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• Ted Nugent Says NRA Ties Cost Him Spot In Rock Hall

  11-08-2017 23:20
  CLEVELAND (Radio.com) – Ted Nugent believes his political views have kept him from being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
  Specifically, he believes it’s his support for the Second Amendment (the right to bear arms) that has led to his exclusion.
  “Jan Wenner, the founder of Rolling Stone and the boss hog at Rock and Roll of Fame, he hates freedom, he hates the Second Amendment, he hates me, because I’m on the board of directors —
  
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• Sen. Gardner To Host 3 Town Halls Along Front Range

  11-08-2017 23:13
  DENVER (CBS4)– After months of criticism from voters that he has not been available, or only available during telephone town hall meetings, Sen. Cory Gardner will appear in person to talk to voters three times next Tuesday.
  Gardner, a Republican representing Colorado, will host three town halls on Aug. 15 in Colorado Springs, Greeley and Lakewood.Sen. Cory Gardner (R)
  Colorado (credit: CBS)
  Constituents are encouraged to arrive early as space is limited. The events are open to the public a
  
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• Kipling Reopens After 2nd Water Main Break In Same Area

  11-08-2017 22:55
  WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (CBS4) – A second water main break closed lanes of Kipling Street on Friday morning. All lanes of Kipling reopened just after 2 p.m. Friday.
  Kipling also was shut down Wednesday due to a break that occurred between 35th and 38th Avenues.
  (credit: CBS)
  That break has since been repaired, but, Friday morning, another break occurred right in the same area.
  Northbound lanes are currently open. Southbound is down to one lane.Kipling experienced another water main break. One l
  
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• Winn out for season with knee injury

  11-08-2017 22:51
         
  
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• American Denies Pushing Woman Into London Bus’s Path

  11-08-2017 22:47
  CBS Local — An American investment banker says he’s not the suspect who was caught on camera pushing a woman into the path of a London bus. Eric Bellquist was arrested by London police on Aug. 10 in connection with the ongoing investigation into the May assault.
  Bellquist is suspected of pushing a 33-year-old woman to the ground on Putney Bridge, forcing an oncoming bus to swerve and barely miss crushing the victim. The incident was captured on a nearby surveillance camera but i
  
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• Using Facebook Makes You Feel Good, But Can Create Guilt, Study Says

  11-08-2017 22:21
  CBS Local — A professor at Michigan State University is comparing the use of Facebook to an addiction. Allison Eden says the social media platform not only makes people feel good by using it, but can lead to emotions of guilt from not being able to stop logging on.
  The assistant professor at MSU’s Department of Communication was part of a group that studied why using social media is so hard to resist. In one test, the researchers found that frequent social media users had a
  
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• Video Shows Car’s 7-Story Fall From Parking Garage

  11-08-2017 22:06
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police in Austin have released surveillance video showing a car plunging seven stories from a downtown parking garage and striking another vehicle as it lands in an alley.
  The video released Thursday shows the car landing atop an SUV then rolling upside down onto the ground. Moments later, people run to help the driver escape.Police say the July accident happened when the woman drove through retention wires on the seventh floor, hit a building across the stre
  
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• Report: Broncos DE Billy Winn Out For Season

  11-08-2017 21:45
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – Broncos defensive end Billy Winn is out for the season.
  That’s according to a report by NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.#Broncos DE Billy Winn has suffered a torn ACL last night, source said. What they expected. Out for the season.
  — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 11, 2017
  Rapoport tweeted the news Friday afternoon, saying Winn suffered a torn ACL in the team’s first preseason game against the Chicago Bears Thursday night.
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• Next day observations of Broncos game

  11-08-2017 21:36
         
  
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• Early Morning Gun Shots Rattle Neighbors

  11-08-2017 21:12
  DENVER (CBS4) – A flurry of gun shots rattled neighbors early Monday in the Barnum West Neighborhood.
  It happened just before 6 a.m. near the intersection of West Bayaud Avenue and Vrain Street.
  (credit: CBS)
  Neighbors say they heard loud music coming from a nearby home late Thursday night.
  In the morning it was gunshots.
  (credit: CBS)
  “I heard about eight gunshots that woke me up this morning. The first four were off in the distance a little bit, the last four seemed like they were
  
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• Latest Forecast: Week Ending Thunderstorms

  11-08-2017 21:00
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – There will be another round of afternoon thunderstorms across the I-25 corridor and eastern plains. The storms will be more isolated in nature. But, some of the storms that do develop could be severe. With hail, heavy rain, and damaging wind gusts.This trend will continue through the weekend with Denver highs near 80 and late day storms popping each afternoon.
  Meteorologist Dave Aguilera is a Colorado native and has been forecasting weather in the Rock
  
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• Bodyguard: I Saw DJ Reach Under Taylor Swift’s Skirt

  11-08-2017 21:00
  DENVER (AP) — Taylor Swift’s former bodyguard testified Friday that he saw a DJ reach under her skirt a moment before a photographer snapped their picture during a meet-and-greet where the singer says the radio host groped her.
  Security guard Greg Dent, who no longer works for Swift, said he was standing a few steps away but did not intervene because he generally took his cues from the pop star, and she gave him no signals during the 2013 pre-concert encounter at a Denver arena.
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• Teen Sentenced For Threatening To ‘Make School Living Nightmare’

  11-08-2017 20:49
  CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (CBS4) – A judge sentenced a teenage girl to four years in youth corrections for threatening her school.
  It happened almost two years ago when Sienna Johnson, along with Brooke Higgins, threatened “to make the school a living f-ing nightmare.”
  Sienna Johnson (credit: Mountain Vista High School yearbook photo)
  Johnson sat next to her father and stepmother in court Monday, appearing uncomfortable as prosecutors revisited her plans to commit mass murder at Mount
  
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• Fourth New Airline Since April Coming To DIA

  11-08-2017 20:22
  DENVER (CBS4) – Another new airline is coming to Denver International Airport.
  This will be the fourth new airline to announce service to DIA since April.
  (credit: CBS)
  In the middle of that month, Copa Airlines announced nonstop service between Denver and Panama City.
  RELATED: City Council Delays Vote On DIA Great Hall Project
  Service to the Central American city is supposed to begin Dec. 11 of this year.
  (credit: CBS)
  In July, Swiss carrier Edelweiss Air announced new service to Zurich,
  
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• Fantasy Football 2017: Top 10 Tight Ends

  11-08-2017 20:12
  Ryan Mayer
  The advent of NFL training camps is upon us as teams approach their first preseason games. With the return of football comes the return of our favorite form of legal sports betting, fantasy football. As you scour the internet for the latest news and rankings getting ready for your league’s draft, we’ll be providing you lists of the top fantasy prospects by position for this season. We’ll begin with the most important position on the field and likely on your team: qua
  
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• It’s Still A 2-Man Race For The Denver Broncos’ QB Job

  11-08-2017 19:36
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Trevor Siemian and Paxton Lynch don’t need to worry about anyone but each other.
  Heading into the zenith of their QB competition next week, they can rest assured the Broncos brass has their backs even as fans fret over the duo’s oft-times ho-hum jockeying for the job.
  Trevor Siemian and Paxton Lynch (credit: CBS)
  Neither quarterback was particularly inspiring in the Broncos’ 24-17 win at Chicago in their preseason opener Thursday night — part
  
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• Watch: Zoo Launches Webcam To Show Adopted Tiger Cub

  11-08-2017 19:24
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A tiger cub who was rejected by her mother at the Philadelphia Zoo can be seen bonding with her adoptive mother and brothers in Oklahoma via live-streaming video.
  The Oklahoma City Zoo launched the “Tiger Cub Cam ” Thursday, showing Zoya with her new mother Lola and brothers Eko, Ramah and Gusti playing, feeding and sleeping indoors. The cubs are expected to move outdoors in mid-September.Lola gave birth July 8 and Zoya was born July 9.
  Zoya is an Amur
  
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• Another Water Main Break Closes Lanes On Kipling

  11-08-2017 19:10
  WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (CBS4) – A second water main break closed lanes of Kipling Street.
  Kipling was shut down Wednesday due to a break that occurred between 35th and 38th Avenues.
  (credit: CBS)
  That break has since been repaired, but, Friday morning, another break occurred right in the same area.
  Northbound lanes are currently open. Southbound is down to one lane.Kipling experienced another water main break. One lane SB at 35-37th. Work resumes this a.m. NB lanes open. Pls avoid area. #WRPD
  
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• Watch: Police Search For Suspects In Smash, Grab Jewelry Heist

  11-08-2017 18:58
  LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4) – Police are searching for as many as three people in a smash and grab jewelry heist.
  It happened Wednesday, Aug. 9 at about 1:45 a.m. when as many as three people used a red Jeep Cherokee to drive into the Gold Marker Jewelers in the 1600 block of Pace Street in Longmont.
  (credit: Longmont Police Department)
  Police say other suspects were also seen outside the store armed with a weapon.
  After the robbery, where the suspects smashed cases after driving into the store
  
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• Keidel: Which Jay Cutler Will The Dolphins Get?

  11-08-2017 18:28
  By Jason Keidel
  At the risk of sounding painfully neutral, the Miami Dolphins just did the right and wrong thing all at the same time.
  By signing Jay Cutler, yanking him from the broadcast both, swapping a microphone for a face mask for at least one more year, the Dolphins either saved their season or just accelerated a lost season.
  Because there’s no true clarity with Jay Cutler, the man with the golden arm who can throw a football through zip codes yet also play with abject apathy.
  We kn
  
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• Should Kyle Sloter Get A Chance To Start At QB?

  11-08-2017 18:20
  CHICAGO (CBS4) – The third string quarterback for the Denver Broncos led the team to victory Thursday night.
  Kyle Sloter threw for 94 yards on six pass attempts, five of which were completed, one for a 47-yard touchdown, without throwing an interception.Kyle Sloter to Isaiah McKenzie for a 47 yard TD. #4Broncos.
  We're now tied at 17 with 6:01 to go.
  — Michael Spencer (@MichaelCBS4) August 11, 2017.@Broncos QB Kyle Sloter is tossing TDs!
  We've got ourselves a ballgame in Chicago. #DEN
  
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• Drinking Beer May Lead To Mental Clarity, Study Says

  11-08-2017 17:59
  CBS Local — According to a new study in Austria, a little beer may help trigger your inner genius. Researchers at the University of Graz say that a mild alcohol intoxication can help clear mental blocks and spark creative thought.
  The study looked at 70 volunteers between the ages of 19 and 32; giving them both alcohol-free and regular beer before taking a series of tests. The volunteers reportedly performed better on a word problem test after drinking a pint of beer than they did hav
  
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• Jail Official Sentenced To Prison After Denying Medical Care To Dying Diabetic Inmate

  11-08-2017 17:58
  CBS Local — A former Oklahoma jail administrator was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison after the 2013 death of a diabetic inmate that the official allegedly accused of faking an illness.
  Former McClain County Jail administrator Wayne Barnes was sentenced to 51 months in prison Wednesday and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine from a federal civil rights charge related to the death of 27-year-old inmate Kory Wilson, HuffPost reported.
  Barnes was indicted by a grand jury in Octob
  
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• Mom Sues Oregon Hospital For $8.6 Million After She Accidentally Suffocated Her Baby

  11-08-2017 17:54
  CBS Local — A new mother has filed an $8.6 million lawsuit against an Oregon hospital after she accidentally smothered her 4-day-old baby in a hospital bed.
  Monica Thompson claims the Portland Adventist Medical Center staff placed her newborn, Jacob, in bed with her so she could breastfeed him in the middle of the night, and left her unsupervised while she was heavily medicated with sleep aids and painkillers, The Oregonian reported.
  She fell asleep and later woke up to discover that Jacob
  
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• Roundup River Ranch Helps Kids Heal In Colorado

  11-08-2017 17:41
  Roundup Ranch is a camp that gives children fighting serious illnesses a much needed getaway and a chance to heal in the Colorado mountains.
  
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• 1 Dead In Early Morning Denver Accident

  11-08-2017 17:21
  DENVER (CBS4) – One person died in an early morning accident in northeast Denver.
  The Denver Police Department tweeted out that they’re investigating a crash at 56th Avenue and Joliet Street that occurred early Friday morning.#Traffic Update: 2-vehicle crash at E 56th/Joliet St has resulted in 1 fatality. Investigation ongoing. https://t.co/KipzdNm4nM
  — Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) August 11, 2017
  One person died in the two-vehicle accident that shut down 56th in both di
  
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• 2 Die In Accident That Shuts Down Highway

  11-08-2017 17:14
  BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Two people died in an accident Friday morning.
  It happened at about 2:14 a.m. on Highway 287 near Oxford Road.HWY 287 closed both directions at Oxford Road for crash with 2 fatalities. Closure likely to last past 7am Friday. Media inquiries to CSP.
  — BoulderCountySheriff (@BldrCOSheriff) August 11, 2017
  That’s just south of Longmont.
  Drivers in two cars, a male and a female, both died in the accident.
  Deputies say they were the only victims involv
  
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• New Superintendent Taking Command Of US Air Force Academy

  11-08-2017 16:55
  AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — A new superintendent is taking command at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
  Maj. Gen. Jay B. Silveria will succeed Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson in a ceremony Friday. Johnson is retiring after four years.
  Silveria has been nominated for promotion to lieutenant general, the required rank for the job.
  He is a 1985 graduate of the academy. His previous assignment was deputy commander of U.S. Air Forces Central Command. He was also deputy commander of
  
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• Trump Warns US ‘Locked And Loaded’ As North Readies Missiles

  11-08-2017 16:51
  BEDMINSTER, New Jersey (AP) — President Donald Trump tweeted Friday that the U.S. military is “locked and loaded” if North Korea acts “unwisely,” escalating an exchange of threats between the nuclear-armed nations.
  American and South Korean officials said they would move forward with large-scale military exercises later this month that North Korea claims are a rehearsal for war. Pyongyang has laid out plans to strike near the U.S. territory of Guam.
  Trump tweeted Fr
  
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• Latest Forecast: Foggy To Stormy Friday

  11-08-2017 15:30
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – With the moisture left behind from Thursday’s thunderstorms the morning will start out with low clouds and fog for many areas of the Front Range and Eastern Plains on Friday. As the morning goes on the fog will gradually erode away making way for partly cloudy skies.
  There will be another round of afternoon thunderstorms across the I-25 corridor and eastern plains. The storms will be more isolated in nature. But, some of the storms that do develop cou
  
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• Harris, rookie Sloter leads Broncos...

  11-08-2017 07:05
  Can Sloter get some love? Perhaps, on the practice squad he can if he makes it that far. Sloter has done nothing but complete passes during his rare, third-team reps in the offseason and training camp and he stepped it up when the lights were on Thursday night.       
  
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• Sloter shines but remains No. 3 QB

  11-08-2017 07:01
         
  
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• Meet 'the flag guy'

  11-08-2017 06:39
  You might not know his name, and you probably don’t know his face, but there’s a good chance you know of Jeff McNamara.       
  
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• Denver Fire helping investigators...

  11-08-2017 06:37
  Investigators now are looking into how, if the emergency button was pressed twice, did it take almost a full month to find Komisarchik's body in the elevator?       
  
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• Broncos Surge Back To Beat The Bears

  11-08-2017 06:31
  CHICAGO (AP) — Mitch Trubisky threw for 166 yards and led three scoring drives after Mike Glennon struggled for Chicago, before the Denver Broncos scored two long touchdowns in the closing minutes to beat the Bears 24-17 in the preseason opener on Thursday night.
  Though the Bears have insisted Glennon is their starter, Trubisky just might have created a quarterback controversy.
  Denver’s Trevor Siemian did nothing to hurt his standing as the leader for the starting quarterback job, wh
  
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• Taylor Swift trial is not for fun

  11-08-2017 06:19
  This week, the lines at sunrise, the cameras camped out day and night and the Post-It note lyrics on Downtown Denver office windows, mean a federal court case about sexual assault allegations.       
  
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• Woman Tracking Epilepsy Possibly Caused By Rocky Flats Chemicals

  11-08-2017 06:11
  By Jeff Todd
  WESTMINSTER, Colo. (CBS4) – A grass-roots community survey is finding a higher number of people with epilepsy than normal congregated in the northwest part of Denver.
  “I found out I had epilepsy when I was a senior in college,” said Sarah Moore McCormick. “I had actually been having seizures since I was 11 years old.”
  Sarah Moore McCormick talking with CBS4’s Jeff Todd (credit: CBS)
  McCormick grew up near 100th Avenue and Simms Street in the Count
  
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• Next Question: Life insurance policies

  11-08-2017 06:09
  Our Next Question comes from one of our viewers who became curious while looking at life insurance policies.        
  
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• Colorado’s Dead Last Ranking In High School Health And Safety Disputed

  11-08-2017 06:08
  By Dominic Garcia
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – The Colorado High School Activities Association, or CHSAA, is speaking out after a recent ranking has Colorado dead last in the country in high school health and safety.
  The ranking was released by the Korey Stringer Institute, named after an NFL player who died of heat stroke.
  (credit: CBS)
  CBS4’s Dominic Garcia spoke to CHSAA commissioner Rhonda Blanford-Green who says they were ranked last because her predecessor never filled out the survey
  
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• Women and men on same courses at...

  11-08-2017 06:04
  At the Colorado Classic, more than 70 women racers are taking on the same course as the more than 90 men.         
  
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• Local Guamanian reacts to North...

  11-08-2017 05:23
  Aflague remembers similar threats when he lived in Guam. North Korea has made statements in recent years about Anderson Air Force Base being within “striking range.”       
  
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• Where is all the orange and blue?

  11-08-2017 04:58
  Hello Broncos fans- are you there?        
  
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• Arrest made after man killed near Walgre

  11-08-2017 04:54
  Trevin Eno was killed two days before his 40th birthday near an Englewood Walgreens and police would like your help to identify possible persons of interest in the case.       
  
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• Woman missing in Arapahoe County

  11-08-2017 04:35
         
  
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• Elway on McCarron rumor: Flat out not...

  11-08-2017 04:10
  After the report surfaced Wednesday, Elway took to Twitter and stated: “Rumor of us being interested in anyone other than the QBs we have is another example of irresponsible, fake news!!’’       
  
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• K9 Unlatches Gate With Paw To Save Injured Deputy

  11-08-2017 04:02
  ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – A canine with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office saved a deputy who was fighting with a suspect.
  According to a statement, which the sheriff’s office also posted to Facebook, at 1 a.m. on Aug. 5, a deputy responded to a trespassing call in the Shaw Heights neighborhood in the area of 4700 W. 89th Place.While on the call, a man he was talking to jumped a fence to get away. The deputy ran after him, getting separated from his K9, and began fighting wit
  
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• Harris pick six lifts Broncos to lead

  11-08-2017 03:46
  Three plays are all first-year Denver Broncos’ head coach Vance Joseph needed to realize he inherited a really good defense.       
  
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• Man Charged With Murder Of Woman In Random Attack

  11-08-2017 03:35
  DENVER (CBS4) – A man has been charged with murdering a woman in her Five Points apartment in a random attack.
  Crtistina Weir, 28, was found dead on July 31.
  Cristina Weir (credit: GoFundMe.com)
  Police say Esstefan Hamlin stabbed her to death and then stole her car.
  Weir was found face down in the hallway of her apartment.
  (credit: CBS)
  A neighbor said there had been an issue recently with transients breaking into the small apartment complex’s laundry room. A neighbor would eventuall
  
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• Retired Assistant Principal Killed In Crime Spree Accident

  11-08-2017 03:27
  DENVER (CBS4) – A retired assistant principal was hit and killed Tuesday in a chaotic crime spree.
  Investigators say 66-year-old Ernest Gurrini was killed Tuesday near 40th Avenue and Havana Street.
  Ernest Gurrini (credit: GoFundMe.com)
  Police arrested 26-year-old Eric Ukuni, who they say used a stolen truck to hit the former school worker.
  Eric Ukuni (credit: Denver Police Department)
  Ukuni admitted, police say, to being on a mission to kill at least three people while crashing into cars.
  
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• O.J. Simpson’s Ford Bronco Up For Sale

  11-08-2017 03:17
  LAS VEGAS (CBS4) – The infamous Ford Bronco from the O.J. Simpson chase is up for sale.
  It’s going to appear on an episode of “Pawn Stars.”
  Simpson’s former sports agent Mike Gilbert currently owns the vehicle.
  Motorists wave as police cars pursue the Ford Bronco (white, R) driven by Al Cowlings, carrying fugitive murder suspect O.J. Simpson, on a 90-minute slow-speed car chase June 17, 1994 on the 405 freeway in Los Angeles, California. (credit: MIKE NELSON/AFP/Get
  
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