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• Massive Utah Blaze Pouring Smoke Into Colorado

  23-06-2017 23:55
  
  VAIL, Colo. (CBS4) – A massive wildfire in Utah is sending smoke into Colorado.
  The hazy skies are visible from Grand Junction to Vail, and even in Colorado Springs.
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  The Brian Head Fire is burning in southwestern Utah west of Bryce Canyon National Park.
  The small town of Brian Head is one of nine communities evacuated.
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  The fire has burned more than 28,000 acres since it started Monday. It was estimated at 5,000 acres Wednesday.
  
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• Man Guilty For Shooting Neighbor In The Butt Over Squirrel Argument

  23-06-2017 23:25
  GUNBARREL, Colo. (CBS4) – A man has been found guilty for shooting his neighbor in the butt.
  John Barbour, 60, of Gunbarrel has been found guilty of attempted second-degree murder and first-degree assault after shooting Jeffrey Browning on May 12, 2016 after the two argued about feeding squirrels.
  Barbour apparently left peanuts for squirrels, to which Browning objected.
  John Barbour (credit: Boulder County Sheriff)
  Barbour posted fliers in the neighborhood explaining he fed the squirrels
  
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• Sssssupect Taken Into Custody For Tresssspassssing

  23-06-2017 23:08
  WESTMINSTER, Colo. (CBS4) – Police had to take a super sneaky slithering suspect into custody.
  And while it wasn’t a typical criminal, it was definitely “an unwanted trespasser on a citizen’s property.”
  The Westminster Police Department posted on Facebook that the “sssuspect was taken into custody…and safely relocated to some nearby open space.”They add that they don’t typically respond to animal calls involving snakes because they’re
  
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• Man Dies After Being Stabbed Multiple Times

  23-06-2017 22:59
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – An adult male is dead after he was stabbed multiple times.
  The Aurora Police Department said in a statement that the incident happened at 8:05 a.m. in the 13000 block of East 13th Avenue, which is near the intersection of Ursula Street.
  When police arrived on the scene, they located the victim, who was transported to and later died at the hospital from his injuries.
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  After obtaining a description of the suspect, he was located on an RTD bus at East Missi
  
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• Hanging Lake Emergency Calls Stretching Resources Thin

  23-06-2017 22:43
  GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – Hanging Lake might be a victim of its own popularity.
  In going to the trail right off Interstate 70, you’re not supposed to go off the trail or get into the lake, but many people ignore the signs, and it’s putting a strain on first responders.
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  Emergency personnel received 16 calls for help last year. So far this year: six. And it’s stretching resources thin.
  Gary Tillotson (credit: CBS)
  “The effect that it’s
  
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• Move Over Fidget Spinner, The Toothpick Crossbow Is Now Terrifying Parents

  23-06-2017 22:34
  CBS Local– Fidget spinners are old news in China; it’s all about the toothpick crossbow now.
  The toothpick crossbow is exactly what it sounds like. Kids can shoot sharpened toothpicks that can pierce apples and even lightbulbs, which has obviously made the product a top safety concern for parents. Time is reporting that cities of Chengdu, Kunming and Harbin in China have all banned the toy, while parents are hoping for a country-wide ban.
  Could the toothpick crossbow make i
  
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• Summer Chill Closes Denver Pools 3 Days After Record High Of 99

  23-06-2017 22:21
  
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – It’s been a roller coaster ride for temperatures across eastern Colorado this week.
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  After three days with highs in the 90s, including a record high of 99 degrees on June 20, temperatures stayed in the 50s for most of the day on Friday.
  The chilly weather closed several pools including Pirates Cove Water Park, the water park at Elitch Gardens, Water World and all pools operated by the City and County of Denver.
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• Wife Of Killed State Trooper: ‘He Was A Friend, And A Father, And A Husband’

  23-06-2017 21:50
  
  By Andrea Flores
  CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (CBS4) – The commercial truck driver accused of hitting and killing a Colorado State trooper appeared in a Douglas County courtroom Friday.
  Velma Donahue relives the pain of losing her husband, Colorado State Patrol Trooper Cody Donahue, months after he was killed while on duty, investigating a crash along I-25.
  “He was wonderful. He was amazing,” Donahue’s wife said. “He was a friend, and a father, and a husband.”
  Velm
  
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• Keidel: Raiders Spend Big On Carr

  23-06-2017 21:40
  By Jason Keidel
  The Oakland Raiders have slowly flowered from the NFL ashes, from doormat to decent to the edge of dominant. It has taken awhile.
  Not too long ago, the Raiders were a sad caricature, led by their iconic and iconoclastic owner, Al Davis, the Brooklyn kid who shook the NFL down to its foundation. Through his ambition and innovation, and for being avant garde regarding race, Davis was well ahead of his time. Until suddenly he wasn’t. He became an old man in a jumpsuit, tooling
  
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• A Family Affair: Parents Using Children In Mall Thefts

  23-06-2017 21:20
  
  LITTLETON, Colo. (CBS4) – Two adults took two children shoplifting at Southwest Plaza Mall, and it was caught on surveillance video.
  They’re accused of stealing $300 to $400 worth of items from Dillard’s.
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  On its own, that crime would be a misdemeanor. But bringing the children along makes it a Class 4 Felony, which could mean jail time.
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• USAF Thunderbird Jet Crashes During Landing In Ohio

  23-06-2017 21:19
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (CBS4) – A United States Air Force F-16 from the Thunderbirds performance team crashed Friday while landing at Dayton International Airport.
  Witnesses tell CBS affiliate WHIO the jet was on the ground when it flipped.
  “It was raining, and I was taking pictures of some airplanes,” said Ricardo von Puttkammer, chief correspondent for Aviation Photojournal. “The plane was taxing and it flipped. Right away the fire department personnel was running toward the acci
  
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• Wounded Rep. Steve Scalise Out Of Intensive Care

  23-06-2017 20:46
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A person close to wounded Rep. Steve Scalise says the Louisiana Republican has been moved out of a hospital intensive care unit.
  The person says Scalise was moved late Thursday, but had no other updates on his condition.
  The No. 3 House GOP leader, Scalise was shot in the hip on June 14 when a gunman opened fire at a baseball practice of Republican lawmakers in Alexandria, Virginia.
  U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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• Has Legal Marijuana Made Colorado’s Roads Less Safe?

  23-06-2017 20:30
  DENVER (CBS4) – Two recent studies have looked at whether Colorado’s roads are less safe due to the legalization of marijuana.
  The first study released found a link between legalized recreational marijuana and an increase in car crashes.
  On Thursday a different study was released.
  It found there’s been no increase in deadly car crashes since Colorado legalized recreational marijuana.
  Those findings were published in the American Journal of Public Health.
  The first study wa
  
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• Jogging 40 Minutes A Day Has “Fountain Of Youth” Effect On Cells, Study Finds

  23-06-2017 20:18
  CBS Local– A relative fountain of youth may be attainable, and it’s not a hot spring somewhere in the mountains of Iceland.
  It can be found by remaining highly active, which means 30 minutes of running a day for women or 40 minutes for men.
  The running can have a “fountain of youth” effect on cells, according to a study by Brigham Young University (BYU).
  The study found that people who jog regularly for that amount of time had longer telomeres. Telomeres are at
  
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• Caught On Camera: Thieves Inside Auto Dealership

  23-06-2017 20:13
  
  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – Thieves broken into Stevinson Automotive, and police need help finding them.
  Lakewood police officers say that two people strolled around the office taking things.
  (credit: Stevinson Automotive)
  (credit: Stevinson Automotive)
  It was captured on surveillance video, which police hope will help identify the thieves.
  If anyone recognizes the two, they’re asked to call the Lakewood Police Department at 303-987-7111.
  
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• Need A Paperclip? Prada Will Sell You One For $185

  23-06-2017 19:58
  CBS Local– Paperclips are a handy, useful product to have at work and home. There’s also a clear market for the item, so Prada decided to get in on the action by taking up residence in a lane none have traveled thus far by selling a paperclip for $185.
  The above number is correct, $185. You’d be forgiven for possibly reading it as “$1.85” and still assuming that’s too much, but Prada is seriously selling one for almost $185.
  Twitter, thankfully, is here f
  
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• Jeep Driven Into Gun Store, Suspect On The Loose

  23-06-2017 19:56
  
  PARKER, Colo. (CBS4) – Police are investigating an attempted break-in at a gun store.
  It happened at the Pony Express Firearms, which is off South Parker Road, at approximately 3 a.m. Friday.
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  Officers responded to a report of a black Jeep, which has been determined to have been stolen, that attempted to drive through the front entrance of the store.
  The vehicle hit a barrier.
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  An unknown number of people were seen fleeing, getting into a second vehi
  
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• Kids Biased Against Overweight Peers, Study Finds

  23-06-2017 19:48
  
  CBS Local– Irrespective of whether children are being overtly mean to fellow kids that are overweight, they’re also subconsciously implicitly biased against them, according to a study posted in the journal Pediatrics.
  The study, which analysed the behaviors of 114 kids, was conducted using a method known as Affect Misattribution Procedure. Lead researcher of the study, Dr. Asheley Skinner, said this method has not been used prior to this study on this particular topic.
  
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• Authorities Say Wildfires Might Have Been Purposely Set

  23-06-2017 19:22
  
  REDVALE, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say a series of wildfires that broke out along the border of Colorado’s Montrose and San Miguel counties might have been set on purpose.
  The San Miguel Sheriff’s Office states the five wildfires were all contained be early Thursday afternoon. The fires didn’t cause any injuries, evacuations or property damage.
  (credit: San Miguel County Sheriff)
  (credit: San Miguel County Sheriff)
  San Miguel Sheriff’s Office deputies say they are lo
  
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• Emergency Responders To Begin Using Drones

  23-06-2017 18:59
  
  By Stan Bush
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – Six agencies in Larimer County are adding drone use to their regular operations.
  “Every week there is like wow we could use this,” says Jeremy Yonce, spokesman for the Fort Collins Police Department. “It would have protected people.”
  Jeremy Yonce (credit: CBS)
  Police and fire departments in Fort Collins and Loveland, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Department, and Colorado State University held a demonstration of their dr
  
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• Nuggets Acquire Tyler Lydon In Draft-Day Trade With Jazz

  23-06-2017 18:41
  DENVER (AP) — Trading down in the first round with Utah, the Denver Nuggets acquired Syracuse forward Tyler Lydon with the 24th pick in the NBA draft Thursday night and added veteran forward Trey Lyles from the Jazz.
  The Nuggets entered the draft with the No. 13 overall pick, using it to select Louisville guard Donovan Mitchell, whose rights were then traded to Utah in return for the Jazz’s No. 24 pick and Lyles, who was the 12th overall pick out of Kentucky two years ago.
  In his two
  
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• Depp’s ‘Assassin’ Comments The Latest In Celebrity Anger

  23-06-2017 18:28
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Johnny Depp has sparked controversy for joking about assassinating Donald Trump during an appearance at a large festival in Britain, the latest example of artists using violent imagery when dealing with the president.
  “When was the last time an actor assassinated a president?” Depp asked the crowd at Glastonbury Festival, in reference to the death of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth in 1865.
  The 54-year-old “Pirates of the Caribbean” star then ad
  
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• Pence Visits Focus On The Family Amid Change For Religious Right

  23-06-2017 18:22
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence’s visit Friday to Colorado to celebrate the anniversary of Focus on the Family comes at a time of change for the religious right during the age of President Donald Trump.
  Focus on the Family was once well-known for its involvement in politics. But under new leadership, it has dialed that back in an effort by younger evangelicals to withdraw from partisan culture wars.
  At the same time, many older evangelicals have stayed the co
  
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• Coroner: Colorado Man Drowned In Northern Illinois Lake

  23-06-2017 18:18
  GRAYSLAKE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in northern Illinois say a Colorado man drowned after bystanders couldn’t save him when he was having trouble swimming in a lake.
  The Lake County Coroner’s Office said Friday that 19-year-old Yhalayea Cornelius Kumahn of Aurora, Colorado, died early Thursday. Authorities say the incident happened at Lake Leopold in Grayslake. Firefighters were called when those nearby couldn’t save Kumahn. He was recovered from about 9 feet of water and
  
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• U.S. Bans Beef From Brazil Due To Safety Concerns

  23-06-2017 17:11
  CBS Local– The United States has banned all beef imports from Brazil, the Department of Agriculture announced Thursday.
  The department immediately suspended all fresh beef imports from the South American nation after inspectors observed unsanitary conditions, animal health issues and other public health threats. The ban will not be lifted until Brazil “takes corrective action,” the agency said.
  “Although international trade is an important part of what we do at USDA,
  
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• Latest Forecast: Summer Cold Front Brings Morning Rain And Much Cooler Temperatures

  23-06-2017 15:30
  
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – Another summer cold front has passed over Denver and the Front Range. The front will cause scattered rain showers and maybe a few rumbles of thunder through at least mid morning on Friday. Then drier weather will prevail from lunchtime through the afternoon although skies will remain mostly cloudy.
  But the rain is only one part of the story. Temperatures will stay in the 60s Friday afternoon…the 60s! It’s a remarkable change from earlier this
  
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• Broncos mailbag: Will Latimer make team?

  23-06-2017 13:53
  
  Will Cody Latimer make the roster this year considering all of the wide receiver competition?       
  
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• Jason Aldean VIP Bus Trip!

  23-06-2017 12:00
  Enter to win a VIP Bus Trip to see Jason Aldean with Casey Donahew at Cheyenne Frontier Days on Friday, July 29, 2017!
  
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• GOP’s new health-care bill has a lot for insurers to like and for hospitals to hate

  23-06-2017 07:54
  
  By Carolyn Y. Johnson, The Washington Post
  Major health-care industry groups largely fell into two camps Thursday when Republicans released their Affordable Care Act repeal: those that criticized the bill and those that preferred to say nothing at all.
  For the health insurance industry, the bill is a mixed bag. The major trade association for health insurers, America’s Health Insurance Plans, declined to issue a specific response to the bill, saying it was still evaluating it. But the
  
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• “Meanness at the core”: Obama jumps back into political fray to slam Trump, GOP on health care

  23-06-2017 07:23
  
  By David Nakamura, The Washington Post
  WASHINGTON – The text of the Senate’s 142-page Obamacare repeal bill had been public for just a few hours Thursday when the nation’s most influential private citizen weighed in — Barack Obama.
  The plan is “not a health care bill,” Obama declared in a 939-word message to his nearly 53 million followers on Facebook. “It’s a massive transfer of wealth from middle-class and poor families to the richest people in A
  
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• PHOTOS: 2017 NBA draft fashion

  23-06-2017 06:56
  
  A look at some of the spiffy fashion of the 2017 NBA draft prospects Thursday, June 22, 2017.
  Related ArticlesJune 22, 2017 Trade talks unable to materialize for Nuggets on draft dayJune 22, 2017 PHOTOS: Derrick White NBA draft watch partyJune 22, 2017 Inside the exhilarating draft party of Colorado guard Derrick White, who the Spurs selected with pick No. 29June 22, 2017 Kiszla: Instead of getting Jimmy Butler, the Nuggets got kicked in the teeth during NBA draftJune 22, 2017 Nuggets miss out o
  
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• Agencies Adding Drone Use To Aid In First Response

  23-06-2017 06:36
  
  By Stan Bush
  FORT COLLINS (CBS4) – Six agencies in Larimer County are adding drone use to their regular operations.
  “Every week there is like wow we could use this,” says Jeremy Yonce, spokesman for the Fort Collins Police Department. “It would have protected people.”
  A drone operated by Poudre Fire Authority flies over a training scenario. (credit: CBS)
  Police and fire departments in Fort Collins and Loveland, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Department, and Colo
  
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• Trade talks unable to materialize for Nuggets on draft day

  23-06-2017 06:19
  
  The Nuggets had conversations with multiple teams in the days leading up to the draft in an effort to land a marquee player. But those talks never materialized into a trade.
  The Minnesota Timberwolves, one of Denver’s rivals in the Northwest Division, pulled off the day’s blockbuster trade, landing star guard Jimmy Butler from the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Zach LaVine and Kris Dunn. The Bulls also got the No. 7 pick from Minnesota for Chicago’s No. 16 pick.
  Multiple reports
  
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• PHOTOS: Derrick White NBA draft watch party

  23-06-2017 05:42
  
  Friends and family join Derrick White at an NBA draft watch party Thursday, June 22, 2017 in Parker.Related ArticlesJune 22, 2017 Spurs select Colorado guard Derrick White with pick No. 29June 22, 2017 Kiszla: Instead of getting Jimmy Butler, the Nuggets got kicked in the teeth during NBA draftJune 22, 2017 Nuggets dropped back in the NBA draft and pick Syracuse forward Tyler LydonJune 22, 2017 Lunch Special: What will the Nuggets do in the NBA draft?June 21, 2017 Who can the Nuggets pick up wit
  
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• Much Cooler Temperatures to End the Week

  23-06-2017 05:33
  By Ed Greene
  DENVER (CBS4) – Thursday started off warm as our high came early: we hit the high for the day of 93 degrees at 9:41am, then a cold front began to sweep into the state and by 4pm in the afternoon the temperature was just 76 degrees. Scattered showers and storms were found scattered across the state with a few reaching severe levels.
  Friday day morning could see a few lingering showers and maybe a little fog…then skies will begin to clear. However cool air will continue t
  
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• Latest Forecast: Much Cooler Temperatures to End the Week

  23-06-2017 05:33
  By Ed Greene
  DENVER (CBS4) – Thursday started off warm as our high came early: we hit the high for the day of 93 degrees at 9:41am, then a cold front began to sweep into the state and by 4pm in the afternoon the temperature was just 76 degrees.Scattered showers and storms were found scattered across the state with a few reaching severe levels.
  Friday day morning could see a few lingering showers and maybe a little fog…then skies will begin to clear.However cool air will continue to
  
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