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• Ginsburg Calls Anthem Protest ‘Dumb And Disrespectful’

  10-10-2016 23:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has called the protests of football players who decline to stand for the national anthem “dumb and disrespectful.”
  In a wide-ranging interview posted Monday on Yahoo, Ginsburg said she had the same opinion about flag burning.
  Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was successfully treated for colon cancer in 1999 and gets screened yearly. In 2009, a CT scan revealed a small cancer in the center of her pancreas. (cre
  
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• Kaine At Denver Event: Men Don’t Talk Like Trump

  10-10-2016 23:39
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine rocked the campaign trail on Monday by appearing at a rally in Denver where musician Dave Matthews performed.
  Kaine says Donald Trump’s dismissal of the vulgar comments he made in a leaked 2005 tape as “locker room” talk are insulting not only to women, but to men as well.
  Dave Matthews in Denver at a campaign rally for Tim Kaine (credit: CBS)
  Kaine made the comments Monday afternoon at the National Western Com
  
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• 4 Head Coaches In 4 Years For Broncos

  10-10-2016 23:21
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – For the fourth time in four years, the Broncos will have a different head coach when they play in San Diego.
  Current head coach Gary Kubiak will miss Thursday night’s game after going to the hospital with “flu-like symptoms” following Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons.
  Executive vice president of football operations and general manager of the Denver Broncos John Elway (credit: CBS)
  “Gary is going to concentrate on Gary this week,”
  
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• Keidel: Vikings More Than Salvaging A Season

  10-10-2016 22:31
  
  By Jason Keidel
  We spent the first four weeks of the NFL season stumbling over each other to praise the Patriots for their loyalty. They won three games without Tom Brady, and welcomed back the most decorated quarterback in the NFL with a 3-1 record.
  We can debate the merits of Jimmy Garoppolo and Jacoby Brissett all week, but at least they are homegrown, and well-versed in Belichick’s corporate coda. All speak the sterile, native tongue of “Onto Cincinnati.” They merely h
  
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• Elway: Kubiak Taking The Week Off

  10-10-2016 22:13
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS) — John Elway, executive vice president of football operations and general manager of the Denver Broncos, said head coach Gary Kubiak will take off the week after he was hospitalized on Sunday.Joe DeCamillis will fill in in Kubiak’s place.Elway said not taking away from play calling was a big reason to have Joe DeCamillis be the interim head coach.Earlier, the Broncos confirmed that Kubiak had been diagnosed with a “complex migraine condition that caused e
  
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• Avalanche Sign Bourques, Gabriel And Rene, To 1-Year-Deals

  10-10-2016 21:18
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche signed forwards Gabriel Bourque and Rene Bourque to one-year contracts after they were invited to camp on a professional tryout.
  The Bourques, who are not related, add depth to a forward crew that already includes Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog and Matt Duchene.
  Gabriel Bourque was limited to 22 games last season with Nashville after suffering an upper-body injury on Nov. 27. He had one goal.
  Rene Bourque brings a wealth of experience hav
  
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• Warren Buffett Releases Tax Information

  10-10-2016 21:09
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investor Warren Buffett says he’s never used the kind of tax deduction that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump did, and Buffett says he’s paid taxes every year for 72 years.
  Buffett sent out a statement Monday responding to Trump’s comments during Sunday’s debate when Trump confirmed using a $916 million loss in 1995 to avoid paying federal income taxes.
  Buffett also released details of his own taxes and reiterated his call for Trump t
  
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• Latest Forecast: Warming Trend Continues One More Day

  10-10-2016 20:25
  
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – A large area of high pressure that dominated Colorado’s weather over the weekend will keep temperatures mild to start the new week. For Denver and the Front Range, highs will be in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees which is more than 10 degrees above normal. It’s not quite record territory however. The record for October 10 in Denver is 89°.
  Sunshine will cover nearly the entire state on Monday with the exception of the Western Slope where t
  
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• Latest Forecast: Cool Down Heading Our Way

  10-10-2016 20:25
  
  By Lauren Whitney
  DENVER (CBS4) – Our warm temperatures continued today with highs reaching the upper 70s across the Front Range. Denver officially hit 79 degrees, well above our 68 degree average.
  Tomorrow will still be warm, but we’ll see more clouds and a chance for rain in the afternoon and evening in Denver. Most of the moisture should stay off to the west or skirt through the northwestern plains. Our next cold front works its way through the state in the afternoon and evening,
  
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• Cool Down Heading Our Way

  10-10-2016 20:25
  
  By Lauren Whitney
  DENVER (CBS4) – Our warm temperatures continued today with highs reaching the upper 70s across the Front Range. Denver officially hit 79 degrees, well above our 68 degree average.
  Tomorrow will still be warm, but we’ll see more clouds and a chance for rain in the afternoon and evening in Denver. Most of the moisture should stay off to the west or skirt through the northwestern plains. Our next cold front works its way through the state in the afternoon and evening,
  
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• Brush Fire Burns 300 Acres East Of Metro Area

  10-10-2016 20:14
  
  DEER TRAIL, Colo. (CBS4)– A brush fire burned near Deer Trail east of the Denver metro area on Monday.Copter4 flew over the fire which sent up plumes of white smoke over Elbert County. (credit: CBS)
  No structures were threatened in the Brad Berry Fire. (credit: CBS)
  Farm trucks were fighting the fire along with fire crews from Elizabeth. Copter4 flew over the brush fire burning in Elbert County on Monday (credit: CBS)Copter4 flew over the brush fire burning in Elbert County on Monday (cred
  
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• Tonight’s XML Guest: Mark Schlereth

  10-10-2016 19:59
  
  Watch Xfinity Monday Live on CBS4 at 6:30 p.m. or head to ViewHouse Centennial to see it live! Join in the fun, enjoy great food & drinks and watch all of tonight's big games on a 200 inch flatscreen.
  
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• Tonight On CBS4 News at 10 p.m.: Pension Problems

  10-10-2016 19:45
  
  Watch Brian Maass‘ report on CBS4 News at 10 p.m.
  
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• 1 Dead, 1 Critical In RiNo Shooting

  10-10-2016 19:41
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Police in Denver continued to search for a gunman in a deadly shooting in the RiNo neighborhood early Monday morning.The shooting happened outside the Cold Crush bar at 27th and Larimer about 1:15 a.m. Monday.Police investigated a deadly shooting in the RiNo neighborhood on Monday morning (credit: CBS)
  Two people were shot, one died and the other remained in critical condition.
  (credit: CBS)Police have not released a suspect description. (credit: CBS)
  The victims have not be
  
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• Man Faces Charges In ‘Extreme Domestic Violence’ Death

  10-10-2016 18:46
  
  DENVER (AP) — Authorities have made an arrest in what they are calling a case of “extreme domestic violence” after a 24-year-old woman was found dead in a Glenwood Springs apartment.
  Garfield County deputies had responded to the apartment Friday to a report of a possible homicide and found the woman dead. The victim’s name is not being released pending notification of family.
  Authorities say the suspect fled after the killing and was found Saturday in the Grand Junction a
  
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• Tim Kaine, Dave Matthews Hold Rally, Concert In Denver

  10-10-2016 18:40
  
  DENVER (AP) — Democratic vice-presidential candidate Tim Kaine and Dave Matthews are campaigning together in Colorado on Monday.
  The two plan a combination rally and concert at the National Western Complex at 1:30 p.m. The event is aimed at getting supporters registered to vote.
  (© Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
  
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• Eagle Freed In Hurricane Matthew Aftermath From Car Grill

  10-10-2016 18:39
  
  GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — A bald eagle that somehow managed to get wedged in the front grill of a Florida car was freed unharmed after a passing motorist noticed the bird just after Hurricane Matthew roared past the area.
  The Clay County Sheriff’s Office says a resident of the Fleming Island area south of Jacksonville noticed the bird peering out of a passing car Saturday in the storm’s aftermath. The resident urged the motorist to pull over.The sheriff’s department
  
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• Hillary Clinton To Return To Colorado

  10-10-2016 18:20
  
  PUEBLO, Colo. (CBS4) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is returning to Colorado on Wednesday.
  Clinton will campaign in Pueblo, where she will urge Coloradans to register to vote and turn their ballots in early.
  Details on the time and location of the event have yet to be announced.
  RELATED: Ryan Tells GOP Lawmakers He Won’t Defend Trump
  This year’s election is the first presidential election in Colorado in which every voter will receive their ballot in the mai
  
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• Broncos Coach Kubiak To Be Released From Hospital

  10-10-2016 17:50
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos say coach Gary Kubiak has been diagnosed with a “complex migraine condition that caused extreme fatigue and body weakness.”
  The team said he’s feeling better and after receiving medication is expected to be released from the hospital Monday afternoon.
  Update on #Broncos Head Coach Gary Kubiak: pic.twitter.com/KGvEFh3hE3
  — Patrick Smyth (@psmyth12) October 10, 2016General manager John Elway will address his coach’s sta
  
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• Ryan Tells GOP Lawmakers He Won’t Defend Trump

  10-10-2016 17:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – The nation’s most powerful Republican told his party Monday that he now is focusing on ensuring Hillary Clinton doesn’t get a blank check as president with a Democratic-controlled Congress, suggesting that he doesn’t believe Donald Trump can win the election.
  House Speaker Paul Ryan’s office quickly said he was not conceding the election’s outcome. But pro-Trump GOP House members got that impression, pushing back and saying Trump can still wi
  
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• Latest Forecast: Even Warmer On Monday, Mid-Week Cool Down Coming

  10-10-2016 15:38
  
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – A large area of high pressure that dominated Colorado’s weather over the weekend will keep temperatures mild to start the new week. For Denver and the Front Range, highs will be in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees which is more than 10 degrees above normal. It’s not quite record territory however. The record for October 10 in Denver is 89°.
  Sunshine will cover nearly the entire state on Monday with the exception of the Western Slope where t
  
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• Police: Teen Taken By Gunpoint

  10-10-2016 15:19
  
  ROCKY FORD, Colo. (CBS4) – Rocky Ford Police are asking for help in locating a missing teenager.
  An advisory was issued by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation saying police say that early Monday morning, they believe Saisha Lyric Ornelas was taken at gunpoint by her boyfriend Sebio “Joseph” Rodriguez.
  The two were last seen on County Road 21 and Charles in Las Animas County.
  They are traveling in a 2003 black Chevy Impala with heavy front-end damage.
  Ornelas is described as a
  
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• Five Things: Blue Jays Sweep, Cubs and Indians Attempt Same

  10-10-2016 14:51
  
  By Andrew Kahn
  It’s a happy Thanksgiving day in Canada, as the Toronto Blue Jays are headed to the American League Championship Series for a second straight year. They await the winner of the Cleveland-Boston series; the Indians are going for the sweep in Boston tonight. In the National League, the Dodgers and Nationals are tied 1-1 heading into this afternoon’s game; the Cubs will try to sweep the Giants in San Francisco tonight. It’s been a wet and wild postseason so far.1) B
  
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• The Soothing Seventies Holding On

  10-10-2016 04:43
  
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – Lots of action on the weather map heading into Monday. We have a small low pressure system tracking across southern stretches of the state producing a few showers and thunderstorms over the southwest and southeastern corners of Colorado. This system will be moving out on Monday as high pressure slides back in from the southwest. This will deliver a warmer day for Denver and the eastern plains to start the week.We have a chance for a few showers and storms i
  
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• Scott Walker Watching Packers Game During Presidential Debate

  10-10-2016 04:04
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker appears to be more interested in the Green Bay Packers game than the second presidential debate.
  Walker is live tweeting Sunday’s Packers game and not commenting about the debate that’s going on at the same time.
  Touchdown @Packers! #SNF #NYGvsGB #GoPackGo pic.twitter.com/ii3XUuofXo
  — Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) October 10, 2016The Republican governor has not backed away from his endorsement of Donald Trump in the president
  
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• Paxton Lynch Throws For Second-Most Completions in Broncos Debut

  10-10-2016 03:46
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Broncos quarterback Paxton Lynch nearly tied and broke a team record in Sunday’s loss to the Atlanta Falcons.
  Of quarterbacks who made their professional starting debut with the Broncos, Lynch completed more passes than any previous player.
  RELATED: Broncos Lose For First Time This Season
  Brian Griese is the only Broncos quarterback to complete more passes in his debut, when he connected on 24 passes against the Miami Dolphins on Sept. 13, 1999.
  (credit: Evan Sem&oacu
  
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• 1st Start: Lynch Looks Like Broncos QB Of Future Not Present

  10-10-2016 03:10
  
  DENVER (AP) — If the Broncos guessed right, Paxton Lynch will be a very good quarterback someday.
  Sunday he looked like a rookie, though, and Denver walked away with its first loss of the season along with the sobering realization that the quarterback they need now is Trevor Siemian.
  Siemian sat out of Denver’s 23-16 loss to Atlanta with a sore left shoulder he received after being hurled to the ground last week against Tampa Bay. Against Atlanta, Lynch made his first NFL start and w
  
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• Coach Kubiak Taken To Hospital Following Broncos Loss

  10-10-2016 02:37
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Broncos head coach Gary Kubiak was taken to the hospital following Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons.
  Patrick Smyth, the Broncos vice president of public relations, tweeted out that Kubiak was transported to the hospital with “flu-like symptoms.”
  He is currently being evaluated.
  After Sunday’s game, Coach Kubiak had flu-like symptoms and was taken to a hospital as a precaution. He's currently being evaluated.
  — Patrick Smyth (@psmyth12)
  
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• Track Your Pets’ Steps With Fitness Tracker

  10-10-2016 02:02
  
  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (CBS) Now pet owners are able to use technology to get a better overall picture of their animal’s health. David Levin uses an activity tracker on his dog, Mark, to keep tabs on his daily exercise.
  (credit: CBS)
  “Helps me keep him active,” Levin said. “Make sure I’m caring for him as much as he cares for me.”
  (credit: CBS)
  Pet owners are increasingly turning to activity trackers to monitor their animal’s health. San Francisco based,
  
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• Broncos Lose For First Time This Season

  10-10-2016 01:15
  
  DENVER (AP) — Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons didn’t need another 300-yard performance from Julio Jones to decipher Denver’s dazzling defense and wreck Paxton Lynch’s first NFL start with a 23-16 win over Broncos on Sunday.
  Using a steady dose of I-formation runs and short passes that put Denver’s linebackers in coverage, the Falcons (4-1) handed the Super Bowl champs their first loss since Dec. 20 at Pittsburgh and left the Minnesota Vikings (5-0) as the NFL&rsqu
  
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• Demaryius Thomas’ Touchdown Puts Him In Elite Company

  10-10-2016 00:50
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas joined two of the greats with his touchdown reception against the Atlanta Falcons.
  Thomas is now one of only three Broncos with 50 or more receiving touchdowns for the team in their career.
  Broncos wide receiver great Rod Smith (68) and tight end great Shannon Sharpe (55) are the only other two players with 50 or more receiving touchdowns as Broncos.
  Thomas scored the touchdown in the fourth quarter off a pass from quarterbac
  
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