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• Sushi Chef Turns Love Of NBA Sneakers Into ‘Shoe-shi’

  12-05-2017 23:48
  
  MILAN, Italy (CBS4) – An Italian sushi chef is taking his love of the NBA to another level with his latest food creation.
  Yujia Hu is a Chinese-born chef living in Milan, Italy, who first gained attention for his NBA sushi faces. Now the food artist is back with a line of amazingly accurate sneaker replicas.
  Hu has taken inspiration from some of the most popular shoes in the sport, including Kyrie Irving’s “Kyrie 2,” James Harden’s “Volume 1,” the Air Jo
  
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• Lynch prioritizes youth scholarships

  12-05-2017 23:17
  
  DENVER - John Lynch has too much Denver Broncos inside him, too soft a spot for achieving kids, and too many fond memories of the team's game-day stadium to let his employment with the San Francisco 49ers stop his scholarship program.       
  
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• Bank Robber Takes The Bus To Get Away

  12-05-2017 23:08
  
  ARVADA, Colo. (CBS4)– Police in Arvada have teamed up with the FBI Rocky Mountain Task Force into the investigation of a Wells Fargo Bank that was robbed.
  The robber walked into the bank, located at 7375 West 52nd Ave. in Arvada about 11:30 a.m. on April 29, and robbed the bank at gunpoint.
  The suspect is described as a black male, 6-foot tall, 190 pounds with black hair and a salt and pepper beard. He is 45 to 50 years old.
  A Wells Fargo Bank robbery suspect gets on an RTD bus (credit: Ar
  
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• Trump Celebrates Student Model Rocket Named … Trump

  12-05-2017 22:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is celebrating a student model rocket named after … him.
  Trump asked the students from Victory Christian Center School in Charlotte, North Carolina, why the rocket was named for him.Today, I welcomed the Victory Christian Center School. Good luck @ the Team America Rocketry Challenge! #TARC Watch: https://t.co/AgOi7aaG6t pic.twitter.com/zXBBhz7qcV
  — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017
  A student replied, “Simply because
  
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• Suspicious Liquid, Bottles Found Near Convention Center

  12-05-2017 22:39
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Police in Denver investigated some suspicious items left near the Colorado Convention Center on Friday morning.
  Mall security officers found about a half-dozen bottles filled with liquids that smelled suspicious at 9:20 a.m.
  Police investigated suspicious bottles and liquid near the Colorado Convention Center (credit: CBS)
  Officers emptied those bottles into paint cans for investigation. It is unclear what the liquid was but police believe the bottles had the potential to be
  
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• Keidel: Meet The Mets, Meet The Mess

  12-05-2017 21:54
  
  By Jason Keidel
  To the world west of the Hudson River, who don’t see New York City as the vortex of the sports universe, we have two baseball clubs that have lived on opposite sides of the tracks.
  The Yankees you know. Their history is basically baseball history, their legends a roll call of Cooperstown, the stuff of fame, fortune and fable. The Mets, created to somehow replace both the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants, have not been so fortunate.
  But as the residue of the Joe Torre dy
  
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• Officers Discover Body In Apartment, ‘Suspicious’ Fire Extinguished

  12-05-2017 20:49
  
  NORTHGLENN, Colo. (CBS4) – Police in Northglenn told CBS4 early Friday afternoon they may have a suspect in custody after a body was discovered in the morning inside an apartment where there was a fire.
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  The fire happened just before 9 a.m. at 350 West 114th Avenue. Police officers found the body inside they home. They haven’t said whether it was a male or female.
  The fire was extinguished quickly. Authorities described it as suspicious.
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  Earlier in the morn
  
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• Stays Of Deportation Granted For Man, Woman Who Took Sanctuary In Church

  12-05-2017 20:33
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Calling it an “important victory,” the legal team representing Jeanette Vizguerra says she has been granted a stay of removal until 2019.
  “After 86 days in sanctuary I received a call from the acting field office director of ICE in Colorado informing us that ICE headquarters had granted a stay of removal in Jeanette’s case until March 15, 2019, or until her private bill has been decided in the Senate,” said lawyer Hans Meyer.
  Jeanette Vizguerra
  
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• Murder Victim’s Friends In Disbelief, To Hold Vigil

  12-05-2017 20:17
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – Friends of an Aurora homicide victim are planning to hold a vigil Friday night to remember her.
  (credit: CBS)
  On Thursday Aurora police named Shawrae Butler, 21, as the suspect in the murder of Queen Ashby. He remains at large.
  Shawrae Butler (credit: Aurora Police)
  Ashby, 20, was reportedly murdered in Aurora and had been missing for several weeks before a body that had been found in Clear Creek County on April 8 was determined to be her’s. A friend who had be
  
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• LL Cool J On Character Sam Hanna, “Potential To Be One Of The Iconic Characters In America”

  12-05-2017 20:01
  The eighth season of NCIS: Los Angeles wraps up this Sunday, May 14th at 8:00 PM ET/PT on CBS. In the penultimate episode of season eight Sam Hanna, played by LL Cool J, goes through a living nightmare when his wife is kidnapped and held for ransom. Season eight’s 24th and final episode, “Unleashed,” finds Sam looking for revenge against the group that has changed his life forever.
  CBS Local’s Matt Weiss spoke with “LL” about transitioning from music to acting
  
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• Fans Share U2 Rehearsal Videos before Opening of Joshua Tree Tour

  12-05-2017 19:25
  
  VANCOUVER (CBS4) – Fans have posted secret footage of U2 rehearsing for tonight’s (May 12) Vancouver opening of the 30th anniversary tour for The Joshua Tree.Several clips outside BC Place Stadium, have been shared revealing the band rehearsing tracks including “Where The Streets Have No Name,” “New Year’s Day” and “A Sort Of Homecoming.”
  Of course, since the fans were stationed outside of the venue, the video footage of the side of the venue
  
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• 2017 NBA Western Conference Finals Preview

  12-05-2017 19:20
  
  By Rahul Lal
  The Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs will battle it out in the NBA Western Conference Finals. The West has given us a little bit of everything in these playoffs, from MVP candidates James Harden and Russell Westbrook going head-to-head to a Joe Johnson career revival. But it now comes down to the two teams everyone predicted would be here.
  We’ve had a great chance to watch a lot of tough Spurs basketball lately. The bad news for them? The Warriors hav
  
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• Ben And Jerry’s Debuts Bob Marley Ice Cream

  12-05-2017 19:17
  BURLINGTON, VT (CBS4) – Ben & Jerry’s is honoring the memory of late reggae icon Bob Marley on the 36th anniversary of his death with a new ice cream flavor, One Love.
  The flavor was created in partnership with the Marley family, according to a press release. In a video announcing the latest treat in a long line of special flavors, Jeff Furman, board member at the conscious ice cream company says, “I mean, the words ‘one love, one heart,’ that touches everybody
  
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• Gardner Recommends Colorado’s Suthers To Head FBI

  12-05-2017 19:02
  WASHINGTON (CBS4) – Senator Cory Gardner is recommending Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers to be the new FBI director.
  “Colorado’s John Suthers would be an excellent choice to lead the FBI,” Gardner tweeted Friday morning. “I recommended him to the WH & am excited to see his name on this list.”Colorado's John Suthers would be an excellent choice to lead the FBI. I recommended him to the WH & am excited to see his name on this list. https://t.co/8RIoe
  
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• Baby Broncos Fans Can Now Get Spots On Season Ticket Wait List

  12-05-2017 17:57
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) – The Denver Broncos have launched a newborn club for families to commemorate their babies’ births, and it includes this feature: members are immediately added to the team’s season ticket waiting list.
  (credit: Ashley Korfhage)
  That waiting list already has more than 75,000 names on it.
  So, these babies might get to buy season tickets by the time they’re having kids – or even grandkids – of their own.
  (credit: CBS)
  Membership to the Bronc
  
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• Equipment Water Leak Shortens Spacewalk For Colorado Astronaut

  12-05-2017 17:33
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An equipment water leak shortened Friday’s spacewalk by two U.S. astronauts at the International Space Station.
  Spacewalkers Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer got out the hatch late because of the trouble. It was a milestone moment, nonetheless: the 200th spacewalk in the construction and maintenance of the orbiting outpost.
  (credit: James Blair/USAFA)
  US astronaut Peggy Whitson (credit: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)
  During preparations earlier in the
  
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• Trump Lawyers Push Back Against Russia Ties

  12-05-2017 17:17
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for President Donald Trump said Friday that a review of his last 10 years of tax returns do not reflect “any income of any type from Russian sources,” with some exceptions. It’s the latest attempt by the president to tamp down concerns about any Russian ties amid an ongoing investigation of his campaign’s associates.
  The attorneys did not release copies of Trump’s tax returns, so The Associated Press cannot independently verify their
  
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• Trump Lawyers Push Back Against Russia Ties In Letter

  12-05-2017 17:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for President Donald Trump said Friday that a review of his last 10 years of tax returns do not reflect “any income of any type from Russian sources,” with some exceptions. It’s the latest attempt by the president to tamp down concerns about any Russian ties amid an ongoing investigation of his campaign’s associates.
  The attorneys did not release copies of Trump’s tax returns, so The Associated Press cannot independently verify their
  
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• Melissa McCarthy Spotted Driving Spicer’s Podium Through NYC

  12-05-2017 16:50
  NEW YORK (CBS4) – Melissa McCarthy was spotted driving White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s podium down 58th Street Friday.
  The actress regularly spoofs Spicer on Saturday Night Live, and is hosting the show this weekend.
  (credit: Saturday Night Live)
  Videos on Twitter show McCarthy driving down the street, yelling “come on!” and “watch out!” while a line of cars follow her.Spicer returns! pic.twitter.com/gvNQGOjHsK
  — Elana Zak (@elanazak) May 12, 2
  
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• Man Runs After Getting Shot In Parking Lot, Another Man Dies

  12-05-2017 16:27
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – Investigators are studying a crime scene in Aurora after two people were shot and one died.
  Police said they suspect the shooting happened in one place, but the victims were found in two different locations.
  The shooting is believed to have happened in the parking lot of the Hancock Office Park on East Girard Avenue near the Mission Viejo Plaza Shopping Center at the intersection of East Hampden Avenue and South Chambers Road.
  At 1 a.m. emergency operators got severa
  
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• Immigrants To Leave Denver Church After Winning Delays

  12-05-2017 16:07
  DENVER (AP) — A Mexican immigrant who has been living in a Denver church to avoid deportation plans to leave Friday after supporters say officials granted her a two-year delay.
  Jeanette Vizguerra moved into a church basement three months ago after skipping her scheduled check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.
  Her attorney, Hans Meyer says the mother of four has been trying to get a visa granted to crime victims which would allow her to stay in the country.
  Arturo Herna
  
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• Latest Forecast: A New Weather Pattern Has Arrived; Sunny And Dry

  12-05-2017 15:53
  
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – As large ridge of high pressure moves east across the Rocky Mountain region this weekend, Colorado will experience sunny, dry, and much warmer than normal weather. The only exception in to the dry forecast is in the mountains and higher foothills (generally above 7,000 feet) where isolated thunderstorms are possible after 3 p.m. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
  For Denver and the Front Range, it will be the warmest Mother’s Day in at least 4 years with
  
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• Businesses Suffering As Mall Remains Shut Down Due To Hail Damage

  12-05-2017 15:19
  
  By Andrea Flores
  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – Hail and water damage from a severe storm on Monday have forced the Colorado Mills mall to close indefinitely.
  (credit: CBS)
  With storm damage driving customers away from stores, store employees are left without a paycheck, and small business owners says costs are coming out of their own pockets.
  “It’s like a war zone,” said Ty Hurd, an independent business owner inside the mall. “It was like little faucets turned on all ove
  
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• Native Americans Keep Grasslands Traditions Alive With Dance

  12-05-2017 15:00
  By Raetta Holdman
  DENVER (CBS4) – For hundreds of years Native Americans have expressed themselves through clothing and dance.
  In those traditional dances, every piece of clothing and every move has a deep significance, honoring a particular idea or way of life.
  “When the villagers moved, we were very nomadic tribes,” said Grace Gillett, the executive director of the Denver Pow Wow.
  (credit: CBS)
  “We moved with the game. you know the seasons and that. And when ever they c
  
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• Hoffman, Gonzalez Lift Rockies To 10-7 Win Over Dodgers

  12-05-2017 06:38
  DENVER (AP) — Jeff Hoffman struck out eight to earn his first major league win, Carlos Gonzalez showed signs of breaking out of a slump with a two-hit, three-RBI night and the Colorado Rockies held off the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-7 on Thursday.
  Ian Desmond and Nolan Arenado each added two doubles to help the Rockies extend their lead in the NL West to 2 1/2 games over the Dodgers. At 23-13, the Rockies are off to the best start in team history.
  Hoffman (1-0) allowed three runs over 5 1/3 ef
  
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• Sweetheart Scams: They Steal Your Heart, Then Your Money

  12-05-2017 06:00
  By Jennifer Brice
  DENVER (CBS4)– They steal your heart then drain your bank account. The Colorado Attorney General says thousands of people become victims to online sweetheart scams, on average, losing $10,000 per victim.
  CBS4’s Jennifer Brice met a local woman who fell for it not once, but twice. Both men claimed to be in military service. She hopes her story is a lesson to others.
  (credit: CBS)
  “Mary” does not want her family to know she been bilked out of $175,000, whi
  
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• Parents Hire Drug Dogs To Search Teens’ Rooms

  12-05-2017 05:57
  RALEIGH, N.C. (CBS4) — Highly trained K9’s are normally used by law enforcement, but now parents are hiring them to sniff out drugs in their own homes.
  (credit: CBS)
  A company in North Carolina called SVK9, started by two former police officers, trains the dogs to search for explosives at entertainment venues, and for drugs in schools. The latter service is now extending to local teenagers’ bedrooms.
  Geoff Beckwith, SVK9 (credit: CBS)
  “I have a teenage daughter as do
  
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• Police Officers Help Non-Profit School Cleanup Hail Damage

  12-05-2017 05:38
  DENVER (CBS4) – Police officers in Denver joined cleanup crews to help a non-profit school recover after Monday’s massive hail storm.
  The Laradon School helps both children and adults with developmental disabilities.
  The school at 51st and Lincoln Avenue suffered nearly $2 million in damages. Every day the school remains closed, it loses about $80,000 a day in funding.
  (credit: CBS)
  Police have been at the school for the past eight weeks training and learning about Laradon’s se
  
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• Report: Deadly Chairlift Accident Caused By Electric Drive, Rapid Speed Changes

  12-05-2017 05:26
  GRANBY, Colo. (CBS4) — The final report into the deadly ski lift accident that killed a Texas woman shows a combination of reasons for the fall.
  The lift at Ski Granby Ranch was first closed Dec. 29 after 40-year-old Kelly Huber of San Antonio and her two daughters fell after it lurched because of a problem with its electrical drive.
  In the final report, investigators say the Quick Draw Express Lift’s new electrical drive, along with the operator’s rapid speed changes, caused t
  
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• Wallet With Priceless Picture Stolen

  12-05-2017 04:56
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A Denver woman is hoping a thief will have a heart and return a stolen wallet that contains a priceless picture.
  The wallet was stolen from the Family Dollar manager’s purse from the store at Federal Boulevard and Evans Avenue.Surveillance pictures of a man wanted in connection with a stolen wallet (credit: Denver Police)
  Inside the wallet was a picture of the manager’s deceased daughter.
  Anyone with information regarding this crime or recognizes the suspect in t
  
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• Weightlifting Coach Accepts 12-Year Doping Sanction

  12-05-2017 04:45
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Weightlifting coach Michael Gingras has accepted a 12-year sanction from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency for prohibited doping conduct.
  USADA said Thursday that the 31-year-old Gingras, from Milwaukie, Oregon, admitted possessing, trafficking and administering testosterone, and possessing and trafficking LGD-4033, a selective androgen receptor modulator to an athlete.
  The sanction began Jan. 16, the date Gingras admitted the violations.
  (© Copyright 2017 The
  
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• Under-Performing Schools Must Improve Test Scores

  12-05-2017 04:39
  WESTMINSTER, Colo. (CBS4)– Two under-performing school districts will be partnered with other organizations in an effort to boost test scores.
  Adams County District 14 has been directed by the Colorado Board of Education to work with outside management partner “Beyond Textbooks.”(credit: CBS)
  Westminster Public Schools will partner with “Advanced Ed at Marzano Academy.”
  If test scores don’t improve in the next three years the state will take other actions.Simi
  
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• Teen Double Murder Suspects May Reach Plea Agreement

  12-05-2017 04:23
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – Authorities say three of the suspects arrested in connection with the killing of two Colorado Springs teenagers are considering a plea offer in the case.
  The suspects Carlos Meza, Angelita Prado, and Breeana Dahlberg are considering an offer from the El Paso County District Attorney’s Office.
  Carlos Meza aka Tink (credit: El Paso County)
  Meza, who goes by the name Tink, was arrested on charges of possession of a weapon by a previous offender which ste
  
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• Blasting Brings Down Tons Of Rock Onto I-70

  12-05-2017 03:43
  
  DUMONT, Colo. (CBS4)– Drivers on Interstate 70 were delayed on Thursday as crews blasted rocks to prevent slides from smashing vehicles.
  I-70 was shut down near Dumont while crews from the Colorado Department of Transportation conducted the rock mitigation.
  Drone4 flew over the blasting for rock mitigation on I-70 (credit: CBS)
  The closure lasted about 30 minutes but that caused nearly an hour of gridlock in the area. There are five more similar closures planned over the next several weeks
  
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