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• Parents Beware: CoPIRG Releases Annual ‘Trouble In Toyland’ Report

  22-11-2016 23:57
  
  By Jennifer Brice
  DENVER (CBS4) – There’s trouble in Toyland. That’s the name of an annual report alerting parents in Colorado to potentially hazardous toys.
  The group CoPIRG (Colorado Public Interest Research Group) is out with this year’s list. The report focuses on recalled toys, some of which can be found for sale online.
  The toys fail basic safety standards.
  (credit: CBS)
  Some of the toys have been recalled for lead, powerful magnets and many other hazards. Toys that
  
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• Woman Convicted In Deaths Of Young Sons On Work Release

  22-11-2016 23:30
  
  By Matt Kroschel
  MESA COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – After only serving a little over two years of a 10-year sentence following the deaths of her two toddler sons, Heather Jensen convicted in the killings is out of prison and in a work release program, CBS4 has learned.
  CBS4’s Matt Kroschel interviews Heather Jensen (credit: CBS)
  Jensen was sentenced to serve her time at the Denver’s Women’s Correctional Facility on March 31, 2014. But according to records obtained by CBS4, Jense
  
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• Woman Accused In Deaths Of Young Sons To Get Work Release

  22-11-2016 23:30
  
  By Matt Kroschel
  MESA COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – After only serving a little over two years of a 10-year sentence following the deaths of her two toddler sons, Heather Jensen convicted in the killings is out of prison and in a work release program, CBS4 has learned.
  Jensen was sentenced to serve her time at the Denver’s Women’s Correctional Facility on March 31, 2014. But according to records obtained by CBS4, Jensen was accepted into a community corrections work release program in
  
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• Former Colorado U.S. Rep. Bob Beauprez Considered By Trump

  22-11-2016 23:29
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – One of President-elect Donald Trump’s appointments could elevate a former Republican congressman from Colorado.
  CBS4’s partners at KOA NewsRadio report Bob Beauprez told ColoradoPolitics.com that he’s being considered for the Secretary of the Interior position. The interior transition team is being led by David Longly Bernhardt, a native of Rifle, Colorado.
  Bob Beauprez (credit: CBS)
  Beauprez represented Colorado’s 7th Congressional District from 200
  
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• A closer look at Siemian's 9 starts

  22-11-2016 23:25
  
  Tom Brady and Drew Brees were 6-3 after nine NFL starts. Trevor Siemian is 7-2.       
  
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• Grandmother Charged With Child Abuse On Infant

  22-11-2016 22:27
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A grandmother has been charged with child abuse after a 6-month-old baby was taken to the hospital with a brain injury.Rebecca Laca has been charged with child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury.The charge alleges that Laca was caring for the 6-month-old baby boy on Nov. 11 when she became upset with him and slammed him down on a bed.According to a probable cause statement, the child suffered a frontal bilateral subdural brain bleed and retinal hemorrhaging.Laca has be
  
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• Repo Man Raises Money To Help Elderly Couple Behind On Car Payments

  22-11-2016 22:18
  
  RED BUD, Ill. (CBS4) – Repo man Jim Ford felt bad after he repossessed an elderly couple’s car, so he made things right.
  “When I got home that night, I said to myself, ‘They are a real nice elderly couple. I gotta do something. I can’t just take their car,’” Ford said.
  The 82-year-old man, Stanford Kipping, and his 70-year-old wife Patty still owed approximately $2,500 on their 1998 Buick.
  Standford and Patty Kipping (credit: Belleville Post-Democra
  
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• Buffs’ Liufau, Fisher Get PAC-12 Player Of The Week Honors

  22-11-2016 22:18
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)– The PAC-12 is showing the University of Colorado Buffaloes a lot of love after a big win against Washington State.Sefo Liufau and Nick Fisher both received PAC-12 Player of the Week honors. It’s the first time since 1995 that CU won both offensive and defensive players of the week.
  The CU Buffs will take on the Utah Utes on Saturday afternoon. They’ll advance to the PAC-12 Championship Game if they win.
  
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• Report: Driver Asked Kids ‘Are You Ready To Die’ Before Crashing Bus In Chattanooga

  22-11-2016 22:07
  
  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WWJ/AP) – Parents of some of the children who survived a deadly school bus crash in Chattanooga are starting to shed some light on the moments leading up to the crash, which killed five kids and injured more than 20 others.
  CBS News Correspondent Mark Strassmann spoke to a mother who had three children on the bus, one of whom died. The mother says that her other two children told her that just before the crash, the bus driver asked the children if they were ready to die
  
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• SCFD Funding Offers Up Close Arts Experiences

  22-11-2016 21:52
  
  By Libby Smith
  DENVER (CBS4) In November, voters in Arapahoe, Adams, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson counties approved an extension to the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District for another 12-years. The SCFD has been around for 30-years, and supporters say that more than 14 million people, 4.2 million of them kids, attend SCFD funded programs each year.
  Dance class with cast of “Cabaret” (credit: CBS)
  Recently, the Roundabout Theatre Company’s producti
  
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• Bystanders Rescue Man From Burning Car

  22-11-2016 21:36
  
  MILPITAS (KCBS) – A group heading to San Jose International Airport pulled a man from a burning car after it was hit by a truck on northbound Interstate 880 in Milpitas early Thursday morning.
  Aaron Johnson told KCBS was driving a group of church members to the airport when he saw the car catch fire after it was rear-ended. The 58-year-old disabled truck driver said it was like something from the movies.
  “It was crazy. We were trying to pull the door open, couldn’t pull the do
  
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• Fact Check: Trump’s Statements On Auto Industry Are Misleading

  22-11-2016 20:59
  
  By Tom Krisher, AP Auto Writer
  DETROIT (AP) – President-elect Donald Trump has a long list of deceptive statements about Ford Motor Co. and the auto industry, and he added to that list this week.
  Trump’s tweet on Thursday asserting that he had dissuaded Ford from moving a Kentucky factory to Mexico was a stretch, at the very least. The company has no intention of moving the plant, and it had already agreed to keep production of one specific model there.
  Throughout the campaign, Trump
  
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• Ice Skating Rink Opens In Downtown Denver For 7th Season

  22-11-2016 20:50
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Southwest Airlines and the Downtown Denver Partnership have teamed up for the seventh year to offer ice skating in downtown Denver. The rink is located in Skyline Park at 16th and Arapahoe streets. For many visitors this is rink is their first experience on skates.
  Southwest Rink at Skyline Park (credit: CBS)
  LINK: Mile High Holidays
  “This is my hockey debut, so I’m ready,” said one skater with a laugh.
  Skating is free. You can bring your own skates,
  
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• Broncos get in Thanksgiving spirit

  22-11-2016 20:47
  
  The Superbowl 50 champs are taking part in two different events Tuesday to help provide Thanksgiving meals for families in need.       
  
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• EPA Wants To Keep Treatment Plant Running After Mine Spill

  22-11-2016 20:37
  
  DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to keep operating a temporary wastewater treatment plant near the Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado while it looks for longer-term solutions after a massive spill at the mine last year.
  The EPA announced its intentions last week, and a final decision will be made next month.
  The move was expected.
  The plant began operating in October 2015, about 10 weeks after an EPA-led crew inadvertently triggered a 3-million-gallon spill
  
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• Judge Asks Feds To Reconsider Passport For Intersex Citizen

  22-11-2016 20:36
  
  DENVER (AP) — A federal judge is asking the State Department to reconsider its decision to deny a passport to a Colorado resident who refused to check either male or female on the application.
  In a ruling Tuesday, U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson said he didn’t think the government had acted rationally in denying a passport to Dana Zzyym, who was born with ambiguous sexual characteristics and doesn’t identify as either male or female. However, he said he wanted to give it
  
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• Colorado Man To Be Sentenced In Utah Woman’s 1970 Slaying

  22-11-2016 20:34
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 76-year-old Colorado man who was charged four decades after police say he stabbed a 23-year-old Utah woman to death is set to be sentenced Tuesday in the central Utah city of Price.
  Thomas Edward Egley, of Rocky Ford, pleaded guilty in October to killing Loretta Jones in 1970.
  Egley was an original suspect in the 1970 death of 23-year-old Jones, but a judge found there wasn’t enough evidence against him and dismissed the case decades ago.
  The investigation was
  
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• Latest Forecast: Snow, Rain Will Taper Off

  22-11-2016 20:10
  
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – A much-needed moisture packed system blasted Colorado with rain and snow. The combination of a cold front from the northwest and a low pressure storm system spinning over southern parts of the state teamed up for a healthy dose of rain and wet snow to get Tuesday rolling. The storm system delivered anywhere from a tenth of an inch of rain to over a half-inch for some areas Tuesday morning. Snowfall amounts ranged from 3 to 6 inches in the northern mountains
  
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• Couch Fire Forces Families From Homes

  22-11-2016 20:06
  
  THORNTON, Colo. (CBS4)– An apartment fire in Thornton forced about a dozen people from their homes on Tuesday morning.The fire broke out about 10 a.m. at the Sunset Peak Apartments located at 475 Russell Boulevard.Investigators say the fire started in or near a couch and caused extensive damage to one unit. Firefighters kept the fire from spreading much beyond the one unit which was destroyed.Several other units were damaged by smoke and water.The entire building was forced to evacuate. Th
  
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• Burning Truck Near I-25 Puts Out A Lot Of Smoke

  22-11-2016 19:44
  
  BERTHOUD, Colo. (CBS4)– A burning truck sent up a lot of smoke on Interstate 25 north of the Denver metro area on Tuesday morning.The truck caught fire on the frontage road next to the northbound lanes of I-25 at mile marker 250, near the Berthoud exit, about 11:40 a.m.(credit: CDOT)
  Although no lanes of traffic were blocked, the smoke was causing some visibility issues which resulted in some delays.
  The Colorado Department of Transportation told CBS4 that a truck hauling hay caught fire.
  
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• Get Used To Heat Records, Study Predicts Far More In Future

  22-11-2016 19:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is already setting twice as many daily heat records as cold records, but a new study predicts that will get a lot more lopsided as man-made climate change worsens.
  Under normal conditions, without extra heat-trapping gases from human activity, the nation should set about the same number of hot and cold records over the course of several years. But that’s not happening and it’s steadily getting worse, scientists said.
  If and when the nation wa
  
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• Section Of Highway 34 Will Reopen For Holiday Weekend

  22-11-2016 19:19
  
  LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– A three-mile section of Highway 34 through the Big Thompson Canyon will reopen for the Thanksgiving holiday. The stretch of highway has been closed since mid-October.
  US 34 will close again at 7 p.m. Sunday between mile markers 77 and 80 until May 2017.
  Copter4 flew over Highway 34 in the Big Thompson Canyon after it was damaged in the Sept. 2013 floods. (credit: CBS)
  During the closure, the Colorado Department of Transportation crews will remove 200,000 cubic
  
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• NCAA ordering Notre Dame to vacate wins after academic misconduct

  22-11-2016 19:13
  
  SOUTH BEND, Ind.  — The NCAA is ordering Notre Dame to vacate wins from its 2012 and 2013 football seasons because a student athletic trainer committed academic misconduct by doing substantial course work for two players and giving six others impermissible academic extra benefits.
  Coach Brian Kelly called the penalty excessive and the school will appeal.
  A Division I Committee on Infractions panel also called for Notre Dame to be put on probation for a year and levied a $5,000 fine.
  
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• Gravy Recalled Ahead Of Thanksgiving

  22-11-2016 19:13
  
  CHICAGO (CBS4) – Heinz is voluntarily recalling approximately 500 cases of gravy.
  The Food and Drug Administration posted the details on their website, stating the recall is because some of the jars of Heinz HomeStyle Bistro Au Jus Gravy were mislabeled.
  (credit: FDA)
  “People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk or soy run the risk of a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume this product,” it says on the website.
  (credit: FDA)
  Anyone who
  
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• Deputies find bags of meth on woman being booked into Pueblo jail, sheriff says

  22-11-2016 19:10
  
  Provided by Pueblo County Sheriff's OfficeRenee PataskaSheriff’s deputies completing a routine pat-down Monday morning on a woman being booked into the Pueblo County jail found six baggies of methamphetamine and a roll of money, authorities say,
  Renee Pataska, 21, was being booked into the facility after being arrested at the Dennis Maes Judicial Center on a warrant for failure to comply. She was at the courthouse to attend a hearing.
  The methamphetamine totaled nearly 30 grams and ha
  
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• Most voters want Trump to shutter his personal Twitter account

  22-11-2016 19:05
  
  By John McCormick, The Washington Post
  With the election over, most U.S. voters say that it’s time for @realDonaldTrump to retire from Twitter.
  Fifty-nine percent of voters surveyed think Donald Trump should close his personal account on the social network now that he’s the president-elect, a Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday shows.
  The billionaire businessman used the social media tool extensively during his successful campaign for the White House, showcasing its power for
  
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• Looking A Lot Like The Holidays At The Governor’s Mansion

  22-11-2016 18:29
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– With sparkling lights and bows of pine, it’s beginning to look a lot more like the holidays at the Colorado Governor’s Mansion.
  On Monday, representatives of the Colorado chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers started decorating the Governor’s Residence at the Boettcher Mansion at 8th Avenue and Logan Street.
  (credit: CBS)
  There are six rooms that will be decked out in holiday decor that includes holiday traditions from around the world
  
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• Wickstrom: Ice fishing is becoming more mainstream in Colorado

  22-11-2016 18:25
  
  Growing up, or as my wife says, “growing older” in norther Minnesota I experienced ice fishing two ways. One was to wait for the ice to be thick enough to use a truck or other vehicles to pull a heavy wooden shelter out on the ice and place it in a spot where we hoped a fish would find us. Those of you who have seen the movie “Grumpy Old Men” will know what I’m talking about.While these shelters were comfortable with lots of amenities, by the time you got them on th
  
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• Tired of travel fees? Here’s a charge you may be unaware of

  22-11-2016 18:19
  
  By Scott Mayerowitz, Associated Press
  NEW YORK — Ever feel like the taxi ride from the airport costs more than the trip there?
  It’s not your imagination.
  Airports across the country add surcharges of up to $5 a ride — typically passed directly on to travelers — for trips originating at their curbs. There are similar charges for limousine, Uber and Lyft drivers as well as shuttle buses for hotels, car rental companies and off-airport parking lots.
  Those fees quickly add up
  
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• Charges filed against teen accused of sexually assaulting two 6-year-old girls at Broomfield rec center

  22-11-2016 18:18
  
  Prosecutors have filed charges against a 17-year-old boy arrested last week on suspicion of sexually assaulting two 6-year-old girls at Broomfield’s Paul Derda Recreation Center.
  The teen is accused of two counts of sexual assault on a child and one count of being an aggravated juvenile offender, a sentence enhancer.
  Police say the sexual assaults happened on Nov. 5 and were reported to investigators by one of the victims’ mothers who said her child had been approached and
  
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• Broncos Opponent Profille: A Mile High Matchup With Kansas City Chiefs

  22-11-2016 18:00
  
  By Rick Brown
  In what is quickly becoming the toughest division in football, the Denver Broncos (7-3) and the Kansas City Chiefs (7-3) will have a mile high showdown Sunday evening. The Chiefs are looking to rebound after dropping a close one to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-5), while the Broncos are rested and healed coming off their bye week.
  Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib has returned to practice and could play Sunday for the first time since Oct. 24 against the Texans. For the Chiefs, Marcus Pe
  
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• Broncos Opponent Profile: A Mile High Matchup With Kansas City Chiefs

  22-11-2016 18:00
  
  By Rick Brown
  In what is quickly becoming the toughest division in football, the Denver Broncos (7-3) and the Kansas City Chiefs (7-3) will have a mile high showdown Sunday evening. The Chiefs are looking to rebound after dropping a close one to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-5), while the Broncos are rested and healed coming off their bye week.
  Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib has returned to practice and could play Sunday for the first time since Oct. 24 against the Texans. For the Chiefs, Marcus Pe
  
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• Texans’ Osweiler Bothered By ‘Distracting’ Laser Vs. Raiders

  22-11-2016 17:58
  
  MEXICO CITY (By The Sports Xchange) – Houston Texans quarterback Brock Osweiler said a laser pointed at him during Monday night’s game against the Oakland Raiders in Mexico City was “very distracting,” but did not blame it for the loss.
  “When we were out there on the field on offense, there were multiple times I saw a green laser coming from the stands,” Osweiler told reporters after the Texans’ 27-20 loss. “There were a couple of times it def
  
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• Bubba for mayor? Watson starts mulling life beyond golf

  22-11-2016 17:49
  
  Bubba Watson is already thinking about his career after golf, which just might include public office.
  He wants to run for mayor.
  “I’ve had a dream,” Watson said. “I moved back in the city limits of Pensacola (Florida) so one day I can run for mayor.”
  The two-time Masters champion already is building quite the local enterprise at home. Last year he became a part-owner of the Pensacola Blue Wahoos, a Double A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. This year, he opened a ca
  
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• Tonight on CBS4 News at 10 p.m.: Jessica’s Journey

  22-11-2016 17:35
  
  Watch Jennifer Brice‘s report on CBS4 News at 10 p.m.
  
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• Dow Jones Industrial Average tops 19,000 for first time

  22-11-2016 17:28
  
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average breached 19,000 for the first time early Tuesday, a day after major U.S. stock indexes hit records.
  It’s been a fast surge for the blue-chip index, which closed below 18,000 less than three weeks ago. Since then, a stocks rally following the U.S. presidential election disparately benefited industrial companies and banks.
  That’s led to an unusual dynamic: the Dow industrials are on track to post stronger yearly performance than the S&P 500 for the
  
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• Watch out, craft beer: Cider is changing the beverage game in Colorado

  22-11-2016 17:17
  
  In Colorado, it seems there is a lot of pressure to drink — and know about — beer.
  Beer-shaming, I like to call it. It’s the act of discrediting or trolling a person who doesn’t give two hoots about growing hops, brewing beer, craft culture or that big fuss with a long line: the Great American Beer Festival.
  To me, an IPA tastes like dirty socks with a thread of citrus, and stout tastes like a bad batch of black coffee poured over lukewarm spongewater.
  And you can’t
  
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• Best 24 Hour Diners In Denver

  22-11-2016 17:00
  
  In the wee hours of the morning, it can be tough to find good food. After all, most of the city’s restaurants close before the bars. But if you want to pick up some grub between 2 and 6 a.m., there are a few eateries available. Some are well-known faves, while others are a little more off the beaten path. When late night hunger strikes, head over to one of the following 24-hour diners and get something good to eat.
  Pete’s Kitchen
  1962 E. Colfax Ave.Denver, CO 80206(303) 321-3139
  www.
  
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• U.S. home sales reach strongest pace in nearly a decade

  22-11-2016 16:50
  
  WASHINGTON — Americans bought homes in October at the fastest pace in nearly decade, helped out by low mortgage rates that have since started to climb following the presidential election of Donald Trump.
  The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday that sales of existing homes rose 2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.6 million. Sales reached their strongest pace since February 2007, a sign that the market is still healing from the collapsing prices and foreclosures tha
  
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• Regulators allow GM to delay recall to prove safety of air bags

  22-11-2016 16:48
  
  DETROIT — U.S. auto safety regulators are allowing General Motors to delay a large recall of potentially defective air bags, giving the company time to prove that the devices are safe and to possibly avoid a huge financial hit.
  The unusual move by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration buys time for GM to do long-term tests of Takata air bag inflators in older trucks and SUVs including its top-selling vehicle, the Chevrolet Silverado pickup.
  GM reluctantly agreed to recall 2.5
  
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• Broncos Like Where They Are Coming Back From Bye

  22-11-2016 16:47
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (The Sports Xchange) – John Elway said last week that if you had told him the Broncos would endure the issues they’ve encountered, he would take the 7-3 record they carried out of the bye week and into a crucial Sunday Night Football showdown with the arch-rival Chiefs.
  It isn’t an unreasonable assessment, and it is one with which Broncos head coach Gary Kubiak seemed to agree.
  “I look at it and I think we can be better. We could have had a few balls boun
  
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• Green lasers distract NFL players at festive game in Mexico City

  22-11-2016 16:43
  
  By Josh Dubow, The Associated Press
  MEXICO CITY — While dealing with a green laser shining in Brock Osweiler‘s eye and the high elevation unique to a game in Mexico City, the Houston Texans feel like a few questionable spots by the officials on a key fourth-quarter drive made the difference in their loss to Oakland.
  Derek Carr threw his second touchdown pass of the fourth quarter shortly after a disputed fourth-down stop and the Oakland Raiders went on to beat the Texans 27-20 on Mo
  
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• Buffaloes 1 Win Away From Worst-To-First Season

  22-11-2016 16:43
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (The Sports Xchange) – Colorado is one win away from finishing a worst-to-first season.
  The ninth-ranked Buffaloes defeated No. 20 Washington State 38-24 Saturday to improve to 7-1 in the Pac-12 South Division as they prepare to host No. 21 Utah in the final game of the regular season. If Colorado defeats the Utes, it wins the South at 8-1 just one year after finishing last at 1-8.
  If Utah beats the Buffaloes, Colorado would finish tied for first at 7-2, but USC would advanc
  
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• Man sues U.S. for assault after Army Color Guard’s night of drunken debauchery at rodeo

  22-11-2016 16:41
  
  A man has filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. government claiming that he was beaten unconscious by a highly intoxicated member of the Fort Carson Army Color Guard following a tipsy cavalry presentation at the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeolast year.
  A federal lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Denver by Brandon Bunting names the United States as the defendant.
  Bunting is seeking financial compensation for permanent physical impairment, employment losses and medical expenses, acc
  
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• Latest Forecast: Moisture Packed Storm Will Move Out Late In The Day

  22-11-2016 16:39
  
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – A much-needed moisture packed system blasted Colorado with rain and snow. The combination of a cold front from the northwest and a low pressure storm system spinning over southern parts of the state teamed up for a healthy dose of rain and wet snow to get Tuesday rolling. The storm system delivered anywhere from a tenth of an inch of rain to over a half-inch for some areas Tuesday morning. Snowfall amounts ranged from 3 to 6 inches in the northern mountains
  
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• Conway: Trump Not Interested In Further Clinton Probe

  22-11-2016 16:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump “doesn’t wish to pursue” further investigations into Hillary Clinton’s email practices, a top adviser said Tuesday, a turnaround from all the campaign rallies when Trump roused supporters to chants of “lock her up.”
  “I think Hillary Clinton still has to face the fact that a majority of Americans don’t find her to be honest or trustworthy, but if Donald Trump can help her heal then perhaps that&rs
  
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• Avalanche Defeat Blue Jackets In OT On The Road

  22-11-2016 16:26
  
  Matt Duchene marked his return to the ice by scoring at 1:49 of overtime, leading the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday night at Nationwide Arena.
  
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