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• What Gov. Hickenlooper Is Saying About 2020 Presidential Run

  14-08-2017 23:40
  By Britt MorenoDENVER (CBS4)– Gov. John Hickenlooper isn’t saying “no” about a possible presidential run in 2020, saying he’s focused on other issues like health care right now.Hickenlooper spoke on CBS4 This Morning with CBS4’s Britt Moreno on Monday.Hickenlooper, along with Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne, will host a public town hall meeting at the Aurora Municipal Center in Aurora at 6 p.m. on Wednesday. (credit: CBS)
  Hickenlooper said he’ll provide information
  
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• Pelosi Calls On Trump To Fire Bannon After Charlottesville

  14-08-2017 23:27
  WASHINGTON (CBS4) – House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is calling on President Donald Trump to fire White House advisor Steve Bannon following the weekend’s deadly attack in Charlottesville, Virginia.
  “If Donald Trump is sincere about rejecting alt-right white supremacists sympathizers, he should start at the White House. #FireBannon,” Pelosi tweeted Monday with a full statement attached.If @realDonaldTrump is sincere about rejecting alt-right white supremacists sympathiz
  
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• Taylor Swift’s Allegation That She Was Groped Heads To Jury

  14-08-2017 21:48
  DENVER (AP) — A jury on Monday started considering Taylor Swift’s allegation that a former radio host groped her during a meet-and-greet before a concert and whether the singer’s mother and her radio liaison later set out to destroy his career.
  In the dueling lawsuits from Swift and former disc jockey David Mueller, a federal judge ruled Friday that Mueller failed to prove that the pop star personally set out to have him fired after the 2013 photo op.
  But jurors will weigh his
  
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• Mark Redwine On His Way Back To Colorado

  14-08-2017 21:08
  DURANGO, Colo. (CBS4) – Mark Redwine was released to authorities from his hold in Washington state on Monday morning and will be brought back to Colorado to face charges in the death of his son Dylan.
  Mark Redwine (credit: La Plata County via Bellingham police)
  Mark Redwine was arrested near the end of July and charged with his son’s murder following a grand jury indictment.
  Police body cameras captured the arrest in Washington.
  Dylan Redwine disapppeared in Nov. 2012 during a court-
  
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• Lawyer: Taylor Swift Testimony Inconsistent In Groping Trial

  14-08-2017 21:01
  DENVER (AP) — A lawyer for the former radio DJ accused of groping Taylor Swift told jurors Monday that the pop star’s account is inconsistent with the testimony of every other member of her team. As the pop star cried in federal court during closing arguments, he questioned why Swift was smiling in a photo taken at the time she said the alleged assault took place.
  “Look at Ms. Swift’s face. Is that the face of someone who’s in shock, who is upset?” Gabriel McF
  
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• 1947 Anti-Nazi Film Goes Viral After Charlottesville

  14-08-2017 21:00
  WASHINGTON (CBS4) – A decades-old anti-Nazi video has gone viral in the wake of what happened in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend.
  One person died and 19 others were injured when a car plowed into a crowd of protesters Saturday after violent confrontations between white nationalists and counter protesters. Two state troopers also died when their helicopter crashed.
  In response, a clip of “Don’t Be A Sucker” was posted to Twitter Saturday by a user named Michael
  
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• CBS4 Broncos Notebook: Aug. 14. 2017

  14-08-2017 20:51
  On Monday the Broncos held their second to last practice in Denver before heading to San Francisco.
  Injuries continue to be an issue as defensive lineman Jared Crick was hurt during 11-on-11 drills. Vance Joseph said after practice Crick was having back spasms, but will undergo an MRI.
  (credit: CBS)
  Derek Wolfe was not at practice on Monday. Wolfe has a severely swollen ankle and left practice on Saturday after getting tangled up with Menelik Watson.
  (credit: CBS)
  The Broncos will practice Tuesd
  
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• Latest Forecast: Another August Cool Down Headed Our Way

  14-08-2017 20:34
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – It’s been an unusual month for weather across Colorado in terms of the temperature.
  Many locations are running 5 to 7 degrees below normal for this time of year.
  We have more of the same in store for the week ahead with the exception of today. I’m anticipating highs within a degree or two or normal this afternoon. (for Denver that is 88°F)
  We’ll also see the usual scattering of showers and thunderstorms that will last into the early even
  
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• Search For Gunman In Deadly Shooting At Cherry Creek State Park

  14-08-2017 20:17
  ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Deputies continue to search for the gunman wanted in a deadly shooting at Cherry Creek State Park on Sunday.The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office rushed to the west boat ramp inside Cherry Creek State Park just after 7 p.m. Sunday to assist park rangers in connection with the shooting. Shortly after, it was determined that deputies would take the lead in the investigation.Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office investigated a deadly shooting at Cherry Cre
  
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• Police: 17 Immigrants Locked Inside Rig At Texas Truck Stop

  14-08-2017 19:59
  EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — Police in Texas acting on a tip found 17 immigrants locked inside a tractor-trailer parked at a gas station about 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the border with Mexico, less than a month after 10 people died in the back of a hot truck with little ventilation in San Antonio.
  Edinburg Assistant Police Chief Oscar Trevino tells KGBT-TV that the immigrants from Mexico, Honduras and other countries may have been locked inside the 18-wheeler in Edinburg for at lea
  
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• Busts In The US Highlight Pot Smuggling From Legal States

  14-08-2017 19:59
  DENVER (AP)– Marijuana grown in Oregon and the handful of other states where pot is legal is being smuggled to other parts of America, authorities say. It’s often hard to tell if the trafficked weed was grown legally or illegally, but some say the fact that pot is leaving these states at all puts the marijuana industry at risk.
  Here is a look at some recent notable cases.___DENVER
  Colorado officials announced on June 28 they had cracked a huge smuggling ring that, under the cover of
  
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• Substance Abuse Linked To Consuming Energy Drinks, Study Says

  14-08-2017 19:45
  CBS Local — A new study says that young, college-aged adults who regularly consumed energy drinks were at a higher risk of abusing other substances later in life. Researchers at the University of Maryland found that 21-year-olds who drank highly-caffeinated energy beverages had an increased chance of abusing alcohol or other non-prescribed stimulants by age 25.
  The study followed nearly 1,100 college students over a five-year period and tracked their continued use of energy
  
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• Broncos Defensive End Jared Crick Latest Camp Casualty

  14-08-2017 19:42
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Defensive end Jared Crick has been carted off the Denver Broncos practice field after apparently injuring his right leg during run drills Monday.
  Crick’s injury comes 48 hours after the Broncos’ other starting defensive end, Derek Wolfe, was carted off the field with a sprained right ankle that could sideline him until the season opener next month.Jared Crick (credit: CBS)
  The Broncos have been hit hard along their rebuilt D-line this summer, losing defe
  
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• Trump Speaks On Charlottesville: ‘Racism Is Evil’

  14-08-2017 19:33
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Under pressure all weekend, President Donald Trump on Monday named and condemned hate groups as “repugnant” and declared “racism is evil” in an updated, more forceful statement on the deadly, race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia.
  Trump had been under increasing pressure to call out the groups by name after his previous remarks bemoaning violence on “many sides” prompted criticism from fellow Republicans as well as Democrats.
  
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• Protesters Take To Streets After Violent Demonstrations In Virginia

  14-08-2017 19:25
  By Shawn Chitnis
  DENVER, Colo (CBS4) – Several hundred people gathered inside City Park on Sunday afternoon to show solidarity with the people of Charlottesville, Vir. a day after white supremacists demonstrations ended with the death of one counter-protester.
  “Show me what Democracy looks like, this is what Democracy looks like,” the crowd shouted as speakers energized people inside the park.
  Copter4 flew over the rally on Sunday (credit: CBS)
  Standing in the shadow of the Mar
  
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• More Than Spectacle: Eclipses Create Science And So Can You

  14-08-2017 19:25
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The sun is about to spill some of its secrets, maybe even reveal a few hidden truths of the cosmos. And you can get in on the act next week if you are in the right place for the best solar eclipse in the U.S. in nearly a century.
  Astronomers are going full blast to pry even more science from the mysterious ball of gas that’s vital to Earth. They’ll look from the ground, using telescopes, cameras, binoculars and whatever else works. They’ll look from the
  
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• Do You Say Ih-Klips Or Ee-Klips?

  14-08-2017 19:22
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – With the Great American Eclipse happening next week I’m curious about the proper way to say the word eclipse.
  The moon passes in front of the sun during a total solar eclipse in Surabaya, East Java on March 9, 2016. A total solar eclipse swept across the vast Indonesian archipelago and was witnessed by tens of thousands of sky gazers and marked by parties, Muslim prayers and tribal rituals. (credit JUNI KRISWANTO/AFP/Getty Images)
  I happen to say ee-kli
  
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• Zoo Welcomes New 172-Pound Baby Giraffe

  14-08-2017 19:16
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Fort Wayne’s zoo is celebrating the birth of baby giraffe that already weighs nearly 200 pounds.
  The 6-foot-1 female reticulated giraffe was born Aug. 6 at the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo and she arrived weighing in at 172 pounds.
  Zoo officials say the young calf has been named Kita, a Swahili word that means “to stand firm.”
  Staff veterinarian Kami Fox says the newborn and her mother are doing very well, although it’s unclear whether vis
  
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• Amtrak Solar Eclipse Train Sells Out In Just 22 Hours

  14-08-2017 19:14
  CBS Local — Amtrak says a special train ride taking passengers along the route of the Aug. 21 solar eclipse sold out in less than a day. The 409-seat passenger train in Illinois will be traveling from Chicago’s Union Station to Carbondale, Ill.
  The special eclipse train will also pick up passengers in Champaign, Illinois before arriving in Carbondale, where the historic event can reportedly been seen for over 2 and a half minutes. Amtrak is handing out eclipse-viewing
  
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• World War II Vet Gets Home Makeover And Free Trip From Volunteers

  14-08-2017 19:02
  CBS Local — A World War II veteran in Austin, Texas has received a helping hand from thankful volunteers in his community. Bob Goolsby, 95, and his wife, Jewell, have lived in the same home for nearly 45 years.
  Both in their 90s, the Goolsbys were not able to tend to their overgrowing trees and other yard work anymore. That’s when several groups in the Austin community came up with a plan to clean up the army veteran’s home.
  Members of the Police Department’s Explore
  
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• Pro Wrestler Ric Flair Grappling ‘Tough Medical Issues’

  14-08-2017 18:54
  ATLANTA (AP) — A representative for Ric Flair says the pro wrestling legend has been hospitalized and is dealing with some “tough medical issues.”
  Melinda Morris Zanoni confirmed a report on Saturday that the 68-year-old Flair had been hospitalized, and stated he was admitted for routine monitoring. Zanoni provided an update early Monday, asking for “prayers & positive energy” because Flair has “tough medical issues.”
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• Bridge Project Causes Delays, Miles-Long Backups

  14-08-2017 18:52
  By Matt Kroschel
  GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)– A bridge linking thousands of people on the Western Slope closed at 12:01 a.m. Monday and the first morning commute was crowded and delayed.
  The Grand Avenue Bridge in Glenwood Springs is being removed and replaced. That has displaced thousands of commuters onto a two-lane detour with the backups stretching for miles.Backups from the Grand Avenue Bridge in Glenwood Springs (credit: CBS)
  According to the Colorado Department of Transportation,
  
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• Colorado landlords now must give short-term tenants 21 days’ notice before a rent raise or giving them the boot

  14-08-2017 18:22
  
  Colorado landlords now have to give their short-term tenants 21 days’ notice before raising rent or terminating their leases under a new law that took effect last week.
  Before, a lease that runs month to month or spans up to six months could have been terminated with seven days’ notice from either party. A landlord could also increase rent with only a week’s notice in that span, which was one of the shortest turnarounds in the nation.
  Tenants now also must provid
  
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• Closing Arguments Expected In Taylor Swift Groping Case

  14-08-2017 18:13
  DENVER (AP) — Lawyers are expected to make closing arguments Monday in a trial over allegations that a former radio host groped Taylor Swift before a 2013 Denver concert.
  The former DJ alleges in a competing federal lawsuit that the star’s mother and radio liaison tried to destroy his career.(Valerie Macon/AFP/Getty Images)
  A federal judge ruled Friday that former DJ David Mueller did not prove Swift personally tried to end his career.
  Identical allegations against Andrea Swift and F
  
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• Detective: Murder Suspects Are High-Level Gang Members

  14-08-2017 18:06
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say three men charged with murder in connection with a fatal shooting five months ago in Grand Junction were upper-level members of a national motorcycle gang.
  The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports Grand Junction Police Detective Julie Stogsdill says Richard Byrd, Rufus Billups, and Gregory Clark are all members of one-percenter motorcycle gang, Sin City Disciples.
  The three men are charged in the March 15 slaying of Dion Nixon.
  Police believe N
  
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• Demonstrators Across Colorado Protest White Supremacists

  14-08-2017 18:00
  DENVER (AP) — Demonstrators are marching and waving signs in at least four Colorado cities after a white supremacist rally in Virginia turned deadly.
  Rallies were held Sunday in Denver, Durango, Fort Collins and Lafayette.
  Copter4 flew over the rally on Sunday (credit: CBS)
  In Denver, several hundred demonstrators gathered beneath a statue of Martin Luther King Jr. in City Park and then marched about two miles west to the state Capitol as an afternoon thunderstorm brought a brief rain show
  
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• Swift Emotional During Closing Arguments

  14-08-2017 17:52
  DENVER (AP) — Taylor Swift’s attorney says she’s standing up for all women in her federal lawsuit by taking on a man who she says groped her and is saying “No means no.”
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  In closing arguments Monday, lawyer Doulas Baldridge characterized the former DJ who sued Swift after he lost his job as an “aggressor.”
  Former radio host David Mueller said Swift’s claim that he groped her at a 2013 pre-concert event in Denver is false and led to his be
  
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• Henderson has successful thumb surgery

  14-08-2017 17:44
  A surgical procedure to repair ligament damage in rookie receiver Carlos Henderson’s thumb went well.         
  
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• Tonight’s Xfinity Monday Live Guest: Former Broncos Receiver Brandon Stokley

  14-08-2017 17:28
  Watch Xfinity Monday Live on CBS4 at 6:30 p.m. or head to ViewHouse Centennial to see it live! Join in the fun, enjoy great food & drinks and watch all of tonight's big games on a 200 inch flatscreen.
  
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• Michael Bennet’s town hall in Aspen stirs emotional issues

  14-08-2017 17:17
  
  The Aspen TimesSenator Michael Bennet answering questions posed to him on Friday at the Aspen High School for a town hall meeting.ASPEN —  From health care to immigration to North Korea, audience members at an Aspen town hall with Colorado’s Democratic U.S. senator on Friday covered most of today’s hot-button issues in the U.S.
  But two questions from audience members with powerful personal stories related to those first two issues caught the attention of U.S. Sen. Michael
  
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• Keidel: Has Mayweather Really Lost A Step?

  14-08-2017 16:56
  By Jason Keidel
  Just a week ago it said here that the best chance Conor McGregor had of beating Floyd Mayweather Jr. in their ballyhooed bout on Aug 26 was if Mayweather had, as every fighter has at some point, gotten athletically old.And now, Mayweather either agrees with me or is being professionally coy for the sake of coin.During a recent sit-down with Stephen A Smith, Mayweather mused over his upcoming fight with McGregor, and made some unusually candid and self-effacing assertions. Most no
  
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• Jeffco deputies search for missing 75-year-old woman last seen hiking near Buffalo Creek

  14-08-2017 16:56
  
  Provided by Jefferson County Sheriff's OfficeSharon Ann DavisThe Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a woman who went missing Friday while hiking in the Lost Creek Wilderness.
  Sharon Ann Davis, 75, was last seen around 2 p.m. Friday just south of the shafthouse on the Goose Creek Trail.
  Deputies said Davis may have “diminished” cognitive abilities and ask that anyone with information on Davis to call 303-271-0211 or call 911 if she is located.
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• Exec Quits President’s Advisory Council After Charlottesville, And Trump Isn’t Happy

  14-08-2017 16:56
  NEW YORK (AP) — The CEO of the nation’s third largest pharmaceutical company resigned from a manufacturing council that advises President Donald Trump days after racially tinged clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, citing “a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism.”
  Trump, who is under increasing pressure to explicitly condemn the white supremacist and hate groups involved, lashed out almost immediately Monday at Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier on Twit
  
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• Cory Gardner on CNN says of white supremacists: “We don’t want them in our base”

  14-08-2017 16:48
  
  Cory Gardner again on Sunday urged President Donald Trump to condemn white supremacists and white nationalists by name after weekend violence in Virginia, with the Republican from Colorado saying of the groups: “We don’t want them in our base.”
  “This is not a time for vagaries,” Gardner said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “This isn’t a time for innuendo or to allow room to be read between the lines. This is a time to lay blame &mda
  
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• Boulder County coroner releases IDs of drivers killed in wrong-way crash on U.S. 287

  14-08-2017 16:37
  
  Paul Aiken, Daily CameraColorado State Patrol troopers are seen on U.S. 287, which is closed near Oxford Road following a head-on collision.The Boulder County coroner’s office has released the names of both drivers killed Friday in a wrong-way crash on U.S. 287 near Longmont.
  Stephanie Sosa, 23, of Longmont, was driving north on southbound U.S. 287 early Friday when she crashed into another car and killed 55-year-old Roy Kamigaki, also of Longmont.
  Witnesses called 911 at 2:14 a.m. to repo
  
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• Pressure mounts on Trump to address race-fueled clash

  14-08-2017 16:21
  
  BEDMINSTER, N.J. — As President Donald Trump remained out of sight and silent, pressure mounted from both sides of the aisle for him to explicitly condemn white supremacists and hate groups involved in deadly, race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia.
  Trump, who has been at his New Jersey golf club on a working vacation, was set to make a one-day return to Washington on Monday to sign an executive action on China’s trade practices. But he will likely be unable to escape quest
  
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• One-fifth of Americans find workplace hostile or threatening

  14-08-2017 16:16
  
  WASHINGTON — The American workplace is grueling, stressful and surprisingly hostile.
  So concludes an in-depth study of 3,066 U.S. workers by the Rand Corp., Harvard Medical School and the University of California, Los Angeles. Among the findings:
  — Nearly one in five workers — a share the study calls “disturbingly high” — say they face a hostile or threatening environment at work, which can include sexual harassment and bullying. Workers who have to face custo
  
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• Rarest Solar Eclipse In 99 Years Happens Week From Today

  14-08-2017 16:13
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – Hopefully by now you have your eclipse glasses because supply will become limited as we get closer to the big day.
  RELATED: Fake Solar Eclipse Glasses Flood The Market; NASA Offers Recommended Brands
  On Monday, August 21, a total solar eclipse will travel from coast to coast over the United States in just a matter of hours.
  The path of totality for a total solar eclipse that will take place this summer. (credit: GreatAmericanEclipse.com)
  What makes this event
  
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• Rookie Prospects Can Mess With Your Fantasy Baseball Roster

  14-08-2017 15:38
  By Sam McPherson
  Last Monday in this space, we recommended fantasy baseball team owners drop catcher/first baseman Alex Avila after his trade from the Detroit Tigers to the Chicago Cubs. Then, the defending World Series champions suddenly lose their top catcher to an injury a few days later, and Avila suddenly has fantasy relevancy once again. It’s a tough world to stay on top of for six months straight, isn’t it?
  The Avila example above is an extreme case, but it’s not just in
  
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• Denver weather forecast calls for heat and thunderstorms

  14-08-2017 15:34
  Monday’s high temperature will flirt with 90 degrees along the Front Range and the eastern plains before a few scattered rain storms cool things off a bit, according to weather forecasters.
  The high is expected to reach 87 degrees in downtown Denver, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder. It is expected to be 90 degrees in Sterling.
  “The storms may produce wind gusts to 40 mph, small hail and brief heavy rain. A few stronger storms may occur over the far northeast plai
  
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• Inmate sues Pueblo sawmill, Colorado prison officials after serious injury

  14-08-2017 15:00
  
  Provided by Colorado Department of CorrectionsKandy FuellingKandy Fuelling isn’t your typical Colorado inmate with hard-core criminal convictions. And she may be a bit too trusting.
  So when some lumber got jammed on a conveyor belt at the Pueblo sawmill where she’d been working through a prison-work program, the woman serving prison time for escape and being an habitual traffic offender obeyed the prodding of her foreman and fellow inmates. She climbed below the conveyor belt and rea
  
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• Sessions defends Trump’s response to Charlottesville violence

  14-08-2017 14:47
  
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday strongly defended President Donald Trump’s response to the violence in Charlottesville, seeking to counter widespread criticism that the president did not go far enough in denouncing white supremacists and other hate groups.
  “His initial statement on this roundly and unequivocally condemned hatred and violence and bigotry,” Sessions said on ABC’s “Good Morning America” as part of his appearances on morning shows. &ldquo
  
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• New Week To Bring Variety Of Weather

  14-08-2017 13:28
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – It’s been an unusual month for weather across Colorado in terms of the temperature.
  Many locations are running 5 to 7 degrees below normal for this time of year.
  We have more of the same in store for the week ahead with the exception of today. By this afternoon we’ll see some of the warmest temperatures we’ve seen in a while with highs around 90 degrees.
  Cooler temperatures arrive by the middle of the week along with a good chance for scatte
  
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• Latest Forecast: New Week To Bring Variety Of Weather

  14-08-2017 13:28
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – It’s been an unusual month for weather across Colorado in terms of the temperature.
  Many locations are running 5 to 7 degrees below normal for this time of year.
  We have more of the same in store for the week ahead with the exception of today. By this afternoon we’ll see some of the warmest temperatures we’ve seen in a while with highs around 90 degrees.
  Cooler temperatures arrive by the middle of the week along with a good chance for scatte
  
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• Loveland sculpture show highlights...

  14-08-2017 02:25
  Want to get into sculpting? Maybe consider making the move to Loveland - they've got TWO foundries!        
  
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• Watching For T-storms

  14-08-2017 02:20
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) –  After a sunny morning with a high of 87 in Denver on Sunday, thunderstorms took over the afternoon. Heavy rain, small hail and up to 60mph wind gusts prompted a severe t-storm warning for north Denver metro areas. And another batch of weaker storms soaked the south side of the metro in the early evening. Here is a nice rainbow shot from our Mile High Cam around 6:15 pm on Sunday night.Severe storms with large hail pelted parts of the eastern plains. S
  
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• Gardner On Violence In Virginia: ‘This Is Domestic Terrorism’

  14-08-2017 02:17
  By Kelly Werthmann
  DENVER (CBS4) – The violent and deadly clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia are stirring up emotions around the country as well as criticisms of the response from the White House.
  “We condemn in the strongest possible terms the egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence from many, many sides,” President Donald Trump said Saturday.
  Sen. Cory Gardner (credit: CBS)
  Sen. Cory Gardner, a Republican and Colorado’s junior senator, is among the lawmakers
  
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• Experts: Violence The Result Of Political Pressure Cooker

  14-08-2017 02:08
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia (AP) – The videos that rolled across the television screen were startling: Americans beating each other with clubs and sticks on the streets of a quiet college town. White supremacists with torches; anti-fascists pushing back. An improvised flame thrower fashioned from an aerosol can. Bottles of frozen water hurled like bricks at one another’s skulls.
  Kevin Boyle, an American history professor at Northwestern University, watched it unfold, the feeling in his
  
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• $10,000 Reward Offered In Windsor Mill Arson Case

  14-08-2017 02:04
  By Melissa Garcia
  DENVER (CBS4) – The fire that destroyed a historic mill in Windsor was set on purpose, investigators said on Sunday.
  Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives made the determination of intentional cause after an initial week of investigation at the scene of the blaze that broke out shortly before 2 a.m. on Aug. 6.
  (credit: CBS)
  As the investigation was ongoing, authorities did not release suspect information or a motive.
  Town officials said that
  
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• Denver mother dies trying to save...

  14-08-2017 01:45
  The mother and her son were tubing in the creek when the boy's tube capsized; his mother hit her head on a rock while trying to save him, police said.       
  
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