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• Fox Anchor Says She’s Threatened By Angry Response

  16-08-2017 23:55
  NEW YORK (AP) — A Fox News Channel anchor whose reaction to President Donald Trump’s comments on Charlottesville spread widely says she feels threatened but not deterred after a flood of angry responses from viewers to her words.
  Kat Timpf, of the Fox show “The Specialists,” said Wednesday that she’s blocked part of her Twitter feed and stopped looking at emails. A day earlier, Timpf called Trump’s news conference disgusting and said “I have too much eye
  
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• 13 Things You Didn’t Know About WWE Superstar Jinder Mahal

  16-08-2017 23:37
  By Norm Elrod
  Jinder Mahal’s rise to stardom and championship glory seems sudden, even by pro wrestling standards. But Mahal had been wrestling for years, and was already almost a year into his second WWE stint when he defeated Randy Orton for the WWE Championship.
  Will he retain the title at SummerSlam? Who can ever know what WWE has planned? But here are a few things we do know about Mahal.
  1. Jinder Mahal was born as Yuvraj Singh Dhesi on July 19, 1986 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Dhesi
  
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• Ian Anthony Dale – “One Of The Best Decisions I Ever Made Coming On Board This Show”

  16-08-2017 23:27
  CBS’ sci-fi thriller Salvation returns tonight at 9 PM EST with a special double episode. Tonight’s episodes are titled “Seeing Red” and “From Russia, With Love.”
  Ahead of tonight’s shows, CBS Local’s Matt Weiss spoke with Ian Anthony Dale who plays Harris Edwards about taking on this role, working with his castmates and what his character has gone through in this action packed first season.
  MW- Good morning Ian, how are you doing?!
  IAD- I’m
  
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• Buses Show Off Driverless Technology

  16-08-2017 23:19
  DENVER (CBS4)– RTD is looking to the future with driverless vehcile technology. The company Transdev showed off its version of the buses at the Pepsi Center parking lot on Wednesday.
  The bus is called the EZ10 and is the first generation of its kind from Transdev. Right now the bus costs $100,000 but the company hopes as the technology becomes more readily available, the cost will come down.
  (credit: CBS)
  The bus gave riders a tour of the parking lot to show off the technology. The vehicle
  
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• Highlights From Chris Spears’ Reddit ‘AMA’ On Great American Eclipse

  16-08-2017 22:23
  By Chris Spears
  DENVER (CBS4) – I did my first AMA (Ask Me Anything) today on Reddit and answered questions about Monday’s Great American Eclipse.
  (credit: CBS)
  The top three most asked questions and concerns were…
  Where can I get glasses if all the stores near me are sold out?
  I would suggest calling science museums, libraries and even your town hall to see if there are organized community events where glasses will be available. You can also build a pinhole projector using so
  
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• Swift Sends Flowers To Denver Company That Supported Her

  16-08-2017 22:21
  NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift is returning the love to a Denver company that created colorful signs out of Post-its of her song lyrics like “Fearless” and “Begin Again” in its windows during her trial.
  The singer sent the team at Craftsy, an online site for crafts, an assortment of flowers Tuesday with a note thanking the company for “brightening my day for every day I was in Denver.”
  A sign displaying a Taylor Swift lyric across the street from court fol
  
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• Beth Mowins Debuts In NFL Play-By-Play For CBS On Sept. 24

  16-08-2017 22:16
  DENVER (CBS4)– Beth Mowins will debut as the first woman to call NFL play-by-play for CBS on Sept. 24.
  Mowins will join former NFL kicker Jay Feely when Cleveland plays at Indianapolis. The network released its announcer pairings on Tuesday.
  Mowins will start the season calling a Monday night NFL game between the Chargers and Broncos for ESPN. She will be the second woman to call play-by-play for an NFL regular-season game and first since NBC’s Gayle Sierens in 1987.
  Mowins has calle
  
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• Man Convicted In Bagel Shop Murder, Arson

  16-08-2017 22:10
  DENVER (CBS4) – Jurors convicted a man on Wednesday in the murder and arson above a popular bagel shop in Five Points last year.
  Brian Pattison was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Shane Richardson in the apartment above Rosenberg’s Bagels in May 2016. (credit: CBS)
  Pattison faces a sentence of life in prison for the murder.
  Shane Richardson (credit: GoFundMe.com)
  He was also convicted of first-degree arson, which carries a presumptive sentence of four to 12 years in
  
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• Charlottesville Victim’s Mother Urges ‘Righteous Action’

  16-08-2017 22:08
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The mother of the young woman mowed down while protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville urged mourners at a memorial service Wednesday to “make my daughter’s death worthwhile” by confronting injustice the way she did.
  “They tried to kill my child to shut her up. Well, guess what? You just magnified her,” said Susan Bro, receiving a standing ovation from the hundreds who packed a downtown theater to remember 32-year-ol
  
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• Pastor Wants Washington, Jackson Parks Renamed Due To Slavery Ties

  16-08-2017 21:56
  CHICAGO (CBS4) – A pastor is calling for the names of two presidents who owned slaved to be removed from parks in Chicago.
  Bishop James Dukes, pastor of Liberation Christian Center, said he wants the statues and names of Presidents George Washington and Andrew Jackson removed from two parks on the South Side, according to CBS Chicago.
  “I think we should be able to identify and decide who we declare heroes in or communities, because we have to tell the stories to our children of who t
  
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• Frank Nobilo On Wyndham Championship: ‘Kevin Kisner Win Would Be Fairytale Story’

  16-08-2017 21:11
  By Dave Shedloski
  Closing time. One last call for the FedExCup Playoffs.
  The $5.8 million Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, for decades has been a popular stop on the PGA TOUR. But it’s now also a more important stop, because it represents the final event of the FedExCup regular season. At Sunday’s conclusion, the top 125 players in the FedExCup points standings advance to the Playoffs and lock up exempt status for the 2017-18 PGA TOUR sea
  
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• Former Presidents Bush: America Must Reject ‘Hatred In All Forms’

  16-08-2017 21:09
  HOUSTON (CBS4) – Former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush issued a joint statement Wednesday following last weekend’s deadly events in Charlottesville, Virginia.
  Former US Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
  “America must always reject racial bigotry, anti-Semitism, and hatred in all forms.” They added, “As we pray for Charlottesville, we are reminded of the fundamental truths recorded by that city&rsquo
  
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• Fuel Truck, Passenger Van Collide On Private Road At DIA

  16-08-2017 20:36
  DENVER (CBS4) – Police in Denver are investigating a collision between a fuel truck and a passenger van at Denver International Airport.
  It happened on one of the private roads inside the airport on Tuesday morning.
  All 11 people in the van, which belongs to UPS, were taken to the hospital. Five had serious injures and remained in the hospital on Wednesday.
  No names of any of the victims have been released.
  
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• Police: Teacher Let Son Sell LSD And Allowed Teens To Use It

  16-08-2017 20:35
  SPRINGBORO, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio elementary school teacher faces charges she let her 15-year-old son sell LSD and allowed teenagers to use it in her home.
  Forty-year-old Amy Panzeca, of Springboro, pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Warren County to charges including permitting drug abuse and endangering children. She was freed on bond.
  Amy Panzeca (credit: CBS)
  Prosecutors say Panzeca’s son sold LSD to at least 20 high school students. He faces felony drug charges and is being held in a j
  
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• Immigration Reform Group Won’t Hold Conference In Colorado

  16-08-2017 20:28
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A group that backs “patriotic immigration reform” won’t hold a planned conference at a Colorado resort next year following protests in the wake of the deadly rally in Charlottesville.
  (credit: CBS)
  The VDARE Foundation said on its website that the April gathering at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort had been canceled. The resort said Wednesday that it wouldn’t be hosting the event. Neither offered explanations although the resort said it &l
  
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• CBS4 Broncos Notebook: 8/16

  16-08-2017 20:09
  The Broncos are back in Santa Clara, California, for the first time since winning Super Bowl 50, this time for two joint practices with the 49ers before a pre-season game on Saturday.(credit: CBS)
  Big week for the quarterback competition to see how they do against another defense.Paxton Lynch was with the starters first and will start Saturday.
  Cody Latimer and DeMarcus Walker are not practicing. T.J. Ward and Jared Crick did not travel. Derek Wolfe is not at practice, not sure if he traveled or
  
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• $28.75 Charge To Visit Elvis’ Grave During Vigil Upsets Fans

  16-08-2017 20:08
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — For nearly four decades, fans of the late singer Elvis Presley have made a solemn procession past his grave at his Graceland mansion during the annual candlelight vigil commemorating his death, without paying a penny.
  This year, on the 40th anniversary of the rock ‘n’ roll icon’s death, it cost them $28.75.
  Many fans were not happy.
  Visitors attending the vigil that began Tuesday night and runs into Wednesday had to have an Elvis Week Property Pass w
  
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• Butcher An NHL Free Agent After Not Signing With Avalanche

  16-08-2017 20:04
  DENVER (AP) – College hockey’s top player is an NHL free agent after former University of Denver defenseman Will Butcher allowed a deadline to pass without signing with the Colorado Avalanche.
  The Avalanche selected Butcher in the fifth round of the 2013 draft and had until Tuesday to sign the Hobey Baker Award winner who led Denver to a national championship in April.
  Will Butcher (credit: CBS)
  A person with direct knowledge of the discussions told The Associated Press on
  
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• Daily Stormer Now Has Russian Domain Name

  16-08-2017 19:55
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The white supremacist website that demonized the woman killed while protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville has found a new home: Russia.
  The Daily Stormer, a site that takes its name from the Nazi propaganda newspaper Der Stürmer, reappeared early Monday with a new domain name ending in “.ru.” Access was sporadic.
  Members of the Ku Klux Klan arrive for a rally, calling for the protection of Southern Confederate monuments, in Charl
  
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• Section Of Bridge Being Demolished Comes Crashing Down Unexpectedly

  16-08-2017 19:53
  GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – A section of bridge that’s in the process of being demolished in Glenwood Springs came crashing down unexpectedly Tuesday night.
  (credit: Post Independent)
  It happened while crews were using equipment to pull on the girders of the Grand Avenue Bridge.
  No one was hurt.
  “You plan the deconstruction process as best you can, but events like this are not unusual or unexpected when you are taking down large, old structures like the bridge,” said
  
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• Trump ‘Ending’ Manufacturing Council And Strategy And Policy Forum

  16-08-2017 19:25
  NEW YORK (AP) — With corporate chieftains fleeing, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he is ending a pair of advisory business councils in the latest fallout over his remarks about the Charlottesville protests.
  “Rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of the Manufacturing Council & Strategy & Policy Forum, I am ending both. Thank you all!” Trump tweeted in a face-saving effort from his home at Trump Tower. He was to depart New York later Wednesday to
  
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• Mark Redwine Faces Colorado Judge For First Time

  16-08-2017 19:20
  By Matt Kroschel
  DURANGO, Colo. (CBS4) – Nearly five years since his son went missing, Mark Redwine stood before a Colorado judge Tuesday to hear the charges he faces related to the death of Dylan.
  Mark Redwine (credit CBS)
  Chief Judge Wilson was presiding and lowered bond to $750,000 from $1 million cash only, which means Redwine will likely make bond.
  His ex-wife Elaine Hall testified that she and her family are fearful of Redwine — they allege he sent them threatening message
  
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• 5 Missing After Army Helicopter Goes Down Off Hawaii

  16-08-2017 19:14
  HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. Coast Guard and military crews are searching the ocean off Hawaii for five crewmembers of an Army helicopter that went down during a training exercise, authorities said Wednesday.
  Officials at Wheeler Army Airfield near Honolulu reported losing communications around 10 p.m. Tuesday with the crew of a UH-60 Black Hawk, the Coast Guard said in a news release.USCG, Army personnel responding to report of downed Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with 5 crew aboard off Oahu:
  
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• Man Drives Himself To Hospital With Nail In His Heart

  16-08-2017 18:29
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin man who doctors say came perilously close to death after accidentally shooting a nail into his heart while working on his house calmly drove himself to the hospital and even parked his pickup truck in the lot before walking into the emergency room.
  Doug Bergeson is ready to get back to work this week after surviving a June 25 ordeal that others might not have taken in such stride. Bergeson was working on framing in a fireplace at his house when his nail gun acc
  
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• Dolly Parton To Release First Children’s Album

  16-08-2017 18:18
  NASHVILLE (Radio.com) – Country legend Dolly Parton is set to release her very first children’s album, I Believe in You.
  The full-length, which is scheduled to drop digitally on September 29 with physical copies to follow on October 13, features 14 songs all written by Parton.
  Dolly Parton (credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
  “My first album was released 50 years ago and it’s been an amazing 50 years since then. I am very excited that now I&rsquo
  
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• Fan Essentials: Here’s Conor McGregor’s Key To Beating Floyd Mayweather

  16-08-2017 18:15
  Ryan Mayer
  Conor Mcgregor has a tall task ahead of him when he steps into the ring to face Floyd “Money” Mayweather on August 26th. The bout will be McGregor’s first professional boxing match and he’s going up against an undefeated opponent who is considered among the best to ever lace up the gloves. Experts aren’t giving McGregor much of a chance as long as Floyd maintains his usual fighting style.
  However, with any fight, there’s always a discussion of what
  
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• Military Leaders Speak Out Against Racism, Extremism

  16-08-2017 18:04
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders of the four major U.S. military services are speaking out against racism and extremism after last weekend’s violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
  Their comments on Twitter and in longer written statements make no mention of President Donald Trump’s responses to the incident.The Army doesn't tolerate racism, extremism, or hatred in our ranks. It's against our Values and everything we've stood for since 1775.
  — GEN Mark A. Milley (@ArmyChiefStaff)
  
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• Confederate Monuments Removed Overnight In Baltimore

  16-08-2017 17:49
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Confederate monuments in Baltimore were quietly removed and hauled away on trucks in darkness early Wednesday, days after a violent white nationalist rally in Virginia that was sparked by plans to take down a similar statue there.
  Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh told The Baltimore Sun that crews began removing the city’s four Confederate monuments late Tuesday and finished around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday.
  “It’s done,” Pugh told the newspaper. &l
  
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• CBS4’s Chris Spears Hosting Reddit AMA About Solar Eclipse

  16-08-2017 17:43
  Meteorologist Chris Spears is currently hosting an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit, where you can ask him questions about the upcoming eclipse.
  
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• After Scary Experience, City Council President Backs Supervised Injection Facility

  16-08-2017 17:36
  By Mark Ackerman
  DENVER (CBS4) – City Council President Albus Brooks put his full support behind a proposal to create a supervised injection facility in Denver, where intravenous drug users could “shoot up” under medical supervision.
  Last year, 174 people in the City and County of Denver died from drug overdoses. The goal of the supervised injection facility would be to reduce the number of preventable deaths from heroin and other drugs by having medical personnel present while
  
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• 9 transported after incident at DIA

  16-08-2017 17:19
  The driver of the fuel truck will be cited for careless driving resulted in injury.        
  
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• SUV takes out fence in Denver

  16-08-2017 17:01
  An SUV took out a fence in front of a Denver home early Wednesday morning.       
  
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• Woman Overcomes Odds As Ex-Husband Is Sentenced For Driving Over Her

  16-08-2017 16:51
  By Dominic Garcia
  BRIGHTON, Colo. (CBS4) – The fact that Bridget Dyson is alive today is nothing short of a miracle.
  “Coming out of a coma and hearing who was so vicious to me is the greatest pain I’ve ever endured,” the 50-year-old told CBS4.
  Anthony Dyson (credit: Adams County)
  The person who put her in that coma was her ex-husband, Anthony Dyson. On Dec. 6, 2016, Brighton police found Bridget Dyson in a pool of blood between two vehicles in the parking lot of the Sterl
  
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• Vet Reunited With Lost Tags 48 Years After Battle

  16-08-2017 16:11
  By Melissa Garcia
  LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4) – Long-awaited closure came for a Vietnam veteran who lives in Longmont when he received his dog tog that was lost on the battlefield nearly 50 years ago.
  (credit: CBS)
  Bob Allsup, 71, received a letter claiming to have found his 48-year-old dog tag in Vietnam.
  “It was really surprising (and) out of the blue,” Allsup said. “At first I thought it was spam.”
  Just a few days later, he received the tag in the mail, stained in the
  
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• Convicted Rapist Gets Out Early For Good Behavior

  16-08-2017 15:48
  By Karen Morfitt
  (CBS4) – A former University of Colorado student who was convicted on rape charges and sentenced to two years of work release is now out of jail.
  Austin Wilkerson, who was sentenced last August, was released one year earlier than expected.
  Austin Wilkerson (credit: Boulder County)
  Kendra Heuer spoke with CBS4 in 2016 shortly after learning her assailant would spend little time behind bars.
  “Disappointing but not surprising. I just wanted justice,” Heuer said.
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• Arenado’s Rare Error Helps Braves Beat Rockies, 4-3

  16-08-2017 15:14
  DENVER (AP) Nolan Arenado takes pride in his defense, but when his uncharacteristic error put the Colorado Rockies in a hole he tried to atone with his bat.
  That didn’t work out for the Gold Glove third baseman, either.
  “Just not a very good day for me,” Arenado said.
  Brandon Phillips scored the go-ahead run on Arenado’s throwing error in the eighth inning, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Rockies 4-3 on Tuesday night.
  Nick Markakis homered for the Brav
  
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• Renewed push to change Stapleton's name

  16-08-2017 15:13
  Stapleton's namesake is for a former Denver mayor who had connections to the KKK.       
  
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• Redwine faces Colorado judge

  16-08-2017 15:11
  A day after a chartered plane brought him back to Colorado from Washington state, Mark Redwine appeared in court for the first time in La Plata County to face charges in the death of his 13-year-old son, Dylan.        
  
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• DJ Says Taking Taylor Swift To Court Was Only Option

  16-08-2017 15:06
  DENVER (AP) — The former radio host who lost a groping lawsuit to Taylor Swift in federal court this week said he realizes the case was in the pop star’s favor, but he had no interest in backing down.
  David Mueller told The Associated Press on Tuesday that someone he knew suggested he pull out of the case early, but he refused.
  “I knew that I couldn’t go on with my life without representing myself,” he said. “I’m never going to back down.”
  A six-wo
  
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• Do or die, Paxton Lynch

  16-08-2017 13:56
  Do play well – really well – in the preseason game Saturday night against the San Francisco 49ers and you may be pronounced as the Denver Broncos’ starting quarterback for the 2017 regular season.Do not play well – or perform somewhere within the average range – and the starting job will likely remain with the incumbent Trevor Siemian.       
  
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• Latest Forecast: Below Normal Temps Continue, But For How Long?

  16-08-2017 12:56
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – Today will be the coolest day of the week thanks to another summer cool front.
  Highs will be well below normal for this time of year in many places, including in Denver and along the Front Range.The cool down won’t last long though, by tomorrow we’ll almost be back to normal.
  In fact the upcoming weekend looks like it could bring temperatures in the upper 80s and lower 90s which is 2 to 5 degrees above the normal high of 87 degrees this time of th
  
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• CSU eclipse glasses printed with typo

  16-08-2017 08:07
  Everybody makes mistakes, but some people are better sports about it than others.       
  
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• Rapids Fire Pablo Mastroeni

  16-08-2017 07:32
  By Michael SpencerDENVER (CBS4)– The Colorado Rapids announced Tuesday afternoon that they have parted ways with head coach Pablo Mastroeni and have appointed Steve Cooke as the interim head coach.
  Mastroeni was appointed head coach of the Rapids prior to the 2014 season and posted a 39-54-35 record with the club.NEWS: #Rapids96 part ways with Pablo Mastroeni, name Steve Cooke interim head coach.
  : https://t.co/G0K9ZVMLyd pic.twitter.com/8l9qf0jqWe
  — Colorado Rapids (@ColoradoRapids)
  
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• Glenwood bridge partially collapses

  16-08-2017 06:47
  It was already in the process of being torn down, but one part fell all the way on Tuesday just after 8 p.m.       
  
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• People duped by Facebook event

  16-08-2017 06:42
  On Sunday, Garth Brooks was in Denver, but he wasn't headlining.       
  
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• August rain leads to decreased water use

  16-08-2017 06:38
  Water use is down in the cities of Denver and Aurora thanks to all the August rain.       
  
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• Our reporter tracks down eclipse glasses

  16-08-2017 06:12
  Forget designer shades -- the most in demand eyewear right now are eclipse glasses.         
  
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• 1-on-1 with Sen. Gardner

  16-08-2017 06:03
  Republican Senator Cory Gardner, in between his back-to-back-to-back town halls on Tuesday, spoke with 9NEWS’ political reporter Brandon Rittiman.       
  
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• Plan Would Allow Supervised Drug Use To Prevent Overdose Deaths

  16-08-2017 05:23
  DENVER (CBS4) – Denver City Council President Albus Brooks put his full support behind a proposal to create a supervised injection facility in Denver, where intravenous drug users could “shoot up” under medical supervision.
  Albus Brooks (credit: CBS)
  Last year, 174 people in the City and County of Denver died from drug overdoses. The goal of the supervised injection facility would be to reduce the number of preventable deaths, from heroin and other drugs, by having medical pers
  
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• Latest Forecast: A One Day Cool-Down for Wednesday

  16-08-2017 04:41
  By Ed GreeneDENVER (CBS4) – A few very strong thunderstorms fired up this afternoon out on the eastern plains, a few of them turned severe, producing large hail and heavy rains. Storm chances continue well into the night, especially on the plains. Denver will also see scattered storms or showers overnight.The high in Denver on Tuesday reached 85 degrees.With the passage of a weak cold front, the high drops into the mid 70s for Wednesday – again with scattered showers and storms.
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