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• Foster Care Teens Celebrate Graduation

  31-08-2017 23:44
  By Libby Smith
  DENVER (CBS4) – When a teen in foster care makes it to graduation, that deserved a big celebration, and that’s exactly what the Colorado Department of Human Services does. The Office of Children, Youth & Families puts on the Celebration of Educational Excellence ceremony every spring especially for graduates in foster and kinship care.
  “It’s a tremendous opportunity for us to applaud great success for these students. Children in foster care have had a v
  
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• Amber Alert issued for woman, 1-year-old

  31-08-2017 23:00
  Maurico Venzor-Gonzales is believed to have forced Samantha Adams and her son Zahid Adams into Grey Honda Sedan that was later found abandoned in Pueblo.        
  
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• Should The NFL Shorten The Preseason?

  31-08-2017 22:56
  By Matt Citak
  The question is not a new one. For over half a decade, the NFL and the NFL Players Association have discussed decreasing the number of preseason games. Back in 2011 during negotiations that led to the  labor deal between the league and the union following a three-month lockout, the owners proposed cutting the preseason in half from four games to two games per team. However, they wanted to take those two games and add them to the regular season, extending it from 16 to 18 games
  
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• New Lockheed facility breaking ground

  31-08-2017 22:55
  This will be the last place for assembly and tests before satellites and other        
  
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• Police Arrest Suspects In RTD Bus Assault Of Student

  31-08-2017 22:28
  DENVER (CBS4)– Police in Denver believe they have arrested the suspects wanted for assaulting a student from South High School on an RTD bus.
  Police say the men, identified as Will Kee and Dericon Steel, assaulted the victim on an RTD bus on Aug. 23 about 3 p.m. when the bus was in the 1500 block of E. Louisiana Avenue.
  (credit: Denver Police)
  Kee, 38, is being held for investigation of harassment and Steel is being held for investigation of third-degree assault and child abuse.
  Will Kee (
  
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• Firefighters rescue puppy from air duct

  31-08-2017 22:05
  Firefighters really can do it all!       
  
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• Health Problems From Harvey: The Worst Is Yet To Come

  31-08-2017 21:54
  By Dr. Dave Hnida
  DENVER (CBS4) – As rains diminish and flood waters slowly recede around Houston and other cities hit by Harvey, health problems are moving in the other direction, with the worst yet to come.
  When the storm hit, the major concerns were drownings, injuries, and things such as carbon monoxide poisoning. But now comes a big shift, a ticking clock of health issues that will last for days, weeks, and even months to come.
  People walk down a flooded street as they evacuate their
  
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• Denver joins lawsuit against Sessions

  31-08-2017 21:48
  The city of Chicago filed the initial lawsuit on Aug. 7        
  
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• Your guide to A Taste of Colorado

  31-08-2017 21:47
  Everything you need to know for this year’s A Taste of Colorado at Civic Center Park.       
  
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• IKEA Submits Plans For Second Colorado Store

  31-08-2017 21:46
  BROOMFIELD, Colo. (CBS4) – Swedish retailer IKEA has submitted plans to the City of Broomfield for a second Colorado store.
  IKEA (credit: CBS)
  The current store is located in Centennial, just off Interstate 25.
  The new store will be built at the corner of Interstate 25 and 168th.
  IKEA bought the land last summer but did not have an idea of when the store would open.
  The retailer now says pending approval from Broomfield, construction will start next spring with a target opening date of sum
  
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• Obese Toddlers Show Signs Of Heart Failure At Age One, Study Finds

  31-08-2017 21:31
  CBS Local — A new study says that overweight toddlers can begin showing signs of heart failure as early as their first birthday. Researchers in Romania noted that obese children had already developed distinct differences internally compared to babies at a healthy weight.
  Physicians at the Constantin Opris hospital in Baia Mare say they studied over 400 children from a few months old to teenagers. The study found the obese children had a heart muscle that was 30 percent thicker than childre
  
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• More dinosaur bones found in Thornton

  31-08-2017 20:53
  Science!        
  
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• Denverites Shouldn’t Expect To Fly To Houston Easily For Weeks

  31-08-2017 20:44
  DENVER (CBS4) – Flights are taking off again at Houston’s airports after they were hard hit by Hurricane Harvey. But it will be a while before service is back to normal. Flights resumed at a very limited capacity Wednesday afternoon at both George Bush Intercontinental and Hobby Airport.
  United operated three flights, out of 483 on a typical weekday, including one to Denver that got in about 10:30 p.m., about three hours behind schedule.
  George Bush Intercontinental Airport gradually
  
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• FDA Calls Ecstasy A ‘Breakthrough’ Drug For PTSD

  31-08-2017 20:31
  CBS Local — The Food and Drug Administration is turning to a widely condemned narcotic in an effort to help people dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The FDA has classified the noted party drug as a “breakthrough therapy” for patients.
  The “breakthrough” designation isn’t just a ceremonial title. The FDA will now fast-track the review of ecstasy as an approved treatment for PTSD. The pills, known by drug dealers and users as “Molly,
  
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• Bear, 2 cubs euthanized in Jeffco

  31-08-2017 20:18
  Colorado Parks and Wildlife is conducting a "thorough administrative review" of the incident.        
  
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• Nagasaki Atom Bomb Survivor, Nuclear Activist Dies At 88

  31-08-2017 20:15
  CBS Local — Sumiteru Taniguchi, who was horribly burned but survived the 1945 atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, has died more than seven decades later at the age of 88.
  Taniguchi was a 16-year-old postman in Japan when the U.S. dropped their second bomb on August 9; the first was dropped on Hiroshima three days earlier. The devastating attacks killed over 120,000 people and led to Japan’s surrender a week later, ending World War II.
  “All of a sudden, after seeing a rai
  
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• St. Luke's sees first quadruplet...

  31-08-2017 19:59
  It’s the first set of quadruplets the hospital has delivered since 2009.        
  
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• CU Wary Of Rival CSU Even After Rout A Year Ago

  31-08-2017 19:56
  DENVER (AP) — CU quarterback Steven Montez’s quip perhaps wasn’t a show of disrespect toward CSU so much as a healthy dose of respect for his high-octane offense.
  “There are a lot of weaknesses in that defense and we’re going to try to exploit them as best we can,” Montez said. “I expect us to score a lot of points.”
  It was tame by trash talk standards. But his honest assessments created some chatter on social media and added a little more fue
  
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• Unruly passenger removed from flight

  31-08-2017 19:51
  All of the other passengers got to continue on to Denver.        
  
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• Plan to break health care stalemate

  31-08-2017 19:36
  The plan — spearheaded by Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich and Colorado Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper — would preserve and strengthen key elements of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare.       
  
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• Wells Fargo Says 3.5 Million Accounts Involved In Scandal

  31-08-2017 19:28
  NEW YORK (AP) — The scope of Wells Fargo’s fake accounts scandal grew significantly on Thursday, with the bank now saying that 3.5 million accounts were potentially opened without customers’ permission between 2009 and 2016.
  That’s up from 2.1 million accounts that the bank had cited in September 2016, when it acknowledged that employees under pressure to meet aggressive sales targets had opened accounts that customers might not have even been aware existed. People may ha
  
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• This Week In WWE: Samoa Joe Injured, John Cena Still King, NFL Looms

  31-08-2017 19:15
  By Chuck Carroll
  The WWE machine is supposed to to slow down toward the end of August. The hype surrounding SummerSlam is over, and crisp storylines dull as a new NFL season kicks off. Historically, it’s been one of those “take it or leave it” periods for wrestling. This year, however, is different. WWE isn’t going down without a fight against the NFL. The tussle for viewers means wrestling fans will be cashing in.
  On Monday night alone, John Cena and Roman Reigns had an
  
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• Dinosaur Experts Uncover Second Horn Of Thornton Triceratops

  31-08-2017 19:13
  By Stan Bush
  THORNTON, Colo. (CBS4) – Paleontologists are uncovering even more the triceratops in Thornton and have been pleasantly surprised by how much of the skeleton they’ve uncovered.
  “We got a horn on Monday, now we’ve got the other horn, we’ve got ribs, vertebrate and maybe other parts of the skull,” said Dr. Joe Sertich, a paleontologist with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
  (credit: Denver Museum of Nature & Science)
  The skull was found la
  
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• Kyle Sloter, T.J. Ward updates

  31-08-2017 19:11
         
  
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• Heart Disease Linked To How Fast You Walk, Study Says

  31-08-2017 19:07
  CBS Local — People who enjoy walking at a nice, leisurely speed may want to think about picking up the pace. Researchers in England are warning that people who like to move at a slower pace may be at greater risk for heart problems.
  According to a new study, a person’s pace showed a direct connection to their chances of dying from heart disease. Thomas Yates and his team at the University of Leicester studied over 400,000 people, testing their hand-grip strength and walking pace.
  Ove
  
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• Event to benefit Muscular Dystrophy

  31-08-2017 19:01
  Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy affects one in every eight thousand people.       
  
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• Suspect In Police Impersonator Case Allegedly Stole Gear From Relative

  31-08-2017 18:51
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – A man from Longmont is accused of pretending to be a sheriff’s deputy.A driver was stopped Tuesday night at 61st and Andrus Road in Boulder County. He says the man had flashing lights on his car and a sheriff’s office hat, but no badge.
  The driver took off and spotted the impersonator again near the King Soopers in the Gunbarrel Shopping Center on Lookout Road. He called 911 and that person was arrested.
  Dominic Fell (credit: Boulder County)
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• Hickenlooper & Kasich’s Health Care Plan Retains Mandate

  31-08-2017 18:50
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A bipartisan governor duo is urging Congress to retain the federal health care law’s unpopular individual mandate while legislators continue work on a long-term replacement law.
  The recommendation is part of a compromise plan for stabilizing individual insurance markets that’s designed to be palatable to both parties.
  Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican, and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, shared their plan in a letter to congressional leaders
  
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• 17 new stores opening at DIA

  31-08-2017 18:38
  That includes three new Starbucks stores, if, you know, caffeine at the airport is your thing.        
  
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• Officials ID man who died climbing

  31-08-2017 18:34
  Deputy Coroner Jennifer Diamond says the official cause of death is under investigation.       
  
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• What happens at an airport overnight?

  31-08-2017 18:32
  Denver International Airport never (fully) sleeps.       
  
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• Hepatitis A Cases Increasing In Colorado

  31-08-2017 18:22
  DENVER (AP) — Health officials say the number of Hepatitis A cases in Colorado this year is more than double the total for a typical year.
  The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said Wednesday the state has recorded 54 cases in 2017, including one death.
  State Epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Herlihy says about 75 percent of the cases have been men, and about half of those are men who have had sex with other men.
  Herlihy says the Colorado numbers mirror trends elsewhere, includi
  
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• Court Rules Dog Owner Must Have Pets’ Vocal Cords Surgically Removed

  31-08-2017 18:18
  CBS Local — The Oregon Court of Appeals has delivered a controversial and what some are calling cruel decision against a local farm owner. After years of “incessant barking” by the owner’s dogs drew complaints and a lawsuit, the court ruled the dogs must have their vocal cords removed surgically.Owners must surgically 'debark' loud dogs, court rules https://t.co/cnggmgZZdj pic.twitter.com/148pp9Y9mk
  — The Oregonian (@Oregonian) August 31, 2017
  The shocking decision
  
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• Big Colorado Ranch On Market For $100 Million

  31-08-2017 18:00
  DENVER (AP) — A 224,000-acre ranch in northwest Colorado is being offered for sale with an asking price of $100 million.
  (credit: Mirr Ranch Group)
  The Cross Mountain Ranch is owned by the family of the late real estate tycoon Ronald Boeddeker and is a working cattle and sheep ranch.With more than 20 miles of riverfront along the Yampa, Little Snake and Williams Fork rivers, the ranch’s water rights and hay production can support 2,000 cows and 10,000 sheep.
  The ranch is part of an a
  
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• 5 MLB Aces No One Saw Coming In 2017

  31-08-2017 18:00
  By Rich Arleo
  The 2017 MLB season has been dominated by offense, but that doesn’t mean there haven’t been great pitching performances. While the usual suspects like Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer, Chris Sale and Corey Kluber have all been unsurprisingly dominant, there have also been major breakouts from a number of young arms. A few of these young pitchers have not only taken it to another level this year, they’ve posted numbers that put them up there with the likes of Kershaw,
  
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• It's agreed: Denver rents are rising

  31-08-2017 17:33
  Last month it was reported that between 2005 and 2015, Denver rents rose more than nearly any other large U.S. city.       
  
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• Wells Fargo opened far more fake account

  31-08-2017 17:29
  The new review also uncovered about 528,000 potentially unauthorized enrollments in the bank's online bill-paying service.       
  
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• Two Men Arrested After Trying To Rob Party Full Of Cops

  31-08-2017 17:28
  CBS Local — Two men are being held on armed robbery charges in Baltimore after the duo allegedly tried to rob a pub. What the suspects didn’t know was that the Baltimore-area bar was packed with police officers, gathering to celebrate one of their colleague’s recent retirement.
  According to the Baltimore Sun, Joseph McInnis III and Tyree McCoy barged into Monaghan’s Pub around 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 29. The pair, wearing masks, reportedly held up a worker at the regi
  
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• Best Buy to expand service to Denver

  31-08-2017 17:27
  Starting Sept. 6, Best Buy's same-day delivery will be offered in the following cities: Austin, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Columbus, Denver, Kansas City, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Orlando, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Sacramento, San Antonio, San Diego and Tampa.       
  
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• Lawmaker From Firestone To Push For Oil & Gas Pipeline Mapping

  31-08-2017 17:24
  FIRESTONE, Colo. (CBS4) – A state lawmaker says she will introduce a bill that would require all the oil and gas pipelines in Colorado to be mapped out.
  The news comes after last week’s announcement by Gov. John Hickenlooper that he won’t order a map of that nature be public.
  A lot of people want to know where such pipelines are after the explosion at a home in Firestone in April that took two lives. The blast was caused by what has been described as fugitive gas from a pipelin
  
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• New details revealed on IKEA's 2nd store

  31-08-2017 17:23
  IKEA said its second Colorado store — in Broomfield — will open in summer 2019.         
  
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