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• Prospects Rise For Colorado Energy Office Renewal

  09-05-2017 23:56
  DENVER (AP) – The Republican sponsor of a bill to save a Colorado energy agency added some elements enticing to Democrats and secured a high-ranking Democratic House co-sponsor, raising prospects that the office will be renewed in one form or another.
  Sen. Ray Scott’s bill would promote oil and gas production and cut several renewable energy and energy efficiency programs implemented by the Colorado Energy Office, whose funding expires June 30.
  Sen. Ray Scott (R) Grand Junction (cred
  
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• Trump Fires FBI Director Comey

  09-05-2017 23:47
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has fired FBI Director James Comey.
  In a statement, Trump says Comey’s firing “will mark a new beginning” for the FBI. The White House says the search for a new FBI director will begin immediately.
  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
  Comey’s firing comes days after he testified on Capitol Hill about the FBI’s investigation into Russia’s election meddling and possible connections between Russia and Tr
  
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• Reynolds, Rockies Rough Up Cubs 10-4 In Doubleheader Opener

  09-05-2017 23:41
  DENVER (AP) – Antonio Senzatela picked a good day not to have his best stuff.
  His offense had his back and gave him some breathing room.
  Ryan Hanigan hit a two-out, bases-clearing bloop single as part of a six-run third inning, Mark Reynolds homered for a fourth straight game and the Colorado Rockies beat the Chicago Cubs 10-4 on Tuesday in a day-night doubleheader opener.Reynolds also added two RBI singles as every player in the starting lineup, including Senzatela, had a hit for the NL W
  
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• Peyton Manning’s Number To Be Retired During Fall Ceremony In Indy

  09-05-2017 23:21
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Last fall, Peyton Manning returned to Indianapolis for a Super Bowl reunion. In October, he’s coming back for some personal honors.
  Team owner Jim Irsay announced Tuesday that the Colts will unveil a statue of Manning outside Lucas Oil Stadium on Oct. 7. One day later, the Colts will honor the biggest star of their Indy era by retiring the familiar No. 18 and inducting Manning into the team’s ring of honor during a game against the San Francisco 49ers.
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• Driver Going In Reserve Rams Into Condo

  09-05-2017 23:16
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – Police in Fort Collins are investigating after a car crashed into a building Tuesday evening.
  According to police, a Hyundai sedan was backing up and accelerated backwards into a condominium located on Fossil Creek Parkway.(1 of 2) #PFA responded this evening to a crash on Fossil Creek Parkway. Firefighters helped the driver from car & shored up the apartment pic.twitter.com/JYpnQiLdF6
  — Poudre Fire (@poudrefire) May 10, 2017
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• Police Hope Sketch Leads To Road Rage Shooting Suspect

  09-05-2017 23:14
  DENVER (CBS4)– Police in Denver hope a suspect driver sketch will lead them to an arrest in a road rage shooting.
  On May 4, a woman who was a passenger in a vehicle was shot in the leg while traveling southbound on Interstate 25 between 58th Avenue and 20th Street.
  A sketch of the road rage shooting suspect (credit: Denver Police)
  Police released a sketch of the suspect driver on Tuesday, along with a picture of a vehicle similar to what the suspect was driving.
  A picture of the truck simi
  
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• Woman’s Jaw Broken After Being Attacked While Waiting For Bus

  09-05-2017 23:01
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Police in Denver would like the public’s help identifying a man wanted for an aggravated assault.
  According to police, the assault occurred last Thursday at a bus stop just after 5 a.m. in the 400 block of North Federal Boulevard.
  Images of the suspect (credit: Denver Police Department)
  “A female victim was waiting for the bus … (the) suspect attacked the victim from behind breaking her jaw. The victim and a witness chased after the suspect but were not a
  
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• Teen’s Plea For Free Wendy’s Nuggets Sets Retweet Record

  09-05-2017 22:47
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Twitter plea from a Nevada teen for a year of free chicken nuggets from Wendy’s is now the most retweeted post of all time.
  Carter Wilkerson asked the fast food chain on Twitter last month how many retweets it would take for him to get free nuggets for a year. Wendy’s replied, “18 million.”
  Wilkerson’s screenshot of the exchange has moved past Ellen DeGeneres’ viral tweet from the 2014 Oscars on Tuesday with more than 3.4 million retw
  
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• After Hailstorm, What Do You Need To Know About Making A Claim?

  09-05-2017 22:38
  
  By Alan Gionet
  DENVER (CBS4) – There’s one bit of good news if you’re one of the people with a car damaged by this week’s hail. It was an act of God — that means you won’t likely be charged more to insure your car for making a claim.
  That’s about all there is for good news. Here’s the rest:
  If your car was damaged you have to be one of the people who carry what’s called “comprehensive” coverage.
  “Fortunately most people do,&
  
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• After Hail Storm, What Do You Need To Know About Making A Claim?

  09-05-2017 22:38
  By Alan Gionet
  DENVER (CBS4) – There’s one bit of good news if you’re one of the people with a car damaged by this week’s hail. It was an act of God — that means you won’t likely be charged more to insure your car for making a claim.
  That’s about all there is for good news. Here’s the rest:
  If your car was damaged you have to be one of the people who carry what’s called “comprehensive” coverage.
  “Fortunately most people do,&
  
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• Illegal Marijuana Grow Operations Shut Down In Pueblo County

  09-05-2017 22:35
  PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Authorities have shut down two illegal marijuana growing operations in southern Colorado.
  The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office says it arrested 16 people and seized an estimated 250 pounds of marijuana and 128 illegal marijuana plants from two separate operations discovered Monday on opposite sides of the county.
  It says the seized marijuana has an estimated street value of about $500,000.
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• 19 Sex Offenders Rounded Up In Colorado Sting

  09-05-2017 22:25
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Authorities snatched up 19 wanted sex offenders in a four-day operation in the Denver metro area.
  Local, state and federal officers joined forces to find the offenders — many of whom had failed to register.
  (credit: U.S. Marshals Service)
  (credit: U.S. Marshals Service)
  That includes one man with a lengthy criminal history including attempted sexual assault.
  According to the U.S. Marshals Service, Operation Spring Cleanup ran May 4-7.
  “There were several signifi
  
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• Watch: Giraffe Cam Streaming Live Online Tuesday

  09-05-2017 22:20
  
  HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. (CBS4) – April the giraffe, and her baby boy Tajiri, are streaming live online again.
  The Animal Adventure Park started their live feed a little late Tuesday, not going live until approximately 2:15 p.m. MT, 4:15 p.m. ET. The feed is supposed to last approximately four hours.
  Here’s the live feed:Tajiri became an internet sensation before birth, as millions watched and waited for months to watch it happen live. April finally gave birth on April 15, and later r
  
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• Tunnel With Nuclear Waste Collapses In Washington State

  09-05-2017 21:46
  
  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A portion of a tunnel containing buried rail cars full of radioactive waste collapsed Tuesday at a sprawling storage facility in a remote area of Washington state, forcing an evacuation of some workers at the site that made plutonium for nuclear weapons for decades after World War II.
  Officials detected no release of radiation at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and no workers were injured, said Randy Bradbury, a spokesman for the Washington state Department of Ecology
  
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• Hail Storm Creates Brisk Business For Auto Glass, Damage Shops

  09-05-2017 21:45
  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4)– The severe thunderstorm that brought huge balls of hail to the Denver metro area and along the Front Range left behind hundreds of damaged vehicles. That’s creating brisk business for auto glass replacement and dent repair facilities.
  Safelite told CBS4 they’re in “catastrophe” mode. The company has called technicians from all over the country to help service all the hail storm victims.
  (credit: CBS)
  One center based in Lakewood set up an ove
  
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• Mountain Transient And Homeless Campsites Lead To Fire Danger

  09-05-2017 21:37
  
  By Rick Sallinger
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – Two large fires in two years have been blamed on transients living in the foothills of Boulder County. They build campfires for warmth and cooking, but then they get out of hand.
  In March, the Sunshine Fire cast light on the problem. It burned just outside of Boulder in Sunshine Canyon, requiring the evacuation of up to 1,000 people.
  (credit: CBS)
  CBS4 investigator Rick Sallinger recently accompanied Boulder County Sheriff’s deputies on the l
  
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• Teen Charged With Trespassing For Jumping In Zebra Habitat

  09-05-2017 21:33
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Officials at the Oklahoma City Zoo say a teenager has been charged with trespassing after he reportedly jumped into a zebra enclosure on a dare.
  Zoo spokeswoman Candice Rennels says the 16-year-old boy climbed two barriers and jumped into the zebra’s habitat on Monday afternoon. Rennels says the zebras were startled but had no contact with the teen before he left the enclosure.
  Oklahoma City television station KOKH reports that security officials quickly found th
  
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• State Senators Debate Overhaul To Colorado’s Energy Office

  09-05-2017 21:03
  DENVER (CBS4)– Tensions ran high on the state Senate floor on Monday as lawmakers debated a bill that would determine the future of Colorado’s Energy Office.
  Funding for the Colorado Energy Office expires June 30.
  “Yes, we added hydro and nuclear power to their scope of work that they’re going to do,” said Sen. Ray Scott, a Republican representing Grand Junction.
  Sen. Ray Scott (R) Grand Junction (credit: CBS)
  Scott is the sponsor of the bill that cuts a third of th
  
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• Latest Forecast: Another Round Of Thunderstorms By Late Today

  09-05-2017 20:44
  
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – After hail up to the size of baseballs caused extensive damage in parts of the Denver metro area on Monday, another round of strong or severe thunderstorms is expected Tuesday afternoon.
  The strongest storms are likely to occur after 2 p.m. and before 6 p.m. although isolated activity is possible outside of that window. Once the severe weather threat concludes, rain showers are possible Tuesday night through Wednesday morning.
  Weather threats during the af
  
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• Weed Could Be The Cure For Dementia, Study Finds

  09-05-2017 20:40
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – In a potentially groundbreaking study published in the journal Nature Medicine, it has been found that a key ingredient in marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), could possibly be a cure of dementia.
  Researchers in a joint study in Europe tested low doses of THC on aging mice them. The older mice, who should have had signs of aging, performed the same as younger mice, showing that when exposed to low doses of THC, cognitive ability did not decrease as it natu
  
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• Woman Videotapes Kangaroo Grabbing Girl At Animal Park

  09-05-2017 20:06
  
  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A woman says her 9-year-old daughter was attacked by a kangaroo at an animal park in Alabama, and she’s got video to prove it.
  Jennifer White says the animal grabbed her daughter Cheyenne and bit her on the head during a visit Saturday at Harmony Park Safari near Huntsville, Alabama.A safari park in Alabama is facing a federal complaint after a kangaroo grabbed a 9-year-old girl and bit her: https://t.co/3S5BA4oWPy pic.twitter.com/WWe8bXoY4m
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• Eating Full-Fat Cheese Won’t Raise Chance Of Heart Attack, Study Finds

  09-05-2017 20:04
  
  CBS Local —  Pass the cheese, please. While it may not be the healthiest thing in the world, a new study claims that full-fat dairy products is not as bad as once thought. Eating full-fat cheese, milk or yogurt does not increase the risk of a heart attack or stroke, according to a study published in European Journal of Epidemiology, via Guardian,
  The study was an in-depth analysis of 29 prior studies that looked at the link between dairy products and risk of cardiovascu
  
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• Video Shows Chaos At Florida Airport After Spirit Cancels Flights

  09-05-2017 19:57
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Irate passengers swarmed ticket counters and some started a near-riot at Fort Lauderdale’s airport after Spirit Airlines canceled nine flights, blaming the decision on pilots’ failure to show up.
  Hundreds were left stranded at the airlines’ Florida terminal late Monday. The chaos was the latest instance of airlines crews being accused of behaving badly. Problems began last month with cellphone video capturing a passenger being dragged off a Un
  
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• HIV-Positive Man Sentenced For Sexual Servitude, Human Trafficking

  09-05-2017 19:46
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4)– A man who previously pleaded guilty to human trafficking of a minor for the purpose of sexual servitude was officially sentenced on Monday.
  Sean Travis Crumpler was sentenced to 50 years in prison. He received a sentence of 25 years in prison for each of the three counts he pleaded guilty to, but will serve 50 years total because one of the counts will be served concurrently to another.
  Sean Crumpler at his sentencing on Monday (credit: CBS)
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• Teen ‘Owns Up To’ Tossing 68-Year-Old Woman In Florida Pool

  09-05-2017 19:39
  NORTH LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies say a teenager has confessed to throwing a 68-year-old woman into a swimming pool when she tried to break up a party at a South Florida apartment complex.
  Broward Sheriff’s officials said in a news release that the 16-year-old boy turned himself in on Monday, telling investigators that he “messed up” and has to “own up to it.” He was with his mother and a lawyer.
  Nancy James told deputies that 200 young pe
  
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• NBA Analyst Charles Barkely: I’d Rather Watch NHL Playoffs

  09-05-2017 19:30
  CBS Local– Charles Barkley has a job many would consider to be a dream. He’s paid to watch and analyze basketball, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t enjoy another traditional sport. Sir Charles, in one of his standard rants, said that he’d rather watch the NHL playoffs than the NBA playoffs because of the competitive balance.
  “Speaking of a Zamboni, thank God for the NHL Playoffs,” said Barkley. “That’s what I would be watching in th
  
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• Hail Damage Spans Front Range

  09-05-2017 19:22
  DENVER (CBS4)– A massive hail storm on Monday afternoon caused a lot of damage across the Denver metro area, the Front Range and across Northern Colorado.
  The hail piled up so deep in Commerce City that many drivers pulled over to wait out the storm.
  (credit: CBS)
  Hail pounded some areas for more than five minutes as the storm brought strong winds and heavy rain.
  PHOTO GALLERY: Severe Weather May 8, 2017
  Hail stripped branches and shattered windows of businesses and hundreds of vehicles as
  
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• Police Search For Dangerous Suspect

  09-05-2017 19:05
  
  PARKER, Colo. (CBS4)– Police in Parker are still searching for a man they consider armed and dangerous.Officers searched the Dove Ridge subdivision early Tuesday morning, trying to find the 30-year-old. He is described as 6-foot-1, 6-foot-2, 135 pounds with brown hair, green eyes and a goatee. (credit: CBS)
  The man was believed to be in a stolen yellow 1985 Ford passenger van with a brown striped swamp cooler on top.
  **UPDATE** the van was located unoccupied not far from where it was taken
  
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• Hail Damages Car Lot, Closes Colorado Mills Mall

  09-05-2017 18:56
  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4)– Large hail, some claim were bigger than golf balls, damaged the Colorado Mills mall, vehicles parked in the mall parking lot and hundreds of new vehicles at the nearby Stevenson Toyota Lexus lot on Monday.
  The damage was so bad the mall remained closed on Tuesday.
  Flooding in the Colorado Mills mall (credit: Domo Tyler)
  “It just started getting louder and louder,” said one shopper.
  Shoppers caught in the storm on Monday afternoon took cell phone video wh
  
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• Hail Shatters Windows, Cancels Classes At Elementary School

  09-05-2017 18:14
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Students at one elementary school in Denver are not in class on Tuesday after a massive hail storm damaged the building.
  Beach Court Elementary School located at 4950 Beach Ct. was closed on Tuesday after hail shattered windows and left broken glass scattered around the property.
  (credit: CBS)
  Several windows were broken and others were boarded up. Caution tape blocked the doors of the school.
  (credit: CBS)
  Crews were on campus cleaning up the damage.
  School officials are wo
  
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• Police Search For Hit & Run Driver After 2 Children Struck

  09-05-2017 18:05
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Police in Denver are searching for the driver of a vehicle wanted in a hit-and-run that left two children and one adult injured.The crash happened at South Yates Street and West Ohio Avenue. The victims were rushed to the hospital. Their conditions are unknown but police say they didn’t suffer serious bodily injury.
  HEADSUP UPDATE: Yates & Ohio auto-ped crash: 2 minors and 1 adult struck. All transported to hospital. No SBI
  — Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolic
  
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• Best Places To Take Wedding Pictures In Denver

  09-05-2017 18:00
  
  By Alaina Brandenburger
  Every wedding has its own special something that makes it memorable, and the right wedding photos can make those memories last a lifetime. Regardless of what you’ve chosen for your wedding theme, there is likely a venue to make your pictures pop. Whether you’re taking photos near the venue where you’ve booked your ceremony and/or reception, or you want to head out for a to take pics, there are many options for locations. Check out the following spots for
  
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• Denver Zoo Welcomes Malayan Tapir Birth

  09-05-2017 17:46
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The Denver Zoo has another new baby.
  Their third-ever Malayan tapir, Umi (OOH-mee), was born to mother Rinny and father Benny early May 6.
  (credit: Denver Zoo)
  Umi will remain behind-the-scenes at the zoo’s Elephant Passage habitat, where she is being cared for by her mother, until she is comfortable enough to go outdoors and able to swim.
  (credit: Denver Zoo)
  Though they are most closely related to rhinos, tapirs are actually similar in build to pigs, with noses and
  
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• Firefighters Rescue Man From Convention Center Roof

  09-05-2017 17:19
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Firefighters in Denver rescued a man from the roof of the Colorado Convention Center after he fell off a ladder.
  The man was conducting some repairs on the roof when he slipped off the ladder and was hurt on Tuesday morning.
  (credit: Denver Fire Department)
  Firefighters say the man has serious but not life threatening injuries.Update on Convention Center: Patient has been safely rescued and removed from roof. pic.twitter.com/1OVQyvgCb6
  — Denver Fire Dept. (@Denver_Fire
  
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