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• Teen Pleads Guilty In Deadly Drunk Driving Crash

  06-01-2017 23:57
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4) – An 18-year-old accused of driving drunk and causing a deadly accident in April of last year pleaded guilty in court on Friday.
  In the hearing in Arapahoe County on Friday, Taden Jones pleaded guilty to two counts of vehicular homicide involving driving under the influence.
  (credit: CBS)
  According to court documents, Jones was driving with a fake license on April 1, 2016 when he tried to pass another vehicle “at a high rate of speed” near Col
  
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• Teen Accused In Deadly Drunk Driving Crash Pleads Guilty

  06-01-2017 23:57
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4) – An 18-year-old accused of driving drunk and causing a deadly accident in April of last year pleaded guilty in court on Friday.
  In the hearing in Arapahoe County on Friday, Taden Jones pleaded guilty to two counts of vehicular homicide involving driving under the influence.
  (credit: CBS)
  According to court documents, Jones was driving with a fake license on April 1, 2016 when he tried to pass another vehicle “at a high rate of speed” near Col
  
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• Putin Ordered Effort To Help Trump, Hurt Clinton: US Report

  06-01-2017 23:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a hidden campaign to influence America’s presidential election in favor of Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton, U.S. intelligence agencies declared Friday in the government’s first formal allegation in support of sensational claims that Trump and his supporters have staunchly resisted.
  The intelligence report, an unclassified version of a more-detailed classified account given earlier to Trump, the White House and congres
  
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• Couple Wanted In 5 Robberies Over Past Week

  06-01-2017 23:42
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Police in Denver searched for a couple wanted in a series of aggravated robberies over the past week.
  The couple robbed five businesses in the Denver metro area between Dec. 29, 2016 toThursday.
  The male suspect is described as a Hispanic male, 22-29 years old, 5-foot-7 with short black hair and wearing a black coat with red sleeves. The female suspect is described as a Hispanic female in her 30s, 5-foot-7, 200 pounds, wearing a black jacket with a tattoo on the left side of
  
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• Elway Begins Interviews For Kubiak’s Successor

  06-01-2017 23:29
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Broncos general manager John Elway began his third coaching search in six seasons with a visit to Kansas City on Friday to interview Chiefs special teams coach Dave Toub.GREEN BAY, WI – AUGUST 28: Special teams coach Dave Toub of the Kansas City Chiefs looks on in the first half of the preseason game against the Green Bay Packers on August 28, 2014 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by John Konstantaras/Getty Images)
  Elway will also travel to Atl
  
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• EPA: 540 Tons Of Metal Entered River In Colorado Mine Spill

  06-01-2017 22:57
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 540 tons of metals — mostly iron and aluminum — contaminated Colorado’s Animas River over nine hours during a massive wastewater spill from an abandoned gold mine in 2015.
  That’s according to the Environmental Protection Agency, which released a report Friday on metals released into the environment during the August 2015 spill. The report says the total amount of metals entering the river was comparable to levels during one or two days of hi
  
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• Group Of Five Schools Make Investments With Big-Time In Mind

  06-01-2017 22:54
  
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — The snow-covered construction site is thousands of miles and more than a few degrees removed from Monday night’s national-title game.
  In six months, though, the hard hats will be gone, and in their place will be a completed $220 million stadium and football headquarters, complete with luxury suites, a 50-by-84-foot videoboard and a 9,100-square-foot weight room, all of which can only lead to one conclusion: Colorado State is aiming for the big-time.
  CSU is
  
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• Ski Lift Involved In Fatal Fall Still Closed

  06-01-2017 22:52
  
  GRANBY, Colo. (AP) — A ski lift involved in a fatal fall at a small Colorado ski resort last week remains closed as state regulators investigate what happened.
  Forty-year-old Kelly Huber of San Antonio was riding on the Quick Draw Lift at Ski Granby Ranch on Dec. 29 with her 12- and 9-year-old daughters when they all fell. She died of injuries from the fall. Her daughters survived.
  Kelly Huber (credit: Facebook)State regulators have said the lift won’t reopen until it’s deemed
  
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• Lack Of Fire Hydrants, Frigid Temps Make Fighting House Fire Difficult

  06-01-2017 22:50
  
  BENNETT, Colo. (CBS4)– Investigators were forced to wait to determine what caused a fire that destroyed a home in Bennett on Friday because the home was in danger of collapsing.
  Investigators could not confirm to CBS4 whether there was a marijuana grow operation in the basement.
  (credit: CBS)
  The home is located in a rural area at 3016 S. Kiowa Road in unincorporated Arapahoe County.
  “There aren’t any fire hydrants nearby so that makes fighting fires a big challenge when we nee
  
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• Home In Danger Of Collapsing After Fire

  06-01-2017 22:50
  
  BENNETT, Colo. (CBS4)– Investigators were forced to wait to determine what caused a fire that destroyed a home in Bennett on Friday because the home was in danger of collapsing.
  Investigators could not confirm to CBS4 whether the home was or was not a marijuana grow home.(credit: CBS)
  The home is located at 3016 S. Kiowa Bennett Road in unincorporated Arapahoe County. Two adults live in the home. It is unclear whether they were home at the time the fire started.
  A fire destroyed a home in
  
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• Tour Bus Goes Off Highway Near Telluride; No Injuries

  06-01-2017 22:43
  
  TELLURIDE, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say no one was injured when a tour bus with 56 people on board went off the side of a snowy highway in southwest Colorado.
  Colorado State Patrol Trooper Josh Lewis says the bus was headed to Telluride on Highway 145 when two of its tires went off the roadway Thursday night. The bus stayed upright.
  According to the San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office, the passengers were from the Alpine Ski Club of Phoenix. It says a school bus took them to a tempora
  
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• Backcountry Skier Who Died Was Forest Service Ranger

  06-01-2017 21:59
  
  LEADVILLE, Colo. (CBS4/AP) – The backcountry skiers who died in the central Colorado mountains Thursday while he was being treated for hypothermia was a Forest Service ranger.
  The Lake County Office of Emergency Management posted on its Facebook page that Brett Beasley and a boy he was skiing with were found near Turquoise Lake west of Leadville.The boy, whose name and age have not been released, was uninjured and was taken from the area on a snowmobile to be reunited with his family. Beas
  
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• After Intel Brief, Trump Says Hack Had No Impact On Election

  06-01-2017 21:49
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — After a briefing from the nation’s top intelligence officials, President-elect Donald Trump said Friday he is confident Russians did not affect the outcome of the U.S. presidential election but he didn’t say whether he now accepts the intelligence assessment that Moscow did meddle in the race.
  Trump acknowledged in a statement that “Russia, China, other countries, outside groups and people” are consistently trying to hack U.S. networks, including t
  
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• Judge Unseals Documents In School Murder Plot Case

  06-01-2017 21:03
  
  CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (CBS4) – A judge has ruled some documents can be released in the case of threats made against Mountain Vista High School by two students.
  A hearing for Sienna Johnson, one of the two students, was scheduled to take place on Friday but it was rescheduled to late next month. Before then, the other defendant — Brooke Higgins — will be sentenced. She pleaded guilty late last year.
  Sienna Johnson and Brooke Higgins (credit: CBS)
  Documents related to Higgins&r
  
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• CDOT Hopes To Start I-25 Widening Project In 2 Years

  06-01-2017 20:50
  
  CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP/CBS4) — Colorado officials hope to start widening a congested stretch of Interstate 25 between Monument and Castle Rock in 2019.
  (credit: CBS)
  The Colorado Department of Transportation said Friday that the five-year project can begin in two years — if the state can find up to $400 million for construction.
  “In Colorado we have a lot of interstate that’s still in its original configuration, but the traffic now is so bad between these two places
  
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• CBI Explains Amber Alert Timing In Puckett Disappearance Case

  06-01-2017 20:46
  
  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – The Colorado Bureau of Investigation answered questions on Friday about why an Amber Alert was not issued earlier when a 6-year-old boy went missing in Aurora last weekend.
  David Puckett disappeared Saturday night. His body was found in a pond two blocks from his home Tuesday morning. An Amber Alert was issued Monday as outdoor temperatures dropped in the area, but many questioned why the alert didn’t go out earlier.
  A printout was handed out after David Puck
  
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• Latest Forecast: Brutally Cold Morning Gives Way To Warmer Weekend

  06-01-2017 20:21
  
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – Clear skies will allow the sun to shine statewide Friday. But the clear conditions combined with fresh snow and relatively light winds will also create dangerously cold temperatures Friday morning.
  The coldest temperatures early Friday were found across Northern Colorado including in Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley, and Fort Morgan. At one point the actual temperature dropped to -31° in Greeley and the wind chill was -47°. Schools were canceled in
  
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• Talib, Harris, Miller Earn First-Team All-Pro Honors

  06-01-2017 19:33
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Three Broncos have earned first-team All-Pro Team honors.
  Aqib Talib, Chris Harris Jr. and Von Miller each made The Associated Press 2016 NFL All-Pro Team.
  Defensive backs Aqib Talib and Chris Harris (credit: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
  It’s the third time Miller has been named a first-team All-Pro.
  Broncos safety Darian Stewart also was voted onto the team.
  
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• Reports: Multiple People Shot At Ft. Lauderdale Airport

  06-01-2017 19:33
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — News media outlets are reporting that multiple people have been shot at Fort Lauderdale international airport.
  On its official Twitter account, airport officials said there was an “ongoing incident” in the Terminal 2 baggage claim area. They did not elaborate.
  Miami area television stations are reporting that at least nine people were shot and that the shooter is in custody.
  News helicopters hovering over the scene showed hundreds of people standing
  
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• Multiple Dead, 8 Wounded In Airport Shooting

  06-01-2017 19:33
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A gunman opened fire in the baggage claim area at the Fort Lauderdale airport Friday, killing five people and wounding eight before being taken into custody in an attack that sent panicked passengers running out of the terminal and onto the tarmac, authorities said.
  Authorities gave no details on a possible motive for the shooting.
  “People started kind of screaming and trying to get out of any door they could or hide under the chairs,” a witness, Ma
  
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• 5 Dead, 8 Wounded In Airport Shooting; US Veteran Arrested

  06-01-2017 19:33
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — An arriving airline passenger with a gun in his checked luggage opened fire in the baggage claim area at the Fort Lauderdale airport Friday, killing five people and wounding eight before throwing his weapon down and lying spread-eagle on the ground, authorities and witnesses said.
  The gunman — identified by authorities as 26-year-old Esteban Santiago, an Army National Guard veteran who served in Iraq but was discharged last year for unsatisfactory perform
  
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• Denver Police Swears In 32 New Officers

  06-01-2017 19:15
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Denver police is welcoming dozens of new officers to its team.
  A total of 32 new officers officially joined the ranks of the Denver Police Department on Friday morning.Right now, we are welcoming 32 new #Denver officers to our ranks – the greatest show in earth! pic.twitter.com/Yg1mxjAnQb
  — Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) January 6, 2017
  In addition to officers who just completed their police academy training, 12 officers who graduated in the fall were recog
  
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• Denver Treecycle Program

  06-01-2017 18:49
  Denver has made changes to its Treecycle program. Trees can be put out on the mornings of Jan.7 or Jan. 14 or dropped off at Cherry Creek Recycling Drop-Off. You can find out more at denvergov.org/treecycle.
  
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• Bitter Cold Following Snow Shuts Down Some Northern Colorado Schools

  06-01-2017 18:27
  
  GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Some kids in northern Colorado are getting a long weekend because of the bitter cold that remained after the winter storm that swept across the state.
  The Greeley-Evans School District canceled classes Friday partly because officials were worried their aging buses wouldn’t be able to start.
  The National Weather Service says the wind chill dropped to -35 before dawn on Friday in Greeley. The temperatures also dropped into the negative twenties and thirties in nor
  
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• Sheriff’s Office Welcomes Back Deputy Injured In Crash

  06-01-2017 18:21
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s office is welcoming back Deputy Bill Foreman Jr. to duty.
  In February 2016 Foreman was driving and was struck by another vehicle while he was responding to a fatal stabbing.
  (credit: Arapahoe County)
  He was critically injured and spent 17 days in an intensive care unit.
  Foreman is now back to light duty and working on a part-time basis.
  Foreman was responding to a report that a 6-year-old boy had been stabbed to death. Authoritie
  
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• Keidel: Wild Card Weekend Could Be A Wild One

  06-01-2017 18:20
  
  By Jason Keidel
  The first playoff football buffet kicks off this Saturday, appropriately called Wild Card Weekend. Last year, the road teams won all four games. That’s not likely this year, with some hot teams and heavy favorites playing over the next 48 hours.
  Oakland Raiders (12-4) @ Houston Texans (9-7)Saturday, January 7, 4:35 p.m. ET
  Teams with the league’s top-ranked defense have won their last eight home playoff games. Houston assumes that role this weekend.
  Oakland would
  
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• Bad Month For Denver Pro Sports Teams

  06-01-2017 18:00
  
  By Doug Hoffacker
  DENVER (CBS4) – The last month has been bad, really bad, for Denver pro sports teams. The combined record for the Broncos, Nuggets and Avalanche from Dec. 6 until Jan. 6 is a horrible 10-24.
  The Broncos lost their last three out of four to fall out of the playoffs for the first time since 2010.
  Still, the Super Bowl champs had a decent season, finishing 9-7.
  Wide receiver Demaryius Thomas of the Denver Broncos on Sunday in Denver. (credit: Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)
  It
  
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• Brandon Marshall Tests Denver Police’s Shooting Simulator

  06-01-2017 16:52
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Denver linebacker Brandon Marshall tried out the Denver Police Department’s shooting simulator this week. This comes after his protests during the national anthem before the start of Broncos games.
  Marshall took a knee several times in the fall to bring attention to what he calls social injustice.
  (credit: Denver Police)
  Marshall met with Denver Police Chief Robert White while he was in the midst of his protest and they had what both called a productive discussion. As
  
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• Latest Forecast: Brutally Cold Morning On Friday Gives Way To Warmer Weekend

  06-01-2017 16:01
  
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – Clear skies will allow the sun to shine statewide Friday. But the clear conditions combined with fresh snow and relatively light winds will also create dangerously cold temperatures Friday morning.
  The coldest temperatures early Friday were found across Northern Colorado including in Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley, and Fort Morgan. At one point the actual temperature dropped to -31° in Greeley and the wind chill was -47°. Schools were canceled in
  
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• Broncos begin head coach search

  06-01-2017 15:32
  
  Multiple league and team sources have told 9News in recent days Vance Joseph is the top candidate to replace Denver Broncos’ head coach Gary Kubiak.       
  
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• Johnson Ejected, Colorado Falls To Arizona State

  06-01-2017 14:41
  
  Colorado forward Xavier Johnson had 13 points in the first half, making 6 of 7 field goal attempts, before being ejected with 1:27 remaining.
  
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• Nuggets Get Blown Out By Spurs At Pepsi Center

  06-01-2017 14:22
  
  San Antonio and Denver couldn't stop each other for the first 10 minutes. The Spurs eventually fixed their defensive problem while the Nuggets continued to let them score.
  
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• Woman Claims Wiring Defect On Toyota Vehicles In Lawsuit

  06-01-2017 07:40
  
  By Karen Morfitt
  DENVER (CBS4)– A Colorado woman is filing for a class action lawsuit against the Toyota corporation.
  She claims there’s an undisclosed wiring defect in a number of their vehicles. The lawsuit claims the wire casing attracts rodents who then chew through the electrical systems.
  CBS4’s Karen Morfitt interviews Matt Hernandez, general manager of Golden Triangle Auto Care (credit: CBS)
  Matt Hernandez, general manager of Golden Triangle Auto Care, says they see it a
  
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• Search Over For Missing Backcountry Skiers, 1 Deceased

  06-01-2017 07:14
  
  By Matt Kroschel
  LEADVILLE, Colo. (CBS4) – CBS4 has learned that after both missing backcountry skiers were found Thursday, one of them has died. The search for the two skiers began after they had not been heard from since Wednesday.
  Search teams were deployed to the backcountry near Turquoise Lake.
  CBS4 learned from sources that the adult was located and taken to the hospital for hypothermia on Thursday afternon. That person did not survive. The teen was not injured.
  Earlier, Betty Benson
  
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• Siemian, Paradis surgery updates

  06-01-2017 06:37
  
  There was pain in the Denver Broncos' snap exchange this season.       
  
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• Some Choose Bitter Cold, Snow Over Warmth Of Shelter

  06-01-2017 06:05
  
  By Lauren DiSpirito
  DENVER (CBS4)– At a makeshift camp located at Delgany and Denargo Streets in downtown Denver, the region’s latest snowstorm and sub-freezing temperatures amount to perilous conditions for the people living there.
  Tents, that sometimes house up to as many as 75 people, line a narrow stretch between the road and chain-link fence.
  (credit: CBS)
  Despite the dangerous cold, when city staff and outreach groups approached Richard Kjellesvig, who has been living in the ca
  
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• Nuggets Give Up More Points To Fall To Spurs

  06-01-2017 05:47
  
  LaMarcus Aldridge scored 28 points, Tony Parker had 21 points and nine assists and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Denver Nuggets 127-99 on Thursday night.
  
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• Study: No Higher Cancer Rates Among Former Rocky Flats Residents

  06-01-2017 05:34
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A study into cancer rates for people living around the former Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant shows that more people did suffer from certain cancers than the rest of the Denver metro area, but the reason may not be linked to the plant.
  The Colorado Department of Health and Environment reviewed the rates for 10 different types of cancer among those residents between the years 1990 and 2014.
  The study results failed to confirm decades-long speculations about the effects of l
  
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• Tour Bus Goes Off The Edge Of Highway

  06-01-2017 05:12
  
  MONTROSE, Colo. (CBS4)– No one was injured when the tour bus they were riding in went off the edge of a highway en route to Telluride on Thursday evening.The bus’s tires went off Highway 145 at mile marker 107 in Montrose County south of Naturita.Everyone on board the Telluride-bound tour bus was uninjured. The bus was righted just after 9 p.m.According to the San Miguel County Sheriff, everyone will continue on to Telluride. It is unclear whether they will be on the same bus or take
  
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• Colorado Woman Claims Wiring Defect On Toyota Vehicles In Lawsuit

  06-01-2017 05:00
  
  By Karen Morfitt
  DENVER (CBS4)– A Colorado woman is filing for a class action lawsuit against the Toyota corporation.
  She claims there’s an undisclosed wiring defect in a number of their vehicles. The lawsuit claims the wire casing attracts rodents who then chew through the electrical systems.
  CBS4’s Karen Morfitt interviews Matt Hernandez, general manager of Golden Triangle Auto Care (credit: CBS)
  Matt Hernandez, general manager of Golden Triangle Auto Care, says they see it a
  
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• What does your walk say about you?

  06-01-2017 04:52
  
  Let's talk a little bit about strange science.       
  
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• Lessons to learn for winter driving

  06-01-2017 04:35
  
  Ronn Langford, founder of MasterDriver, took 9NEWS reporter Maya Rodriguez out onto their driving course in Centennial.       
  
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• Sisters kicked off flight, miss seeing t

  06-01-2017 04:30
  
         
  
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• Lawsuit Filed By Lottery Players Claiming Games Were Rigged

  06-01-2017 04:26
  
  By Rick Sallinger
  DENVER (CBS4)– A civil lawsuit has been filed in Iowa asking that lottery players be reimbursed for participating for games that turned out to be rigged.
  This is tied to an Iowa criminal case. Eddie Tipton was the security director for the Multi State Lottery Association based in Iowa.
  Eddie Tipton (credit: CBS)
  He was caught on camera in a hood buying a lottery ticket in 2010 there for a $16 million game which he won.
  Tipton is now appealing his conviction as an Iowa man
  
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• Man gets 55 years in prison

  06-01-2017 04:21
  
  A man has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for his role in the death of a woman who investigators say was killed by a former town board member from Pierce and a group of bikers.       
  
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• Denver's Ruby Hill is back in action

  06-01-2017 04:21
  
  Denver's most popular sledding area is back in action.       
  
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