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• Schlereth: Picking ‘Fiery’ DeCamillis To Lead Broncos Makes Sense

  11-10-2016 23:37
  
  CBS4 Broncos analyst Mark Schlereth joined CBS4 sports anchor Michael Spencer Monday night on Xfinity Monday Live.
  By Michael Spencer
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4) – After suffering their first loss of the season, the Broncos are preparing for a quick turnaround as they travel to San Diego for a game Thursday night.
  The Broncos will be without head coach Gary Kubiak. The head coach suffered what the team called a complex migraine Sunday night after the Broncos loss to Atlanta and was taken to t
  
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• Rockies Bring Back 3 Coaches As They Search For New Manager

  11-10-2016 23:09
  
  DENVER (AP) – The Colorado Rockies are bringing back three coaches as they search for manager Walt Weiss’ replacement.
  The team announced Tuesday that third base coach Stu Cole, pitching coach Steve Foster and bullpen coach Darren Holmes will remain on staff. Those not returning include hitting coach Blake Doyle, bench coach Tom Runnells, catching/defensive positioning coach Rene Lachemann and first base coach Eric Young.
  With his contract expired, Weiss stepped down after the season
  
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• Broncos to dedicate game to Kubiak

  11-10-2016 22:49
  
  If communication is any indication, the Denver Broncos might find it easier with Gary Kubiak available to coach them than trying "to win one for the Kube" when he's not.       
  
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• Colorado Man Pleads Guilty In Utah Woman’s 1970 Death

  11-10-2016 22:41
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — More than four decades after a young girl found her mother stabbed to death in eastern Utah, a 76-year-old Colorado man has pleaded guilty in her death.
  Court records show Thomas Edward Egley of Rocky Ford pleaded guilty to a criminal homicide charge Tuesday. Egley was an original suspect in the 1970 death of 23-year-old Loretta Jones in Price, but a judge found there wasn’t enough evidence against him and dismissed the case.
  The investigation was reopened at th
  
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• Feds To Bring Criminal Contempt Charges Against Arpaio

  11-10-2016 21:53
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Prosecutors said Tuesday they will charge Sheriff Joe Arpaio with criminal contempt-of-court for defying a judge’s orders to end his signature immigration patrols in Arizona, exposing the 84-year-old lawman to the possibility of jail time.
  The announcement in federal court sets in motion criminal proceedings against the sheriff less than a month before Election Day as he seeks a seventh term as Maricopa County sheriff. The 2016 election cycle has also seen Arpaio take
  
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• Appeals Court: Roundup Not Required For Overpopulated Horses

  11-10-2016 21:37
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled against Wyoming officials who sought to require the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to round up wild horses from overpopulated herds.
  The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver on Tuesday upheld a ruling that federal law doesn’t mandate roundup of overpopulated wild horses that compete with cattle for forage.
  Wild horse advocacy groups, including the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign, praised the decision. The groups&rsq
  
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• Former Gov. Bill Owens: Donald Trump A ‘Charlatan,’ ‘Narcissist’

  11-10-2016 21:27
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Former Colorado Governor Bill Owens posted to Facebook a scathing editorial on Donald Trump Monday.
  In the post, Owens said, “Our great Republican Party is under attack by a charlatan, Donald Trump. … who will throw us aside after doing his best to destroy us, just as he has thrown aside so many of his properties and ventures.”Owens, who served as the 40th Governor of Colorado from 1999 to 2007, called on Republicans do what they can to focus on maintaini
  
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• Comcast Fined $2.3M To End Probe Into Mischarging Customers

  11-10-2016 21:13
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Government regulators are fining Comcast $2.3 million, saying the cable giant has charged customers for stuff they never ordered, like premium channels or extra cable boxes.
  The Federal Communications Commission said the Philadelphia company must clearly ask customers before charging them for new services or equipment and make it easier for customers to fight charges they think are wrong.
  “It is basic that a cable bill should include charges only for services and equi
  
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• Mom and dad DeCamillis excited for son

  11-10-2016 21:04
  
  ENGLEWOOD—For the first in Denver Broncos' history, the father of the head coach has a sausage concession stand behind the stadium's south stands scoreboard.       
  
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• Siemian Preparing To Play In San Diego

  11-10-2016 20:37
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – Broncos quarterback Trevor Siemian says he’s preparing to play against the San Diego Chargers.
  Siemian is still listed as day-to-day on the injury report, though, and his status for the game has yet to be decided, after spraining his non throwing shoulder against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
  Trevor Siemian (credit: CBS)
  Interim head coach Joe DeCamillis said Tuesday that the decision will be a group one, General Manager John Elway included, on whether Siemian s
  
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• Latest Forecast: Isolated Showers Through Tonight, Drizzle Early Tomorrow

  11-10-2016 20:15
  
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – A cold front and associated storm system approaching Colorado will bring mostly cloudy skies and a chance for showers through Tuesday night. The front won’t reach Denver and the Front Range until Tuesday evening after 6 p.m. So, temperatures will be very mild once again Tuesday afternoon with highs in the upper 70s.
  Most of the precipitation on Tuesday and Tuesday night will be confined to the high country and Western Slope where widel
  
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• Police Thank Firefighters For Helping Catch Deadly Hit & Run Suspect

  11-10-2016 19:48
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Police have arrested man they believe is responsible for a deadly hit-and-run crash on Monday night involving four vehicles.
  An adult female was killed in the crash in the southbound lanes of Colorado Boulevard and Interstate 70 about 6:40 p.m. Monday.
  (credit: CBS)
  Investigators pulled the suspect driver, later identified as Tyler White, 25, from the water of the lake in City Park where he was discovered after the crash.
  Someone called police about a person in the water of
  
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• Western Michigan’s PJ Fleck Quickly Rising As Top Coaching Candidate

  11-10-2016 19:42
  
  Ryan Mayer
  The college football season nears its relative midway point as we now enter Week 7 and the coaching carousel has already begun to take shape in terms of which jobs will likely be open come December. LSU fired Les Miles a couple of weeks ago and have been positioning themselves for the man who is expected to be the prize of this year’s coaching sweepstakes: Houston’s Tom Herman. With rumblings surrounding the job security, or better yet, lack thereof, of Texas coach Charlie
  
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• Darryl Glenn Wants To Meet With Donald Trump

  11-10-2016 19:15
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Just days after he called for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to step aside as his party’s nominee, Republican Senate candidate Darryl Glenn wants to give him a second chance.
  Glenn tweeted that he would meet with Trump to give him an “opportunity to share his heart.”
  (credit: Twitter)
  Glenn continues to condemn Trump’s comments released last week but also says the prospect of a Clinton presidency is also unacceptable.
  
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• Darryl Glenn To Meet With Donald Trump

  11-10-2016 19:15
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Just days after he called for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to step aside as his party’s nominee, Republican Senate candidate Darryl Glenn will meet with him.Glenn tweeted that he plans to meet with Trump to give him an “opportunity to share his heart.”(credit: Twitter)
  Glenn continues to condemn Trump’s comments released last week but also says the prospect of a Clinton presidency is also unacceptable.
  
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• Police Arrest Suspect In Deadly Shooting Of Teen

  11-10-2016 18:57
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Police in Denver have arrested a man accused of shooting two teenagers who were allegedly trying to steal marijuana plants from his backyard.
  Keylin Mosley, 15, was killed and a 14-year-old was wounded and possibly paralyzed in the early Sunday morning shooting at a home on High Street near 29th Avenue.
  Denver Police investigate deadly shooting (credit: CBS)
  Police say Keith David Hammock allegedly shot the teens with a rifle from the second story of the home about 2 a.m. Su
  
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• Tebow Works Out For First Time In Arizona Fall League

  11-10-2016 18:51
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Tim Tebow hit a ball through the left side of the infield, looped another to the same area. He fouled off a pitch and sent a grounder the other way.
  Then it came. Swinging inside-out, Tebow lined a hard shot toward the line in left field.
  “Atta boy,” one of his new teammates shouted from behind the batting cage.
  Tebow’s journey from star quarterback to budding baseball player made its latest stop in the desert Monday night, when he worked out for
  
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• Man On Wheels Wanted For Stealing Bench

  11-10-2016 18:27
  
  JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– A man on wheels is wanted for stealing a bench off the porch of a home in the Columbine Hills Neighborhood. A man on roller skates was caught on camera stealing a wooden bench off a porch (credit: Jefferson County)
  Investigators in Jefferson County say the man was wearing roller skates when he took the bench. The theft was captured on camera. (credit: Jefferson County)
  The wooden bench is from Red Rocks and has seat numbers. (credit: Jefferson County)
  
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• Thieves Steal Jerseys, Hats From Sports Store

  11-10-2016 18:21
  
  THORNTON, Colo. (CBS4)– Police search for two thieves who stole expensive jerseys and other items from a sports store in Thornton.The thieves hit the Sports Cave at 120th and Colorado Boulevard in Thornton.Investigators said a man ran into the store, grabbed an armful of jerseys and hats and then ran outside to a waiting car.An employee chased the man outside and was struck by the getaway car. That employee was not seriously hurt.
  
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• State Attorney General: Colorado Pot ‘Permeates’ Kansas

  11-10-2016 17:42
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – The Kansas attorney general says marijuana from Colorado is “permeating” every part of Kansas.
  Attorney General Derek Schmidt said in a news release Monday that he got that information from 320 law enforcement agencies and 70 prosecutors’ offices that responded to a survey.
  Schmidt says Colorado’s decision to legalize marijuana has led to high grade marijuana from that state largely replacing lower grade marijuana from Mexico and home grown marij
  
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• RTD A Line Trains Back In Service After Early Morning Disruption

  11-10-2016 17:27
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– The A and B Line trains were back in service before 5 a.m. Tuesday after an early morning service disruption that lasted about two hours. RTD blames the disruption on a power outage.
  All service for A Line trains was halted about 2:40 a.m. and a bus bridge was put in place. RTD notified riders about the service on Twitter, email and on its website.
  The A Line takes passengers between Union Station and Denver International Airport. Service to the B Line, which takes passenger
  
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• Police: Suspect Driver Arrested In Deadly Hit & Run

  11-10-2016 17:02
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Police have found the person they believe is responsible for a deadly hit-and-run crash on Monday night.One person was killed in the crash at Colorado Boulevard and Interstate 70 about 7 p.m. Monday.Investigators pulled the suspect driver from the water of the lake in City Park where he allegedly ran to hide after the crash. One person was killed in a deadly hit-and-run crash at Colorado Blvd. & I-70 on Monday night (credit: CBS)
  Police say that man was speeding while dr
  
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• Bureaucratic Error Costs Firefighter Widow Thousands Of Dollars

  11-10-2016 16:00
  
  By Brian Maass
  DENVER (CBS4)– The widow of a Denver firefighter is trying to recover an estimated $70,000 in pension benefits lost due to a simple bureaucratic error 15 years ago.
  “The whole process was poorly managed and poorly executed,” said Julie Drennan.
  Denver Firefighter Charlie Drennan (credit: CBS)
  Her husband, Charles Drennan Jr., a division chief with the Denver fire department, was shot and killed Sept. 13, 2001. He had gone to the home of a fellow firefighter to co
  
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• Latest Forecast: Isolated Showers Ahead Of A Big Cool Down

  11-10-2016 15:46
  
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – A cold front and associated storm system approaching Colorado on Tuesday will bring mostly cloudy skies and a chance for showers. The front won’t reach Denver and the Front Range until Tuesday evening so temperatures will be very mild once again during the day with highs in the upper 70s.
  Most of the precipitation on Tuesday and Tuesday night will be confined to the high country and Western Slope where widely scattered rain and snow showers
  
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• Blue Bell Recalls All Ice Creams With Suspect Cookie Dough

  11-10-2016 15:37
  
  GARNER, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa company is recalling the cookie dough it sold to Blue Bell Creameries and other food companies because it may be contaminated with listeria bacteria.
  Dough-maker Aspen Hills notified customers about the recall on Sunday, but it wasn’t immediately clear whether any of this cookie dough had reached consumers because the Garner, Iowa, based company doesn’t sell directly to consumers. Aspen Hills did not say the companies or states where the dough was so
  
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• Xfinity, Comcast Outage Affects Colorado Customers

  11-10-2016 15:33
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Xfinity and Comcast customers in Colorado may be experiencing an outage that impacts millions of people in several states.The phone lines, internet and cable are down in several areas.Comcast advises customers to go their account for an estimate on when the service is expected to be back up and running.
  
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• RTD B & A Line Trains Back In Service After Early Morning Disruption

  11-10-2016 15:27
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– The A and B Lines were back in service before 5 a.m. Tuesday after an early morning service disruption.All service for the A and B Line trains was halted about 2:40 a.m. and a bus bridge was put in place. The A Line takes passengers between Union Station and Denver International Airport. The B Line takes passengers between Union Station and Westminster.RTD advised all train passengers to find another form of transportation.Nate Currey with RTD told CBS4 that a server at the
  
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• Major Delays After Semi Spills Fuel On I-25

  11-10-2016 15:18
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– There were major delays during the morning commute on Tuesday after a semi truck spilled fuel in the northbound lanes of Interstate 25 at Alameda.The spill happened about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday. Crews with the Colorado Department of Transportation rushed to clear the lanes of debris. Copter4 flew over the fuel spill at I-25 and Alameda (credit: CBS)
  All northbound lanes except for one remained closed at 7:30 a.m. There were major delays in the northbound lanes. There was no estim
  
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• Ask Amy: Mother worries about college-age daughter who has trouble socializing

  11-10-2016 08:30
  
  Dear Amy: My daughter just started college. While in high school she had some friends, but she never seemed to get very close to them or trust them very much.
  She has a boyfriend, and they are very close, but now that she’s in college she lives four and half hours away from him and us.
  She was bullied in middle school, which I think is the main reason she has trouble socializing.
  She’s a very beautiful girl and has always dreamed of going to college, living in a dorm, joining a soror
  
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• Five easy fall cooking tricks using the best of what’s fresh

  11-10-2016 08:01
  
  By Susan Clotfelter, Special to The Denver Post
  Is it safe to turn on the oven yet?
  The forecast says that yes, it is —  though autumn in Colorado is as capricious as any other season. It’s cold, it’s hot, it’s gray, it’s sunny. Melons and peaches linger in the farmers markets right alongside the pumpkins and roasting peppers. If you love to cook, this is your time —  you can make it sweet, light, hearty, rib-sticking, savory, spicy — any
  
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• Colorado pot “permeates” Kansas, says attorney general

  11-10-2016 07:46
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Attorney General says marijuana from Colorado is “permeating” every part of Kansas.
  Attorney General Derek Schmidt said in a news release Monday that he got that information from 320 law enforcement agencies and 70 prosecutors’ offices that responded to a survey.
  Schmidt says Colorado’s decision to legalize marijuana has led to high grade marijuana from that state largely replacing lower grade marijuana from Mexico and home grown marij
  
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• Beware extremes: Exercise, anger may trigger heart attack

  11-10-2016 07:37
  
  If you’re angry or upset, you might want to simmer down before heading out for an intense run or gym workout. A large, international study ties heavy exertion while stressed or mad to a tripled risk of having a heart attack within an hour.
  Regular exercise is a healthy antidote to stress and can help prevent heart disease — the biggest problem is that too many people get too little of it. But the new research suggests there may be better or worse times to exercise, and that extremes
  
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• “Big soda” sponsored 96 health groups — a big conflict of interest, study says

  11-10-2016 07:19
  
  Nearly 100 national health and medical groups – including the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – enjoy sponsorships by Coca-Cola Co. or PepsiCo, according to a new study by two Boston University researchers.
  The report lands as the sugar industry’s supersized role in shaping – and spinning – health policy has come under increasing scrutiny. It also comes as the negative health effects of
  
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• After hurricane, chaos lingers in waterlogged North Carolina

  11-10-2016 07:06
  
  LUMBERTON, N.C. — With floodwaters from Hurricane Matthew on the rise, at least one North Carolina city appeared near chaos Monday, its police station shuttered and sporadic gunfire in the air, and authorities worried that more communities could end up the same way.
  The storm is gone, but it left behind a water-logged landscape where flooding was expected to persist for the rest of the week. At least three rivers were forecast to reach record levels, some not cresting until Friday. In man
  
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• What is a 'complex migraine?'

  11-10-2016 06:42
  
  Less than an hour after the Broncos suffered its first loss of the season Sunday, an ambulance took head coach Gary Kubiak to the hospital where doctors diagnosed him with a complex migraine condition.       
  
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• Portland man bitten by shark

  11-10-2016 06:39
  
  Oregon State Police troopers received a report that a man was bitten by a shark on the Oregon Coast on Wednesday afternoon.       
  
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• TekDry pitches Shark Tank judges and get more — or less? — than asked

  11-10-2016 06:30
  
  The sharks weren’t circling after Denver inventors of a machine that dries out wet smartphones made a pitch on ABC’s Shark Tank on Friday. But TekDry left the show with a $500,000 loan and Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary holding a 5 percent stake in the company.
  CEO and co-founder Adam Cookson dramatically tossed his smartphone into a toilet, splashing water onto the carpet in front of the multi-millionaire and billionaire investors. A video showed what happens inside the
  
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• 1 Dead In Hit & Run Involving 4 Vehicles

  11-10-2016 06:23
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– One person was killed in Denver on Monday evening in a hit-and-run that involved four vehicles.The hit-and-run crash happened after 7 p.m. Monday on Colorado Boulevard at Interstate 70.Police said the driver who caused the crash ran to a nearby gas station, flagged down a driver and took off. It is unclear whether the person who stopped and the suspect knew each other.
  Police tweeted an update on the crash.Southbound lanes of Colorado Boulevard remained closed at 10 p.m. dur
  
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• One person dies in hit-and-run crash on southbound Colorado at I-70

  11-10-2016 06:19
  
  One person died in a three-car crash on Monday night that Denver police said was a hit and run.
  The crash happened on the southbound side of Colorado Boulevard at Interstate 70, said Raquel Lopez, a Denver police spokeswoman.
  Denver Crime Report DataSee our heatmap of reported hit-and-runs in Denver.
  The crash involved three cars, one of which was driven by the suspect who later fled the scene, Lopez said. Police reported the crash at around 7:30 p.m. and declared the collision fatal about
  
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• Denver, Colorado Springs rank high in number of homeowners carrying a mortgage

  11-10-2016 06:17
  
  Metro Denver ranks second only to Washington, D.C., among the country’s 100 largest metro areas for the share of homeowners carrying a mortgage, according to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by LawnStarter.
  About 76.1 percent of Denver owner-occupied homes had a mortgage backing them in 2015 versus 79.1 percent in Washington, D.C. Colorado Springs also made the list, ranking fifth with 74.8 percent of homes carrying a mortgage, the study found.
  “The market in Denver h
  
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• 4 cars involved in fatal hit-and-run

  11-10-2016 06:17
  
  A hit-and-run driver killed another driver in a crash on Colorado Boulevard on Monday night.       
  
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• What Exactly Is A “Complex Migraine”? Gary Kubiak’s Health Scare

  11-10-2016 05:51
  
  By Dr. Dave Hnida
  (CBS4) -The term “complex migraine” describes something that can scare us doctors like few other conditions.
  Now, your first thought might that we are simply talking about a severe or unusual headache, after all, the word “migraine” is in there. But headache can be one of the least severe symptoms, and in fact, may not even be present at all.
  But what unnerves doctors—and obviously the patient—are the other symptoms.
  Those symptoms mimic
  
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• Indigenous Peoples' Day recognized

  11-10-2016 05:35
  
  On Monday, Denver City Council observed its first Indigenous Peoples' Day.       
  
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• 13-year-old reported missing

  11-10-2016 05:32
  
  Police are hoping the public can help find a missing teen with developmental disabilities.       
  
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• Blue Bell expands recall

  11-10-2016 05:11
  
  According to the company’s official website, Blue Bell is expanding its voluntary recall over possible listeria concerns.       
  
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• Colorado GOP in turmoil following Donald Trump’s comments on women

  11-10-2016 04:26
  
  WASHINGTON — Days after three top Colorado Republicans disavowed Donald Trump, one of them wavered Monday while another GOP official stood by the nominee, as pressure mounted for party leaders to hold ranks.
  Denver Post fileClockwise from top left are Darryl Glenn, Ken Buck, Cory Gardner and Mike Coffman.U.S. Senate candidate Darryl Glenn said Monday he was reconsidering his decision to withdraw support for Trump, while U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, R-Windsor, said he w
  
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