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• Fire Destroys Mobile Home

  03-01-2017 22:52
  
  LOVELAND, Colo. (CBS4)– A fire destroyed a mobile home in Loveland Tuesday morning.The fire broke out about 9 a.m. Tuesday in the 2700 block of Mango Place in Loveland.(credit: CBS)Firefighters told CBS4 the resident self-reported chemicals stored in the shed.Police and fire crews waited until they obtained a search warrant before entering the shed.The mobile home was destroyed in the fire. The woman who lived there was assisted by the Red Cross. What caused the fire has not been determine
  
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• Avalanche Watch Issued As Winter Storm Moves Into Mountains

  03-01-2017 22:35
  
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – The first winter storm of 2017 will bring strong, gusty wind and heavy snow to the mountains over the next 48 hours and that will increase the avalanche danger.
  The Colorado Avalanche Information Center has issued an Avalanche Watch for several mountain ranges including the Park Range, Flat Top Mountains, Front Range Mountains, West Elk Mountains, the Ruby Range and Pikes Peak.New snow accumulation on top of old, weak snow layers combined with strong winds wi
  
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• Forbes Names Von Miller One Of Its ’30 Under 30′

  03-01-2017 22:26
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Broncos linebacker Von Miller is being honored by Forbes.
  The magazine named Miller as one of their “30 Under 30” in Sports.
  “To make our list, we look for those who flex either brawn, brains or both to be game changers on and off the field,” Forbes wrote.
  Von Miller (credit: Evan Semón/CBS)
  The magazine notes Miller’s determination to come back after his ACL surgery in 2014, his Super Bowl MVP status, and his charitable work.
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• Swastikas Found Carved Into Playground Equipment

  03-01-2017 22:25
  
  LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4)– Police in Longmont investigated swastikas found carved into playground equipment at a park.
  State Rep. Jonathan Singer discovered the vandalism at Loomiller Park on Monday morning. Singer told police the swastikas were found in at least four locations in the playground, including a slide.
  Employees with the City of Longmont covered up the carvings and returned to the park on Tuesday to determine whether the vandalized equipment will require resurfacing or replacemen
  
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• With Snow In Forecast, CDOT Set To Treat Roads With Salt Brine

  03-01-2017 22:00
  
  CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (CBS4) – Snow is expected to make its way into the Denver metro area Wednesday night into Thursday morning, and state transportation officials say they will be pre-treating roads with salt brine to keep the snow and ice from sticking.
  (credit: CBS)
  The Colorado Department of Transportation has only started using that anti-icing solution this winter. The brine includes three all-natural ingredients: salt, water and an anti-corrosion additive.
  Temperatures are expected to
  
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• Dive Teams Find Apparent Child’s Body In Aurora Pond

  03-01-2017 21:29
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – A dive team involved in the search for a 6-year-old missing boy has found what appears to be a child’s body from a small pond near his home.
  (credit: CBS)
  “We found the body of what appears to be a child inside the pond underneath the ice,” a visibly saddened Aurora police chief Nick Metz said. “At this time we are not able to give a definitive identification on that individual.”
  The small pond is located in Aurora’s Olympic Park.
  
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• Start Date Announced For Parking Fee System At Cherry Creek Shopping Center

  03-01-2017 21:18
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Fees for parking at Cherry Creek Shopping Center are set to go into effect in two weeks.
  A parking system will be implemented on Jan. 17 that the mall administrators refer to as “Smart Parking.”
  (credit: CBS)
  The first hour of parking will be free. A second hour of parking costs $3, and rates vary beyond that. The maximum someone can be charged in a day is $16.
  The mall’s AMC Theatres will validate up to three hours of customers’ parking time.
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• Toddler Pushes Fallen Dresser Off Twin Brother In Video

  03-01-2017 21:05
  
  OREM, Utah (AP) — A 2-year-old boy in Utah has been caught on a nanny cam saving his twin brother by pushing a fallen dresser off him.
  The video shows the Orem toddlers climbing on open drawers before the dresser tips over, pinning one boy to the ground. The boy cries and struggles before his brother is able to push the dresser off him.The boys’ mother, Kayli Shoff, tells KUTV-TV that she didn’t hear the dresser falling and only saw what happened after watching the video.
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• Telluride-Bound Small Plane Crashes, 3 Dead

  03-01-2017 20:43
  
  PAYSON, Ariz. (AP) — Searchers in Gila County, Arizona, have found three bodies inside the wreckage of a small plane that was reported overdue on a flight from Scottsdale to Telluride, Colorado.
  County Sheriff Adam Shepherd said it was spotted crashed north of Payson on the rugged Mogollon Rim early Tuesday morning. The sheriff’s office was advised of the missing Cessna 210 just before 10 p.m. Monday.
  The plane reportedly carried two adults and two children but Shepherd said only thr
  
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• Stock Show Cancels Parade Due To Weather Forecasts

  03-01-2017 20:38
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The National Western Stock Show has canceled their annual Stock Show Parade.
  It was scheduled for Thursday at noon, going through downtown Denver, but is canceled due to weather forecasts.
  (credit: CBS)
  “The risk of animal injury and injury to people is far too great with the 4 to 8 inches of snow predicted and six degree temperatures,” said Stock Show President and CEO Paul Andrews in a statement.
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  The parade will not be rescheduled.
  The 111th
  
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• Bill And Hillary Clinton To Attend Inauguration

  03-01-2017 20:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Bill and Hillary Clinton plan to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration, putting the 2016 presidential rivals on the same platform only weeks after their tough campaign.
  Aides to the former president and former secretary of state say the Clintons will attend the Jan. 20 inauguration. The announcement came shortly after former President George W. Bush’s office said he would attend along with former first lady Laura Bush.
  Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential
  
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• House Re-Elects Paul Ryan As Speaker

  03-01-2017 20:15
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House re-elects Republican Paul Ryan as speaker, will lead hefty GOP majority.
  (© Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
  
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• Beyonce, Radiohead, Kendrick Lamar To Headline Coachella

  03-01-2017 19:59
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Beyonce is one of the headliners of the 2017 Coachella music festival — a first for the pop star.
  Festival producer Goldenvoice announced Tuesday that Beyonce, Radiohead and Kendrick Lamar will headline the two-weekend festival in April in Indio, California. Radiohead will perform on April 14 and 21; Beyonce on April 15 and 22; and Lamar on April 16 and 23.
  Tickets, including three-day passes, go on sale Wednesday.
  Beyonce last appeared at Coachella in 2014 when she d
  
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• 2016 Pro Football Challenge

  03-01-2017 19:56
  
  Get information about and read the rules for the now-concluded 2016 Pro Football Challenge.
  
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• Brenner cleared 5 months from concussion

  03-01-2017 19:48
  
  ENGLEWOOD—Monday will go down as a milestone event for the exit of Gary Kubiak.       
  
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• Body Found In Pond, ‘Suspicion’ Is That It’s Missing Boy

  03-01-2017 19:36
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – A dive team involved in the search for a 6-year-old missing boy has found what appears to be a child’s body from a pond near his home.
  (credit: CBS)
  “We found the body of what appears to be a child inside the pond underneath the ice,” a visibly saddened Aurora police chief Nick Metz said. “At this time we are not able to give a definitive identification on that individual.”
  The small pond is located in Aurora’s Olympic Park. That&r
  
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• Neighbors Frustrated As Investigation Into House Fire Continues

  03-01-2017 18:54
  
  THORNTON, Colo. (CBS4) – Neighbors in Thornton say they are concerned a drug ring may have been operating out of a home that caught fire last week.
  (credit: CBS)
  The house, located near the intersection of 137th Avenue and Clayton Street, caught fire on Friday. Since then, someone vandalized the home.
  Residents say they are frustrated with a lack of information being provided by police in the case.
  (credit: CBS)
  “Something exploded, and I don’t know what, but it made me suspici
  
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• Keidel: Tom Brady Should Not Win 2016 NFL MVP

  03-01-2017 18:26
  
  By Jason Keidel
  If you needed proof that the Patriots are just different — and better — than everyone else, you merely had to watch them play on Sunday.
  Though New England didn’t need to win the game to win their division or secure a first-round bye, they played as though the entire season depended on it, mauling the Miami Dolphins, 35-14.
  CBS flashed a fascinating — if not quite telling — statistic during the broadcast.
  There have been 23 head coache
  
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• Dive Team Begins Search In Olympic Park For David Puckett

  03-01-2017 17:57
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – A South Metro dive team is searching in Olympic Park for a 6-year-old missing boy.#FindingDavid #AMBERAlert Search and Rescue operation at Olympic Park. pic.twitter.com/jd9LPef6fa
  — Aurora Police Dept (@AuroraPD) January 3, 2017
  The small lake in the Aurora park near where David Puckett disappeared is covered with a thin layer of ice and the dive team broke through it Tuesday morning so they could do their search in the water.
  Police said they are considering d
  
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• Ford Cancels Plan To Build New Mexican Plant, Adds US Jobs

  03-01-2017 17:49
  
  FLAT ROCK, Mich. (AP) — Ford is canceling plans to build a new $1.6 billion factory in Mexico and will invest $700 million in a Michigan plant to build new electric and autonomous vehicles.
  Ford, however, still plans to shift production of the Focus small car to Mexico and will make the car at an existing plant. President-elect Donald Trump has been pressuring Ford to keep production of the Focus in the U.S.
  The company made the announcements Tuesday at a factory in Flat Rock, Michigan, ne
  
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• David Puckett Search Tiplines

  03-01-2017 17:47
  
  Special tiplines have been setup in the search for David Puckett. The following three different phone numbers can all be used: 303-739-1865, 303-739-1868 or 303-739-1870
  
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• FBI Agents Stop Cars Near Missing Boy’s School

  03-01-2017 17:19
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – Police and the FBI continued car canvasing Tuesday morning as the search for David Puckett has entered its fourth day.
  (credit: CBS)
  Authorities said they are not slowing down any efforts to find the 6-year-old, who is believed to have wandered off from his Aurora home. An Amber Alert was issued on Monday in the case.
  At the intersection of Dartmouth and Laredo in Aurora FBI agents and Aurora police officers stopped every driver, asking questions, taking names a
  
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• Trump’s Latest US Corporate Twitter Target: General Motors

  03-01-2017 16:48
  
  DETROIT (AP) — In another tweet targeting a U.S. company, President-elect Donald Trump is threatening to slap a tax on General Motors for importing compact cars to the U.S. from Mexico.
  But GM makes the vast majority of compact Chevrolet Cruzes at a sprawling complex in Lordstown, Ohio, east of Cleveland.
  Trump tweeted early Tuesday that GM is sending Mexican-made Cruzes to the U.S. tax-free. He told GM to make the cars in the U.S. “or pay big border tax!”General Motors is send
  
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• Burglars Strike Several Businesses Overnight

  03-01-2017 15:52
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Businesses along South Broadway are dealing with a lot of damage from a series of overnight incidents.
  (credit: CBS)
  Burglars smashed their way into several businesses along a short stretch of road near the intersection of Alameda Avenue and Broadway.
  Some of those targeted include a Cost Cutters, a Subway and The UPS Store.
  (credit: CBS)
  Police first started investigating the case early Tuesday morning, searching for any sign of who might be responsible for the burglaries.
  
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• Latest Forecast: Denver Enters The Deep Freeze Through Friday

  03-01-2017 15:32
  
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – Temperatures in Denver and all along the Front Range will be about 25 degrees colder on Tuesday. A large band of snow just north of Denver will also bring up to 4″ of snow to parts of Northern Colorado through mid-morning on Tuesday.
  Many areas will see at least a few flurries Tuesday morning while most of the accumulating snowfall stays over Larimer, Boulder, and Weld Counties.Mostly cloudy skies and chilly temperatures will be the story Tuesday aft
  
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• Avalanche Lose For Ninth Time In Last 10 Games

  03-01-2017 15:19
  
  The Avalanche their fourth straight and now have a record of 12-24-1.
  
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• Nuggets Can’t Keep Up With Warriors, Lose 127-119

  03-01-2017 15:17
  
  Despite playing without key big man Kenneth Faried, the Nuggets gave the Warriors all they wanted on their home floor before coming up just short of the two-time defending Western Conference champs, 127-119, in an entertaining duel.
  
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• Broncos Next Coach Might Be A ‘Stylistic Departure’

  03-01-2017 15:15
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (The Sports Xchange) – The Denver Broncos — and head coach Gary Kubiak — weren’t quite the same after their Week 5 loss to the Falcons.
  Denver’s undefeated start to the season went up in smoke during the 23-16 loss on Oct. 9. But that defeat was rendered meaningless after Kubiak left Sports Authority Field at Mile High in the back of an ambulance because of what was announced as a chronic migraine condition.
  He returned after missing the following g
  
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• Forsett Explains Why Breakout Run Didn’t End Up In End Zone

  03-01-2017 15:00
  
  By Michael Spencer
  Broncos running Justin Forsett joined CBS4 sports anchor Michael Spencer and CBS4 Broncos analyst Mark Schlereth for Xfinity Monday Live at ViewHouse Centennial to wrap up the 2016 Broncos season and talk about the departure of head coach Gary Kubiak.
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4) – Justin Forsett and Kubiak have a long history together. Forsett played for Kubiak in Houston and Baltimore before joining him again late in the 2016 season in Denver.
  “I was surprised,&rdquo
  
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• Siemian to have left shoulder surgery

  03-01-2017 13:43
  
  KUSA—Trevor Siemian will have minor, elective surgery on his left, non-throwing shoulder this week.       
  
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• Baggage handler locked in cargo hold during 1.5 hour flight from N.C. to D.C.

  03-01-2017 08:22
  
  By Shawn Boburg and Aaron C. Davis, The Washington Post
  A baggage handler was locked inside an airplane’s cargo area during a 1.5-hour flight from North Carolina to Northern Virginia on Sunday.
  A United Airlines spokeswoman said Monday that the airline was looking into how it had happened. The baggage handler, Reginald Gaskin, 45, was unharmed.
  Reached by The Washington Post on Monday night, Gaskin declined to discuss how he wound up inside the plane. He said he had been advised by an atto
  
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• “Alarm bells” raised: PERA stability again under scrutiny

  03-01-2017 08:01
  
  Six years after Colorado lawmakers approved sweeping changes to shore up the state pension fund, the stability of the public employee retirement account is again under scrutiny.
  Slower than expected investment growth, coupled with longer retiree lifespans and lower investment assumptions have combined to tip the bulk of the state retirement system well below recommended funding levels, with one division’s mounting unfunded liability setting off alarm bells that cou
  
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• Medicare launches revamp for heart attacks, hip fractures

  03-01-2017 07:57
  
  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — Heart attacks and broken hips cause much suffering and worry as people grow older. This year, Medicare wants to start changing how it pays for treatment of these life-threatening conditions, to promote quality and contain costs. Beneficiaries and family members may notice a new approach.
  Hospitals and doctors in dozens of communities selected for large-scale experiments on this front are already gearing up. The goal is to test the n
  
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• Israeli police question Netanyahu over corruption allegation

  03-01-2017 06:43
  
  By Ian Deitch, Associated Press
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was grilled by police investigators for over three hours at his official residence Monday night, opening what could be a politically damaging criminal investigation into suspicions that he improperly accepted gifts from wealthy supporters.
  Netanyahu has repeatedly denied wrongdoing, but the involvement of the national fraud squad indicated questions raised about him are considered serious enough to m
  
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• Obamacare repeal will require more chisel than hammer

  03-01-2017 06:29
  
  By Kelsey Snell and Mike DeBonis, The Washington Post
  Congressional Republicans have long boasted that once they claim the reins of power, they will act quickly and decisively to roll back what they view as the most onerous piece of President Barack Obama’s domestic agenda: the Affordable Care Act.
  But their actions starting Tuesday to end Obamacare will be far less sweeping, at least initially, than a full-blown repeal of the law.
  Democratic opposition and complex Senate rules mean that c
  
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• Requiring more parking for New Jersey mosque is unconstitutional, judge rules

  03-01-2017 06:12
  
  NEWARK, N.J. — An upscale New Jersey town violated anti-discrimination laws by insisting that a proposed mosque have more parking spaces than churches or synagogues because of its unique worship times and traditions, a federal judge has ruled.
  The ruling issued Saturday by U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp stated that Bernards Township violated the Religious Land Use and Institutional Persons Act by applying a different standard to Muslims.
  Shipp found the township’s planning board h
  
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• Congress ushers in new era of all-Republican rule

  03-01-2017 06:01
  
  By Donna Cassata, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — On Tuesday at noon, with plenty of pomp and pageantry, members of the 115th Congress will be sworn in, with an emboldened GOP intent on unraveling eight years of President Barack Obama’s Democratic agenda and targeting massive legacy programs from Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson such as Social Security and Medicare.
  In the election, Republicans kept their tight grip on the House and outmaneuvered the Democrats for a slim maj
  
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• Stray Bullet Flies Through Car Roof, Injures Driver

  03-01-2017 05:54
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – Aurora police say a man is expected to survive after being shot in the head.
  The bullet came flying through his car roof during New Year’s Eve celebrations.
  Police say it happened near the intersection of Interstate 225 and Alameda Avenue.
  Someone apparently fired the bullet during holiday celebrations.
  The victim’s name hasn’t been released.
  
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• 2 Under Arrest After Apparent Hash Oil Explosion

  03-01-2017 05:46
  
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (CBS4) – Two men have been arrested following an explosion at a home in Grand Junction.
  Justin Mulloy and Kevin Muisenga (credit: CBS)
  Investigators say Justin Mulloy and Kevin Muisenga were making hash oil. Muisenga ended up getting hurt in the explosion but the injuries weren’t serious.
  Investigators say they ended up finding marijuana plants and hallucinogenic mushrooms inside in addition to the hash oil.
  
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• New Mexico Amber Alert Suspect Could Be Traveling To Colorado

  03-01-2017 05:28
  
  LA MESA, N.M. (AP) — Authorities have issued an Amber Alert for a 2-year-old boy who allegedly was abducted by his father from a relative’s home in southern New Mexico.
  Dona Ana County Sheriff’s officials say 23-year-old Sergio Guadalupe Jacquez may be driving a stolen truck and could be headed to either Colorado or Mexico.
  Sergio Guadalupe Jacquez and Ethan Jacquez (credit: Doña Ana County)
  They say Jacquez went to the home of his son’s grandparents in La Mesa abo
  
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