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• Long Stretch Of Cool, Unsettled Weather Ahead

  05-08-2017 23:36
  By Chris Spears
  DENVER (CBS4) – Today will be the warmest day in the extended forecast as we watch an unusual August weather pattern unfold.
  We will see a chance for showers and thunderstorms statewide, some of which will produce gusty wind, locally heavy rain and even hail.A big weather story in the week ahead will be a large area of low pressure spinning over southeast Canada that will send several waves of cool air into the lower 48 states. The below normal temperatures will impact just
  
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• Latest Forecast: Long Stretch Of Cool, Unsettled Weather Ahead

  05-08-2017 23:36
  By Chris Spears
  DENVER (CBS4) – Today will be the warmest day in the extended forecast as we watch an unusual August weather pattern unfold.
  We will see a chance for showers and thunderstorms statewide, some of which will produce gusty wind, locally heavy rain and even hail.A big weather story in the week ahead will be a large area of low pressure spinning over southeast Canada that will send several waves of cool air into the lower 48 states. The below normal temperatures will impact just
  
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• Broncos Scrimmage Fails To Clarify QB Competition

  05-08-2017 23:35
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos always knew Peyton Manning was their top quarterback in his four training camps. The picture hasn’t been as clear the last two years.
  The scrimmage on Saturday failed to clarity who will be the starter when the season begins next month.
  Paxton Lynch (credit: CBS)
  Trevor Siemian (credit: CBS)
  Trevor Siemian and Paxton Lynch have spent training camp trying to entrench themselves as the No. 1 quarterback. But with a few days before the first pr
  
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• Nazi Swastika Spray Painted Outside Jewish Synagogue

  05-08-2017 23:28
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – Police in Colorado Springs are looking for someone who sprayed Nazi graffiti on a sign outside a Jewish synagogue.
  (credit: KKTV)
  It happened sometime late Thursday night at the Temple Beit Torah north of downtown Colorado Springs.
  Neighbors spotted it Friday morning and called police.
  The synagogue was still working to get it completely cleaned up on Friday evening.
  “In this day and age, you have to hark back to the Nazi era for that kind of thing. I
  
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• Stuffed Animals Get Checkups As New Hospital Prepares To Open

  05-08-2017 23:03
  By Kelly Werthmann
  LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4) – Doctors and nurses in Longmont spent their Saturday morning treating some very special patients at the new UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital.
  (credit: CBS)
  “We’ve put on eyes, ears, limbs,” Dr. Jamie Teumer, Medical Director of the hospital’s emergency department, said. “I put on a tail again today.”
  No, these aren’t bizarre plastic surgeries, rather stuffed animals in need of TLC at the Teddy Bear Hospital. U
  
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• The Denver D gets the better of the QB's

  05-08-2017 23:02
  The Broncos real test will come against the Bears Thursday night in Chicago, but todays scrimmage was at least another step forward as the Broncos finally did some hitting. “Everyone was engaged," said Head Coach Vance Joseph.  "They wanted to play well today. It was physical without tackling for the first two groups. The third group actually tackled. So that was fun to see those guys play.”        
  
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• Shooting Near Restaurant Leaves 1 Hurt

  05-08-2017 22:00
  DENVER (CBS4) – A shooting took place near a Chinese restaurant on Saturday morning in Denver.
  (credit: CBS)
  Police temporarily closed off West Alameda Avenue at 9 a.m. to investigate the shooting, which happened close to the Empress Seafood Restaurant, located on the 2800 block of Alameda near South Federal Boulevard.
  Police said the victim was male and that he was taken to the hospital. They said they were searching for a suspect who was described as being thin, male and wearing a green
  
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• Manhunt Moves From Colorado To Kansas, Then To Virginia

  05-08-2017 21:12
  ROANOAKE, Virginia (CBS4) – An intensive search for a special forces Marine who is believed to be dangerous and desperate has moved east.
  William Roberts (credit: Aurora Police)
  Investigators say William Roberts was first wanted earlier this week for vehicular assault out of Aurora. He fled from police there, then in the Dillon/Silverthorne area of Summit County, and again near Wichita, Kansas. In the Summit County crime spree, Roberts’ vehicle rammed a police cruiser and he also esc
  
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• Boulder Fugitive Arrested After His Case Is Featured On TV Show ‘The Hunt’

  05-08-2017 20:33
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – A fugitive who has been on the run for five years is now in custody.
  Dino Curcio (credit: U.S. Marshals Service)
  Dino Curcio is accused of sexually assaulting his girlfriend’s teen daughter while they lived in Boulder.
  An arrest warrant was issued in 2012 but Curcio was on the run.
  Dino Curcio (credit: CBS)
  On July 30 the case was featured on the CNN TV show “The Hunt With John Walsh.” Tips came in and Curcio was arrested near Chicago.
  
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• Cory Gardner Tells Crowd: ‘The Affordable Care Act Isn’t Working’

  05-08-2017 19:51
  DURANGO, Colo. (CBS4) – For the first time since President Donald Trump was elected, Sen. Cory Gardner participated in a town hall-style event with Coloradans.
  Sen. Cory Gardner (credit: CBS)
  The meeting in Durango was called for by Colorado leaders including Gardner, a Republican and Colorado’s junior senator, and Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat and Colorado’s senior senator. It was organized for residents of southwest Colorado to talk about the Animas River and the Gold King
  
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• Shooting At Chinese Restaurant Leaves 1 Hurt

  05-08-2017 19:04
  DENVER (CBS4) – A shooting took place at a Chinese restaurant on Saturday morning in Denver.
  (credit: CBS)
  Police temporarily closed off West Alameda Avenue at 9 a.m. to investigate the shooting, which happened at Empress Seafood Restaurant, located on the 2800 block of Alameda near South Federal Boulevard.
  Two customers who came to the restaurant after the incident told CBS4 police officers told them the shooting happened inside the restaurant.
  Numerous crime scene markers were seen in th
  
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• CBS4 Broncos Notebook: 8/5

  05-08-2017 18:50
  Saturday is scrimmage day at Broncos headquarters.
  Trevor Siemian got the first team reps at quarterback to start Saturday’s scrimmage.
  Offensive lineman Menelik Watson was not in pads today and watched practice from the sidelines
  Offensive lineman Ronald Leary didn’t participate in today’s scrimmage either although he was dressed in full pads.
  T.J. Ward (hamstring) and linebacker Todd Davis (shoulder) also missed today’s practice.
  Another packed house today on the berm.
  
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• Surveillance Video Captures Clear Image Of Bank Robber

  05-08-2017 18:15
  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – The FBI is asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect accused of robbing a bank in Lakewood.
  Surveillance cameras captured a clear image of the man’s face.
  (credit: Lakewood Police)
  Investigators say he robbed the First Bank on 550 South Wadsworth Boulevard on Monday and then took off. He was described as weighing approximately 180 pounds and being between 5-foot-6 and 5-foot-8. He was white and he was wearing a green and white striped golf shir
  
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• TD: Atwater, Elam, Smith, Bowlen Should Be In Hall, Too

  05-08-2017 17:38
  CANTON, Ohio (AP) — For several members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2017, it was a time to campaign while celebrating.
  Terrell Davis wants more attention paid to the running game, and stronger hall consideration for running backs — something similar to this year, when both he and LaDainian Tomlinson were selected.
  Terrell Davis sits in the front row with more than 120 Hall of Famers as they pose for a group photo including the new inductees on Aug
  
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• Rockies Overcome Freeland Injury To Beat Phillies

  05-08-2017 17:08
  DENVER (AP) – Kyle Freeland lasted just three batters before leaving with a strained left groin. The Rockies’ relievers kept them in the game until the hitters could win it.
  Five relievers teamed up to help overcome the loss of Freeland, and Colorado got a game-tying homer from Nolan Arenado in the seventh inning and a go-ahead RBI single by D.J. LeMahieu in the eighth for a 4-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.
  “Everyone did a great jo
  
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• Fort Collins police investigate robbery

  05-08-2017 16:53
  A bank robbery reportedly occurred at the Farmers Bank in east Fort Collins on Friday afternoon.       
  
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• Fashion show proceeds helps out teens

  05-08-2017 15:44
  Getting stylish for a good cause       
  
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• 2017 Biennial of the Americas reveals notable names, tickets

  05-08-2017 08:56
  
  Cultural, political and business leaders from more than 20 countries will return to Denver Sept. 12-16 for the fourth Biennial of the Americas, an arts and policy festival that seeks to unite many of the Western Hemisphere’s most vibrant thinkers and creators.
  A good chunk of the programming for the 2017 Biennial, which was established in 2010 by Gov. John Hickenlooper (then mayor of Denver), is open to the public, with a mix of ongoing art exhibits, panels, symposiums and festival-ending
  
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• Windows of new Denver high-rise do double duty as off-site Denver Art Museum exhibits

  05-08-2017 08:52
  
  Downtown Denver’s 25-story SkyHouse building may have opened last fall, but its first-floor window boxes have remained empty for most of that time.
  Now, thanks to a partnership between SkyHouse and the Denver Art Museum, those windows are serving as off-site exhibits for museum-approved local artists.
  After a request-for-proposal process, the art museum, in consultation with RedLine, selected four Denver-based artists to fill the empty ground-floor spaces: Sandra Fettingis, Collin Parson,
  
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• Uber’s search for a female CEO has been narrowed down to 3 men

  05-08-2017 08:33
  
  By Elizabeth Dwoskin and Craig Timberg, The Washington Post
  SAN FRANCISCO – A company trying to recover from allegations of rampant sexism might reasonably think that hiring a female chief executive would help it restore credibility with customers and – perhaps more importantly – with potential employees in a tight marketplace for talent.
  But what if no women wanted the job?
  That looks to be the case for Uber, the troubled ride-hailing company trying to replace deposed chief ex
  
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• The path of the solar eclipse is already altering real-world behavior

  05-08-2017 08:28
  
  The upcoming solar eclipse is poised to become the “most photographed, most shared, most tweeted event in human history,” in the words of one astronomer. Millions of people will watch it, potentially overwhelming the cities and towns along the eclipse’s path of totality.
  According to Google, interest in the eclipse has exploded nationwide in the past few months, mirroring national media attention. The county-level search data, provided by Google, paints a striking picture: Inte
  
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• An alert airline passenger exposed a suspected child sex predator after glancing at his text messages

  05-08-2017 07:54
  
  By Kyle Swenson, The Washington Post
  A preschool teacher buckled in for the two-hour flight from Seattle to San Jose noticed something on the cellphone screen of a fellow passenger that set off alarms. According to police, the unnamed woman began following along as the man in the seat ahead swapped messages about sexually molesting children.
  Thanks to the young teacher’s alert action, the man and another women were arrested quickly on Monday. Two children – ages 5 and 7 – have
  
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• “Drug-infested den” and “true American patriots”: Donald Trump’s map of America

  05-08-2017 07:47
  
  When President Donald Trump looks at America, he sees two very different worlds: He’s visited inner cites he declared to be “worse than almost any of the places in the Middle East,” he slammed New Hampshire as a “drug-infested den.” And he’s championed “beautiful” cities full of “massive crowds” and “true American patriots,” often in states that voted for him. Oh yeah, and he really hates regions where a personality or polit
  
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• A woman’s dying wish was a milkshake. So a distant restaurant made sure she got it.

  05-08-2017 07:22
  
  Courtesy of the Pomeranz familyEmily Pomeranz with a Tommy’s mocha milkshake.From her hospice bed in Arlington, Virginia, Emily Pomeranz said she wanted two last things – a Cleveland Indians hat and a mocha milkshake from a restaurant back home in Ohio.
  Pomeranz, 50, was dying of pancreatic cancer, and an old friend, Sam Klein, wanted to make her wishes come true.
  The first was simple.
  The second would require some ingenuity.
  Klein said in a Facebook post this week that he contacted
  
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• New Mexico cow shootings spark fears of serial cattle killer

  05-08-2017 07:15
  
  CARLSBAD, N.M. — The fatal shootings of several cows in southeastern New Mexico have sparked fears of a serial cattle killer running loose.
  The Carlsbad Current-Argus reports (https://goo.gl/ccEvFd) the Eddy County Sheriff’s Office announced this week that another six cattle on two separate properties were shot and killed. Detectives say a high-caliber rifle was used in the shooting from within a half-mile radius.
  Deputies have ruled out an accidental shooting and don’t believe
  
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• Mexican court forbids imports of U.S. potatoes

  05-08-2017 07:13
  
  MEXICO CITY — A Mexican federal court has made an unusual ruling that bans the import of U.S. potatoes on the grounds the imports violate Mexicans’ right to food sovereignty and a healthy environment.
  A group of Mexican potato growers had sought a constitutional injunction on the imports, claiming they threaten to spread agricultural diseases.
  The court said Mexican agricultural authorities had failed to use methods like radiation treatment of imports to prevent diseases.
  But because
  
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• A divide over U.S. Afghan strategy

  05-08-2017 06:59
  
  By Greg Jaffe and Philip Rucker, The Washington Post
  WASHINGTON – In meeting after meeting with his national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, this spring and summer, President Donald Trump angrily hammered home two questions:
  He wanted to know why the U.S. military wasn’t winning in Afghanistan, and he asked, repeatedly, why, after more than 16 years of war, the United States was still stuck there.
  The president’s two questions have defined a contentious debate over whether to
  
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• DJ LeMahieu lifts Rockies to win over Phillies, but Kyle Freeland is injured

  05-08-2017 06:38
  
  DJ LeMahieu doesn’t display a lot of emotion on the baseball diamond. So it’s a big deal when he pumps his fist and claps his hands.
  The all-star second baseman scooted an RBI single through the right side of the infield in the eighth inning Friday night to score Pat Valaika and lift the Rockies to a 4-3 victory over Philadelphia. It was Colorado’s third one-run victory in its last four games at Coors Field.
  LeMahieu’s patented opposite-field hit, coming after the Phillie
  
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• Unique ways to see the eclipse

  05-08-2017 06:33
  A colander, a solar-powered grasshopper, and a disco ball - that's all you need!       
  
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• RLH Corp. moving HQ from Spokane to Denver

  05-08-2017 06:33
  
  SPOKANE, Wash. — A hotel company that includes Red Lion Hotels has moved its corporate headquarters from Spokane to Denver.
  A shortage of hotel rooms for people visiting the city during the 1974 World’s Fair became the genesis for RLH Corp.
  But after 43 years in Spokane, the company says it is moving its executive offices to Denver because of better airline connections to reach customers.
  The Spokesman-Review says RLH Corp. franchises hotels in the U.S. and Canada under the Red Lion
  
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• Gold King Mine Owner Worries About Another Toxic Spill

  05-08-2017 06:32
  By Rick Sallinger
  DURANGO, Colo. (CBS4)– The head of the EPA toured the Gold King Mine on Friday. Two years ago, that same mine burst with toxic materials.
  The head of the EPA, Scott Pruitt, visited the site with Gov. John Hickenlooper, Colorado’s U.S. Senators Cory Gardner and Mike Bennet and Congressman Scott Tipton.
  Gov. John Hickenlooper joined Colorado’s senators and representatives along with EPA’s Scott Pruitt on a tour of the Gold King Mine (credit: CBS)
  Pruitt bl
  
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• Interior won’t change Arizona monument designation

  05-08-2017 06:28
  
  WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said Friday he is not recommending changes to Arizona’s Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, the fifth site Zinke has removed from an ongoing review of national monuments for possible elimination or reduction.
  The million-acre site overseen by the Interior Department was designated as a monument in 2000. The designation protects it from energy development and other activities.
  The Arizona reserve, located west of the Grand Canyon, has s
  
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• 2 families displace after fire...

  05-08-2017 06:27
  A dog and six puppies were saved from a fire that took everything from two families in Commerce City on Friday.       
  
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• Single 30-year-old mother of 6 kids...

  05-08-2017 06:25
  She credits her children with her survival and will to keep going.       
  
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• Emotional T.D. gets his Gold Jacket

  05-08-2017 06:24
         
  
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• Gardner faces constituents

  05-08-2017 06:22
  Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner stayed almost an hour and a half past their allotted time to take a litany of questions from their constituents on a wide range of topics. We recap most of them here.       
  
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• Narcan costs skyrocket for rescuers

  05-08-2017 06:18
  Saving lives is the business of Paramedic Chief Rob Moore. But, it's bad for business if he can't save money, too.       
  
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• He's back! Elijah explains... swimming!

  05-08-2017 06:11
  He's the 7-year-old expert who first came by to correct a story we ran on turtles, and since then, he's been able to return and keep explaining things to us in the brilliant way that only Elijah can do.https://www.facebook.com/Nexton9NEWS/       
  
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• Man Tries To Hide From Cops In Store Ceiling

  05-08-2017 05:59
  By Andrea Flores
  DENVER (CBS4)– A portion of East Colfax Avenue near Ulster Street was blocked off Friday afternoon after witnesses say a man ran from police and got stuck in an unlikely place—the ceiling of a cell phone store.
  “Everybody’s all calm and then out of the nowhere a bunch of cops come in,” said a witness, who did not want to be identified.
  (credit: CBS)
  The witness claims the man walked into a nearby Boost Mobile store with two other men to activate a c
  
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• Colorado man who fled state trooper then crashed into church in New Mexico dies from injuries

  05-08-2017 05:57
  
  CUBA, N.M. — New Mexico police say the driver of a car that reached speeds up to 130 mph (209 kph) while fleeing from a state trooper has died of his injuries after crashing into a church.
  They have identified the driver as 20-year-old Christopher Cloud of Ignacio, Colorado.
  The incident began early Thursday just north of the village of Cuba when the trooper clocked the car speeding on U.S. 550.
  New Mexico State Police say the trooper chased the car for more than a mile, but decided to bre
  
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• PHOTOS: Terrell Davis at the The Gold Jacket Ceremony

  05-08-2017 05:49
  
  Terrell Davis The Gold Jacket Ceremony in Canton, Ohio on August 4, 2017.
  READ MORE: Teary-eyed Terrell Davis receives his gold jacket. “I’m a Hall of Famer now.”
  
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• MyOutdoorTV App Removes Hunting Shows After Complaints

  05-08-2017 05:49
  By Jeff Todd
  DENVER (CBS4)– The premiere of an app giving users access to hunting and fishing shows has received so much outrage in the United Kingdom, Stan Kroenke has personally responded and ordered the controversial content to be removed.
  The MyOutdoorTV app launched in Britain last weekend. Celebrities like Rickie Gervais and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn are among the vocal group outraged by the hunting shows, which reportedly show elephant and tiger hunts.
  (credit: CBS)
  Kroenke
  
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• Downtown Denver Post-it war

  05-08-2017 05:38
  Some strangers in downtown Denver have chosen to get to know each other in a simple way. It all started last week, with a “Hi.”       
  
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• Home decorators embrace big, bold wall art

  05-08-2017 05:06
  
  Not long ago, the only homes in which you’d see big, bold art hanging on the walls tended to be those of serious collectors. For everyone else, filling up a blank space meant going with something attractively innocuous that didn’t jangle with the sofa color.
  But something exciting is happening — we’re losing our trepidation over hanging larger wall art with more impact.
  “Personal platforms like Instagram and Pinterest, and online forums like Core77 and Dezeen have m
  
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• Repeat Drunk Drivers Get Mandatory Jail Time With New Law

  05-08-2017 05:02
  DENVER (CBS4)– Repeat drunk drivers will get mandatory jail time under a new law that takes effect next week.The new law closes a loophole that’s allowed people convicted of repeat DUIs to serve no time behind bars.
  Two years ago, the legislature made a fourth DUI a felony but that law did not mandate jail time.(credit: CBS)
  So, while three DUIs carried a minimum 60-day sentence, many judges were sentencing those convicted of four DUIs to probation.
  “If people can’t stop
  
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• Designers, volunteers gave their time so kids in need could call CASA a second home

  05-08-2017 04:58
  
  It took a village of volunteers to transform a run-down Denver square on Capitol Hill into a homey spot for kids and their court-appointed advocates to hang out together.
  A team of volunteers stripped peeling paint, crumbling plaster and battered floorboards to prep for a renovation that drew a new headquarters for Denver’s Court Appointed Special Advocates — or CASAs — from the tired old house, its walls painted in calming colors and spaces designed to convey a sense of peace
  
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• Montee Ball is one year sober

  05-08-2017 04:38
  Montee Ball is one year sober and on his way to finishing his degree at the University of Wisconsin.        
  
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• The Zen Compound: Night club combined with co-working space, art gallery coming to Denver this fall

  05-08-2017 04:31
  
  A high-tech “other worldly” experience is coming to Denver’s night life in the Capitol Hill neighborhood this fall.
  A new night club – and art gallery, and co working space, and café – will open its doors in the old City Hall Event Venue at 1136 N. Broadway St. The Zen Compound, a concept that ties four businesses in one, was created by a start-up entrepreneur in San Francisco 10 years prior.
  After experimenting with everything from healing gardens to juice b
  
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• Video Shows Smash & Grab Thieves In Action

  05-08-2017 04:09
  By Shawn Chitnis
  ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Investigators are trying to track down thieves who broke into two different pawn shops in Arapahoe County on Friday and hope someone can identify them with surveillance video from one of the businesses.
  The suspects got away with two guns at a business called Casino Pawn near East Arapahoe Road and South Peoria Street just before 2:30 a.m.
  (credit: Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office)
  Approximately 15 minutes later, a second pawn shop, Paw
  
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• Colorado State’s defense looks to learn from last year’s mistakes

  05-08-2017 04:07
  
  FORT COLLINS — There were too many big plays on the day, and that didn’t sit well.
  Colorado State coach Mike Bobo wasn’t pleased with what he saw out of his defense in that regard Thursday, but the rest of it he liked. There were stops on third down, and the unit was able to turn away the offense in the red zone and on fourth-down, goal-line plays.
  He’s told the group repeatedly, things won’t be perfect, but stops like that can become the difference in winning or lo
  
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