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• 300-Pound Bear Relocated From Under Deck

  24-08-2016 23:53
  
  BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (CBS4)– Wildlife officials removed a 300-pound bear from under the deck of a concerned homeowner in Breckenridge.
  (credit: Breckenridge Police)
  The homeowner became concerned about the bear after the animal had taken residence under his deck and didn’t come out for two days.
  (credit: Breckenridge Police)
  Breckenridge police officers received some help from Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers to move the 10-year-old bear.
  (credit: Breckenridge Police)
  The animal w
  
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• 300-Pound Bear Relocated From Under Breckenridge Deck

  24-08-2016 23:53
  
  BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (CBS4)– Wildlife officials removed a 300-pound bear from under the deck of a concerned homeowner in Breckenridge.
  (credit: Breckenridge Police)
  The homeowner became concerned about the bear after the animal had taken residence under his deck and didn’t come out for two days.
  (credit: Breckenridge Police)
  Breckenridge police officers received some help from Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers to move the 10-year-old bear.
  (credit: Breckenridge Police)
  The animal w
  
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• Victim Confronts Burglary Suspects In Home

  24-08-2016 23:45
  
  ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office hopes someone will recognize the suspects wanted in a burglary where the victim confronted them.Investigators said the man and woman entered the residence in the 1300 block of S. Parker Road about 2:15 p.m. on July 27. They stole items from the residence before being confronted by the victim.After a short struggle, the suspects fled the area. Surveillance video captured the suspects as they entered and left the build
  
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• Amendment T Supporters Rally At State Capitol

  24-08-2016 23:29
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Supporters of Amendment T rallied at the State Capitol on Tuesday to gain support for the measure which calls for a reference to slavery to be removed from the Colorado Constitution.The reference is Article 2, Section 26 of the state constitution which states, “There shall never be in this state either slavery or involuntary servitude except as a punishment or crime.”(credit: CBS)
  Amendment T would get rid of the exception.
  “When we went to a couple of legi
  
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• Indoor Marijuana Grow Facility Approved For Hygiene

  24-08-2016 23:15
  
  HYGIENE, Colo. (CBS4)– An indoor marijuana grow facility has been approved in the community of Hygiene in Boulder County.Boulder County Commissioners approved the facility on Tuesday. Hygiene is located just west of Longmont. (credit: CBS)
  The owner of the commercial property asked the commissioners to allow him to grow pot and manufacture marijuana-infused products.Some residents and business owners opposed the facility.
  “We believe the proximity of the grow facility to the school c
  
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• Mayor’s Chief Of Staff Takes Over DCPA

  24-08-2016 23:04
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s chief of staff will take over as the president and CEO of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.
  Janice Sinden will take on the role. The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (credit: CBS)
  “We’re going to take arts and culture to the next level. We’re going to get into every kiddo’s head that they can be whatever they want to be and that innovation and creativity drive our children to be successful adults,&rdq
  
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• Colorado Company Teams Up With Pharmacy On Locking Pill Vials

  24-08-2016 22:56
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A company in Colorado has teamed up with a pharmacy to make sure prescription painkillers don’t end up in the wrong hands.Safe Rx has developed locking prescription vials. A passcode must be entered to open the bottle and retrieve the medication. (credit: CBS)
  RxPlus Pharmacies will use the vials for opioids. The hope is that the vials will keep drug abusers from accessing the drugs. (credit: CBS)
  
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• Colorado To Vote On Restoring Presidential Primaries

  24-08-2016 22:50
  
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado voters will get to decide this fall whether to scrap presidential caucuses and replace them with primary elections.
  They’ll also get to decide whether unaffiliated voters should be allowed to vote in primaries .
  The secretary of state’s office announced Wednesday that the two ballot measures had enough petition signatures to appear on statewide ballots.
  The primary push came after Democrats and Republicans alike grumbled about last March’s president
  
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• 2nd-Grade Teacher Says No Homework This School Year

  24-08-2016 22:40
  
  GODLEY, Texas (AP) — A second-grade teacher in North Texas has adopted a no-homework lesson plan for this school year.
  Brandy Young teaches at Godley Elementary School in Godley, 20 miles southwest of Fort Worth.
  Young sent a note to parents last week saying she’s trying something new and that any homework would only be items not finished by the student during the school day. Her letter says “There will be no formally assigned homework this year.”
  Young, whose note was po
  
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• Canine Candidate Re-Elected Minnesota Town Mayor

  24-08-2016 22:24
  
  CORMORANT, Minn. (AP) — The four-legged mayor of a northwestern Minnesota village greets voters like a true politician.
  Duke, a 9-year-old Great Pyrenees, won a third one-year term as honorary mayor of Cormorant Township on Saturday.
  The big, shaggy white dog was overwhelmingly re-elected at the sixth annual Cormorant Daze Festival. Anyone could pay a dollar and cast a vote.
  Cormorant resident Karen Nelson says Duke “greets everyone” who comes to the village of about 20 people
  
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• Ski Train Returns As Amtrak Winter Park Express

  24-08-2016 22:15
  
  WINTER PARK, Colo. (CBS4)– The ski train will resume passenger service to Winter Park from Denver’s Union Station just after the new year.
  The train is called the Amtrak Winter Park Express and just like the old ski train, it will stop at the base of the ski resort. (credit: CBS)
  Winter Park and Amtrak will announce more details about the ski train on Thursday.The train ferried skiers 62 miles to and from the resort every season from 1940 to 2009, when then-owner Philip Anschutz shut
  
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• Sedgwick County Sheriff Accused Of Sex Assault On Developmentally Disabled Woman

  24-08-2016 22:07
  
  JULESBURG, Colo. (CBS4)– The sheriff of Sedgwick County has been accused of sexual assaulting a developmentally disabled woman. Thomas Hanna is facing sexual assault and misconduct allegations.
  Hanna was arrested at his office on Tuesday and is due to appear in court Wednesday afternoon in Sterling.
  Thomas Hanna (credit: Logan County)
  According to the arrest affidavit, Hanna allegedly took a developmentally disabled woman from the jail to his home in his personal truck. He said he was goin
  
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• Some Sunshine on Thursday – But Storms Return By Afternoon

  24-08-2016 20:46
  
  By Ed Greene
  DENVER (CBS4) – That cool front we talked about yesterday slid through the state over night bringing refreshingly cooler temperatures along with good steady showers and scattered thunderstorms. Our high was 19 degrees cooler than yesterday’s high when we only reached 68 degrees officially at the airport!
  For Thursday, we will start with sunny skies, then increasing clouds and the scattered showers and storms return by afternoon. The high will be warmer by about 10 degree
  
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• Latest Forecast: Surge Of Moisture Across Colorado

  24-08-2016 20:46
  
  By Lauren Whitney
  DENVER (CBS4) – Fall doesn’t start for another 29 days, but we’ll be feeling that way for a few days across Colorado.
  Today, we’ll drop to the low 70s! On Monday we hit 93 in Denver, we’re in for a 20 degree drop today. Rain showers possible on and off through the day. The rain doesn’t look to be heavy, but we’ll have the chance for showers well into the evening.While we get some rain in Denver, the mountains above 12,000 feet are looki
  
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• Latest Forecast: Some Sunshine on Thursday – But Storms Return By Afternoon

  24-08-2016 20:46
  
  By Ed GreeneDENVER (CBS4) – That cool front we talked about yesterday slid through the state over night bringing refreshingly cooler temperatures along with good steady showers and scattered thunderstorms.Our high was 20 degrees cooler than yesterday’s when we only reached 67 degrees officially at the airport!For Thursday, we will start with sunny skies, then increasing clouds and the scattered showers and storms return by afternoon.The high will be warmer by about 10 degrees.Friday
  
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• Thomas trims down ahead of season

  24-08-2016 20:21
  
  In the early morning of teammate C.J. Anderson’s football camp last month, guest instructor Demaryius Thomas passed on the sacks full of free chicken biscuits the host brought to the hotel lobby and instead paid for a large, overpriced cup of fresh strawberries.       
  
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• Sheriff On Eastern Plains Faces Sex Assault, Solicitation Charges

  24-08-2016 19:54
  
  STERLING, Colo. (AP) — A rural Colorado sheriff is facing sexual assault and misconduct allegations.
  Sedgwick County Sheriff Tom Hanna was arrested Tuesday at his office and is due to appear in court Wednesday afternoon in Sterling.
  Thomas Hanna (credit: Logan County)
  District Attorney Brittny Lewton said he was arrested on suspicion of first-degree official misconduct, sexual assault on an at risk person, sexual assault by a correctional officer and solicitation of prostitution. She decli
  
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• Dolly The Elephant Offered Hospice-Style Care At Denver Zoo

  24-08-2016 19:36
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Dolly, an Asian elephant at the Denver Zoo, is being offered hospice-style care by the Denver Zoo staff.
  In a Facebook post, the Zoo announced that Dolly’s health has declined recently.
  “Staff are closely monitoring Dolly as she is experiencing discomfort and has had a decrease in her appetite,” the Denver Zoo posted. “Zookeepers and veterinarians provide pain medication to keep her comfortable and to help maintain her quality of life.”Dolly&rs
  
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• Court: Out-Of-State License Plates Don’t Justify Search

  24-08-2016 19:33
  
  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – Law enforcement officials in Kansas cannot stop and search motorists just for having out-of-state license plates from states that have legalized marijuana, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
  The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a lawsuit filed by a Colorado motorist, Peter Vasquez, against two Kansas Highway Patrol officers who pulled him over and searched his vehicle as he was driving alone at night through Kansas on his way to Maryland.
  The KHP officers,
  
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• Colorado-Based VA Executive Accused Of Misusing Work Time

  24-08-2016 19:22
  
  DENVER (AP) – A government watchdog agency says a Denver-based VA executive misused official time over a four-year period because she couldn’t show she had worked for all or part of up to 14 days.
  In a report released Tuesday, the inspector general of the Department of Veterans Affairs said the executive was also frequently late, sometimes reporting more than hour after she was due.
  The executive was identified as Melanie Murphy, a regional director for the Veterans Benefits Administ
  
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• Patient: Procedure By Allegedly Fake Doctor Was Botched From The Start

  24-08-2016 19:16
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A year after a botched surgery, the patient of a man charged with pretending to be a doctor says she wants to send out a warning to those considering similar procedures.
  Carlos Hernandez Fernandez is accused of claiming to be a surgeon when he wasn’t and performing major plastic surgery operations on a number of patients without a license. The procedures included facelifts and liposuction and were performed at the Hernandez Fernandez Care Clinic at 424 South Federal B
  
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• Hickenlooper May Ask For One-Third Cut In CO2 Pollution

  24-08-2016 19:15
  
  DENVER (AP) – Gov. John Hickenlooper may ask for a one-third cut in greenhouse gas pollution from power plants, even though the federal Clean Power Plan is stalled and Republicans in the state are resisting.
  The Colorado governor’s office has drafted a proposed executive order directing state agencies to work on ways to cut carbon dioxide emissions from power generators by 35 percent by 2030 compared with 2012 levels.
  “We have a very rough outline that we are in the process of
  
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• Nick Faldo On The Barclays: Bethpage Black ‘A Beautiful Golf Course’

  24-08-2016 19:05
  
  By Dan Reardon
  Nick Faldo, CBS Sports analyst and six-time major winner, was 44 and preparing to play in the 2002 U.S. Open, his 66th consecutive major, when he had his first look at Bethpage’s Black Course. He was impressed. “I’m amazed this has been sitting here 65 years unknown. It’s an absolute monster diamond, it’s a monster gem.”
  Bethpage Black is no longer a secret, but the course is still remarkable. “This week, they have managed to get
  
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• Mt. Evans Road Temporarily Closes Due To Conditions

  24-08-2016 18:31
  
  MOUNT EVANS WILDERNESS, Colo. (CBS4) – Mount Evans Road is currently closed from Summit Lake to the top.
  CDOT’s traffic operations center reports the closure is a result of snowy and icy conditions near the top.
  The road closure is only temporary, they say, and not for the season.
  
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• Broncos intercept naming rights

  24-08-2016 18:17
  
  A bankruptcy-court judge has approved the transfer of naming rights at Sports Authority Field at Mile High from the failed retail chain to the stadium's main tenant, the Denver Broncos.       
  
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• Broncos Linebacker DeMarcus Ware Takes Part In Drills At Practice

  24-08-2016 17:34
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) – Broncos linebacker DeMarcus Ware returned to practice on a limited basis Tuesday with the plan to have him ready for the season opener against Carolina.
  Ware missed training camp with a back issue that kept him out of five games in 2015, but he said he feels much better than he did during Denver’s 24-10 win over Carolina in the Super Bowl last February.
  “I was probably playing at 70 percent in the Super Bowl, still trying to be a little bit effective. No
  
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• Minor to moderate flooding reported in areas around Hayden Pass fire burn scar

  24-08-2016 17:29
  
  Minor to moderate flooding was reported Tuesday night in areas around the Hayden Pass fire burn scar in Fremont County.
  The county sheriff’s office posted pictures to its Facebook page showing water, sludge and debris covering roadways.
  “All homes in the flood area are intact and all (residents) are safe,” the sheriff’s office said.
  Officials have been worried about flooding in areas below the burn scar since the fire exploded to thousands of acres after being sparked on
  
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• U.S. swimmer James Feigen apologizes for “serious distraction” in Rio

  24-08-2016 17:22
  
  NEW YORK — U.S. swimmer James Feigen apologized for the “serious distraction” he and three teammates caused at a gas station during the Rio Olympics, saying he omitted facts in his statement to police.
  Feigen says in a statement posted Tuesday on the website of his lawyer in Austin, Texas, that “I omitted the facts that we urinated behind the building and that Ryan Lochte pulled a poster off the wall.”
  He maintains the group didn’t force their way into a bathr
  
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• Hit & Run Victim ‘Trying To Forgive’ Driver

  24-08-2016 17:11
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A woman left behind by a hit-and-run driver who struck her while she was driving her scooter is working to try to forgive the driver allegedly responsible for injuring her.
  Amber Pennington had a broken pelvis, back and had cuts and abrasions across her face and body.
  Amber Pennington (credit: CBS)
  “I felt my body go forward, go backwards and then I blacked out,” Pennington said of the July 1 crash.
  Pennington has now learned the story of 27-year-old Spencer Rau
  
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• Tennis player Madison Keys both young and wise heading into U.S. Open

  24-08-2016 17:05
  
  Madison Keys is ranked in the top 10 in the world, a Grand Slam semifinalist who just played for an Olympic bronze medal and has earned career prize money of well over $4 million.
  She’s also only 21, much closer in age to her middle school days than to No. 1 Serena Williams, and the youngest woman in the top 20 by nearly a year-and-a-half.
  This is where the American finds herself as she heads into next week’s U.S. Open: an established pro with the game to win major titles, yet compet
  
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• Loaded handgun found outside Fort Collins elementary school

  24-08-2016 16:53
  
  Police are investigating after a loaded handgun was found on the lawn of a Fort Collins elementary school.
  The Coloradoan reports a resident found the weapon outside of Beattie Elementary School on Sunday afternoon. It’s unclear why it was left at the school.
  Related ArticlesAugust 15, 2016 Commerce City EMS station hit with bullet or pellet, authorities sayAugust 8, 2016 More than 200 bullets fired from 18 weapons in Lower Downtown Denver gang shootingAugust 2, 2016 Arapahoe sheriff: Woma
  
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• Magnitude 6.8 Quake Hits Myanmar

  24-08-2016 16:42
  
  YANGON, Myanmar (CBS4) – A powerful earthquake struck the southeast Asian country Wednesday.
  The United States Geological Survey in Golden, Colorado registered the quake at 6.8, saying it was centered about 15 miles west of the town of Chauk.
  There is no word yet on casualties, but the Associated Press reports hundreds of ancient Buddhist pagodas in the area have been damaged.
  
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• Powerful Quake Strikes Italy

  24-08-2016 16:36
  
  AMATRICE, Italy (CBS4) – A powerful earthquake has killed at least 73 people north of Rome, according to the Associated Press.
  Reports says the 6.2 magnitude quake shook the earth so violently that homes collapsed on top of residents as they slept.
  A series of aftershocks also rattled buildings in the area including Rome, which lies less than 100 miles to the southwest.
  Other nearby towns are also dealing with the aftermath of destruction.
  Heavy equipment is being used to clear the streets
  
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• Vandals tip over bee hives, trample Longmont community garden

  24-08-2016 16:34
  
  Vandals trampled garden plots and knocked over bee hives at Second Start Community Garden in Longmont.
  Volunteer gardeners discovered the damage on Tuesday and Friday, according to Longmont police reports.
  Shirley Goff said vandalism to the 20-year-old garden occurs at least once every year, though this is the first time in a decade the bees have been touched.
  Longmont police Sgt. Matt Cage said officers will conduct extra patrols. “We’re going to do our best to enforce the no t
  
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• Nearly 2,000 people are running for president this election year (and here’s how you can join them)

  24-08-2016 16:30
  
  So you want to run for president.
  What an exciting time! You’re prepared to spend a long time campaigning (although maybe not as long as Josue Larose, who has been running since 2008), move into the White House and maybe even learn some government secrets. That shouldn’t be too hard at all.
  The best way to start is by filling out the necessary paperwork on a federal level. There are only two forms you have to fill out to become what a Federal Election Commission official called
  
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• Former Nurse Accused In Another Sexual Assault

  24-08-2016 16:22
  
  By Lauren DiSpirito
  THORNTON, Colo. (CBS4) – A former nurse who lost his job after allegations surfaced that he groped female patients at hospitals across Colorado’s Front Range now faces more charges.
  The Adams County District Attorney’s office says Thomas Moore, 44, fondled a female patient under his care while working as a nurse at North Suburban Medical Center in Thorton in November 2015.
  According to court documents, the woman told police she had gone to the hospital compl
  
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• That a boy! Dodgers’ Rob Segedin homers, races to hospital for son’s birth

  24-08-2016 16:15
  
  LOS ANGELES — Rob Segedin sprinted from the outfield to the dugout, got frenzied high-fives from teammates and flew down the stairs toward the clubhouse.
  “I don’t even know if he showered,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.
  Innings after getting his second major league home run — off ace Madison Bumgarner, no less — Segedin left to meet his wife, Robin, at the hospital for the birth of their first child, missing the end of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 9-5 w
  
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• On The Rise: Brett Stegmaier, Road Warrior Stays On Tour

  24-08-2016 16:11
  
  By Dan Reardon
  Last week at the Wyndham Championship players were tossing out rounds in the low 60s like explanations in a Ryan Lochte interview. Seven different players shot 63 or better over the four days. Forgive Brett Stegmaier if he wasn’t overly impressed. Been there. Done that. When the PGA Tour rookie was 16 growing up in Connecticut, he did a little showing off for his mother with a 63 at New Haven Country Club, equaling the course record.
  Around the Constitution State, Stegm
  
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• Superior man guilty of securities fraud for peddling Western-themed “50 Shades of Grey”

  24-08-2016 15:54
  
  Provided by Boulder County Sheriff's OfficeBret GardnerA Superior man has been convicted of securities fraud after convincing the owner of Grandpa’s Pawn & Gun in Longmont to invest $250,000 in a series of books described by one juror in the case as a “Western-themed version of ’50 Shades of Grey'” for outdoorsmen.
  Bret Gardner, 47, was convicted of securities fraud — untrue statement or omission by a Boulder County jury following a five-day trial last week.&nbs
  
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• Trail Of Blood Helps Officers Locate Man Who Fired At Police

  24-08-2016 15:51
  
  By Jamie Leary
  BOULDER Colo. (CBS4) – After a 9 hour search, the man involved in a late night shooting in Boulder was taken into custody.
  Russell Daniels, 34, was taken into custody at 7 a.m. Wednesday morning.
  The incident began at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Police were investigating reports of a suspicious motor home parked on Hickory Avenue and Brooklawn Drive. Daniels was inside along with a woman who has a restraining order against him. Officers also discovered Daniels had a
  
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• Fort Carson quashes phony martial law theory

  24-08-2016 15:38
  
  Fort Carson officials didn’t take long to blast big holes in a phony memo circulating on the internet that claims its troops are getting ready to enforce martial law.
  Conspiracy theorists have long linked the post to easily debunked plots to separate Americans from their freedoms, and the latest involves an alleged memo from the post’s 4th Infantry Division ordering troops to train for a military takeover of law enforcement starting next month.
  “The Facebook posting showing wha
  
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• Man Who Allegedly Fired At Police Captured After Extensive Search

  24-08-2016 15:10
  
  BOULDER Colo. (CBS4) – Boulder police captured a man they said was armed and dangerous Wednesday morning after an extensive search that involved SWAT teams.
  Russell Daniels (credit: Boulder County)
  Russell Daniels is accused of firing shots at officers late Tuesday night.
  (credit: CBS)
  Police were searching for him overnight in several areas in Boulder. He was captured at 7 a.m. and placed on a stretcher.
  
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• Final Report Released In Deputy’s Death

  24-08-2016 14:43
  
  By Jeff Todd
  BAILEY, Colo. (CBS4) – The investigation into the death of a Park County deputy has been released by the county and shows some irregularities in what the team of eight knew before they went on a high-risk eviction.
  The sheriff says he’s now allowed to release the full report, which was conducted by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, because the district attorney won’t file any charges from the case.
  CBS4’s Jeff Todd interviews Park County Sheriff Fred Wege
  
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• Final Report Out On Eviction That Left Deputy, Man Dead

  24-08-2016 14:43
  
  By Jeff Todd
  BAILEY, Colo. (CBS4) – The investigation into the death of a Park County deputy has been released by the county and shows some irregularities in what the team of eight knew before they went on a high-risk eviction.
  The sheriff says he’s now allowed to release the full report, which was conducted by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, because the district attorney won’t file any charges from the case.
  On Feb. 24, a group of deputies, detectives and the sheriff gat
  
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• Former Nurse Accused In Another Attack

  24-08-2016 14:39
  
  By Lauren DiSpirito
  THORNTON, Colo. (CBS4) – A former Colorado nurse who lost his job after allegations surfaced that he groped female patients at hospitals across the Front Range now faces more charges.
  The Adams County District Attorney’s office says Thomas Moore, 44, fondled a female patient under his care while working as a nurse at North Suburban Medical Center in Thorton in November 2015.
  According to court documents, the woman told police she had gone to the hospital complaini
  
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• Boulder police capture bloodied, dangerous fugitive following all-night manhunt

  24-08-2016 14:17
  
  Provided by Boulder PoliceRussell DanielsBoulder police arrested a man on a bike path early Wednesday following an all-night dragnet that began when he fired four shots as police were coaxing him to surrender on a warrant and apparently shot himself, authorities say.
  Russell David Daniels, 34, had managed to slip out of a motor home parked near Hickory Avenue and Brooklawn Drive late Tuesday night. The fugitive wanted on an out-of-state drug warrant was caught around 7:15 a.m. on a bike path in
  
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• Rockies Bullpen Falters In Milwaukee In 6-4 Loss

  24-08-2016 14:08
  
  MILWAUKEE (The Sports Xchange) – Jon Gray struck out 10 batters and Nolan Arenado hit a three-run home run for Colorado, but the Rockies’ bullpen allowed three runs in the seventh as the Milwaukee Brewers rallied for a 6-4 victory Tuesday night at Miller Park.
  Trailing 4-2 heading into the seventh, Rockies pinch-hitter Orlando Arcia and Jonathan Villar hit back-to-back one-out doubles off Jake McGee and Boone Logan to make it a one-run game.
  Logan (2-3) struck out Scooter Gennett and
  
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• A First: Jet Pack Pilot Rockets Out Of The Water

  24-08-2016 04:28
  
  LAKE CITY, Colo. (CBS4) – A Guinness World Record holder took off from under the surface of a Colorado lake for a daring stunt on Tuesday.
  Fifty-two-year-old jet pack pilot Eric Scott performed the watery launch at Lake San Cristobal, near Lake City and east of Telluride.
  “It really took off nice out of the water. You can feel the kick a lot harder in of the water because it actually pushes against something,” Scott said.
  It’s an extreme stunt the world has never seen bef
  
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• Lookout Mountain Graffiti Vandal Tells CBS4 ‘He Thought It Was Right’

  24-08-2016 02:52
  
  By Rick Sallinger
  GOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4) – A 20-year-old man told CBS4 he thought it was okay to spray paint on rocks on Lookout Mountain.
  (credit: CBS)
  Stan Stettler of Thornton is now facing misdemeanor charges after video was aired of him taken by a hiker who heard the paint can being shaken and took out his phone.
  Stettler was tracked down through the temporary license plate on the BMW shown in the man’s video.
  Stettler told CBS4 investigator Rick Sallinger the following:
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• Kaine Promotes Clinton Small-Business Plan In Colorado Stop

  24-08-2016 02:45
  
  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine is promoting Hillary Clinton’s plans for helping small businesses, saying smaller companies are critical to America’s economy.
  Kaine told an audience at a Colorado machine shop Tuesday that his running mate’s proposals would simplify and cut small business taxes and allow business owners to take standardized deductions similar to those offered on personal income taxes.
  Tim Kaine at Primus Aerospace in
  
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