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• ‘Mi Tierra’ Exhibit Explores Immigrant View Of American Life

  17-02-2017 23:58
  
  By Libby Smith
  “Mi Tierra: Contemporary Artists Explore Place” features site-specific installations by 13 Latino artists expressing experiences of life in the American West. The exhibit runs from February 19th  – October 22nd at the Denver Art Museum. For information and tickets go to the special “Mi Tierra” page at denverartmuseum.org.DENVER (CBS4) – The Denver Art Museum’s newest exhibition illustrates Mexican heritage and migration. “M
  
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• Trump Rips Media Anew

  17-02-2017 23:49
  
  NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Hoping to shift attention from his troubled White House, President Donald Trump hit the road Friday to deliver a pep talk to American workers and the rest of the nation, resurrecting the jobs promises that powered his election victory and pledging in a campaign-style rally to “unleash the power of the American spirit.”
  But he was only a few hours away from the turmoil he has stirred in Washington when he swerved from that positive message to escala
  
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• Trout Stocked In Winter Have Better Chance Of Survival

  17-02-2017 23:43
  
  PARK COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Trout once again fill 11 Mile Reservoir in Park County after Colorado Parks and Wildlife stocked the water.Wildlife officials stock the reservoir with more than 100,000 trout every winter. They do it when it is cold to give the fish a fighting chance against natural predators. (credit: Colorado Parks & Wildlife)
  The 10-inch trout are from local hatcheries and usually grow to about 14 inches long.(credit: Colorado Parks & Wildlife)
  
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• Broncos allow Benton to check out 49ers

  17-02-2017 23:30
  
  KUSA—It's not that we hardly knew John Benton.       
  
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• Protesters Shut Down Downtown Wells Fargo Bank

  17-02-2017 23:15
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– About 30 protesters shut down the Wells Fargo Bank in downtown Denver on Friday afternoon.
  The protesters gathered outside the bank at 17th and Broadway which forced bank officials to place the facility on lockdown.#DakotaAccessPipeline protesters chant "You can't drink oil, keep it in the soil" outside of @WellsFargo bank in downtown #Denver. #DAPL pic.twitter.com/bq1IuHfnTh
  — Mark Neitro (@CBS4Mark) February 17, 2017
  It is unclear whether the protesters were trying t
  
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• Gardner On Gold King Mine: ‘Broken Promise After Broken Promise’

  17-02-2017 23:12
  
  WASHINGTON (CBS4) – Senator Cory Gardner is drawing attention back to the Gold King Mine spill, and the EPA’s response.
  Friday morning, the Senate confirmed President Trump’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency. Former Oklahoma attorney general Scott Pruitt won the confirmation, 52-46.
  Speaking in the debate prior to the confirmation, Gardner said that that Pruitt has promised to keep the promises made by the previous administration.
  PHOTO GALLERY: Gold K
  
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• Denver Public Schools Adopts Sanctuary District Status

  17-02-2017 22:50
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– The Denver Public Schools school board has voted to adopt what is essentially a sanctuary district status.On Thursday night, DPS approved the “Safe and Welcoming” school district designation. That means any school in DPS is a place where all students can focus on their education and safety, regardless of immigration status.(credit: Thinkstock)
  One board members said it was important to address fear and uncertainty related to national events concerning immigration
  
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• Colorado's most energy-efficient home

  17-02-2017 22:48
  
         
  
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• Is Vitamin ‘D’ The New ‘C’ When It Comes To Colds? Not Really, But …

  17-02-2017 22:44
  
  By Dr. Dave Hnida
  (CBS4) – Vitamin D has gotten some good press this week, mainly because of a new study in the British Medical Journal which suggests that “D” is the new “C” when it comes to lowering your risk of colds and respiratory infections.
  (credit: Dr. Dave Hnida)
  The research was actually an analysis of 25 studies over the past decade which compared people with normal or low level levels of Vitamin D in the bloodstream. It seems that those with normal blood
  
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• Guests Moved To Safe Location After Pipe Bombs Found

  17-02-2017 22:40
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Police in Denver are providing more details about what happened after pipe bombs were discovered in a hotel room in downtown Denver.
  Adam Hayat was arrested Thursday at a hotel near Los Angeles International Airport one day after the explosive devices were found in his room at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Denver on Wednesday night.
  (credit: CBS)
  A Sheraton hotel spokeswoman told CBS4 that when staff located what they determined to be a “potential security risk”
  
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• Why Buzzfeed is wrong about Kyle Clark

  17-02-2017 22:22
  
  So, why do we think the list is wrong? Kyle has many other endearing qualities.        
  
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• Is Vitamin “D” The New “C” When It Comes To Colds? Not Really, But…

  17-02-2017 22:20
  
  Vitamin D has gotten some good press this week, mainly because of a new study in the British Medical Journal which suggests that “D” is the new “C” when it comes to lowering your risk of colds and respiratory infections.
  The research was actually an analysis of 25 studies over the past decade which compared people with normal or low level levels of Vitamin D in the bloodstream. It seems that those with normal blood levels of Vitamin D got fewer infections than those who w
  
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• Video shows Army family's ultimate...

  17-02-2017 22:01
  
  A video showing an Army family's ultimate sacrifice has touched the hearts of thousands of people.       
  
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• Lawsuit: Essure didn't warn women of...

  17-02-2017 22:01
  
         
  
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• Police: Remains Could Be Scattered Over Hundreds Of Miles

  17-02-2017 21:46
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)– Police in Boulder are asking for help in locating the rest of the remains of Ashley Mead, a young mother believed to be dead who was last seen on Sunday.
  Mead, 25, was reported missing along with her 1-year-old daughter on Tuesday after she didn’t show up for work. The pair hadn’t been seen since Sunday.
  Ashley Elizabeth Mead, Adam Densmore (Pawnee County, Oklahoma)
  The girl, Winter Daisy, was found with her father, Adam Densmore, outside Tulsa, Oklahoma
  
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• Teen Arrested In 61-Year-Old Woman’s Death

  17-02-2017 21:43
  
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (CBS4) – Police in Grand Junction have arrested a teenage girl in connection with the death of a 61-year-old woman.
  Authorities are currently investigating how Linda Smith died. Mesa County deputies found her body on Monday afternoon on the 500 block of 29 1/2 Street.
  The sheriff’s office announced Friday that the teenager was arrested after they obtained a warrant for her arrest on a manslaughter charge. She is being held without bond at the youth corrections c
  
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• MLB Player On Tebow’s Batting: ‘The Power Is Real’

  17-02-2017 21:40
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — No less an authority on hitting than last season’s runner-up for NL MVP thinks Tim Tebow has some ability with a bat — he just needs more work.
  Washington Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy said Friday at spring training that he recently spent some time working on batting with Tebow, the Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL quarterback who now is pursuing a baseball career. Tebow is expected to be in minor league camp with the New York Mets next
  
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• Keidel: The Simmering Durant-Westbrook Feud

  17-02-2017 21:37
  
  By Jason Keidel
  During the interminable, snow-coated NBA season, it’s hard to keep the media and masses awake for 82 games. People don’t really pay attention until the fourth quarter of games and the fourth quarter of the season — the playoffs.
  But this season has been rife with soap operatic entertainment. Will LeBron James, on the wrong side of 30, endure the incessant pounding and endless minutes on his epic frame? Will Carmelo Anthony finish his wholly unfulfilled season (a
  
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• PD: Missing woman's body dismembered

  17-02-2017 20:58
  
  Boulder Police say investigators believe that parts of the body of a mother who had been reported missing earlier this week could be scattered across the country.       
  
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• Gatesville teacher put on paid leave

  17-02-2017 20:57
  
  A Gatesville Intermediate School teacher was put on administrative leave Friday because of comments the teacher posted on a board in the classroom.       
  
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• 2 Charged In Slaying Of Man Near Light Rail Station

  17-02-2017 20:46
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Two men suspected in the shooting death of a man near an RTD light rail station have been formally charged with murder.
  The murder took place on Feb. 7 close to the RTD station located at 12th Place and Sheridan Boulevard.
  Ever Valles (credit: Denver Police)
  Nathan Valdez (credit: Denver Police)
  Ever Valles and Nathan Valdez, both 19, allegedly robbed the victim Tim Cruz, 32, at then shot and killed him.
  (credit: Denver Police)
  Police released a surveillance image that
  
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• SC Man Accused of Planning Attack 'In...

  17-02-2017 20:28
  
  The FBI has arrested a man suspected of being a white supremacist who they say talked about carrying out a Dylann Roof style attack.        
  
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• Thieves Snatch $200 From Girl Scouts Selling Cookies

  17-02-2017 20:27
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A grocery store in Denver’s Southmoor neighborhood is stepping in to help a Girl Scout troop after they were targeted by criminals.
  Police say several crooks stole some of the scouts’ cookie money while they were making sales inside a King Soopers on Thursday. It happened at 7:40 p.m. at the store near the intersection of Monaco Parkway and East Hampden Avenue.
  “They took the money off the table and ran,” King Soopers spokeswoman Kelli McGannon told
  
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• ‘Tinder for Teens:' How predators...

  17-02-2017 20:13
  
  More than 7 million people have downloaded Yellow, a free app promoted as a way for users to make friends.       
  
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• Pipe bomb suspect to appear in court

  17-02-2017 20:02
  
  Sources tell 9Wants to Know that the man with Colorado connections accused of leaving several pipe bombs in a Denver hotel room will make his first court appearance at the federal courthouse in Los Angeles Friday.       
  
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• Trump Gets Out Of Washington For South Carolina, Florida

  17-02-2017 20:01
  
  NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump sought to shift the focus away from the rocky launch of his administration Friday, getting out of Washington for campaign-style events to energize supporters and talk up factory jobs.
  Trump flew to South Carolina, where Boeing is rolling out the first 787-10 Dreamliner aircraft from its assembly line. From there, he’ll continue to Florida, spending time at his estate in Palm Beach and holding one of his signature rallies Saturday i
  
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• Police: Man Who Fell In Chimney Was Practicing Parkour

  17-02-2017 19:56
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A 26-year-old man who had to be rescued after falling in a Denver apartment building’s chimney and getting stuck was practicing parkour with two others.
  That’s according to Denver police, who say Dustin Hinkle now faces a trespassing charge.
  Dustin Hinkle (credit: Denver Police)
  The incident happened Thursday afternoon near the intersection of 18th and Champa Street downtown. Denver firefighters and other rescuers had to cut through a wall after the man fell in
  
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• National Parks, Other Public Lands Free Monday

  17-02-2017 19:47
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – All national parks and public lands, in Colorado and across the country, are free Monday.
  One of several free days throughout the year, Monday’s is in honor of Presidents’ Day.Colorado is home to more than a dozen national parks, monuments, and historic sites.
  RELATED: Top National Parks & Monuments In Colorado
  
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• Senate Confirms Scott Pruitt As EPA Administrator

  17-02-2017 19:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt on Friday won Senate confirmation to head the Environmental Protection Agency, a federal agency he repeatedly sued to rein in its reach during the Obama administration.
  The vote was 52-46 as Republican leaders used their party’s narrow Senate majority to push Pruitt’s confirmation despite calls from Democrats to delay the vote until requested emails are released next week.
  As part of a public records lawsuit, a state judg
  
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• Foul play found in deaths years later

  17-02-2017 19:16
  
  Vickie Mahrling’s nightmare began May 30, 1968, the day her big brother’s Chevrolet smashed into a tree in the tiny northern Colorado town of Mead.       
  
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• Bill Would Make Oil & Gas Pipeline Tampering A Felony

  17-02-2017 19:04
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado lawmakers are debating a bill this week that would make tampering with oil and gas pipelines a felony.
  After President Donald Trump’s approval of the Dakota Access and Keystone pipelines, anything political having to do with pipelines is going to be controversial. But the lawmaker carrying this bill, Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, insists the measure isn’t directed at people who want to protest pipelines but rather those who want to alter the pressure in them,
  
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• Nassar ordered to stand trial

  17-02-2017 18:54
  
  A judge ruled today that former MSU doctor Larry Nassar will stand trial on three charges of first degree criminal sexual conduct.       
  
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• Broncos have toughest 2017 schedule

  17-02-2017 18:39
  
  No pressure, Vance Joseph.All the first time head coach has to do is negotiate the NFL's most difficult schedule (on paper) and deliver the Denver Broncos back to the postseason.       
  
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• Small Airport Businesses To Trump: Your Florida Visits Hurt

  17-02-2017 18:38
  
  LANTANA, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump wants small businesses to thrive, but his frequent Mar-a-Lago visits have flight schools and other companies at a nearby airport in a financial nosedive.
  The Secret Service closed Lantana Airport on Friday for the third straight weekend because of the president’s return to his Palm Beach resort, meaning its maintenance companies, a banner-flying business and another two dozen businesses are also shuttered, costing them thousands of dollars
  
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• Chief Metz: APD Won’t Investigate, Detain Solely For Immigration Status

  17-02-2017 18:33
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – Aurora’s police chief is encouraging the immigrant community to call 911 if they need emergency assistance.
  “To our immigrant community, call 911 if U need emergency assistance!” Chief Nick Metz tweeted Friday. “APD won’t investigate, enforce, or detain solely for immigration status.”To our immigrant community,call 911 if U need emergency assistance!
  APD won't investigate,enforce,or detain solely for immigration status.
  — Chi
  
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• More than $1000 for fake home paint jobs

  17-02-2017 18:29
  
  A man is accused of conning his elderly male neighbors into paying him for a home paint job he never did, with one of his victims fined by his homeowner’s association for failing to paint his home, a press release from Denver’s District Attorney office said.       
  
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• 2 Suspects At Large After Fatal Shooting Of Liquor Store Clerk

  17-02-2017 18:26
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – A man shot and killed while working at a liquor store was in his late 60s.
  (credit: KKTV)
  The crime happened late Wednesday night on North Academy Boulevard in the northeastern part of the city.
  Colorado Springs police say there are two suspects in the case.
  There have been several armed robberies in the city in recent months.
  The victim’s name hasn’t been released.
  
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• What is Tinnitus?

  17-02-2017 18:23
  
  You might not notice it, or it could consume your day.        
  
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• AP Review: Gorsuch Backed Minimum Standard For Disabled Kids

  17-02-2017 18:11
  
  (AP) – Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has embraced a bare-bones standard of education for disabled children, but he has often upheld other civil rights complaints against schools, an Associated Press review of his legal record shows.
  His rulings on education in his decade on the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reflect a judge who closely follows judicial precedent, including when it means ruling against handicapped children and their parents.
  Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairm
  
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• Buffaloes Withstand Beavers’ Comeback Attempt In 60-52 Win

  17-02-2017 18:06
  
  Derrick White scored 20 points to help Colorado hold on for a 60-52 victory over Oregon State in a Pac-12 game on Thursday night at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Ore.
  
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• HOV Barbie? Carpool cheater caught...

  17-02-2017 18:00
  
  A Washington State trooper caught another one of those folks who put a mannequin in the passenger seat to cheat in the carpool lane Friday.         
  
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