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• Drones Could Help Find Missing People In Rescue Missions

  26-01-2017 23:51
  
  LA PLATA COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Drones could be used in La Plata County for rescue missions.La Plata County Commissioners approved the policy on Tuesday night.The plan is to use drones to help locate missing people, search for evidence and scope out wildlife areas.The county already has three drones ready for use.
  
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• Victim In Suspected DUI Crash Moved To Craig Hospital

  26-01-2017 23:32
  
  WINDSOR, Colo. (CBS4) – A teenager seriously injured when the car he was driving was struck by a suspected drunk driver is undergoing rehabilitation at Craig Hospital.
  Nash Rider (credit: Facebook)
  Nash Rider and Kyle Nackos were headed back from a concert early Thanksgiving morning last year. It was just after 3 a.m. when a Jeep, driven by Alex Rodriguez, 25, of Fort Lupton, slammed into Rider’s Subaru.
  Kyle Nackos (credit CBS)
  Rodriguez was driving the wrong way down Interstate 25
  
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• Top 5 Reasons You Should Root For The Falcons In Super Bowl LI

  26-01-2017 23:32
  
  By Shawn Lealos
  The Atlanta Falcons have made it to the Super Bowl and will battle the New England Patriots on Sunday, Feb. 5. This is a battle between two great offensive teams, but the big story heading into the Super Bowl is a David vs. Goliath tale. The New England Patriots are always in the position to make it to the Super Bowl, and Tom Brady is one of the most successful playoff quarterbacks of all time. However, the Falcons have a lot to prove in this game, which will make for a very
  
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• Top 5 Reasons You Should Root For The New England Patriots In Super Bowl LI

  26-01-2017 23:26
  
  By Danny Cox
  A lot of NFL fans consider the season over because their team did not make it to the Super Bowl—or even to the playoffs—in some cases. Hardcore football fans will be happy to watch any game that’s on, but sometimes it’s hard to decide who to root for.
  If you’re on the fence, consider these reasons for rooting for the New England Patriots to defeat the high-flying “Dirty Birds” of Atlanta.
  1. Every Player Makes The Other Better
  Some may think
  
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• New Fire Station Opens At DIA

  26-01-2017 22:48
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– The Denver Fire Department opened a new fire station at Denver International Airport on Thursday with a focus on the future.
  The $11 million project has been in the works for 10 years. With another record passenger year at DIA, the fifth fire station on the property couldn’t have come at a better time.
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  There are four other fire stations at DIA but the new station was built to keep up with the growth at the busy airport. The fire station is staffed 24 hour
  
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• Man Killed After Struck By Car

  26-01-2017 22:28
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Police in Denver investigated a deadly crash after a man was killed when he was struck by a car on Thursday morning.
  The crash happened at Federal Boulevard and 14th Avenue.
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  The man did not survive. The driver of the car did stop after the collision.
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  Police were trying to piece together what happened leading up to the crash.
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  Federal Boulevard was closed during the crash investigation and cleanup.
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• WWE Insiders Pick Royal Rumble 2017

  26-01-2017 22:13
  
  By Chuck Carroll
  Who is going to win the Royal Rumble? For the first time in at least a decade there is no clear frontrunner. There are seven or eight viable candidates that could legitimately win this year’s 30-man over-the-top-rope challenge and go on to the main event at WrestleMania. Will Brock Lesnar cost Goldberg his shot at the title? Or will it be vice versa?
  Could WWE have tipped its hat Monday night when the show closed with Undertaker staring them both down in the ring signifyin
  
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• Mexican President Cancels Trump Meeting After Border Wall Executive Order

  26-01-2017 22:01
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBS4)– The president of Mexico cancelled his meeting with President Donald Trump after he ordered the construction of the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
  On Thursday morning, Pena Nieto tweeted in Spanish, “This morning we informed the White House that I will not attend the meeting scheduled for next Tuesday,” with Mr. Trump.Esta mañana hemos informado a la Casa Blanca que no asistiré a la reunión de trabajo programada para el pró
  
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• Colorado Regulators Say Ski Lift Can Reopen After Inspection

  26-01-2017 21:30
  
  GRANBY, Colo. (AP) — Colorado regulators say that a ski lift involved in the fall that killed a Texas woman can reopen after passing an inspection.
  The lift at Ski Granby Ranch was first closed Dec. 29 after 40-year-old Kelly Huber of San Antonio and her two daughters fell after it lurched because of a problem with its electrical drive. It was reopened Jan. 10 after the resort agreed to disconnect the electrical drive and operate it with diesel power but shut down again last week.Kelly Hub
  
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• Williams: Colorado’s Elections Are Clean, Fraud Rare

  26-01-2017 21:27
  
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s Republican secretary of state is expressing confidence in the integrity of the state’s elections after President Donald Trump again claimed fraud in November’s presidential vote.
  Secretary of State Wayne Williams released a statement Wednesday detailing the numerous steps his office takes to prevent fraud, which he says is rare.
  Trump tweeted Wednesday that he was ordering a “major investigation” into voter fraud. He’s falsely as
  
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• Horse Left Behind In Wyoming Wilderness Survives For 6 Weeks

  26-01-2017 21:00
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — On a 16-mile trek off a mountain, a young horse lay down — she could not go another step. The mare looked deathly ill to the men leading a train of horses out of a base camp for hunting and fishing excursions.
  In a race against the weather last fall, they left behind the horse they named Valentine to get the rest of the animals down. When they went back for her the next day, she had vanished into the vast Wyoming wilderness.
  Six weeks later, a worker spotted the
  
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• Semyon Varlamov To Undergo Season-Ending Surgery

  26-01-2017 20:54
  
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado Avalanche goaltender Semyon Varlamov will undergo season-ending hip surgery in an effort to fix a lingering groin issue.
  Semyon Varlamov (credit: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
  He will have the procedure Thursday in Vail, Colorado.
  The 28-year-old Varlamov has been dealing with a nagging groin injury since December. He has a 6-17 record with a 3.38 goals-against average over 24 games this season for the last-place Avalanche.
  In January 2014, the Russian goaltender sign
  
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• Trump To GOP Lawmakers: ‘Our Chance To Achieve Great Change’

  26-01-2017 20:33
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday rallied fellow Republicans who control the White House and Congress for the first time in more than a decade, telling lawmakers they will be busier than they have been in decades helping him implement a broad agenda.
  “Think of everything we can achieve and who we can achieve it for,” Trump told GOP House and Senate lawmakers at their annual retreat. “This is our chance to achieve great and lasting change for our belov
  
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• 25 Train Cars Carrying Coal Derail, Crash Into Feed Building

  26-01-2017 20:28
  
  LUCERNE, Colo. (CBS4) – Investigators in Weld County are working to determine why a Union Pacific train carrying coal derailed overnight, crashing into a feed building.
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  Authorities said approximately 25 of the train’s cars derailed at 11 p.m. Wednesday and some cargo spilled.
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  The train crashed into three different parts of the Northern Feed & Bean building.
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  The cars have been removed but the coal still remains inside.
  No one was hurt in t
  
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• Tonight on CBS4 News at 10 p.m.: Turf Battle: Analyzing Amy’s List

  26-01-2017 20:11
  
  Watch a report by investigator Brian Maass at 10 p.m. on CBS4, Colorado’s News Channel.
  Watch the latest CBS4 Investigates reports.
  
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• Couple Married 70 Years Dies Just Hours Apart

  26-01-2017 19:40
  
  NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island couple married for 70 years has died just hours apart at their assisted living residence.
  The children of Ruth and William Bauer tell Newsday that their 92-year-old mother died around 7 a.m. Monday in Glen Cove. The family says 97-year-old William passed away 11 hours later.
  The causes of their deaths weren’t provided.
  The New York City natives and longtime New Hyde Park residents met in the early 1940s at a bank where they both worked. They m
  
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• DU Defeats South Dakota State 91-82 At Magness Arena

  26-01-2017 19:28
  
  Jake Pemberton had five 3-pointers and led Denver to a 91-82 win on Wednesday night.
  
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• CSU Defeats San Jose State 81-72

  26-01-2017 19:25
  
  Gian Clavell led the way with 24 points for the Rams in the victory at Moby Arena.
  
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• GOP Leaders: Bill To Build Wall Will Cost Up To $15 Billion

  26-01-2017 19:22
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Congress will move legislation this year providing up to $15 billion to build a wall along the Mexican boundary, Republican leaders said Thursday. But they would not say how they would prevent the massive project from adding to federal deficits.
  House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters at a GOP strategy retreat that they were planning legislation providing $12 billion to $15 billion for constructing the wall, one
  
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• Tribal Leader Asks Trump To Reconsider Pipeline Action

  26-01-2017 19:12
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The leader of the Standing Rock Sioux is urging President Donald Trump to reconsider his push for completion of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline.
  Tribal spokeswoman Sue Evans says Chairman Dave Archambault requested a meeting with Trump in a letter sent Wednesday, warning that relations between the new administration and the Native American community have “gotten off on the wrong foot.” It’s not clear if Trump has received the letter.
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• Trump’s Immigration Actions Trigger Backlash In Colorado

  26-01-2017 19:08
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – President Donald Trump campaigned as a hardliner on illegal immigration and is following through, but his actions are triggering a backlash in Colorado.
  Donald Trump (credit: CBS)
  Trump signed an executive order Wednesday making good on his signature campaign promise.
  “The Secretary of Homeland Security working with myself and my staff will begin immediate construction of a border wall,” he said.
  Financing for the wall remains unresolved.
  The president also sign
  
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• Mary Tyler Moore Special To Be Hosted By Gayle King

  26-01-2017 18:27
  
  CBS will be airing a new one-hour special honoring the life and career of Mary Tyler Moore on Thursday at 8 p.m. on CBS4. “CBS This Morning” co-host, Gayle King will anchor “Mary Tyler Moore: Love Is All Around” as we take a look back through Moore’s amazing 40 plus years in entertainment.The special will feature original reporting as well as footage from CBS’ extensive archives to detail the story of this extraordinary pioneer’s career. Interviews with
  
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• 2 Incidents Involving Ultra-Realistic BB Guns Have Police Concerned

  26-01-2017 18:13
  
  GOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4) – A warning is out for teenagers when it comes to real guns vs. replicas.
  Jefferson County deputies say a recent case could have taken a terrible turn.
  Deputy Aaron Kilbon found a BB gun on Monday while checking a suspicious car full of what he said were drunk teenagers. He told CBS4 the BB gun very closely resembled a real gun.
  “I would never have known that it was not a real gun,” said Kilbon, who has spent 15 year both in the British infantry and in law
  
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• Car Strikes CDOT Building At Eisenhower Tunnel

  26-01-2017 17:56
  
  CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – A car struck the Colorado Department of Transportation office at the Eisenhower-Johnson Tunnel Thursday morning.
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  No one was hurt in the incident, which happened at 8:48 a.m.
  Authorities told CBS4 the driver lost control of the car on Interstate 70 before the collision.
  Westbound traffic heading into the tunnel was shut down for a short time after the crash, but that may have been due to another accident at approximately the same t
  
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• Farmers Insurance Open Marks Tiger Woods’ Return To PGA Tour

  26-01-2017 17:52
  
  By Dave Shedloski
  CBS Sports begins its 2017 golf coverage this week at the Farmers Insurance Open from Torrey Pines Golf Club in La Jolla, California, the first of 22 events on its calendar, continuing its run as the most comprehensive in network television.
  The slate includes 20 PGA Tour events, the Masters and the PGA Championship, plus 10 golf specials. In all, CBS will broadcast nearly 160 hours of golf coverage.
  And in all begins this week at Torrey Pines, where Tiger Woods will compete in
  
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• Vigil Held After SUV Crash That Killed 2 Teens

  26-01-2017 17:00
  
  BENNETT, Colo. (CBS4) – One of the survivors of a deadly crash in Bennett is expected to be able to leave the hospital on Thursday.
  Five teenagers were in an SUV when it crashed on Tuesday on the outskirts of town on 38th Avenue near Pernith Road. The SUV rolled several times and two of the teens died.
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  Classmates, friends and families gathered in the town Wednesday for a candlelight vigil. They shared hugs and tears in the cold temperatures.
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• GOP Lawmakers Hope For Message Of Unity, Focus From Trump

  26-01-2017 16:46
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Congressional Republicans are hoping for a message of unity and focus from Donald Trump in his first appearance before them as president.
  Trump was to speak Thursday to House and Senate GOP lawmakers at their annual policy retreat. Despite a rocky start to his administration, many lawmakers are optimistic about delivering change in a new era of GOP control over Washington.
  They would like to see a Trump committed to their agenda and results, not a president who veers of
  
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• At Least 1 Arrested Outside Controversial Speech At CU

  26-01-2017 16:21
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – At least one person was arrested in Boulder Wednesday night during protests of controversial speaker Milo Yiannopoulos.
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  Yiannopoulos works for the conservative Breitbart News and made a name for himself partly through online attacks on women and minorities, and during his speech Wednesday at the University of Colorado he made fun of both women and obese people.
  The vocal Donald Trump supporter, who calls himself the “most fabulous supervillian on
  
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• Latest Forecast: Slowly Climbing Out Of The Cold By Weekend

  26-01-2017 15:33
  
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – On the weather map we have high pressure slowly working its way back into the southwest. This initially, will keep a little bit of light snow still going in some mountain locations. We also have a few snow flurries in northern El Paso County across Colorado Springs up to the south side of Monument Hill early in the day.
  For the Denver metro area there will be lots of sunshine and still a chill in the air. Highs should rise to at least freezing with mos
  
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• Duchene Returns, Avs Lose Again To Canucks

  26-01-2017 15:15
  
  Sven Baertschi scored twice, including the tiebreaking goal in the third period, and the Canucks beat the Avalanche 3-2 on Wednesday night.
  
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• 25 Train Cars Derail, Some Coal Spills

  26-01-2017 13:28
  
  WELD COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Investigators in Weld County are working to determine why a Union Pacific train carrying coal derailed in Weld County overnight.
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  Authorities said 25 of the train’s cars derailed at 11 p.m. Wednesday and some cargo spilled.
  No injuries were reported.
  The derailment happened near the intersection of Highway 85 and Highway 392, not far from Eaton. Roads were closed around the scene while the investigation was taking place.
  One non-residential st
  
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• Trump’s Executive Order Could Help Fix Colorado Roads Faster, For Less

  26-01-2017 05:55
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – There’s a money grab for transportation funds in Colorado’s young legislative session.
  Almost everyone agrees that Colorado’s roads and bridges are in bad shape. Now some state lawmakers say President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that could help fix them for less time and money.
  What the order does is fast track certain major infrastructure projects by streamlining the environmental review process. A half dozen House Republicans sent a letter
  
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• Warning: Beware Of Burglars Posing As City Workers

  26-01-2017 05:29
  
  By Karen Morfitt
  DENVER (CBS4) – Police are warning Denver residents to watch out for fraudulent city workers.
  District 1 Community Resource Officer Robert Gibbs says two men made their way into a woman’s home after claiming they were with the water department.
  “They put some thought into it so that is why we wanted to get out in front of this right away,” Gibbs said.
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  Gibbs was quick to alert homeowners about the scam in northwest Denver. He says the two men
  
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• Conservative Political Speaker Milo Yiannapoulos Protested At CU

  26-01-2017 05:09
  
  By Rick Sallinger
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – Carrying signs that read “Don’t fund hate speech” and “Alt right=neo Nazi,” protesters gathered as conservative Milo Yiannapoulos appeared on the University of Colorado campus in Boulder Wednesday evening.
  Inside the mathematics building around 400 people gathered to hear of the talk sponsored by the College Republicans and Turning Point USA.
  Milo Yiannapoulos at CU on Wednesday (credit: CBS)
  Yiannapoulos was met with
  
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• Snow & Wind Strand Unknown Number Of ‘Off-Grid’ Residents

  26-01-2017 04:55
  
  By Chris Spears
  COSTILLA COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – A snow emergency was declared Tuesday in Costilla County after an intense storm hit Monday night. By early Tuesday snow was reported to be falling at the rate of 2-3 inches per hour in the southern San Luis Valley.
  It was the latest in a series of storms since mid-December.
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  As the storm moved through high winds virtually erased all previous plowing efforts on many county roads near San Luis, leaving drifts up to 10 feet deep in
  
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• Ballot Selfies Win First Step In Colorado House

  26-01-2017 04:40
  
  DENVER (AP) – A Colorado House panel has approved a bill that would legalize the posting of ballot selfies on social media sites.
  But the bill ‘s sponsors deleted a proposed ban on vote trading. Deputy Secretary of State Suzanne Staiert had insisted a vote trading ban be part of the legislation.
  Democratic Rep. Paul Rosenthal and Republican Rep. Dave Williams said Wednesday their bill affirmed voters’ First Amendment rights.
  But Staiert said posting ballot selfies encourages vo
  
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