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• Howard Makes 2 Saves In Penalty Shootout, Rapids Advance

  06-11-2016 23:48
  
  COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) – Tim Howard made two saves in the penalty shootout and the Colorado Rapids beat the Los Angeles Galaxy 3-1 on penalties Sunday to advance to the Western Conference championship.
  Colorado won the regulation game 1-0, tying the two-game, total-goals series 1-1 and forcing the tiebreaker. Los Angeles won 1-0 at home last Sunday.
  Colorado reached its first conference finals since winning the MLS Cup in 2010. The Rapids will play Nov. 20 in the first game of a two-leg
  
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• Police: Man Lived In Illegal Shack On Aspen Mountain, Stole Ski Gear

  06-11-2016 23:42
  
  ASPEN, Colo. (CBS4) – A man is in custody for allegedly stealing expensive ski gear and then selling it online.
  James Hogue (credit; Aspen Times)
  Investigators say James Hogue was living in an illegally built shack on Aspen Mountain. Inside police found $13,000 in cash as well as snowboards, skis, and 20 ski jackets priced at $400 each.
  Hogue had previously served time in prison for theft and had an arrest warrant out of Boulder County.
  James Hogue (credit; Aspen Times)
  According to the As
  
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• 9 keys to Broncos beating the Raiders

  06-11-2016 23:28
  
  For the first time in a while, the five-time defending AFC West champion Broncos are confronting a divisional showdown game.       
  
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• Reality Check: Most Expensive Ballot Measure – Amendment 72

  06-11-2016 23:23
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The most expensive measure on the Colorado ballot this year is Amendment 72.
  Philip Morris has spent more than $16 million to fight the amendment.
  Watch CBS4 Political Specialist Shaun Boyd’s Reality Check.
  
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• FBI Chief: No Charges For Clinton After New Emails Reviewed

  06-11-2016 22:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – FBI Director James Comey told Congress on Sunday that a review of newly discovered Hillary Clinton’s emails has “not changed our conclusions” from earlier this year that she should not face charges.
  Comey sent the letter just two days before Election Day.
  In July, the FBI chief chastised Clinton for her use of a private mail server while serving as secretary of state, but he said the bureau would not recommend criminal charges against the Democratic
  
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• Adopting A Child: ‘Once You Take The Plunge, It’s Worth It’

  06-11-2016 22:28
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – November is National Adoption Awareness Month and on Saturday five adoptive families from across Colorado were recognized at the Governor’s Mansion.
  Last year there were 829 adoptions in the state.
  (credit: CBS)
  The Gonzales family from Commerce City adopted five siblings they had previously fostered. Heather and Ben Gonzales had no intention of adopting, but they say the children complete their family. Now they’re encouraging other Coloradans to consider foster
  
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• Wildfire That Destroyed 9 Homes Now 100 Percent Contained

  06-11-2016 21:58
  
  WESTCLIFFE, Colo. (CBS4) – A 28-square-mile wildfire in southern Colorado is now 100 percent contained.
  The Junkins Fire broke out on Oct. 17 near Westcliffe in Custer County.
  A wildland official shows a resident the map of the Junkins Fire on Oct. 19, 2016. (credit: CBS)
  Investigators say a downed power line sparked the flames which went on to burn more than 18,000 acres.
  Nine homes and 17 other structures were destroyed.
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• Small Church Riddled With Bullet Holes: ‘You Can’t Let People Breed Fear’

  06-11-2016 21:12
  
  By Andrea Flores
  JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Chapel in the Hills is a small, non-denominational church with at least 70 members in Coal Creek Canyon.
  What many consider a sacred space for the community was gunned down in the middle of the night, causing at least $5,000 in damages.
  “I’ve never seen a church with bullet holes before,” said Senior Pastor Todd Fletcher.
  CBS4’s Andrea Flores interviews Senior Pastor Todd Fletcher (credit: CBS)
  A broken baby Jesus wa
  
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• Former Avs Winger Marek Svatos Dies At 34

  06-11-2016 20:08
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Former Colorado Avalanche winger Marek Svatos has died.
  Marek Svatos #40 of the Colorado Avalanche skates during the game against the Nashville Predators at the Pepsi Center on November 25, 2009 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
  Svatos, 34, lived in Lone Tree. The cause of his death hasn’t been released.
  Statement From Colorado Avalanche Executive Vice President/General Manager Joe Sakic“The entire Avalanche organization is extremely sa
  
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• Pueblo Police Officer Facing Sexual Assault Charges

  06-11-2016 19:49
  
  PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) – A Pueblo police officer is facing charges of sexual assault after a woman told police he assaulted her after she called for help in a domestic violence case on Thursday.
  A police affidavit says Cpl. Benjamin Candelaria and several other officers interviewed the woman, then left. Authorities say Candelaria returned to fill out paperwork.
  Later, the unidentified woman went to the hospital and said she had been sexually assaulted. Authorities say the officer’s body
  
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• Poor Shooting, Turnovers Hurt Nuggets In 103-86 Loss To Pistons

  06-11-2016 19:32
  
  The Pistons were embarrassed to give up 71 first-half points in a 109-101 road loss to Brooklyn on Wednesday. They held the Nuggets to 33 percent shooting and scored 22 points off turnovers in their wire-to-wire victory on Saturday.
  
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• Latest Forecast: Another Dry Denver Day

  06-11-2016 14:32
  
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – We have an upper level low pressure system churning over the state. Denver and most of the Front Range will be on the dry side of this system with clouds, rain and high mountain snow over the western half of the state. In addition, the extreme eastern plain along the Kansas state line will be socked in with clouds and a bit of rain as well.
  There is a cold front pushing across California right now that will bring a dip in temperatures across the state
  
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• Trump In Denver, Criticizes Clinton For Campaigning With Celebrities

  06-11-2016 08:38
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Donald Trump says it’s “demeaning to the political process” for rival Hillary Clinton to be campaigning with celebrities like Jay Z.
  The GOP nominee was complaining at a rally in Denver that the language at a get-out-the-vote concert headlined by Jay Z and Beyonce was “filthy” by “any standard.”
  He’d been saying all day that, unlike Clinton, he doesn’t need star-studded backup to draw crowds.
  Trump was also bragging abou
  
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• Frei: Matt Duchene, Jonathan Toews friends, countrymen and competitors

  06-11-2016 08:12
  
  CHICAGO — Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews and Avalanche center Matt Duchene have been teammates on Canada’s gold medal teams at the 2014 Olympics and the 2016 World Cup. They have the same agent, Pat Brisson. And they both were the third overall choice in the NHL draft: Toews in 2006 and Duchene three years later.
  Their friendship began when they met at the 2010 NHL awards gathering, where Duchene was a Calder Trophy finalist.
  “I’ve gotten to know him pretty well, actua
  
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• Ask Amy: Woman finds herself married to his mom

  06-11-2016 08:00
  
  Dear Amy: My husband is 51 and I’m 41. We’ve been together five years, and got married seven months ago. I am ready to throw in the towel. I have been married before, when I was younger, and he has not.
  Now I am feeling like I have been in this marriage before. I am again married to a guy who is too stuck on his mother.
  My first husband, who was his mom’s only child, had a controlling mother. For some reason, I have married another guy with the same problem.
  I guess I thought h
  
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• Kiszla: What the NFL needs: More real Broncos’ hate for Raiders, less Roger Goodell

  06-11-2016 07:47
  
  OAKLAND, Calif.— No resident of Broncos Country is ever supposed to admit this, but we love the Raiders, all the way to the soul of the stinking Black Hole. We love that Oakland’s franchise has risen from the dead after the deaths of Dirty Al and the Snake.
  Football is way more fun when we can define the rivalry with the Raid-uhs in a single word: hate.
  “Oh, I don’t know,” protested Broncos coach Gary Kubiak, refusing to concede there’s real hate between Denve
  
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• Ultra-low construction unemployment a drag on state economy

  06-11-2016 07:09
  
  Nowhere are construction workers in shorter supply than in Colorado, where the shortfall has left the state unable to keep up with population gains and vulnerable to losing its economic momentum.
  “We are at full capacity as to what we can build,” said Michael Gifford, president and CEO of the Associated General Contractors of Colorado. “We could do a lot more construction, but we have a limiting factor.”
  Colorado’s construction unemployment rate was 2.4 percent
  
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• Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani Stumps For Trump In Denver

  06-11-2016 07:09
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Saturday dropped by the Denver Donald Trump field office that has been vandalized recently.
  Giuliani was there to rally support for Trump. He talked about why Colorado is so important in the presidential race
  “I believe Donald Trump is going to win it, and I think winning Colorado, he wins the election,” Giuliani said. “Because Colorado is a state … does it have to win? But if he wins or it, it could make
  
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• “Star Wars and the Power of Costume” showcases different kind of sci-fi brilliance at Denver Art Museum

  06-11-2016 07:02
  
  In the Star Wars universe, power is a fluid thing that flies back and forth between the light and dark sides of the The Force — that invisible energy field created by all living things.
  In the real world, those living things are actors who wear costumes to convey their characters to audiences at a glance. The stories of Luke, Rey, Han, Leia, Anakin and Obi-Wan are told and reinforced through their dress, as intrinsic to their status and intentions as wisecracks and lightsabers.
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• Plan to convert tony Lodge and Spa at Cordillera into drug treatment center riles neighbors in luxury golf community

  06-11-2016 07:02
  
  Russ Schmeiser did his homework when he and his wife purchased their home in Cordillera, 20 miles west of Vail.
  He studied the high-end golf community’s zoning rules and the planned unit development documents controlling land use. He visited the Lodge & Spa at Cordillera, a posh 56-room resort adjacent to his home.
  “The presence of the lodge as a community amenity was an important factor in our decision-making process when we acquired our home,” he said of his 2014 purchase
  
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• GMO seeds are sustaining Colorado’s sugar beet farms, but new labels could damage already shrinking industry

  06-11-2016 07:01
  
  It rises each fall in the midst of northern Colorado’s farmlands, a mini-mountain that from a distance looks like a pile of dirt.
  About 30,000 pounds of sugar beets tumble out of each truck that backs up to a conveyor belt, and the tan-skinned vegetables that look like giant turnips are ferried to the top of the pile, smelling of damp earth. When the harvest is done, this heap will contain 60,000 to 70,000 tons of sugar beets.
  From this brown mound, built by farmers who climbed into m
  
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• Commerce City Boys and Girls Club turns reading into a game for the next generation

  06-11-2016 07:01
  
  At 4 p.m. on a Wednesday, about 20 elementary students swarm into the lobby of after-school education program Boys and Girls Club of Metro Denver headquarters in Commerce City. They’re abuzz with post-school energy, eating Cheetos, playing punch buggy and arguing over who could beat who in a foot race.
  The challenge for after-school programs like this is how to channel that frenetic energy into furthering their education.
  That’s the work for employees here,&n
  
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• Donald Trump targets Hillary Clinton and immigration in Denver speech

  06-11-2016 06:58
  
  Donald Trump hammered away at both U.S. immigration policy and rival Hillary Clinton during a Saturday night campaign stop in Denver, referencing federal inquiries into Clinton’s use of a private e-mail server, as well as the 2005 shooting of two Denver police officers by an immigrant living in the country illegally.
  “If she were to win, it would be an unprecedented constitutional crisis,” said Trump, who warned a Clinton White House could face a felony indictment because of ho
  
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• Bibbs, Barrett Ready To Make Big Plays On Sunday Night

  06-11-2016 06:00
  
  Broncos Kapri Bibbs and Shaq Barrett were the special guests on the CBS4 Football Blitz. See what they said.
  
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• Samuel and No. 6 Ohio State cruise past No. 9 Nebraska 62-3

  06-11-2016 04:56
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Curtis Samuel had 178 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns, including a 75-yard touchdown reception on Ohio State’s first play of the second half, and the sixth-ranked Buckeyes dominated No. 9 Nebraska 62-3 on Saturday night.
  After three straight weeks of close games and inconsistent offense, the Buckeyes (8-1, 5-1 Big Ten) put forth their best performance of the season, led 31-3 at the half and handed the Cornhuskers (7-2, 4-2 Big Ten) their most lopsided lo
  
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• Wilton Speight helps No. 2 Michigan rout Maryland 59-3

  06-11-2016 04:50
  
  ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Jim Harbaugh is stumping for another Heisman Trophy candidate, shifting his lobbying efforts from Jabrill Peppers to Wilton Speight.
  The steady quarterback finished with a career-high 362 yards after accounting for three touchdowns and setting a school record in the first half, helping No. 2 Michigan build a huge lead before coasting to a 59-3 win over Maryland on Saturday. Harbaugh said Speight is playing so well he should be mentioned as someone who could be voted
  
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• No. 1 Alabama extends win streak against No. 15 LSU, 10-0

  06-11-2016 04:32
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Alabama’s suffocating defense bottled up Leonard Fournette and allowed freshman quarterback Jalen Hurts the luxury of a few scoreless quarters to get accustomed to operating in deafening Death Valley against a talented, stingy LSU defense.
  Hurts finally broke loose for a 21-yard touchdown run to break a scoreless tie early in the fourth quarter, and No. 1 Alabama remained unbeaten with a 10-0 shutout of the 15th-ranked Tigers on Saturday night.
  “You can
  
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• Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump scrambling as battleground fight intensifies

  06-11-2016 04:27
  
  Karen Tumulty and Dan Balz, The Washington Post
  With hours until Election Day, the wildest U.S. presidential race in memory has grown more competitive in most of the battleground states, although Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton continues to hold a broader path to victory than Republican Donald Trump.
  The political map suggests that Clinton can lose several key states long assumed to be in her column and still reach the 270 electoral votes she needs to win.
  Related ArticlesNovember 5, 2016 Hun
  
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• CU Boulder dean who stepped down had retaliated against professor

  06-11-2016 03:01
  
  University of ColoradoJohn StevensonJohn Stevenson, who stepped down as dean of the University of Colorado’s Graduate School over the summer, had been found responsible for retaliating against a female professor several months before he resigned that post and returned to teaching and research, according to documents newly released by the Boulder campus.
  Additionally, David Glimp, a former chair of CU’s English department, was found responsible for violating university policy by faili
  
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• In Colorado Springs, Bernie Sanders urges students to vote as race tightens in Colorado

  06-11-2016 02:32
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS — Bernie Sanders stumped for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at Colorado College on Saturday evening, rallying young people who flocked to his campaign during the party’s primary to vote and acknowledging that the state could tip the election for Clinton or rival Donald Trump.
  “If you take two or three of your friends to the polls, you double or triple your impact,” Sanders told a small crowd gathered outside the
  
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• CU Students On Edge After Sexual Assault In Dorm Room

  06-11-2016 02:15
  
  By Melissa Garcia
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – Police in Boulder are searching for the man who sexually assaulted a student at the University of Colorado.
  The attack happened around 2:10 a.m. Saturday inside of Hallett Hall, a residence hall where students live on campus.
  (credit: CBS)
  Some students who live at the dorm were feeling on edge after an email alert was issued by campus police.
  Police described the suspect as a 5-foot-9 white college-aged male with a medium build and dark, short cur
  
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• Hundreds gather at National Western Complex hours before Donald Trump’s appearance

  06-11-2016 01:49
  
  Hundreds of Donald Trump supporters gathered at the National Western Complex on Saturday night for the opportunity to see the Republican presidential nominee in Colorado for probably the last time before Election Day.
  The Denver event was scheduled to begin at 9:30 p.m., but the line to get in stretched back several football fields three hours before Trump’s appearance. Other than the occasional cheer for Trump, though, the crowd outside was generally subdued on a warm November night.
  Rela
  
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• Sexual assault reported at dorm on University of Colorado campus

  06-11-2016 01:36
  
  Police say a sexual assault happened early Saturday at a dormitory building on the University of Colorado Boulder campus.
  The CU Boulder Police Department says it was alerted to the sex assault inside a room at Hallett Hall at about 2:15 a.m.
  #CUBoulder campus safety alert: sex assault reported in Hallett Hall. https://t.co/LpL3PY24jj
  — CU-Boulder Police (@CUBoulderPolice) November 5, 2016Investigators say the suspect is a white, college-age man who is 5-foot, 9-inches tall with a med
  
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• Pueblo police officer arrested, accused of sexually assaulting domestic violence victim

  06-11-2016 01:28
  
  A Pueblo Police Department officer has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a domestic violence victim in a case he was investigating.
  Officer Ben Candelaria was taken into custody on Friday and booked into the Pueblo county jail, police say. He has been placed on administrative leave.
  Police Officer Arrested –https://t.co/iVrt6NQE3M #ppdnews #pueblonews pic.twitter.com/oXnTqFf5c6
  — Pueblo Police Dept (@PuebloPolice1) November 4, 2016Authorities say on Thursday, Candelar
  
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• Colorado State Blanks Fresno State 37-0

  06-11-2016 01:28
  
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) – Nick Stevens passed for 237 yards and two touchdowns, Izzy Mathews rushed for two scores, and Colorado State recorded its first shutout since 1997 on Saturday with a 37-0 win over Fresno State.
  Wyatt Bryan’s 33-yard field goal and a 5-yard TD run from Marvin Kinsey Jr. gave Colorado State (5-4, 3-2 Mountain West) a 10-0 lead after the first quarter. Stevens found Michael Gallup for an 18-yard score early in the second, and Matthews’ 1-yard run late in
  
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• There is no such thing as the Denver Guardian, despite that Facebook post you saw

  06-11-2016 01:08
  
  The “Denver Guardian” is not a real news source and definitely isn’t Denver’s oldest news source.
  On Nov. 5, a story began circulating on Facebook (at points gaining 100 shares per minute) with the headline “FBI AGENT SUSPECTED IN HILLARY EMAIL LEAKS FOUND DEAD IN APPARENT MURDER-SUICIDE,” and hosted at denverguardian.com.
  The only problem is that there is no such thing as “The Denver Guardian.”
  Let’s run down the list of red flags:
  The domai
  
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• End Of Daylight Saving Time Means More Auto/Wildlife Collisions

  06-11-2016 01:03
  
  SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Colorado Parks and Wildlife has issued a warning for drivers in the high country as “fall back” occurs this weekend. They say the chance of crashing into wildlife usually increases this time of year.
  With daylight saving time ending this weekend, more cars will be on the road at the exact time most animals are on the move — in the evenings around dusk.
  “(We’re)” moving into that time of year when that all that seems to be co
  
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• Clouds, Rain And Mountain Snow

  06-11-2016 01:00
  
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – On the weather map we have an upper level low pressure system spinning up into the state from New Mexico. This has already produced lots of rain and high mountain snow over the southern stretches of the state. There will be rain and snow also, pushing into the northern and central mountains with a couple of inches above 11-thousand feet. The San Juan mountains will have the most snow accumulating. There is a Winter weather advisory for those areas until mid
  
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• Don’t Forget To ‘Fall Back’ & Check Smoke Alarms This Weekend

  06-11-2016 00:14
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Can you believe it’s already time to “fall back” on the clocks?
  While it may be a bit of a chore to get all your clocks set, the reward is an extra hour of sleep when you go to bed Saturday night.
  Daylight saving time (DST) ends at 2 a.m. this Sunday.
  The idea of setting clocks forward one hour during the warm season and back again during the fall and winter can be traced to Benjamin Franklin in the late 1700s.
  But the practice wasn’t adopted in the
  
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• Recalled Frozen Strawberries Could Make Coloradans Very Sick

  06-11-2016 00:03
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A recall on frozen strawberries because of hepatitis A could impact Coloradans.
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the strawberries were imported from Egypt and used at different restaurants across Colorado.
  The fruit could be the source of an outbreak in other states but so far no hepatitis cases have been reported in Colorado.
  The strawberries weren’t being sold in retail or grocery stores in Colorado.
  “People should contact their health care
  
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