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• Lonely Elephant Makes 215-Mile Trip To Los Angeles Zoo

  27-06-2017 23:50
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Zoo has a new elephant — a lonely pachyderm from Fresno.
  The zoo says a 46-year-old Asian female named Shaunzi arrived Tuesday after being trucked 215 miles from the Fresno Chaffee Zoo in a special crate.
  Shaunzi was born in Thailand and spent much of her youth in a circus before arriving in Fresno with another elephant named Kara. The two females were constant companions until Kara died earlier this month.The Fresno zoo didn’t want Shaunzi to
  
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• ‘John Wick,’ ‘Dragon Tattoo’ Star Michael Nyqvist Dies At 56

  27-06-2017 23:37
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Swedish actor Michael Nyqvist, who starred in the original “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” films and often played villains in Hollywood movies like “John Wick” has died. Nyqvist’s representative Jenny Tversky said Tuesday that he died after a year-long battle with lung cancer. He was 56.
  Nyqvist is perhaps best known worldwide for originating the role of Mikael Blomkvist in the Swedish “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” series o
  
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• Half Of Americans Spend Their Entire Paycheck On Living Expenses, Study Says

  27-06-2017 23:22
  
  About half of Americans claim that their expenses are equal to or greater than their income, according to a new study from the Center for Financial Services Innovation. That figure increases to 54 percent for those between the ages of 18 to 25.
  “Half of America has no financial cushion,” Jennifer Tescher, president and CEO of CFSI, told CNNMoney. “They are living really close to the edge.”
  While 25 percent of Americans surveyed said they have too much debt, 96 percent of
  
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• Recipe: Frozen sabayon with fresh berry compote

  27-06-2017 23:13
  
  Although no one seems to mind eating the results, for some reason I get a lot of complaints from readers about the noise that ice cream makers make when churning ice cream.
  For one thing, I don’t make the machines. (But I sure do push them!) And another is that I’m not sure why people expect ice cream makers to go about their business silently, while blenders, stand mixers, espresso makers and vacuum cleaners get a pass. (I will admit, though, that the noise from the latter is my exc
  
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• Body found in Great Sand Dunes could be missing hiker

  27-06-2017 23:13
  
  Rescue crews recovered a body Monday, one day after a pair of hikers discovered a corpse in the Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve where a hiker disappeared in May.
  The National Park Service is working with the Saguache County Coroner’s Office to confirm the identity of the body and any cause of death, the National Park Service says. Search and rescue crews from Custer and Saguache counties recovered the body between Milwaukee Peak and Marble Mountain.
  The hiker was re
  
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• Parents Get 10 Years For Son’s Malnourishment

  27-06-2017 23:12
  
  LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado couple has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for allowing their blind and autistic son to become so severely malnourished that he nearly died and doctors likened him to a concentration camp survivor.
  District Judge Ingrid Bakke sentenced David and Vanessa Hall of Longmont on Tuesday for felony child abuse.
  “There was a conscious decision to isolate him … so that nobody would see what kind of condition he was in,” Bakke said about the
  
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• Kiszla vs. Groke: Should Nolan Arenado or Kris Bryant start in the All-Star Game?

  27-06-2017 23:07
  
  Should Nolan Arenado or Kris Bryant start in the All-Star Game?
  Kiz: Staring at at my all-star ballot for the National League, unable to make up my mind, I wonder: What’s it say about America when we have better choices at third base than for president? (Never mind, that’s another debate for another day.) Back to arguing baseball. Nolan Arenado of your Rockies or Kris Bryant of those Cubbies? Who you got?
  Groke: They are basically in a dead heat in fan voting, which, Kiz, is rather a
  
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• Federal Court Asked To Reopen Case Of Gender Neutral Passport

  27-06-2017 22:54
  DENVER (CBS4) – For the second time, the U.S. State Department has denied a passport to a Colorado resident who does not identify as either male or female and refused to check a box for one of the genders on the passport application form.
  Attorneys are asking a federal court to reopen the case so that Dana Zzyym can optain a passport.
  Zzyym was born with ambiguous sexual characteristics and sued the state department after being denied a passport.
  According to the lawsuit, Zzyym’s par
  
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• 3 Chicago police officers indicted in Laquan McDonald case

  27-06-2017 22:48
  
  CHICAGO — Three Chicago police officers were indicted Tuesday on felony charges that they conspired to cover up the actions of a white police officer who shot and killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
  In an indictment approved Monday and announced Tuesday, a Cook County grand jury alleges that the three current and former officers lied about the events of Oct. 20, 2014 when Officer Jason Van Dyke shot the black teenager 16 times.
  “The co-conspirators created police reports in the criti
  
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• Nuggets notebook: Jamal Murray progressing well; Michael Malone’s option picked up

  27-06-2017 22:47
  
  Jamal Murray played in a two-on-two game Tuesday for the first time since undergoing surgery to repair core-related injuries in April, Nuggets vice president of basketball operations Tim Connelly said.
  Murray, who backed up both guard spots last season, played through two sports hernias last season while being Denver’s only player to participate in all 82 games. He was named to the NBA all-rookie second team Monday after averaging 9.9 points per game in his first season out of Kentucky.
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• Wildfire In Park County Nearly Contained, Human-Caused

  27-06-2017 22:42
  
  COMO, Colo. (CBS4) – Investigators say a fire in Park County was started by humans.
  The 392 Fire broke out Saturday northeast of Como by nearly 10 miles, southeast of Breckenridge.
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  It burned 90 acres and was 75 percent contained on Monday.
  At one point, campers in the area were evacuated.
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  Several families in the area tell CBS4 that it may have started from explosives used in gun shooting practice.
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• KHL veteran Andrei Mironov could bolster the Avalanche’s blue line

  27-06-2017 22:40
  
  Two big young Russian defensemen from different development paths could be patrolling the Avalanche’s blue line next season.
  Nikita Zadorov, 22, moved to North America in 2012 to play major-junior in Canada and became a 2013 first-round draft pick of the Buffalo Sabres. The 6-foot-5, 225-pounder has established himself as a full-time NHL defenseman, having played 145 career games, and is definitely a big part of the team’s future.
  Andrei Mironov, also 22, has never played a full seas
  
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• Ransomware Attack Hits Computers Worldwide: $300 Demanded To Decrypt

  27-06-2017 22:27
  
  CBS Local– A ransomware attack has been reported across Europe as well as a few reported cases in the United States and India, according to The Hill.
  The cyber attack is reported to be a variant of the Petya ransomware virus that affected computers just over a month ago, though that’s not conclusive yet. Windows computers are the ones being affected and the ‘ransom’ for companies to get their data back is set at $300 in Bitcoin currency. Once paid, a key is ente
  
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• Man Convicted In Shooting Involving Officer

  27-06-2017 22:25
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A man has been convicted for his role in a shooting involving a police officer.
  Darius E. Ratcliff shot at officers at 33rd and Olive last year. Officers shot him in the stomach.
  Darius Eugene Ratcliff (credit: Denver DA)
  A jury convicted Ratcliff of assaulting a police officer. He was found not guilty of attempted murder.
  Ratcliff has a long criminal history that includes a November 2015 shooting that left one dead and several injured in the 100 block of Bannock Avenue, a s
  
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• Interview: James Wolk And Billy Burke Preview ‘Zoo’ Season Three

  27-06-2017 22:18
  Zoo returns for its third season on June 29th at 10/9c on CBS. Season three picks up ten years after the Noah Objective lead to the mass sterilization of all humans. The regular animals of the world have been cured of their aggressive behavior towards humans, but a new threat arises in the form of “the hybrids” – genetically altered animals developed by a shady organization known as “The Shepherds.” With a dwindling human population and the constant threat of attack
  
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• New president’s politicking raises ethics flags

  27-06-2017 22:17
  
  WASHINGTON — Barely five months into office, President Donald Trump keeps taking time out from governing to run for re-election.
  On Wednesday night, he’ll attend his first 2020 campaign fundraiser, rubbing elbows with some of the Republican Party’s top donors on familiar turf: his own hotel down the street from the White House. He’s already spent five evenings on the road at political rallies, always in states that supported him in November and always in front of an audie
  
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• ‘This Bill Would Punish Rural Colorado’: Hickenlooper On Health Care Bill

  27-06-2017 21:58
  
  WASHINGTON, DC (CBS4)– Gov. John Hickenlooper met with Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday to talk about the Senate health care bill. They’re talking about what a bad bill it would be for Americans.
  The two discussed the bill before a vote was delayed in the Senate until after the July 4 holiday. Before the vote was delayed, six GOP senators say they oppose the health care bill as it is currently written.
  Gov. John Hickenlooper (credit: CBS)
  The CBO projects that under the plan, 15 mill
  
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• Epileptic man who fought assault charges after he involuntarily spit on first-responder wants officers to have more awareness of medical crises

  27-06-2017 21:13
  
  Thirty-year-old Dmitri Blake remembers walking home on a hot summer evening last August.
  But he doesn’t recall what happened just before he found himself under a pile of Denver police officers and paramedics.
  Blake remembers being in a hospital bed with an IV needle in his arm and deputies guarding him.
  But he does not remember spitting at the firefighter who came to help him as he was emerging from an epileptic seizure — an involuntary action that led him to be charged with second-d
  
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• What you need to know about Bike to Work Day

  27-06-2017 20:55
  
  Denver’s Bike to Work Day — the second largest in the nation — will provide cyclists with breakfast, prizes and, according to the projected numbers, a lot of company on the trail.
  The annual event will have 250 stations for cyclists to stop on their way to work tomorrow. The stations include everything from bicycle tune-ups to after work happy hours. Last year, more than 30,000 people biked to work in metro Denver, and this year organizers expect 34,000 to participate.
  Though m
  
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• Justices to review New Jersey bid for legal sports betting

  27-06-2017 20:40
  
  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to take up New Jersey’s bid to allow sports betting at its casinos and racetracks, a case that could lead other states to seek a share of the lucrative market.
  The justices will review a lower court ruling against the state, which is hoping to capture some of the estimated $150 billion that is illegally wagered on sports each year.
  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and supporters in the state Legislature have tried for years to legalize spor
  
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• John Hickenlooper vows to personally lobby Cory Gardner to vote against GOP healthcare bill

  27-06-2017 20:35
  
  WASHINGTON — It’s been a couple months since Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper last spoke to Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner about healthcare.
  But with Gardner still publicly undecided about a Senate healthcare bill, the Colorado governor said he would make of point of reaching out personally to the Colorado senator in an effort to get him to oppose the legislation — though Hickenlooper will have more time now that the Senate has delayed a vote until after the coming Jul
  
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• Supreme Court Takes Gay Wedding Cake Refusal Case

  27-06-2017 20:34
  
  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4)– The nation’s highest court will take up a Colorado case this fall. The Supreme Court will hear the case of a baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple.
  Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips was overcome with emotion when he learned the Supreme Court would take up his case.
  Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood (credit: CBS)
  “She called right after that and asked, ‘Did you hear?’ Yeah, and I can’t breathe,&
  
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• Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users: What About YouTube, Twitter And Others?

  27-06-2017 20:33
  
  CBS Local– Mark Zuckerberg announced on Facebook that his platform now has two billion active users, and it’s the first social media platform to reach that number.
  Facebook launched 13 years ago and hit the 1 billion users mark just five years ago. There are 7.5 billion living, breathing humans on planet Earth, and now one-third of them are active Facebook users. To further accentuate Facebook’s ubiquitous presence in the world, only 3.2 billion people globally have a
  
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• Facing GOP opposition, Senate leaders postpone vote to overhaul Obamacare

  27-06-2017 20:22
  
  WASHINGTON – Facing a rebellion within their own ranks, Senate Republican leaders on Tuesday postponed a vote to overhaul the 2010 Affordable Care Act until after the July Fourth recess.
  The current proposal by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., would cause an estimated 22 million more Americans to be uninsured by the end of the coming decade while reducing federal spending by $321 billion during that time, the Congressional Budget Office concluded Monday.
  The forecast by Congr
  
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• A mysterious Mars-sized planet may be hiding at the edge of our solar system

  27-06-2017 20:13
  
  By Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post
  A mysterious celestial body may be lurking in the frozen, far-flung reaches of the solar system, scientists say.
  This is not the proposed “Planet Nine,” a ginormous body that Caltech scientists believe could be tugging at the orbits of the solar system’s most distant inhabitants. And it’s not Pluto. (Sorry Pluto, you still don’t count.)
  Instead, University of Arizona astronomers Kat Volk and Renu Malhotra say it’s a Mars-si
  
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• Those Displaced By Roof Collapse Find Temporary Shelter

  27-06-2017 20:04
  
  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4)– Residents displaced from a Lakewood apartment complex are able to live in a temporary shelter, more than a week after they were forced out of their homes.
  Several families were not able to return home after the roof collapsed from the weight of roofing shingles at the Maplewood Village Apartments on June 18.
  Copter4 flew over the roof collapse (credit: CBS)
  Nearly 90 people are living at the temporary shelter at Creighton Middle School that was set up by the Red Cro
  
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• $10,000 Reward Offered In Gun Store Burglaries

  27-06-2017 19:40
  
  CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (CBS4)– The owner of DCF Guns in Castle Rock says this is the second time in less than two weeks that his shop has been targeted by thieves. Now the ATF is offering a $10,000 reward for information on this and other gun store burglaries.
  Thieves broke into DCF Guns by using a Jeep SUV to drive through the concrete barricades. They tried the same thing last week but didn’t make it in. This time, they made off with a lot of guns.
  DCF Guns in Castle Rock (credit: CBS)
  
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• Most People Don’t Want To See Friends’ Vacation Pics On Social Media, Study Finds

  27-06-2017 19:39
  CBS Local– The summer months are a popular time to plan a getaway. Many may have noticed this based on the proliferation of vacation photos on their preferred social media feed, but as you may know, people don’t always enjoy seeing others’ vacation photos on social media.
  According to a study conducted by Aviva — A U.K.-based insurance company — of 2,000 people polled, an overwhelming majority (73 percent) are annoyed when they see others’ vacation p
  
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• Longmont parents get 10 years for abusing blind, autistic son

  27-06-2017 19:37
  
  A Boulder district court judge ruled Tuesday that the Longmont parents of a blind, autistic teenage boy who was malnourished nearly to death should spend the next decade in prison, citing she had seen no evidence that they had taken accountability.
  David and Vanessa Hall, who have pleaded guilty to two counts of child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury, were handcuffed at the end of their sentencing hearing, when Judge Ingrid Bakke sentenced them to 10 years in the Colorado Department of C
  
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• Manny Pacquiao going big, or going bust in the Battle of Brisbane

  27-06-2017 19:05
  
  BRISBANE, Australia — Freddie Roach is ready to narrow down Manny Pacquiao’s options following the WBO welterweight championship fight against Jeff Horn: Think about another shot at Floyd Mayweather, or think about retirement.
  The 11-time world champion is putting his WBO belt on the line Sunday against the 29-year-old Australian, a school teacher who is in the biggest bout of his professional career.
  “Manny is in a must-win situation. He wants a rematch with Mayweather,”
  
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• Potentially Steep Pollution Fines For Colorado Oil Producer

  27-06-2017 19:00
  
  DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and state regulators are pursuing potentially steep fines of more than $100,000 a day against an oil and gas company for alleged air pollution violations at dozens of the company’s oil tanks in a Colorado oil field.
  The EPA and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment accuse Denver-based PDC Energy, Inc., of failing to sufficiently limit air pollution at 86 oil tank sites in the Denver-Julesburg Basin. The air polluti
  
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• Denver Drivers Ranked Among The Worst

  27-06-2017 19:00
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Denver drivers are some of the worst, according to a new ranking.
  QuoteWizard compiled incident stats, with over two million data points from last year, from the 75 most populous metro areas in the country.
  The results place Denver as the ninth-worst place for drivers in the country.
  Interstate 25 (credit: CBS)
  This should come as no surprise, really, as QuoteWizard previously ranked the state of Colorado as the eighth-worst state for drivers.
  According to how the rankings
  
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• Former acting AG Sally Yates: Sessions’ drug policy unjust, dangerous

  27-06-2017 18:55
  
  Op-ed by Sally Q. Yates
  In today’s polarized world, there aren’t many issues on which Democrats and Republicans agree. So when they do, we should seize the rare opportunity to move our country forward. One such issue is criminal-justice reform, and specifically the need for sentencing reform for drug offenses.
  All across the political spectrum, in red states and blue states, from Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and the Koch brothers to Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and the American Civil Lib
  
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• Lunch Special: Colorado Rockies live chat with Patrick Saunders

  27-06-2017 18:52
  
  The Denver Post’s Patrick Saunders answers questions from readers about the Colorado Rockies, who are in the midst of a six-game losing streak. Is Cargo impossible to move at this point? Does the recent slump from starting pitching reinforce the idea that the Rockies need to acquire a veteran Starter before the deadline?I answered a Bettis question earlier. But I will repeat it here. Chad is doing very well. He looks great. I could see him returning perhaps by the end of July.I origin
  
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• Alabama military post on lockdown due to possible shooter, spokesman says

  27-06-2017 18:46
  
  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A north Alabama military post said in a tweet it was on lockdown Tuesday amid reports of possible active shooter, telling workers to “run hide fight.”
  Redstone Arsenal received reports of a person possibly armed with a weapon at a building on the base, spokesman Christopher Colster told WAFF-TV in a live broadcast.
  Colster said there were no confirmed casualities, and officials hoped workers could return to normal activities within a couple of hours.
  A safety
  
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• Jury Selection Begins In Former Sheriff’s Extortion Trial

  27-06-2017 18:10
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Jury selection was scheduled to begin Tuesday in the extortion trial of former El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa.
  Maketa was indicted a year ago for reportedly threatening to terminate a $5.3 million contract with the jail’s health provider if it did not fire an employee who refused to support then-Undersheriff Paula Presley’s candidacy to succeed Maketa.
  Terry Maketa (credit: CBS)
  Prosecutors also allege Maketa and others coerced a woman involv
  
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• It’s So Hot In Arizona That Everything Is Melting

  27-06-2017 18:08
  
  CBS Local– It’s impossibly hot in Arizona right now, like a Qatari summer hot.
  Temperatures are hovering around 113 degrees Fahrenheit and are even higher in some locations.
  It’s so hot, things that definitely shouldn’t be melting, are beginning to melt.
  Mailboxes reportedly can’t stand the sun, nor can credit cards. Since those are plastic-based, man-made entities, while alarming, that at least makes sense on some level. What is more worrying is the fact that
  
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• Officer Hurt During Pence Escort Out Of Intensive Care

  27-06-2017 18:06
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado Springs motorcycle officer who was seriously injured in a crash while escorting Vice President Mike Pence’s motorcade is out of the intensive care unit and is “on his way to recovery.”
  Police say it has been determined that speed and poor road conditions were likely factors in Andrew Holland’s crash on Saturday.
  Vice President Mike Pence speaks at Focus on the Family in Colorado Springs (credit: CBS)
  Holland underwent a succ
  
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• Battle Over Historic Grain Mill At Center Of Meeting

  27-06-2017 17:58
  
  ERIE, Colo. (CBS4) – There’s a battle over the future of a historic grain mill in Erie.
  A developer wants to destroy or move the Wise Homestead Grain Mill because it blocks a road that would need widening as part of a new neighborhood.
  But people in the town are fighting to keep the mill where it is and get it on the National Register of Historic Places.
  (credit: Erie Historical Society)
  If that happens, a federal grant funding would open up to preserve the site.
  Meetings are planned
  
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• Felony Lane Gang Could Be Linked To Car Break-Ins

  27-06-2017 17:41
  
  By Jeff Todd
  HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (CBS4)– A mom in Highlands Ranch wants other women to know they’re being targeted after a rash of break-ins and a kids sporting event.
  “Word started circulating that three or four cars were broken into, and I had kind of an odd feeling… I’m just going to check it out,” said Diane, who did not want to reveal her last name. “Automatically I knew my purse was gone.”
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  Diane was with hundreds of other fa
  
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• Google Fined A Record 2.4 Billion Euros In EU Antitrust Case

  27-06-2017 17:20
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — After a seven-year legal battle, European authorities came down hard on Google on Tuesday for taking advantage of its dominance in online searches to direct customers to its own businesses, fining the tech giant a record 2.42 billion euros ($2.72 billion) and raising the prospect of more.
  A years-long analysis of Google’s online search results showed that the company lists links to its own online shopping services above those of rivals, European regulators said. On av
  
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• U2 Bassist Thanks Band For Helping Him Through Addiction

  27-06-2017 17:18
  NEW YORK (AP) — In a frank and heartfelt speech, U2 bassist Adam Clayton thanked his bandmates of four decades for their support during his treatment and recovery for alcohol abuse years ago, and then joined them for a rollicking rendition of a few hits.
  “We have a pact with each other,” said Clayton, 57, who was receiving an award from MusiCares, the charity arm of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. “In our band, no one will be a casualty. We all come h
  
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• Facebook Now Deleting 66K Posts A Week In Anti-Hate Campaign

  27-06-2017 17:13
  NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is deleting about 66,000 posts a week as the social media giant cracks down on what it considers to be hate speech.
  The company says in a blog post Tuesday that deleting posts can “feel like censorship,” but that it is working on explaining its process better.
  Facebook says it defines hate speech as attacks on people based on their race, sexual orientation and other “protected characteristics.” The Menlo Park, California, company says it mos
  
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• Latest Forecast: Breezy And Hot Ahead Of A Wednesday Cold Front

  27-06-2017 16:32
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – Temperatures in the Denver metro area on Tuesday will soar back into the middle and upper 90s for the first time in almost a week. It will also be breezy at times with westerly winds gusting up to 30 mph.
  It will also stay dry along the Front Range and west over the mountains and onto the Western Slope. The dry weather will create an elevated threat for wildfires. A Red Flag Warning has been posted for the Western Slope as well the alpine basins just west
  
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• ‘It’s Been Amazing’: Broncos DL Kerr On Playing For Denver

  27-06-2017 16:09
  By Michael Spencer
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4)– Broncos defensive lineman Zach Kerr joined CBS4 Sports anchor Michael Spencer at the ViewHouse Centennial on Monday for Xfinty Monday Live.
  Kerr joined the Broncos in free agency after spending his first three seasons in the NFL with the Indianapolis Colts.Zach Kerr (credit: CBS)
  “It’s been amazing,” said Kerr when asked about his transition. “It’s a great organization, great teammates, great city, great state, I&rs
  
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• Supreme Court Orders New Look At Colorado Voucher Program

  27-06-2017 15:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is ordering the top Colorado state court to look again at a school voucher program that it had struck down as unconstitutional.
  The justices’ action Tuesday follows a ruling a day earlier that was cheered by religious rights groups. The court held that churches could not be excluded from a state grant program for playground surfaces that was open to other charitable organizations.
  The policy was based on a provision of the Missouri constitution tha
  
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