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• Source: Siemian to start against Titans

  10-12-2016 23:28
  
  NASHVILLE—Barring any unforeseen setbacks, Trevor Siemian will be the Denver Broncos' starting quarterback Sunday against the Tennessee Titans, a player source told 9NEWS.       
  
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• Mayor Hancock Tells Police To Stop Taking Tents From Homeless

  10-12-2016 23:08
  
  DENVER (AP/CBS4) – Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is ordering Denver police to temporarily stop taking camping equipment, including tents and blankets, away from homeless people because of frigid weather.
  Hancock said Saturday city enforcement of its unauthorized camping ordinance is being suspended through April because the city has a responsibility to protect residents. Hancock says he does not want people to lose their lives because of the ordinance.
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• Police Say 12-Year-Old Boy Took Mercedes, Hit Parked Car

  10-12-2016 22:17
  
  EDGEWATER, Colo. (AP) – A 12-year-old boy is in big trouble after taking his mom’s Mercedes on a joyride early Saturday and crashing into a parked car.
  Edgewater Police Chief John Mackey says the mother left the keys to her car on a table and was unaware her child was missing until she was contacted by police.
  Mackey says police saw the car moving slowly without its lights on and tried to stop it. The car ran a red light and went several blocks before making a sharp turn and hitting
  
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• Trump Team Challenges Intel On Russian Election Influence

  10-12-2016 22:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump’s presidential transition team on Saturday challenged the veracity of U.S. intelligence assessments concluding that Russia was trying to tip the November election to the Republican.
  A senior U.S. official said the CIA has determined with “high confidence” that Moscow’s interference in the presidential race was intended to help Trump. The assessment is based in part on evidence that Russian actors had hacked Republicans as well as Democ
  
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• DU cheer squad Collects Hundreds Of Toys For Families In Need

  10-12-2016 21:19
  
  By Libby Smith
  DENVER(CBS4) The University of Denver cheer squad held a special toy collection as part of the CBS4 Care 4 Colorado campaign. Squad members were outside the Ritchie Center for two hours as cars drove by and dropped off donations.
  DU Collection on Saturday, December 10th (credit: CBS)
  “It’s important for us to be out here collecting toys for the Boys & Girls Clubs because they serve 2,000 kids every day after school, and it not only provides a fun safe place for the
  
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• ACLU Pens Letter To Mayor About Homeless And The Camping Ban

  10-12-2016 20:47
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the City of Denver to reverse a policy where the possessions of homeless people are being taken in the name of evidence for a crime. The crime is Denver’s urban camping ban.
  “Just from a human perspective, to take blankets away from people when it’s freezing outside and they have nowhere else to go is simply cruel,” said Nathan Woodliff-Stanley, the Executive Director of ACLU Colorado.
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• Broncos promote Gause, place Brown on IR

  10-12-2016 18:41
  
  DENVER - Short of linebackers for their special teams units, the Denver Broncos adjusted Saturday by promoting Quentin Gause from their practice squad.       
  
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• Latest Forecast: Heavy Mountain Snow & Difficult Travel By Tonight

  10-12-2016 16:43
  
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – A powerful jet stream will be roaring overhead this weekend and that will keep Colorado’s weather unsettled.
  In the mountains get ready for a dose of heavy snow and strong wind starting this afternoon and lasting into Sunday. Travel on passes will become very difficult by tonight.Denver and the eastern plains will be partly to mostly cloudy and breezy at times with a slight chance for a few rain or snow showers later tonight and early Sunday.
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• Heavy Mountain Snow & Difficult Travel By Tonight

  10-12-2016 16:43
  
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – A powerful jet stream will be roaring overhead this weekend and that will keep Colorado’s weather unsettled.
  In the mountains get ready for a dose of heavy snow and strong wind starting this afternoon and lasting into Sunday. Travel on passes will become very difficult by tonight.Denver and the eastern plains will be partly to mostly cloudy and breezy at times with a slight chance for a few rain or snow showers later tonight and early Sunday.
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• Cowboy Christmas Ticket Giveaway!

  10-12-2016 12:30
  
  Enter to win the ultimate Christmas gift - a pair of tickets to one of Cheyenne Frontier Day's Frontier Nights!
  Cheyenne Frontier Days is where country music's hottest acts come to play. This year's star-studded lineup includes Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Little Big Town, Brantley Gilbert, Thomas Rhett, Sawyer Brown and more! Check out the full schedule at CFDRodeo.com.
  
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• Computerized Mannequins Help With Pediatric Emergency Training

  10-12-2016 06:51
  
  By Jennifer Brice
  LITTLETON, Colo. (CBS4) – First responders from Littleton Fire Rescue received crucial, hands-on training on Friday using computerized mannequins.
  They got to use state-of-the-art equipment to learn how best to treat pediatric patients.
  Children’s Hospital Colorado and the University of Colorado’s School of Medicine put on the training because because only one in every 10 medical calls are for a child and that means crews don’t get as much practice.
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• Trump EPA could put Colorado at center of climate change, energy debate

  10-12-2016 06:30
  
  Under President Barack Obama, the direction set by the Environmental Protection Agency was clear, albeit disputed: States were expected to take aggressive action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming.
  But under President-elect Donald Trump? The decision on how to combat climate change — or not — may increasingly be left to the states, putting Colorado and its energy sector at the center of the national debate over environmental
  
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• No. 2 ranked Denver Pioneers hold on to knock off No. 1 Minnesota-Duluth

  10-12-2016 05:36
  
  It was expected to be a showcase for NCAA hockey … and it lived up to the billing.
  On the opening night of a rare regular-season two-game matchup of the top two teams in the national rankings, the No. 2 Denver Pioneers got a goal and two assists from forward Troy Terry and knocked off No. 1 Minnesota Duluth 4-3 on Friday at Magness Arena.
  “He was great tonight,” DU coach Jim Montomery said of Terry, the sophomore from Highlands Ranch. “If he can play better, I’m go
  
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• Trump appointees donated almost $12 million with their families to campaign, party

  10-12-2016 05:05
  
  Matea Gold and Anu Narayanswamy, The Washington Post
  WASHINGTON – With his choice of restaurant executive Andrew Puzder to serve as his Labor secretary, President-elect Donald Trump has now tapped six big donors and fundraisers to serve in his administration, lining up an unprecedented concentration of wealthy backers for top posts.
  Together with their families, Trump’s nominees gave $11.6 million to support his presidential bid, his allied super PACs and the Republican National
  
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• Senate Holds Midnight Vote To Avoid Shutdown

  10-12-2016 04:41
  
  Washington (AP) – The Senate headed to a vote averting a government shutdown at midnight Friday as coal-state Democrats beat a tactical retreat and promised to continue their fight next year for months-long health care benefits for retired miners.
  “We had no intention of shutting down the government,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., adding that Democrats would provide enough votes to pass a stopgap spending bill to keep the government operating through April 28.
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• Is humanity doomed? Looking ahead, hopefully, with astrobiologist David Grinspoon

  10-12-2016 04:29
  
  Provided by Grand Central PublishingScientist and author David Grinspoon will visit the Denver Museum of Nature & Science on Dec. 13 to promote his new book “Earth in Human Hands: Shaping Our Planet’s Future.”Nationally-renowned scientist, author and sometime-Colorado resident David Grinspoon — now senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute in Washington, D.C. — is begging us to take the long view of humanity’s stewardship of Planet Eart
  
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• Broomfield man convicted of murder in “ambush” shooting

  10-12-2016 04:21
  
  A Broomfield man was convicted of first-degree murder Friday and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
  Matthew Britton, 55, was convicted in the shooting death of Kobe Wiley last year inside Britton’s Broomfield home.
  Wiley was shot five times in the back of the head, once at close range, according to the Broomfield County District Attorney’s Office.
  “This was an act of cowardice,” Chief Deputy District Attorney Patrick Costigan told the jury
  
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• Broncos Injury Report Week 14: Denver Broncos Hopeful Trevor Siemian Will Start Against The Tennessee Titans

  10-12-2016 04:09
  
  By Rick Brown
  The Denver Broncos (8-4) expect the team’s starting quarterback to be Trevor Siemian this Sunday against a tough matchup with the Tennessee Titans (6-6). Siemian has been cleared to play and should give a boost to the offense after last week’s ineffective performance in Jacksonville. The Broncos’ defense will be without starting middle linebacker, Brandon Marshall, as he will miss his second game of the season with a hamstring injury. 
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• Broncos Injury Report Week 14: Broncos Hopeful Siemian Will Start Against The Titans

  10-12-2016 04:09
  
  By Rick Brown
  The Denver Broncos (8-4) expect the team’s starting quarterback to be Trevor Siemian this Sunday against a tough matchup with the Tennessee Titans (6-6). Siemian has been cleared to play and should give a boost to the offense after last week’s ineffective performance in Jacksonville. The Broncos’ defense will be without starting middle linebacker, Brandon Marshall, as he will miss his second game of the season with a hamstring injury.
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• Masked man hits Louisville bank, flees with cash

  10-12-2016 04:08
  
  Louisville Police DepartmentScreenshot of the unknown suspect.A man wearing a dark mask and hoodie robbed a Louisville bank on Friday afternoon, fleeing with an undisclosed amount of cash.
  The robbery happened at about 3:30 p.m. at the Bank of the West, 865 E. South Boulder Road, according to a Louisville Police Department media release.
  The robber wore a red shirt, black pants and black gloves. There was no weapon seen and no one was injured.
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• Denver fires jail deputy for racial slurs and a cop for drinking while in uniform

  10-12-2016 04:03
  
  Denver’s Department of Safety has fired a deputy sheriff for using racial slurs and harassing inmates and a police sergeant for drinking while in uniform and abandoning a post to have sex with a woman.
  Deputy Sheriff Jeremy Simons was fired Nov. 21 for telling Sherod Kindell, who had been shot by Denver police, “You’d better be glad that Denver police shot you instead of me or the Denver Sheriffs, or we would have killed you.”
  Simons, who was hired in 2014, was accused of
  
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• Denver wedding, special event business to pay $200,000 to employees in the country illegally

  10-12-2016 03:16
  
  A wedding and special events’ planning business has agreed to pay a $200,000 settlement to five employees living in the country illegally after allegedly failing to pay them minimum wages and overtime and discriminating against them because of their race.
  U.S. District Magistrate Judge Craig Shaffer approved the deal between defendant Wright Group Events Services of Denver and plaintiffs Maria Del Carmen Contreras, Joaquin Espinoza Bailon, Alfonso Madera and Gerardo Castaneda Cisneros, all
  
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• Red tape halts new Southwest flights to Mexico after 3 days

  10-12-2016 02:49
  
  By David Koenig, The Associated Press
  Southwest Airlines has stopped new flights between Los Angeles and Mexico because Mexican authorities haven’t finished the paperwork formally authorizing the service.
  American Airlines has been forced to delay one new route to Mexico while it too awaits approval from Mexico.
  In both cases, the new flights were added after the U.S. and Mexico agreed in August to loosen restrictions that had limited cross-border flights.
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• New, kind letters to Brandon Marshall

  10-12-2016 02:44
  
  Hate speech is nothing but a coward's way to make a point. We won't show all of the words that person wrote, but we will show you words from other letters written to Marshall.       
  
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• Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win the White House

  10-12-2016 02:36
  
  By Adam Entous, Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller,  The Washington Post
  The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, according to officials briefed on the matter.
  Intelligence agencies have identified individuals with connections to the Russian government who provided WikiLeaks with thousands of hacked e-mails from the Democratic Nati
  
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• Medical Aid In Dying Close To Becoming A Legal Option In Colorado

  10-12-2016 02:33
  
  By Shaun Boyd
  DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado’s governor has yet to certify the results of last month’s ballot measures, but implementation of one initiative is already underway.
  The Colorado Medical Board voted to change its policy on medical aid in dying to comply with Proposition 106 or The End of Life Options Act.
  Charlie Selsberg was the impetus for the act, which allows doctors to prescribe a lethal dose of medicine to someone who is terminally ill
  Selsberg had ALS. He wrote an
  
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• Friday Denver Warmed 51 Degrees From the Morning low of Just 3 Degrees

  10-12-2016 01:47
  
  By Ed GreeneDENVER (CBS4) – After the coldest stretch of weather in almost three years in Denver, temperatures have climbed above freezing for the first time in four days.The low on Friday morning was just 3 degrees…then we soared 51 degrees to our high of 54..recorded at both the airport and downtown locations.Tomorrow, more downslope warming will push the temperature even higher – into the mid to upper 50s.The Winter Storm Warning was allowed to expire at 60m Friday…b
  
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• More Vigilance Promised By Denver Fire After RiNo Arts Collective Eviction

  10-12-2016 00:48
  
  By Karen Morfitt
  DENVER (CBS4) – Denver fire officials shut down an artist collective in Denver’s River North neighborhood, citing numerous code violations.
  Melissa Taylor, a spokeswoman for the Denver Fire Department, says inspectors went into the building known as Rhinoceropolis on Thursday night after receiving a tip regarding unsafe living conditions.
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  “We did have some serious life safety hazards going on inside,” Taylor said.
  The biggest issue, she says
  
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• Threats sent to Brandon Marshall

  10-12-2016 00:29
  
  Denver Broncos security is looking into a threatening letter that was sent anonymously to linebacker Brandon Marshall two weeks ago.       
  
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• Denver Art Museum Announces How It Will Use $25 Million Donation

  10-12-2016 00:20
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The Denver Art Museum is making plans to spend its largest donation ever.
  Board chairman J. Landis Martin and his wife Sharon have pledged $25 million.
  The museum will use the donation to renovate the north building.
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  It’s the only completed building in North America designed by renowned Italian modernist architect Gio Ponti.
  The plan is to spruce up the building in time for the 50th anniversary in 2021.
  
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• Funeral Service Held For Heisman Winner Rashaan Salaam

  10-12-2016 00:07
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Former teammates joined family and friends to say goodbye to 1994 Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam on Friday, remembering his warm heart and peaceful spirit.
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  About 250 people gathered for a funeral service for Salaam at the Islamic Center of Boulder near Folsom Field, where Salaam carved his name into the University of Colorado record book from 1992 to 1994.
  He was found dead Monday night in a park not far from the school at the age of 42. His mother
  
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