has the right to claim self-defense. In 2015, the appeals court sent the case back to Arapahoe County District Court for a new trial.
  The Colorado Attorney General’s Office appealed the decision to the state high court,
  
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• Clinton on Trump, fracking and Hick

  04-08-2016 03:59
  
  Tax returns, email servers and Donald Trump’s infamous nicknames were all on the table when 9NEWS sat down with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton ahead of her Commerce City rally Wednesday.       
  
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• 9NEWS Clinton interview transcript

  04-08-2016 03:41
  
  Here’s what Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton had to say about issues including Iran, her emails and her Republican opponent Donald Trump during an interview with 9NEWS on Wednesday.        
  
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• Root for the underdog in 9NEWS...

  04-08-2016 03:35
  
  Choose a country, cheer them on and earn points for every medal they win.       
  
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• Man stabs woman; gets in standoff

  04-08-2016 03:33
  
  A man allegedly stabbed a woman in the arm at the Sunrise Picnic Area at Horsetooth Reservoir Wednesday afternoon.       
  
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• 100-year-old pool player to take on...

  04-08-2016 03:20
  
         
  
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• Litter On High Country Trails Too Much For Rangers To Handle

  04-08-2016 03:11
  
  DILLON, Colo. (CBS4) – A popular trail in the high country is littered with trash and park rangers say they can’t keep up with all the garbage hikers are leaving behind.
  The Herman Gulch Trail is located right off Interstate 70 in Dillon. U.S. Forest Service rangers in the Clear Creek district say they can’t keep up. They say pick a trailhead and piles of trash can be found by people who just don’t care.
  (credit: CBS)
  You don’t have to be a naturalist to see the pro
  
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• Broncos want to own naming rights

  04-08-2016 02:20
  
  The Denver Broncos want to assume the naming rights of their own stadium and are willing to pay $19.9 million to do it.       
  
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• Republican VP Candidate Mike Pence Avoids Topic Of Paul Ryan In Denver Speech

  04-08-2016 02:15
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence is scheduled to speak before supporters in Colorado Springs Wednesday night after making a campaign stop in Denver in the afternoon.
  The Indiana governor spoke to approximately 150 people at Mile High Station in Denver after making news by breaking with Donald Trump and fully endorsing House Speaker Paul Ryan. However, he didn’t mention that break in his speech in Denver.
  Republican Vice Presidential nominee Mike Pence
  
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• Broncos QBs: Bad start, strong finish

  04-08-2016 01:51
  
  ENGLEWOOD—Paxton Lynch was having one of those, "mama said there would be days like this," practices.       
  
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• Latest Forecast: Last Day of Heat for a While…and Moisture on the Way

  04-08-2016 01:47
  
  By Ed Greene
  DENVER (CBS4) – As promised, Wednesday was one more hot day: 96 officially at the airport and 97 degrees downtown.Now cooler arrives on Thursday and with it plenty of monsoon moisture.We already have a Flash Flood Watch out for southwest and west central potions of the state until midnight tonight – and then issued again for Thursday from Noon until Midnight. The high Thursday will only be in the upper 70s – then only in the low to mid 70s on Friday – with ra
  
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