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• Hundred’s Attend Colorado’s Largest Memorial Day Parade

  29-05-2017 23:45
  COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (CBS4) – People across the Front Range on Monday took the time to reflect and thank the nation’s veterans.
  Hundreds came out for the state’s largest Memorial Day parade in Commerce City.
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  This year’s event featured a skydiving tribute to troops, not to mention more than 90 military units, bands and floats.
  Navy veteran Thomas Stolzenberger said he came out to support the veterans who served before him.
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• Colorado Zoo Celebrates Breakthrough In Giraffe Medical Care

  29-05-2017 23:43
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS (CBS4) – The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo says animal care teams have broken ground on two new forms of giraffe veterinary care.
  Veterinarians say they have used stem-cell transfusion therapy and custom-made urethane “sneakers” to tread giraffes at the zoo.
  Dr. Liza Dadone and the staff of the Colorado State University James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital grew stem cells from giraffe blood, and injected that back into the giraffe.
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• Chef, Others Tackle Suspect In Fatal Overnight Shooting

  29-05-2017 23:30
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – Bullet holes can be seen in the front door of a Boulder restaurant after one person was shot and killed there overnight.
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  The crime took place just after midnight outside Bramble & Hare, which is located on 13th Street just off the Pearl Street Mall.
  A man who said he was inside the restaurant when the shooting happened told CBS4 he was terrified. He said he first heard gunshots outside, and he thought someone had opened fire on pedestrians. The sho
  
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• Robert De Niro: Once Inspiring, U.S. Now Tragic Dumb Comedy

  29-05-2017 23:19
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Robert De Niro says that “in movie terms,” the country was once “an inspiring uplifting drama” but now has turned into “a tragic dumbass comedy.”
  Robert De Niro (credit: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)
  The two-time, Oscar-winning actor spoke to Brown University graduates Sunday at the Ivy League school’s commencement ceremonies. He urged them to “work to stop the insanity” and to strive to make the world better.
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• Aurora Police Warn Of New Scam

  29-05-2017 23:15
  AURORA (CBS4) – Officers with the Aurora Police Department are warning of a new scam being reported in the area.
  A citizen received a call from “Rex Johnson,” who claimed to work for Microsoft Support. The victim was told her computer had a virus. The caller convinced the victim to allow remote access to her computer. Over the next two days, the victim was convinced to send money to locations in India and Africa.
  Aurora police warn this is a scam.
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• Post writer out after for tweet

  29-05-2017 21:55
  
  "I am very uncomfortable with a Japanese driver winning the Indianapolis 500 during Memorial Day weekend."That's the message Denver Post sportswriter Terry Frei tweeted Sunday. Now, attempting to recover from public backlash, Frei says he "fouled up" by posting the message.The Denver Post apologized as well, saying on Twitter that Frei's words do "not reflect the standards and values of our organization."       
  
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• Suspect says he's a white nationalist

  29-05-2017 21:36
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. – A man facing murder charges after he stabbed and killed two people and injured another on a MAX train has a history of run-ins with law enforcement and is a self-proclaimed white supremacist.       
  
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• DCPA Launches Theater For Young Audiences Program

  29-05-2017 21:22
  DENVER (CBS4) – Some early elementary school children got their first theater experience thanks to a new program at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts Education Department. The program is called Theatre for Young Audience, and the first performance was a play called “In A Pickle” by the British theater group, Oily Cart.
  “In A Pickle” (credit CBS)
  In the production, the children in the audience become part of the play. They become little sheep and wear ears fo
  
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• ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’ Tops Box Office, ‘Baywatch’ Sinks

  29-05-2017 21:17
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was smooth sailing to the top spot at the box office for “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” but the waters were choppier for the Dwayne Johnson comedy “Baywatch.”
  Studio estimates on Sunday say the fifth installment of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise commandeered $62.2 million in its first three days in theaters.
  The Johnny Depp-starrer is projected to take in $76.6 million over the four-day holiday weekend
  
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• Latest Forecast: Anticipate Scattered T-Storms Into The Evening

  29-05-2017 20:37
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – The afternoon thunderstorm machine has fired up and it will last into the evening.
  Storms today will be moving from the northwest to the southeast and they will be scattered in nature, so not everyone will see one. But if you do expect brief heavy rain, small hail, gusty wind and dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning.
  Any storms that develop shouldn’t last too long so if one pops up where you live you should only have to move the BBQ inside for a short pe
  
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• Man Found Dead Near Snow-Packed Mountain Trail

  29-05-2017 20:03
  ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a 27-year-old Arizona man found near a trail in the Aspen area.
  The Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office says the body of Jeffrey Bushroe, of Tucson, was found next to the snow-packed trail to Crater Lake near the Maroon Bells Saturday morning.
  Investigators don’t believe he had been there long and may have hurt himself and been unable to make it back down the trail, possibly on Friday.
  The body was removed about mid-afte
  
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• Bolder Boulder winners coming in

  29-05-2017 20:02
  
  It was big day in Boulder, as the 39th annual Bolder Boulder kicked off early Monday morning.       
  
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• Longmont man missing since Friday

  29-05-2017 19:49
  
  Police are asking the public to be on the lookout for a 26-year-old Longmont man who hasn’t been seen since Friday.       
  
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• Physicians Reunite With High-Risk Babies They Helped Deliver

  29-05-2017 19:44
  DENVER (CBS4) – A special reunion took place on Sunday at the Denver Zoo. Several physicians from Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children reunited with people they helped deliver.
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  The doctors met with the children and their families. Some said they feel there’s a bond that forms when babies arrive that never goes away.
  “It’s so phenomenal to see how well these kids are doing when we only knew them when they were in the intense care unit,” said Dr. Jan Ken
  
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• With Paradis Out, McGovern Gets Experience As First-Team Center

  29-05-2017 19:20
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4/The Sports Exchange) – With Matt Paradis out until training camp following two hip surgeries, Connor McGovern finds himself working as the first-team center for the Denver Broncos after spending his entire rookie season on the game-day inactive list.
  McGovern has the versatility to play any position on the offensive line, and if he can establish himself as a viable relief option at center, he should get a jersey and might end up being the first offensive lineman off
  
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• John Legend donates $5,000 to Seattle...

  29-05-2017 18:54
  
  The campaign was aimed at wiping out lunch debt in Seattle Public Schools.       
  
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• Thousands Participate In Annual Bolder Boulder 10K

  29-05-2017 18:45
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – Runners and walkers in the annual Bolder Boulder 10K race were in high spirits on Monday for the annual tradition.
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  More than 50,000 people participate in the race through Boulder each year, and racers were greeted with mostly sunny skies and race temperatures in the high 50s and low 60s in the morning.
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  Many participants as well as active onlookers wore costumes, and some people carried flags to pay tribute to members
  
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• SUV stolen with dogs inside

  29-05-2017 18:36
  
  An SUV stolen from a liquor store on Sunday evening was full of dogs, the owner told 9NEWS.       
  
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• Deep Mountain Snow Means High Runoff Expected In June

  29-05-2017 18:24
  By Chris Spears
  DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado’s rivers, creeks and streams will be high and running fast well into the month of June this year thanks to heavy late season snow in the mountains.
  The view from Trail Ridge Road on Tuesday (credit: Rocky Mountain National Park)
  As of May 29, all eight major river basins across the state had a snow-water-equivalent well above 100 percent of normal, with the South Plate River basin running over 200 percent of normal.It’s un
  
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• Police In Florida Arrest Tiger Woods On DUI Charge

  29-05-2017 18:22
  
  JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Police say golf great Tiger Woods has been arrested on a DUI charge in Florida.
  Tiger Woods (credit: Palm Beach County Sheriff)
  The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office says on its website that Woods was booked into a county jail around 7 a.m. on Monday.
  Jail records show Woods had been arrested by police in Jupiter. He was released just before 11 a.m. on his own recognizance. He has been charged under a Driving Under the Influence statute.
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• Suspicious duffel bag in Adams County

  29-05-2017 18:15
  
  The Adams County Bomb Squad has been called to assess a suspicious package found in an intersection Monday morning.       
  
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• Wet Spring Temporarily Ends Drought In Colorado

  29-05-2017 17:19
  
  By Chris Spears
  DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado’s drought is temporarily over thanks to several weeks of cool, wet weather.
  Colorado Rockies fans take cover on April 25, 2017, at Coors Field. (credit: John Leyba/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
  I say “temporarily over” because drought is a frequent visitor to a land-locked state like Colorado, which is roughly 1,000 miles away from the nearest sources of moisture.In mid-March, nearly half of the state was in drought with the wo
  
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• Girl Charged After Allegedly Defacing Rock Wall

  29-05-2017 17:15
  
  JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Investigators in Jefferson County have identified two people who appeared in some photos to be defacing a rock wall in a public park.
  The photos were taken on May 20 at Deer Creek Canyon Rocks on the Plymouth Creek Trail in the foothills. A female is seen in them is holding what appears to be a rock and scratching words or designs into the wall.
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  That woman is now being charged with defacing public property. She is under 18 and her
  
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• Climbers Act Quickly To Help Man Who Fell 50 Feet

  29-05-2017 16:35
  
  By Andrea Flores
  BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – A rock climber’s afternoon at a popular area in Boulder Canyon almost turned deadly Sunday.
  “We looked around the corner and saw a body,” said Jamal Noshahi.
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  Noshahi found a 30-year-old climber wrapped around a tree that had likely stopped his fall. Boulder County Deputies say the man, who allegedly had not been clicked in, fell 50 feet in the Tonnere Tower area.
  “That kind of fall, it&rsqu
  
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• Man found dead near Aspen trail

  29-05-2017 15:39
  
  Authorities are investigating the death of a man found near a trail in the Aspen area.       
  
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• Investigators Bring Attention To Unsolved Murders Of 2 Veterans

  29-05-2017 15:25
  
  By Shawn Chitnis
  DENVER (CBS4) – Administrators of Denver Metro Crime Stoppers hope Memorial Day Weekend will be a chance to not only remember the members of the military who made the ultimate sacrifice in uniform, but also those who made it home only to lose their lives in unsolved murders.
  “I wish I could have done something to protect him,” Priscilla Dominguez told CBS4 in February, referring to her husband Travis Mason.
  Travis Mason (credit: CBS)
  It was a Saturday night in
  
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• Police Investigate Fatal Overnight Shooting In Boulder

  29-05-2017 15:20
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – One person was shot and killed in Boulder overnight and a suspect is in custody.
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  The crime took place just after midnight at Bramble & Hare restaurant, which is located on 13th Street just off the Pearl Street Mall. So far it’s not clear the shots were fired inside or out, but afterwards bystanders allegedly tackled the suspect and held him down until police arrived.
  Investigators laid out more than a dozen evidence markers outside the restau
  
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• Man saving the honeybees

  29-05-2017 15:09
  
  A local man has 500,000 bees -- and it's for a good cause.        
  
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• Watching For Scattered Afternoon Storms

  29-05-2017 14:24
  
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – Happy Memorial Day and thank you to all of our service members and their families, both past and present!
  After a mostly sunny and quiet start to the day we’ll see some clouds building by the noon hour and they will give way to scattered showers and thunderstorms.
  The best window for these will be between 12-4 pm in the mountains, between 3-6 pm along the I-25 urban corridor and between 5-9 pm on the eastern plains.
  By no means will today’s foreca
  
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• Latest Forecast: Watching For Scattered Afternoon Storms

  29-05-2017 14:24
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – Happy Memorial Day and thank you to all of our service members and their families, both past and present!
  After a mostly sunny and quiet start to the day we’ll see some clouds building by the noon hour and they will give way to scattered showers and thunderstorms.
  The best window for these will be between 12-4 pm in the mountains, between 3-6 pm along the I-25 urban corridor and between 5-9 pm on the eastern plains.
  By no means will today’s foreca
  
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• Hit-and-run on I-70 near Havana

  29-05-2017 13:27
  
  One person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after a hit-and-run crash early Monday morning on westbound Interstate 70 near Havana Street.       
  
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• “Please don’t forget,” say family of deceased, Pearl Harbor survivor at Rolling Thunder

  29-05-2017 10:51
  
  By Shawn Boburg, The Washington Post
  FORT WASHINGTON, Md. – Lt. James Downing steered his motorized scooter through a crowd of leather-clad bikers who stared in awe as he approached a soundstage. The rumble of mufflers groaned in the distance as the 103-year-old Downing parked his three-wheeler in front of a man holding out a microphone, inviting him to speak.
  Downing is the second-oldest known survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack. That’s why, even at an event that prides itself on th
  
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• Proliferation of legal, unlicensed horse racing prompts oversight concerns in Colorado

  29-05-2017 10:39
  
  FORT LUPTON — Before the horse races began at Rancho El Caporal, people gathered around a man holding a jug full of rocks and a boot. The jug was to get their attention. The boot was to hold their bets.
  It was a warm April day in Fort Lupton, where thousands descended to watch horses race.
  With more than a dozen armed security guards, portable toilets, food trucks, an ambulance and plenty of parking, and with the blessing of Weld County commissioners, the annual event felt like many others
  
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• Downtown Grand Junction loses some of its shine

  29-05-2017 10:28
  
  Grand Junction Daily SentinelSammy HudsonThis chair held the most important people.
  It didn’t matter if they were famous actors or janitors, bank presidents or bank robbers, anyone who sat in this chair felt valued by the man who owned it and treated them each with care and respect.
  This chair held Sammy Hudson’s customers. Anyone who needed a little sprucing up and an expert’s touch, and maybe a sympathetic ear, some lighthearted conversation and a laugh or wise advice to go a
  
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• Forget supersonic: Hypersonic is the U.S. military’s new speed

  29-05-2017 09:18
  
  By Justin Bachman, Bloomberg News
  In the future, military dominance will depend partly on how fast you can fly and how quickly you can get into space. That’s one of the guiding principles behind an advanced Pentagon project to build a spacecraft able to launch smaller payloads into low-earth orbit on short notice, and at lower cost.
  Boeing Co.’s XS-1 (Experimental Spaceplane), which the company dubs “Phantom Express,” got a green light this week by the Defense Advanced Re
  
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• How people pick and pay for TV service in the age of online TV

  29-05-2017 08:01
  
  If you’ve ever wanted to join a revolution, you can sign up right now as many of the channels that customers used to pay a cable TV company for are now available online — for less. We’re not quite at a la carte TV, which would let us pick and pay only for the channels we want. But new live-streaming TV plans and other on-demand video options have forced traditional cable TV services to lower prices or bundle services together to compete.
  But who offers the best service? Is
  
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• Denver woman made revolutionary flights for U.S. war effort during World War II

  29-05-2017 08:01
  
  Even now, at 97, Jane Tedeschi dates the origin of her brief but intense interlude with aviation from when she was just 8, and her mother — already grasping a young girl’s appetite for adventure — presented her a framed print of Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis coursing through the clouds across the Atlantic Ocean.
  Fifteen years later, Tedeschi resolved to turn a child’s affinity for flight into reality by taking the bus to a dirt-an
  
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• Democrats try to enlist military veterans in fight for House majority

  29-05-2017 07:59
  
  By Bill Barrow, The Associated Press
  ATLANTA — Democrats hope to enlist military veterans in another type of fight for majority control of the House.
  Looking ahead to next year’s elections, Democrats are trying to recruit at least two dozen military veterans to challenge Republican incumbents, arguing that candidates with military on their resumes appeals to independent voters and can help the party break the GOP grip on Washington.
  John Leyba, Denver Post fileJason Crownistan and Ir
  
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• San Francisco courts test new approach to homeless crimes

  29-05-2017 07:47
  
  By Sudhin Thanawala, The Associated Press
  SAN FRANCISCO — Courts around the country tried to ease the burden of fines and fees in the wake of riots in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014 that brought attention to a torrent of traffic and other minor citations that saddled people with debt and even sent them to jail.
  But legal observers say no court appears to have made as dramatic an attempt at reform as San Francisco, where judges no longer issue warrants to arrest people who fail to show up in c
  
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• Counting on student loan forgiveness? Don’t bet on it

  29-05-2017 07:41
  
  By Shahien Nasiripour, The Washington Post
  Nearly half of college students surveyed earlier this year said they expected to be helped by the federal government’s various student loan forgiveness programs. But new government figures suggest that their hoped-for windfall won’t be that generous.
  In a first-of-its-kind public analysis, the U.S. Department of the Education projects that borrowers who next year enroll in loan forgiveness programs would, on average, repay every penny they b
  
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