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• Arrest Made In Rancher’s Murder: ‘They Just Wouldn’t Let It Go’

  06-02-2017 23:48
  
  By Brian Maass
  AGATE, Colo. (CBS4) – CBS4 has learned that investigators have made an arrest in a year-old Elbert County murder case.
  Elbert County Sheriff Shayne Heap says investigators from his office and the district attorney’s office have arrested Joe Robert Love, 26, in connection with a murder of a rancher in Agate more than a year ago.
  Edward Butler was found dead at his home from a gunshot wound on Jan. 23, 2016. A web camera in the home captured pictures of the suspect that
  
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• Police Arrest Suspect In ATM Shooting, Attempted Robbery

  06-02-2017 23:47
  
  WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (CBS4)– Wheat Ridge police have arrested a suspect they believe shot a woman during an early-morning attempted robbery at an ATM on Feb. 1.
  Officials say it happened around 5 a.m. Feb. 1 at the Chase Bank near W. 38th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard. Police released surveillance photos taken during the attempted robbery at the ATM.
  (credit: Wheat Ridge Police)
  Investigators say the victim had to get out of her vehicle to use the ATM at the bank. That’s when she noti
  
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• Lawmaker Hits Panic Button To Test Security

  06-02-2017 23:27
  
  PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota lawmaker whose committee was considering a bill to allow concealed guns in the Capitol says he hit a panic button during debate just to see how quickly authorities could respond.
  Republican Rep. Larry Rhoden, who supports the legislation, said Monday the response time was about five minutes — longer than he’d thought it would be.
  The Highway Patrol, which provides security at the Capitol, didn’t immediately comment on Rhoden’s acti
  
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• Woman Charged In Deadly Hit & Run Crash

  06-02-2017 23:24
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A woman has been charged with causing a deadly crash and then driving away.Ernestina Rosendo-Ponce has been charged with vehicular homicide, vehicular assault and leaving the scene of an accident.According to the Denver District Attorney, Rosendo-Ponce was the driver of a green Cadillac that crashed into another vehicle at the intersection of South Federal Boulevard and Kentucky Street. Ernestina Rosendo-Ponce (credit: Denver DA)
  The crash resulted in serious injuries to the
  
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• Please Stop Chewing Like A Cow! I Suffer From Misophonia , And So Do Millions Of Others.

  06-02-2017 23:17
  
  By Dr. Dave Hnida
  (CBS4) -Crunching chips like you’re personally angry at them. Chomping gum like it’s the consistency of a truck tire. Biting and screeching a fork against your teeth to remove any imaginary particles of food invisible to the naked eye.
  Ahhhhh! Stop!
  You’re killing those of us who suffer from misophonia.
  Now wait, you say. Just because I smack my lips when I chew or sound like a cow working over its cud doesn’t mean there is anything wrong with me. You&rs
  
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• Trump Says Media Underreporting Attacks

  06-02-2017 23:16
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says the media is dropping the ball on reporting extremist attacks.
  During his speech Monday at U.S. Central Command, Trump pointed to recent extremist attacks in San Bernardino, Calif., Boston and Paris.
  He says, “Radical Islamic terrorists are determined to strike our homeland,” adding: “It’s gotten to a point where it’s not even being reported. And in many cases, the very, very dishonest press doesn’t want
  
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• Officers Shoot, Kill Armed Man: ‘He Would Not Give Himself Up’

  06-02-2017 23:10
  
  By Jennifer Brice
  COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (CBS4) – Police shot and killed a man early Monday morning night who they say was armed and threatening officers.
  The incident started on Sunday at 10 p.m. at a home on Magnolia Street near the intersection with East 59th Avenue.
  Authorities said an emergency call came in that a man with a gun had threatened a woman.
  (credit: CBS)
  Neighbors say they could hear the couple arguing and it spilled outside of the home.
  Maria lives across the street and cou
  
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• Fort Carson Soldier Proposes At Homecoming

  06-02-2017 23:00
  
  FORT CARSON, Colo. (CBS4) – A soldier returning from deployment wasted no time.
  On Friday, Specialist Ronald Boerner proposed to his girlfriend, Misha Putnam, who he hadn’t seen since March 2016, at his homecoming ceremony.
  “I started planning when I was in Iraq with my buddies,” Boerner said. “We were doing missions and talking about our home lives and stuff. I just decided it was time for me to propose to her since we’ve been going on dating almost five year
  
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• Grass Fire Grows To 22 Acres In Douglas County

  06-02-2017 22:35
  
  DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – A two-alarm fire continues to burn in Douglas County.
  The 22-acre fire is burning off Lake Gulch Road near Castle Rock. The fire was reported just about 12:30 p.m. Monday.
  According to Karen Carter with the Castle Rock Fire Department, units with 68 personnel from Castle Rock, Franktown, Larkspur, South Metro, Jackson 105, and Douglas County OEM were on scene.
  (credit: CBS)
  The fire spread into the grass and was burning in scrub oak as well. Light w
  
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• WATCH: Tailgate Fan At Guy Fieri’s Big Game Tailgate

  06-02-2017 22:17
  
  The NFL’s biggest event of the year attracts some big-time pregame parties and this past weekend was no different. Host Nick Stevens and the crew of Tailgate Fan made the trip down to Houston to check out the local scene in the lead up to the big game.
  One of the biggest events of the weekend belonged to celebrity chef Guy Fieri who hosts his annual players tailgate on the day of the big game. Nick caught up with Fieri to get a taste of this year’s food offerings while also catching
  
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• Beyoncé To Perform At GRAMMYs

  06-02-2017 22:07
  
  By Radio.com Staff
  Beyoncé will perform at the 59th annual GRAMMY Awards.
  Related: Beyoncé Posts More New Pregnancy Photos and a Poem
  Although the singer has yet to confirm the news, ET reports that multiple sources have verified that Queen Bey will perform as part of music biggest night. Beyoncé set the internet ablaze earlier this week when she announced that she and husband Jay Z are expecting twins.
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• Keidel: Patriots Dynasty In The Age Of Free Agency

  06-02-2017 22:02
  
  By Jason Keidel
  With their fifth Super Bowl since Y2K, the New England Patriots — a corporate euphemism for Tom Brady and Bill Belichick — have made the most remarkable run in NFL history.
  The Patriots are not the best team in NFL history. They can’t be, in this Wild-West iteration of free agency, where a turnstile is planted in front of every locker room. The 1978 Pittsburgh Steelers would have clobbered the Patriots. As would have the 1984 San Francisco 49ers, or the ’8
  
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• Dave Grohl Will Not Perform With Anderson .Paak And A Tribe Called Quest At The GRAMMYs

  06-02-2017 21:50
  
  By Jon Wiederhorn
  Apparently, the idea of Dave Grohl taking the stage with Anderson .Paak and A Tribe Called Quest at the 59th annual GRAMMY awards was too good to be true. Although it was previously reported that Grohl would join the collaboration, the Recording Academy has announced that he will not take part in the performance.
  Related: Beyoncé to Perform at GRAMMYs
  On Thursday (Feb. 2), the Academy and AEG Ehrlich Productions issued a statement apologizing for the mistake.
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• Bruno Mars Should Definitely Lead The GRAMMYs’ Prince Tribute

  06-02-2017 21:38
  
  By Amanda Wicks
  Bruno Mars is among the list of pop stars set to perform at the 59th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 12th, but is he also going to be involved in the show’s big Prince tribute?
  Related: Bruno Mars to Perform at GRAMMYs
  Sources close to the awards ceremony told Billboard that Mars is in talks to pay homage to Prince through a live music medley that would involve his close associates The Time. Since Mars’ involvement has not yet been confirmed, it’s unc
  
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• Hearing Delayed On Modernizing Colorado’s Open Records Act

  06-02-2017 21:18
  
  DENVER (AP) — A state Senate committee has postponed a hearing on a bill designed to modernize Colorado’s Open Records Act.
  Republican Sen. Ray Scott of Grand Junction said the bill wouldn’t be heard Monday as scheduled. He didn’t announce a new date.
  Scott chairs the state Senate, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee.
  Democratic Sen. John Kefalas’ bill would require government agencies to release requested public records in their original or searchable data form
  
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• Police Search For Man Who Beat Up Liquor Store Clerk

  06-02-2017 21:13
  DENVER (CBS4)– Police in Denver hope someone recognizes the suspect wanted for beating up a liquor store employee.
  Police say the man pictured walked into Bungalow Liquors located at 3000 W. Alameda Avenue on Jan. 29 about 7 p.m.
  He assaulted the clerk and caused serious bodily injury.
  The man pictured is described as a white male with the tattoo “Abel” on his left forearm. There is also a tattoo on his right forearm.
  Anyone with information regarding this crime or recognizes t
  
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• Police Search For Serial Tire Slasher

  06-02-2017 21:06
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Police in Denver need help catching a serial tire slasher who has struck more than three dozen times in one neighborhood.
  Police have taken numerous reports of vehicle tires being slashed while parked near East Northfield Boulevard and North Trenton Street near the Northfield Apartments in Conservatory Green in Stapleton.
  More than 38 vehicles have been targeted during the overnight hours.
  Anyone with information regarding these crimes is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 7
  
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• Dog poop upping E. coli levels

  06-02-2017 21:05
  
  It’s something we shouldn’t need to keep telling you, but here we are again: clean up after your darn dog!       
  
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• Man charged in 2-year-old girl's death

  06-02-2017 20:56
  
  A convicted felon with a history of domestic violence, weapons charges and a stint in prison is now facing murder charges in the death of a 2-year-old Westminster girl.       
  
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• Colorado Gun Debate Limps On Through Unrelenting Stalemate

  06-02-2017 20:43
  
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado senators arranged themselves in familiar partisan lines Monday as they limped through another gun debate that seems destined for a stalemate.
  The Republican Senate advanced two bills favored by gun-rights activists.
  One would enhance handgun-training requirements for guards at public schools, a bill that would also open the door to armed teachers in certain districts. The measure passed on a party-line vote Monday, though it faces certain doom in the House, which is
  
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• Winter driving tips

  06-02-2017 20:37
  
  Tips and tricks for winter driving.       
  
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• Protesters sue Denver over DIA protests

  06-02-2017 20:34
  
  Two protesters are filing a lawsuit against the City and County of Denver, as well as two individual law enforcement officers, over their right to protest at Denver International Airport.       
  
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• Man Dies After Deputies Find Him With Gunshot Wounds

  06-02-2017 20:23
  
  ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Deputies in Adams County rushed to a home early Monday morning where they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds.He was rushed to the hospital where he died a short time later.The man was found in the 7100 block of Ruth Way just after 3 a.m. Monday.What happened leading up to the shooting has not been released. A description of a suspect and the victim’s identity have not been released by investigators.
  
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• Online rumor about ICE agents isn't true

  06-02-2017 20:22
  
  9NEWS received multiple tips about an Immigration and Customs Enforcement traffic stop in Longmont on Friday. The claim is that a woman "and others" were stopped by ICE officers and asked to prove their citizenship.       
  
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• Funeral Held For Slain Security Officer Scott Von Lanken

  06-02-2017 20:14
  
  LOVELAND, Colo. (CBS4) – Hundreds of friends, family and colleagues gathered Monday morning for the funeral for the man who was shot and killed in downtown Denver last week.
  (credit: CBS)
  Scott Von Lanken was killed on Jan. 31 outside Union Station. He was working as a security guard for RTD at the time of his murder.
  Von Lanken’s funeral began at 10:30 a.m. at Resurrection Fellowship Church in Loveland. Law enforcement from several agencies across Colorado along with Von Lanken
  
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• Funeral Begins For Slain Security Officer Scott Von Lanken

  06-02-2017 20:14
  
  LOVELAND, Colo. (CBS4)– Hundreds of friends, family and colleagues gathered Monday morning for the funeral for the man who was shot and killed in downtown Denver last week.
  (credit: CBS)
  Scott Von Lanken was killed on Jan. 31 outside Union Station. He was working as a security guard for RTD at the time of his murder.
  Von Lanken’s funeral began at 10:30 a.m. at Resurrection Fellowship Church in Loveland. Law enforcement from several agencies across Colorado along with Von Lanken&rsquo
  
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• Evacuations in downtown Florence

  06-02-2017 20:13
  
  What the Florence Police Department is referring to as a precautionary investigation shut down a swath of the small southern Colorado city Monday morning.        
  
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• Man shot, killed in Adams County

  06-02-2017 19:57
  
  Investigators are working to piece together exactly what happened after a man was found with gunshot wounds in a residential part of Adams County early Monday morning.       
  
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• What will $1M buy you in Fort Collins?

  06-02-2017 19:51
  
  What does $1 million buy you in Fort Collins' hot real estate market?       
  
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• Man wanted for liquor store assault

  06-02-2017 19:47
  
  Police distributed a photo Monday of a man wanted for assaulting and seriously injuring a clerk at a southwest Denver liquor store a week ago.        
  
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• CSU Football Player Honored With Founders Day Medallion

  06-02-2017 19:43
  
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4)– The late Lt. Col. John Mosley will be honored by his Alma mater Colorado State University with the Founders Day Medallion.
  Mosley, CSU’s first black football student-athlete, earned his degree from CSU in 1943.
  He was also a member of the original Tuskegee Airmen and flew combat missions over Europe in World War II. John Mosley (credit: CBS)
  Mosley is the eighth recipient of the Founders Day Medallion.He graduated from Manuel High School in Denver before a
  
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• Rash of tire slashing in Stapleton

  06-02-2017 19:41
  
  Denver Police are looking for tips in a case involving more than three dozen vehicles with slashed tires in the Stapleton area.        
  
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• Martellus Bennett On White House Trip: ‘I’m Not Going To Go’

  06-02-2017 19:31
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Patriots tight end Martellus Bennett says he is not worried about upsetting team owner Robert Kraft by not attending New England’s trip to the White House as Super Bowl champions.
  Bennett said after the Patriots’ 34-28 win over the Falcons on Sunday night that he’s “not going to go” to the traditional meet-and-greet with the president. It will be the first visit of a Super Bowl champion to Washington since Donald Trump was sworn into office.
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• College Responds To Trump’s Order With Refugee Scholarship

  06-02-2017 19:21
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A liberal arts college in Massachusetts has created a refugee scholarship in response to President Donald Trump’s order on immigration and refugees and is calling on other colleges to do the same.
  Wheaton College in Norton announced the offer after the Republican billionaire issued his Jan. 27 executive order, suspending America’s refugee program and halting immigration to the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries. On Saturday, the U.S. government sus
  
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• Trump Makes His First Visit To MacDill Air Force Base

  06-02-2017 19:11
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump made his first visit to the headquarters Monday for U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command.
  A room full of troops in fatigues from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines awaited the president, who was scheduled to join them for lunch, along with senior members of his White House staff.
  Trump, who is also commander in chief of the U.S. military, stopped at the base on the way back to Washington after his first weekend away from
  
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• Press Secretary Sean Spicer Responds To SNL Skit

  06-02-2017 19:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer thinks actress Melissa McCarthy could dial it back a bit if she reprises her impression of him “Saturday Night Live.”
  McCarthy lampooned Spicer in a sketch that shows him taunting reporters, firing a water gun at one, and using the White House briefing room lectern to ram another.
  Spicer tells Fox News that the sketch was “was cute” and “funny,” but says he’d “rather us be talking
  
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• Broncos Throw Down For 2017 Season

  06-02-2017 19:04
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – It didn’t take long for the Broncos to react to New England’s Super Bowl victory.
  Minutes, actually.
  Shortly after the Patriots won in overtime, the Broncos were throwing down for next season, and fans were loving it.2017.
  Let's go.
  — Denver Broncos (@Broncos) February 6, 2017
  The team tweeted out, simply, “2017. Let’s go.”
  Broncos Country responded immediately, too, with one fan saying “we’re the only ones that
  
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• Boulder County Addresses Affordable Housing

  06-02-2017 18:54
  
  BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– The local governments that make up Boulder County are taking a closer look at a regional approach to affordable housing.One of the solutions includes 22,000 units by the year 2035.
  A finalized plan is set to be released in April.
  
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• Mountain lion near Durango school captured, relocated

  06-02-2017 18:50
  
  DURANGO — Wildlife officials have captured a mountain lion suspected of killing a deer near a Colorado middle school.
  The Durango Herald reports that Colorado Parks and Wildlife Durango spokesman Joe Lewandowski says the mountain lion and her cub were captured Friday night. They were both released near the Utah line in what Lewandowski calls “good mountain lion habitat. ”
  Mountain lion cubs generally stay with their mothers for about a year to learn how to hunt.
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• Gorsuch Seen As Business-Friendly On Labor, Workplace Issues

  06-02-2017 18:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a decade as a federal appeals court judge, Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has criticized courts for giving too much power to government agencies that enforce the nation’s labor and employment laws. As a lawyer in private practice, he also backed curbs on some class-action lawsuits.
  His conservative approach could tip the balance in labor rights cases and other high court clashes that have split the court.
  “I think employers have a supporter with this pa
  
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• Two states say allowing travel ban would “unleash chaos again”

  06-02-2017 18:39
  
  By Eric Tucker, The Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Washington state and Minnesota have told a federal appellate court that restoring President Donald Trump’s ban on refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries would “unleash chaos again.”
  The filing with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco came early Monday after the White House said it expected the federal courts to reinstate the ban.
  Washington and Minnesota said their u
  
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