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• More Leaks Found On Dakota Access Pipeline System

  22-05-2017 23:57
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Dakota Access pipeline and a feeder line leaked more than 100 gallons of oil in North Dakota in separate incidents in March as crews prepared the disputed $3.8 billion pipeline for operation.
  Two barrels, or 84 gallons (320 liters), spilled due to a leaky flange at a pipeline terminal in Watford City on March 3, according to the state’s Health Department. A flange is the section connecting two sections of pipeline. Oil flow was immediately cut off and the sp
  
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• Rare Black Rhino Born At St. Louis Zoo

  22-05-2017 23:52
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The newest addition to the St. Louis Zoo is a critically endangered black rhino.
  The boy calf named Moyo was born Wednesday. The zoo announced the birth Monday and says he is nursing well and bonding with his mother.It’s just the second black rhino born at the zoo in the past 26 years. Zookeepers aren’t yet saying when he’ll make his public debut.
  The zoo says the black rhino population in Africa dropped by 96 percent from 1970 to 1992 due mostly to illeg
  
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• 1 Killed, 2 Injured In Stabbing

  22-05-2017 23:43
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – A man is dead after a stabbing at an Aurora apartment building.
  The stabbing happened Sunday night at Cherry Grove East near East Ellsworth Avenue and South Sable Boulevard east of Interstate 225.
  Police found the man bleeding. He was taken to the hospital where he later died.
  (credit: CBS)
  “Officers performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation until an ambulance arrived. The adult male was then transported emergent to a nearby hospital where despite all medical eff
  
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• ‘Single Penguin Looking For Chicks’ On Dating Site

  22-05-2017 23:40
  WEYMOUTH, UK (CBS4) – A single penguin is looking for love online.
  Spruce the Humboldt penguin is “searching for a partner for life who [he] can make little chicks with, as [he’s] a family man at heart,” according to his online dating profile.
  Where’s it posted? Plenty of Fish, of course!
  It’s complete, too, with details about profession (swimmer), pets (no), interests (seafood and conservation), and favorite band (Reel Big Fish).
  Spruce doesn’t hold bac
  
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• See The Fray For Free At Red Rocks

  22-05-2017 23:35
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Music lovers can get to see one of Colorado’s favorite hometown bands at Red Rocks this summer- for free!
  The free concert is June 26 where The Fray will take the stage at Red Rocks, the world’s most iconic outdoor concert venue.Isaac Slade of the Fray (credit: CBS)
  The Fray will welcome an opening act that their fans will select.
  Tickets will be available for free on the Red Rocks website beginning June 2.(credit: CBS)
  The concert is part of Southwest Airline&ls
  
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• Passenger With MAGA Hat Removed From United Flight

  22-05-2017 22:50
  SAN FRANCISCO (CBS4) – A passenger with a “Make America Great Again” hat was removed from a United Airlines flight.
  The plane scheduled to go to Newark, New Jersey from Shanghai, China, but it was grounded an hour before takeoff while local law enforcement dealt with an “unruly” passenger.
  The passenger was asked to leave the flight after supposedly taking another person’s seat and refusing to move.One passenger posted to Facebook that the man insist
  
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• Police On Officer Shooting: ‘Suddenly He Pulled Out A Handgun’

  22-05-2017 22:43
  
  DENVER, Colo. (CBS4) – Police in Denver revealed more details about an incident where an officer was shot in an exchange with a man who was reportedly suicidal.
  The Denver police officer is recovering after he was shot by the man.
  Family members said that the suspect, Brandon Girwing, 22, who lives at the home in 2800 block of South Quitman Street in Denver’s Harvey Park South neighborhood, had been on the phone with his girlfriend who was worried and called police.
  Officers arrived
  
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• Police: Man Slays Neo-Nazi Roommates Over Islam Disrespect

  22-05-2017 21:58
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A young man arrested after leading police to the bodies of his two roommates told officers he killed them because they were neo-Nazis who disrespected his recent conversion to Islam.
  The Tampa Police Department says 18-year-old Devon Arthurs told police he had until recently shared his roommates’ neo-Nazi beliefs, but that he converted to Islam.
  Arthurs told police he was angry about anti-Muslim sentiment.
  Arthurs was arrested Friday after police say he held hostag
  
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• Construction Workers Rally For Better Wages

  22-05-2017 21:49
  DENVER (CBS4)– Construction unions are pushing for fair wages ahead of massive projects that are slated to begin across Colorado.
  The group behind Monday morning’s rally is Constructing Colorado. Their message is to hire local and offer fair wages.
  (credit: CBS)
  Members of the labor union Local 720 say they want their wages and benefits to reflect the booming construction industry.
  Part of their goal is to hire local and to help train workers to become certified.
  The Denver City Coun
  
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• NTSB Investigates Helicopter’s ‘Hard Landing’

  22-05-2017 21:39
  FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Federal investigators are looking at a hard landing of a helicopter tour company that happened over the weekend.A helicopter from the Royal Gorge Heli-Tours went down in Fremont County on Saturday. (credit: Fremont County Sheriff)
  The company says their pilot tried to land in a field but came down at an extreme angle. (credit: Fremont County Sheriff)
  That caused the rotor to slice off the back end of the helicopter.The company said there was a tour group on bo
  
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• Sinkhole Opens Outside Trump’s Mar-A-Lago Resort

  22-05-2017 21:30
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A small sinkhole has opened on the road just outside President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
  The Palm Beach Post reports that the 4-foot-by-4-foot (1-meter-by-1-meter) hole was discovered Monday in Palm Beach County just west of one the resort’s entrances. It is near a new water main and isn’t a threat to the president’s property in Palm Beach.
  The president has spent seven weekends at Mar-a-Lago since taking office, but i
  
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• Watch: Sea Lion Grabs, Pulls Girl Into Water

  22-05-2017 20:56
  
  VANCOUVER, Canada (CBS4) – A little girl was yanked into the water by a sea lion, and it was caught on camera.
  It happened near Vancouver, British Columbia.
  After the sea lion pulls her in, a man jumps in to save her.
  Both are okay.
  Experts say sea lion attacks are rare and, in most cases, happen because people get too close.
  Warning signs went up over the weekend because people feeding the sea lions is a big problem along the wharf.
  
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• ‘Baseball Is Magic’: National Ballpark Museum Curator

  22-05-2017 20:21
  DENVER (CBS4)– It’s called the best kept secret in baseball and it’s right next to Coors Field: The National Ballpark Museum.
  For Bruce “B” Hellerstein, curator and creator of the National Ballpark Museum, baseball is more than just a sport, it’s the perfect game, “So much of baseball is magic. It is so magical, it’s beyond description.”
  (credit: CBS)
  It’s filled with one-of-a-kind treasures. It’s been recognized as one of the top
  
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• Dad Of Crash Victim Leaves Note Of Gratitude In Times Square

  22-05-2017 20:06
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The father of a Michigan tourist killed by an out-of-control driver in Times Square has left a note at a community memorial to thank New Yorkers for their support.
  Thomas Elsman on Saturday visited the site where 18-year-old Alyssa Elsman was killed. He was accompanied by a reporter from Michigan television station WWMT.Two memorials for the young woman who died in the #TimesSquareCrash. Her father leaves a moving note of thanks #1010WINS pic.twitter.com/NpQcVd09DK
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• Highway Gets Designation In Honor Of Fallen Blue Angels Pilot

  22-05-2017 19:59
  
  DURANGO, Colo. (CBS4) – The Colorado Department Of Transportation on Monday honored a Blue Angels pilot who was killed a year ago when his plane crashed during a practice flight.
  (credit: CDOT)
  Marine Capt. Jeff Kuss died in Tennessee on June 2, 2016, while he was preparing for an air show. A military investigation determined the cause of the crash was pilot error.
  Capt. Jeff Kuss (credit: Blue Angels)
  Kuss served in Afghanistan and was a native of Durango. CDOT honored him by placing sign
  
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• ‘Alt-Right’ Leader Loses Gym Membership After Confrontation

  22-05-2017 19:56
  WASHINGTON (AP) – A leading figure in the “alt-right” movement had his gym membership revoked after a Georgetown University professor confronted him during a workout and called him a neo-Nazi.
  Professor C. Christine Fair told The Associated Press on Monday that the Old Town Sport&Health club in Alexandria, Virginia, informed her that it terminated the membership of white nationalist Richard Spencer following last Wednesday’s confrontation.
  The gym’s general
  
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• Police: Mom Killed 2 Kids To Save Them From Evil In World

  22-05-2017 19:46
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio say a woman told them she fatally shot her two children to save them from the world’s evils.
  The Dayton Daily News reports that Dayton police Det. Rod Roberts wrote in court documents that police interviewed Claudena Helton after the May 18 shooting. Her 8-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son died over the weekend.
  Roberts wrote that the 30-year-old Helton “made admissions to shooting the children to save them from the evils of the world.&rdqu
  
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• Supreme Court Strikes Down 2 NC Congressional Districts

  22-05-2017 19:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court struck down two congressional districts in North Carolina Monday because race played too large a role in their creation, a decision voting rights advocates said would boost challenges in other states.
  The justices ruled that Republicans who controlled the state legislature and governor’s office in 2011 placed too many African-Americans in the two districts. The result was to weaken African-American voting strength elsewhere in North Carolina.
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• Texas Set To Pass Transgender Bathroom Law For Schools

  22-05-2017 19:35
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A transgender “bathroom bill” reminiscent of one in North Carolina that caused a national uproar now appears to be on a fast-track to becoming law in Texas, though it may only apply to public schools.
  A broader proposal mandating that virtually all transgender people in the country’s second-largest state use public restrooms according to the gender on their birth certificates sailed through the Texas Senate months ago. A similar measure had stalled in
  
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• Big Game Hunter Crushed To Death By Elephant

  22-05-2017 19:13
  
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) – Authorities in Zimbabwe say a South African hunter died after being trampled by an elephant.
  A wildlife official said Monday that hunter Theunis Botha was with a client near Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park when he “unknowingly” walked into a herd of elephants on Friday.
  Simukai Nyasha, spokesman for the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, says 51-year-old Botha was on a 10-day, licensed hunt.
  (credit: tbbiggamehounds.co.za)
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• Under Age 1: No Fruit Juice For You

  22-05-2017 18:48
  
  By Dr. Dave Hnida
  (CBS4) – The American Academy of Pediatrics say that fruit juice should be a no-go for children under the age of one year. It’s the first change in juice guidelines since 2001.
  Up to now, the recommendation was that fruit juice was okay beginning at six months of age, but rising rates of obesity, concern over tooth decay, and the development of a “sweet tooth” are among the issues that prompted the AAP to advise a change.
  Fruit Juice (credit: CBS)
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• Supreme Court To Decide Whether To Hear Gay Wedding Cake Case

  22-05-2017 18:32
  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – The U.S. Supreme court is expected to decide on Monday whether to hear a case over a cake artist who refused to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.
  In 2015, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips’ refusal to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple could lead to discrimination.
  U.S. Supreme Court (credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
  Then last year, in April 2016, the Colorado Supreme Court said it would not hear the case
  
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• Sen. Bennet: Congress Is As ‘Dysfunctional’ As It’s Ever Been

  22-05-2017 18:10
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Sen. Michael Bennet says Congress is as “dysfunctional” as it’s ever been.The senior senator from Colorado, a Democrat, says the bombshells coming out of the White House are drowning out everything that’s happening on Capitol Hill.Bennet told CBS4 Political Specialist Shaun Boyd that every week he reads letters from concerned Coloradans. He receives thousands of them every week. He talked about his biggest concerns and what happens next. CBS4 Politica
  
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• Keidel: Is Lonzo Ball Just A New Kid Or The Next Kidd?

  22-05-2017 17:39
  By Jason Keidel
  He’s got the name and seems to have the game perfectly contoured for the NBA, California, and his home club, the Lakers. But, it’s hard to think of a rookie entering the NBA with a larger load on his shoulders than Lonzo Ball. Not because of something he’s said or done, but by others who share his name. Like his father, of course, who seems to garner (and covet) more air time than the actual player.
  LaVar, father of Lonzo, is hardly shy, quiet, or stoic. He seem
  
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• Used Clothing Store Gets Surprise Donation Of Marijuana

  22-05-2017 16:58
  MAPLEWOOD, Minn. (AP) — A suburban Minneapolis police department has good news for the person who donated dozens of plastic baggies of marijuana along with their kid’s old clothes: It’s safe and sound and ready to be picked up at the station.
  The Argus Leader reports that the Maplewood Police Department posted a photo on Facebook of the surprise donation to the Once Upon a Child store with an invitation to the owner to come in and claim it.
  Not surprisingly, no one has come for
  
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• Tonight’s Xfinity Monday Live Guest: Broncos Defensive Lineman Adam Gotsis

  22-05-2017 16:41
  Watch Xfinity Monday Live on CBS4 at 6:30 p.m. or head to ViewHouse Centennial to see it live! Join in the fun, enjoy great food & drinks and watch all of tonight's big games on a 200 inch flatscreen.
  
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• Rockies Wrap Up Road Trip With Series In Philadelphia

  22-05-2017 16:16
  
  The Rockies will be looking to keep their streak intact when they wrap up a 10-game road trip with the first of four contests against the skidding Phillies on Monday night.
  
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• Fantasy Baseball Winners Find Value On Waiver Wire Where Others Can’t See It

  22-05-2017 16:00
  By Sam McPherson
  Most baseball fans have either read the book Moneyball by Michael Lewis or seen the movie version starring Brad Pitt. The lesson the book and the movie convey is that you have to think differently to find value in the sport—to uncover talent where no one else is looking. The same is true in fantasy baseball, where league championships are often won or lost on the waiver wire through the middle months of the long season. Winning owners have to see the value where no other o
  
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• Tonight on CBS4 News at 10 p.m.: CBS4 Investigates Realtor Wars

  22-05-2017 15:56
  
  Watch a report by investigator Brian Maass at 10 p.m. on CBS4, Colorado’s News Channel.
  Watch the latest CBS4 Investigates reports.
  
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• Latest Forecast: One Storm Leaves, Another Quickly Arrives

  22-05-2017 15:32
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – The small storm system responsible for the rain in Denver Sunday night and very early Monday is quickly leaving Colorado. It’s being kicked out by the next system which was in eastern Montana on Monday morning. That system will race south during the day  and reach Colorado Monday evening. As it approaches, rain should initially develop over the Fort Collins, Loveland, and Greeley areas by 3 p.m.  Then rain will reach the Denver and Bou
  
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• Colorado Mountaineers Pressing On Despite Everest Tragedy

  22-05-2017 15:08
  By Dillon Thomas
  DENVER (CBS) – A Colorado resident summited Mount Everest Sunday, the same day three other climbers lost their life on the mountain.
  (credit: CBS)
  A doctor from Alabama, Roland Yearwood, was one of the three who died on the mountain Sunday.
  Meanwhile, Fort Collins resident Jim Davidson summited, an accomplishment he shared with followers on Twitter.I'm standing on the roof of the world! The summit of Mount Everest at 29,035 feet! You can achieve anything throu… http
  
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• Victim In Lima-Marin Robbery ‘Still Has Nightmares’

  22-05-2017 14:50
  By Andrea Flores
  DENVER (CBS4) – Jason Kasperek remembers being robbed by Rene Lima-Marin and Michael Clifton like it was yesterday.
  CBS4’s Andrea Flores interviews Jason Kasperek. (credit: CBS)
  “[Clifton] put the gun to my head and cocked the gun,” Kasperek said of the 1998 robbery. “I still have nightmares about it.”
  (credit: CBS)
  Lima-Marin was sentenced to 98 years in prison and was mistakenly released early, then put back in prison a six years later. He w
  
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• Couple And 4-Year-Old Son Found Dead In Home

  22-05-2017 04:19
  
  By Melissa Garcia
  ERIE, Colo. (CBS4) – Police are investigating the deaths of a father, mother and their 4-year-old son at their home in Erie.
  Police said that a family member called authorities to the home near the 1900 block of Gordon Court around 11:25 a.m. Saturday.
  The Boulder County Coroner’s Office identified the deceased as John Paul Ferrar, 48, Elizabeth Stacy Farrar, 40, and Ian Connor Farrar, 4.
  John Paul and Elizabeth Stacy Farrar (credit: Facebook)
  While police were awai
  
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