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• Trump Lashes Out At Warren, Calls Her An ‘Overrated Voice’

  25-06-2017 23:48
  
  BOSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump lashed out at Sen. Elizabeth Warren over her criticism of his health care bill, calling her a “hopeless case” and “highly overrated voice.”
  Trump said during an interview on “Fox & Friends” that aired Sunday that Warren has a lot of “hatred” and “anger” that came out when Warren campaigned for Hillary Clinton, hurting the candidate’s chances of winning the election.
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• Tebow Being Promoted To Mets’ Affiliate In Florida

  25-06-2017 23:44
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Tim Tebow is moving up and heading south — to some very familiar territory.
  Tebow has been promoted to the New York Mets’ high Class A affiliate in St. Lucie, Florida. The 29-year-old Tebow led the University of Florida to two national championships in football and won the 2007 Heisman Trophy during his stellar career with the Gators.
  Baseball has not been as easy for the 29-year-old outfielder. He entered his final game with the Fireflies hitting just .22
  
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• ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ Debuts To A Franchise Low

  25-06-2017 23:39
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The hulking machines of “Transformers” are no longer box-office behemoths in North America. But they’re still big in China.
  Michael Bay’s “Transformers: The Last Knight,” the fifth installment in the Hasbro series, scored a franchise-low domestic debut with an estimated $43.5 million in ticket sales over the weekend and a five-day total of $69.1 million since opening Wednesday. All previous “Transformers” sequels opened with $
  
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• Average US Gas Price Drops 7 Cents, As Crude Cost Falls

  25-06-2017 23:34
  
  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average price of a gallon of regular-grade gasoline dropped 7 cents nationally over the past two weeks, to $2.32.
  Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that the drop reflects lower costs for crude oil.
  She says the national average is 4 cents a gallon below the price a year ago.
  (credit: CBS)
  Gas in San Francisco was the highest in the contiguous United States at an average of $3.06 a gallon. The lowest was in Charleston, South Car
  
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• 6 Kids Missing While Camping With Parents Found Safe

  25-06-2017 23:27
  
  PARK COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Rescuers located six kids who were missing while camping with their parents.
  They were last seen in the area of Topaz Mountain, which is approximately 20 miles from the site of the 392 Fire.
  The kids, who range in age from six to 14, were out camping with their parents when they disappeared Sunday.
  All were found safe approximately three hours after disappearing, according to Park County Undersheriff Dave Wholers.
  
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• 6 Kids Missing While Camping With Parents

  25-06-2017 23:27
  
  PARK COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Rescuers are heading out to search for six missing children.
  They were last seen in the area of Topaz Mountain, which is approximately 20 miles from the site of the 392 Fire.
  The kids, who range in age from six to 14, were out camping with their parents when they disappeared Sunday.
  All six have been gone for approximately 90 minutes, according to Park County Undersheriff Dave Wholers.
  Emergency responders are on their way to the scene, and hope to have mor
  
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• I-70 Shut Down Due To Serious Crash

  25-06-2017 23:12
  
  VAIL, Colo. (CBS4) – Interstate 70 WAs shut down in the mountains due to a serious crash.
  The Colorado Department of Transportation says it happened in the eastbound lanes west of the tunnel.OPEN- EB I-70 @ MM 213,after crash clean up;No restrictions in place;Heavy traffic remains
  — CDOT (@ColoradoDOT) June 25, 2017
  The interstate was closed for approximately 30 minutes as a result of the accident. It reopened again shortly after 3 p.m., according to CDOT.
   There is no word yet
  
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• Colorado Mental Health Institute Passes Inspection

  25-06-2017 22:53
  
  PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo is no longer in “immediate jeopardy” of losing federal Medicare funding.
  The Pueblo Chieftain reports staff members were informed Thursday the hospital had passed an inspection by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, giving the institution conditional approval to keep receiving Medicare funds.
  The Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo (credit: MySpace)
  Medicare funding make up about 13
  
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• DPD Introduces ‘New Fur-Cop, And She’s Amazing!’

  25-06-2017 22:23
  DENVER (CBS4) – The Denver Police Department added a new furry friend to the force.
  “And she’s amazing!” they posted on Facebook.Sophie is a two-year-old Yellow Labrador, who “is trained to detect explosive odors, bomb and shell casings, and she loves doing it!”
  Officer Sophie will work alongside her handler, Technician Frank Vessa.
  
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• Scam Alert: Officer Finds Credit Card Skimmer In Machine

  25-06-2017 22:12
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Police are warning about credit card skimmers after an officer found one.
  The device was attached to an ATM at a convenience store in the 3400 block of West Colfax Avenue.
  Skimmers are made to look like part of the machine, but thieves use them to steal credit card information.While in the store, the officer noticed the loose scanner and gave it a pull, which revealed a second scanner attached to the machine. It was a credit card skimmer, which “are malicious card rea
  
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• Man Catches Teen Falling From Park Ride: ‘It’s OK Let Go!’

  25-06-2017 21:33
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Matthew Howard Sr. was just leaving a New York amusement park Saturday evening when he heard someone screaming.
  He looked up to see a young girl dangling about 25 feet (about 8 meters) off the ground from a slow-moving gondola ride. Her little brother sat next to her in the green two-person pod, crying hysterically for help, saying he couldn’t hold on.
  Howard, 47, and his 21-year-old daughter, Leeann Winchell, positioned themselves under the girl as the ride stopped a
  
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• Luzia Adds A New Level Of Suspense To Cirque Shows

  25-06-2017 21:10
  DENVER (CBS4) – In Cirque du Soleil’s Luzia, there’s a lot going on both physically and mechanically.
  That means the performers have to rehearse every day to keep up with the technology.
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  The rotating stage “completely changes the anticipation of the trick,” said performer Dominic Cruz. “If the stage is turning and you jump straight you’ll end crooked. So you have to take into account the turning stage and you’ll end up
  
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• Bike To Work Day ‘All About Introducing People To Cycling’

  25-06-2017 20:31
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Thousands of commuters will hit the road on two wheels on Wednesday.
  Bike to Work day is designed to make it easy for people to map their route to the office, while getting breakfast and water along the way.
  (credit: CBS)
  “Bike to Work Day is all about introducing people to cycling,” said Steve Erickson with the Denver Regional Council of Governments.
  Steve Erickson with Kelly Werthmann and Dave Aguilera (credit: CBS)
  Colorado’s Bike to Work Day alrea
  
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• Young Boy Needs Help Finding A Bone Marrow Match

  25-06-2017 19:31
  
  SEDALIA, Colo. (CBS4) – A young boy needs help finding a bone marrow match.
  Wilfred Beninga suffers from a rare auto-immune disorder and needs a transplant.
  Wilfred Beninga (credit: Bonfils Blood Center)
  But no one in his family is a match, including his twin brother.
  Saturday, the community raised money to help Beninga and his family, partnering with the Bonfils Blood Center.
  (credit: CBS)
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  The event aimed at getting more people on the marrow donor list. All it takes is a qui
  
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• Islamic Center Vandalism Suspect Re-Arrested

  25-06-2017 18:57
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – The man charged with vandalism an Islamic center was re-arrested Saturday.
  A warrant was issued for Joseph Giaquinto, 35, of Fort Collins, who failed to appear for a court appointment Friday for the second time.
  Joseph Giaquinto (credit: Fort Collins Police Department)
  Giaquinto was caught on surveillance video vandalizing the Islamic Center of Fort Collins in March. He also threw a Bible inside.
  Joseph Giaquinto (credit: CBS)
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• Wildfire Believed To Be Started By Lightning Strike

  25-06-2017 18:45
  DURANGO, Colo. (CBS4) – A new wildfire is burning in southwestern Colorado.
  The 412 Fire is believed to have started from a lightning strike.
  It is burning in a remote area of the San Juan National Forest, northwest of Durango, near a place called Orphan Butte.Remote lightning-caused "412 Fire" near Orphan Butte is being managed by fire crews for resource benefits under a confine/contain strategy. pic.twitter.com/RCPtGwldBh
  — SanJuanNF (@SanJuanNF) June 25, 2017
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• Rockies Fall, Dodgers Earn 9th Consecutive Win

  25-06-2017 18:16
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers are showing some interesting versatility during their nine-game winning streak. They can either power past a team or walk over them.
  On Saturday night, the surging Dodgers hit a home run for the 16th consecutive game, while also walking 10 times on the way to a 4-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
  Clayton Kershaw (11-2) overcame a challenging first inning to hold the Rockies without a run for his six innings and Joc Pederson provided a solo home
  
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• Latest Forecast: Comfortable Highs With A Few Storms

  25-06-2017 15:20
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – On the weather map we have the tail end of a cold front moving south along the Colorado/Kansas state line. This front helped spark a few early morning showers and thunderstorms over parts of eastern Colorado. This should keep an easterly component to the wind profile all the way back to Denver. This will be a cooling upslope keeping temperatures over the eastern plains in the 70s for Sunday.
  There is quite a bit of moisture available with this easterly flow
  
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• Lynch made his move in final two weeks

  25-06-2017 14:55
  
  Had the Denver Broncos started their vacation two weeks earlier, head coach Vance Joseph could have called off the quarterback competition.       
  
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• Fast-growing Denver Comic Con enters sixth year with tighter prop weapon, “PG cosplay” rules

  25-06-2017 09:11
  
  The trouble started early at the Phoenix Comicon last month.
  On May 25, the first day of the Memorial Day weekend event, police arrested 29-year-old Mathew Sterling, dressed in black and armed with two .45-caliber handguns, a .454-caliber handgun and a 12-gauge shotgun, all fully loaded; a combat knife; pepper spray; and throwing stars.
  He had planned to kill “bad police,” according to The Arizona Republic.
  In addition to outlawing costume-props for the rest of the pop-culture gather
  
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• In health bill, two prized GOP goals are within reach

  25-06-2017 08:53
  
  WASHINGTON — The Senate Republican health-care bill would achieve a historic convergence of GOP priorities, placing major, permanent caps on Medicaid spending and providing a significant tax cut for wealthy Americans.
  President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans describe the legislation as fulfilling their promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, but key provisions are also aimed at making progress on the GOP’s long-held goal of cutting entitlement spending.
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• How biologists are working to keep the Great Sand Dunes Tiger Beetle off the endangered species list

  25-06-2017 08:30
  
  SAN LUIS VALLEY — Among exotic bugs facing mortal threats, few appear better set to survive than the Great Sand Dunes tiger beetle, an aggressive carnivore uniquely adapted to endure super-intense heat and some of the planet’s harshest scouring sand.
  Its habitat within the wilderness of Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve already is protected from motorized recreationists and other perils.
  “Other beetles should be so lucky as the tiger beetle,&rdqu
  
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• 529s make it easier to ask family, friends for college cash

  25-06-2017 08:08
  
  By Joseph Pisani, The Associated PressPeople have used crowdfunding sites to raise money for business ideas, help afford medical emergencies and even to pay for vacations. Now the concept is coming to college savings.
  More 529 plans, the accounts that give families a way to put away cash for college, are adding crowdfunding-like tools that make it easier for savers to ask family and friends to contribute to a kid’s college fund. Account holders can create webpages and share the links on Fa
  
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• We’re one step closer to getting cheaper, faster internet from space

  25-06-2017 08:07
  
  For many, it’s been a years-long pipe dream: Ultra-fast, lag-free internet that comes to your PC or smartphone via satellite instead of a wire into your home. Facebook, Google and even SpaceX have explored the idea, partly in hopes of selling broadband access to a growing market with enormous potential – the developing world.
  But now, a former Googler and friend of Elon Musk has beaten them all to the punch, becoming the first to receive permission to actually build a next-generation
  
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• Ramping up government infrastructure spending: Fund manager Q&A:

  25-06-2017 08:06
  
  The prospect of a big federal government ramp-up in infrastructure spending has helped lift shares in companies that may play a role in overhauling the nation’s crumbling roads, bridges, and airports.
  President Donald Trump recently announced initiatives aimed at speeding the approval process for such projects. But the centerpiece of his plan would use $200 billion in government money to attract enough private investment to raise $1 trillion for infrastructure projects.
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• Are you cut out for a work-from-home job?

  25-06-2017 08:06
  
  Telecommuting has become synonymous with convenience, flexible schedules and, yes, pajamas. You don’t have to commute, spend money on transportation or dress up. But despite the appeal and laid-back reputation, there are challenges.
  “Not everybody is cut out for working from home,” says Jack Aiello, a psychology professor at Rutgers University.
  From your work style to your work space, here’s what to consider before working from home.
  YOUR PERSONALITY
  Certain personalities
  
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• Small food makers wonder about Amazon-Whole Foods impact

  25-06-2017 08:05
  
  Among the many questions being asked about Amazon’s intended purchase of Whole Foods is one from small and medium-sized food manufacturers: How might this deal affect me?
  The unknowns include whether Amazon might change the grocery chain’s food offerings, which at the moment include thousands of products made by small and mid-sized businesses. A key point for many companies is whether Whole Foods would place less of an emphasis on buying locally produced or innovative foods after the
  
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• In cattle country, rare wind gusts upend the Texas energy market

  25-06-2017 08:05
  
  By Ryan Collins, Bloomberg News
  As attractive a renewable-energy concept as wind power is, it’s plagued by a fundamental flaw. It blows the most in the dead of night, precisely when there’s the least demand for electricity. That’s true for just about every windblown spot nationwide, from the foothills of the Tehachapi Mountains in California to the coastal plains of North Carolina.
  And then there’s South Texas.
  It is to wind, engineers have discovered in recent years, a b
  
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• How Americans think about the economy has changed since Trump won

  25-06-2017 08:02
  
  Democrats and Republicans have never been further apart in their expectations for the economy than they are right now.
  The Trump presidency appears to have sparked an unprecedented political polarization in consumer confidence, which is often viewed as a leading indicator for the economy’s performance. While Democrats and Republicans have similar beliefs about how the economy is performing at the moment, they are now hugely divided over how it will perform in the future, research shows.
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• Crews trim brush to keep out...

  25-06-2017 02:49
  
  Did you hear those chainsaws at Greenwood Mountain Park Saturday? They were for a very good reason.       
  
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• World's largest sport rocket sending...

  25-06-2017 02:29
  
  It used to happen a lot more, but thanks to the world's largest high-power sport rocket, a bunch of kids, including some from Peak to Peak Charter School, get to know what that feels like.       
  
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• Groom Falls Ill, Couple Gets Married In Hospital

  25-06-2017 02:14
  LONE TREE, Colo. (CBS4) – A medical emergency didn’t keep a couple from saying their vows.
  Jourdan and Kit were supposed to get married Saturday at a ceremony in Cherry Creek, but kidney failure put the groom in the hospital days before the ceremony.
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  Workers at Sky Ridge Medical Center made special arrangements for the ceremony to be held there.
  Once it was over, though, Kit had to get right back up to his bed.
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  While the recepti
  
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• Wildfire burning 40 acres in Park...

  25-06-2017 02:08
  
  A wildfire is burning in northeast Park County Saturday afternoon. It's 40 acres in size and zero percent contained.       
  
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• Denver mayor works with city's homeless

  25-06-2017 02:02
  
  Denver's first tiny homes village is almost finished but its residents say issues surrounding the homeless community continue.       
  
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• Hundreds Of Goats Used To Help With Fire Prevention

  25-06-2017 01:56
  
  CASTLE PINES, Colo. (CBS4) – Hundreds of goats were put to work to hep with fire prevention.
  On Saturday, the animals munched away at weeds and dry brush that pose a fire risk to homes.
  (credit: CBS)
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  “The greatest benefit of having goats do this work with the scrub oak is that it’s a positive mitigation experience,” said Einar Jensen with South Metro Fire Rescue. “So instead of  having people go out with chainsaws or hand saws, and that’s a
  
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• School District Facing ‘Critical Teacher Shortage’

  25-06-2017 01:42
  
  CORTEZ, Colo. (CBS4) – A Colorado school district says they’re facing a critical teacher shortage.
  The Durango Herald reports the Cortez School District is in need of teachers after 31 staff members resigned at the end of the school year.
  Board members are struggling to fill more than a dozen positions that remain open.
  They say employees quit over salaries, stress, and health concerns.
  (credit: Cortez Journal)
  Schools could make use of a newly signed bill to help fill the openings.
  
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• Bike MS: More Than 3,000 Cyclists Pedal For A Cure

  25-06-2017 01:26
  By Kelly Werthmann
  WESTMINSTER, Colo. (CBS4) – As the sun began to rise Saturday, thousands of cyclists began pedaling for a cause.
  “We have over 2,500 people riding and pedaling so they can raise money for people living with MS,” Carrie Nolan, President of the Colorado/Wyoming chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, said. “It’s a beautiful day!”
  Carrie Nolan (credit: CBS)
  The 32nd Annual Bike MS started Saturday morning in Westminster. Riders
  
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