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• A Look At What Didn’t Happen This Week

  16-06-2017 23:58
  
  (AP) – A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked these out; here are the real facts.
  NOT REAL: Trump Just Ended Obama’s Vacation Scam And Sent Him A Bill You Have To See To Believe
  THE FACTS: This story claims President Donald Trump has cut off more than $2 billion earmarked for funding of former President Barack Obama’s v
  
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• Amazon deal sends other stocks reeling

  16-06-2017 23:46
  
  Amazon's aggressive plan to take over Whole Foods has sent ripples through the grocer retail stock market.       
  
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• ‘Everything Changed In A Second’: Family In Shock After Hiking Death At Hanging Lake

  16-06-2017 23:39
  
  By Matt Kroschel
  HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (CBS4)– The parents of the 8-year-old who died while on a hike at Hanging Lake Trail says they are still in disbelief their son in gone.
  Noah Ragon from Highlands Ranch was hiking with his family at Hanging Lake in Garfield County on Monday when he was fatally wounded. His parents believe he was struck in the head by a falling rock.
  Noah Ragon (credit: Ragon Family)
  He was laid to rest Friday. CBS4 was invited to meet with the family as they shared m
  
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• 2017 NBA Draft: Storylines To Follow

  16-06-2017 23:39
  
  By Rahul Lal
  The upcoming 2017 NBA Draft is one of the most intriguing in years. After a college basketball season filled with exciting moments, incredible stat lines and an amazing conclusion, many of the players who made it great look to take the next step in their careers. This year’s draft class, hyped as one of the best ever, is full of potential stars. Some prospects will explode on the scene, some will flame out and some will go on to enjoy respectable NBA careers.
  In the year of th
  
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• What happened to Rabbit Ears Peak?

  16-06-2017 23:23
  
  Rabbit Ears Peak looks a little different after losing a chunk of one of its ears.       
  
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• Citadel building bought for $37 million

  16-06-2017 23:23
  
  The Citadel was built in 1987 at 3200 Cherry Creek S. Drive near the Cherry Creek Shopping Center and stands seven stories tall.       
  
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• Time To Stop Hugging Your Chickens

  16-06-2017 23:18
  ATLANTA (CBS4) – It’s time to stop hugging, kissing, and snuggling your chickens.
  In a report published in June, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention links a multi-state outbreak of salmonella to prolonged human contact with live chickens that live in backyards.
  From January to May of 2017, doctors have treated nearly 400 cases of salmonella infections, from all but three states.
  The CDC says the infections came after live handling of poultry, like chicks and ducklings. In
  
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• Denver Comic Con wants comic...

  16-06-2017 23:12
  
  Ever wanted to break a Guinness world record? Well, if you love comics and cosplay, Denver Comic Con may just be your chance. The con is going to try for the world record of the largest gathering of people dressed as comic characters.       
  
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• UNC Grad Lands Backup Role As Anna In Frozen

  16-06-2017 23:08
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– “Let it go, let it go. Can’t hold it back anymore.” Those unmistakable lyrics from “Frozen” will be ringing out from the Buell Theater starting in August, as the Disney musical makes its debut here on the way to Broadway next spring.
  That’s also what one young University of Northern Colorado grad could be singing, as she finally gets to share the news that she landed a key backup role in the production. Aisha Jackson is the standby for Ann
  
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• Get Ready For PrideFest, Road Closures This Weekend

  16-06-2017 22:17
  By Joel HillanDENVER (CBS4)– This weekend PrideFest hits downtown Denver. The event is one of the largest in the West and attracts thousands of people.
  Look for closures in and around Civic Center Park this weekend during PrideFest.(credit: CBS)
  The parade itself steps off from Cheesman Park Sunday at 9:30 a.m. heading north on Washington Street before turning west on Colfax and heading into Civic Center Park.Also, this weekend, Sunday, June 18 into Monday, June 19, Interstate 70 will clos
  
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• Big prize money in fishing contest

  16-06-2017 22:15
  
  Colorado Parks and Wildlife is giving away about $9,000 in cash and prizes during a fishing tournament that begins next week.       
  
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• Trash Fire Continues To Smolder 1 Day After It Started

  16-06-2017 21:58
  
  COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (CBS4)– The fire continues to smolder at a trash transfer facility in Commerce City nearly 24 hours after it spread from piles of trash to buildings on the facility.
  Copter4 flew over the trash fire (credit: CBS)
  The fire broke out at the Waste Management facility near 60th and Brighton on Thursday afternoon in what was initially thought to be recycling waste.
  (credit: CBS)
  The facility remained closed on Friday as fire crews continued to put out the fire.
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• Road closures for the weekend

  16-06-2017 21:48
  
  There are multiple closures planned this weekend on or near Interstate 70 and Interstate 25, Colorado Department of Transportation said in a couple of press releases.       
  
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• Parents Of Teen Who Had Gun, Explosives In Home Appear In Court

  16-06-2017 21:12
  CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (CBS4)– The parents of a teenager who admitted to having explosives in a home that forced the evacuation of a Castle Rock neighborhood appeared in court on Friday. They also face charges in the case.
  A 16-year-old pleaded guilty in March to having a gun and explosives in a home that forced the neighborhood to be evacuated last Halloween.The teenager lived in the Castle Rock home. He was sentenced to two years in the Department of Youth Corrections. Initially, investigato
  
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• Authorities Halt Testing Of PFCs Plume, Blame No EPA Funding

  16-06-2017 20:55
  
  DENVER (AP) — Officials confirmed Colorado health authorities have stopped monitoring the plume of groundwater contaminated with PFCs at levels exceeding a federal health advisory limit that is spreading south.
  This widens the challenge of dealing with the perfluorinated chemicals, or PFCs, which do not break down and have been linked to birth defects, cancers and other health harm.
  The Denver Post reports Pueblo leaders Thursday say they expect tracking of contaminated water to continue a
  
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• All Lanes Of I-70 Open After Semi Catches Fire

  16-06-2017 20:54
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A semi fire shut down all westbound lanes of Interstate 70 early Friday morning, causing major traffic backups for miles. Those lanes started to reopen just before 10 a.m. and all lanes were completely open by 11:30 a.m.
  Copter4 flew over a semi fire in the westbound lanes of I-70 (credit: CBS)
  The semi caught fire in the westbound lanes at Brighton Boulevard.
  Copter4 flew over a semi fire in the westbound lanes of I-70 (credit: CBS)
  CDOT tweeted an update on the cleanup and
  
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• 100-mile bike race for kids, teens

  16-06-2017 20:43
  
  What's more Colorado than a rigorous 100-mile mountain bike race, for KIDS!       
  
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• Amazon Buying Whole Foods In Bold Move Into Brick And Mortar

  16-06-2017 20:39
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is buying Whole Foods in a stunning move that gives it hundreds of stores across the U.S. — a brand-new laboratory for radical retail experiments that could revolutionize the way people buy groceries.
  The deal valued at $13.7 billion unites the company that persuaded people to buy books — and then everything else — online with the grocery store chain that fell behind as shoppers found “good enough” alternatives to the organic and natural
  
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• Amazon Prime Now Brings 1-Hour Delivery To Denver Metro Area

  16-06-2017 20:24
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Amazon Prime members in the Denver metro area can get certain items delivered in just two hours, or even one hour for an additional charge.
  Amazon Prime Now has partnered with Sprouts to deliver perishable items like fresh fruit, milk and eggs. (credit: David Ryder/Getty Images)
  There are thousands of other items available for the short delivery time which makes the 2-day Prime delivery seem like forever.The one-hour delivery service is an additional $8 per order.
  
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• Higher Prices Squeezing Both Renters And Would-Be Homeowners

  16-06-2017 20:16
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A diminished supply of available homes is swelling prices in large U.S. metro areas from New York to Miami to Los Angeles, squeezing out would-be buyers and pushing up rents as more people are forced to remain tenants.
  The trend is pressuring Americans’ budgets, with about one-third of households spending more than 30 percent of their gross income on housing as of 2015, according to a report being released Friday by Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing S
  
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• Parents of teen with explosives...

  16-06-2017 20:11
  
  The parents of a Castle Rock teenager – whose 2016 arrest led to the discovery of explosives and dangerous chemicals in the family’s home – were in court Friday morning after being charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and child abuse.       
  
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• Keidel: Everyone Will Watch Mayweather-McGregor, And That’s The Point

  16-06-2017 20:00
  By Jason Keidel
  Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor… the fight no one wants, but everyone will watch.
  For all the lamentations from the media, masses and Oscar De La Hoya, we have a staggering cultural contradiction. The indignant pundits are bashing the Mayweather-McGregor bout, now signed and set for August 26, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and questioning the intelligence of those who express even oblique interest in it. We’re hearing regurgitated quotes from history&rs
  
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• Full Containment Expected On Dead Dog Fire

  16-06-2017 19:41
  RANGELY, Colo. (AP) — Firefighters hope to have the second of two northwestern Colorado wildfires fully contained by the end of Friday.
  The Dead Dog Fire has burned nearly 18,000 acres (7,285 hectares) of mostly Bureau of Land Management land north of Rangely. It was 95 percent contained as of Thursday evening.The Dead Dog Fire (credit: CBS)
  Officials say the fire was human-caused but exactly how it started is still under investigation.
  The 990-acre (401-hectare) Hunter Fire near Meeker wa
  
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• Top Taco Night returns to find best taco

  16-06-2017 19:28
  
  More than 50 restaurants are about to converge on the RiNo district to compete for two very important awards.       
  
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• Semi Crashes Into Tree, Bursts Into Flames, Narrowly Missing Apartments

  16-06-2017 19:04
  LITTLETON, Colo. (CBS4)– A semi truck towing cars crashed into a tree that likely stopped it from smashing into an apartment complex in Littleton just after midnight.
  It was a rough wake-up call in the middle of the night for residents living in that apartment building.
  (credit: CBS)
  The semi crashed just west of Belleview and Broadway in Littleton. The cab of the semi caught fire after the crash.
  That fire spread to the nearby apartment building and residents were evacuated.
  (credit: CBS)
  
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• Burning Semi Shuts Down Lanes Of I-70 Slowing Morning Commute

  16-06-2017 17:54
  DENVER (CBS4)– A semi fire shut down all westbound lanes of Interstate 70 early Friday morning, causing major traffic backups for miles. Those lanes started to reopen just before 10 a.m. and all lanes were completely open by 11:30 a.m.
  Copter4 flew over a semi fire in the westbound lanes of I-70 (credit: CBS)
  The semi caught fire in the westbound lanes near Vasquez.
  Copter4 flew over a semi fire in the westbound lanes of I-70 (credit: CBS)
  CDOT tweeted an update on the cleanup and reopenin
  
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• Sindarius Thornwell: My Life As An NBA Draft Prospect

  16-06-2017 16:30
  
  The 2017 NBA Draft is set for Thursday, June 22nd. As the stars of the college game get ready to find out where they will begin their NBA journey, CBS Local Sports’ “My Life As” series will give them an opportunity to talk about how they got to this point and what they expect from the future in their own words.
  Today, we hear from South Carolina senior Sindarius Thornwell, who helped lead his team to a magical Final Four run this season, the first in school history. O
  
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• Police Arrest 1 In Five Points Homicide

  16-06-2017 16:15
  DENVER (CBS4)– Police investigated a homicide in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood early Friday morning. Officers arrested one suspect in connection with the death.
  Officers rushed to the 2400 block of Curtis Street about 5 a.m. The location borders Five Points and the Curtis Park neighborhood.
  Not much information was released by police about the investigation.#BREAKING #DPD on-scene in the 2400 Blk of Curtis St., conducting a Homicide Investigation. Details will be provided when av
  
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• Latest Forecast: Dry And Hot On Friday, Then Not As Warm This Weekend

  16-06-2017 16:07
  
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – A stagnant weather pattern means more hot and dry weather for Friday. High temperatures in the Denver metro area will come within a few degrees of the record high for June 16 which 95° set in 1906.
  Mountain areas will be in the 70s on Friday under partly cloudy skies. It stays dry statewide on Friday.
  A few changes will occur on Saturday as a late spring cold front moves out of Wyoming and crosses Colorado. The front will pass the metro area around noo
  
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• Lynch to Parks: Post different plays

  16-06-2017 14:00
  
  Paxton Lynch good naturedly downplayed a practice video publicly submitted by safety Will Parks.       
  
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• Kiszla: Only one word to describe these Rockies and this baseball-crazy town: Un-funky-believable

  16-06-2017 09:14
  
  During the past 25 years, we’ve all seen a lot of wild-and-crazy baseball in Colorado. But maybe there’s only one word that can adequately describe how the Rockies beat San Francisco 10-9 Thursday after coughing up an eight-run lead. And maybe it’s also the word to explain how a long-suffering franchise has found its swagger and infused Coors Field with a magic bigger than Rocktober.
  Un-funky-believable.
  “These games happen other places, not just here,” Rockies mana
  
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• “The Book of Henry” is a misbegotten mish-mash of several different movies

  16-06-2017 09:00
  
  One and one-half stars. Rated PG-13. 105 minutes.
  There’s genre-bending, and then there’s genre-breaking.
  Director Colin Trevorrow made a modest splash with his 2012 theatrical feature debut, “Safety Not Guaranteed,” an entertainingly quirky time-travel rom-com that was an example of the former category of un-pigeonholability. After a foray into more straightforward stuff, with 2015’s”Jurassic World,” the cinematic mad scientist has returned to the labor
  
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• Salma Hayek is mournfully radiant in the gentle parable “Beatriz at Dinner”

  16-06-2017 09:00
  
  Two stars. Rated R.  In English and some Spanish with subtitles. 83 minutes.
  Salma Hayek is virtually unrecognizable in “Beatriz at Dinner,” a sad-eyed parable in which she plays a massage therapist and healer in Southern California whose car breaks down at the home of a wealthy client, pushing her into an Alice-like plunge through the looking glass of race and class, friendship and professionalism, and liberal earnestness and hypocrisy.
  As the movie opens, Hayek’s title c
  
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• “Past Life”: A family melodrama starting in 1970s West Berlin masquerades as murder mystery

  16-06-2017 09:00
  
  Two stars. Unrated.  In Hebrew, English, German and Polish with subtitles. 109 minutes.
  By Mark Jenkins, Special To The Washington Post
  Burrowing backward from 1970s Israel to 1940s Poland, “Past Life” is a family melodrama in the guise of a murder mystery. Strong performances and the shadow of the Holocaust lend the story poignancy.
  But writer-director Avi Nesher has adapted a real-life memoir — Baruch Milch’s “Can Heaven Be Void?” — into an overly
  
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• “Cars 3”: Once more around the track, for old times sake  

  16-06-2017 09:00
  
  Two and one-half stars. Rated G. 100 minutes.
  Lightning McQueen’s third time around the track is showing signs that Disney/Pixar’s reliable “Cars” franchise may, after two popular and original installments in the series of animated tales about talking cars, finally be starting to run out of gas.
  To be sure, “Cars 3,” which centers on a cocky race car named Lightning (voice of Owen Wilson) and his fears of obsolescence in the face of more high-tech competition,
  
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• Punch List: The third week in June is about time to harvest garlic in the Colorado garden

  16-06-2017 08:58
  
  Garlic
  The harvest of fall-planted garlic will begin soon. Just like growing garlic, harvest is easy. These few tips will guarantee a tasty pesto.
  Garlic is putting on lots of bulb growth in the weeks before harvest, so regular watering is important.
  Hardneck garlic produces scapes (flower stalks) that should be cut off two weeks prior to harvest so bulbs grow bigger. Use scapes in a stir fry, pesto or grill them like asparagus.
  Refrain from watering garlic plants a few days before harvesting to
  
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• Outside Voice: The transformational power of a hand tool

  16-06-2017 08:58
  
  I could tell you that I took in after chest-high hay with a hand tool known as a grass whip last weekend because I was paying attention to ozone alerts (true.) Or because the vibration of the perfectly functional gas-powered weed whacker in the shed is too painful for my hands (also true.) Or that I’ve been tuned up to the elegance of non-motorized landscape maintenance by a guy who builds tools based on plans developed by 18th century inventor Jethro Tull (completely factual.)
  In reality,
  
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• Review: A questionable murder derails “Rough Night” fun

  16-06-2017 08:27
  
  By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press
  In “Rough Night ” four women on a wild and crazy bachelorette weekend in Miami accidentally kill a guy and try to get away with it.
  You know it’s coming. It’s right there in the trailer. In the middle of the party, Jillian Bell’s coked out character runs full speed toward a male stripper to straddle him and inadvertently knocks the guy over. As his seat falls back, his head cracks into the sharp edged fireplace ledge behind him.
  
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• Special counsel is investigating Jared Kushner’s business dealings

  16-06-2017 08:25
  
  By Sari Horwitz, Matt Zapotosky and Adam Entous, The Washington Post
  WASHINGTON – Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating the finances and business dealings of Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, as part of the probe into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, according to officials familiar with the matter.
  FBI agents and federal prosecutors have also been examining the financial dealings of other Trump associates, includin
  
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• That big tree in your yard? Should it stay or should it go?

  16-06-2017 08:17
  
  Planted in a new back yard or a revamped landscape, staked and wrapped against the elements, young trees embody optimism: some day, this twig will be big enough to cast shade.
  Then, just like children, they grow. You wake up to discover your baby is a 6-foot-tall high-school sophomore and your scrawny tree tops your roofline. Just like children, the bigger trees are, the more expensive their problems become.
  Removing a mature shade tree is a full-day job with a price tag in the thousands and per
  
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• Rockies Nearly Give Up Lead, Beat Giants 10-9

  16-06-2017 07:39
  
  DENVER (The Sports Xchange) – Raimel Tapia stroked a walk-off single to right field with one out in the ninth inning Thursday night, giving the Colorado Rockies a 10-9 win over the San Francisco Giants.
  Mark Reynolds led off the ninth with a single against Hunter Strickland (1-2). Ian Desmond fouled out. Pinch hitter Carlos Gonzalez walked on four pitches, setting the stage for Tapia, who went 2-for-5 with two RBIs after going 4-for-4 on Wednesday.
  The Rockies, who are 10-2 in one-run game
  
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• Driver In Deadly Hit & Run Pleads Guilty

  16-06-2017 06:20
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– The driver who struck and killed a young woman in downtown Denver last fall pleaded guilty on Thursday.
  Norlan Estrada Reyes was behind the wheel when he struck Karina Pulec at 13th and Broadway in October 2016. A friend she was walking with was also injured.
  Norlan Estrada-Reyes (credit: Denver Police)
  He pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident. The guilty plea keeps Pulec’s family from the emotion of a lengthy trial.
  “I think it’s a sense of re
  
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• Broncos finish offseason, start vacation

  16-06-2017 06:08
  
  And now sports fans, a break from the NFL.       
  
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• Bankruptcy Preparation Business Leaves Out Sensitive Documents, Doors Unlocked

  16-06-2017 06:00
  
  By Dillon Thomas
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– The Better Business Bureau has suspended a local bankruptcy preparation company’s “A” rating, after a CBS4 viewer filed a complaint.
  “On My Own Bankruptcy and Divorce Preparation,” located along Chambers Road in Aurora, is under scrutiny, after unexpectedly closing the business.
  (credit: Preston Prunty)
  The company had posted an advertisement on Craigslist, promising a 100 percent satisfaction guarantee, or money back, cl
  
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• Man Sentenced After Falling 40 Feet During Parkour

  16-06-2017 05:38
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A man who fell 40 feet down the chimney of a Denver loft building and had to be rescued was sentenced on Thursday.
  Dustin Hinkle, 26, was sentenced to two years probation after he pleaded guilty to criminal trespassing charges.
  Dustin Hinkle (credit: Denver Police)
  He told CBS4 that he and a couple of friends were making a Parkour video on the roof of the Denver City Lofts near 17th and Champa when something went wrong.
  (credit: CBS)
  “I didn’t even believe i
  
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• Yoga Models Pose In Off Limits Area At Hanging Lake

  16-06-2017 05:24
  GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)– A Brazilian clothing company is apologizing for shooting a commercial at Hanging Lake in Glenwood Springs.
  Liquido, an active wear company, faced harsh criticism on social media after sharing pictures of models posing at the popular, and pristine, hiking destination.(credit: Instagram)
  The US Forest Service does not allow the lake to be used for commercial purposes. Or people to walk on the log. Or even go into the water. Both the water and the log are off l
  
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• Board Of Regents OKs Mike MacIntyre’s Contract Extension

  16-06-2017 05:01
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The University of Colorado board of regents on Thursday unanimously approved football coach Mike MacIntyre’s contract extension that he signed more than five months ago.
  The regents had tabled the contract during a probe into the athletic department and football program’s handling of domestic violence allegations against one of MacIntyre’s former assistants.
  The contract has the same terms as the one presented to the board in February, with the excep
  
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• Victim, Women Help Detain Groping Suspect Until Police Arrive

  16-06-2017 04:46
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A groping suspect is in police custody thanks to the alleged victim and other women who helped detain him until officers arrived.Police were called to Tremont Street on the 16th Street Mall about 11:30 a.m. Thursday.(credit: CBS)
  Investigators believe the man inappropriately touched several women.One of the victims was able to get other people to help her hold him until officers arrived. (credit: CBS)
  Police are asking anyone who may have seen what happened or who may be a v
  
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• A Ballgame Of Unity, Spirit, Friendly Rivalry, Won By Dems

  16-06-2017 04:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats joined in a spirited, friendly rivalry Thursday at their annual Congressional Baseball game, many fresh from the penetrating horror of the ballfield shooting rampage a day earlier and all playing in honor of their grievously wounded colleague.
  The game at Nationals Park carried on a century-old bipartisan ritual, this one tinged with worry about Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise and their determination to answer the attack by coming together in sport.
  
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• Trump To Announce Plan To Stop Cash Flow To Cuban Military

  16-06-2017 04:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Stopping short of a complete turnabout, President Donald Trump is expected Friday to announce a revised Cuba policy aimed at stopping the flow of U.S. cash to the country’s military and security services while maintaining diplomatic relations and allowing U.S. airlines and cruise ships to continue service to the island.
  In a speech Friday at a Miami theater associated with Cuban exiles, Trump will cast the policy moves as fulfillment of a promise he made during last
  
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