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• Colorado Bills To Fund Roads, Rural Hospitals Languish

  20-04-2017 23:44
  
  DENVER (AP) — They said it wouldn’t be easy and it certainly has not been this week as bills to modernize Colorado’s aging road network and support rural hospitals languish in the state Legislature.
  Twice this week, Republican leaders who control the Senate have tried to lower expectations that lawmakers will accomplish either in the session, which has just three weeks left before lawmakers take a break until January.
  Democrats vow to keep fighting but warn there’s a risk
  
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• Arson Charges Filed In Hwy. 285 Fire

  20-04-2017 22:55
  
  JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Arson charges have been filed against one man accused of starting a fire near homes in Jefferson County last month.
  The North Turkey Creek Fire along Highway 285 spread dangerously fast, came within feet of five homes and took the work of six fire agencies to extinguish. It burned nearly 10 acres on March 22.
  North Turkey Creek Fire (credit: CBS)
  North Turkey Creek Fire (credit: CBS)
  Eight homes and businesses were advised to evacuate. One outbuilding and t
  
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• Ricky Morton Of Rock ‘n’ Roll Express On Getting Into WWE Hall Of Fame

  20-04-2017 22:49
  
  By Chuck Carroll
  Their colorful tassels would blow behind them, tied taught to their arms as they ran to the ring. Tens of thousands of screaming fans would cram into arenas, waiting for the emergence of Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton. And as the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express came through the curtain the sound was deafening.
  The venues were sold out, and the women were in hysterics. It was like the Beatles coming to America, only this was the squared circle. Gibson and Morton were so popular
  
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• Coroner Identifies 2 Killed In Home Explosion

  20-04-2017 22:43
  
  FIRESTONE, Colo. (CBS4)– The Weld County Coroner’s Office officially confirmed the names of those killed when home exploded in Firestone on Monday afternoon.
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  On Monday night the two story home on Twilight Avenue collapsed and went up in flames. Mountain Range High School science teacher Erin Martinez and her husband Mark were inside along with two others, Mark’s brother-in-law Joseph William Irwin III and a child.
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  Mark and Irwin were killed. At a vig
  
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• Islamic State Behind Paris Police Attack

  20-04-2017 22:34
  
  PARIS (CBS4) – The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the deadly shooting on Paris’ Champs Elysees.
  One police officer was killed and two others were critically hurt in the attack.
  A statement from the group’s news agency gave a pseudonym for the shooting indicating he was Belgian. The attacker, identified as Aby Yusuf al-Beljiki, opened fire on a police can before being killed. That pseudonym indicates the attacker had some sort of ties to Islamic extremism.
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• Survivor Castaways Hali And Ozzy Reflect In Post-Elimination Q&A

  20-04-2017 22:23
  
  (CBS) – CBS aired Season 34, Episodes 8 & 9 of Survivor: Game Changes, and we had the chance to interview the recent castoffs, Hali Ford and Ozzy Lusth. Both of these players had their torches snuffed for different reasons in the double episode.
  (credit: CBS)
  Here’s their unique perspectives (as told to CBS Local’s Samantha Bennet and Adam Bloom) on being voted off the island as well as insight into their game play and what they thought of their competition as the jury
  
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• Denver Just Days Away From Setting New All-Time ‘Least Snowy’ Record

  20-04-2017 22:02
  
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – The Mile High City is on the verge of setting a significant benchmark in it’s climate history.
  Denver International Airport has recorded 19.4 inches of snow since the season began on July 1, 2016. Normal season-to-date snowfall for mid-April is closer to 55 inches.
  A snow season runs from July 1 through June 30 of the following year.
  Snow records have been kept in Denver since 1882. The current ‘least snowy season’ on record is 1888-1889. On
  
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• Department’s Playful Tweet Walks Line Between Strict Enforcement, Community Engagement

  20-04-2017 20:58
  
  WYOMING, Minn. (CBS4) – A Minnesota police department took a light-hearted approach Thursday to the pro-marijuana culture’s annual celebration of 4/20.
  The Wyoming Police Department tweeted “Uncover #420 operations are in place. Discreet traps have been set up throughout the city today.”
  The tweet featured a staged photo of an officer with a butterfly net ready to pounce on presumably unwary cannabis enthusiasts lured by a collection of snacks, soda, and a video game.Unde
  
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• 3 Arrested In String Of Burglaries

  20-04-2017 20:21
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Three people have been arrested in a string of burglaries and other thefts in the Denver metro area.
  Luis Ortega, Anessa Suazo and Anthony Wilcox (credit: CBS)
  Police say Luis Ortega, Anessa Suazo and Anthony Wilcox broke into three homes and also stole a car.
  Wilcox also faces charges in another burglary case.
  
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• Corey Chavous On NFL Draft: Watson To Browns At 12 Will Be First QB Taken

  20-04-2017 19:29
  
  Bryan Altman
  The NFL Draft, the biggest weekend of the NFL offseason, is rapidly approaching, and the football world can’t wait. For teams near the top of the draft board (and generally the bottom of the standings), the draft represents hope. Will the infusion of top college talent lead a franchise back to glory? For championship contenders, the it’s a chance to plug a missing piece into an already playoff-ready roster.
  That’s why draft d
  
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• Corey Chavous On NFL Draft: Watson To Browns At 12 Will Be First QB

  20-04-2017 19:29
  
  Bryan Altman
  The NFL Draft, the biggest weekend of the NFL offseason, is rapidly approaching, and the football world can’t wait. For teams near the top of the draft board (and generally the bottom of the standings), the draft represents hope. Will the infusion of top college talent lead a franchise back to glory? For championship contenders, the it’s a chance to plug a missing piece into an already playoff-ready roster.
  That’s why draft d
  
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• Time Magazine: Mom Defying Deportation A ‘Most Influential’ Person

  20-04-2017 19:21
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – An undocumented immigrant taking sanctuary in a Denver church has been named to Time Magazine’s annual list of the world’s most influential people.
  Time’s description of Jeanette Vizguerra is written by actress America Ferrera. Ferrera praises Vizguerra, who recently started taking sanctuary in the basement of First Unitarian Church (where federal agents won’t go), as an “outspoken union organizer and building her own company before
  
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• Popular Giraffe Cam That Featured Birth Of April’s Baby To Go Dark Friday

  20-04-2017 18:29
  
  HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. (CBS4) – The time is now set for the end of what was one of the most popular live streaming events in internet history.
  April the giraffe gave birth last Saturday to a calf in New York, and for more than a month people around the world watched on Animal Adventure Park’s live video feed while she got closer and closer to having the baby.An online vote is ongoing to name the giraffe baby, who the Adventure Park wrote on Facebook Thursday “continues to gain!&rdq
  
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• Phil Simms Lands New Role With CBS Sports

  20-04-2017 18:14
  
  (The Sports Xchange) – Phil Simms was added to CBS’ “NFL Today” roster on Wednesday, two weeks removed from being replaced by Tony Romo on the network’s top broadcast team.
  Phil Simms (credit: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for On Location Experiences)
  Simms joins James Brown, Bill Cowher, Bart Scott and Boomer Esiason on the “NFL Today” set. He replaces Tony Gonzalez, who announced his departure last month.
  Simms spent the last 19 seasons at CBS as the netwo
  
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• Witnesses Say They Saw Plane Losing Altitude Before Crash

  20-04-2017 17:59
  
  By Matt Kroschel
  SALIDA, Colo. (CBS4) – Witnesses said they saw a single engine Cessna plane lose altitude before crash landing in a cow pasture near the Salida airport Wednesday evening.
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  The crash happened just after 7 p.m. in southern Chaffee County.
  Emergency responders found the pilot alive and uninjured and said there was significant damage to the aircraft.
  One witness who did not want to be identified took a photograph of the plane moments before it went down aroun
  
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• Mom living in Denver church for sanctuary among TIME’s 100 most influential people

  20-04-2017 17:50
  
  Jeanette Vizguerra, a mother of four who has been living in a Denver church to avoid deportation, has been named one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world.
  A short biography about Vizguerra on the magazine’s website, written by actress America Ferrera, says “she shed blood, sweat and tears to become a business owner, striving to give her children more opportunities than she had. This is not a crime. This is the American Dream.”
  Vizguerra’s
  
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• Broncos to open 2017 against Chargers

  20-04-2017 17:46
  
  For the seventh consecutive year, the Broncos will open their football season at home.       
  
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• Ex-Glenwood art center boss faces felony fraud charge for bad rent checks

  20-04-2017 17:43
  
  Christina Brusig, who resigned earlier this month as executive director of the Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts, faces a felony fraud charge in Eagle County.
  Christina BrusigBrusig is scheduled to appear Monday in Eagle County on a felony charge of fraud by check, involving about $18,000. An Eagle County arrest warrant was issued in January.
  In October, a couple told Eagle police that they had been renting a home to Brusig in New Castle since December 2014, but she stopped paying rent in Jul
  
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• Colorado lawmakers’ grand bargain on transportation appears doomed

  20-04-2017 17:08
  
  The Colorado legislative session’s top priority, a major transportation bill that seeks a tax hike to improve and expand highways, is unlikely to win approval this term.
  Senate President Kevin Grantham, a Cañon City Republican and one of the prime sponsors, announced Thursday morning that he does not have the votes to move it through the GOP-led chamber.
  “At this point, we can’t count to three,” he said, describing the number of votes he needs to advance it th
  
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• Man indicted for allegedly driving into four Colorado Springs elementary school students

  20-04-2017 17:06
  
  A 60-year-old man has been indicted on several charges — including a felony — for allegedly driving into four Colorado Spring elementary school students in January as they legally crossed a street.
  Douglas Clubb is accused of child abuse resulting in serious injury, three counts of misdemeanor child abuse and four traffic offenses. He was taken into custody on April 13.
  The El Paso County District Attorney’s Office says a grand jury returned an indictment against Clubb on April
  
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• NFL To Broncos Aqib Talib: Take A Firearm Safety Course

  20-04-2017 16:55
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) – Members of the Denver Broncos “No Fly Zone” secondary are relieved that star Aqib Talib won’t face a suspension over the shooting in Dallas last year in which the All-Pro cornerback admitted he accidentally shot himself.
  Aqib Talib (credit: CBS)
  “Absolutely,” safety Darian Stewart said Wednesday. “You can’t replace Talib. He’s a hell of a player, an All-Pro player year in and year out and a guy we count on week in and
  
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• “The DEA has lost its moral authority”: Rep. Jared Polis pulls no punches in exclusive interview

  20-04-2017 16:51
  
  In his eight years on Capitol Hill, Congressman Jared Polis has doggedly championed cannabis legalization.
  For the Democrat from Colorado, it’s a matter of personal freedom, a means toward more a effective criminal justice system, and a potential boost for local and regional economies. It’s also policy that a majority of voters in his home state want: Colorado legalized medical marijuana in 2000 and then became the first U.S. state to have legal, regulated sales of recreational marij
  
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• Concerns about Trump administration spur Thompson Divide oil and gas lease lawsuit

  20-04-2017 16:48
  
  Questions about whether the Trump administration will defend a recent decision canceling oil and gas leases in Thompson Divide led Pitkin County and a local nonprofit to sue the federal government Wednesday, officials said.
  The lawsuit, filed by the Pitkin Board of County Commissioners and the Carbondale-based Wilderness Workshop, essentially is an insurance policy in case a judge decides to overturn the Bureau of Land Management’s November decision canceling 25 oil and gas leases in the T
  
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• Mother’s Day Gifts For New Moms

  20-04-2017 16:43
  
  By Deb Flomberg
  A woman’s first Mother’s Day is always the most exciting. It’s a chance to show the new mom in your life just how special she is and what a great mother she has already become, so it’s important to find a way to truly honor and celebrate her on this big day. From creating a simple framed photo to a whole day of planned activities, there are so many great ways to show the new mom in your life how loved she truly is.
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• DIY Mother’s Day Dinner Recipes

  20-04-2017 16:43
  
  By Deb Flomberg
  One of the best ways to show mom you care on Mother’s Day is to head to the kitchen, roll up your sleeves and prepare her a delicious, well-deserved meal. She’ll appreciate your time and efforts spent over the stove, and you’ll get to treat the woman you love most to a homemade gift that includes time spent together enjoying the fruits of your labor.
  Wary of your lack of experience in the kitchen? There’s no need to be nervous about tackling the cooking on
  
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• 5 Handmade Mother’s Day Gift Ideas

  20-04-2017 16:43
  
  By Deb Flomberg
  They always say that the best gifts are handmade, and it’s true. Whether you have a ton of artistic skill or you’re just finally trying your hand at a crafting day – there are many fun and easy things you can do to show mom that you care. Crafting with the kids is also a great way to make some special gifts together while you create memories that will be treasured for a lifetime to come. So forget another gift card or Mother’s Day scarf, and try your hand
  
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• 5 Activities To Do With Your Mom On Mother’s Day

  20-04-2017 16:43
  
  By Deb Flombgerg
  Mother’s Day is almost here, so if you haven’t spent some time figuring out how to tell mom that you appreciate all she’s done for you, this is your official call to action. You don’t have to spend a ton of money to show mom some love on the big day, either. There are lots of things you can do together, for very little money, that will create a beautiful and picture-perfect Mother’s Day for the most important woman in your life. Here are a few ideas
  
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• The Origins Of 4/20, Marijuana’s High Holiday, Explained

  20-04-2017 16:40
  
  (AP) — Thursday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather — at 4:20 p.m. — in clouds of smoke on campus quads and when pot shops in legal weed states thank their customers with discounts.
  Smoking marijuana (credit: JASON CONNOLLY/AFP/Getty Images)
  This year’s edition provides an occasion for pot activists to reflect on how far their movement has come, with recreational pot now allowed in eight states and the nation’s capital, a
  
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• The Trump administration has deported a “dreamer” for first time, advocates say

  20-04-2017 16:38
  
  Juan Manuel Montes Bojorquez appeared to have a promising future in the United States.
  He is now one of the first dreamers to be deported by President Donald Trump, immigration advocates and lawyers say, violating the protected status undocumented people brought to the United States as children are expected to have.
  As recently as February, the 23-year-old – who was brought to the United States as a child – had a job picking fruits and vegetables in California fields while he pursued
  
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• Colorado man arrested in New Mexico on 11th DWI charge

  20-04-2017 16:22
  
  PECOS, N.M. — A Colorado man has been arrested for the 11th time on suspicion of driving drunk after authorities received numerous calls about an erratic driver near the northern New Mexico community of Pecos.
  State police identified the driver as 56-year-old Terry Huff of Greeley. He was booked into the San Miguel County jail on charges of DWI, child abuse and reckless driving. It wasn’t clear if he had an attorney.
  Police say Huff’s breath alcohol content was three times the
  
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• Turnout Expected To Be Huge For Denver 4/20 Rally

  20-04-2017 16:21
  
  By Jamie Leary
  DENVER (CBS4) – As the 4th annual 4/20 Rally gets underway in Denver, Denver police want to remind attendees that it is still illegal to smoke in public. Even within the confines of the event.
  “We probably won’t stop them but Denver police will,” said one event organizer.
  Weed flag (credit: JASON CONNOLLY/AFP/Getty Images)
  Last year, Denver police handed out tickets and made more than 60 marijuana related arrests.RELATED STORIES: Marijuana Legalization Stor
  
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• Police, DEA identify 13 suspects in alleged Denver metro meth-cocaine ring with Mexican ties

  20-04-2017 15:58
  
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  Federal law enforcement agents along with local police fanned out across the Denver metro area Thursday morning arresting defendants in a multi-million drug trafficking operation that  brought large quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine into the country from Mexico.
  Authorities raided multiple locations in the Denver metro area, according to  reports filed
  
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• Fact Checker: President Trump’s claim that “no administration has accomplished more in the first 90 days”

  20-04-2017 15:50
  
  “No administration has accomplished more in the first 90 days.”
  – President Trump, remarks in Kenosha, Wis., April 18, 2017
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  The first 100 days of a presidency is a rather artificial milestone, but one by which all presidents have been measured since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s whirlwind of action when he took office in the midst of the Great Depression. President Donald Trump appears especially conscious of this marker. During the presidential campaign, he even issued
  
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• Latest Forecast: Spring Storm Set To Bring Rain And Snow Almost Statewide

  20-04-2017 15:36
  
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – A strong spring storm system will move into Colorado Thursday bringing a near 100% chance for rain to Denver and the Front Range by Thursday night. For many areas, the rain will initially develop during the late afternoon or early evening on Thursday.
  Prior to the start of the precipitation, clouds will gradually increase through the day and temperatures will be noticeably cooler. Highs around Denver, Boulder, and Fort Collins will reach the lower 60s
  
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• Man Arrested On 11th DWI Charge

  20-04-2017 15:25
  
  PECOS, N.M. (AP) — A Colorado man has been arrested for the 11th time on suspicion of driving drunk after authorities received numerous calls about an erratic driver near the northern New Mexico community of Pecos.
  State police identified the driver as 56-year-old Terry Huff of Greeley. He was booked into the San Miguel County jail on charges of DWI, child abuse and reckless driving. It wasn’t clear if he had an attorney.
  Police say Huff’s breath alcohol content was three times
  
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• OneRepublic Joins ‘Take Note’ Concert Lineup

  20-04-2017 15:05
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Another big Colorado-based band is joining next month’s Take Note: The Concert event.
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  OneRepublic will perform in the benefit show which features some of Colorado’s most popular musicians raising money for music education in schools.
  LINK: Ticket Information for Take Note The Concert
  The band will join Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Isaac Slade of The Fray, Todd Park Mohr, Billy Nershi of The String Cheese Incident and Tracksuit
  
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• Fire Forces Evacuation, Closure Of Westminster High School

  20-04-2017 14:56
  
  WESTMINSTER, Colo. (CBS4) – Classes are canceled Thursday at Westminster High School after a small fire in a computer lab.
  Westminster High School (credit: CBS)
  School officials described it as an electronic equipment fire, and it’s not clear what caused it. They said it happened Wednesday night just before 9 p.m.
  After a hallway filled with smoke, firefighters were able to get the fire out quickly.
  An auditorium in the school was full of people for an event and had to be evacuated.
  
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• Gonzalez Suffers Hand Bruise, Rockies Fall To Dodgers 4-2

  20-04-2017 14:42
  
  LOS ANGELES (The Sports Xchange) – Clayton Kershaw felt disrespected by the Colorado Rockies before he threw a pitch. However, after a shaky first inning, Kershaw found his rhythm and delivered a small act of revenge against the Rockies.
  Scott Van Slyke homered, and the Los Angeles Dodgers ended a three-game slide with a 4-2 victory over the Rockies on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium.
  Kershaw (3-1) fanned 10, walked one and gave up two runs on five hits in seven innings to improve to 10-
  
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• Latest Forecast: Spring Storm Set To Bring Much Needed Moisture

  20-04-2017 09:16
  
  By Lauren Whitney
  DENVER (CBS4) – A much needed spring storm is heading to Colorado, storms and rain are already popping up across the state. We’ll start getting rain through the afternoon and it could stick around through Friday evening.
  We could get a few isolated storms, but the threat of severe storms is very low. Temperatures today will drop to the low 60s, and we’ll get down to the 40s tomorrow.
  Our mountains will get a good shot of snow, bringing up to 10 inches in some
  
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• Police Officers Indicted For Alleged Embezzlement, Forgery

  20-04-2017 06:43
  
  GOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4) – Two police officers have been indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury after being accused of falsifying reports and embezzling grant money intended to provide overtime for officers for patrol work.
  Leonard Portugal, 47, and Ricardo Hernandez, 43, with the Mountain View Police Department are accused of “attempt to influence a public servant, forgery, embezzlement of public property, and theft,” according to the First Judicial District Attorney’s Of
  
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• Police Investigating Fatal Crash On I-70

  20-04-2017 05:52
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Police are investigating after a fatal crash Wednesday night.
  Officers responded to the crash near Interstate 70 and Peoria Street just after 9:30 p.m.#DPD #TRAFFIC officers are on-scene @ I-70 & Peoria, managing a fatal crash. Southbound Havana to Eastbound I-70 is closed. #DENVER pic.twitter.com/lLSEvWpdTb
  — Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) April 20, 2017
  Southbound Havana to eastbound I-70 had to be closed for the investigation.
  No other details have been re
  
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• Parents Still Waiting For Justice 11 Years After Son’s Murder

  20-04-2017 05:35
  
  By Lauren DiSpirito
  THORNTON, Colo. (CBS4) – A Thornton man’s parents are waiting for justice 11 years after his shooting death.
  On April 20, 2006, Floyd Robert Sanchez, 23, was shot in the abdomen outside an Adams County bar. His parents, Margie and Floyd Sanchez, say their son had bet on a game of pool with friends and two opponents they did not know. When the game ended and Sanchez won, they say his opponents shot him and his friends outside the bar. Sanchez died hours later. The
  
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• Small Catholic Church Protests Decision To Shut It Down

  20-04-2017 05:20
  
  By Andrea Flores
  ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Our Lady of Visitation Catholic Church is fighting back against the Archdiocese of Denver’s orders to shut the church down.
  Pierre Lopez, President of Our Lady of Visitation, has been attending the church for 57 years.
  Our Lady of Visitation Catholic Church (credit: CBS)
  “(Archdiocese leaders) came down and told us that they would be closing Our Lady of Visitation due to a shortage of priests in the state of Colorado,” Lopez s
  
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