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• New Guidelines Now In Effect For Marijuana Products In Colorado

  01-10-2016 23:19
  
  By Kelly Werthmann
  DENVER (CBS4) – As of Oct.1 new guidelines are in effect for medical and recreational pot products.
  Packing on marijuana-infused products must say “Keep out of the reach of children,” cannot say “candy” or “candies,” and every package must feature the universal symbol indicating the product contains marijuana.
  (credit: CBS)
  “So the medical has an ‘M’ in it and the recreational are just going to be exclamation points w
  
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• Burglar Hits Up High-End Shopping Area, Leaves With Almost Nothing

  01-10-2016 22:44
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A burglar hit a high-end Denver shopping area but didn’t get away with much. Store owners say the damage costs them more than the theft itself.
  The burglar broke through a glass window, but when he did that it set of security alarm so police were there quickly. He was caught on camera but police are still struggling to find a good description of the thief.
  (credit: CBS)
  Denver police say between Sept. 22-23 the masked bandit smashed his way into at least four Cherry C
  
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• 9 keys to Broncos defeating Tampa Bay

  01-10-2016 21:37
  
  TAMPA -The Broncos are 3-0, looking to go 4-0 for the ninth time in their last 30 seasons. They wound up using six of those previous eight, 4-0 starts to reach the Super Bowl.       
  
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• Police Seek Suspect in Overnight Colfax Murder

  01-10-2016 21:33
  
  By Brian Maass
  DENVER (CBS4) – Denver police are looking for the gunman who killed one man and injured another in an overnight shooting on the 500 block of East Colfax Avenue in Denver.
  According to Denver police, the incident began as a disturbance at around 2 a.m. Saturday which escalated to gunshots. When it was over, two victims were transported to Denver Health Medical Center. One was pronounced dead at the hospital, the second is suffering from non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, ac
  
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• 1 Killed, Another Hospitalized In Colfax Shooting

  01-10-2016 21:33
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – An overnight shooting along East Colfax Avenue on Capitol Hill left one person dead and another injured.
  Police say they are looking for one man in connection with what happened around 2 a.m. Saturday.
  The suspect opened fire. One victim was pronounced dead at the hospital and a second suffered gunshot wounds not considered life-threatening.
  Colfax had to be closed between Pennsylvania and Pearl streets for the investigation.
  No other details have been released.
  
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• Search On For Missing Endangered Teen

  01-10-2016 18:58
  
  CASTLE PINES, Colo. (CBS4) – Authorities in Douglas County would like the public’s help locating a missing endangered teen.
  According to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Tatiana Barcikowski, 19, was last seen Friday night at approximately 10 p.m. in the area of Hidden Point Boulevard and Crossing Circle in Castle Pines.
  “Tatiana’s family discovered that she had left their home sometime in the evening without taking her medications and cellphone. At this time we
  
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• Nice Weekend Before Major Change Next Week

  01-10-2016 17:24
  
  By Chris Spears
  DENVER (CBS4) – Aside from a few scattered mountain showers or storms this afternoon we have a fantastic weekend ahead across Colorado.
  Be sure to get out and enjoy the fall color while you can because we have a big fall storm on the way that will likely take many of the leaves by the middle of next week.
  Those changes will get underway on Monday with increasing wind and high fire danger.
  By Tuesday those winds will usher in some much cooler weather for the middle part of t
  
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• Latest Forecast: Nice Weekend Before Major Change Next Week

  01-10-2016 17:24
  
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – Aside from a few scattered mountain showers or storms this afternoon we have a fantastic weekend ahead across Colorado.
  Be sure to get out and enjoy the fall color while you can because we have a big fall storm on the way that will likely take many of the leaves by the middle of next week.
  Those changes will get underway on Monday with increasing wind and high fire danger.
  By Tuesday those winds will usher in some much cooler weather for the middle part of th
  
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• Rockies Begin Final Weekend With Victory Over Brewers

  01-10-2016 06:11
  
  DENVER (The Sports Xchange)– The odds are very good that when Chad Bettis starts for the Colorado Rockies, they will win.
  It has been that way this season for nearly three months, including one final time Friday night when Bettis pitched into the seventh and the Rockies beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-1.
  Bettis (14-8) finished his exemplary season with career-highs in wins, innings (186), starts (32) and strikeouts (138).
  The Rockies have won 16 of Bettis’ past 20 starts since June 9, i
  
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• Xcel Energy Blames New Meter After Bill Triples In Amount

  01-10-2016 06:05
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A family in the Denver metro area had some questions for Xcel Energy after their utility bill increased three-fold when they got a new meter.
  “This has got to be wrong,” said Xcel Energy customer Dwight Hall.
  Hall said his meter was replaced by Xcel Energy earlier this month and his latest bill reflects a usage amount three times normal.Dwight Hall checks his Xcel meter (credit: CBS)
  “We didn’t add any new equipment, we didn’t change anything an
  
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• 600 Wild Horses Targeted In Roundup

  01-10-2016 05:28
  
  CRAIG, Colo. (CBS4)– The Bureau of Land Management estimates there are 600 wild horses in a herd near Craig targeted for a roundup next month.
  According to the Daily Sentinel, some of the horses will be treated with birth control and another 50 will go to an adoption program.
  (credit: CBS)
  Last year, a wild horse roundup in Southwestern Colorado was met with controversy. The BLM has opened a 30-day appeal for public comment on the latest roundup. The earliest it will happen is Oct. 21.
  The
  
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• Imagine A High Speed Train In The Mountains

  01-10-2016 05:19
  
  SALIDA, Colo. (CBS4)– One Colorado man has imagined a high speed train that would carry commuters and tourists along a 110-mile trip between Salida and Eagle.
  Trains haven’t traveled on the tracks for more than a decade but one man, Christof Stork, wants to change that.
  Christof Stork (credit: CBS)
  “You know, they call this a railroad crossing. There’s no train coming though. And it’s gorgeous, the tracks are in great shape,” said Stork. “People have loo
  
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• Investigators: ‘Social Media Hysteria’ Surrounds Clown Threats

  01-10-2016 05:01
  
  By Rick SallingerLAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4)– Parents around the state are being told to calm down over threatening email posts claiming that people dressed as clowns are coming to hurt their children. So far, all the threats have been described as hoaxes.
  Lakewood police converged on Creighton Middle School on Friday after the killer clown threat spread there.
  Diana Wilson a spokesperson for the Jefferson County Public Schools told CBS4, “As soon as we get any kind of threat, we immediat
  
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• Excess Fluid Found In Lungs Of Sisters Who Died In Paradise

  01-10-2016 04:04
  
  By Melissa Garcia
  SEYCHELLES (CBS4) – Autopsies determined that a Denver competitive figure skater and her sister, who were found dead Sept. 22 at Seychelles resort, died from excess fluid in their lungs, according to the Associated Press.
  An autopsy found that Annie Korkki, 37, also had excess fluid in her brain.
  A resort employee found the bodies of Annie and her sister Robin Korkki, 42, inside their luxurious resort villa.
  The Korkki sisters (credit Facebook)
  Authorities in the Seychell
  
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• Sanders, Thomas Thrive Off Competing Against Each Other

  01-10-2016 03:58
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Demaryius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders are typically competitive teammates, eagerly comparing stats after Broncos games to boast about who collected more catches or gained more yards.
  While the Pro Bowl receivers also cheer each other’s successes, they even turn their celebrations into contests.
  “When he scored his touchdown, he almost knocked me out,” Sanders said. “I almost caught a concussion because of chest bumping him. I didn’t rea
  
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• Police Capture Uncooperative Alligator

  01-10-2016 03:52
  
  THORNTON, Colo. (CBS4)– Police in Thornton worked to capture an uncooperative alligator earlier this week.
  The reptile was found at the Avena Broadstone Apartments near 104th and York on Tuesday. (credit: Thornton Police)
  The alligator put up quite a fight before the officers were able to get it into a box.No one has claimed the gator so the animal is living at the Adams County Animal Shelter.
  
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• Latest Forecast: Nice Start To October With Chilly Weather Coming

  01-10-2016 03:16
  
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – Our first weekend of October is on the way and we have a very mild-mannered start to our new month expected. On the forecast weather map we have a weak high pressure ridge from the southern Rockies into the southern Great Plains and a little disturbance passing over the northern fringe of this high. This will allow for a few morning clouds over the Colorado eastern plains on Saturday morning. And enough moisture for a few isolated afternoon showers and stor
  
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• Youth Pastor Sentenced To 90 Days In Jail, Supervised Probation

  01-10-2016 02:41
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4)– A judge in Arapahoe County has sentenced a former youth pastor who worked in Parker and Littleton to jail for sexual assault o a child by a person in a position of trust.The judge sentenced Christopher Hutchinson to 90 days in jail on Friday, for inappropriately touching a 13-year-old girl. Hutchinson will also spend the next 20 years under “sex offender intensive supervised” probation. Christopher Hutchinson (credit: Arapahoe County)
  That means Hutchi
  
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• Former Youth Pastor Sentenced To 90 Days In Jail, Supervised Probation

  01-10-2016 02:41
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4)– A judge in Arapahoe County has sentenced a former youth pastor who worked in Parker and Littleton to jail for sexual assault o a child by a person in a position of trust.The judge sentenced Christopher Hutchinson to 90 days in jail on Friday, for inappropriately touching a 13-year-old girl. Hutchinson will also spend the next 20 years under “sex offender intensive supervised” probation. Christopher Hutchinson (credit: Arapahoe County)
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• Make your own Bloomin' Onion

  01-10-2016 02:04
  
  Craving a Bloomin' Onion but don't want to go the Outback? Okay... so making one yourself won't be easier or faster. But it is impressive.        
  
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• Memorial Bike Ride Planned For Hit & Run Victim

  01-10-2016 00:52
  
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4– A memorial bike ride has been organized in honor of a cyclist killed by a hit-and-run driver.
  Police say the accident happened along the road near the entrance Carter Lake in Larimer County on Sept. 20. The cyclist, 43-year-old Jason “Jay” Holden, died on the scene.
  A ghost bike now sits in the spot where Holden was killed. He was struck while riding his bicycle. That vehicle took off and then he was struck by a pickup. The truck driver stayed on scen
  
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• CBS Sports Poll 9/30/16

  01-10-2016 00:50
  
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• Firefighters Hope To Reunite Owner With Ring

  01-10-2016 00:32
  
  NORTHGLENN, Colo. (CBS4)– North Metro Fire Rescue firefighters hope to find the owner of a ring that turned up in a donation boot over Labor Day weekend.The ring was found in a boot used to collect donations during the Fill the Boot campaign over the holiday weekend at the beginning of September.
  Firefighters want to know if the ring accidentally fell into the boot when someone dropped in the money or possibly donated the ring.The ring is believed to have been collected at the Northglenn M
  
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• Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson To Campaign In Colorado

  01-10-2016 00:09
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– The Libertarian candidate for president, Gary Johnson, will campaign in the Denver metro area next week.
  Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico, will hold a rally on Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. at the Great Hall at CU Denver located at 1003 Peoria Street in Parker.The event is open to the public.
  
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