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• Community Raises Money For Man Who Lost Hand-Bullt Home To Arsonist

  15-01-2017 23:35
  
  IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – A community came together to raise money for a man who lost everything in a house fire.
  A former tenant admitted setting fire to Dave Shelton’s home in Idaho Springs two months ago.
  Dave Shelton (credit: CBS)
  Shelton had spent 25 years hand-building the house as well as the hundreds of instruments and art pieces that were inside.
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  On Saturday Shelton’s friends organized a fundraiser concert to help him get back on his fee
  
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• Community Raises Money For Man Who Lost Hand-Built Home To Arsonist

  15-01-2017 23:35
  
  IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – A community came together to raise money for a man who lost everything in a house fire.
  A former tenant admitted setting fire to Dave Shelton’s home in Idaho Springs two months ago.
  Dave Shelton (credit: CBS)
  Shelton had spent 25 years hand-building the house as well as the hundreds of instruments and art pieces that were inside.
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  On Saturday Shelton’s friends organized a fundraiser concert to help him get back on his fee
  
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• 7 Injured After Driver Runs Red Light In Colorado Springs

  15-01-2017 22:46
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – Police say seven people were injured, two of them seriously, in crashes triggered by a pickup driver who ran a red light in Colorado Springs.
  They say the pickup driver hit one car which in turn was hit by a third vehicle around 2:30 a.m. Sunday. The pickup driver ran away before police arrived but they say they know who the driver is.
  The other five people who were injured were treated and released from the hospital.
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• Cody McLeod Stings Avs After Trade To Nashville

  15-01-2017 20:32
  
  Cody McLeodscored a day after Nashville acquired him from Colorado. The Avalanche honored him with a video tribute early in the first period, and then he dropped the gloves with Jarome Iginla early in the second period.
  
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• The Big Top Comes Down: Ringling Bros. Circus Is Closing

  15-01-2017 20:01
  
   ELLENTON, Fla. (AP) — After 146 years, the curtain is coming down on “The Greatest Show on Earth.” The owner of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus told The Associated Press that the show will close forever in May.
  The iconic American spectacle was felled by a variety of factors, company executives say. Declining attendance combined with high operating costs, along with changing public tastes and prolonged battles with animal rights groups all contributed to
  
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• Police Hope Someone Recognizes BMW Involved In Fatal Hit & Run

  15-01-2017 18:44
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Police in Denver would like the public’s help locating a car involved in a fatal hit-and-run.
  According to police, just after 2 a.m. Sunday a 2012 black BMW 600 series sedan struck a pedestrian at 16th and Blake streets and the pedestrian died.
  “The BMW is missing the driver side exterior rear view mirror and there will be damage to the left front bumper and left front headlight,” police said in a statement.
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• Joseph considered best for big room

  15-01-2017 18:22
  
  ENGLEWOOD - It's obvious to all the Denver Broncos did not pick their new head coach on coordinator proficiency alone.       
  
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• Lobos Assistant Coach To CSU Player: ‘Learn How To Lose, Boy’

  15-01-2017 18:06
  
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) – University of New Mexico assistant basketball coach Terrence Rencher got into a verbal altercation with Colorado State forward Emmanuel Omogbo outside the Moby Arena following the Lobos’ 84-71 win over the Rams on Saturday.
  It isn’t clear how the argument started, but the Albuquerque Journal caught the scene on video and posted it to Twitter.
  Emmanuel Omogbo (credit: Jeff Bottari/Getty Images)
  In the video , Omogbo and Rencher, standing between t
  
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• Colorado Has Nearly 75% Of Annual Snowpack And It’s Only January

  15-01-2017 15:51
  
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – Talk about an amazing comeback!With nearly half of the snow accumulation season still to go, Colorado has already received about 75% of its annual statewide snowpack.
  “Colorado went from one of the lowest levels of snowpack in over 30 years to one of the highest since Nov. 17,” said Brian Domonkos, Colorado Snow Survey Supervisor.
  Crested Butte ski patroller Eric Mercer Baumm throws a 2 pound avalanche bomb into the deep powder in the Headwall are
  
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• Latest Forecast: Unsettled With Some Snow Through Early Monday

  15-01-2017 15:16
  
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – A winter storm passing to the southeast of Colorado will keep the forecast unsettled for the next 30 hours.
  We’re anticipating a mixture of rain, freezing rain and snow on the eastern plains today. It will turn to all snow by tonight and last into the first half of Monday.This should not be a major storm system but it will create some tough travel at times, especially south and east of Denver.
  A warming trend arrives starting Tuesday and it should last
  
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• Clarke’s 35 Points Help San Jose St Get Past Air Force 89-85

  15-01-2017 08:32
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – Brandon Clarke scored a career-high 36 points on 16-of-22 shooting, adding five rebounds, assists and blocks, and San Jose State outlasted Air Force 89-85 on Saturday in a nail-biter the featured eight ties and 15 lead changes.
  Cody Schwartz and E.J. Boyce each hit four 3-pointers and scored 14 points for the Spartans (9-7, 2-3 Mountain West), who hit 8 of their final 9 shots.
  With neither team able to pull away, Air Force (9-9, 2-3) took a 71-70 lead on Jaco
  
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• Denver Rolls Past North Dakota State 79-55

  15-01-2017 08:01
  
  DENVER (AP) – Daniel Amigo scored 28 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as Denver rolled to a 79-55 win over North Dakota State on Saturday.
  It was Amigo’s seventh double-double this season. He was 13 of 20 from the floor for the Pioneers (11-7, 3-2 Summit League) who finished with a 49-27 rebounding edge over North Dakota State. Thomas Neff, Joe Rosga and C.J. Bobbitt added 10 points apiece.
  The Denver victory snaps a four-game winning streak for North Dakota State.
  Rosga and Neff each
  
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• Man Loses ‘Pride & Joy’ On The Job Delivering Pizza

  15-01-2017 05:46
  
  By Dillon Thomas
  GOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4) – A man in Golden is out a car, and possibly a job, after a pizza delivery gone wrong last Thursday.
  College student Tyler Warren, 21, said his 1998 white Honda Civic was stolen as he delivered a pizza for Domino’s Pizza in Golden.
  “It is just kind of a traumatic experience. I never thought it would happen,” Warren said.
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  Warren was at the door of a home along Ford Street delivering a pizza when he noticed someone was dri
  
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• ‘Reckless Speeds’ Led To Deadly Maserati Crash

  15-01-2017 03:08
  
  By Melissa Garcia
  HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (CBS4) – Investigators believe that “reckless speeds” contributed to an overnight crash that killed the driver of a Maserati.
  Douglas County sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene near C-470 and Lucent Boulevard just before 10 a.m. Saturday when someone walking by spotted the vehicle in a grassy ditch area off of Plaza Drive.
  A sheriff’s spokesperson said that the Maserati had landed in a retention pond.
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• Young Patients Get A Stock Show Treat

  15-01-2017 02:47
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – Cowboys, cowgirls, bullfighters and rodeo queens put smiles on patients at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora on Saturday.
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  A former patient, Nashville recording artist Austin Wahlert, performed, signed autographs and posed for pictures.
  
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• Trump Unleashes Twitter Attack Against Civil Rights Legend

  15-01-2017 02:33
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump tore into civil rights legend John Lewis on Saturday for questioning the legitimacy of the Republican billionaire’s White House victory, intensifying a feud with the black congressman days before the national holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
  Trump tweeted that Lewis, D-Ga., “should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to mention crime infested) rather than falsely complaining ab
  
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• Another Day, Another Dog Rescued From Icy Waters

  15-01-2017 02:04
  
  LITTLETON, Colo. (CBS4) – A dive team helped save a dog stranded in icy waters Saturday morning.
  The incident happened at Harriman Lake Park near West Quincy Avenue and South Kipling Parkway. Crews pulled the dog out of the water and the pup was able to get back to shore safely.
  (credit: West Metro Fire)
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  It was one of a handful of ice rescues in the past week. On Friday crews saved a beagle that got stranded on a
  
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• New Winter Storm Eyes Denver, Eastern Plains

  15-01-2017 02:00
  
  By Chris Spears
  DENVER (CBS4) – A new winter storm will impact the region over the next 48 hours.
  This time around it looks like southern and eastern Colorado will take the brunt. Our northern mountains will catch a break.
  Initially we could even see some freezing rain on the eastern plains before the precip changes over to all snow.
  Denver is right on the edge of this storm system. At this time I expect at least a few inches of snow in the Denver area between 12 p.m. on Sunday and 12 p.m.
  
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• Driver Hits Gas Instead Of Brake, Business Slammed

  15-01-2017 01:47
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – A driver escaped unharmed after her car slammed into a Colorado Springs business.
  The crash happened at the Dollar Tree on Garden of the Gods Road around 11 a.m. Saturday.
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  The windows were shattered but there was no structural damage done to the store.
  The woman told police she accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake. She was cited for careless driving.
  
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• Coughing? How About A Scientifically Proven Best Remedy: Honey

  15-01-2017 01:42
  
  By Dr. Dave Hnida
  (CBS4) -With all of the coughing and hacking going on, especially in kids, don’t forget a simple and safe remedy to quell a cough: honey.
  It’s obviously nothing new, but this tip comes with a tweak as to how to use it.
  Many folks often combine honey with liquids such as hot tea to soothe a sore throat and loosen a tight chest, and certainly that can help, but studies show that straight up honey may be a better way to go. As in literally a teaspoon of honey swal
  
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• Apparent Evidence From Murder Case Found In Former Detective’s Storage Unit

  15-01-2017 01:39
  
  CANON CITY, Colo. (CBS4) – A storage unit was discovered in Canon City filled with what appears to be evidence from a 2006 murder case.
  The Pueblo Chieftain reports the items include a bloodied hatchet and rope.
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  The unit belonged to a sheriff’s detective but was auctioned off when he didn’t pay the bill.
  The couple who bought the unit says they alerted authorities who came and collected the items.
  
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• Truck Driver Shares Video Of Fellow Drivers Not Using Chains

  15-01-2017 01:11
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Avalanche danger remains a big concern in Colorado’s high country.
  Earlier this week a snow slide crushed a cabin on Vail Pass. Nobody was injured.
  So far in 2017, more than 400 avalanches have been recorded in the Colorado Rockies and they’ve forcing more road closures on Saturday.
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  The Colorado Department of Transportation had to close Highway 550 north of Durango because of multiple avalanches.
  Lizard Head Pass was also close but has since reopen
  
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• Avs Have Lost 12 Of 13 At Home After 3-2 Loss To Nashville

  15-01-2017 00:36
  
  Filip Forsberg scored with 11:54 remaining in the third period, Cody McLeod had a goal and a fight against his former team and the Nashville Predators rallied for a 3-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday.
  
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