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• Bank Robbing Babysitter Sentenced To Prison, Restitution

  10-02-2017 23:34
  
  SEVERANCE, Colo. (CBS4) — A Colorado babysitter who used two children she was watching to help her rob a bank — a heist allegedly planned to help her pay back money stolen from her employers- was sentenced Friday.
  According to the Weld County DA, Rachel Einspahr, 29, went to the drive through at the Colorado East Bank & Trust in Severance in May 2016 after picking the children up from school. She allegedly sent a note through the vacuum tube demanding money for a man in the back
  
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• Denver Shatters All-Time February High, Earliest 80 On Record

  10-02-2017 23:30
  
  By Chris Spears
  DENVER (CBS) – The temperature at Denver International Airport hit 80 degrees at 1:38 p.m. on Friday, not only setting a new all-time record high for the month of February, but also it’s the earliest 80 degree temperature in the Denver climate record.
  CBS4 meteorologist Chris Spears outside Denver on Friday (credit: CBS)
  The previous all-time record high was 77°F originally set on Feb. 4, 1890 and tied again on Feb. 28, 2006.
  Previously, the earliest 80 degre
  
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• How To Keep Your Family Safe From Foodborne Illness

  10-02-2017 22:16
  
  Photo Courtesy of Simon & Schuster
  Hank Parker, Ph.D., is an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Medical Center where he teaches a course on biological threats to food and agriculture. He formerly served as a research manager and Acting Director of Homeland Security for the Agricultural Research Service of USDA. His debut novel, Containment, a bioterror thriller, is available now from our sister company Simon & Schuster/Touchstone.
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• WWE Insiders Pick Elimination Chamber 2017

  10-02-2017 21:59
  
  By Chuck Carroll
  There is a pay-per-view (if you can still call it that) this weekend. SmackDown Live! has its final PPV before WrestleMania 33. As always, I’m bringing in the WWE insider crew to make some picks.
  Scott Fishman (@smFISHMAN) – Pro wrestling contributor, Miami Herald and Channel Guide Magazine
  Pick record: 6-2
  Chuck Carroll (@ChuckCarrollWLC) – Pro wrestling contributor, CBS Local Sports
  Pick record: 4-4
  Aaron Oster (@TheAOster) – Pro wre
  
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• Neighbor Had To ‘Virtually Break Down Door’ After Fire Started In Foothills

  10-02-2017 21:50
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – A wildfire that forces evacuations in the Colorado foothills is a rarity for the month of February, but one broke out Friday west of Boulder amid record heat and strong winds, and emergency officials took all the necessary precautions.
  (credit: CBS)
  Mark Dilauro lives close to the spot where the 5-acre fire on Wagonwheel Gap Road started, not far from Lee Hill Road west of Boulder. He said he spotted the fire sometime after daybreak.
  “My wife saw some smoke so
  
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• Lawmaker Says Colorado Attorney General Acting For Oil, Gas Industry

  10-02-2017 21:39
  
  DENVER (AP) — A Democratic state lawmaker on Friday accused Republican Attorney General Cynthia Coffman of acting “at the behest of oil and gas companies” when she threatened to sue Boulder County over its moratorium on oil and gas drilling.
  Sen. Matt Jones, who represents part of Boulder County, made the statement during a debate on the Senate floor. He didn’t elaborate.
  Neither he nor Coffman’s spokeswoman immediately responded to requests for comment.
  Coffman set
  
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• WATCH: Wind Blows Truck On Top Of Highway Patrol Car

  10-02-2017 21:17
  
  ELK MOUNTAIN, Wyo. (CBS4) – It’s been a windy week across Colorado and Wyoming.
  On Wednesday two Wyoming state troopers were parked on the side of Interstate 8o about 60 miles west of Laramie when a semi truck pulling two trailers approached. A gust of wind blew the truck over.
  The trailer tipped onto one of the parked patrol cruisers.
  (credit: Wyoming Highway Patrol)
  A videocamera inside the cruiser captured the incident. Wyoming Highway Patrol released the video on Friday
  
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• Good Samaritan Tased, Injured In Roadside Robbery

  10-02-2017 20:56
  
  FRANKTOWN, Colo. (CBS4) – A Good Samaritan was tased and injured in a robbery on the side of a road Friday morning just west of the intersection of highways 83 and 86.
  The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office confirms to CBS4 News that a woman flagged down a man in a white truck near Franktown. This driver stopped to offer assistance. The female tased the male driver. Two other males then joined the female in assaulting and robbing the male driver.
  “They ambushed him,” sheriff
  
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• 59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Live On CBS This Sunday

  10-02-2017 20:52
  
  The 59th annual GRAMMY awards will take place this Sunday, February 12th at 6 p.m. on CBS4. The ceremonies will be hosted by James Corden, host of The Late Late Show, and will broadcast live on CBS.
  This year’s show will feature live performances from some of the biggest names in music including Adele, The Weeknd, Metallica and Carrie Underwood.
  As far as nominations go, Beyonce leads the pack this year with nine including “Album Of The Year” and “Song Of The Year.&r
  
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• Latest Forecast: Denver Sets A Record On Friday, Weekend Rain And Snow

  10-02-2017 19:17
  
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – Strong westerly winds over Colorado have pushed temperatures into record territory along the Front Range on Friday. The previous record high for February 10 in Denver (71° set in 1951) was initially broken at 10:24 a.m. As of 11:45 a.m. Denver International Airport had officially reached 75°.
  The warmest temperatures in Colorado on Friday will be on the Eastern Plains where some areas will climb into the lower 80s. It will easily be the warmes
  
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• Rogers Fire Burns Several Structures, Evacuations Reinstated

  10-02-2017 19:14
  
  LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4) – A 24-acre wildfire west of Longmont burned structures and forced evacuations for several hours Friday morning. Those evacuations were lifted and then reinstated a short time later on Friday afternoon.
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  The Rogers Fire started sometime after 6 a.m. near Frog Belly Farms, close to 51st and Rogers Road and about two miles west of Vance Brand Airport. It’s not clear what triggered it.
  (credit: CBS)
  Approximately 125 homes were placed on mandatory eva
  
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• Rogers Fire Burns Several Structures, Evacuations Mostly Lifted

  10-02-2017 19:14
  
  LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4) – A 24-acre wildfire west of Longmont burned structures and forced evacuations for several hours Friday morning.
  (credit: CBS)
  The Rogers Fire started sometime after 6 a.m. near Frog Belly Farms, close to 51st and Rogers Road and about two miles west of Vance Brand Airport. It’s not clear what triggered it.
  (credit: CBS)
  Approximately 125 homes were placed on mandatory evacuation notice and 29 more were placed on pre-evacuation notice. The majority of those eva
  
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• Fire Burns Near Homes In Boulder Foothills

  10-02-2017 19:00
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – A wildfire broke out Friday morning in the Boulder foothills, and more than 150 homes were placed on a mandatory evacuation order.(credit: CBS)
  The fire, which was being referred to as the Wagonwheel Gap Road Fire, was described as being approximately 3 to 5 acres at 9 a.m.
  (credit: CBS)
  (credit: CBS)
  No one was hurt in the fire, which was located near Rogers Road and Wagonwheel Gap Road, not far from Lee Hill Road.
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• Denver D out of Woods after losing Wade

  10-02-2017 18:53
  
  ENGLEWOOD—Wade Phillips is gone for a myriad of reasons, the most important of which is the Denver Broncos wanted Joe Woods to replace him.       
  
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• Washington Basketball Player Slaps Colorado Heckler

  10-02-2017 18:38
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (The Sports Xchange/CBS4) -Washington Huskies forward Malik Dime slapped a Colorado heckler during halftime of Thursday night’s game at the Coors Events Center in Boulder.
  Dime apparently was frustrated by taunts from fans in CU’s student section.
  Washington coaches had to restrain the senior from Dakar, Senegal. Dime walked up to the student before slapping him after the halftime buzzer sounded, according to multiple reports. His follow-through slap reportedly carried
  
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• Boyle Gets 200th Career Victory As Buffaloes Defeat Huskies

  10-02-2017 18:25
  
  Colorado avenged a January loss to Washington with an 81-66 victory Thursday night at Coors Events Center in Boulder.
  
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• Keidel: Falcons’ Super Bowl Win Next Season Unlikely

  10-02-2017 18:17
  
  By Jason Keidel
  With the ADD nature of the world these days, the machine-gun clatter of clicks and double-clicks and the entire galaxy summoned to your mobile phone, it’s now natural that we’ve already forgotten Tom Brady’s fifth ring while computing odds on his sixth.
  To that end, our dear friends in Las Vegas are already on it. The Patriots — shocking, I know! — are the early chalk to win Super Bowl 52 (or LII, if you’re fond of the Romans). Opening at
  
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• Wildfire Breaks Out In Boulder Foothills, Forces Evacuations

  10-02-2017 17:55
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – A wildfire broke out Friday morning in the Boulder foothills, and more than 150 homes are under a mandatory evacuation.
  The fire, which is being referred to as the Wagonwheel Gap Road Fire, was described as being approximately 3 to 5 acres at 9 a.m.Reminder: sign-up at https://t.co/ggEsFmFiaU to receive messages abt imminent threats & hazards by text msg, email, cell, home, work phone.
  — Boulder OEM (@BoulderOEM) February 10, 2017
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• Winds Blow Over Semis On Colorado Highways

  10-02-2017 17:38
  
  GEORGETOWN, Colo. (CBS4) – A high wind warning is in place until 11 a.m. Friday in Colorado’s foothills and high country, and the winds are blowing over trucks.
  (credit: CDOT)
  Two semis were knocked down at 7:30 a.m. at Interstate 70 near Georgetown. One was in the chain-up area and apparently wasn’t moving when it was blown over.
  The other was traveling in the westbound lanes when it blew over. It was causing minor delays.
  Officials closed Interstate 70 in both directions for
  
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• Rogers Fire Burns Several Structures

  10-02-2017 17:11
  
  LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4) – A wildfire in Boulder County burned several structures and forced evacuations Friday morning.
  (credit: CBS)
  The Rogers Fire started sometime after 6 a.m. near Frog Belly Farms, close to 51st and Rogers Road and about two miles west of Vance Brand Airport.
  Rogers Fire (credit: CBS)
  At 7:20 p.m. the Boulder County Sheriff’s office said 125 were on mandatory evacuations and 29 more were placed on pre-evacuation notice. They also gave a reminder to residents that
  
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• Take A Stunning 2 Minute Trip Around The World With This Video

  10-02-2017 17:10
  
  (CBS)  – Thanks to Google Maps, you can virtually be just about anywhere around the world. Now, someone has put together a grand video comprised of images from Google Maps, Street View and Earth to take a two minute and thirty second extravagant virtual tour around the world.
  When the video suggests the use of headphones, take them seriously. It’s wonderful.The video begins in Italy where you start with seeing some of the most breathtaking images the beautifu
  
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• High Winds Cause Flight Delays At DIA

  10-02-2017 16:31
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Friday’s high winds are causing trouble at Denver International Airport.
  More than a dozens flights were delayed by a half hour or more at the airport just after 8:30 a.m. At least two flights were also canceled.
  DIA tweeted that people should expect some delays and check their flight status before leaving home.Due to windy weather there may be flight delays. Please check your flight status with your airline.
  — Denver Int'l Airport (@DENAirport) February 10, 201
  
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• Latest Forecast: Record High Temperatures For Friday, Weekend Rain And Snow

  10-02-2017 15:47
  
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – Strong westerly winds over Colorado will push temperatures into record territory along the Front Range on Friday. The existing record in Denver is 71° set in 1951. The temperature in Denver should exceed 71° by noon and thus create a new record for the date.
  The warmest temperatures in Colorado on Friday will be on the Eastern Plains where some areas will climb into the lower 80s. It will easily be the warmest day since the middle of November.
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• Jokic, Nuggets Travel To NY For Big City Showdown With Knicks

  10-02-2017 15:40
  
  Defense is a consistent issue for the Nuggets, who rank 28th in the NBA in scoring defense while allowing opponents an average of 111.4 points.
  
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• Valuables In Cars In Plain Sight ‘Like A Fishing Lure’ For Thieves

  10-02-2017 15:08
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Denverite David Goodsell lost thousands of dollars worth of work tools when thieves broke into his pickup truck.
  “All they want is a few dollars from a pawn shop. Meanwhile, it’s my livelihood,” Goodsell told CBS4.
  David Goodsell (credit: CBS)
  His was one of 36 different vehicles that were broken into over the past 16 days in Denver’s Berkeley neighborhood. The break-ins have been happening at night, and Officer Robert Gibbs said the thieves work fas
  
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• Penguins Snap Avalanche’s Modest 2-Game Win Streak

  10-02-2017 14:19
  
  Patric Hornqvist scored two goals, Matthew Murray had 27 saves and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-1 on Thursday night.
  
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• Board Meeting Packed Over Proposal To Close 5 Schools

  10-02-2017 06:26
  
  By Lauren DiSpirito
  GOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4) – Approximately 475 people attended a Jefferson County School Board meeting on Thursday as the board mulls proposed cuts that could include closing five elementary schools, defunding the district’s only Gifted and Talented high school program, shift sixth-grade students to middle schools, and reducing staff positions.
  Before the meeting parents donned t-shirts with messages that read “We are Peck,” and handed out “Save our Sc
  
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• CBS4 To Former CU Coach: ‘Did You Beat That Woman?’

  10-02-2017 05:31
  
  By Rick Sallinger
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – No longer a University of Colorado football coach, Joseph Tumpkin walked into court to be advised of the domestic violence charges he faces on Thursday.
  CBS4 reporter Rick Sallinger attempted to speak with Tumpkin as he entered the building.
  “Joe, did you beat that woman as she claims?” Sallinger asked.
  Joseph Tumpkin (left) (credit: CBS)
  But there was no reply.
  While a part of the CU’s spectacular football “rise” as t
  
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• Target Shoppers Could Be Getting New Option In Downtown Denver

  10-02-2017 04:46
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A Target store could be moving into the 16th Street Mall.
  The Denver City Council says lease negotiations are underway for a space at 16th and California.
  (credit: Denver City Council)
  (credit: Denver City Council)
  The store would take over the second and third floors of the building for a total of 28,000 square feet.
  That’s much smaller than the current Denver Target stores, which are more than 130,000 square feet.
  
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• ‘Heartbroken’: Woman Wants Burglar To Return Husband’s Ashes

  10-02-2017 04:30
  
  By Andrea Flores
  LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4) – A Longmont woman is pleading for her husband’s ashes to be returned after they were stolen from her home Tuesday afternoon.
  Jeff Nazzaro’s final wish before he passed away in 2012 was for his ashes to be spread at sea. Now his widow, Mary Nazzaro, fears her family may never have that closure after his ashes were stolen from her dresser.
  Jeff and Mary Nazzaro (credit: CBS)
  “They’re heartbroken,” Mary said of her family.
  
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• Pew Research: Denver Has One Of The Highest Illegal Immigrant Populations

  10-02-2017 03:22
  
  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A report released Thursday estimates more than 2.5 million immigrants in the country illegally live in the metropolitan areas of New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, which have pledged to fight President Trump’s plans to expand deportations.
  The study by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center provides a glimpse of where immigrants in the country illegally reside and regions that could be most affected by Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
  It also unde
  
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• Trump’s Travel Ban Faces Uncertain Next Step

  10-02-2017 03:06
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – A law professor says the “million-dollar question” is whether the Trump administration would appeal a federal appeals court’s refusal to reinstate the travel ban to the U.S. Supreme Court.
  That could run the risk of having only eight justices to hear the case, which could produce a tie and leave the lower-court ruling in place.
  Josh Blackman, a professor at South Texas College of Law in Houston, said, “There’s a distinct risk in moving this t
  
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• Cremation Company Accused of Dishonesty, Acting As ‘Body Brokers’

  10-02-2017 02:00
  
  By Brian Maass
  DENVER (CBS4) – As Lisa Koltun quietly thumbed through precious photos of her son Jake, she couldn’t help but remember how his 2015 death on a Colorado ski slope was made far worse by the treatment she received after he died.
  “That’s my boy,” she murmured softly as she looked through a photo album. “He had so many friends,” she said, as her voice trailed off.
  Lisa Koltun (credit: CBS)
  Jake Koltun, 22, died at Breckenridge on his last run o
  
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• Latest Forecast: Friday Sees a Record High for Denver…with Snow on the Horizon

  10-02-2017 01:42
  
  By Ed Greene
  DENVER (CBS4) – Thursday saw the high push 23 degrees above normal for early February when the high reached 68 degrees and 69 downtown.  For Friday the high will be even warmer – into the low to mid 70s with partly sunny skies!  In southeastern Colorado highs with soar into the 70s and lower 80s and as a result a Fire Weather Watch and Red Flag Warning have been issued for that part of the state for Friday afternoon.  But this time of year those temperatur
  
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• Friday Sees a Record High for Denver…with Snow on the Horizon

  10-02-2017 01:42
  
  By Ed Greene
  DENVER (CBS4) – Thursday saw the high push 23 degrees above normal for early February when the high reached 68 degrees and 69 downtown.  For Friday the high will be even warmer – into the low to mid 70s with partly sunny skies!  In southeastern Colorado highs with soar into the 70s and lower 80s and as a result a Fire Weather Watch and Red Flag Warning have been issued for that part of the state for Friday afternoon.  But this time of year those temperatur
  
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• Small Town Ravaged By Historic Floods Still Needs Help

  10-02-2017 01:34
  
  By Dillon Thomas
  GLEN HAVEN, Colo. (CBS4) – More than three years after heavy storms flooded Glen Haven, the small town north of Estes Park is still rebuilding.
  Glen Haven’s town hall, which some called the heart of the town, was claimed in the floods of 2013. Now the town has asked for the public’s help in rebuilding their event center, calling it the “untold story of the 2013 flood.”
  CBS4’s Dillon Thomas interviews Jacob Shimon (credit: CBS)
  “This is t
  
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• Meeting Held To Discuss Possible Closing Of Schools In JeffCo

  10-02-2017 01:10
  
  By Jennifer Brice
  GOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4) – A meeting underway in Jefferson County could determine whether the district closes down five schools along with other programs and staff positions.
  The district is considering closing Peck, Pennington, Pleasant View, Stober and Swanson elementary schools.
  The district is tasked with coming up with $20 million after two failed ballot measures that would have raised the necessary money.
  The line outside of the meeting (credit: CBS)
  Thursday night, adm
  
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• Whole Foods Closing Stores, Blames Soft Sales

  10-02-2017 00:58
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)– Whole Foods is blaming soft sales on the closure of nine stores, two of them in Colorado.
  The store on Baseline Road in Boulder and another store in Colorado Springs will shut down later this spring.The natural foods retailer reported another quarter of soft sales.Whole Foods is struggling to compete with other natural food stores.
  
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• Trump Tweets On Travel Ban Ruling

  10-02-2017 00:37
  
  WASHINGTON (CBS4 / AP) – President Donald Trump tweeted his thoughts shortly after the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to reinstate his travel ban.SEE YOU IN COURT, THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE!
  — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 9, 2017
  In his first tweet, in all caps, the president tweeted, “See you in court, the security of our nation is at stake!”
  Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said, in response, “Mr. President, we just saw you in court, a
  
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• More Cases Of Mumps Reported In Colorado

  10-02-2017 00:37
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A dozen more cases of mumps have been reported in Colorado since the state health department announced an outbreak last month.
  The new cases bring the total to 26 cases so far this year. There were 17 cases of mumps in Colorado for all of 2016.
  Health officials say most of those cases have been popping up in Northeast Denver and Northwest Aurora. (credit: CBS)
  Health experts say the easiest way to avoid the disease is to make sure everyone has had an MMR vaccine and that it
  
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• Missing Army Drone From Arizona Found In Colorado

  10-02-2017 00:36
  
  EVERGREEN, Colo. (CBS4)– A $1.5 million drone that went missing from an Army installation in Arizona was found in Colorado’s mountains on Thursday afternoon.
  The drone disappeared while on a training flight Jan. 31 at Fort Huachuca in southern Arizona after it lost connection with a ground station.Troops from Fort Carson Army Post in Colorado Springs were helping with drone recovery in the foothills near Evergreen, west of the Denver metro area on Thursday afternoon.The training in A
  
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