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• Broncos Tight End Virgil Green Out After Sustaining Concussion

  18-12-2016 23:15
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Denver Broncos tight end Virgil Green left the game against the New England Patriots in the first quarter after suffering an apparent concussion.
  He was hit in the head as he was tackled.Injury update for the Broncos: TE Virgil Green is OUT with a concussion.
  — Patrick Smyth (@psmyth12) December 18, 2016
  Green, the starting tight end, was taken to the locker room and soon after the team announced he wouldn’t return to the game.
  Tight end Jeff Heuerman saw more a
  
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• McManus Boots 300th Point With Broncos

  18-12-2016 22:51
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Broncos kicker Brandon McManus is the 12th player in team history to reach 300 points.
  With his field goal kick in the first quarter, McManus now has 302 points with the team.
  He is the sixth-fastest to reach the mark.
  Earlier this season, in the 34-20 win over the Indianapolis Colts, McManus kicked the 200th point of his career.
  RELATED: Broncos McManus Takes Culinary Tour Of Denver
  McManus holds the Broncos record for the most field goals in the Super Bowl, when he k
  
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• Norwood Fumbles Punt Reception — Again

  18-12-2016 22:35
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Jordan Norwood may have just lost his punt returner job.
  The Broncos wide receiver muffed a punt in the first quarter on Sunday afternoon and New England kicked a field goal soon afterwards. That made the score 3-0.
  Jordan Norwood of the Broncos at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on January 24, 2016 in Denver. (credit: Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
  Norwood also had two muffs in the Broncos’ overtime loss to the Chiefs.
  
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• Norwood Fumbles Punt — Again

  18-12-2016 22:35
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Jordan Norwood may have just lost his punt returner job.
  The Broncos wide receiver muffed a punt in the first quarter on Sunday afternoon and New England kicked a field goal soon afterwards. That made the score 3-0.
  Jordan Norwood of the Broncos at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on January 24, 2016 in Denver. (credit: Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
  Norwood also had two muffs in the Broncos’ overtime loss to the Chiefs.So that Norwood muff costs the Broncos thre
  
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• Bags Piling Up At DIA After Hundreds Of Flights Canceled

  18-12-2016 21:08
  
  By Melissa Garcia
  DENVER (CBS4) – Bags are piling up at Denver International Airport after a slew of flight cancellations caused by the wintry weather.
  Hundreds of passengers on canceled Frontier flights were in a holding pattern Sunday waiting for the return of their belongings at DIA baggage claim.
  (credit: CBS)
  It was day two of baggage backups for the airline.
  A Frontier spokesperson on Saturday said the weather was the cause of the many flight cancellations.
  According to the airline,
  
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• Healthy Nuggets Defeat Knicks At Pepsi Center

  18-12-2016 20:50
  
  Michael Malone changed his starting lineup looking for a spark. The Denver coach got more than he expected, and now his Nuggets are starting to roll.
  
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• Firefighters Battle ‘Challenging’ Fire In -22 Degree Temps

  18-12-2016 20:42
  
  ROCKY FORD, Colo. (CBS4) – Fire and ice confronted firefighters in southeast Colorado who responded to an apartment building in flames in sub-zero temperatures early Sunday morning.
  The mostly volunteer Rocky Ford Fire Department was dispatched at 1 a.m. to the complex on Sycamore Street.
  (credit: Rocky Ford Fire Department)
  The temperature at the time, according to the department’s Facebook post, was -22 degrees.
  “This was a very challenging fire,” the department wrote i
  
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• Texans Bench Brock Osweiler

  18-12-2016 20:21
  
  HOUSTON (CBS4) – The Houston Texans have seen enough poor play from Brock Osweiler.
  The former Broncos quarterback, who left Denver for a lucrative contract in Texas in the offseason, was yanked from Sunday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars after throwing two interceptions in the second quarter.
  Brock Osweiler #17 of the Houston Texans looks to pass against the Jacksonville Jaguars in the first quarter at NRG Stadium on December 18, 2016 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/
  
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• Wreaths Placed On Snowy Graves At Fort Logan Cemetery

  18-12-2016 20:01
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A holiday wreath-laying ceremony in bitter cold conditions honored veterans in Denver on Saturday.
  (credit: Civil Air Patrol)
  The event at Fort Logan National Cemetery was coordinated by the Civil Air Patrol through a campaign called Wreaths Across America.
  (credit: Civil Air Patrol)
  More than 6,000 wreaths can now be seen on veterans’ graves at the cemetery.
  (credit: Civil Air Patrol)
  Saturday’s cold temperatures in Denver broke a record.
  
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• Fire Causes Damage To Condo Complex In Ski Town

  18-12-2016 19:21
  
  KEYSTONE, Colo. (CBS4) – A fire caused damage to two units of a condo building at Keystone Resort on Saturday.
  The blaze caused an estimated $500,000 in damage.
  It broke out between the third and fourth floors of the Mill Creek Condominiums.
  Crews say a sprinkler system that was activated kept the flames from spreading.
  So far there’s no word on what started the fire.
  
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• Green transforms into maniacal beast

  18-12-2016 19:02
  
  DENVER - By its nature, football transforms every man into a more aggressive, emotional creature.       
  
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• Latest Forecast: Sunshine And Freezing

  18-12-2016 16:49
  
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – In the wake of the big weekend snow storm the sun has returned and should help to cut the cold just a bit. Temperatures will not be as cold as Saturday but, will remain below freezing for one more day.
  It’s a good thing too! Saturday night the temperature at DIA dropped to 15 below zero. Breaking the long-standing record low for December 17th which was 13 below set in 1909.
  Sunday will be mostly sunny statewide with a warming trend beginning on Monday
  
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• ‘Bridging The Gap’ Helps Young Adults Emerge From Foster Care

  18-12-2016 06:00
  
  CBS4 News is featuring a special series of reports this holiday season called the 12 Days of Christmas. The following story is written by CBS4’s Shawn Chitnis.
  DENVER (CBS4)– Children growing up in the foster care system often find themselves struggling to make the leap toward becoming an independent adult, so Mile High United Way launched a program to help them reach the other side called Bridging the Gap.
  “I don’t have a lot of people out here that I can go to,” s
  
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• 9 keys to Broncos defeating the Patriots

  18-12-2016 04:46
  
  It's not necessarily true the 8-5 Denver Broncos must beat 11-2 New England to make the AFC playoffs for a sixth consecutive season. But a loss to the Patriots likely means the Broncos must win their final two games at 10-3 Kansas City on Christmas Night at Arrowhead Stadium and against the 10-3 Oakland Raiders on New Year's Day.       
  
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• Record Cold Hits As Snow Moves Out

  18-12-2016 02:50
  
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – Our quick-moving snow-maker is on its way out of Colorado and will leave behind bitter cold temperatures that will last all weekend.
  Skies are clearing across the region. This is already sending temperatures tumbling back into below zero territory again. Denver has already broken the record low of -13 degrees set in 1909!
  Temperatures across Colorado will be dangerously cold Saturday night. Wind chill factors across the Front Range and easter
  
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• Latest Forecast: Record Cold Hits As Snow Moves Out

  18-12-2016 02:50
  
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – Our quick-moving snow-maker is on its way out of Colorado and will leave behind bitter cold temperatures that will last all weekend.
  Skies are clearing across the region. This is already sending temperatures tumbling back into below zero territory again. Denver has already broken the record low of -13 degrees set in 1909!
  Temperatures across Colorado will be dangerously cold Saturday night. Wind chill factors across the Front Range and easter
  
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• 2 People Killed In 55-Vehicle Pileup

  18-12-2016 02:33
  
  BALTIMORE (CBS4)– Cleanup is underway in Baltimore after a 55-vehicle pileup on Interstate 95 killed two people.
  Fifteen others were hurt in the pileup that happened when freezing rain created a thick layer of ice on the lanes. (credit: CBS)
  At one point, a tanker flipped off a bridge and exploded.The crash was caught on camera by a driver. The road was shut down for hours. (credit: CBS)
  
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• Broncos Offense Abandons The Fullback Position

  18-12-2016 02:30
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – After the Broncos placed Andy Janovich on injured reserve there was some speculation Juwan Thompson would see a lot of touches at the fullback position.
  Things haven’t gone that way. The Broncos have pretty much abandoned using a fullback.
  “They’re using a tight end to go in motion in an offset package, but that’s mostly to see what the defense is doing not so much to be a lead blocker, so right now they’re using a tight end in that role r
  
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• Frontier Passengers Make It Off Plane But The Bags? Not So Much

  18-12-2016 02:11
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Hundreds of flights were cancelled at Denver International Airport on Saturday after nearly nine inches of snow fell overnight Friday into Saturday. Frigid temperatures kept dozens of flights delayed because of de-icing procedures.
  Frontier Airlines flight 769 was scheduled to leave Denver for Las Vegas just after 10 p.m. Friday. The flight was delayed and then finally canceled at 5 a.m. Saturday. All the passengers made it off the plane at DIA but their bags, that was anoth
  
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• Fortune Scores 15, Colorado Holds Off Fort Hays State 81-71

  18-12-2016 01:02
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Josh Fortune shook off a miserable offensive slump with a season-high 15 points and the Colorado Buffaloes returned from finals week with an 81-71 win over Division II Fort Hays State on Saturday afternoon.
  Fortune, who was 0 for 13 from the field in his previous two games, went 5 for 9 from the field.
  Deleon Brown added a career-high 15 points and Xavier Johnson also had 15 for the Buffaloes, who shot 43 percent from the field, including 46 percent in the first half.
  
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• Colorado State Falls To K-State

  18-12-2016 00:53
  
  DENVER (AP) — D.J. Johnson had 19 points to lead six Wildcats scoring in double figures, and Kansas State pulled away in the second half to beat Colorado State 89-70 Saturday.
  Barry Brown had 14 points and Xavier Sneed added 12 for Kansas State (10-1), which won its fifth in a row since its loss to Maryland on Nov. 26.
  Johnson, who fouled out with just under two minutes remaining, also had 10 rebounds for his third career double-double.
  Prentiss Nixon had 30 points to lead Colorado State (
  
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• Rosga’s Late 3 Lifts Denver Over Northern Colorado 73-70

  18-12-2016 00:46
  
  DENVER (AP) — Thomas Neff scored 15 points, C.J. Bobbitt had 12 points and six rebounds, and Joe Rosga’s 3-pointer with one second left lifted Denver to a 73-70 win over Northern Colorado on Saturday.
  Rosga, who leads Denver (6-5) at 17.2 points per game, had missed all seven previous field-goal attempts — including three 3-pointers — before his game-winner went through. He finished with four points.
  Jon’te Dotson’s 3-pointer tied it for the Bears at 70 with 2
  
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• Mother Arrested, 2-Year-Old Left Alone In Vehicle In Subzero Temps

  18-12-2016 00:40
  
  THORNTON, Colo. (CBS4)– A woman was arrested after her toddler was found alone inside a vehicle during Saturday’s subzero temperatures.Police in Thornton were asked by Westminster police to search for a 2013 green Ford Fusion somewhere in the area of the 10000 block of N. Washington to the 12000 block of N. Washington Street about 10:40 a.m.
  Officers say the suspect called police to search for the car that she said had been involved in an accident.About noon, officers located the For
  
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• Runners Brave Subzero Temps For Ugly Sweater Run

  18-12-2016 00:01
  
  By Kelly Werthmann
  DENVER (CBS4)– It may look more like perfect skiing and skating weather in Denver, but that didn’t stop dozens of runners from clocking a few miles downtown on Saturday morning.
  “It’s perfect weather for running in ugly sweaters,” Jeff Suffolk, organizer of the Ugly Sweater Run, told CBS4’s Kelly Werthmann.
  (credit: CBS)
  Wearing some of their wildest holiday attire, runners took part in the annual Ugly Sweater Run Saturday morning when it wa
  
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