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• Siemian Impressed Broncos With Steadiness And Spunk

  30-08-2016 23:33
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Trevor Siemian won the Denver Broncos starting quarterback job through a mixture of steadiness and spunk.
  He put in persistent work over the last six months while fans fretted, pundits pounced and the front office scoured the landscape in search of Peyton Manning’s successor.
  It was one throw in particular, though, that confirmed the man for the job had been right under their noses all along.
  And it was an interception, at that.
  Early in the second quarter aga
  
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• 10 Questions With Pro Wrestling’s Next Big Star, Adam Cole

  30-08-2016 23:33
  
  By Chuck Carroll 
  In some ways professional wrestling is evolving at lightning speed. In other ways, it’s as if the industry has warped back two decades.
  In recent years, for the first time ever WWE began embracing the beauty and spirit of independent wrestling. One needn’t look any farther than Daniel Bryan to realize that. But you could. NXT is a well-scripted show that has an independent flavor, but also the production value you’d expect from a major promotion.
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• Man In Motorcycle Gear Robs US Bank, Runs Away On Foot

  30-08-2016 23:29
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– The FBI is searching for a bank robber who was wearing motorcycle gear but then ran away from the bank with the cash on Tuesday morning.
  The FBI has teamed up with the Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and Denver police to search for the suspect.
  The man walked into the US Bank at 1248 S. Broadway in Denver about 9:46 a.m. Tuesday. He took the cash and then ran away southbound from the bank, then east through the bank parking lot, over a fence and into a neighborhood.
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• Chipotle Facing Lawsuit Over Wages

  30-08-2016 23:02
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Colorado-based Chipotle has denied any wrongdoing in a lawsuit over wages.Nearly 10,000 former and current employees claim the company made them clock out at the end of their shifts but then made them keep working without pay.The practice is known as wage theft.Chipotle said the class action lawsuit has no merit.
  
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• 2016 College Football Opening Weekend Games To Watch

  30-08-2016 22:48
  
  By Ryan Mayer
  It’s that time of the year once again. School bells ring across the country as the sun begins to set on summer and fall quickly approaches. With it, comes the start of a new college football season and this year, the opening weekend of games is one of the best in recent memory. There are multiple Top 25 matchups coming at various fun “neutral” site locations.
  The best part?
  The games are spread out enough that you won’t have to find too many creative ways to
  
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• Broncos Go With Rookie Punter, Release Britton Colquitt

  30-08-2016 22:35
  
  DENVER (CBS4/The Sports Xchange) – The punting competition in Broncos Country is over.
  The Broncos cut veteran Britton Colquitt on Tuesday before the NFL deadline to cut the roster to 75 players. The team decided to go with seventh-round pick Riley Dixon as their punter instead.
  Colquitt did not play Saturday against the Rams, leaving all of the punting and holding duties to Dixon.
  Dixon has a net preseason average of 41.2 yards.
  Riley Dixon (credit CBS)
  Colquitt had a $4 million cap charg
  
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• Police Officer’s Cruiser Struck During Traffic Patrol

  30-08-2016 22:27
  
  GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. (CBS4)– A police sergeant in Greenwood Village was conducting traffic enforcement when his cruiser was struck on the side of the road.
  The Greenwood Village Police Department told CBS4 that the sergeant suffered minor injuries and was treated at a hospital and then released. A Greenwood Village police officer’s cruiser was struck (credit: CBS)
  The driver who struck the officer was cited in the crash.
  
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• Siemian Got Loud Ovation After Kubiak’s Announcement

  30-08-2016 22:08
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (The Sports Xchange) – Although Trevor Siemian made fewer mistakes over the course of the summer than Mark Sanchez, there will be errors that go along with playing a first-time NFL starting quarterback. At times he locks in on receivers. At others he doesn’t get to the second and third read.
  The Broncos have a talented roster, in spite of free-agent losses. Their players know it. And that talent is going to have to pick up Siemian.
  Those players gave him a loud ovati
  
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• Broncos Punting Competition Tilts Away From Incumbent Veteran

  30-08-2016 22:03
  
  DENVER (The Sports Xchange) – The punting competition in Broncos Country could be tilting away from the incumbent veteran.
  Britton Colquitt did not play Saturday against the Rams, leaving all of the punting and holding to seventh-round pick Riley Dixon. Dixon has a net preseason average of 41.2 yards — 1.5 yards better than that of Colquitt — but Colquitt has dropped a higher percentage of his punts inside the 20.
  Riley Dixon (credit CBS)
  The biggest differences between the two
  
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• Wrong-Way Driver In Deadly Crash Identified

  30-08-2016 21:52
  
  PARKER, Colo. (CBS4)– The wrong-way driver who was killed in a multi-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle on South Parker Road over the weekend has been identified.
  Police in Parker have identified the man as Michael Christopher Sputh.
  (credit: CBS)
  Police said Sputh, 45, was behind the wheel of the red Toyota Tacoma driving northbound in the southbound lanes of S. Parker Road near J. Morgan Boulevard for “quite some time” about 6:30 p.m. Saturday when it clipped one vehicle.
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• Top Denver Safety Official Suspended

  30-08-2016 21:46
  
  By Brian Maass
  DENVER (CBS4) – The woman who manages the City of Denver’s public safety cadet program has been on paid administrative leave for nearly two months with little explanation for what prompted the suspension, CBS4 has learned.
  Kim Fresquez was placed on leave July 7, according to the Manager of Safety’s office, but a spokesperson, Daelene Mix, declined to provide any information about what led to the extended leave.
  Kim Fresquez (credit: CBS)
  The cadet program offers
  
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• Possible Fraud Investigated In Connection With Minimum Wage Initiative

  30-08-2016 21:29
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The state attorney general’s office is investigating possible fraud in connection with another ballot initiative.
  A measure to raise the minimum wage in Colorado to $12 an hour by the year 2020 made the ballot this year, but opponents question whether it should have. The concern comes after a new revelation about potentially forged signatures on one of the petitions.
  This is the second fraud investigation into a ballot initiative process so far this year, and the situ
  
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• Threats Close USDA Offices In Colorado

  30-08-2016 20:50
  
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP/CBS4) — Some U.S. Agriculture Department offices in Fort Collins are among those closed around the country Tuesday because of anonymous threats it considered serious.
  A spokeswoman for the General Services Administration, Sally Mayberry, says four buildings used by department agencies at the Natural Resources Research Center have been closed.
  (credit: CBS)
  Over 1,000 people from several government agencies work at the campus near Colorado State University. It’
  
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• Officer Adsit Set To Return To Duty After 18 Surgeries

  30-08-2016 20:47
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Denver police officer John Adsit is returning to work Wednesday for the first time since a near-life ending accident.
  John Adsit (credit: CBS)
  A driver hit and dragged Adsit while he was on duty on his bicycle in December 2014. He was escorting East High School students back toward school along Colfax Avenue after they protested downtown.
  Adsit went through 18 surgeries and will likely need four more.
  “He has fought incredibly hard to get to this day, so needless-to-s
  
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• Latest Forecast: Scattered Storms, Some With Heavy Rain

  30-08-2016 20:35
  
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – We’re in for a repeat of Monday across the Front Range of Colorado with more scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening.
  Some could have locally heavy rain and some hail.
  Most of the storms today should stay below severe levels, meaning the hail size is less than 1″ and the top winds are below 58 mph.
  Slightly drier and warmer weather will settle in for the rest of the week.
  Meteorologist Chris Spears writes about stories relat
  
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• Funding For Aurora Shooting Victim Memorial Suddenly Reaches Its Goal

  30-08-2016 20:25
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – The fundraising goal for the Aurora theater shooting memorial has suddenly and unexpectedly been met after a church led an ambitious donation pledge to honor the victims.
  Last month was the fourth anniversary of the July 20, 2012, shooting that took 12 lives and injured dozens of others. At that time the memorial committee was $90,000 short of its goal.
  It now appears they have it, thanks to the Colorado Community Church, which describes itself as an interracial, int
  
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• Trail Attack Victim’s Quick Thinking Helped Police Make Arrest

  30-08-2016 18:53
  
  (CBS4) – The victim in an attack on the Highline Canal Trail says she was walking on the trail when a man came out of nowhere and punched her in the face.
  The crime took place last Friday. Despite the shock she was in, the victim says she was able to pull out her cellphone and capture a photo of the man.
  RELATED: Neighbor Helped Victim After Attack
  Denver police say the image was key in the arrest of a suspect in the case.
  Demarcus Bookhart, 25, was arrested a day after police released a s
  
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• Young Artist’s Hit-And-Run Death Happened In Popular Street Racing Area

  30-08-2016 18:28
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The victim in a hit-and-run crash that happened Sunday night in Denver was a 26-year-old artist who was crossing the street.
  Nick Richling (credit: CBS)
  Nick Richling was struck and killed by a driver who took off. It happened in an area that neighbors say is popular for illegal street racing.
  One person has been arrested, but police are also looking for the driver of another car as well as reviewing surveillance video from nearby businesses. They say the street cameras tha
  
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• Tim Tebow Tryout Might Not Be A Strikeout

  30-08-2016 17:44
  
  (The Sports Xchange) – Just when it looked as if the whole Tim Tebow phenomenon finally petered out after a stunning college football career ebbed into a below-average NFL career, it is bubbling back up.
  The Heisman Trophy winner out of the University of Florida is seeking a contract with a Major League Baseball team.
  A little more than two weeks ago, he invited all 30 teams to a football-style showcase next week in Los Angeles. At the time, managers and players in the big leagues laughed
  
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• Agriculture Department Closes Colorado Office After Threats

  30-08-2016 17:43
  
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP/CBS4) — The Agriculture Department has closed its offices in Colorado and four other states after receiving anonymous threats.
  USDA spokesman Matthew Herrick says in a statement on Tuesday that the department had received “several anonymous messages” that raised concerns about the safety of USDA personnel and facilities. He said six offices are closed until further notice.
  Herrick said the department is working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation an
  
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• Broncos Put Their Trust In QB Trevor Siemian

  30-08-2016 17:42
  
  (The Sports Xchange) – If a second-year quarterback with no regular-season passes to his name can be considered a “safe” choice, Trevor Siemian is it.
  Rookie Paxton Lynch’s promise is palpable, but his learning curve is steep, as evidenced by the fact that he is still working to master the scheme and making play calls in the huddle. Veteran Mark Sanchez had some bright moments in practice and preseason games, but continued to be plagued by giveaways, and his three turnove
  
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• One Of State’s First Felony Charges For Strangulation Filed In Court

  30-08-2016 16:03
  
  DILLON, Colo. (CBS4) – A California man arrested in a domestic violence case is one of the first defendants in the state to face a felony charge for alleged strangulation.
  David Kirsch (credit: Summit County DA)
  This summer a new Colorado law went into effect that makes a non-fatal strangulation a felony instead of a lesser charge.
  Police said David Kirsch, 47, of Oredaca, Calif., committed the crime on Saturday at an apartment in Dillon. They said he attacked the victim there and she esca
  
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• Latest Forecast: More Afternoon Storms & Rain Possible

  30-08-2016 15:54
  
  By Lauren Whitney
  DENVER (CBS4) – Sunny skies to start the day for most of Colorado, but more storms are possible later today. Until then, we’ll see a mix of sunshine and clouds with mild temperatures today. We’ll be in the low 80s for most of the Front Range, some of the plains will stay in the 70s. Stormy weather will fire up by lunch time for the high country and down south, but we may not get any action until later this afternoon or evening in Denver.
  Tomorrow morning there
  
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• Winter Park Express Tickets Go On Sale Tuesday Morning

  30-08-2016 15:26
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Skiers and boarders need to act sooner than they might think if they want to beat the traffic this season.
  The Winter Park Express doesn’t return until January, but tickets go on sale today at 8 a.m.
  Departing Union Station for Winter Park, the new ski train will run from January 7, 2017 to March 26, 2017, including Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Presidents Day.
  The Winter Park Express will leave each day at 7 a.m. Passengers will be dropped off at the resort by 9 a.
  
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• Rockies Begin 9-Game Homestand With Rout Of Dodgers

  30-08-2016 15:18
  
  DENVER (The Sports Xchange) – Colorado Rockies manager Walt Weiss has called it the million dollar question.
  Why do the Rockies play particularly well against very good teams only to stumble against the laggards?
  Jon Gray of the Colorado Rockies pitches against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first inning of a game at Coors Field on Aug. 29, 2016. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)
  The pattern unfolded again Monday night when starter Jon Gray continued his late-season revival and the R
  
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• Rocky Mountain Showdown ‘Sets Tone’ For CU, CSU’s Seasons

  30-08-2016 15:01
  
  By Michael Spencer
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4) – Monday was the annual Rocky Mountain Showdown edition of Xfinity Monday Live. Host Michael Spencer sat down with former Colorado Buff Tyler Polumbus and former Colorado State Ram Joel Dreessen to talk about Friday’s rivalry game.
  “This game is important to everyone,” said Polumbus.
  Polumbus played for Colorado from 2003-2007.
  “I remember when we won it, and I got that trophy and I was holding it up. It wasn’t a bow
  
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• 2 Dogs Attack And Kill Woman, Injure Son

  30-08-2016 14:44
  
  CONIFER, Colo. (CBS4) – A dog attack in Conifer has left a mother dead and her son injured.
  The incident happened on Monday night at a home on Black Widow Drive.
  (credit: CBS)
  Deputies say the dogs were likely pit bulls terriers. The dogs belonged to the victims and they attacked inside their home.
  The mother died at the scene and the son was transported to Swedish Medical Center with what were described as non-life threatening injuries.
  (credit: CBS)
  The dogs were taken from the home and
  
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• American Airlines’ No. 2 executive departs for United Airlines

  30-08-2016 10:20
  
  DALLAS — The president and No. 2 executive at American Airlines has left the company and taken the same job with rival United Airlines.
  Matt York, Associated Press fileScott KirbyUnited Continental Holdings Inc. said Monday that Scott Kirby has been named president and will oversee operations, sales and other duties.
  Kirby, 49, was often seen as a likely successor to American Airlines Group Inc. CEO Doug Parker. Instead, he will add airline-industry expertise to United’s management.
  
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• Junior Livestock Sale at the Colorado State Fair benefits youths, future farmers

  30-08-2016 10:10
  
  The annual Junior Livestock Sale at the state fair will be held Tuesday in Pueblo.
  The largest event of its kind in Colorado, according to Fair organizers, the sale is the championship event for Colorado Ag Youth involved in 4-H and FFA.
  The junior livestock sale, on the fairgrounds at 1001 Beulah Ave., starts with presale activities at 2 p.m. and the public sale at 3:30 p.m.
  The junior tradition draws hundreds of business and community leaders to Pueblo to “bid on the best of the bes
  
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• Justice Department focuses on police treatment of mentally ill

  30-08-2016 09:46
  
  By Eric Tucker, The Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — Justice Department lawyers investigating police agencies for claims of racial discrimination and excessive force are increasingly turning up a different problem: officers’ interactions with the mentally ill.
  The latest example came in Baltimore, where a critical report on that department’s policies found that officers end up in unnecessarily violent confrontations with mentally disabled people who in many instances haven’t
  
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• Thousands of migrants rescued off Libyan coast

  30-08-2016 09:30
  
  By Emilio Morenatti, The Associated Press
  OFF THE COAST OF LIBYA — Italian naval ships and vessels from non-government groups rescued thousands of migrants off the Libyan coast Monday, the latest surge in desperate attempts to flee to Europe driven by war, poverty and human traffickers.
  The dramatic operation took place just 13 miles north of the town of Sabratha, Libya. Groups such as Proactiva Open Arms and Doctors Without Borders helped take on 3,000 people who had been traveling in abo
  
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• U.S. advocates halt to Turkish-Kurdish clashes

  30-08-2016 09:04
  
  By Suzan Fraser and Zeina Karam, The Associated Press
  ANKARA, Turkey — The U.S. on Monday urged Turkish troops and Kurdish forces in northern Syria to halt their fighting, saying it hinders efforts to defeat the Islamic State. But Turkey’s president vowed to press ahead with the military operation until the Islamic State and Kurdish Syrian fighters no longer pose a security threat to Ankara.
  It was the first U.S. criticism of its NATO ally since it launched a U.S.-backed incursion in
  
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• Bombing kills 54 government recruits in Yemen

  30-08-2016 08:48
  
  By Ahmed Al-Haj, The Associated Press
  SANA, Yemen — A suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State in Yemen’s southern city of Aden on Monday killed at least 54 pro-government recruits, officials said, underscoring how the militant group has been able to exploit Yemen’s civil war to stage large-scale attacks.
  Related ArticlesAugust 30, 2016 U.S. advocates halt to Turkish-Kurdish clashesAugust 27, 2016 The Latest: Turkish soldier killed in Syria by rocket attackAugust 25, 20
  
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• Fatal dog attack in Conifer leaves a mother dead, her son injured

  30-08-2016 06:29
  
  A woman was killed Monday night in a dog attack in Conifer and her son suffered injuries and was taken to a local hospital.
  The incident happened at about 7 p.m. when the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call about the attack, said Dionne Waugh, a sheriff’s office spokeswoman.
  Deputies responded to the 31000 block of Black Widow Drive. A woman died at the scene and her son, who is in his late teens or early 20s, was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuri
  
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• Banks lead gains on Wall Street

  30-08-2016 06:22
  
  Banks led the stock market higher Monday as investors anticipate that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates this year from their historically low levels. That could help banks recover from a long slump by making lending more profitable.
  Related ArticlesAugust 27, 2016 Stocks end mostly lower after Yellen speechAugust 25, 2016 Stocks end lower as health-care companies declineAugust 23, 2016 Stock market sees modest, steady gainsAugust 22, 2016 Stocks end mostly lower in quiet trade; oil
  
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• One of two commercial pilots arrested in Scotland is an Air Force Academy grad

  30-08-2016 06:07
  
  Andy Buchanan, Getty ImagesUnited Airlines pilots Brady Grebenc, left, and Carlos Licona are pictured as they leave Paisley Sherrif Court in Glasgow after being freed on bail on Aug. 29, 2016. The two pilots were arrested in Scotland on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol as they prepared to fly a passenger plane to the United States yesterday.One of two commercial pilots arrested in Scotland on suspicion of being intoxicated before a trans-Atlantic flight graduated from the Air Fo
  
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• It’s Getting Harder To Rent Homes For Growing Pot In Colorado

  30-08-2016 06:00
  
  By Jennifer Brice
  DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Counties across Colorado are getting serious about marijuana growing in homes.
  Douglas County passed one of the toughest ordinances in the state restricting how much pot can be grown in a home. The sheriff’s department says they’ve taken 40 complaints, this year alone, about issues related to pot growing in homes which prompted the ordinance.
  245 marijuana plants were seized as part of an illegal grow operation (credit: Pueblo Co
  
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• Toddler’s Father In Crash To Police: ‘I Was Trying To Kill My Son’

  30-08-2016 05:37
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4) – A father in Arapahoe County has been accused of trying to kill his own child by getting into a car wreck.
  The crash happened on South Eudora Way in Centennial on Aug. 21.
  Isaiah Weitzel, 2, remains at a hospital in Aurora with severe injuries. His father, Nathan Weitzel, 29, has been charged with attempted first-degree murder.
  Nathan Weitzel (credit: Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office)
  “I was trying to kill my son,” Weitzel told investigators
  
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• Coach Kubiak On Siemian: ‘I Believe In This Kid’

  30-08-2016 05:15
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) – Trevor Siemian couldn’t be rattled.
  Not by the knee injury that ended his college career at Northwestern and scared away everyone but the Denver Broncos, who made him the 250th overall pick in last year’s draft.
  Not by his six-month audition for the Broncos’ starting QB job that began with him as the dark horse against veteran Mark Sanchez and first-round draft pick Paxton Lynch.
  He wasn’t even unnerved Monday when coach Gary Kubiak informed
  
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• Flood Victim In Colorado Springs Thought He ‘Was A Goner’

  30-08-2016 04:55
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – Colorado Springs saw some dangerous weather Monday afternoon that brought hail and caused flooding.
  According to the National Weather Service, a thunderstorm dropped up to two inches of rain in the city before weakening. Small creeks and streams flooded due to the runoff.
  The rain started around sometime just after 1 p.m. and it gave drainage systems some trouble.
  (credit: CBS)
  One neighborhood spent hours digging out of feet of hail. Many of the homes in t
  
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• Denver council gives green light for DIA terminal project negotiations

  30-08-2016 04:48
  
  Denver International Airport officials received the go-ahead Monday from the City Council to negotiate a long-term contract for a massive renovation of Jeppesen Terminal.
  But first, several council members expressed misgivings — about the fate of concessions workers when terminal businesses shut down during construction, about the privatization of some terminal operations and about lead bidder Ferrovial’s track record.
  Related ArticlesAugust 29, 2016 Denver Internation
  
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• New Reason Why More And More Parents Refusing Childhood Immunizations

  30-08-2016 04:39
  
  By Dr. Dave Hnida
  (CBS4) – Two important bits of news from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
  First, a new study in the Journal Pediatrics shows that the number of parents who are refusing vaccines for their children continues to rise — and for a reason different that 10 years ago.
  The major reasons for vaccine refusal then was a fear of autism, too much stress on the immune system, too many vaccines, and similar reasons. Those concerns have all been shown scientifically to be false
  
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• New Guideline Says: Refuse Childhood Immunizations, You May Be Discharged From The Practice

  30-08-2016 04:39
  
  By Dr. Dave Hnida
  (CBS4) -Two important bits of news from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
  First, a new study in the Journal Pediatrics shows that the number of parents who are refusing vaccines for their children continues to rise—and for a reason different that 10 years ago.
  The major reasons for vaccine refusal then was a fear of autism, too much stress on the immune system, too many vaccines, and similar reasons. Those concerns have all been shown scientifically to be false.
  The new
  
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• ‘A Line’ Problems Prompt RTD To Dock Contractors

  30-08-2016 04:19
  
  By Rick Sallinger
  DENVER (CBS4) – The “train to the plane” has sometimes been a pain. The greatly anticipated Regional Transportation District commuter rail A Line has suffered numerous service disruptions since it began April 22.
  According to documents provided by RTD to CBS4, the contractors consortium was docked tens of thousands of dollars during the first three months.
  Denver Transit Partners was to be paid $10,768,236, but was docked $65,279. Figures for July are expected
  
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• 2 Injured In Fire At ‘Possible Hoarder House’

  30-08-2016 04:00
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Firefighters rushed to put out a house fire in Denver on Monday afternoon.
  Fire crews rushed to the home at 4501 East Warren Avenue just before 1 p.m. Monday.
  Firefighters battled a house fire on East Warren Avenue in Denver (credit: CBS)
  Firefighters rescued two people and they were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. The severity of their injuries is unknown.
  The fire started in a front bedroom of the home. Fire crews had a tough time getting into the home to
  
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• Watch Xfinity Monday Live For A Rocky Mountain Showdown Preview

  30-08-2016 02:42
  
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• Suspicious Item Spotted In Cabin Delays Flight To Denver

  30-08-2016 02:27
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Authorities say a Southwest Airlines flight from Albuquerque to Denver was delayed after a suspicious item was spotted in the cabin before takeoff.
  Albuquerque International Sunport spokesman Dan Jiron says the plane was scheduled to depart before 5 p.m. Monday.
  Instead, the plane was evacuated and taxied to a remote part of the airport and passengers were taken by bus back to the terminal.
  Jiron says the item and plane was inspected and cleared by airport aut
  
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• Church Shows Appreciation To Law Enforcement With Special Day

  30-08-2016 02:22
  
  GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. (CBS4) – A church in Greenwood Village put food on the table for their local men and women in blue on Monday.
  They provided not just one meal, but breakfast, lunch and dinner to show their appreciation.
  (credit: Nancy Eberhart Martin)
  Members of Greenwood Community Church on East Belleview Avenue teamed up with 20 restaurants in the area to provide some nourishment. It was their way of saying thanks to law enforcement.
  (credit: Nancy Eberhart Martin)
  Officers from
  
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• Deadly Hit & Run Started As Street Racing, Teen Arrested

  30-08-2016 01:53
  
  By Jennifer Brice
  DENVER (CBS4) – Police said a deadly hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian on Sunday night started as a street racing.
  Police rushed to the scene just before 9 p.m. Sunday where a man had been struck by an orange Dodge Caliber while crossing Alameda Avenue. The man, 26-year-old Nicholas Richling of Denver, did not survive the collision.
  The driver of the Caliber ditched the car a short distance away and walked away from the crash.
  (credit: CBS)
  Police caught up
  
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• Scattered Showers and Storms Each Day Into the Weekend

  30-08-2016 01:47
  
  By Ed Greene
  DENVER (CBS4) – Showers and storms were found mainly over central Colorado on Monday and those to the south of the metro area were the heaviest with Flood and Flash Flood Watches hoisted for portions of El Paso and surrounding counties. Some areas saw rains that came on quickly and dropped several inches of rain causing all sorts of flooding problems. On top of that, some areas saw those heavy rains followed by hail!
  Denver reached 84 degrees officially at the airport and 83 d
  
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