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• March for Science draws advocates out in global show of support

  22-04-2017 23:57
  
  WASHINGTON — The world saw brain power take a different form Saturday.
  From the Washington Monument to Germany’s Brandenburg Gate and even to Greenland, scientists, students and research advocates rallied on an often soggy Earth Day, conveying a global message about scientific freedom without political interference, the need for adequate spending for future breakthroughs and just the general value of scientific pursuits.
  They came in numbers that were mammoth if not quite astronomica
  
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• Authorities drop 33 cases against Dakota Access protesters

  22-04-2017 23:42
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. — Authorities dropped nearly three dozen cases last month that stemmed from arrests of protesters against the Dakota Access crude oil pipeline, court records show.
  The Bismarck Tribune reported Saturday that prosecutors and judges dropped the 33 misdemeanor cases while another 14 were resolved by guilty pleas. Most of the cases dropped last month related to criminal trespass charges from the late summer and fall.
  Prosecutors struggled to prove those charges before Judge Alla
  
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• Changes coming for Blackhawks after another 1st-round loss

  22-04-2017 23:33
  
  CHICAGO — Coach Joel Quenneville will be back next season. Everything else is on the table for the Chicago Blackhawks.
  General manager Stan Bowman is promising changes after Chicago was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for the second straight year. The Blackhawks, who won the Stanley Cup in 2010, 2013 and 2015, were swept by Nashville this time around, managing just three goals in 13 periods.
  “Standing here April 22 is not the way we expected our season to end. And it&rs
  
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• ‘Ralphie’ Might Be Intimidation Factor At Pac-12 Golf Tourney In Boulder

  22-04-2017 23:26
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – The University of Colorado golf team is getting set to host the Pac-12 championships next weekend at the Boulder Country Club.
  It will mark the first time CU has hosted a conference championship golf tournament since the 1972 Big 8 tournament, which also was held at the Boulder Country Club.
  The Buffs are hoping for some home-course advantages. They’ve been practicing at the Boulder Country Club three days a week, so that should help.
  Playing at high altitude
  
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• Saunders: Clayton Kershaw’s diva act, Greg Holland’s closing act and assorted Rockies notes

  22-04-2017 23:18
  
  Cleaning out my baseball notebook …
  Kershaw’s comments: In case you missed it, Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw got upset because Rockies starter Tyler Anderson was jogging in from the bullpen, delaying the start of Wednesday’s game.
  “That was one of the more disrespectful things I have been a part of in a game,” Kershaw said after the game. “I really didn’t appreciate that. The game starts at 7:10 and has started at 7:10 here for a long time. Just go around
  
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• Northwest Colorado shaken by earthquake that “felt like an explosion”

  22-04-2017 23:12
  
  A 3.5-magnitude earthquake shook extreme northwest Colorado on Saturday morning, alarming residents in the town of Rangely.
  “It felt like an explosion, honestly,” said Miranda Hayes, a Rangely Police Department dispatcher. “Everything in the office rattled and shook. It just felt like — I don’t know, it was scary.”
  The United States Geological Survey in Golden confirmed the quake, which happened at about 11 a.m. just outside of Rangely. It was at a depth
  
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• Frei: Avalanche can make changes without cleaning house

  22-04-2017 23:04
  
  As noted before, the Avalanche apparently is sticking with general manager Joe Sakic and coach Jared Bednar in the wake of the worst regular-season performance (22-56-4) the NHL has seen since the expansion Atlanta Thrashers in 1999-2000.
  Events of the last couple of weeks are reminders of how drastically that cuts against the NHL grain.
  On Thursday, the Buffalo Sabres fired general manager Tim Murray and coach Dan Bylsma. In the wake of the moves, owner Terry Pegula — whose portfolio also
  
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• Man found dead of suspected drug overdose after vehicle pursuit, scuffle with deputy in Adams County

  22-04-2017 22:34
  
  A man was found dead of a suspected drug overdose early Saturday after a brief vehicle pursuit and a scuffle with a sheriff’s deputy in Adams County.
  The ordeal began at about 3:30 a.m. when the deputy responded to a report of a drunk or drugged driver. He then found the suspect and tried to pull him over, but the man wouldn’t stop, according to Sgt. Jim Morgen, an Adams County Sheriff’s Office spokesman.
  “I wouldn’t call it a pursuit because it sounds like the guy
  
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• Bipartisan Deal At Capitol Will Change Colorado’s Housing Market

  22-04-2017 22:11
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – After years of fighting state lawmakers have reached a compromise that will change Colorado’s housing market.
  Lawmakers are changing rules that limited construction in the metro area.
  The state is in a construction boom with new, massive apartment complexes. But the building has come at the price of home ownership and a growing crisis. Now there may be a solution where Democrats and Republicans have what might be a signature win.
  (credit: CBS)
  “There is more pow
  
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• Phone Scam: Fake CDOT Representative Threatens ‘Deportation’

  22-04-2017 21:51
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The Colorado Department of Transportation is warning about a phone scam that involves a caller saying they are a CDOT representative and requesting personal information.
  “Multiple community members have reported that they were contacted by a person claiming to be a CDOT representative. The caller states that they are conducting a survey on behalf of CDOT and requesting personal information such as date of birth, driver’s license number and address,” CDOT s
  
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• Rockies’ Rookie Senzatela Looks To Improve To 3-0

  22-04-2017 21:36
  
  DENVER (The Sports Xchange) – Antonio Senzatela, a 22-year-old rookie who had never pitched above the Double-A level before this season, will try to continue his impressive career start for the Colorado Rockies and beat the slumping San Francisco Giants on Saturday.
  The Rockies have won the three games started in the big leagues by Senzatela, who is 2-0 with a 2.37 ERA and has allowed four walks with 14 strikeouts in 19 innings. He is 1-0 with a 3.86 ERA against the Giants, having pitched
  
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• American Airlines Tries To Learn From United’s Mistakes In Latest Incident

  22-04-2017 21:28
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Another day, another cellphone video of a conflict on an airplane.
  American Airlines said it grounded a flight attendant who got into a verbal confrontation with a passenger after taking a baby stroller away from another passenger on a Friday flight from San Francisco to Dallas-Fort Worth. The incident comes less than two weeks after video of a man being violently dragged off a United Express flight sparked widespread outrage .
  A video posted to Facebook captured the moment
  
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• Deputies recover body of man missing after Wellington Lake canoe accident

  22-04-2017 21:21
  
  Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies recovered the body of Henry Wendel, a man who had been missing since a canoe accident at Wellington Lake on March 22.
  Wendel and his wife were in the canoe when it overturned in the lake. His wife was taken to a hospital with severe hypothermia and a multi-day search started for the 66-year-old man.
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• March For Science rally draws largest crowd downtown since Women’s March

  22-04-2017 20:01
  
  Thousands of scientists and science supporters joined the March For Science  through downtown Denver Saturday in the city’s largest rally since the Women’s March in January.
  In cities across the globe — as close as Boulder and as far away as Washington D.C. and a German scientific enclave in Antarctica — marchers showed support for evidence-based and science-based public policy, protested potential cuts to federally-funded research and expressed disappointment with t
  
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• Golf ball pieces from harvest cause hash brown recall

  22-04-2017 19:37
  
  MATTHEWS, N.C. — A food company is recalling frozen hash browns from stores in nine states because the potatoes may have pieces of golf balls in them.
  McCain Foods USA’s recall notice said the golf balls apparently were “inadvertently harvested” along with the potatoes and chopped up. They say the pieces could be a choking hazard, but no injuries have been reported.
  The company is recalling 2-pound bags of Harris Teeter Brand Frozen Southern Style Hash Browns in North Car
  
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• Man Found Dead In Backyard After Scuffle With Deputies

  22-04-2017 19:17
  
  ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Authorities in Adams County are investigating the death of a man who tried to flee from deputies.
  According to the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a possible drunk driving call around 4 a.m. Saturday. When they arrived the suspect pulled into a random driveway and attempted to enter a house.
  The sheriff’s office said deputies made contact with the man after he couldn’t get into the home. He appeared uneasy and a short scuf
  
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• Denver Police Investigating Possible Homicide

  22-04-2017 19:04
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Denver police are investigating a man’s death on the southwest side of the city.
  Officers responded to a call near West Evans Avenue and South Sheridan Boulevard around 8 p.m. Friday.
  Police have not confirmed if it was a deadly shooting and they do not have any suspect information to release.
  
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• Another Body Found In Colorado Springs

  22-04-2017 18:48
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – Police in Colorado Springs are investigating after a body was found in a creek Saturday morning.
  According to police, the body was found in Fountain Creek in the 3000 block of West Colorado Avenue near Old Colorado City around 8 a.m. by someone walking their dog.
  Police confirm the body is that of a man in his 50s. A woman told KKTV in Colorado Springs that she believes the man is a transient.
  No other information has been released about the discovery.
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• Latest Forecast: Soggy Saturday To Sunny Sunday

  22-04-2017 16:43
  
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – Our soggy storm system is slowly losing it’s grip on the Rocky Mountain region.
  After a morning filled with rain or rain mixed with snow the Front Range should see gradually clearing skies as Saturday rolls on. Many areas of eastern Colorado have picked up anywhere from a tenth of an inch to over one inch of water over the past two days. Very beneficial moisture to help keep our fire danger in check.
  Temperatures across Colorado will remain on the coo
  
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• Story, Blackmon Power Rockies To 6-5 Win Over Giants

  22-04-2017 06:06
  
  DENVER (AP) — Trevor Story hit his first career grand slam and Charlie Blackmon lined an inside-the-park homer as part of a six-run fourth inning, helping the Colorado Rockies beat Johnny Cueto and the San Francisco Giants 6-5 on a rainy Friday night.
  It’s the first time an NL team has hit a grand slam and an inside-the-parker in the same inning since the 1950 New York Giants, according to STATS. The Boston Red Sox accomplished the feat in 2011.
  Tyler Chatwood (2-2) started off shaky
  
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• Surveillance Video Shows Trash Scattered Across Park After 4/20 Festival

  22-04-2017 06:00
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– The country’s largest 4/20 festival left something behind that didn’t sit well with Denver residents– trash was strewn across Civic Center Park Friday morning, covering the grass and brick walkways.
  Water bottles, smashed food, and other nasty garbage littered the park lawn and pavement.
  (credit: CBS)
  Organizers said the trash had been cleaned up after the event, and that someone had then dumped out close to 80 bags of garbage overnight.
  (credit: Denver Pol
  
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• Vandal At Popular Recreation Spot Wanted

  22-04-2017 05:42
  
  By Jeff Todd
  LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– The Larimer County Department of Natural Resources is asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect who allegedly vandalized parts of Horsetooth Reservoir.
  The department posted four pictures to its Facebook page which show a man in a green jacket and his hair in a bun as he enters a bathroom. Two more pictures show the vandalism.
  (credit: Facebook)
  The department says this isn’t the first time.
  “For several years, someone h
  
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• Mother Injured In Fugitive’s Crash Continues To Recover

  22-04-2017 05:30
  
  LOVELAND, Colo. (CBS4)– A mother, caught in the middle of a crime spree, continues to recover from serious injuries in the aftermath of a crash.
  The suspect, Adam Fulford, was allegedly trying to get away from police in a stolen vehicle when it slammed into Tara Hildebrand in Loveland on the morning of March 31. Also in her car, her two children who were on their way to school when a suspect slammed into them.
  (credit – Eric Rollison)
  Hildebrand can barely recall what happened t
  
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• Mother In Crime Spree Crash Continues To Recover

  22-04-2017 05:30
  
  LOVELAND, Colo. (CBS4)– A mother, caught in the middle of a crime spree, continues to recover from serious injuries in the aftermath of a crash. Also in the car, her two children, they were on their way to school when a suspect slammed into them.
  The suspect, Adam Fulford, was allegedly trying to get away from police in a stolen vehicle when it slammed into Tara Hildebrand in Loveland on the morning of March 31.
  (credit – Eric Rollison)
  Hildebrand can barely recall what happened that
  
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• Ed McCaffrey Leaving Radio Show

  22-04-2017 05:03
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Former Denver Broncos Ed McCaffrey announced on social media that he is leaving his radio gig.
  The wide receiver turned radio host announced on his Instagram account Friday that he is leaving Denver Sports 760 and Broncos Radio.
  “I’m going to miss you guys but I’m also looking forward to Football Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, (some Mondays and Thursdays) with Lisa and my boys,” read part of the post.
  Of course he signed off with Go Broncos!”
  
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• Celebrate Record Store Day With Special Studio C Vinyl Release

  22-04-2017 04:55
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Saturday is the 10th annual Record Store Day and music lovers can get a special KBCO Studio C vinyl release.
  KBCO’s Bret Saunders talked to CBS4’s Jim Benemann about the 45 rpm record on CBS4’s 6 p.m. News.
  KBCO’s Bret Saunders (credit: CBS)
  “It’s on clear vinyl!” said Saunders. “I don’t know what kind of science goes into this.”
  “It features two bands who recorded in our KBCO Studios,” said Saunders. &l
  
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• RTD Celebrates A Line’s 1st Anniversary

  22-04-2017 04:23
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Saturday is the one year anniversary of the “Train to the Plane.” RTD’s A Line opened for operation from Union Station in downtown Denver to Denver International Airport on April 22, 2016.
  Despite a rough ride at times that includes power outages, delayed trains and bus shuttles, some regular users give the A Line a positive review.
  (credit: CBS)
  “I waited and waited and waited for it to open up. I live downtown and I was driving Pena Boulevard, I was
  
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• April The Giraffe’s Live Feed Turned Off But Park Not Done Talking

  22-04-2017 04:08
  
  NEW YORK (CBS4) – The last live feed of April the giraffe and her newborn son came to close Friday afternoon.
  The Animal Adventure Park gently pulled the plug after thanking its global audience for following the months-long feed.Be sure to follow CBS Denver’s Facebook page Monday. Park owner Jordan Patch will speak with us live.
   
  
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• Students Arrested, Accused Of Making Fake Threats To Schools

  22-04-2017 03:44
  
  DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Two students in Douglas County have been arrested, accused of calling in fake threats to multiple schools on Thursday.
  Investigators say the students were trying to shut down the schools on the anniversary of the Columbine shootings that happened 18 years ago.Investigators have not released which schools were targeted.The students face misdemeanor and felony charges.
  
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• Autistic Teens Missing From Westminster Group Home

  22-04-2017 03:20
  
  WESTMINSTER, Colo. (CBS4) – Two teens are reported missing at this hour following their disappearance from a group home in Westminster.
  Owen Hanson, 18, and Brennan Burchard, 17, were last seen at 6:10 p.m. Thursday near Wadsworth Blvd and Church Ranch Road.
  Both are autistic and function mentally at the level of a nine-year-old, according to Westminster Police and Colorado Bureau of Investigation alerts.
  Hanson also requires medication that he did not take with him.
  Owen Hanson
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• Drug 10,000 Times More Potent Than Morphine Found In Eagle County

  22-04-2017 02:58
  
  EAGLE COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– A drug 10,000 times more potent than morphine is part of an investigation in Eagle County.The drug, Carfentanil, has been linked to a significant number of overdose deaths in various parts of the country. It was found at the scene of an incident in Eagle County.“Doing any illegal drugs is foolish and harmful to your health and the health of those around you, but drug dealers are now lacing other more sociably acceptable drugs with fentanyl and Carfentanil
  
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• Gorsuch Faced Early Test In Court’s Life-And-Death Power

  22-04-2017 02:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Just 11 days on the job, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch had an early taste of the weighty power that sometimes comes to a member of the nation’s highest court.
  Gorsuch for the first time faced a vote in which he could have spared a man’s life.While his four more liberal colleagues voted to block the execution of convicted murderer Ledell Lee in Arkansas, Gorsuch joined with his four conservative colleagues to let the state’s lethal injection process
  
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• Scattered Showers and Cool Through Saturday…A Nice Warm-Up for Sunday

  22-04-2017 02:35
  
  By Ed Greene
  DENVER (CBS4)– A cold, gray and showery way to end the week, with Friday’s high only reaching 48 degrees both officially at the airport and downtown. Scattered showers could be back again tomorrow with a mostly cloudy Saturday but slightly warmer – high in the mid 50s. Sunday will be the perfect way to end the weekend: sunshine returns and temperature warms into the mid 70s! Monday looks like more of the same with a high in the low 70s.
  Then the next system with be
  
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