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• Great Sand Dunes experiencing phenomenon

  11-06-2017 23:59
  
  Medano Creek at the Great Sand Dunes National Park is peaking this weekend.       
  
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• Denverites March For LGBTQ Equality

  11-06-2017 23:59
  
  By Melissa Garcia
  DENVER (CBS4) – A community in Denver marched for equality on the anniversary of the shooting massacre at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub.
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  “Equality March” at Denver’s Cheesman Park Sunday was one of 90 equality marches worldwide. A total of 49 people — mostly Latinos — were killed at Pulse, a gay nightclub, on June 12, 2016.
  Marchers in Denver honored victims of hate crime and also fought for equality for the LGBTQ (lesbian, ga
  
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• Boxing HOFer Evander Holyfield: “My mom wouldn’t let me quit”

  11-06-2017 23:57
  
  CANASTOTA, N.Y. — Evander Holyfield, boxing’s only four-time world heavyweight champion, was inducted Sunday into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, and “The Real Deal” delivered one more time.
  The youngest of nine children, Holyfield spent nearly his entire speech crediting his mother and his siblings for much of his success.
  “This Hall of Fame thing is all about the help I got from someone else,” Holyfield said. “My mom wouldn’t let me quit.&
  
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• Rockies’ seven-game winning streak ends as Cubs homer twice off Jordan Lyles

  11-06-2017 23:44
  
  CHICAGO — The seven-game winning streak that’s defined the Rockies breakout season ended Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field with a 7-5 loss to the Cubs.
  Two swings of the bat against struggling reliever Jordan Lyles soured Colorado’s comeback attempt and prevented them from sweeping the four-game series.
  The defending champion Cubs, emerging from their four-game losing streak, battered Rockies rookie starter Antonio Senzatela for four runs in the first inning. Colorado battled b
  
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• Broncos Safety T.J. Ward Hosts Annual Youth Camp

  11-06-2017 23:32
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Broncos safety T.J. Ward hosted his annual kids football camp Saturday morning at a middle school in Denver.
  Ward’s camp — T.J. Ward Legacy Football Camp — took place at DSST Green Valley Ranch Middle School and was free for boys and girls ages 9 to 14.
  T.J. Ward (credit: CBS)
  Ward has been in Denver since 2014, and he says it’s cool to see kids that keep coming back to the camp each year.
  “I have a ball when I come out here and just interact w
  
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• Rafael Nadal routs Stan Wawrinka for record 10th French Open

  11-06-2017 23:26
  
  PARIS — As he sat in front of a TV to watch last year’s French Open final, sidelined by an injured left wrist, Rafael Nadal had no way to know for sure, of course, that he would return to the height of his powers.
  For the second time in a row, the most important match at the most important clay-court tournament was being contested without him. As the 2017 edition at Roland Garros began, Nadal’s drought without a Grand Slam title was stretching to three full years.
  “It was
  
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• Denver man dies during river-rafting trip in Dinosaur National Monument

  11-06-2017 23:25
  
  A 60-year-old man from Denver died Saturday from a “suspected cardiac event” on the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument, according to the National Park Service.
  Monument staff members received a call that CPR was in progress on a client of Sheri Griffith Expeditions shortly before 3 p.m. Saturday, the park service wrote in a press statement, noting that the Moab, Utah-based Griffith Expeditions is an “authorized river concessionaire.”
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• Broncos QB battle more about Lynch

  11-06-2017 23:12
  
  The Great Quarterback Competition between Paxton Lynch the first-round draft pick with exciting potential and Paxton Lynch the improving-but-still-has-a-ways-to-go prospect enters the final week of the offseason.       
  
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• Hundreds Attend Festival To Honor Aurora Theater Shooting Victim

  11-06-2017 23:11
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Hundreds of people gathered in Denver’s Stapleton neighborhood on Saturday to honor a young man who lost his life in the Aurora movie theater shooting.
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  The sixth annual Night To Remember beer festival honored Alex Teves and all of the victims of the shooting.
  AURORA THEATER SHOOTING: Story Archive | Timeline | Remembering The Victims
  Alex was 24 and a member of a beer club at the Copper Kettle Brewing Company when he was killed in a mass shooting at a mo
  
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• A Basin’s Last Day Closes Out 2017 Ski Season

  11-06-2017 22:46
  
  ARAPAHOE BASIN, Colo. (CBS4) – Sunday is the last day of the 2016-17 ski season, and Arapahoe Basin is the last Colorado ski area to close.
  Several thousand skiers showed up to revel in the remaining season’s snow in Summit County.
  “It kind of reminds me of opening day,” said A-Basin Marketing Manager Adrienne Saia Isaac, “with the people and the costumes.”Our park crew is sending off this season in style. These guys have been killin' it all year!( John P
  
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• Suspect At Large After Ramming Police Car, Escaping From Officers

  11-06-2017 22:32
  
  WESTMINSTER, Colo. (CBS4) – The search is on for a suspect who rammed a police cruiser in Westminster Sunday morning and sped away.
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  Police said the situation started when the suspect didn’t pull over when a Westminster police officer attempted to make a traffic stop at 7:15 a.m. That was near Westcliff Parkway and Westminster Boulevard, close to Highway 36.
  Another officer spotted the suspect’s car a few blocks away and turned on his emergency lights in an attempt
  
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• Three fires burning in northwest Colo.

  11-06-2017 22:31
  
  Firefighters are working to contain three wildfires burning in the northwestern part of the state.       
  
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• Denver zoo animals blessed

  11-06-2017 22:17
  
  A monitor lizard, opossum and hawk were just a few of the Denver zoo animals blessed during a special "Blessing of the WILD animals" service at a local church Sunday.       
  
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• Aurora church honors Orlando victims

  11-06-2017 22:01
  
  Community members gathered at an Aurora church Sunday morning to honor the memory of the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida.       
  
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• Blessings Given To Denver Zoo Animals In Church

  11-06-2017 21:45
  DENVER (CBS4) – Things got “wild” in church in Denver on Sunday when animals from the Denver Zoo were brought in for a special Blessing of the Animals service.
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  The non-denominational service took place in the morning at Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church. It was meant to be a celebration of life and all animals.
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  Workers from the zoo’s Animal Ambassadors program brought a monitor lizard, turtle, opossum, hawk, parrot, snake and more to the c
  
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• Man dies while rafting in Colorado

  11-06-2017 21:35
  
  A 60-year-old Denver man died while on a commercial rafting trip on the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument Saturday.        
  
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• Hundreds gather at candlelight vigil to honor life of Kiaya Campbell

  11-06-2017 21:30
  
  NORTHGLENN — Three hours before people gathered to pay their respects to Kiaya Campbell, Thornton police cordoned off the area where the 10-year old’s body was found two days earlier.
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• 'Lucky' lion finds its way home

  11-06-2017 21:00
  
  A stuffed lion that got a little lost is safely back home thanks to a local police department and a lot of caring community members.       
  
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• Child safe, held hostage by father

  11-06-2017 20:50
  
  Lakewood police say a 2-year-old is safe after the child's father held the child hostage overnight Saturday.       
  
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• 15-Year-Old Arrested Following Girl’s Death

  11-06-2017 20:31
  
  THORNTON, Colo. (CBS4) – Police in Thornton announced that a 15-year-old male has been arrested and is suspected of killing Kiaya Campbell.
  The 10-year-old disappeared Wednesday night and was found on Thursday near 128th Avenue and Monaco Street, about a mile-and-a-half from her father’s house.
  Kiaya Campbell (credit: CBS)
  On Saturday investigators were still collecting evidence near where Campbell’s body was found. Just before midnight Thornton officers arrested the teen. His
  
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• Firefighter Injured At Site Of Colorado Wildfire

  11-06-2017 20:16
  CRAIG, Colo. (CBS4) – A male firefighter was injured on Saturday while fighting a wildfire in northwestern Colorado.
  The incident happened at the site of the Temple Fire near Craig, and the injury was described as being second degree burns to the legs.
  Fire managers believe the wildfire, which is located on federal land 25 miles west of Craig, was started by a lightning strike. It has burned more than 60 acres and on Sunday it was 60 percent contained.
  Authorities haven’t said so far
  
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• Jared Polis Announces Run For Colorado Governor

  11-06-2017 19:25
  DENVER (AP) — Rep. Jared Polis is joining a crowded field in the race for Colorado governor.
  U.S. Rep. Jared Polis (credit: CBS)
  The Democrat from Boulder who represents Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District said Sunday he wants to see Colorado use 100 percent renewable energy by 2040 and provide free, full-day preschool or kindergarten for children age 3 and older.
  Polis says President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement as well as what Polis cal
  
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• Neighbors, Friends Light Candles In Vigil For Kiaya Campbell

  11-06-2017 19:23
  THORNTON, Colo. (CBS4) – Friends and neighbors attended a vigil on Saturday night to show support for the family of a 10-year-old girl who was killed in Thornton.
  The event was held near 128th Avenue and Monaco Street, close to where the body of Kiaya Campbell was found.
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  Many of those who attended said they are still shocked by the murder.
  “We need to do everything that we can to make sure that Kiaya’s family feels this love and this support from all of us, no spe
  
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• Two Sides Clash; 4 Arrested After Anti-Sharia Law Rally

  11-06-2017 19:04
  
  By Dillon Thomas
  DENVER (CBS4) – The steps of Colorado’s capitol were peppered with clashing protesters Saturday, at an event started by those opposed to historic Islam’s Sharia Law.
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  “We don’t want to see our nation, and the foundation that was built here, torn apart by adding in sharia law,” said Mike Morris, an event organizer.
  Morris is part of the “Three Percent United Patriots,” an organization which played a large role in protes
  
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• Thornton police arrest 15-year-old in Kiaya Campbell murder investigation

  11-06-2017 18:47
  
  Thornton Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with the murder investigation of 10-year-old Kiaya Campbell, who went missing last week after last being seen with the 15-year-old son of her father’s girlfriend.
  Police would not confirm if the boy arrested Saturday night was the same as the one last seen with Campbell.
  “It’s still ongoing, and there are still things to tie up at this time,” said Officer Victor Avila, Thornton Police Department spokesman.
  
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• 15-Year-Old Arrested Following Thornton Girl’s Death

  11-06-2017 18:25
  
  THORNTON, Colo. (CBS4) – Police in Thornton announced that a 15-year-old male has been arrested and is suspected of killing Kiaya Campbell.
  The 10-year-old disappeared Wednesday night and was found on Thursday about a mile-and-a-half from her father’s house.
  Kiaya Campbell (credit: CBS)
  On Saturday investigators were still collecting evidence near where Campbell’s body was found. Just before midnight Thornton officers arrested the teen. His name is not being released at this ti
  
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• Teen arrested in 10-year-old's death

  11-06-2017 18:21
  
  Thornton Police have arrested a 15-year-old in connection to the death of 10-year-old Kiaya Campbell.       
  
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• More than 23,000 attend first night of Dead & Company

  11-06-2017 18:19
  
  More than 23,000 people attended the Dead & Company concert at Folsom Field on Friday evening, according to the University of Colorado, well short of a sell-out.
  CU spokesman Ryan Huff said via email that 23,651 people attended Dead & Company — a band featuring members of the original Grateful Dead, including guitarist John Mayer.
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• Moonlighting police leave body cameras behind

  11-06-2017 16:56
  
  By JOHN SEEWER
  When police officers in America’s cities put on their uniforms and grab their weapons before moonlighting in security jobs at nightclubs, hospitals, and ballparks, there’s one piece of equipment they often leave behind — their body camera.
  That’s because most police agencies that make the cameras mandatory for patrol shifts don’t require or won’t allow body cameras for off-duty officers even if they’re working in uniform, leaving a hole in
  
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• Latest Forecast: Not As Hot With A Few Late Day Storms

  11-06-2017 16:40
  
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – There will be a small cool down over northeastern parts of the state for Sunday. Including the Denver metro area where the high should be around 5 to 8 degrees cooler than Saturday’s 94. The reason being a little more cloud cover and slightly cooler temperatures pushing in from the northeast.
  There is a slight chance for a few isolated showers and thunderstorms late Sunday afternoon into Sunday night for the northern Front Range and northeastern plain
  
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• Jared Polis to join crowded 2018 race for governor, tells The Post he wants “a Colorado that works for everybody”

  11-06-2017 16:00
  
  WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Polis plans to join the crowded race for governor this week, and in doing so, the Boulder Democrat will advocate a vision for Colorado that tests how far to the left the state has shifted politically in the last decade.
  In an interview with The Denver Post, the fifth-term lawmaker said his platform will focus on three initiatives: getting Colorado to use 100 percent renewable energy by 2040, ensuring parents can access free, full-day preschool or kinderg
  
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• Respect, loyalty, competition: The complex legacy of Broncos CB Aqib Talib

  11-06-2017 15:00
  
  RICHARDSON, Texas – The humidity is draining on this 80-something degree Texas day even though the sun is hidden. The clouds gain control of the skies and threaten rain which never comes. The hot, worn turf field is starting to hurt some feet.
  Front and center stands Broncos all-pro cornerback Aqib Talib, full of energy, rocking a gray Yellow Jackets United long-sleeved shirt, representing the youth football organization he helps run and finance. On this recent Sunday, he is “Co
  
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• Ask Amy: Sister’s relationship doesn’t score points

  11-06-2017 09:00
  
  Dear Amy: I am writing about my sister. She entered into a relationship with her new-ish stepdad’s nephew, whom she met at our mother’s wedding. About a year after the wedding they decided to pursue a relationship. She initially asked me my thoughts and I let her know I thought she could do better, as this guy lived several states away at the time, smokes, drinks heavily, and didn’t have a job, among other reasons.
  He eventually moved to be with her, got a job and tried to quit
  
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• Collaboration for “a legendary and mystical river” sees vibrant flows, rejuvenation on the Dolores

  11-06-2017 08:15
  
  BEDROCK — “We should do it again,” says Luke Schafer, on the final few minutes of a three-day, 36-mile float along the Dolores River in remote Slickrock Canyon, a stunning gorge in western Colorado’s Montrose County.
  It takes but a few seconds for the team to wholeheartedly agree to ditch jobs, families and responsibilities for another ramble through the geologic wonder. But there’s a problem.
  The receding water line on the banks — evidenced by the rattle of d
  
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• First black chief pilot at a major airline retires

  11-06-2017 08:06
  
  DALLAS– Nobody at Southwest told Louis Freeman he would be the first black pilot in the airline’s history when he was hired in 1980.
  “It never occurred to me,” Freeman says, “but when I got here I was the only pilot of color — it didn’t take long to figure out.”
  Freeman went on to become the first black chief pilot — a management job — at a major U.S. airline. His most memorable flight carried the body of civil rights icon Rosa Parks to
  
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• Sometimes inertia helps: More workers save in their 401(k)

  11-06-2017 08:05
  
  Workers are more likely to be saving for retirement, at least among those eligible for a workplace plan, and lower-income employees have made some of the biggest gains in recent years.
  Those are two of the encouraging trends borne out of numbers from Vanguard, which looks each year at how participants are behaving in 401(k) plans and similar retirement accounts for which it keeps records. Vanguard is one of the nation’s big record keepers, working with 4.4 million participants in defined-c
  
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• Colorado’s Rainbow Alley and the power of mentors for LGBTQ youth

  11-06-2017 08:05
  
  I would paint a picture of what Rainbow Alley looks like but, frankly, I’m not allowed in. Neither are you, for that matter.
  They bent the rules a bit, taking me down into the basement of the GLBT Community Center of Colorado for a brief look. So I can tell you it was a bright and colorful space, befitting its name. A group of young people looked over, eyeing our small group (a reporter, a center spokesman and a PR person), wondering what we were doing there.
  The only adult allowed, 40-yea
  
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• Wildfire Grows To 500 Acres In Northwest Colorado

  11-06-2017 07:36
  
  MEEKER, Colo. (CBS4) – An aerial firefight is underway in northwestern Colorado against a wildfire that grew to hundreds of acres over the weekend.
  Hunter Fire (credit: Rio Blanco County)
  The fire is being referred to as the Hunter Fire and it’s located in the Piceance Basin southwest of Meeker. On last check it was more than 500 acres and there was no containment estimate on it.Video footage from todays MMA mission to the Hunter Fire #cofire pic.twitter.com/gPO1NjAdA9
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• 150 Trucks Pour 20 Million Pounds Of Concrete At Hotel Site

  11-06-2017 03:56
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The concrete foundation was poured on Saturday for a new hotel in downtown Denver.
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  The Hilton Garden Inn Denver Union Station is being built at 20th and Chestnut Place.
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  Approximately 150 trucks poured 20 million pounds of concrete at the construction site. In a prepared statement Alliance Construction Solutions called it “one of the largest continuous concrete pours in Denver’s history.”
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  The new hotel will be 12 st
  
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• Wildfire Grows To 400 Acres In Northwest Colorado

  11-06-2017 03:36
  
  MEEKER, Colo. (CBS4) – An aerial firefight is underway in northwestern Colorado against a wildfire that grew to 400 acres on Saturday.
  The fire is being referred to as the Hunter Fire and it’s located in the Piceance Basin southwest of Meeker.
  So far it’s not clear how the wildfire started.
  A few other smaller wildfires were also burning in western Colorado, including one on federal land 25 miles west of Craig.
  Last Tuesday, fire managers on Colorado’s Western Slope told
  
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• Pair Of Fatal Crashes Take Place Saturday On Colorado Roads

  11-06-2017 03:25
  JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – A pair of deadly crashes took place on Colorado roads on Saturday.
  A stretch of C-470 was shut down for several hours at West Quincy Avenue in the afternoon.RIGHT NOW: WB/NB C470 closed at Quincy for fatal crash at Hampden/285. @CSP_Golden @ColoradoDOT #COTraf pic.twitter.com/1BWfk8Pmiv
  — CBSDenver (@CBSDenver) June 10, 2017
  One woman died there after crashing her motorcycle into the guard rail. No other vehicles were involved, but it caused major bac
  
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• Rockies Defeat Cubs, Extend Win Streak To 7 Games

  11-06-2017 02:48
  CHICAGO (The Sports Xchange) – Colorado Rockies first baseman Mark Reynolds has focused on becoming more of a well-rounded hitter instead of an all-or-nothing slugger who hits home runs or strikes out.
  But with the wind blowing out at Wrigley Field on Saturday afternoon, Reynolds did not mind belting a home run out of the ballpark and on to Waveland Avenue. Teammate Charlie Blackmon also hit a home run that cleared the bleachers as the Rockies cruised to a 9-1 win over the Chicago Cubs.
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• 17-year NBA Veteran Miller Plans To Keep On Playing

  11-06-2017 02:46
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — NBA veteran Mike Miller is under contract with the Denver Nuggets through next season — and is anxious to fulfill that commitment.
  Mike Miller  of the Denver Nuggets (credit: David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images)
  The 17-year pro returned to his home state of South Dakota Saturday to participate in a basketball clinic in Sioux Falls. He tells the Argus Leader that he still enjoys playing and he plans to keep going as long as he can.
  Miller, who played high
  
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• Woman Dies After Early Morning Apartment Fire

  11-06-2017 01:51
  By Melissa Garcia
  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – A woman who escaped from a burning apartment in Lakewood has died.
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  The fire broke out shortly after 5 a.m. Saturday at the Ranch at Bear Creek apartments on South Field Street, near Hampden Avenue just west of Wadsworth Boulevard.
  The fire displaced 15 residents in eight units.
  One unit was destroyed and several surrounding units were damaged by smoke and water.
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  A pile of debris sat outside the building Saturday afterno
  
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• Heat, Flood and Fire

  11-06-2017 01:20
  
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – On the weather map we have a strong ridge of high pressure covering most of the country. Under this ridge temperatures are running above normal to near record levels from the Desert southwest all the way to the east coast and Colorado is right in the middle of the heat wave.
  With mostly sunny skies combined with just a few mountain wave clouds temperatures will be in the 90s to low 100s across the eastern plains with 70s and 80s in the mountains and 90s acr
  
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• Anti-Shariah Rally In Denver Draws People From Both Sides

  11-06-2017 01:10
  DENVER (AP) – Police in Denver kept protesters against Islamic law and counter-protesters separated Saturday by a four-lane street in front of the state Capitol.
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  About 175 protesters held their rally on the Capitol grounds, singing the national anthem and waving signs. Around 200 counter-protesters gathered across the street with signs expressing support for Muslims. About 100 police officers were in between.
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  Members of the two groups shouted at each other acros
  
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• Father, Son Charged In Cattle Rustling Case

  11-06-2017 00:57
  
  WIGGINS, Colo. (CBS4) – A father and son from Fort Morgan are charged with felony livestock theft.
  Eric Knox, left, and Deric Knox, right (credit: Yuma County)
  Investigators say Eric and Deric Knox rustled eight black calves from a pasture in Wiggins.
  The owner called deputies, who found the calves on the Knox’s property in Yuma County.
  
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• Rockies Defeat Cubs, Win Streak Reaches 7

  11-06-2017 00:44
  
  CHICAGO (The Sports Xchange) – Mark Reynolds and Charlie Blackmon each hit a long-distance home run that cleared the Wrigley Field bleachers, and rookie right-hander Jeff Hoffman matched a career high with eight strikeouts as the Colorado Rockies cruised to a 9-1 win over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday afternoon.
  Reynolds’ home run traveled an estimated 447 feet, and Blackmon’s blast covered an estimated 439 feet. Reynolds finished the game a triple short of the cycle as he went
  
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• Coroner Releases Name Of 48-Year-Old Who Died In Shootout With Police

  11-06-2017 00:33
  
  LOVELAND, Colo. (CBS4) – A man who died after a shooting with police in Loveland has been identified.
  The incident took place Thursday night near Namaqua Park, which is west of Interstate 25.
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  Police were investigating a car crash when a driver jumped out of a car and started firing at officers.
  The officers fired back and after being hit police say that driver, Stephen Rich, 48, was taken to the hospital and died.
  No one else was hurt.
  
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