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• Shooting Forces High School Into Lock Out Status

  05-09-2017 23:59
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– Police in Aurora rushed to the scene of a shooting on Tuesday afternoon. That shooting also forced Hinkley High School to be placed on lock out status.Update:@aurorak12 Hinkley High School on lock out status based on investigation and as a precaution https://t.co/b4KcC13gcl
  — Aurora Police Dept (@AuroraPD) September 5, 2017
  Officers rushed to the shooting at 15551 E. 6th Avenue at Shaus Motorsports about 3:25 p.m. Tuesday. Copter4 flew over the shooting investig
  
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• Deep Creek Fire burning near Steamboat

  05-09-2017 23:36
  Crews are focusing on air drops and structure protection.       
  
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• Crowne Plaza Denver renovation

  05-09-2017 23:30
  This hotel has some fancy new amenities.        
  
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• Peter Dinklage Was In A Punk Band Before ‘Game of Thrones’

  05-09-2017 23:27
  LOS ANGELES (Radio.com) – Peter Dinklage is famous for playing Tyrion Lannister on HBO’s Game of Thrones, but his musical background may surprise you.
  Actor Peter Dinklage (credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
  Dinklage was part of a punk rock band called Whizzy in the mid-90s. “I was like Sid Vicious, just bleeding all over the stage,” Dinklage told Playboy in a recent interview. “Blood was going everywhere. I just grabbed a dirty bar napkin and dabbed my head
  
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• Changes for firms with Denver offices

  05-09-2017 23:27
  When the deal becomes effective on Jan. 1, the combined firm will be known as Ballard Spahr with more than 650 lawyers in 15 offices.       
  
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• Chipotle goes nationwide with queso

  05-09-2017 23:25
  Cheese. That is all.        
  
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• Petition Calls For Prince To Replace Christopher Columbus Statue

  05-09-2017 23:20
  MINNEAPOLIS (Radio.com) – The time has come for Prince to be honored with a statue in his hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota. And according to one fan, it should replace an existing statue of Christopher Columbus.
  That fan, community organizer Wintana Melekin, has launched a petition to convince local government officials to do just that, and at press timehad generated more than 4,100 of the 5,000 signature goal.
  “Across the nation, city govern
  
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• School Fining Students For Being Late To Class

  05-09-2017 22:55
  CBS Local — Students at a high school in Utah have a new reason to get to class on time each day: they’ll be keeping money in their pockets.
  Stansbury High School in Salt Lake City has started cracking down on kids who are chronically late. According to reports, the students will first receive a warning for being late. A second offense will bring a $3 fine. The penalty goes up to $5 if the student continues to be tardy.
  “What we’re really trying to target are those period
  
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• VA Watchdog Finds Some Problems At Colorado Benefits Office

  05-09-2017 22:49
  DENVER (AP) — A federal watchdog agency says a Denver-area office of the Veterans Affairs Department made mistakes on some benefit claims and processed others late, but no system-wide problems were found.
  The VA’s Office of Inspector General said Tuesday it reviewed 60 claims processed by a Veterans Affairs office in the Denver suburb of Lakewood.
  The agency says the Lakewood office correctly processed 28 of 30 claims for traumatic brain injury and 26 of 30 claims for two other types
  
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• Big Red Fire active, now at 1,400 acre

  05-09-2017 22:47
  Hot and dry weather in the forecast has firefighters concerned for the Big Red Fire's growth.        
  
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• Inmate Dies After She Is Found With Power Cord Around Neck

  05-09-2017 22:43
  GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says an inmate has died after she was found unresponsive with a television power cord around her neck.
  Authorities said Tuesday that 54-year-old Suzanne Burgaz was found in a day room at the jail on Thursday. The sheriff’s department says Burgaz was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced brain-dead on Saturday and life support was removed.
  The department says deputies and jail medical staff attempted to resuscita
  
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• CO reps respond to DACA decision

  05-09-2017 21:59
  Colorado representatives weigh in following the Trump administration’s decision to rescind DACA.        
  
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• DIA Considers Letting Bison Roam Next To Peña Boulevard

  05-09-2017 21:44
  DENVER (CBS4) – Denver International Airport might soon give bison a home to roam.
  Bison at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge (credit: CBS)
  The animals currently live at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.
  (credit: CBS)
  The plan would allow the bison herd to roam along 200 acres of airport land right along Peña Boulevard.
  The wildlife refuge is working to expand its bison population, which is why it could use the extra space.
  The Denver Post reports pa
  
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• Remodeling project complete at hotel

  05-09-2017 21:40
  More than 30,000 square feet of meeting room space, as well as 30 meeting rooms, were renovated during the project       
  
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• East Coast REIT enters apartment market

  05-09-2017 21:36
  AvalonBay Communities has purchased the 252-unit The Lodge Denver West        
  
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• Thinking About Your Own Death Is Healthy, Study Says

  05-09-2017 21:25
  CBS Local — Most people probably go through their day without contemplating how they’ll die. A study by British researchers says taking some time to think about the unnerving possibilities surrounding your end can actually be a good thing.
  A study conducted by the University of East London asked over 350 people a series of questions about how aware they were of their own mortality. While some of the respondents had a negative view of their death, those with a positive outlook of the
  
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• Nurses’ Scrubs Carry Bacteria Through Hospitals, Study Says

  05-09-2017 21:12
  CBS Local — Hospitals are known for their strict rules on cleanliness and sterile environments. A new report is shining a troubling light on one source of contamination inside medical facilities: the nurses and their scrubs.
  Researchers at Duke University Hospital say that they studied the amount of bacterial contamination on nurses’ clothing during their work shifts. Of the 40 nurses the study followed, new bacteria was found on their scrubs 19 times out of 120 shifts tested.
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• Denver Students Protest As Trump Announces Plans To Dismantle DACA

  05-09-2017 20:58
  DENVER (CBS4) – Hundreds of students marched across Denver Tuesday in protest of the decision to dismantle a program that protects young immigrants from deportation.
  (credit: CBS)
  So-called “dreamers” were brought to the United States before they turned 16, and former President Barack Obama used an executive order to put the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in place to help them. Of the 800,000 young people who were shielded by DACA, approximately 17,000 are from
  
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• Wildfire Grows In Western Routt County, Warning Sent Out To Residents

  05-09-2017 20:56
  HAYDEN, Colo. (CBS4) – A wildfire in western Routt County has 30 homes on standby to evacuate.
  (credit: CBS)
  The Deep Creek Fire, which was originally being called the Steer Park Fire by some, is located north of Hayden. It spread late Monday afternoon and has burned approximately 400 acres.
  RELATED: ‘Extreme Behavior’ Reported At Big Red Fire Burn Area In Northern Routt County
  Authorities say the fire could have started from a lightning strike more than a week ago.
  Wildfire Re
  
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• 9NEWS gearing up for e-cycle event

  05-09-2017 20:55
  Have a bunch of old electronics that you’ve been meaning to get rid of? Attend 9NEWS' e-cycle event on September 9.        
  
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• Irma Now Strongest Atlantic Hurricane On Record Outside Gulf, Caribbean

  05-09-2017 20:42
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – Hurricane Irma continues to grow in the Atlantic Ocean and has set a new record.
  According to the National Hurricane Center Irma had sustained winds of 185 mph as of their 2 p.m. AST advisory. Irma is now the strongest hurricane on record in the Atlantic Basin outside of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
  While there is still a lot of uncertainty in the final track, there is high confidence that this storm will tear a potentially deadly path from the N
  
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• Temps dropped 20 degrees Mon-Tues

  05-09-2017 20:27
  Break out the pumpkin spice latte, it actually feels like fall in Colorado today!       
  
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• 5 Best Man-Made Structures In America

  05-09-2017 20:00
  By Laurie Jo Miller Farr
  Ask the experts of the American Society of Civil Engineers or thousands of travelers on TripAdvisor; you’ll get a different list as to the best man-made wonders in the USA. Consider all the outstanding monuments, skyscrapers, stations, bridges, tunnels, domes and dams. Yet a handful of iconic structures make their way to the top of both lists. With apologies to the Seattle Space Needle, Brooklyn Bridge, and Washington Monument…these five modern marvels are a
  
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• Excalibur Found? Young Girl Pulls Sword From Famous Lake

  05-09-2017 19:36
  CBS Local — A seven-year-old in Britain may be the new “lady of the lake.” The young girl and her father discovered a four-foot sword in the same lake where King Arthur is fabled to have thrown his legendary weapon, Excalibur.Young girl finds ‘Excalibur’ sword in Cornwall lake https://t.co/HWqjtmaKEF #UK #news pic.twitter.com/F7mYmOfo4O
  — TheHotFeed (@TheHotFeedUK) September 5, 2017
  According to local reports, Matilda Jones was enjoying a family vacation at&nb
  
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• Police ‘Terrified’ After Finding Red Balloons Tied To Sewer Grates

  05-09-2017 19:12
  LANCASTER COUNTY, Penn. (CBS4) – Police in Pennsylvania says they’re “completely terrified” after someone placed red balloons on grates.
  It’s a half joking remark in reference to the upcoming movie “It,” based on a Stephen King novel of the same name.
  In a Facebook post by the Lititz Borough Police Department, they say they “give points for creativity, however we want the local prankster to know that we were completely terrified as we removed these
  
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• Zika Virus May Be Treatment For Brain Cancer, Scientists Say

  05-09-2017 19:07
  CBS Local — Scientists believe they have found a new treatment in the fight against cancerous brain tumors. The answer comes from an unusual source that has caused severe brain damage in many newborns on its own: the Zika virus.
  Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis say the dangerous, mosquito-borne virus can kill the stem cells in brain tumors.
  “Let’s take advantage of what it’s good at, use it to eradicate cells we don’t want. Take viruses that wo
  
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• Broncos Injury Report: Butt Starts Out Season On Reserve/NFI List

  05-09-2017 18:47
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – The Broncos have finalized their roster, and they return the same trio of tight ends that combined for just 33 yards a game last year and scored a single touchdown.
  But there’s hope that rookie Jake Butt, who is on the Reserve/NFI list, will be back from a torn ACL by November to give the Broncos a big boost.
  Butt won the John Mackey Award as the nation’s top tight end in his senior season at Michigan. He suffered the knee injury in the Orange Bowl. Th
  
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• Tragedy In Southern Colorado: 2 Brothers Drown In Family Pond

  05-09-2017 18:30
  WESTCLIFFE, Colo. (AP) – Authorities say a 20-year-old man and his 28-year-old brother are dead after the older brother tried to rescue his younger brother from the water.
  A news release from the Custer County Sheriff’s Office says the brothers had been swimming at a family pond in Music Meadows Ranch in Westcliffe on Sunday when Weldon Rusher began to struggle. Officials believe Benjamin Rusher swam out to save his brother.
  According to the news release, cold water, heavy weed folia
  
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• Sessions Announces DACA Program ‘Is Being Rescinded’

  05-09-2017 18:28
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday began dismantling the government program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children. Attorney General Jeff Sessions declared the Obama administration’s program “an unconstitutional exercise of authority” that must be revoked.
  New applications will be halted for President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program, which h
  
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• Is A New Michael Jackson Album Coming Soon?

  05-09-2017 18:00
  LOS ANGELES (Radio.com) – Is another posthumous release from Michael Jackson coming this month?
  It’s been eight years since the King of Pop died, but Michael Jackson left behind untold demos, unfinished recordings and more. Jackson’s estate has already released two albums of previously unavailable material: 2010’s Michael and 2014’s Xscape.
  (AFP/Getty Images)
  Jackson’s Twitter account shared a video for a proje
  
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• Fan Essentials: Which NFL Teams Will Have Most Surprising Season?

  05-09-2017 18:00
  Ryan Mayer
  The start of the NFL season is upon us as the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs get set to take the field on Thursday night. As the nation gears up for the first snaps of the 2017 season, the predictions have begun pouring in. Every year, there’s one team that seemingly comes out of nowhere to make a playoff run, or one that falls far short of its lofty preseason expectations.
  Lending their voice to the proceedings, CBS Sports Radio hosts Tiki Barber, Brandon Tierney,
  
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• District Apologizes After Teacher Bans Trump Campaign Shirts

  05-09-2017 17:47
  WOODSTOCK, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia school district has apologized after a teacher told two students that their shirts promoting President Donald Trump’s campaign weren’t allowed in class.
  The apology comes after video circulated online showing a River Ridge High School math teacher telling the students they couldn’t wear the “Make America Great Again” shirts, “just like you cannot wear a swastika to school.”
  U.S. President Donald Trump (Photo by Alex
  
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• ‘Very Troubling:’ Quagga Mussels Found At Mountain Reservoir

  05-09-2017 17:25
  SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – A mussel that can cause severe environmental damage is causing issues for boaters in Colorado.
  Green Mountain Reservoir (credit: CBS)
  The quagga mussel revealed itself in mid-August at Green Mountain Reservoir north of Silverthorne. Monitoring conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation found the creature’s larvae there and officials with Colorado Parks and Wildlife called the discovery “very troubling.”
  (credit: CBS)
  The mussel, like the zeb
  
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• Beyonce, Streisand To Headline Harvey Relief Telethon

  05-09-2017 17:23
  NEW YORK (AP) — Beyonce, Blake Shelton, Barbra Streisand and Oprah Winfrey will headline a one-hour benefit telethon to benefit Hurricane Harvey victims that will be simulcast next week on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and CMT.
  The event will be telecast live at 8 p.m. Eastern on Sept. 12, and on tape delay at 8 p.m. on the West Coast. It is being organized by Houston rap artist Bun B and Scooter Braun, founder of SB Projects. The show will also be streamed live on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
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• ‘Zawadi’ Tops Baby Giraffe Naming Contest At Zoo

  05-09-2017 17:17
  CLEVELAND (AP) — A northeast Ohio zoo says its baby giraffe has a name.
  Cleveland Metroparks Zoo says the African Masai giraffe born Aug. 6 will be called Zawadi, meaning “gift” in his native country.
  The newborn has gained more than 50 pounds since birth and grown about a foot.The zoo’s giraffe-naming contest raised more than $2,300 in support of the Future for Wildlife Fund. The fund helps protect endangered giraffe populations by addressing poaching and snaring and sup
  
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• Irma Strengthens To A Cat 5 Storm As It Nears Caribbean

  05-09-2017 17:07
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Irma strengthened into a dangerous Category 5 storm Tuesday as it roared toward the northeast Caribbean on a path that could take it to the United States.
  The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Irma had sustained winds of 175mph (280 kph) and was centered about 270 miles (440 kilometers) east of Antigua. It was moving west at 14 mph (22 kph).
  The center said there was a growing possibility that the storm’s effects could be felt in Florida later
  
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• Denver Walkouts Planned To Show Support For ‘Dreamers’

  05-09-2017 16:52
  DENVER (CBS4) – President Donald Trump is expected to end the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals program, which is also known as DACA. It protects undocumented immigrants from deportation who were brought to America as children.
  (credit: CBS)
  DACA recipients and those who support them across the country are planning walkouts on Tuesday. Starting at 11:30 a.m., thousands are expected to join together in downtown Denver at the Auraria Campus on the Tivoli Quad. The size of the gathering
  
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• Expanded MLB Rosters Can Mess With Your Fantasy Baseball Lineup

  05-09-2017 16:06
  By Sam McPherson
  There are several milestone moments in every MLB season that impact the fantasy baseball world, and September 1 was another one of those moments. That’s the date MLB teams are allowed to expand their active rosters from 25 players to 40 players, giving teams a chance to look at inexperienced, young players and plan ahead for next spring.
  With just four weeks left in the MLB season, it’s crunch time in fantasy leagues. If you’re in a head-to-head league, the pla
  
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• Keidel: Will The Patriots Go Undefeated?

  05-09-2017 16:03
  By Jason Keidel
  It’s hard to accept that a full decade has darted by since the New England Patriots finished an NFL regular season undefeated.
  And despite the loss of stalwart wide receiver Julian Edelman, the only real variable looming over New England 10 years later, is whether the Pats will finish this season undefeated, as well.
  Perhaps a small subquestion should be — do they really want to?
  New England has been down that turbulent road before, and found that breaking the 16-0 me
  
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• Best Football Bars In Denver

  05-09-2017 16:00
  By Deborah Flomberg
  The end of summer is almost here and football season has finally begun. It’s time to grab your favorite orange and blue jersey as you set out to find a great hot spot to watch the game with some fellow Broncos fans (or your team of choice, of course.)
  (credit: Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)
  There are lots of popular sports bars all over the Denver area, so you’ll certainly not have any trouble finding lots of places with great drink specials, plentiful televisions
  
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• Wildfire Grows In Routt County, Warning Sent Out To Residents

  05-09-2017 15:58
  HAYDEN, Colo. (CBS4) – A wildfire in western Routt County has 30 homes on standby to evacuate.
  (credit: CBS)
  The Steer Park Fire north of Hayden spread Monday afternoon and has burned approximately 400 acres.
  Authorities say the fire could have started from a lightning strike more than a week ago.
  
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• Latest Forecast: Much Cooler Today As Some Of the Smoke Clears

  05-09-2017 15:48
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – A cold front that moved south along the Front Range Monday evening will cause temperatures to stay 20 to 25 degrees cooler on Tuesday. For the Denver, Boulder, and Fort Collins areas, that means highs in the lower and middle 70s. It will be our coolest day since August 7 when we stopped at 68°.
  Meanwhile the smoke from wildfires burning to our north and west will keep it very hazy again on Tuesday. However the air quality will be better compared to Mon
  
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• SEC Football Report: Alabama Dominates Opener

  05-09-2017 15:40
  By Andrew Kahn
  Welcome to the CBS Local SEC Football Report. Every Tuesday, this space will recap the results and top performances from the Southeastern Conference and look ahead to key match-ups the following week.
  Alabama: Still good
  In at least one very noticeable aspect, the college football season has started the same way it did last year—with No. 1 Alabama throttling a ranked opponent. In the first-ever season-opening game between a top-ranked team and a team ranked as high as No. 3,
  
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• Flames Shoot From Roof Of Apartment Complex

  05-09-2017 05:36
  By Dominic Garcia
  CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (CBS4) – The Red Cross is assisting several residents who lost their homes after a fire broke out at a Castle Rock apartment complex. The fire started around 6 p.m. Monday night at the Pines at Castle Rock Apartments, located on Castlegate Drive between Interstate 25 and Highway 85.
  (credit: South Metro Fire Rescue)
  Fire officials say it started on a second-floor balcony and quickly spread to the third floor and attic.
  “They were huge. I mean just
  
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• Grieving Mother Visits Apartment Building Where Daughter Died

  05-09-2017 05:19
  By Jeff Todd
  DENVER (CBS4) – Michele Weir said she needed to return to the apartment building where her daughter was murdered so she could find closure.
  Michele Weir (credit: CBS)
  “The past couple days have been awful,” Michele said. “My life is changed forever.”
  Cristina Weir (credit: CBS)
  Cristina Weir was stabbed to death the morning of July 31 in her apartment near 25th Street and Glenarm Place. The attack seemed to be random. A suspect was arrested in Cristina&
  
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• Medicaid Payment Problems Continue For Colorado Doctors

  05-09-2017 04:43
  By Karen Morfitt
  DENVER (CBS4) – The trouble with Medicaid claims is continuing in Colorado.
  CBS4 first reported about how doctors were struggling to get claims paid a few weeks ago. Some doctors told CBS4 they were worried they would have to close their doors.
  After more than 30 years delivering babies in Denver, Dr. Michael Hall recently told CBS4 he didn’t think he could continue.
  Dr. Michael Hall (credit: CBS)
  “I have given up my time for so many years and I keep getting st
  
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• Domata Peko The Antidote For Broncos’ Biggest Bugaboo

  05-09-2017 04:07
  DENVER (AP) — A much better supporting cast awaits quarterback Trevor Siemian in his second season as Broncos starter and Mike McCoy in his second stint as Denver’s offensive coordinator.
  The Broncos bolstered their backfield by bringing in youth — Coastal Carolina touchdown machine De’Angelo Henderson — and experience — Jamaal Charles . They replaced four-fifths of their O-line, and center Matt Paradis had both hips surgically re
  
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• Watch: Rockies End 4-Game Slide With Walk-Off Win

  05-09-2017 04:02
  DENVER (AP) — Carlos Gonzalez peered through the haze caused by smoke from the western wildfires and watched a sinker sail wide. He instantly raised his hands.
  Carlos Gonzalez of the Colorado Rockies celebrates after walking in the ninth inning with the bases loaded that gave the Rockies the 4-3 victory as Nick Hundley of the San Francisco Giants walks off the field and fans cheer at Coors Field on Sept. 4, 2017. (credit: Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)
  This walkoff walk felt that g
  
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• Brock's back! And so's the merchandise

  05-09-2017 02:54
  For collectors who couldn’t unload Osweiler trading cards after he left for the Texans, don’t expect a big payday now that he’s returning.       
  
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• What Rollback Of Military Surplus Program Means For Colorado

  05-09-2017 02:07
  By Jamie Leary
  DENVER (CBS4) – The Denver Police Department says it has no interest in acquiring grenade launchers or bayonets, but now, thanks to a newly signed executive order by the Trump administration, it has the option.
  Last Monday, the Trump Administration fully restored the 1033 program, a program that allows the Defense Department to transfer surplus hardware to law enforcement.
  The restrictions came under the Obama Administration in 2015 amid rising tensions in Ferguson, Missouri
  
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