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• Smoke Shoots From Burning Oil Tank

  25-05-2017 23:55
  
  FIRESTONE, Colo. (CBS4)– Thick, black smoke billowed from an oil tank in Weld County on Thursday afternoon. One person was seriously injured and two others were moderately injured.
  The oil tank is located at Weld County Road 13 and Highway 66 about eight miles east of Longmont and about five miles north of Firestone.
  (credit: Mountain View Fire)Media staging for the Mead oil tank fire on the north side of Hwy 66, .5 miles east of WCR 13.
  — Mt View Fire Rescue (@MVFireRescue) May 25,
  
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• 1 Dead, 3 Injured In Oil Tank Fire

  25-05-2017 23:55
  FIRESTONE, Colo. (CBS4)– Thick, black smoke billowed from an oil tank in Weld County on Thursday afternoon. Investigators discovered the body of a maintenance worker, who was pronounced dead on scene.
  Another worker was seriously burned and two others have moderate injuries. No homes are damaged, and there are no evacuation orders.
  Crews arrived to find an Anadarko oil tank battery engulfed in flames. The fire is now out. Anadarko has investigators on scene.
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• WATCH: Small Tornado Touches Down On Eastern Plains

  25-05-2017 23:27
  
  By Chris SpearsSTERLING, Colo. (CBS4) – One of the first tornadoes in Colorado this year touched down on Thursday afternoon on the Eastern Plains.
  The small tornado touched down just after 1 p.m. Thursday in a field not far from Sterling.
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  Short-lived tornadoes like this are common in northeast Colorado during severe weather season.
  This video was shot by Ryan Riesenberg, a researcher at CSU with the C^3LOUD-EX team. His team is researching storm behavior in Colorado this seve
  
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• Planned Parenthood Shooter Still Incompetent For Trial

  25-05-2017 23:25
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) — A judge says a man who acknowledged killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic remains mentally incompetent, stalling the case against him.
  Judge Gilbert Martinez made the ruling Thursday based on the latest mental evaluation from the state psychiatric hospital, where Robert Dear has been undergoing treatment since he was deemed incompetent last May.
  This is Dear’s fourth review that came back incompetent.Dear will remain in the stat
  
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• Police Investigate After Body Found Near Dumpster

  25-05-2017 23:14
  
  THORNTON, Colo. (CBS4)– Police in Thornton are investigating after a body was found near a dumpster in an alley early Thursday morning.
  The man’s body was found near the dumpster at the Sunrise Village Shopping Center on Washington near 88th Avenue. (credit: CBS)
  Police have not identified any suspects. Investigators say the body showed obvious signs of trauma. (credit: CBS)
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• Tragic Day On I-25: 1 Killed, 3 Hurt In Fiery Crash

  25-05-2017 22:22
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – One person was killed and three others were hurt on Thursday morning in a fiery crash on Interstate 25.
  (credit: Tim Meehan)
  A dump truck and a Jeep collided while they were heading north at approximately 10:15 a.m. near the intersection with 53rd Avenue.
  “It’s unclear at this point who left which lane, but the vehicles did come into contact, then pulled to the right across the shoulder and struck the jersey barrier,” said Denver Police Departmen
  
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• GOP Hopeful Keeps Low Profile After Assault Charge

  25-05-2017 22:20
  
  BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — A Republican congressional candidate in Montana charged with shoving a reporter to the ground on the eve of a special election kept a low profile Thursday even as supporters prepared a hotel ballroom for a possible victory party.
  Greg Gianforte was charged with misdemeanor assault after witnesses said he grabbed a reporter by the neck on Wednesday and threw him to the ground at Gianforte’s campaign headquarters in Bozeman.
  Gianforte, a millionaire tech entrepren
  
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• Bode Miller Off US Ski Roster; Olympic Spot Uncertain

  25-05-2017 21:58
  
  ASPEN, Colo. (CBS4)– Bode Miller’s name no longer appears on the roster of the U.S. ski team. That doesn’t mean he’s retiring or won’t ever race again or that his chances of making a sixth Olympic squad have ended.The situation is just hazy.
  “I’m not going to say (Miller won’t be at the Olympics), because it’s Bode Miller,” U.S. men’s coach Sasha Rearick said by telephone. “Who knows? But my expectations of that aren’t
  
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• Sentencing Reform Allows For Hate Crime Consideration

  25-05-2017 21:24
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Denver Mayor Michael Hancock signed into law on Thursday an ordinance passed by the city council earlier this week which restructures sentencing in the city.
  The ordinance also puts hate crimes into the sentence consideration. It also addresses the consequences that put immigrants with a legal status, those on student and work visas, at risk for deportation for low-level crimes.Denver Mayor Michael Hancock signs sentencing reform into law (credit: CBS)
  “Over the past f
  
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• Spacecraft Near Jupiter’s Poles Spots Monstrous Cyclones

  25-05-2017 21:14
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Monstrous cyclones are churning over Jupiter’s poles, until now a largely unexplored region.NASA’s Juno spacecraft spotted the chaotic weather once it began skimming the giant gas planet’s cloud tops last year.
  Scientists released their first major findings Thursday.
  “What we’ve learned so far is earth-shattering. Or should I say, Jupiter-shattering,” Southwest Research Institute’s Scott Bolton, Juno’s chief scient
  
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• Sarah Lacina On Being Crowned This Season’s Sole ‘Survivor’

  25-05-2017 21:09
  CBS LOCAL-  CBS aired the season finale of Survivor: Game Changers this past Wednesday and we had the chance to interview this season’s champion, Sarah Lacina. Here’s her first-hand account (as told to CBS Local’s Adam Bloom and Samantha Bennet) on what she plans to do with her winnings, her strategy for playing the game and which of her fellow players she’d want watching her back on the police force.
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• Latest Forecast: Scattered Strong To Severe Storms This Afternoon

  25-05-2017 21:07
  
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – A weather system moving into the state will make for an unsettled first half of the long Memorial Day Weekend.
  In fact it will get started this afternoon and evening with a few waves of scattered thunderstorms. Some could be strong to severe, especially on the northeast plains of Colorado.
  The primary threats today will be large hail, dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning and strong wind. But any thunderstorm can produce a tornado with little to no advanced war
  
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• Wild Horses Could Be Sold For Slaughter In Trump Budget Plan

  25-05-2017 20:55
  
  PALOMINO VALLEY, Nev. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s budget proposal calls for saving $10 million next year by selling wild horses captured throughout the U.S. West without the requirement that buyers guarantee the animals won’t be resold for slaughter.
  Wild-horse advocates say the change would gut nearly a half-century of protection for an icon of the American West and could send thousands of free-roaming mustangs to foreign slaughterhouses for processing as food.
  They say th
  
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• Traveling Memorial Wall Honors Soldiers Who Served In Vietnam

  25-05-2017 20:12
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – A special tribute to American veterans who served in the Vietnam War is taking shape in Fort Collins.
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  The city is hosting a traveling memorial wall at the Veterans Plaza of Northern Colorado that honors soldiers who died in the war.
  The wall arrived in town Wednesday with an escort that included police and veterans’ motorcycle clubs. It will be assembled on Thursday, and all weekend volunteers will read the names of the tens of thousands of
  
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• Anadarko To Shut Down 3 Wells Near House Explosion Site

  25-05-2017 19:53
  
  FIRESTONE, Colo. (AP) – The company that owns a gas well linked to a fatal home explosion in Colorado says it will permanently shut down that well and two others in the neighborhood.
  FIRESTONE GAS EXPLOSION: Timeline Of Events
  Anadarko Petroleum announced the shut-down Wednesday in Firestone, where an April 17 explosion killed two people. Investigators blamed the explosion on unrefined, odorless natural gas from a severed 1-inch (2.5-centimeter) pipeline.
  The pipeline was thought to be out
  
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• 2 Major Outdoor Trade Shows To Merge For Denver Expo

  25-05-2017 19:43
  DENVER (AP) — Two major outdoor recreation trade shows are merging for one big expo to be held in Denver.
  SIA Snow Show at the at the Colorado Convention Center (file photo credit: Cyrus McCrimmon/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
  Emerald Expositions, which produces the Outdoor Retailer trade show that’s leaving Salt Lake City after two decades over political differences, announced Wednesday night it has acquired the SnowSports Industries America Snow Show that is held each winter in
  
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• 1 Killed, 2 Hurt In Fiery Interstate 25 Crash

  25-05-2017 19:22
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – One person was killed and two others were hurt on Thursday morning in a fiery crash on Interstate 25.
  (credit: Tim Meehan)
  Smoke poured from the scene for several minutes after the crash, which involved a truck and a car. A grassy area next to the highway also caught fire.
  (credit: CBS)
  The crash happened at approximately 10:15 a.m. near the intersection with 50th. It’s not clear what caused it.
  (credit: CBS)
  Officials closed the northbound lanes of the highway for a
  
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• Ranger Tweets Photos Of Vandalism In Park

  25-05-2017 19:14
  
  JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Several acts of vandalism took place recently at a park in Jefferson County.
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  A park ranger at Elk Meadow Park tweeted pictures of spray paint on a rock, and he said that was one of five spots that had to be cleaned up on Wednesday.
  The graffiti on the rock showed a blue smiley face.
  
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• Return of Axel Sjoberg to Rapids’ back line is welcome news for unit that has lacked stability

  25-05-2017 18:49
  
  COMMERCE CITY — Following hamstring surgery that sidelined him for eight games, Axel Sjoberg has returned to the Rapids’ back line with hope of bolstering a defense that has fallen short of its record-setting ways of last season.
  The towering center back from Sweden via Marquette University, voted 2016 MLS defender of the year, was injured March 11 in stoppage time at the end of the second game of the season. He returned last Saturday in a 2-1 loss at Philadelphia.
  There are several
  
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• Suspect rams two Longmont patrol cars while fleeing, police say

  25-05-2017 18:36
  
  Longmont police are searching for a 20-year-old fugitive who they say drove an SUV into two police cars as he fled arrest, forcing one officer to jump out of the way to avoid being struck.
  Lorenzo Rael is being sought for investigation of first-degree assault, menacing, third-degree assault, reckless endangerment, reckless driving, criminal mischief, theft of motor vehicle parts, and driving under restraint.
  Before the incident Wednesday night, Rael already was being sought on two arrest warrant
  
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• Tyronn Lue: Cavs’ Kyrie Irving feeling “good” after Game 4 ankle injury

  25-05-2017 18:29
  
  BOSTON — Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue says that Kyrie Irving’s left ankle is feeling “good” in advance of Cleveland’s Game 5 matchup Thursday night with the Celtics.
  Irving was moving around and putting up shots during the Cavs’ morning shootaround.
  Related ArticlesMay 24, 2017 Cavaliers remain humble with chance to closeout Celtics in Game 5May 23, 2017 Irving’s 42, LeBron’s 34 pushes Cavs past Celtics in Game 4May 23, 2017 Golden State Warriors rea
  
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• Tim Tebow baseball cards exist

  25-05-2017 18:29
  
  You can remember an important part of baseball history.        
  
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• Thornton PD investigate homicide after finding man’s body

  25-05-2017 18:23
  
  Thornton police are investigating a homicide after the body of a man was found behind a building at the Sunrise Village Shopping Center on Washington Street early Thursday.
  “The body was observed to have obvious signs of trauma,”  police said in a news release.
  The body was found at about 5:22 a.m.Body of a deceased male located in the 9100 blk of Washington St, investigation is on going and no further info available at this time pic.twitter.com/J4ND5h1NrN
  — Thornton
  
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• Cody Rhodes: ‘I Spoke Too Soon’ About Picking New Wrestling Home

  25-05-2017 18:19
  
  By Chuck Carroll
  When I spoke with Cody Rhodes a few months ago he told me that he had no regrets leaving the WWE. He had been logging tens of thousands of miles in the air and rarely got home. At the time, he had just wrestled a match in Tokyo, only to wrestle the following night in the United Kingdom. Just a couple of days later he would be setting foot inside of a ring in Orlando. Somewhere in between there was also a stop in the Pacific Northwest. It was a mind-numbingly grueling schedu
  
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• Alphabet machine beats world’s top Go player in a victory for AI

  25-05-2017 18:13
  
  A machine built by Alphabet Inc. has officially defeated the world’s top-ranked player of the ancient board-game Go, a decisive demonstration of artificial intelligence’s ability to master some of the most complex human endeavors.
  AlphaGo bested Ke Jie, 19, Chinese prodigy who boasted a year ago that the AI could never beat him at a game he’s played professionally since the age of 10. But on Thursday, the world No. 1 lost his second match in a three-game series in the tourist t
  
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• Lunch Special: Rockies live chat with Nick Groke

  25-05-2017 18:06
  
  The Denver Post’s Rockies beat writer Nick Groke answers questions from readers about the Colorado Rockies.
  
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• Lawyer for accused Baltimore rapist threatened victim with deportation if she testified, police say

  25-05-2017 17:50
  
  Baltimore attorney Christos Vasiliades was on his way to the rape trial of his defendant at the downtown courthouse Tuesday when the criminal focus pivoted away from his client and toward him.
  Vasiliades, 38, was arrested and charged with trying to intimidate the alleged rape victim in the case by telling her that testifying would make her vulnerable to deportation by the Trump administration, according to a grand jury indictment against him.
  Vasiliades offered the woman and her husband $3,000 i
  
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• Tejay Van Garderen wins 18th stage, Tom Dumoulin keeps Giro d’Italia lead

  25-05-2017 17:38
  
  ORTISEI, Italy — Tejay van Garderen claimed his first Grand Tour victory on the tough 18th stage of the Giro d’Italia as Tom Dumoulin kept the pink jersey on Thursday.
  Van Garderen, of the United States, came round the inside of the final corner to edge Mikel Landa at the uphill finish of the 137-kilometer (85-mile) leg from Moeana to Ortisei.
  The peloton rode five categorized climbs through the Dolomites.
  Thibaut Pinot was third, eight seconds behind the front two.
  Dumoulin remained
  
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• Fitness trackers largely inaccurate when counting calories, Stanford researchers say

  25-05-2017 17:36
  
  Calorie counting is a useful way to lose weight, but a new study suggests a fitness tracker could sabotage your efforts.
  The devices are overwhelmingly popular. For instance, since its inception, the leading brand, Fitbit, has sold at least 30 million of them. The company promises on its website that the devices “track steps, distance, calories burned, floors climbed, active minutes & hourly activity.” Others, such as PulseOn, Apple Watch, Basis Peak, Samsung Gear S2 and Microsof
  
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• Judge to evaluate Planned Parenthood shooter’s competency for fourth time

  25-05-2017 17:24
  
  A judge presiding over the stalled prosecution of admitted Planned Parenthood shooter Robert Lewis Dear Jr. could decide Thursday whether to free the case from its legal limbo.
  Dear, 59, has been held at the Colorado State Mental Health Institute at Pueblo since May 2016, when 4th Judicial District Chief Judge Gilbert Martinez ruled that he was incompetent to stand trial.
  The legal finding means that in the eyes of the law, Dear is unable to understand the charges against him or to assist in his
  
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• There’s A Glimmer Of Hope For America’s Ailing Honeybees

  25-05-2017 17:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s a glimmer of hope for America’s ailing honeybees as winter losses were the lowest in more than a decade, according to a U.S. survey of beekeepers released Thursday.
  Beekeepers lost 21 percent of their colonies over last winter, the annual Bee Informed Partnership survey found. That’s the lowest winter loss level since the survey started in 2006 and an improvement from nearly 27 percent the winter before.
  Bees enjoying a recent Colorado spring day
  
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• 1 Shot, Wounded Outside Apartment Complex

  25-05-2017 16:55
  DENVER (CBS4) – Police are investigating a shooting on Xenia Street near Yosemite Street and Colfax Avenue in east Denver that left a man critically hurt.
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  Police say the victim was shot multiple times at 3:30 a.m. Thursday outside the Hidden Brook apartment complex.
  Officers said they were having trouble gathering details about what led up to the shooting because of a language barrier. They say the complex has a large Burmese community, and so they haven’t been able to
  
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• Latest Forecast: Changing Weather Pattern To End The Week

  25-05-2017 16:01
  
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – The ridge of high pressure responsible for the sunny, dry, and very warm weather we experienced on Wednesday has moved east of Colorado. This opens the door for a spring cold front to drop into the state from Wyoming. The front is moving very slowly and likely won’t pass over the Denver metro area until after 4 p.m. Therefore temperatures will remain above normal for late May with highs in the upper 70s before noticeably cooler weather settles in for
  
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• Changing Weather Pattern To End The Week

  25-05-2017 16:01
  
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – The ridge of high pressure responsible for the sunny, dry, and very warm weather we experienced on Wednesday has moved east of Colorado. This opens the door for a spring cold front to drop into the state from Wyoming. The front is moving very slowly and likely won’t pass over the Denver metro area until after 4 p.m. Therefore temperatures will remain above normal for late May with highs in the upper 70s before noticeably cooler weather settles in for
  
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• Elway Says He’ll Surely Sign Extension By Season Opener

  25-05-2017 15:05
  DENVER (AP) – John Elway insists he’ll sign a new contract with the Denver Broncos before the start of the season.
  Entering the final year of his contract as general manager and executive vice president of football operations, Elway said there were no hang-ups in negotiations.
  “We’re continuing to work at it. I don’t see any problems with that. I look forward to being here with the Broncos for a long time,” Elway said before receiving the 2017 Community Enrich
  
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• Elway Insists He’s ‘Not Going Anywhere’

  25-05-2017 15:05
  
  DENVER (AP) – John Elway insists he’ll sign a new contract with the Denver Broncos before the start of the season.
  Entering the final year of his contract as general manager and executive vice president of football operations, Elway said there were no hang-ups in negotiations.
  “We’re continuing to work at it. I don’t see any problems with that. I look forward to being here with the Broncos for a long time,” Elway said before receiving the 2017 Community Enrich
  
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• Colorado schools to participate in spaceport rocket launch

  25-05-2017 14:47
  
  UPHAM, N.M. (AP) More than a dozen payloads from public schools and other educational organizations around Colorado will be aboard one of the rockets to be launched from Spaceport America during a competition next month.
  The schools are teaming up with United Launch Alliance and Ball Aerospace for the June 24 launch at the spaceport in southern New Mexico.
  Their projects will be launched on a 53-foot-tall, high-power sport rocket dubbed “Future Heavy.”
  Spaceport officials say the ann
  
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• Thunderstorms and rain expected Thursday along the Front Range

  25-05-2017 14:42
  
  Rain and thunderstorms are expected to return to the Denver area, mostly in the late afternoon Thursday, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder.
  There is a 40 percent chance of rain in Denver. It will be breezy with winds gusting up to 23 mph, meteorologists in Boulder predict.
  Temperatures will rise to about 77 degrees Thursday. Expect cooler temperatures for Friday and into the holiday weekend.
  Friday’s forecast calls for a high around 68 degrees with a slight chance for sh
  
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• Denver shooting victim in critical condition

  25-05-2017 14:26
  
  Denver police are investigating a shooting that left one man in critical condition, authorities report.
  The shooting happened on the 1300 block of North Xenia Street, according to a 4:06 a.m. Denver police tweet.#Alert: Shooting investigation 1300 block N Xenia St. Adult male victim transported to hospital in critical condition. Addt’l info as avail. pic.twitter.com/CfD4iCJm36
  — Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) May 25, 2017Related ArticlesMay 24, 2017 Rep. Mike Coffman asks mayor
  
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• Report finds black students, teachers in Denver face inequities

  25-05-2017 14:21
  
  Helping African-American families understand their children’s school choices, offering signing bonuses to prospective black teachers and making student discipline data count in school ratings are among the recommendations of a task force that tackled inequities faced by African-American students and educators in Denver.
  “Once we were able to get past some of the hurts that people experienced, once we were able to come up with the root causes and understand this process is going to be
  
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• Boulder Transport takes to the skies and slopes with helicopter fleet

  25-05-2017 14:11
  
  Next time you and a buddy want to spend the day on the slopes at Vail or Aspen, you could slog up I-70 with the masses. Or you could take a helicopter, courtesy of Boulder Transport.
  The high-end transport company has teamed with Broomfield-based Colorado Heli-ops to begin offering flight shuttle services in Boulder, throughout the Front Range. Service is scheduled to begin June 15 and,with any luck, will be fully operational by the time ski season rolls around.
  “With Google arriving and a
  
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• Comey’s tell-all testimony runs risk of White House roadblocks

  25-05-2017 13:59
  
  While former FBI Director James Comey is preparing to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee, the White House or the Justice Department’s special counsel may press him to cancel the appearance or curtail any inclination to tell all.
  The committee announced last week that Comey agreed to testify in open session after Memorial Day about the FBI’s probe into Russian meddling in last year’s presidential election and whether anyone close to President Donald Trump colluded
  
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• Hey, college grads: You don’t need to spend a lot to be a grownup, or to look like one

  25-05-2017 13:40
  
  If each secondhand item has a story to tell, Denver’s thrift and consignment store scene offers an extensive collection of curated tales.
  There are tales of change-makers doing good for others, like Peak Thrift in Lincoln Park, which uses 100 percent of its profits to help homeless teens. (Check out its Happy Hour” every Friday when all items are half off).
  There are tales of the fashion-forward, who frequent handpicked galleries like the trendy Babareeba in the Highland neighborhood
  
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• Manchester searches turn up valuable info, police chief says

  25-05-2017 13:14
  
  MANCHESTER, England — Home searches across Manchester have uncovered important items for the investigation into the concert bombing that left 22 people dead, Manchester’s police chief announced Thursday. A British official said Manchester police have decided not to share further information on the probe with the United States due to leaks blamed on U.S. officials.
  Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said the eight suspects detained so far were “significant” arrests and said the s
  
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• The Moody Blues Ticket Giveaway

  25-05-2017 12:00
  
  Enter to win a pair of tickets to see The Moody Blues at Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre on June 20, 2017!
  
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• Ask Amy: Worker tries to cope with bullying boss

  25-05-2017 09:00
  
  Dear Amy: I have been in my current job for just over two years.
  I like the work and most of the people that I work with, but, my boss is a bully to me and everyone else. He has yelled at me at least 10 times.
  I don’t mind being corrected, but he swears, calls you names, and really degrades you.
  He does this to everyone in the office — even his own boss. A few people have filed complaints about him, and one person even needed anxiety medication.
  The last time he yelled at me was abou
  
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• PHOTOS: Today in history – May 25

  25-05-2017 08:58
  
  A selection of photos from around the world of events that happened on May 25.
  
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• Littleton man admits to starting fire at Trump hotel in Las Vegas

  25-05-2017 07:26
  
  LAS VEGAS  — A 28-year-old tourist from Colorado has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge after he became the second person in less than a month to be accused of starting a fire at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.
  Jacob Matthew Dezsi’s court-appointed lawyer, Alexander Hubert, said a felony arson charge was dismissed after Dezsi pleaded guilty Wednesday to malicious destruction of property.
  Dezsi lives in Littleton, Colorado. Hubert says the judge ordered him releas
  
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• Avalanche prospects helped Colorado Eagles reach the upcoming ECHL Finals

  25-05-2017 07:23
  
  LOVELAND — The Avalanche’s American Hockey League affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage, didn’t make the playoffs, either.
  So as the season wound down, the Avalanche maneuvered to dispatch four of its young prospects to the ECHL Colorado Eagles, in the Loveland-based franchise’s first year of a working agreement with the NHL team from down the freeway.
  More than six weeks after the organization’s NHL and AHL seasons ended, the four — defensemen Mason Geertsen and
  
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