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• Police Ask For Help Identifying Masked Men In Home Invasion

  17-12-2016 22:03
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)– Police in Boulder hope the public can help lead them to two suspects wanted in a home invasion.
  Police say two suspects entered the home in the 300 block of Harvard Lane between 1 and 3 a.m. Saturday and began assaulting the victim who was asleep in bed.
  Both suspects are described as masked males wearing all black. The suspects possibly left in an unknown color SUV.The victim suffered serious head injuries and remains in the hospital at Boulder Community Health.Addi
  
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• Crews Contain Bobcat Powerline Fire

  17-12-2016 21:51
  
  LOVELAND, Colo. (CBS4) – The Bobcat Powerline Fire is 100 percent contained. Crews were able to get the upper hand on Friday.The fire has burned approximately 200 acres northwest of Loveland and north of the Bobcat Ridge Natural Area. It was first reported at approximately 4 p.m. on Thursday.
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  Crews don’t know what started the fire, but they say it was not caused by a lightning strike or other natural causes.
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• ‘Rhinoceropolis’ Fire Benefit Show Almost Didn’t Happen

  17-12-2016 21:02
  
  By Andrea FloresDENVER (CBS4)– Denver’s creative community will come together for a benefit concert at Aztlan Theatre on Saturday night to help the victims of the Ghost Ship Fire in Oakland.
  “It was my idea just because I lost a good friend in the fire and I wanted to do everything I could to support them while not actually being there,” said musician Luke Thinnes. “It’s still something that hits super close to home.”
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• Denver Brass Performing With Angels

  17-12-2016 20:36
  
  DENVER (CBS4) Denver Brass will perform three special concerts with the Colorado Chorale and the Rocky Mountain Children’s Choir. Recently the brass chamber ensemble did their “Holiday Brassfest.” That was a free concert held under the glass at the Galleria at the Denver Center for the performing arts. Denver Brass invited horn players from the community to join them in some holiday classics.
  LINK: Mile High Holidays
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  On November 17th & 18th, Denver Brass will
  
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• Broncos’ Beat-Down Of Brady Led To Some Changes

  17-12-2016 19:56
  
  DENVER (AP) — Tom Brady returns this weekend to Denver, where he was bruised and battered in the AFC championship game last season.
  The Denver Broncos hit him nearly two dozen times that frigid January night.
  Von Miller parlayed his performance — 2½ sacks, four QB hits and an interception — into one of the greatest showings by a defensive player in Super Bowl history two weeks later, bringing home both the Lombardi and the Super Bowl 50 MVP trophies.
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• Greeley Man Gets Life In Prison For Death Of 2-Year-Old Boy

  17-12-2016 19:52
  
  GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — A Greeley man convicted in the death of his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son has been sentenced to life in prison.
  Prosecutors with the Weld County District Attorney’s Office say 34-year-old John Melvin White was sentenced Friday for the May 2015 death of Michael Lara. White was convicted in November of first-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death.Michael Lara (credit: CBS)
  Investigators say he told them the family’s 60-pound pit bull knocked th
  
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• Patriots-Broncos Rematch Could Be Playoff Preview

  17-12-2016 19:28
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– The Seattle Seahawks kicked off Week 15 by securing another NFC West title. Three more teams can clinch division crowns while three others have a chance to earn a playoff berth.
  The Patriots, Cowboys and Lions are playing to lock up division championships, while the Chiefs and Raiders are close to wrapping up a spot in the postseason.
  With only seven teams eliminated from contention, every game on the schedule has playoff implications for at least one of the participants.
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• Avs Fall To Panthers On Home Ice

  17-12-2016 19:22
  
  The Colorado Avalanche fell to the Panthers 3-1 on Friday night.
  
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• 300 Flights Canceled At DIA, Dozens More Delayed

  17-12-2016 17:47
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– There have been 300 flights cancelled at Denver International Airport after receiving 8.8 inches of snow overnight Friday into Saturday morning.DIA tweeted an update about passengers checking their flight status on Saturday morning. The airport said it expected one to three inches and instead received nearly nine inches.
  The airlines are catching up this morning and may have shifted schedules so please check your flight status with them directly
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• Latest Forecast: Strong Storm Packed Big Punch

  17-12-2016 17:11
  
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – Our quick moving snow-maker is on it’s way out of Colorado and will leave behind bitter cold temperatures that will last all weekend.
  The moisture packed cold blast turned out to be a lot stronger than all of the snow models were indicating. The cold temperatures of Friday set the stage for the arrival of a low pressure trough to swing through Friday night. The storm system opened up between 8pm Friday and 3am Saturday. Dropping as much as 4 to 12 inc
  
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• School Employee Accused Of Beating At-Risk Adult On Bus

  17-12-2016 07:00
  
  By Dillon Thomas
  LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4) – A school employee is accused of beating up an at-risk adult on a school bus.
  Monica Burke, 51, worked as an assistant on a bus for autistic students in the St. Vrain Valley School District.
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  SVVSD buses are used to transport students with special needs from Boulder County to their schools across the front range.
  Burke is accused of hitting a student with severe autism, spraying aerosol cans in his face and even being mean to the bus dr
  
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• Lawsuit Claims Jail Could Have Stopped Inmate’s Death

  17-12-2016 07:00
  
  By Jeff Todd
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4)– He was sick for almost a week, but a new federal lawsuit claims nurses, doctors, and deputies ignored signs and allowed a man to die in the Arapahoe County Jail.
  “He had bacterial pneumonia. He had been coughing up blood for days. He had been begging for medical treatment for days and they did nothing,” said David Lane who is representing the victim’s widow.
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  Jeffrey Lillis had been in the Arapahoe County Jail for a few
  
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• Ace Scholarships Give A Hand Up To Students Who Want More

  17-12-2016 06:00
  
  CBS4 News is featuring a special series of reports this holiday season called the 12 Days of Christmas. The following story was written by CBS4’s Karen Leigh.
  DENVER (CBS4) – In the maze of students at Metropolitan State University of Denver, Favianna Oropeza stands out.
  “I know I’m a very hard worker. I can’t say I would’ve never gotten here, but I can say it would’ve been a lot harder. Not only for me but for my family,” Oropeza said.
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• Marshall Out, Davis 50-50 For Broncos-Patriots Showdown

  17-12-2016 03:13
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Inside linebacker Todd Davis says he’s optimistic he’ll play against New England this weekend after returning to practice Friday on a limited basis.
  “I was encouraged by what I saw,” coach Gary Kubiak said. “We’ll see how he comes out of it in the morning and move him around again tomorrow. I think it’s kind of going exactly like we thought it was going to go leading up to game time. It was encouraging today.”
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• ‘An Act Of God’ Has God Taking The Stage

  17-12-2016 03:00
  
  ‘An Act of God’ is a one-act play currently showing at the Garner Galleria Theatre at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. It runs through March 12. Get tickets and information about the show at a special page of DenverCenter.org.
  DENVER (CBS4) – “An Act of God” is built on a simple idea, what if God, the all-seeing, all-knowing, all-powerful, decided to take an evening off to discuss it all, the sensible and the silly, with the audience.
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• Bronco notes: Talib not fined

  17-12-2016 02:57
  
  ENGLEWOOD—By not fining Aqib Talib, the NFL seemed to send a message to Harry Douglas.       
  
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• Colorado Man Concerned About Family Trapped In Aleppo’s War Zone

  17-12-2016 02:52
  
  By Rick Sallinger
  DENVER (CBS4) – There is but one word to describe the misery the people of Aleppo have been going through.
  Aleppo (credit: CBS)
  That word, according to Mohamad Radwan Kalaaji, is hell.
  “What is this hell like?” CBS4 reporter Rick Sallinger asked him.
  “They don’t have running water, electricity, bombing around them all of the time,” Kalaaji answered.
  Mohamad Radwan Kalaaji (credit: CBS)
  The Syrian city he left behind, in many parts, bears litt
  
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• Undercover Unit Responsible For Bringing Pedophiles To Justice Told To Stop

  17-12-2016 02:22
  
  By Jennifer Brice
  GOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4) – Investigators who go undercover in of the Jefferson County District Attorney’s to bring pedophiles to justice have been told to stop.
  The task force is run by the First Judicial District Attorney’s office and aims to keep children safe from internet predators.
  The Unit, nicknamed “Cheezo,” has been in place since 2005.
  An image of some of the people arrested as a result of “Cheezo” investigations (credit: Jef
  
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• Peyton-Brady comparison one more time

  17-12-2016 02:11
  
  ENGLEWOOD—Something is off.       
  
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• 2 In Custody Following Deadly Home Invasion

  17-12-2016 02:09
  
  ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Two men are now in custody in connection with a deadly home invasion.
  Ronnie Williams and Corey Carol now face first degree murder charges.
  Corey Carol (credit: Adams County)
  Ronnie Williams (credit: Adams County)
  A man was shot and killed on Dec. 8 at a home on Tucson Street near Highway 7 in Adams County.
  Adams County Sheriff’s deputies investigated a death on Thursday (credit: CBS)
  A woman in that home called 911 and when deputies arrived one man was f
  
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• CDOT Prepares For Flash Freeze On Colorado Roads

  17-12-2016 01:49
  
  By Melissa Garcia
  GOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4) – The Colorado Department of Transportation is preparing for a flash freeze that could cause dangerous road conditions.
  The CDOT Traffic Operations Center in Golden was on “snow desk” mode Friday afternoon as workers monitored weather conditions across the state in an effort to stay ahead of the storm.
  CDOT crews prepped hundreds of plows for de-icing duty, and pre-treated roads with de-icing chemicals.
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  Plows were out on the
  
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• Latest Forecast: Cold Wave Pushing In Arctic Air and Snow

  17-12-2016 01:48
  
  By Ed Greene 
  DENVER (CBS4) – The combination of a strong moisture packed jet stream, a deep , low pressure trough and cold Arctic air will be making for a wintry change over all of Colorado. The mountains will see plenty of snow and at time it will be heavy: 1-2″ per hour rates and at times approaching 3″ an hour.
  In Denver the highs will go down in the record books as being in the 40s…but they occurred very early min the morning just before the cold air moved in &
  
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• Cold Wave Pushing In Arctic Air and Snow

  17-12-2016 01:48
  
  By Ed Greene
  DENVER (CBS4) – The combination of a strong moisture packed jet stream, a deep , low pressure trough and cold Arctic air will be making for a wintry change over all of Colorado. The mountains will see plenty of snow and at time it will be heavy: 1-2″ per hour rates and at times approaching 3″ an hour.
  In Denver the highs will go down in the record books as being in the 40s…but they occurred very early min the morning just before the cold air moved in –
  
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• New Hope For Family’s Dog Thanks To Clinical Trial

  17-12-2016 01:12
  
  By Britt Moreno
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – “He’s only nine years and he is not old enough to call it quits,” says dog mom Christine Loeffler.
  Her dog is Dane, a handsome, bright eyed pup known for his vigorous tail wagging and gentle manner. The family was given bad news when a round of radiation was not slowing his cancer.
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  They were losing hope until a new clinical trial at CSU offered them a life-saving option. This trail would offer Dane the most aggres
  
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• School Employee Accused Of Beating At-Risk Adults On Bus

  17-12-2016 01:00
  
  LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4) – A school employee is accused of beating up on at-risk adults on buses.
  Monica Burke worked as an assistant on a bus for autistic students in the St. Vrain Valley School District.
  Monica Burke (credit: CBS)
  Burke is accused of hitting students, spraying aerosol cans in the faces of students and even being mean to the bus driver.
  One alleged case happened at the Joshua School on East Dartmouth Avenue in Englewood, one of the locations the adults get bused to from the
  
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• Aqib Talib Avoids Fine From NFL Over Skirmish With Douglas

  17-12-2016 00:27
  
  DENVER (AP) – The NFL declined to fine anybody involved in the Harry Douglas-Aqib Talib sideline skirmish last weekend.
  The Broncos cornerback tussled with the Titans receiver one play after Douglas’ low block on cornerback Chris Harris Jr. that reverberated throughout the league.
  The scrum happened on the Tennessee sideline but hardly anyone joined in. Talib ripped his helmet off and dared the Titans players to fight him. Some Titans were telling him he was about to get ejected. Fin
  
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• Colorado High Court Declines Electors’ Appeal To Switch Vote

  17-12-2016 00:18
  
  DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Supreme Court won’t hear a last-ditch appeal to let the state’s electors vote for someone besides Hillary Clinton.
  A judge this week ruled that the state’s nine electors could be replaced if they don’t vote for Clinton when the Electoral College meets Monday. Clinton won Colorado’s popular vote, and state law requires the winner to get Colorado’s electoral votes.
  A pair of electors challenged the law. They want to join with Rep
  
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