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• New Details In Investigation Of Missing Woman

  15-04-2017 23:49
  
  PUEBLO, Colo. (CBS4) – Investigators have been digging through the backyard of the former home of a the boyfriend of a woman who disappeared.
  Kelsie Schelling disappeared four years ago and her family has long believed she was murdered. She went missing after she traveled from Denver to Pueblo to tell her boyfriend she was pregnant.
  Kelsie Schelling (credit: CBS)
  On the night of Feb. 4, 2013, Schelling drove to a Walmart in Pueblo to meet Donthe Lucas, the alleged father of her unborn chil
  
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• Free Skiing And Easter Egg Hunt For Huge Prizes

  15-04-2017 22:54
  
  SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – REI is offering free lift tickets at Loveland Ski Area this Easter weekend.
  REI is offering the tickets to celebrate the opening of their new location in Dillon.
  (credit: Casey Day/Loveland Ski Area)
  Those who missed out on Saturday’s free lift tickets can hit the slopes on Sunday by visiting the REI Lounge at the base of the mountain at 7:30 a.m. The first 500 people will get a free lift ticket.
  The new REI in Dillon is scheduled to open on May 5.
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• Measure Would Require Landlords To Give More Notice Before Raising Rent

  15-04-2017 22:25
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A measure at the Colorado state Capitol would require landlords to provide more notice before raising the rent or ending a lease.
  The bill applies to month-to-month renters only.
  Landlords currently have to give tenants a weeks’ notice. The legislation would require three weeks’ notice.
  “Could you imagine if you were a young family who was struggling to put food on the table, pay your rent, holding up maybe one, two or three jobs and then getting that noti
  
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• Bill Dies: Hairstylists Won’t Be Enlisted To Help Combat Domestic Abuse

  15-04-2017 22:06
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A bill that would have allowed hairstylists to help victims of domestic violence in Colorado has died.
  The bill would have required salon workers to undergo training in recognizing signs of domestic abuse.
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  The thought was being people often open up to their stylists.
  Republicans didn’t want to add the new regulation.
  
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• Volunteer Knitting Group Gets Newborns Ready For Easter

  15-04-2017 21:31
  
  PARKER, Colo. (CBS4) – Newborns at Parker Adventist Hospital are getting ready for Easter and they’re all decked out in bunny hats and pastel blankets.
  The hospital’s volunteer knitting group worked on all the handmade goodies for weeks.
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  The Grahams just welcomed two healthy twin boys and say they’re grateful for the volunteers’ hard work.
  “It’s really amazing to see the support and help from everyone here at the
  
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• Colorado Activist Charged In Dispute On Utah Grazing Land

  15-04-2017 21:18
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – An environmental activist and her husband are facing charges stemming from a confrontation with ranchers in southeastern Utah.
  The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office says Rosalie Chilcoat was visiting her husband, Mark Franklin, in Lime Ridge when he shut the gate to a rancher’s corral, denying the rancher’s cattle access to water.
  They are both charged with trespassing on state trust lands.
  Deputies say the Durango, Colorado, couple was tied to the cr
  
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• Trump Claims Immunity As President From Protesters’ Lawsuit

  15-04-2017 21:13
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Attorneys for President Donald Trump say he did nothing wrong as a candidate when protesters said they were roughed up by his supporters at a campaign rally in Louisville last year.
  Trump’s team responded Friday to their lawsuit in federal court, saying the protesters waived their right to sue by buying tickets to the event. Trump’s response also says he’s immune as president from such suits.
  Trump’s team also denies that he was urging the cro
  
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• Colorado Resident Has Been Picking Up Trash For 20 Years

  15-04-2017 21:13
  
  DURANGO, Colo. (AP) – When Janet Reichl was a little girl, her father used to say it’s just as easy to pick something up as it is to walk over it. As a Girl Scout, she was taught to leave her campsite cleaner than when she found it. And as a young woman, she was saddened when a friend lost her husband after a piece of trash flew through the windshield and hit him in the head.
  It’s not always easy to explain why people do what they do, but these events help explain why Reichl ha
  
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• Thrift Shop Owner Sells Medical Supplies For Low Prices

  15-04-2017 21:03
  
  GREELEY, Colo. (AP) – Heather Bennetts got her daughter’s favorite mobile chair at GoodHealthWill. It’s an old chair. Bennetts bought it used from her own store. Though it has some years behind it, the chair is worn in and comfy.
  Her daughter, Emma, is quadriplegic from a form of cerebral palsy that she got from oxygen deprivation at birth. Comfort is one of the few luxuries she can enjoy.
  Bennetts of Eaton got to know others with disabled family members. She found they had a l
  
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• Going Deep In 2017 NFL Draft: Broncos Add To Every Unit Except QB

  15-04-2017 20:56
  
  DENVER (The Sports Xchange) – The Denver Broncos have 10 picks in the NFL Draft, including No. 20 in the first round April 27 in Philadelphia.
  It has been an offseason filled with speculation that the Broncos would pursue quarterback Tony Romo if he was released by the Cowboys. All along, the Broncos’ braintrust said they were comfortable with Trevor Siemian and Paxton Lynch battling for the job, and that’s what will happen.
  With Romo retiring, the narrative in Denver can retur
  
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• Mark Hamill: Carrie Fisher Star Wars Tribute Is ‘Therapy’

  15-04-2017 20:46
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Mark Hamill says he’s still grieving over Carrie Fisher’s death, but sharing memories of his late friend and co-star with fans at Star Wars Celebration is “part of the process that I need to move on.”
  Hamill led an hourlong tribute to Fisher on Friday evening at the event in Orlando, Florida.
  “I’m trying to use you as therapy to get through this together,” the actor said. He called Fisher “my beloved space twin&rdquo
  
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• Gender Of April The Giraffe’s Baby Revealed

  15-04-2017 20:37
  
  HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. (CBS4) – We now know the gender of April’s baby.
  The Animal Adventure Park posted to Twitter Saturday afternoon that it’s a boy.Congratulations to #AprilTheGiraffe on the arrival of her new baby boy!!! #GiraffeWatch2017 pic.twitter.com/j2gO5ysngQ
  — Animal Adventure (@AnmlAdvntrPark) April 15, 2017
  Millions watched and waited for April to give birth, and thousands keep watching as baby takes his first steps.The baby’s name will be determi
  
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• ‘My Drug Habit Spiraled Out Of Control’: Man Sentenced For Robberies

  15-04-2017 20:35
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A man who went on a crime spree in Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo with a gun last year and injured a fast-food worker is headed to prison for almost six years.
  Brenden Conrad Garcia, 26, of Pueblo, said his crime wave — 17 armed robberies within three weeks — was the result of being a drug addict.
  Brenden Conrad Garcia (credit: Pueblo Police Department)
  “I can’t even begin to imagine what I put these people (his victims) through during any of th
  
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• The World’s Oldest Person Passes Away

  15-04-2017 20:32
  
  ROME (CBS4) – Emma Morano, the world’s oldest person at 117, has passed away.
  Born on Nov. 29, 1899, she was believed to be the last-surviving person to have been born in the 1800s.
  According to CBS News, Morano passed away in her home Saturday morning in northern Italy.
  Her doctor, Carlo Bava, said he last saw her Friday when “she thanked me and held my hand” as she did every time he called on her.
  Emma Morano, 116, poses for AFP photographer in Verbania, North Italy (cr
  
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• Rockies’ Gray May Be Out A Month Or Longer With Foot Injury

  15-04-2017 20:10
  
  DENVER (The Sports Xchange) – The Colorado Rockies put starting pitcher Jon Gray on disabled list Friday with a broken navicular bone in the middle of his left foot, and manager Bud Black said he expects Gray to be out for more than a month.
  Gray was forced to leave Thursday’s game against San Francisco in the fourth inning because of soreness in the foot. The injury apparently occurred two innings earlier when Gray jumped to grab a high chopper.
  The injury was initially believed to
  
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• Animal Adventure Park: ‘Thanks For Joining Us On This Journey’

  15-04-2017 19:23
  
  HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. (CBS4) – While the world is thanking him for streaming April the giraffe’s delivery, Animal Adventure Park owner Jordan Patch took to Facebook with his own message.
  Patch gave his thanks live following the birth of the baby, and the look on his face was one of pure bliss.Once the baby was born Saturday morning, Patch said that “everything went absolutely perfect. Couldn’t have planned it better. Perfect delivery. Perfect fall. Baby is already nibbling o
  
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• Man Writes Song About April The Giraffe And Her Baby

  15-04-2017 19:06
  
  HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. (CBS4) – The same man who wrote a song about waiting for April the giraffe to have her baby, followed up with a new one.
  April had her baby early Saturday morning as millions watched live online.
  Shortly after the birth, singer and musician Ricky Reilly posted his song “All The Waiting Is Over” to YouTube.April and baby are doing fine, according to the Animal Adventure Park, but the baby’s gender has yet to be revealed.
  Details of a contest have also no
  
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• ‘Several’ Suspicious Deaths In Boulder County

  15-04-2017 18:10
  
  BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Authorities are investigating several suspicious deaths in Coal Creek Canyon Saturday morning.
  Details are sketchy.Detectives just arriving to investigate several suspicious deaths in Coal Creek Canyon. Details VERY limited; investigation just underway.
  — BoulderCountySheriff (@BldrCOSheriff) April 15, 2017
  CBS4 will be covering the story as more details are released.
  
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• 3 Found Dead In Home, Deaths Called Suspicious

  15-04-2017 18:10
  
  By Melissa Garcia
  BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Authorities are investigating multiple suspicious deaths in Coal Creek Canyon.
  Deputies arrived shortly before 8 a.m. Saturday at a home in the 800 block of Divide View Drive in Boulder County to find the bodies of two males and a female.
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  A worried man had called the sheriff’s office around 7:30 a.m. asking for a welfare check on his friends who he had not heard from in several days.
  At the property authorities waited on
  
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• ‘All Is Well’ With April The Giraffe And Baby

  15-04-2017 18:07
  
  HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. (CBS4) – The Animal Adventure Park is updating April and baby’s condition.
  In a brief post on Facebook, they say that “all is well.” The text is accompanied by an adorable photo of April and baby.The park has yet to announce the baby’s gender.
  April had her baby early Saturday morning. Shortly thereafter it was taking its first steps and nursing.
  Streaming for weeks now, we were live with the birth on Facebook, with tens of thousands of people wat
  
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• Marchers Demand Trump To Release His Taxes

  15-04-2017 18:00
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Protesters in downtown are demanding President Donald Trump release his tax returns.
  The march began at 10 a.m. in Civic Center Park with speakers, and is expected to last into much of the afternoon.The group wants the president to release his returns by Sunday, tax day in the United States.
  “President Donald Trump’s team has gone back and forth over whether or not they will be releasing his taxes, and no date has been set in the event that they are,&r
  
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• Latest Forecast: A Little Cooler For Easter Bunny

  15-04-2017 16:50
  
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – A weak cold front pushed through the central Rockies early on Saturday. This front will cool temperatures, decrease wind and slightly increase relative humidity. This will be a little help with slowing down the fire danger for the Easter weekend. This front is still very dry so there is just a small chance for a few sprinkles from Denver into Northeast Colorado late in the day.
  If you are planning to go to Easter sunrise services on Sunday. It will be mostl
  
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• April’s Baby Takes First Steps

  15-04-2017 16:34
  
  HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. (CBS4) – For months the world watched and waited, and now we have a baby giraffe!
  The Animal Adventure Park posted on Facebook that everything went wonderfully, and that baby was already looking to nurse, which it’s doing now after having stood and taken its first steps.There’s no word yet on whether the baby is a boy or a girl, but park owner Jordan Patch promised to let us know as soon as they’re able to get in and find out for themselves.The baby&rsq
  
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• April’s Cam Now Sponsored By Babies R Us

  15-04-2017 16:27
  
  HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. (CBS4) – Appropriately enough, April the giraffe’s cam is now sponsored by Babies R Us.
  The switch from Toys R Us, with their giraffe logo, was made shortly after she had the baby Saturday morning.There’s no word on the baby’s gender yet, but Animal Adventure Park owner Jordan Patch says that the birth went just fine, and it looks like April and baby are both doing great.
  
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• April The Giraffe Has Calf Before 1.2 Million Online

  15-04-2017 16:17
  
  HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — April the giraffe has given birth at a New York zoo as more than a million people around the world watched live.
  The 15-year-old giraffe delivered her calf Saturday in an enclosed pen at the zoo in Harpursville, a rural upstate village about 130 miles (209 kilometers) northwest of New York City.At least 1.2 million people watched the Adventure Park’s YouTube stream .
  This is April’s fourth calf, but Animal Adventure Park’s first giraffe calf. The
  
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• April The Giraffe Had Her Baby!

  15-04-2017 16:01
  
  HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. (CBS4) – Millions watched and waited, and now April is a new mommy!
  April, a 15-year-old giraffe at the Animal Adventure Park outside of Binghamton. We do not yet know if it’s a boy or a girl.
  Thousands watched on our Facebook page and thousands more on the park’s live giraffe cam.Oliver, the parks’ other giraffe, is the calf’s father, and he could be seen in the back of the shot.
  The Animal Adventure Park live streamed the birth from the gro
  
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• April the giraffe in NY has calf before 1.2 million online

  15-04-2017 15:59
  
  HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — April the giraffe has given birth at a New York zoo as more than a million people around the world watched live.
  The 15-year-old giraffe delivered her calf Saturday in an enclosed pen at the zoo in Harpursville, a rural upstate village about 130 miles (209 kilometers) northwest of New York City.
  At least 1.2 million people watched the Adventure Park’s YouTube stream .
  This is April’s fourth calf, but Animal Adventure Park’s first giraffe calf. Th
  
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• April The Giraffe Giving Birth Before Online Audience

  15-04-2017 15:52
  
  HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. (CBS4) – A New York zoo’s livestream video of its pregnant giraffe is showing her giving birth.
  Adventure Park’s YouTube streaming of 15-year-old April the giraffe is capturing the moment live.A zoo spokesperson says the delivery could take all day Saturday.
  Typically, the front hooves appear first followed by the snout.
  The YouTube livestream shows more than 600,000 were watching the blessed event Saturday morning. Millions have viewed the livestream si
  
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• Animal Adventure Park: ‘We’re Having A Baby!’

  15-04-2017 14:27
  
  HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. (CBS4) – Animal Adventure Park owner Jordan Patch appeared in a Facebook live video as April the giraffe had her baby.
  Patch was doing a live with park staff, but said he had to end it so his phone’s battery doesn’t die. He promises, though, to do another live later on in the birthing process.Thousands are watching on our Facebook page and thousands more on the park’s live giraffe cam.
  
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• Watch: Animal Park Does Facebook Live As April Gives Birth

  15-04-2017 14:11
  
  HARPURSVILE, N.Y. (CBS4) – The Animal Adventure Park did a Facebook live outside of April’s pen as she was giving birth.
  Dr. Tim, April’s veterinarian, quietly updated the situation, saying that April is fine and everything is going great.
  With the live, they were also able to give a different angle on the birth. As thousands of others watched on the giraffe cam from up above, they had a ground-eye shot.
  Tens of thousands watched live on our Facebook page as the birth happened.
  
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• Park Releases Photo Of April The Giraffe Giving Birth

  15-04-2017 14:04
  
  HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. (CBS4) – The Animal Adventure Park posted a close up shot of April giving birth to their Facebook page.
  The post had no caption, nor is none needed, as we all know it’s happening!We’re streaming it live on our Facebook page, where the largest number of people yet are watching our refeed of April.
  
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• April The Giraffe Is Having Her Baby!

  15-04-2017 13:42
  
  HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. (CBS4) – Millions watched and waited, and now it’s happening.
  April, a 15-year-old giraffe at the Animal Adventure Park outside of Binghamton is currently giving birth.
  Thousands are watching on our Facebook page and thousands more on the park’s live giraffe cam.Oliver, the parks’ other giraffe, is the calf’s father, and he can be seen in the back of the shot.
  The Animal Adventure Park posted on their Facebook page that “it’s
  
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• Navy investigating California SEAL’s porn-movie moonlighting

  15-04-2017 10:29
  
  CORONADO, Calif. – The Navy is investigating a decorated SEAL who moonlights as a porn actor.
  The Naval Special Warfare Command wants to know whether Chief Special Warfare Officer Joseph Schmidt III properly obtained permission from his commanders for outside work and whether they condoned his acting career, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported Friday (http://bit.ly/2ozyWLt).
  “There are very clear regulations which govern outside employment … as well as prohibitions on behavio
  
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• Train stuck in tunnel 3 hours, then stun gun sparks stampede

  15-04-2017 10:22
  
  By Jennifer Peltz and Verena Dobnik, The Associated Press
  NEW YORK — A train with about 1,200 passengers became stuck in a tunnel between New York and New Jersey for nearly three hours on Friday, and the chaotic scene escalated to pandemonium when Amtrak police used a stun gun to subdue a disruptive man in a station, sparking a stampede.
  It was the latest in a series of recent rail problems plaguing the metropolitan area.
  The New Jersey Transit train became disabled in the Hudson River tun
  
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• Ask Amy: Checked-out husband now wants out

  15-04-2017 09:00
  
  Dear Amy: I am married to a beautiful woman who is pregnant with our second child. Over eight years of marriage, our ability to communicate and bond has deteriorated.
  We are complete opposites. I am the educated, driven workaholic, and she prefers the housewife role. I’ve always encouraged her to pursue something beyond that, but to no avail.
  All of our problems began early in our relationship when she revealed a serious problem with jealousy. She could not even stomach watching a lingerie
  
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• Tyler Anderson Lasts Only 4 Innings, Rockies Fall To Giants 8-2

  15-04-2017 08:13
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The San Francisco Giants got Johnny Cueto some runs to work with, and the right-hander took over from there.
  Cueto pitched seven effective innings, Brandon Crawford and Chris Marrero homered, and the Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 8-2 on Friday night.
  San Francisco led 4-0 after four innings.
  “Once I saw that I had that lead I told myself, ‘OK now I have to grind it, pitch and hold onto that lead,'” Cueto said through a translator.
  Cueto (3-0) allow
  
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• Spring cleaning: 4 steps to a more organized garage

  15-04-2017 08:13
  
  By Katherine Roth, The Associated Press
  Garages have a way of going from deep storage to cluttered chaos. Clearing out the flotsam and organizing what remains can be daunting or downright overwhelming.
  But with careful planning and a specific game plan, most garages can be organized in a day or a weekend, experts say. And if the job’s simply too much, consider hiring a professional organizer.
  “I don’t think you can just wake up one morning and say, ‘I’m going to org
  
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• Kit Carson County child welfare trying to recover after turmoil, mishandled cases

  15-04-2017 08:01
  
  When state investigators reviewed Kit Carson County’s child welfare division, they counted 73 cases of suspected child abuse and neglect with no documented follow-up to show whether those kids were safe.
  They discovered 28 children whose cases were assigned to child protection workers who didn’t even work for the county anymore. And in one case that resulted in the former director’s conviction for “failure to report child abuse,” a 14-year-old girl ga
  
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• The NBA playoffs have arrived, and here’s 10 things to watch

  15-04-2017 07:54
  
  With the NBA playoffs starting Saturday, here’s 10 things to know before the second season begins:
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  LEBRON IN FIRST ROUNDS
  Good luck, Indiana.
  LeBron James not only never loses in a first-round series, but the man rarely loses first-round playoff games, period.
  He’s played in 51 first-round games. His teams went 2-2 in his first four, and are 42-5 since — including 17-0 since May 6, 2012. James hasn’t played in a Game 6 in a first-round series since 2008.
  James has bee
  
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• Multiple execution plans in Arkansas appearing to unravel

  15-04-2017 07:53
  
  By Andrew Demillo, The Associated Press
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas’ already compromised plan to execute eight men by the end of the month appeared to unravel Friday, with a judge blocking the use of a lethal injection drug and the state’s highest court granting a stay to one of the first inmates who had been scheduled to die.
  Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen issued a temporary restraining order blocking the state from using its supply of vecuronium bromide after a
  
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• Intercontinental ballistic missiles and other military hardware rolled out in show of North Korea’s force

  15-04-2017 07:39
  
  PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea rolled out intercontinental ballistic missiles and other military hardware at a massive parade on Saturday to celebrate the birthday of the country’s late founder, as third-generation leader Kim Jong Un looked on in delight.
  State television showed Kim, wearing a black suit and white shirt, stepping out of a limousine and saluting his honor guard before walking down a red carpet. He then stepped up to a podium and clapped with senior government of
  
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• Bud Black ejected in a balk-filled loss for Rockies and Tyler Anderson at San Francisco

  15-04-2017 07:16
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Furious after the first-base umpire called him for a balk, again, Rockies left-hander Tyler Anderson threw up his arms and stomped toward the bag. DJ LeMahieu sprinted over to save his pitcher from a tossing. Their skipper was not so lucky.
  Rockies manager Bud Black was ejected in the fifth inning in a furious exchange with ump Bill Welke and San Francisco starter Johnny Cueto dominated Colorado again in the Giants’ runaway 8-2 victory in front of 42,738 at AT&T P
  
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• United worker eases fears of pet parent

  15-04-2017 06:36
  
  In her post, Cervantes says she was extremely nervous to travel with her dog Maya from Dallas to Hawaii where she was moving for her husband's military assignment.       
  
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• Scam callers claim to be from CSP

  15-04-2017 06:36
  
  CSP says to ignore calls from the number 720-502-0269 because it is a scam.       
  
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• Man holds car theft suspects at gunpoint

  15-04-2017 06:36
  
  A stolen car was tracked down to Englewood where a homeowner held the suspects at gunpoint until police arrived.       
  
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• Inside Aurora Amazon fulfillment center

  15-04-2017 06:17
  
  Today it's just the concrete shell, but by late summer the Amazon fulfillment center in Aurora will have 20 million items, 1,000 employees and 75 bays with trucks coming and going all day long.       
  
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• 9NEWS reporter stops assault

  15-04-2017 06:06
  
  Jeremy Jojola dropped the "f-bomb" on camera -- but trust us, he had the right to.        
  
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