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• New Babies Born At Animal Adventure Park

  30-05-2017 23:58
  
  HARPURSVILLE, NY (CBS4) – Over the weekend, Animal Adventure Park in New York welcomed in some new additions.
  No, no more giraffes.
  These three baby Patagonian Cavies were born as guests watched!Of course, to keep up on all things April, head over to her official website.
  
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• World’s Largest Sports Park Will Be Built In Colorado

  30-05-2017 23:57
  WINDSOR, Colo. (CBS4)– The world’s largest sports park will be built in Colorado.Developers announced the construction of the Rocky Mountain Sports Park on Tuesday. (credit: CBS)
  It will be built in Windsor. The quarter of a billion dollar project will include 65 sports fields, a 10,000 seat stadium and more than 200 acres of retail space. (credit: CBS)
  “It will have restaurants, retail shops for the athletes, for the families who come into town and also for our wonderful commu
  
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• Indy 500 Champ Sato ‘Respects’ Denver Post’s Firing Of Writer

  30-05-2017 23:53
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – There is no rest for Indianapolis 500 champion Takuma Sato, and that’s OK.
  Still ecstatic on Tuesday at his new place in history as the first Japanese driver to win “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” Sato posed for photos atop the Empire State Building, rang the Nasdaq opening bell in New York City’s Times Square, and continued to bare his soul as he pondered his accomplishment.
  “It’s a fantastic feeling, not only my personal feeling but
  
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• Alaskan Volcano Eruption Caught By Satellite

  30-05-2017 23:50
  
  BOGOSLOF ISLAND, Alaska (CBS4) – A volcanic eruption prompted the aviation alert level to be raised to its highest level temporarily.
  The event happened on Bogoslof Island, part of the Aleutian island chain. It caused a “code red” to be issued. The cloud from the eruption reached at least 35,000 feet, and possibly as high as 45,000 feet, well above the standard passenger jet cruising altitude.
  “We actually went to color code red this afternoon because of numerous lightnin
  
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• Measure To Save Rural Hospitals Becomes Law

  30-05-2017 23:40
  
  By Shaun Boyd
  DENVER (CBS4) – The most consequential and controversial bill of the 2017 legislative session is now law.
  Gov. John Hickenlooper traveled to the small town of Fowler in Otero County for the bill signing ceremony.
  Rural Colorado stands to benefit most from the new law. It not only earmarks money for rural roads and schools but saves more than a dozen rural hospitals in danger of closing, including Lincoln Community Hospital in Hugo. It’s the only hospital for a 160-mile
  
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• Helicopter Crew Rescues Hiker Who Fell 30 Feet

  30-05-2017 23:40
  EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. (CBS4) – A California Highway Patrol helicopter crew came to the rescue of a hiker who feel 30 feet, and the rescue was caught on camera.
  The 27-year-old woman free-fell after trying to save her dog that slipped on the mountainside.
  “She was very fortunate that she landed on her backside, which gave her some injuries but ultimately the way she fell I think saved her life,” helicopter pilot Bryan Souza said.
  She suffered injuries to her hands, ankle, and
  
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• U.S. Shoots Down Mock Warhead Over Pacific

  30-05-2017 23:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says it has shot down a mock warhead over the Pacific in a success for America’s missile defense program.
  The test was the first of its kind in nearly three years. And it was the first test ever targeting an intercontinental-range missile like North Korea is developing.
  The military says an interceptor rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California slammed into the warhead as it traveled outside the Earth’s atmosphere after being lau
  
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• O’Reilly Blames Ouster On Ideology, Culture With ‘No Rules’

  30-05-2017 23:20
  NEW YORK (AP) — Former Fox News personality Bill O’Reilly has lost his nightly show, but he’s as busy as ever with his million-selling book career and determined to find new fans online.
  In announcing his next book in the best-selling “Killing” historical series on Tuesday, O’Reilly reiterated his denial of the allegations of sexual harassment that led to his April ouster, blaming them on false, ideological attacks and a vicious culture in which there are &ldq
  
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• Colorado Reveals Where Weed Money To Be Spent: Schools, Clinics

  30-05-2017 23:18
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – After profiting more than $100 million in taxes on legal marijuana sales, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a budget that dictates where that money would be devoted. The excess funds will be going to schools, housing programs and nurses trained specifically to deal with the opioid epidemic.
  To be exact, the legal marijuana tax made the state of Colorado $105 million during the 2016-17 fiscal year. That figure seems primed to be elevated for next year, as mari
  
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• 1st Phase Of Oil & Gas Well Inspections Nearly Complete

  30-05-2017 23:15
  DENVER (CBS4)– Anadarko Petroleum is wrapping up the first phase of oil and gas well inspections across Colorado as ordered by Gov. John Hickenlooper after last month’s deadly home explosion in Firestone.
  Inspections are required to map out all existing wells within 1,000 feet of any building.
  FIRESTONE GAS EXPLOSION: Timeline Of Events
  The company has another month to verify that all out-of-service wells are properly marked and sealed off.
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  Two men were killed and a wom
  
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• Coroner: Trans-Siberian Orchestra Founder Died Of Overdose

  30-05-2017 23:12
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Paul O’Neill, the founder of the progressive metal band Trans-Siberian Orchestra, died of an accidental drug overdose, a Florida medical examiner said in a report released Tuesday.
  The Hillsborough County Medical Examiner in Tampa wrote in an autopsy report dated May 25 that O’Neill had methadone, codeine, diazepam and an antihistamine in his system when he died April 5 in Tampa. The county released the report on Tuesday.
  The cause of death for the 61-year-ol
  
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• 9/11 Dedication Planned For Rescue And Recovery Workers

  30-05-2017 23:08
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg have announced plans for a permanent dedication at the 9/11 Memorial that would recognize rescue and recovery workers at ground zero.
  The two announced the plans on Tuesday with former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart, a longtime 9/11 health advocate and National September 11 Memorial and Museum board member.
  Bloomberg Philanthropies will provide support for the permanent dedication, which
  
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• Amazon Shares Hit $1000

  30-05-2017 23:05
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon, the internet goliath that revolutionized the way much of the world buys books, toilet paper and TVs, hit a new milestone Tuesday. Its stock surpassed the $1,000 mark for the first time.
  That price put Amazon’s market value at about $478 billion, double that of the world’s biggest traditional retailer, Wal-Mart, and more than 15 times the size of Target. A $1,000 investment on Amazon’s first day of trading in 1997 would be worth more than $500,000 t
  
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• Navy SEAL Killed In Fleet Week Parachute Accident Was From Colorado

  30-05-2017 23:03
  
  JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP/CBS4) — A Navy SEAL who fell to his death when his parachute failed to open during a Fleet Week demonstration over the Hudson River has been identified as a 27-year-old Colorado man.
  The accident that killed Remington J. Peters, from Grand Junction, occurred Sunday at Liberty State Park, a large New Jersey park across from Manhattan where people catch ferries to see the Statue of Liberty.
  Remington J. Peters (credit: US Navy)
  Peters, whose identity was revealed late M
  
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• Cop Who Killed Tamir Rice Fired For Job Application Omission

  30-05-2017 23:03
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The police officer who shot and killed Tamir Rice was fired Tuesday for failing to disclose that he had been forced out of another department before Cleveland hired him, while his partner was suspended for driving too close to the 12-year-old seconds before the boy was killed.
  Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams announced the discipline against officers Timothy Loehmann, who shot the boy, and Frank Garmback, who was driving the cruiser.
  Tamir, who was black, was shot ou
  
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• NASA Video Shows Great View Of Solar Flare

  30-05-2017 23:02
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – NASA has shared a spectacular view of a solar flare last month.
  The flare happened on April 17 and caused some moderate radio blackouts.
  (credit: NASA)
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  Scientists keep their eyes on active regions on the sun where those areas of intense magnetism sometimes erupt.
  The video was captured in extreme ultraviolet light. That’s something that’s typically invisible to the eye.
  
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• Massive Water Pipe Burst Caught On Camera

  30-05-2017 22:45
  
  KIEV, Ukraine (CBS4) – Closed-circuit cameras caught a massive explosion on tape Monday in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.
  Video obtained by local news shows an underground water pipe bursting.
  The ground shakes before a dramatic burst and a shower of sludge.
  Several cars were damaged, and many windows were shattered, but no one was hurt.
  Pressure tests were conducted, but a cause has not been determined.
  
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• Former Sheriff Pleads Not Guilty To Sexual Assault On Prisoner

  30-05-2017 22:34
  
  JULESBURG, Colo. (CBS4) – A former Sedgwick County sheriff has pleaded not guilty to allegedly driving a woman prisoner in his personal car to his home and sexually assaulting her.
  The Fort Morgan Times reports Thomas Hanna will now face a trial.
  Tom Hanna in court on in August of 2016 (credit: CBS)
  When investigators later questioned the woman at the Logan County Jail, she told them Hanna took her to his house, offered her $60 to strip and told her it had to stay between them.
  Thomas Hann
  
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• Paxton Lynch gets shot with first team

  30-05-2017 22:15
  
  With the return to offseason practices, the Denver Broncos showed off Paxton Lynch to the media Tuesday.       
  
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• Gang Member Sentenced to 40 Years For Crime Spree

  30-05-2017 21:06
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– A habitual criminal and Crip gang member was sentenced on Tuesday for his role in a crime spree that spanned Denver and Aurora.Preston Dawayne Larry, 31, of Aurora, pleaded guilty on April 28 to attempted first-degree murder. He was sentenced to 40 years in the Department of Corrections.According to Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler, Larry was involved in at least three robberies over 12 hours starting the night of April 15, 2016. Those included outsi
  
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• Shaq Barrett Misses Tuesday’s OTAs, Out With Hip Issue

  30-05-2017 20:49
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – Linebacker Shaq Barrett didn’t practice with the Broncos at their organized team activities on Tuesday due to a hip injury.
  Shaq Barrett of the Denver Broncos at Nissan Stadium on Dec. 11, 2016 (credit: Frederick Breedon/Getty Images)
  So far it’s not clear how severe the injury is, according to Broncos head coach Vance Joseph. Joseph said he would know more about Barrett’s status later this week, but it appears he’ll be unable to participat
  
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• Deadly Shooting Suspect To Appear In Court

  30-05-2017 20:22
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)– The suspect in a deadly shooting was scheduled to appear before a judge one day after the homicide.
  Police believe Louis Joseph Sebastian shot and killed a man in the Bramble & Hare on the Pearl Street Mall on Monday.
  Bramble & Hare in Boulder (credit: CBS)
  The motive for the shooting has not been released.
  (credit: CBS)
  A chef and two others restrained Sebastian until police arrived.
  The Pearl Street Mall in Boulder (credit: CBS)
  The coroner is expected to r
  
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• Murder Suspect Wanted In Home Invasion Arrested In California

  30-05-2017 20:10
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A teenager wanted in a deadly home invasion in Greenwood Village was arrested in California in connection with a home invasion there.
  Dmarco Blake was taken into custody early Tuesday in Torrance, Cali. along with another suspect.
  Dmarco Jaquise Blake under arrest in Torrance, Cali. (credit: CBS)
  Police said he physically assaulted a 70-year-old woman after breaking into her home. The woman had recently lost her husband.
  The victim in the back of an ambulance (credit: CBS)AL
  
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• U.S. Soccer Team Kicks Off Training Camp In Colorado With Low-Key Workout

  30-05-2017 19:08
  
  COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Goalkeeper Tim Howard’s uniform was filled with grass stains after the first day of training camp.
  And this was considered a light workout.
  “Just getting everybody back together, getting a sweat,” Howard said Monday after the U.S. squad went through a roughly 60-minute workout. “Day by day, we’re just trying to add on to the pile, put some concepts in and get some understanding between players.”
  Tim Howard (credit: CBS)
  What a
  
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• Navy SEAL Killed In Fleet Week Parachute Accident Identified

  30-05-2017 18:03
  
  JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — A Navy SEAL who fell to his death when his parachute failed to open during a Fleet Week demonstration over the Hudson River has been identified as a 27-year-old Colorado man.
  The accident that killed Remington J. Peters occurred Sunday at Liberty State Park, a large New Jersey park across from Manhattan where people catch ferries to see the Statue of Liberty.
  Remington J. Peters (credit: US Navy)
  Peters, whose identity was revealed late Monday, was a member of an e
  
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• 2 Hikers Rescued By Helicopter From Snowy Quandary Peak

  30-05-2017 17:29
  
  BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (AP) — Hikers are still facing winter conditions on Colorado’s highest mountains.
  Two people had to be rescued from Quandary Peak on Monday after becoming stranded about 300 feet below the summit the day before because of snow.
  The Summit County Rescue Group says rescuers hiked overnight to reach them but, because of the dangerous conditions, they decided not to rescue the two hikers themselves. Instead an Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter was called in to
  
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• Keidel: NBA Finals, With Legacies In Limbo

  30-05-2017 17:14
  By Jason Keidel
  Perhaps you’ve heard the historical parallels, rare as they are.
  We see comets more often than two pro sports teams meeting in the finals in three consecutive seasons. In baseball, the Yankees and (NY) Giants played each other from 1921 through ’23, back when you needed five wins to bag the Fall Classic. In football, two currently forlorn franchises — the Detroit Lions and Cleveland Browns — played for the NFL championship between 1952 and 1954. And in the
  
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• Hundreds Lured To High Country By News Of $20 Fish Bounty

  30-05-2017 16:52
  
  SILVERTHORNE, Colo. (CBS4) – In all of 2016, two northern pike were plucked out of the waters of Green Mountain Reservoir by anglers. The illegally introduced predator fish is targeting native Colorado fish species, and environmental experts say it could lead to major environmental dangers if not controlled.
  Over the Memorial Day weekend, at least 12 of the fish were reeled in at the reservoir. The drastic uptick in catches is no doubt due to the fact that Colorado Parks and Wildlife has j
  
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• Navy SEAL who died in skydiving demonstration “lived life to the fullest,” family in Grand Junction say

  30-05-2017 16:31
  
  The family of a Colorado Navy SEAL who died when his parachute failed to open during a Fleet week demonstration called him a role model to all, in a statement Tuesday.
  Remington J. Peters, 27, of Grand Junction, fell to his death during the demonstration over the Hudson River on Sunday. Peters was a member of an elite Navy parachute team called the Leap Frogs.
  “He was an angel on earth and a role model who will be “painfully missed,” his family said in a statement released by t
  
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• “In that situation, you see red.” Nationals react to brawl with Giants

  30-05-2017 16:30
  
  SAN FRANCISCO – When it was all over, and the Washington Nationals had retreated safely to the confines of the cramped visitors’ clubhouse at AT&T Park with a win, many of the players stood huddled around a table in the middle of the clubhouse, some showered, dressed and ready to go, others still in various states of postgame decompression, all focused on the same thing.
  On that table sat video screens, the ones hitters often stare at after games, examining what went wrong. What
  
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• Modern Aspen mansion offers soaring windows with views to Mt. Sopris for $12.75M

  30-05-2017 16:29
  
  WHAT: Completed in 2013, 278 McLain Flats Road is a seven-bedroom, seven-and-a-half bath contemporary home located on four acres in Aspen. There is a guest house and small barn on the property.
  PRICE: $12.75 million.
  SIZE: 9,524 square feet. $1,338 per square foot.
  LOCATION: An eight-minute drive from downtown Aspen, the residence is in McLain Flats, an enclave of homes situated on 4-to-11 acre lots on the eastern side of the Roaring Fork River. With an elevated perch up a long driveway, the set
  
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• Denver teen wanted on murder charge arrested in California

  30-05-2017 16:05
  
  TORRANCE, Calif. — The second of two teens wanted in connection with a fatal Denver home invasion was arrested in California in connection with a similar crime, the Associated Press reports.
  Denver Police DepartmentDmarco BlakePolice said Dmarco Blake, 17, and an unidentified man, also from Colorado, were arrested Monday night after an apparent home invasion in Torrance, in the Los Angeles area, KMGH-Channel 7 reports.ALERT: 17YO homicide suspect, Dmarco Blake was taken into custody overni
  
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• Amazon’s stock tops $1,000 for the first time

  30-05-2017 15:57
  
  NEW YORK — Amazon, the e-commerce giant that has changed how much of the world shops for books, toilet paper and TVs, hit a new milestone. Its stock topped $1,000 for the first time.
  That price puts Amazon’s market value at $478 billion, double that of rival Wal-Mart and more than 15 times the size of Target. And its four-digit stock price places it in rare company: Only four other U.S.-listed companies have shares that trade above $1,000.
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• “Russian officials must be laughing at the U.S.,” Trump tweets

  30-05-2017 15:48
  
  WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is once again seeming to reject the intelligence community’s collective conclusion that Russia tried to interfere in last year’s election, saying in a tweet early Tuesday morning that such claims are simply “a lame excuse for why the Dems lost the election.”
  “Russian officials must be laughing at the U.S. & how a lame excuse for why the Dems lost the election has taken over the Fake News,” Trump wrote in a tweet fr
  
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• Russian diplomat complains of White House ‘leaks to media’

  30-05-2017 15:43
  
  MOSCOW — A top Russian diplomat has complained about “the threat of leaks” from the White House to the media, saying it hampers cooperation between Russia and the United States.
  Speaking to Russian news agencies on Tuesday, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said: “You don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow: maybe you’ll see what you discussed with your counterpart on the pages of Washington Post or on CNN.”
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• Latest Forecast: Daily Chances For Late Day T-Storms But Chances Not Created Equally

  30-05-2017 15:26
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – Our pattern of sunny mornings and mostly cloudy afternoons with scattered thunderstorms will continue through the upcoming weekend. However the chance for late day thunderstorms will not be created equally.
  On Tuesday the chance for a thunderstorm is 10% (or less!). On Wednesday the chance climbs to about 30% followed by just 10% again on Thursday and then back to 30% on Friday.
  Meanwhile a warming trend will kick off on Tuesday with highs in the mid 70s,
  
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• Warmer days in store for Denver metro area

  30-05-2017 15:21
  
  Temperatures will heat up at the end of May along the Front Range, forecasters predict.
  The high temperature on Tuesday will be around 74 degrees according to the National Weather Service in Boulder.
  There’s a 10 percent chance of an afternoon rain and/or thunderstorm after 4 p.m., according to the weather service says.
  Temperatures will rise to about 82 degrees on Wednesday, 84 on Thursday and 81 degrees on Friday, forecasters say.
  There is a chance for afternoon rain and thunderstor
  
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• Two climbers rescued from Quandary Peak early Monday

  30-05-2017 15:15
  
  Two climbers had to be rescued early Monday morning after becoming stranded on Quandary Peak in Summit County overnight Sunday.
  The pair, whose names were not released, were about 300 feet short of the summit but had been unable to continue due to snow conditions. They reported the situation at 8 p.m. Sunday night, but conditions were deemed too dangerous for them to be rescued that night.
  Members of the Summit County Rescue Group team spent the night on the mountain and got the rescue underway
  
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• Best Doughnuts In Denver

  30-05-2017 15:00
  By Deborah Flomberg
  One of the biggest and most important holidays of the year is almost here. Yes, it’s finally time for International Doughnut Day.
  (Credit: Getty Images)
  The big day is June 2, so you have just enough time to find your local doughnut shop so you can swing by to bring a dozen or three to the office. Your coworkers will love you as you show up with your box of hot, freshly made, totally local doughnut creations. Sure, there are some fabulous chains that offer doughnuts as
  
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• Mississippi horror: A timeline of 8 killings by one man in a single night

  30-05-2017 14:51
  
  It began, as so many American killings do, as what police always describe as a “domestic,” a man arguing about child custody with his estranged wife. It ended some seven hours later with eight dead, including a deputy sheriff and two teenage boys, in three different homes along the I-55 corridor between Jackson, Miss. and New Orleans.
  Investigators expect to charge Willie Corey Godbolt, 35, with one count of capital murder and seven counts of first degree murder in connection with th
  
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