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• Robots Taking Over The Job Of Mowing Lawns

  07-04-2017 23:45
  
  RICHARDSON, Texas (CBS4) – A Dallas lawn care startup is working with some cutting-edge technology.
  Robin has already installed 50 robotic lawnmowers in Texas, with plans to roll out up to 100 more every month.
  “Robots are cool! People love them,” Co-Founder and VP of Operations Bart Lomont told CBS DFW.
  What it really comes down to, though, is convenience.
  “I don’t have to worry about it. It’s going to do the job on its own. That’s huge,” said Pat
  
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• Regents Approve Tuition Hike For Most CU Students

  07-04-2017 23:41
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – Tuition is set to rise across the University of Colorado system next fall for all students except for those currently taking classes at the Boulder campus.
  (credit: CBS)
  CU recently proposed $39 million in new spending to bump employee salaries, offer more financial aid and maintain campus buildings.
  CU’s Board of Regents agreed Friday to hike tuition by an average of 3 to 5 percent. The hike will affect incoming CU Boulder students, plus all students at the D
  
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• Girl With Alopecia Dazzles On ‘Crazy Hair Day’ At School

  07-04-2017 23:06
  
  SALEM, Utah (CBS4) – A 7-year-old girl with alopecia thought she was going to have to miss out on “crazy hair day” at school.
  Not so!
  After the school announced their annual “Crazy Hair Day,” Gianessa Wride and her mother Daniella made a quick trip to the story where they picked up dazzling stickers and flowers that they put on Gianessa’s head.
  “When I walked in, everyone was crowding me about the jewels,” Gianessa told CBS affiliate KUTV in S
  
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• Colorado House Initially OKs Tight Budget

  07-04-2017 21:30
  
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s Democrat-led House has tentatively endorsed a budget for the next fiscal year after rejecting a host of Republican attempts to boost transportation funding.
  A final vote on the $26.8 billion budget for the year beginning July 1 is expected Monday. That would send it to a conference committee to reconcile differences with the budget bill passed by the Republican-led Senate.
  Republicans presented numerous amendments to transfer funds from various government dep
  
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• Fiber Optic Cable Installed At Ski Area To Improve Cellphone Service

  07-04-2017 21:02
  
  SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – It’s about to get easier to use cell phones at a popular Colorado ski area.
  AT&T is answering the call for better service, installing two miles of fiber optic cables on Copper Mountain to provide the needed network.
  Quin Gelfand (credit: CBS)
  In a behind-the-scenes tour of the new system AT&T’s Quin Gelfand said that “now the antennas are closer to people, which means that it’s easier to access for everyone, and that w
  
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• Latest Forecast: High Clouds Won’t Limit A Big Warm Up

  07-04-2017 21:01
  
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – Despite a veil of thin high cloudiness on Friday, temperatures will still manage to reach into the lower and middle 70s. It will be one of the warmest home openers in the history of Rockies baseball.It will also stay completely dry across Colorado on Friday, Friday night, and Saturday. Then a storm on the West Coast will move north of Colorado Saturday night into Sunday. It will drag a cold front of of it which will cause temperatures to drop about 15 to 2
  
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• High Clouds Won’t Limit A Big Warm Up

  07-04-2017 21:01
  
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – Despite a veil of thin high cloudiness on Friday, temperatures will still manage to reach into the lower and middle 70s. It will be one of the warmest home openers in the history of Rockies baseball.It will also stay completely dry across Colorado on Friday, Friday night, and Saturday. Then a storm on the West Coast will move north of Colorado Saturday night into Sunday. It will drag a cold front of of it which will cause temperatures to drop about 15 to 2
  
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• Lawmakers Considering Changes To Sexting Laws

  07-04-2017 20:08
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – For the second year, Colorado lawmakers are considering changing the penalties for sexting, specifically teenagers who send naked pictures to each other.
  Opinions, though, are about as divided as they might be between parents.
  Currently, teenage sexting is a felony under state and federal law.
  Lawmakers agree that needs to change, but they disagree on the degree of change.
  Pete Lee (credit: CBS)
  “I want to fully decriminalize what we refer to as consensual sexting, th
  
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• See Your Mail Before It Arrives With ‘Informed Delivery’

  07-04-2017 19:41
  The United States Postal Service is rolling out a new service that will let you see your mail before it arrives.
  
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• All These Giraffes Were Born While We’ve Been Watching April The Giraffe

  07-04-2017 19:41
  
  DENVER (CBS Local) – Since February, April the giraffe has been in the news for an imminent birth. Well, apparently we all jumped the gun on ‘imminent birth.’
  Fear not, she’s not the only giraffe who’s been pregnant recently!
  Zoos have welcomed these additions to their giraffe families all over the world in the time since we first started tuning into April.
  The Denver Zoo saw the birth of a baby giraffe named Dobby on February 28.
  Zookeepers did not k
  
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• Jeff Hoffman Looks To Earn Way Back Into Rockies’ Rotation

  07-04-2017 19:40
  
  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 (Minors): 22 G, 22 GS, 118 2/3 IP, 4.02 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 124 SO, 44 BB
  2016 season (Majors): 8 G, 6 GS, 31 1/3 IP, 4.88 ERA, 1.72 WHIP, 22 SO, 17 BB
  When Spring Training ended and the 2017 season began, it was a bit of a surprise to see Jeff Hoffman down in Triple-A rather than slotted in the Colorado Rockies&rsquo
  
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• Attorney General Prepared To Fight Federal Marijuana Crackdown

  07-04-2017 19:36
  
  WASHINGTON (CBS4) – The Department of Justice could soon change its stance on legal marijuana.
  This week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions created a task force that will evaluate how marijuana laws are enforced.
  (credit: CBS)
  Colorado and seven other states have legalized recreational marijuana, but the drug is still illegal under Federal law.
  The Obama administration had loosened enforcement, but Sessions has hinted that could change.
  (credit: CBS)
  Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferg
  
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• 2017 NFL Draft Prospects: Top Wide Receivers And Tight Ends

  07-04-2017 19:30
  
  QB | RB | DE/Edge | DB
  Ryan Mayer
  The NFL Draft is slated to take place in the city of brotherly love from April 27th-April 30th. As you get ready to watch who your team will select, CBS Local Sports will preview the top available prospects in the various different position groups.
  Now, we move to the pass catchers. Wide receivers can make an immediate impact on their team and teams are always looking for another weapon to add to their offensive arsenal. This year’s class also features pos
  
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• Bank Robber On Probation Arrested Again

  07-04-2017 19:27
  
  HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (CBS4) – A bank robbery who was already on probation for another robbery was arrested in connection to a different one.
  Clayton Catlin, 44, is accused for robbing the TCF Bank near Federal Boulevard and West 72nd Avenue in Westminster in March.
  (credit: FBI)
  Catlin was arrested Wednesday in Highlands Ranch.
  Investigators say he had been on probation for another robbery, which happened nearly 10 years ago.
  
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• Over 2 Dozen Arrested In Immigration Operation In Rockies

  07-04-2017 19:17
  
  DENVER (AP) — Immigration officials say over two dozen people suspected of being in the country illegally have been arrested in Colorado and Wyoming during an operation targeting immigrants accused of crimes.
  A handout photo provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement(Photo by Bryan Cox/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via Getty Images)
  Immigration and Customs Enforcement says 26 of them had some kind of criminal history, including illegally re-entering the country, but an
  
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• Man Who Ate Marijuana Candy Before Shooting, Killing Wife To Be Sentenced

  07-04-2017 18:48
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The man who shot and killed his wife after eating a marijuana edible will be sentenced Friday.
  A deal reached with the District Attorney will get Kristine Kirk’s husband, Richard Kirk, to please guilty to second degree murder, dropping charges related to first degree murder.
  Kristine Kirk (credit: Family of Kristine Kirk)
  Richard Kirk will face between 25 and 30 years in prison as part of this plea.
  It’s a deal the family is relieved to see come through because
  
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• Seeing Smoke? Prescribed Burn Happening At The Arsenal

  07-04-2017 18:27
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Firefighters are conducting a prescribed burn at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Friday.
  The burn is scheduled to last from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  Smoke can already been seen in many parts of the Denver metro area.
  Approximately 500 acres north and east of the visitor center will be burned to improve habitat conditions and reduce invasive species.
  The Discovery and Legacy Trails will be closed for the burn operations, but are scheduled to reopen Saturday.
  
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• Keidel: Westbrook Has Dominated NBA… So What?

  07-04-2017 18:16
  
  By Jason Keidel
  So we say that this NBA season is a referendum on Russell Westbrook’s greatness. The pyrotechnic point guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder is taking an eraser to the record books, or at least adding some historical strokes of his own. He is the first NBA player — and only other NBA player — to average a triple-double since Oscar Robertson.
  When your only company is the Big O, that blasts you into the orbit of basketball royalty.
  So what?
  When we talk about Westb
  
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• Gorsuch Confirmed; Senate Approves Trump Nominee, 54-45

  07-04-2017 18:10
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, bringing a contentious 14-month partisan battle to a close after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
  The vote was 54-45 on Friday. The victory gives President Donald Trump’s 49-year-old nominee a lifetime spot on the court and his party a much-needed political win after failing to pass legislation on health care and other issues.
  The final confirmation vote came after Senate Republicans rewrote the c
  
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• Rockies Have Big Plans For Opening Weekend

  07-04-2017 18:09
  
  By Lauren Whitney
  DENVER (CBS4) – Baseball is back in Colorado, and the Rockies are planning for a big weekend in the Mile High City.
  Before the game along Blake Street, the annual Opening Day fest helps kick off the festivities.
  Jason Fleming, Director of Promotions and Special Events, says “we’ve got food and games right in front of the ball park for free.”
  (credit: CBS)
  While the party continues downtown all day outside of Coors Field, inside there are plans for a
  
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• Late Snowfall ‘Was Perfect’ For Coors Field, Opening Day

  07-04-2017 17:47
  
  By Lauren Whitney
  DENVER (CBS4) – The most pristine lawn in Denver saw a good soaking earlier this week with our quick snow storm that rolled through on Tuesday.
  If you think that would cause some issues for the grounds crew at Coors Field before the Home Opener, that isn’t the case.Head groundskeeper Mark Razum says, “that moisture was just what we needed.”
  The snow was helpful, but it did make for a little extra work for Razum and his crew.
  Mark Razum (credit: CBS)
  
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• New Tasty Treats On Tap At Coors Field

  07-04-2017 17:38
  
  By Lauren Whitney
  DENVER (CBS4) – When you think of ballpark food, the first thing that comes to mind is usually the traditional hot dog. These days however, the chefs at Coors Field are getting creative.
  They say nothing is more American than baseball and apple pie, and those creative chefs whipped up Apple Pie nachos.
  (credit: CBS)
  What are apple pie nachos? Brian Arp, General Manager of Aramark, says “it is a cinnamon tortilla topped with apple pie filling, Tillamook cheddar
  
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• Congo Repatriates Body Of Man With Denver Ties

  07-04-2017 16:47
  
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The United Nations mission in Congo says the bodies of American and Swedish experts have been repatriated to their countries of origin.
  The U.N.’s deputy special representative for Congo, David Gressly, said Wednesday that investigations have opened into the deaths.
  Michael Sharp (credit: CBS)
  American Michael Sharp, Swedish national Zaida Catalan and local interpreter Betu Tshintela went missing March 12 in Central Kasai province while looking into recent larg
  
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• Fighting For A Playoff Spot, Nuggets Host The Pelicans

  07-04-2017 16:38
  
  The Denver Nuggets are battling for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference and can't afford to lose any ground to the Portland Trail Blazers.
  
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• Scammed By Contractor, Homeowner Warns: ‘Don’t Pay Them Up Front’

  07-04-2017 16:34
  
  By Andrea Flores
  DENVER (CBS4) – Anjie Julseth-Crosby has more questions than answers after she says a contractor scammed her out of $63,000.
  “Why us? Why did you choose us to do this to?” Julseth-Crosby asked.
  She hired Jake Needell to work on an addition to her Morrison home back in June, and promised to be done by November.
  Jake Needell (credit: CBS)
  “We checked out the Better Business Bureau, we checked out his licensing, we checked out his insurance,” Julseth-C
  
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• Dad Hilariously Photoshops Daughter In Dangerous Situations To Raise Awareness

  07-04-2017 16:10
  
  CBS Local – A man in Dublin has worked photoshop magic to make it appear as if his baby daughter were in perilous situations. To someone on the outside, a quick view at Stephen Crowley’s Instagram might lead one to tip him for worst father of the year.
  Obviously, that’s not the case. Crowley uses these photoshops of his daughter, Hannah, for the comedic effect. He thought it’d be a funny, innocuous prank and hopes it’ll help raise awareness for “Be The Ma
  
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• Rockies Opening Day Parking Costs Skyrocket

  07-04-2017 16:00
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Opening Day parking for the Colorado Rockies is anything but affordable this season.
  Ahead of Friday’s home opener, downtown we found prices as high as $60 for parking near Coors Field.
  (credit: CBS)
  Opening the season with a four-game road trip in Milwaukee against the Brewers, in which the Rockies went 3-1, the team is currently in first place in the division.
  RELATED: WATCH: Arenado Snaps Tie In 9th With Homer, Rockies Win 2-1
  The opener, which kicks off a six game
  
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• Latest Forecast: High Clouds Won’t Limit A Big Warm Up On Friday

  07-04-2017 15:50
  
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – Despite a veil of thin high cloudiness on Friday, temperatures will still manage to reach into the lower and middle 70s. It will be one of the warmest home openers in the history of Rockies baseball.It will also stay completely dry across Colorado on Friday, Friday night, and Saturday. Then a storm on the West Coast will move north of Colorado Saturday night into Sunday. It will drag a cold front of of it which will cause temperatures to drop about 15 to 2
  
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• Gorsuch May Be Decisive Vote In Divisive Supreme Court Cases

  07-04-2017 15:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — With Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation as the 113th Supreme Court justice expected on Friday, it won’t be long before he starts revealing what he really thinks about a range of hot topics he repeatedly sidestepped during his confirmation hearing.
  In less than two weeks, the justices will take up a Missouri church’s claim that the state is stepping on its religious freedom. It’s a case about Missouri’s ban on public money going to religious institut
  
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• Gorsuch Heads For Confirmation As Senate Tears Up Own Rules

  07-04-2017 15:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, is headed for confirmation after Republicans tore up the Senate’s voting rules to allow him to ascend to the high court over furious Democratic objections.
  Democrats denounced the GOP’s use of what both sides dubbed the “nuclear option” to put Gorsuch on the court, calling it an epic power grab that would further corrode politics in Congress, the courts and the United States. Many
  
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• Varlamov Steadily Recovering From Season-Ending Hip Surgery

  07-04-2017 15:37
  
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado Avalanche goaltender Semyon Varlamov says he is making steady progress after undergoing season-ending hip surgery in January.
  Varlamov plans to start skating at the end of the month and may put the goaltender pads back on in late May or early June.
  The 28-year-old Varlamov was limited to 24 games as he dealt with a nagging groin injury that he’s hoping is cleared up through the hip surgery. He was 6-17 this season with a 3.38 goals-against average for the last-
  
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