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• Deputies In Standoff With ‘Mean Goat’

  03-03-2017 23:42
  
  MESA COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Deputies had to call in back up after a standoff escalated Friday.
  They responded to a call of a “mean goat” outside a woman’s home in western Colorado.
  The goat, she said, was keeping her from leaving her home.
  When deputies arrived, it instead followed them around.#ALERT Standoff ends after mean goat corners deputy! Reinforcements called in 2 help! Goat is now cooperating.#GoatGate2017 #Baaad2theBone pic.twitter.com/fKvaxHrFwH
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• Man Wanted For Stabbing Patron In Restaurant

  03-03-2017 23:18
  DENVER (CBS4) – Police are searching for a man who stabbed a patron in a restaurant.
  According to a Crime Stoppers alert, the Denver Police Department says it happened on March 1 at 9:20 p.m. at the Ranch House Cafe at 7676 East Colfax Avenue.
  A man walked into the restaurant and allegedly stabbed a patron sitting inside.
  The suspect was last seen running eastbound from the business.
  (credit: Crime Stoppers)
  He is described as 6’1″ to 6’2″ tall, 40 to 50 years of ag
  
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• RTD’s A-Line Experiences More Delays

  03-03-2017 22:56
  DENVER (CBS4) – Friday morning brought more delays to RTD’s A-Line.
  A vehicle damaging the Dahlia Street crossing gates, RTD says, is to blame for the delays.A line delays of 10-15 min expected due to vehicle damaging crossing gates at Dahlia. Repairs underway: https://t.co/m695EsgRy0 @DENAirport
  — RTD (@RideRTD) March 3, 2017
  Delays lasted approximately 10 to 15 minutes, and trains were running normally again by 8:30 a.m.
  RELATED: Timeline of RTD’s A Line
   
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• Trump, Hitting Back, Accuses Schumer Of Putin Ties

  03-03-2017 22:45
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump, his administration under siege for contacts with Russian officials, is calling for “an immediate investigation” into Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer’s own “ties” to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  Trump tweeted a photo Friday of Schumer at an event with Putin in New York in 2003. The photo shows the two with doughnuts in their hands.We should start an immediate investigation into @SenSchumer and his ties to Russ
  
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• Brush Fire Burning, Putting Out Heavy Smoke

  03-03-2017 22:44
  DACONO, Colo. (CBS4) – A brush fire is burning, and it’s putting out heavy smoke.
  It’s happening near Centennial Field and the Dacono BMX track, according to the city of Dacono’s Facebook page.Residents in the area can see heavy smoke.
  Emergency crews are responding.
  Currently there’s no word on cause or size of the fire.
  
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• Arnold Schwarzenegger Opens Up About Affair, Trump Feud

  03-03-2017 22:40
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Arnold Schwarzenegger says he doesn’t dwell on the affair that cost him his marriage to Maria Shriver and is focused on having a great relationship with his kids.
  Schwarzenegger and Shriver separated in 2011 after she discovered he had fathered a child with the family maid in 1997.
  The actor and former California governor tells Men’s Journal he would have done things differently, but beating himself up it isn’t going to change anything.Schwarzenegger al
  
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• Senate Oks Bill Raising Penalties For Texting While Driving

  03-03-2017 22:05
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s Senate has passed a bill to increase the penalty for texting while driving from $50 to $300.
  Drivers also would get five points on their license instead of one point under current law.
  The bill by Democratic Sen. Lois Court passed 34-1 Friday and heads to the House.
  It comes after a woman who was driving drunk and texting on her phone hit and killed a Parker couple riding a motorcycle near Franktown last year. Athina Munoz pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide
  
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• Colorado Senate OKs Bill Raising Penalties For Texting While Driving

  03-03-2017 22:05
  
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s Senate has passed a bill to increase the penalty for texting while driving from $50 to $300.
  Drivers also would get five points on their license instead of one point under current law.
  The bill by Democratic Sen. Lois Court passed 34-1 Friday and heads to the House.
  It comes after a woman who was driving drunk and texting on her phone hit and killed a Parker couple riding a motorcycle near Franktown last year. Athina Munoz pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide
  
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• Homeless Man Wins $50,000 Colorado Lottery Prize

  03-03-2017 22:04
  
  DENVER (AP) — A man who had been living at the Denver Rescue Mission won a $50,000 prize with a Colorado Lottery scratch ticket.
  (credit: Colorado Lottery)
  Lottery officials say Adam H. claimed the jackpot from the Poker Celebration game on Feb. 23. He’ll receive $35,500 after taxes were withheld.
  Adam told lottery officials he planned to use his prize money to move back to Kentucky where his daughter lives.
  (credit: CBS)
  Colorado law allows lottery winners to be identified by their
  
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• Army: Helicopter In Crash Was Practicing Evading Enemy Fire

  03-03-2017 21:54
  DENVER (AP) — The Army says a Black Hawk helicopter was practicing evading enemy fire when it crashed northwest of Colorado Springs in 2015, injuring all four crew members and destroying the aircraft.
  The Army released a report on the crash this week after an open records request by The Associated Press. The report looked at safety and accident prevention issues.
  The Army didn’t release the cause of the crash, saying that’s exempt from disclosure.
  The Fort Carson-based UH-60L h
  
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• Keidel: What More Do Redskins Want From Cousins?

  03-03-2017 21:46
  By Jason Keidel
  You need not be a Teamster or major union delegate to root against the NFL in any labor fight. The NFL is the sports equivalent of The Man, the boot on the collective throat of the employee.
  Many pro football players make millions. But we only see the glittering, glamorous side, the Tom Brady and Peyton Manning and Antonio Brown, who not only exceed the mortality rate of the average player, but have already made more money than their their kids (and their kids) could possibl
  
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• Jets Release Veteran WR Brandon Marshall

  03-03-2017 21:42
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Marshall is on the move again — and the New York Jets’ roster purge of big-name players with big salaries continues.
  The Jets on Friday released the well-traveled wide receiver and cleared $7.5 million on the salary cap.
  Marshall is the latest star to be cut by the Jets, who have also parted ways with Darrelle Revis, Nick Mangold, Nick Folk and Breno Giacomini this offseason. New York has cleared nearly $46 million in cap space during the past few weeks.
  
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• Animal Adventure Park Welcomes New Baby Llama

  03-03-2017 21:24
  HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. (CBS4) – As the world watches and waits for April the giraffe to deliver her new baby, the Animal Adventure Park welcomed another.
  Cria the Llama was born to Rasta and his lady Sweet Pea at 1 p.m. Thursday, the park’s first baby llama.
  He and mom, the park reports, have been moved indoors due to cold weather.In regards to April, the park says that she has “changed some of her behaviors overnight. Moving in different patterns, choosing new spots to stand and s
  
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• CSU Rams Release Complete 2017 Football Schedule

  03-03-2017 20:25
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – The CSU Rams have released their complete football schedule for 2017.
  The team plays CU in the Rocky Mountain Showdown on Sept. 1, then they play their first game in their new stadium on Sept. 9 against Abilene Christian.
  The football team’s as-yet unnamed new stadium — which includes Sonny Lubick Field — is located on the Colorado State University campus in Fort Collins.Now that you've seen the schedule, which dates are you most excited for?
  
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• Latest Forecast: Very Dry Atmosphere Means A Dry And Mild Weekend

  03-03-2017 20:23
  
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – A large ridge of high pressure will continue to build over Colorado from the west through this weekend. The result will be sunny, dry, and warmer than normal weather statewide through Sunday.
  Sunday will also be the warmest day of the next three with highs near 70 degrees around Denver, Boulder, and Fort Collins. Mountain valleys will climb into the 50s by Sunday afternoon. And it does stay sunny and dry at all the ski areas for the weekend. Remember the s
  
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• Compromise Will Keep Part Of A Popular Dog Park Open

  03-03-2017 20:07
  EVERGREEN, Colo. (CBS4) – A compromise will keep part of a popular dog park in Evergreen open.
  Land managers say the Elk Meadow Dog Park’s Off-leash Area is suffering from overuse so it’s closing down most of the park starting next month. That will give crews a cance to do restoration work.
  Elk Meadow Dog Park in Jefferson County (credit: CBS)
  The fenced area of the park will remain open but there will be new rules.
  (credit: CBS)
  “We are currently working with a local gro
  
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• Giant Fish Fossil Found In Comanche National Grassland

  03-03-2017 19:56
  SPRINGFIELD, Colo. (CBS4) – A rare fossil found in Colorado is headed to the Denver Museum Of Nature & Science.
  (credit: USFS)
  The ancient fish fossil was found recently at the Comanche National Grasslands, according to a tweet from the managers of the grassland. It is 8 feet long with a tail like a tuna and in its day, the fish would have weighed more than 500 pounds.
  (credit: USFS)
  There are only three known fossils like this in the world, and this is the only one that has ever been
  
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• Helping A Hoarder With Order: Program In Denver Metro Area Can Help

  03-03-2017 19:38
  
  By Alan Gionet
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – “I’m really sick of it. I’m sick of the mess. Sick of not being able to find anything,” said Lin Nicholson.
  Nicholson lives in a mid-century home in Aurora, where the yard is cluttered and a tree bows over the driveway.
  There’s no point heading for the garage — the garage is chocked full. The upstairs bedrooms are full. Much of the basement is unnavigable. But there are signs of hope.
  CBS4’s Alan Gionet intervi
  
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• Elway Changes Mind About McCaffrey’s Bowl Boycott

  03-03-2017 18:46
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — For Colorado native Christian McCaffrey, the only thing harder than skipping the Sun Bowl was having to inform his teammates.
  The Valor Christian High School grad stood before his Stanford teammates to say he wouldn’t be suiting up for his final game there to avoid risking injury on the cusp of his NFL career. Then, he braced for the blowback.
  Instead, he got goosebumps.
  Christian McCaffrey during a mock NFL combine at the South Suburban Sports Dome Feb. 9, 2017.
  
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• Outgoing Jeffco Schools Superintendent McMinimee Steps Down

  03-03-2017 18:16
  GOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4) – Outgoing Jefferson County Schools Superintendent Dan McMinimee is stepping down before his contract is up.
  McMinimee’s contract was set to expire on June 30 and the school board announced earlier this year that it wasn’t going to be renewed.
  McMinimee had served since 2014 when he was hired under a conservatively controlled school board, and several members were ousted in a recall vote.
  McMinimee will stay with the district through the end of his contract
  
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• David Dahl’s back issues more serious than Rockies originally thought

  03-03-2017 18:15
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The back issues keeping David Dahl off the field and in the training room during spring training are more serious than the Rockies first thought.
  Manager Bud Black confirmed Friday morning that Dahl could be out much longer than the club originally anticipated.
  “We first said David would be out a couple of days, but it’s going to be longer than that, for sure,” Black said. “I don’t have a timetable on it, but it could be a week or two. Ther
  
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• SF GM Lynch to keep Denver scholarships

  03-03-2017 17:36
  
  Keep striving to achieve, Colorado high school seniors.       
  
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• Costco to raise membership fees as higher costs take toll on profit

  03-03-2017 17:34
  
  Costco Wholesale Corp. is raising membership fees—the retailer’s main profit driver—as profits slowed more than expected during the holiday quarter.
  The fee increase, which takes effect June 1 and affects about 35 million members, would bring U.S. and Canada memberships to $60, up $5. Executive memberships will increase to $120, up $10, while the reward cap will increase from $750 to $1,000. In recent months, Costco executives have said to expect a fee increase, a move it makes
  
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• Elway a tough boss in quest for victory

  03-03-2017 17:33
  
  INDIANAPOLIS - Trivia time.       
  
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• Star Wars costume exhibit at Denver Art Museum extended on the the Force of popularity

  03-03-2017 17:24
  
  Star Wars™ and the Power of Costume will remain on view at Denver Art Museum through April 9.The Denver Art Museum is extending the run of “Star Wars and the Power of Costume” by a week and keeping the Hamilton Wing open for extended hours during the last days of the show. The exhibit features 70 original costumes from the movie series, including Queen Amidala’s throne room gown and Darth Vader’s black armor.
  Costumes of storm troopers, C-3PO, R2-D2, Han Solo, 
  
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• The second coming of American oil shale is preparing to challenge OPEC again

  03-03-2017 17:20
  
  When the who’s who of the oil industry met a year ago in Houston, Saudi Arabia’s energy minister had harsh words for U.S. shale drillers struggling with the worst price crash in a generation.
  “Lower costs, borrow cash or liquidate,” said Ali Naimi, who managed the world’s largest oil-exporting business for more than two decades.
  In the year since, the drillers have largely taken Naimi’s advice. While more than 100 have gone bankrupt since the start of 2015, th
  
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• Yelp to help customers find gender-neutral bathrooms

  03-03-2017 17:17
  
  NEW YORK — Yelp, the crowd-sourced company specializing in online reviews, is wading into the national debate over transgender people’s bathroom access with a new feature that will enable consumers to search for businesses offering gender-neutral restrooms.
  In a blog post on Friday , Yelp said it would collect information from both customers and business owners in order to add a “Gender Neutral Restrooms” category to its listings. Yelp defines such restrooms as locking, s
  
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• Former journalist arrested, charged with threats against Jewish facilities

  03-03-2017 17:01
  
  By Mark Berman And Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post
  Authorities investigating recent bomb threats against Jewish institutions across the country arrested a former journalist on Friday morning and said he was behind at least some of the threats as part of a campaign to harass a woman.
  This arrest appears to be the first made in response to a wave of bomb threats at Jewish centers and schools across the country. Headstones have also been vandalized at Jewish cemeteries in Missouri, Pennsylvania
  
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• CBS Sports’ Dan Bonner Breaks Down Notre Dame Vs. Louisville

  03-03-2017 16:48
  
  Ryan Mayer
  The ACC has long been recognized as one of the country’s best basketball conferences, and it is no different this year. The conference counts six top-25 teams among its ranks and could conceivably place up to 11 teams in the tournament, depending on what happens with bubble teams like Syracuse, Wake Forest and Georgia Tech.
  Two teams that don’t have to worry about missing the tournament are Mike Brey’s Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Rick Pitino’s Louisville
  
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• Documents: Women Spat At, Yelled Racial Slurs At Bus Driver

  03-03-2017 16:45
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Court documents in a new hate crime case reveal violent details about an attack on an RTD bus driver in Denver last week.
  Destiny Sandoval (credit: Denver DA)
  Deanne Sandoval (credit: Denver DA)
  Mother and daughter Deanne Sandoval, 45, and Destiny Sandoval, 25, allegedly didn’t want to pay the $2.60 fee to ride the bus after they had boarded on Feb. 23 in southwest Denver.
  The arrest paperwork shows that when they refused to pay the fare, the driver asked them to get
  
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• 30 Players: Dylan Bundy Hopes To Stay Healthy, Stick In Orioles Rotation

  03-03-2017 16:33
  
  By Rich Arleo
  CBS Local Sports, in our 30 Players 30 Days spring training feature, profiles one young player from each Major League Baseball team leading up to opening day.
  2016 season (Majors): 36 G, 14 GS, 109 2/3 IP, 4.02 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 10 W, 104 SO, 42 BB
  When the Baltimore Orioles drafted Dylan Bundy No. 4 overall in the 2011 MLB Draft, they thought they were getting their ace of the future. After debuting with the Orioles at 19 years old in ‘12, it looked like that future was right
  
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• Should Sheriff Joe Pelle get a 5th term in office? Boulder County police chiefs think so

  03-03-2017 16:32
  
  Boulder County voters will probably be asked this fall to permit Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle, who’s midway through his fourth four-year term, to have a chance to run for a fifth term in 2018.
  On Thursday morning, County Commissioners Deb Gardner and Cindy Domenico expressed their support for a request that they put a term-limit extension for the post of sheriff on November’s countywide election and directed staff to draft three potential ballot measures.
  Louisville pol
  
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• $34M Vail mansion boasts three levels of luxury on banks of Gore Creek

  03-03-2017 16:26
  
  WHAT: 333 Beaver Dam Road is a five-bedroom, 10-bathroom private residence in Vail Village.
  PRICE: $34 million, including furnishings
  SIZE: 11,007 square feet
  LOCATION: The custom residence sits on one of the largest home sites in Vail Village, 0.87 acres tucked into a stand of pine trees next to open space and Gore Creek. Listing agent Catherine Jones Coburn with Slifer Smith & Frampton Real Estate said the location really offers the best of both worlds — privacy from n
  
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• Skier injured on intermediate run at Vail sues “negligent” snowboarder

  03-03-2017 16:09
  
  A California woman has sued a snowboarder who plowed into her from behind at Vail Ski Resort, causing severe injuries, including broken bones.
  Hsu Chiang Chou sued Philip Moroco II in Denver U.S. District Court on Thursday for a collision that happened Jan. 17 on Vail Mountain  on Jan. 17, according to the lawsuit filed Thursday by Denver attorney Russell Hatten.
  Hsu Chou is seeking reimbursement for economic and non-economic damages and lawsuit costs including attorneys fees. Damages
  
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• Fitness Center Thief Quickly Went Shopping With Stolen Cards

  03-03-2017 15:35
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4) – Deputies in Arapahoe County want to find a man they say stole from two gym lockers last month.
  The sheriff’s office released surveillance pictures of the man who took personal items from the lockers at Life Time Fitness on Dry Creek Road in Centennial.(credit: Arapahoe County)
  Deputies say the man used the victims’ credit cards immediately afterwards at the following nearby stores:
  – Target, 6767 S Clinton St, Englewood
  – Target, 1950 E. C
  
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• Miguel Castro — stronger, more poised — looking for rebound year with Rockies

  03-03-2017 15:32
  
  SURPRISE, Ariz. — Mention the name Miguel Castro to anyone in the Rockies organization and you’re bound to hear the phrases “big arm,” and “bright future.” Just when Castro might fulfill his promise remains a question mark.
  The 6-foot-7 Castro is just 22, even though he’s already seen major-league action in two seasons, first with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2015 and then with the Rockies last year. He was part of the Troy Tulowitzki swap with the Blue Jays
  
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• Very Dry Atmosphere Means A Sunny, Dry, And Mild Weekend

  03-03-2017 15:23
  
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – A large ridge of high pressure will continue to build over Colorado from the west through this weekend. The result will be sunny, dry, and warmer than normal weather statewide through Sunday.
  Sunday will also be the warmest day of the next three with highs near 70 degrees around Denver, Boulder, and Fort Collins. Mountain valleys will climb into the 50s by Sunday afternoon. And it does stay sunny and dry at all the ski areas for the weekend. Remember the s
  
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• Warm and dry on Friday in Denver with a balmy weekend in the forecast

  03-03-2017 14:56
  
  Balmy temperatures are forecast for the Denver metro area on Friday and the weekend.
  The high on Friday is expected to reach 65 degrees in downtown Denver, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder.
  On the weekend, it will be sunny with highs in the upper 60s. It will be breezy on Sunday with wind gusts up to 25 mph.
  The next chance for mountain snow is late Sunday and Monday, according to the NWS.
  It will be blustery with a 10 percent chance of rain on Monday after 11 a.m.
  Again tem
  
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• California high school turns $15,000 investment in Snap Inc. into $24 million

  03-03-2017 14:48
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — A California high school has made millions of dollars from the initial public offering of shares in Snap Inc., the company behind the Snapchat photo messaging application.
  The board of the Saint Francis high school in Mountain View agreed to invest $15,000 in seed money in Snap in 2012, when the company was just getting started.
  Mark Lennihan, The Associated PressA banner for Snap Inc. hangs from the front of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, March 2, 2017, in New Yor
  
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• Nearly 70 cats removed from vacant home in Craig

  03-03-2017 14:36
  CRAIG, Colo. — Sixty-eight cats have been removed from a vacant house in the northwest Colorado town of Craig.
  The Craig Daily Press reports (http://bit.ly/2lyUcMJ ) that a majority of the cats had to be euthanized due to their large numbers and feral nature.
  Law enforcement is not releasing the name of the home owner who allowed the cats in the house and no charges were pressed.
  The owner contacted the Craig Police Department and Craig Animal Shelter in December to ask for help removing t
  
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• Fact: Rockies 3B Nolan Arenado Stacks Up With Best In Majors

  03-03-2017 14:30
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Every once in a while, Nolan Arenado runs across a story that mentions his name and makes him shake his head.
  “I don’t know where some of it comes from,” the Colorado Rockies All-Star third baseman laughed.
  Being the face of a franchise and doing so many cool things, facts sometimes get intermingled with good fiction.
  Fact: He did go to Cuba this offseason to visit his roots.
  Fiction: The four-time Gold Glover didn’t demand the Rockies switc
  
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• Man admits to running $54M “trash-to-fuel” Ponzi scheme with ties to Colorado

  03-03-2017 14:15
  PHILADELPHIA — A Georgia man admitted Thursday that he ran a $54 million Ponzi scheme built on false promises of green energy technology that would turn trash into fuel and “carbon-negative” housing developments, neither of which were ever fully developed.
  Troy Wragg pleaded guilty in federal court in Philadelphia on Thursday to conspiracy and securities fraud. His college girlfriend, Amanda Knorr, pleaded guilty last year, while Wayde McKelvy, a 54-year-old securities salesman
  
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• Dems, rogue GOP in scavenger hunt for a copy of Republicans’ Obamacare replacement bill

  03-03-2017 14:06
  
  By Alan Fram, The Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — Where’s the Republicans’ embryonic health care bill?
  A maverick GOP senator and top Democrats staged made-for-TV scavenger hunts across the Capitol on Thursday for a draft of the measure, momentarily overshadowing months of labor by Republicans out to reshape the nation’s health care system. Their goal: embarrass Republican leaders who have vowed to make the overhaul transparent and are struggling to solidify support.
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• Yellen to speak after Fed officials hint rate hike is near

  03-03-2017 14:03
  
  By Martin Crutsinger, The Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — One by one, several Federal Reserve officials have signaled in recent days that the Fed is ready to resume raising interest rates as soon as this month. The question is whether the official who matters most — Chair Janet Yellen — will add her own voice to that impression.
  When Yellen speaks Friday in Chicago on the topic of the Fed’s economic outlook, investors will parse her words for any hint of how likely the cent
  
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• Russia’s top diplomat in US in eye of political storm

  03-03-2017 14:01
  
  By Vivian Salama And Vladimir Isachenkov, The Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s back-to-back controversies over its Russian ties now have at least one thing in common: Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
  Moscow’s top diplomat is a Washington fixture with a sprawling network, and he has emerged as the central figure in the investigations into Trump advisers’ connections with Russia. In a matter of weeks, contact with Kislyak led to the firing of a top adviser
  
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• AMD unveils faster, half-price computer chip

  03-03-2017 13:00
  
  A new computer chip from Advanced Micro Devices could entice consumers to do something they haven’t done in years: Buy a desktop computer.
  The new Ryzen chip, which was partly developed at AMD’s office in Fort Collins, touts the same speeds and performance as competitor Intel Corp.’s top chips. But at half the price, the Ryzen chip, which went on sale Thursday, should lower the cost of any computer using it.
  “A $500 chip that is outperforming a $1,000 chip from Intel? Tha
  
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• CU Pulls Away From Stanford In 91-72 Win

  03-03-2017 07:44
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Passing the ball with aplomb and showing a zeal for sharing the load offensively brought out the best in Colorado.
  Lucas Siewert, George King and Xavier Johnson each scored 15 points and Colorado pulled away in the second half to beat Stanford 91-72 Thursday night.
  Wesley Gordon, Deleon Brown and Tory Miller added 10 points apiece as part of a balanced offense that carried the Buffaloes (17-13, 7-10 Pac-12) to their eighth consecutive victory against Stanford (14-15,
  
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• Cherry Creek Mall Pay Parking Backlash: ‘Killing’ Business

  03-03-2017 07:12
  
  By Brian Maass
  DENVER (CBS4) – Six weeks after the Cherry Creek Mall implemented a paid parking system, mall employees and at least one store owner say the pay parking scheme has crippled business.
  “Traffic is only getting worse,” said Mike Murphy, who owns seven Steve Madden shoe stores, including his flagship location in the Cherry Creek mall.
  He says Cherry Creek mall used to be his number one store for sales, but now there are days where it ranks number seven
  
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• Workout partners for life

  03-03-2017 06:17
  
  Support is fundamental during offseason training, not to mention there's nothing like competing against another top-notch athlete to stay in the best physical shape. For Broncos 304-pound offensive lineman, Michael Schofield, his support  rests with his 5-foot-2, 130-pound fiance, Kendall Coyne.        
  
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• Overseas soil for Colo. Freedom Memorial

  03-03-2017 06:17
  
  The founder of the Colorado Freedom Memorial has made it halfway to his goal of "completing" the space.       
  
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