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• Powerful Guns Stolen During Smash & Grab From Shop In Just Seconds

  29-10-2016 23:42
  
  By Kelly Werthmann
  PARKER, Colo. (CBS4) – Parker police are investigating an overnight gun store burglary where four long guns were taken in just seconds.
  The theft happened just after midnight Saturday at the Pony Firearms Express of South Parker Road. Officers got to the scene five minutes after dispatch was alerted by the security system, according to Cmdr. Chris Peters.
  “They found the front window broken in and it appeared to them that some firearms were missing,” Peters t
  
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• Rapids Out To Prove Success Wasn’t A Fluke As Playoffs Begin

  29-10-2016 23:31
  
  COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (CBS4) – The Major League Soccer playoffs get underway on Sunday. The Colorado Rapids have traveled to Los Angeles for Game 1 of a two-game set with the Galaxy.
  It’s the first trip to the postseason for the Rapids since 2013, and after finishing last in the Western Conference a season ago, they’re out to prove the success this year was legit.
  (credit: CBS)
  “I think we’ve struggled the last couple of years and I think the fans have felt the same
  
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• Backup QB Worthman Leads Air Force Past Fresno State 31-21

  29-10-2016 22:52
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) – Arion Worthman is supposed to be the Air Force quarterback of tomorrow. Problem was, the Falcons needed him Friday to keep their free-falling bowl game hopes solvent.
  With the starting quarterback injured, and Air Force staring at a fourth straight loss, Worthman came off the bench midway through the third quarter and rushed for 102 yards and two touchdowns to rally the Falcons to a 31-21 win at Fresno State.
  “Coming off three straight losses, I knew I had to do
  
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• Five Things: Indians Beat Cubs 1-0 in Game 3 of World Series

  29-10-2016 18:08
  
  By Andrew Kahn
  The Cubs went 71 years between World Series appearances and had to wait an extra game to score a run, getting shutout in Game 1. They’ll have to wait at least one more game to get their first run at Wrigley, too. The Indians took Game 3, 1-0, scoring the lone run in the seventh. Game 4 is tonight. 
  1. Tomlin terrific
  With his recently paralyzed father in the stands, Josh Tomlin had the game of his life. No, he didn’t pitch long enough to qualify for a win. He only
  
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• Latest Forecast: A Little Cooler

  29-10-2016 16:20
  
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – A weak cold front has pushed through the state to kick off the weekend. As a result, temperatures are going to be a little cooler for Saturday. The front produced rain showers and high mountain snow over western Colorado. But, only a few passing clouds east of the Continental Divide.
  Even with temperatures cooling down from the record setting heat of Friday, the high temperatures in Denver through Halloween will be running more than ten degrees above normal
  
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• Election Exposes Generational Divide Among Hispanics

  29-10-2016 14:32
  
  PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Donald Trump’s rhetoric on immigration is testing a long-term trend among Hispanics: Members of a family that has been in the country for multiple generations and uses primarily English are more likely to vote Republican than those who more recently arrived in the United States.
  The number of Latinos in the United States is growing, making them a key demographic group whose votes are coveted by both major parties. While traditionally they vote for Democrats, that
  
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• Amber Alert Canceled: Teen Located, Was Not In Danger

  29-10-2016 14:02
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– An Amber Alert that was issued on Friday evening was canceled overnight.#Breaking:#Amber Alert cancelled. Vehicle and occupants located in Broomfield. There was no abduction or crime committed.
  — Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) October 29, 2016
  Initially it was thought a young female might have been taken by an older male driving a minivan somewhere around 35th Avenue in Denver. It turned out there was “no abduction or crime committed,” according to a D
  
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• Avs Drop 1st Home Game After Long Week Off

  29-10-2016 06:35
  
  DENVER (The Sports Xchange) – Michael Hutchinson had 37 saves for his first shutout of the season, Shawn Matthias scored the game’s lone goal and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Colorado Avalanche 1-0 on Friday night.
  Joel Armia and Josh Morrissey had assists for the Jets, who have won two straight.
  Hutchinson was sharp in posting his third career shutout. He blanked an Avalanche team that scored six goals in their home opener two weeks ago, their only other game at Pepsi Center thus far.
  
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• Police Investigate Deadly Crash After Car Strikes Pedestrian

  29-10-2016 06:32
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A pedestrian was killed after being struck by a vehicle on Friday night. The driver stayed on scene.Twenty-ninth Avenue was closed at Colorado Boulevard after the deadly crash. (credit: CBS)
  A witness who saw the crash told CBS4 the victim was in a wheelchair and the driver appeared to speed up to get through a yellow light. (credit: CBS)A pedestrian was killed in a crash at 29th and Colorado (credit: CBS)
  
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• Air Support Helps Crews Get Upper Hand On Wildfire

  29-10-2016 06:04
  
  By Stan Bush
  HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (CBS4)– Air support helped crews contain a grass fire near Highlands Ranch that threatened nearly 600 homes on Friday afternoon.
  (credit: CBS)
  The Chatridge Fire ignited around noon on Friday. A cause is not known, but temperatures were in the 80s, unseasonably high for late October. A red flag warning was not issued.
  All evacuations were lifted by 5 p.m. after fire crews gained the upper hand on the fire.
  (credit: CBS)
  South Metro Fire evacuated 585 hom
  
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• Police Search For Man Who Threw Coffee In Clerk’s Face

  29-10-2016 05:53
  
  By Lauren DiSpirito
  DENVER (CBS4)– Denver police are asking for help locating a man who is accused of throwing coffee in a store clerk’s face and using mace on a customer.
  On Oct. 21, police say Kenneth Sigala, 33, entered the 7-Eleven at 2299 W. Alameda Avenue. According to a Crime Stoppers alert, he asked for a cup of coffee. When the clerk gave him the coffee, police say Sigala threw the coffee in the employee’s face.(credit: Denver Police)
  After customers came to the clerk&
  
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• Time Is Running Out For The A Line

  29-10-2016 05:42
  
  By Jeff Todd
  DENVER (CBS4)– Time is running out for RTD and Denver Transit Partners to work out software kinks in the A Line. The commuter rail is operating on a temporary extension permit from the Federal Railway Administration which expires Nov. 5.
  “The train, as it’s approaching the crossings, it’s talking to them by Wi-Fi basically. To get them to acknowledge and shut down right when it needs to. That’s taking some fine tuning of the software,” said Nate C
  
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• Billionaire Helps Fund Sugary Drink Tax Ballot Measure

  29-10-2016 05:01
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – A ballot measure in Boulder that would impose a tax on sugary drinks is getting a huge infusion of cash from the former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.The billionaire has donated $200,000 to a group promoting a tax on sugary drinks. (credit: CBS)
  If passed, an additional two cents per ounce tax would apply to sugary drinks like soda.Bloomberg was behind a ban on large volume sodas while he was mayor of New York City. The ban was later tossed out by the New York Su
  
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• Man Who Threw Coffee In Clerk’s Face Has Prior Arrests

  29-10-2016 04:53
  
  By Lauren DiSpirito
  DENVER (CBS4)– Denver police are asking for help locating a man who is accused of throwing coffee in a store clerk’s face and using mace on a customer.
  On Oct. 21, police say Kenneth Sigala, 33, entered the 7-Eleven at 2299 W. Alameda Avenue. According to a Crime Stoppers alert, he asked for a cup of coffee. When the clerk gave him the coffee, police say Sigala threw the coffee in the employee’s face.
  (credit: Denver Police)
  After customers came to the clerk
  
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• Navy Veteran Awarded Degree 75 Years After Starting At CSU

  29-10-2016 04:45
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A veteran with the U.S. Navy finally received his degree more than 75 years after he enrolled in college.Bill Harden enrolled at Colorado State University in 1942 but he dropped out 18 months later when he enlisted in the military. Bill Harden (credit: CBS)
  Harden went on to serve as a Navy Seabee during WWII.On Friday, Harden’s 96th birthday, was awarded an honorary degree from Western State Colorado University.“Very, very nice. It was kind of a surprise for me,
  
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• $9.9 Million Lottery Winner Says He’ll Keep His Job

  29-10-2016 04:20
  
  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4)– He won $9.9 million in the Colorado Lottery but said he plans to keep working at his job at King Soopers.Colorado’s newest millionaire, “Greg M.” bought the ticket at a 7-Eleven store in Lakewood. (credit: CBS)
  He plans to keep working and wants to take his mom on a vacation to Alaska. He also plans to upgrade his wheels.“I’ve always said if I came into some money I would get a Lexus. That’s most likely where I’m headed some
  
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• Trump To Campaign In Greeley On Sunday

  29-10-2016 04:09
  
  GREELEY, Colo. (CBS4)– Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump will campaign in Greeley on Sunday.He is scheduled for a rally at the Bank of Colorado Arena on the University of Northern Colorado campus at 4 p.m. Sunday.Trump will appear the day before in Golden.
  
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• Reality Check: Morgan Carroll Sex Offender Bill

  29-10-2016 03:39
  
  CBS4 Political Specialist Shaun Boyd gave the ad accusing Democrat Morgan Carroll of being soft on sex offenders a Reality Check.
  Shaun Boyd’s sources for this Reality Check are as follows:
  House Journal
  House Bill 09-1163
  https://legisource.net/2015/01/30/constitutional-rules-for-legislation/
  http://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2009A/csljournals.nsf/(jousen)/66370958198F3155872575A8004F752F/$FILE/jour_114.pdf
  http://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2009A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/696B2655CB57A1
  
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• Amber Alert Issued For Teen Wearing Pink Pajama Bottoms

  29-10-2016 02:54
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– An Amber Alert was issued on Friday evening for a female teen who was last seen earlier in the day wearing pink pajama bottoms.Police described the victim as a white female in her early teens with blonde hair who was last seen in the vicinity of the Sam’s Club parking lot located at 36th Avenue and Quebec Street about 10:40 a.m. Friday.The teen was wearing pink pajama bottoms. Investigators believe the young female may have been taken by a white male in his late 40s we
  
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• Amber Alert Issued For Teen

  29-10-2016 02:54
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– An Amber Alert that was issued on Friday evening was canceled overnight.#Breaking:#Amber Alert cancelled. Vehicle and occupants located in Broomfield. There was no abduction or crime committed.
  — Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) October 29, 2016
  Initially it was thought a young female might have been taken by an older male driving a minivan somewhere around 35th Avenue in Denver. It turned out there was “no abduction or crime committed,” according to a D
  
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• Officers Patrol Streets Of Historic Mountain Town For The Last Time

  29-10-2016 02:44
  
  By Matt Kroschel
  CENTRAL CITY, Colo. (CBS4)– Friday marked the last day officers with one of the oldest police departments in the state would patrol the streets of an historic town that dates back to before Colorado was a state.
  CBS4 was the first to report on the problems facing the Central City Police Department in January.
  (credit: CBS)
  But now the remaining officers on the force are without jobs as the Gilpin County Sheriff’s office takes over patrols in the town.
  Central City ha
  
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• Record Heat for the Second Day in a Row

  29-10-2016 01:47
  
  By Ed Greene
  DENVER (CBS4) – With the cloud cover on Friday, you might expect that we would be cooler than yesterday’s record high of 83 degrees…and we were…by just one single degree! Once again the record high for today’s date was 80 degrees set back in 1968 and we broke it by two degrees when we reached a high of 82.
  Now cooler air begins to invade the state and that will cool us by nearly 10 degrees for Saturday – look for partly cloudy skies and a h
  
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• Latest Forecast: Record Heat for the Second Day in a Row

  29-10-2016 01:47
  
  By Ed GreeneDENVER (CBS4) – With the cloud cover on Friday, you might expect that we would be cooler than yesterday’s record high of 83 degrees…and we were…by just one single degree!Once again the record high for today’s date was 80 degrees set back in 1968 and we broke it by two degrees when we reached a high of 82.
  Now cooler air begins to invade the state and that will cool us by nearly 10 degrees for Saturday – look for partly cloudy skies and a hig
  
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• Evacuations Lifted As Firefighters Gain Control Of Fire Near Highlands Ranch

  29-10-2016 01:25
  
  HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (CBS4) – A grass fire that broke out in Douglas County early Friday afternoon forced some from their homes and closed a highway. All evacuations were lifted by 5 p.m. after fire crews gained the upper hand on the fire.(credit: CBS)
  The fire, dubbed the Chatridge Fire, had burned at least 205 acres by 3 p.m. after it ignited south of Highlands Ranch in Douglas County. The fire was fully contained 5 p.m.All evacuations were lifted and residents were allowed to return h
  
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• Go Behind The Scenes At The Denver Elections Division

  29-10-2016 01:19
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– The Denver Elections Division invited the media for a behind-the-scenes tour of ballot tabulating on Friday.Elections officials said they work to make sure that all votes tallied are accurate and secure.“What that does is make sure scanners are counting everything, where the bubbles are, correctly. So we do that test, we audit everything, we make sure that the machines are operating as they should be. And then after the election we run that same test so it validates th
  
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• Inmates Get Hand-Me-Down Uniforms From Ohio

  29-10-2016 00:58
  
  By Matt Kroschel
  BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (CBS4)– Occasionally viewers notice things inside our stories that, frankly, we don’t. So when a very keen-eyed viewer emailed to ask why the Summit County, Colorado inmate jumpsuits read Summit County, OH- we investigated.
  The story “Inmates Create Origami Peace Cranes For Art Installation” featured an inmate working to install a new art piece inside the Summit County Justice Center.
  According to Summit County Sheriff Detention Cmdr.
  
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• Suncor Letter: Sulfur Dioxide Released 150 Times Beyond 24-Hour Limit

  29-10-2016 00:44
  
  COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (CBS4)– According to a company letter obtained by the Denver Post, the orange cloud released from Suncor two weeks ago contained 75,600 pounds of sulfur dioxide.
  That was far more released than previously known. That amount is 150 times beyond a 24-hour limit that triggers an investigation.
  (credit: Jake / Twitter)
  On Oct. 14, the yellow-orange cloud released from the Suncor plant in Commerce City could be seen for miles across the Denver metro area. Interstate 270 was
  
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