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• Miami homeless being removed against their will ahead of Hurricane Irma

  08-09-2017 23:58
  
  MIAMI — On what is likely the last clear day in Florida before Hurricane Irma’s monster wind and rain, social workers and police officers are giving Miami’s estimated 1,100 homeless people a stark choice: Come willingly to a storm shelter, or be held against their will for a mental health evaluation.
  With the outer edge of the storm approaching Friday, these officials — backed by a psychiatrist and observed by an Associated Press team — rolled through chillingly emp
  
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• Crick misses practice with back injury

  08-09-2017 23:50
  The Broncos are hoping the defensive end responds to treatment in the next day or two so he can play against the Chargers.        
  
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• Denver East, Thomas Jefferson headline recent city volleyball resurgence

  08-09-2017 23:42
  
  When Tarah Olmstead became the head volleyball coach at Denver East in 2012, her first order of business was to revamp the program’s schedule. She figured that if the Angels wanted to be among the Class 5A elite, then they’d better start playing the best teams the state had to offer.
  “The first thing I learned about coaching East is that they and the rest of the Denver Prep League kind of kept to themselves,” Olmstead said. “They were sheltered from the competi
  
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• Two indispensable ingredients also make nice kitchen decorations

  08-09-2017 23:33
  
  Onions are an easy crop, one that doesn’t require much attention. Water and weed — that’s about it. But toward the end of summer, you need to watch them to see whether they’ve flopped. When the leaves lie down in the row, it means the bulbs have stopped growing and are ready for harvest.
  When this happens, check the weather. It’s best to pull onions during a sunny spell. Simply lift them and lay the whole plants on the ground in tidy rows to dry out and cure. The id
  
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• Miami Homeless Removed Against Their Will

  08-09-2017 23:28
  MIAMI (AP) — On what is likely the last clear day in Florida before Hurricane Irma’s monster wind and rain, social workers and police officers are giving Miami’s estimated 1,100 homeless people a stark choice: Come willingly to a storm shelter, or be held against their will for a mental health evaluation.
  With the outer edge of the storm approaching Friday, these officials — backed by a psychiatrist and observed by an Associated Press team — rolled through chillingl
  
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• The Broncos have yet to solidify a No. 3 option in the passing game. Do they need to?

  08-09-2017 23:22
  
  Bennie Fowler doesn’t have to ponder the question long. The answer spills out instinctively. His favorite part of playing in a Mike McCoy offense? That’s an easy one.
  “A lot of passing,” said Fowler, the Broncos’ third-year receiver from Michigan State. “A lot of three-receiver sets. Everybody gets the chance to move inside and out. There’s a lot of diversity in this offense.”
  In all but two of his seasons as an offensive coordinator or head coach
  
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• Feds approve expansion of West Elk Mine in western Colorado against environmental group objections

  08-09-2017 23:17
  
  GRAND JUNCTION — The proposed expansion of the West Elk Mine near Somerset won approval from the U.S. Forest Service on Thursday.
  The benefits of the 1,720-acre, 17 million-ton coal mine expansion outweighed any environmental threat, Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest supervisor Scott Armentrout wrote in the draft record of decision.
  The West Elk Mine, which is owned by Arch Coal, employs about 220 people and last year produced 4 million tons of coal.
  The d
  
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• Seen: Fête des Fleurs raises $250,000 for Denver Botanic Gardens

  08-09-2017 22:54
  
  Fête des Fleurs, the signature fundraiser for Denver Botanic Gardens, is much more than a lovely dinner-dance held in the late summer splendor of one of the city’s most beautiful venues.
  The money that it generates funds DBG-hosted programs that range from therapeutic horticulture to the distribution of fresh vegetables to those living in areas of the city that are considered food deserts.
  As event chairs Jocelyn Ege and Samantha Thompson told the 565 who attended Fête des Fleu
  
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• Chiefs’ Eric Berry out for season with ruptured Achilles’ tendon

  08-09-2017 22:52
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One of the biggest season-opening wins in Chiefs history came at the expense of their All-Pro safety.
  Eric Berry ruptured his left Achilles tendon in the fourth quarter of Thursday night’s 42-27 victory over the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots, not only ending his season but leaving the Chiefs without one of the most visible and vocal leaders on their defense.
  “You’re not going to replace Eric Berry with another Eric Berry. That’s not wha
  
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• “Send it” message scrawled on rock sends Boulder hiker into a tizzy

  08-09-2017 22:47
  
  Provided by Kevin MeyerGraffiti is pictured near the summit of Boulder’s Bear Peak.What is otherwise an encouraging phrase for climbers and cyclists peeved a hiker of Boulder’s popular Bear Peak on Thursday morning.
  The two words “Send it” signed by “McSweeney” were scrawled in what appeared to be black permanent marker on a rock near the summit of the 8-mile loop on Boulder’s Open Space and Mountain Parks.
  “It’s very unfortunate to see this
  
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• Death toll rises to 60 in powerful Mexico earthquake

  08-09-2017 22:39
  
  MEXICO CITY — One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in Mexico struck off the country’s southern coast, toppling hundreds of buildings and sending panicked people fleeing into the streets in the middle of the night. At least 60 people were reported dead.
  The quake that hit minutes before midnight Thursday was strong enough to cause buildings to sway violently in the capital city more than 650 miles (1,000 kilometers) away. As beds banged against walls, people still wearin
  
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• Country Star Don Williams, ‘The Gentle Giant,’ Dead At 78

  08-09-2017 22:34
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Don Williams, an award-winning country singer with love ballads like “I Believe in You,” has died. He was 78.
  A statement from his publicist said he died Friday after a short illness.
  Don Williams (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
  Williams had 17 No. 1 hits and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2010. His mellow sound influenced a later generation of singers including Joe Nichols and Josh Turner.
  Williams, nicknamed “the Gentle
  
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• CBS Sports’ Trent Green On Steelers-Browns, Raiders-Titans In Week 1

  08-09-2017 22:25
  By Matt Citak
  After finishing as the worst team in the league last season with a 1-15 record, the Cleveland Browns figure to be much improved in 2017. However, it might be tough to determine just how much better during this week’s season opener, as Cleveland will welcome their division rival Pittsburgh Steelers to FirstEnergy Stadium.
  The Steelers sport one of the NFL’s most dangerous offenses, led by their “Killer B’s” attack. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, runnin
  
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• Disney, Universal, Sea World Announce Park Closings As Hurricane Irma Nears

  08-09-2017 22:20
  CBS Local — Hurricane Irma is taking dead aim at Florida this weekend, and while the greatest impact will be felt in the southern-most part of the state, Central Florida will feel the wrath of Irma as well.
  MORE: Latest Hurricane Irma Updates From CBS Miami
  Major theme parks located in Central Florida are planning on closing their doors for multiple days beginning Saturday evening, according to a report from the Orlando Sentinel. 
  Here’s the complete list of theme
  
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• Troy Gentry Of Country Duo Montgomery Gentry Dies In Crash

  08-09-2017 22:16
  LUMBERTON, N.J. (AP) — The official website for Montgomery Gentry says Troy Gentry, half of the country duo, has died in a New Jersey helicopter crash.
  The Federal Aviation Administration says the helicopter crashed into a wooded area Friday afternoon near the Flying W Airport in Medford.
  The airport also houses a resort and was scheduled to host a concert by the country duo on Friday night. The airport announced the cancellation of the gig Friday afternoon.
  Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentr
  
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• Islamic Center Vandalism Suspect To Undergo PTSD Treatment

  08-09-2017 22:05
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – A man accused of vandalizing the Islamic Center Fort Collins is getting out of jail after his bond was reduced.
  Joseph Giaquinto (credit: Fort Collins Police)
  Joseph Giaquinto will be sent a VA sponsored treatment program for PTSD in Wyoming. Once that’s complete, he’ll be sent back to Colorado.
  Surveillance video recorded a man throwing rocks and a Bible through the center’s glass doors in March. Investigators say Giaquinto admitted to being
  
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• CU Looks To Crank Up Offense Against Texas State

  08-09-2017 21:50
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado tailback dubbed Tasmanian Devil won’t kick up too much dust over his team’s lethargic offense.
  After all, there are mitigating circumstances: Week one. Rival Colorado State. New cast.
  All that said, senior tailback Phillip Lindsay does expect way more going forward.
  “Get back to playing Colorado football. Be the offense that we know we can be,” said Lindsay, who earned his nickname for his relentless style of play. “The next
  
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• For Irma V. Mar-A-Lago, The Smart $$ Is On Trump’s House

  08-09-2017 21:36
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Irma is likely to test President Donald Trump’s longtime boast that his Mar-a-Lago mansion can withstand any storm.
  If history is any guide, the smart money this weekend will be on the house.
  Strikes by four major hurricanes have done little damage to Mar-a-Lago in the 90 years since cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post and her second husband, financier E.F. Hutton, built the 126-room, 62,500-square foot (5,800-square meter) mansion. It cost the
  
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• LOOK: Radar Shows Hundreds Of Planes Over Florida Evacuating Hurricane Irma

  08-09-2017 21:15
  CBS Local — Hurricane Irma is en route to Florida, and almost everyone else is trying to get out of its way.
  The surge of people attempting to evacuate the region is leading not just to crowded freeways, but also to crowded skies as an incredible picture from Flightradar24 details.
  MORE: Latest Hurricane Irma Updates From CBS Miami
  Unsurprisingly, a large majority of the air traffic is departing from Florida, but there are also extra planes arriving that are attempting to help ev
  
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• Mike Coffman suspends legislative effort to protect young immigrants

  08-09-2017 21:11
  
  WASHINGTON –U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman no longer will press Congress to vote on a bill to help young immigrants who are at risk for deportation — an about-face that critics said confirms their suspicions that the Aurora Republican launched the short-lived effort simply for political gain.
  Three days ago, Coffman filed what’s called a “discharge petition” to try to force the House to vote on a measure that would suspend the deportation of immigrants registered with the 2
  
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• Suspect in motorcycle wreck charged

  08-09-2017 21:09
  A man is facing multiple charges for allegedly striking a motorcyclist from behind, then leaving the scene.        
  
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• Driver who struck, dragged motorcyclist charged with vehicular homicide

  08-09-2017 20:23
  A 33-year-old man has been charged with vehicular homicide after he allegedly crashed into the back of a motorcycle on U.S. 285, killing a 53-year-old Wheat Ridge man and dragged the motorcycle several hundred feet before running away.
  Ian Fitzgerald O’Connor, 33, has also been charged with drunken driving, reckless driving and leaving the scene of a fatal crash, according to a news release by Pam Russell, spokeswoman for Jefferson County District Attorney Peter Weir.
  Paul Dacko Sr., 53, w
  
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• How to watch every Denver Broncos game live online using streaming services

  08-09-2017 20:08
  
  It’s a good year to watch Denver Broncos games online as more of the channels broadcasting the games on TV expand their online reach.
  While many people who have cut the cord have switched to TV antennas to view local networks, 2017 appears to be the first football season in which every Broncos game is available online.
  There are still some caveats — Verizon has the exclusive contract to stream to mobile phones — but here are your options for watching games online if you’v
  
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• CBS Celebrates 50 Years Of The NFL Today

  08-09-2017 20:07
  Ryan MayerSunday morning pre-game studio shows have become as much a part of our football tradition as the games themselves. For CBS’s flagship show, The NFL Today, this season marks the 50th season of covering the league. The show originally debuted in a 15-minute template hosted by Frank Gifford, with the first episode airing on September 13th, 1964. Since then, the show has featured 43 different hosts, analysts and reporters including Brent Musburger, Irv Cross, former Miss America Phyl
  
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• Mailbag: One last rant on Sloter-Brock

  08-09-2017 19:59
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• University of Denver student found dead in dorms died from accidental overdose

  08-09-2017 19:53
  
  A University of Denver freshman found dead in a Centennial Halls residence hall died from an accidental overdose, vice chancellor of student life Liliana Rodriguez said in an email to the DU community Thursday afternoon.
  The student was found unresponsive around 7:15 a.m. Thursday, DU’s student newspaper the Clarion reported. The university did not identify the student.
  Rodriguez also acknowledged that students may be struggling with the death and offered a number of on-campus resources to
  
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• Lunch Special: Does Matt Duchene get traded by the Avalanche this week?

  08-09-2017 19:44
  
  The Denver Post’s Mark Kiszla chatted all things Denver sports in a Lunch Special live chat on Friday. Questions touched on topics that included the Broncos quarterback situation, the Rockies playoff run, Matt Duchene, college football and more. Here are the highlights:
  Does Matt Duchene get traded this week? How many years before the Avalanche are contenders again?
  Kiz: Gosh, I hope so. This relationship has gone stale (and that’s putting it mildly). Dutchy deserves a fres
  
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• You weren’t imagining it — it has been abnormally warm in Colorado since January

  08-09-2017 19:31
  
  The past six months — from January through August — were the third warmest such period across the contiguous U.S. on record, and Colorado was not an exception to that heat.
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the average temperature during that span was 56.7 degrees Fahrenheit across the country, 2.8 degrees warmer than the 20th century average.
  In Colorado, federal officials say nearly all of the state experienced “much above average” temperatures,ac
  
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• 9,200 pot plants found growing on islands in the Colorado River

  08-09-2017 19:22
  
  More than 9,200 pot plants being grown illegally on two islands in the middle of the Colorado River were seized Thursday in a bust by a Western Slope drug task force.
  The pre-dawn raid by more than 50 local and federal law enforcement officers approaching the grow on foot and by boat also resulted in the arrest of two of three armed men guarding the operation about 100 yards from Interstate 70 in De Beque Canyon.
  “It was right next to the freeway,” Denver DEA spokesman James Gothe sa
  
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• Hurricane Jose Strengthens To Category 4, Eyes Islands Ravaged By Irma

  08-09-2017 19:21
  CBS Local — According to the National Hurricane Center Hurricane Jose has officially been upgraded to a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of over 150 miles per hour.
  Currently Jose is just east of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean sea, but is poised to come dangerously close to, or hit, the islands of Antigua, Barbuda, St. Martin, and St. Barthelemy, of which received the brunt of Category 5 storm Hurricane Irma earlier this week.
  Barbuda, an island of just 1,800 people, s
  
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• Girl With 3D Printed Hand Wants To Throw Out First Pitch In Every Ballpark

  08-09-2017 19:05
  Ryan Mayer
  Sometimes, the sports world can bring you a story that reminds you of just how strong and determined humanity can be. This week, the story of 7-year-old Hailey Dawson made its rounds on the internet thanks to a video from Bleacher Report. Due to a rare disease, Hailey was born without three fingers on her right hand. But, she hasn’t let that stop her from playing baseball because, thanks to a 3-D printed hand that she’s able to control with the flick of her wrist, she has
  
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• Volunteers To Clean Up Hanging Lake Trail This Weekend

  08-09-2017 19:03
  GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – The popular but abused Hanging Lake Trail will get some much-needed TLC this weekend.
  Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado will spend Saturday and Sunday cleaning up the 1.2 miles of trail.
  Hanging Lake Trail (credit: CBS)
  A proposed plan would restrict the number of visitors allowed on the trail, as it’s being damaged by huge crowds – sometimes even being vandalized.
  (credit: CBS)
  The public comment period for that plan lasts another two weeks.
  Volu
  
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• Ask Amy: Woman wonders if she is being stalked

  08-09-2017 19:00
  
  Dear Amy: I’m 62, and have been single for the past 27 years, with occasional relationships. I’m quite independent and if the relationship was no longer working (for whatever reason), either he or I ended it with not much fanfare involved.
  This spring, I met a man who lives only a few blocks away from me.
  At first it was working quite well. Then he started getting angry with me for absolutely no reason. He started demonstrating terrible jealousy. I would leave the relationship, he wo
  
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• Police Give Soldier LoJack After Truck Stolen

  08-09-2017 18:51
  ARVADA, Colo. (CBS4) – A Master Sergeant in the Army got a nice surprise Thursday.
  James Neily’s Ford F-250 was stolen from his parent’s home while he was deployed overseas.
  (credit: CBS)
  Arvada Police were able to find it and give it back to the family.
  So it doesn’t get stolen again, they gave Neily a LoJack system for free.
  (credit: CBS)
  “I’m trying to get the situation at least neutral when he comes back, so he’s got bigger fish to worry about,&rdquo
  
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• DU Collecting Donations For Harvey Victims

  08-09-2017 18:39
  DENVER (CBS4) – The University of Denver is doing its part to help those affected by Hurricane Harvey.
  Working with the Aurora Police Department and the mayor of Houston, the university is collecting donations to send to people in need in Texas.
  (credit: CBS)
  “As thousands in our country struggle to rebuild in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, the DU community wants to help,” DU Chancellor Rebecca Chopp said in a statement. “Through cash donations to reputable charities
  
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• Plans for next year’s Colorado Classic are already starting. Where does Velorama stand after bumpy debut?

  08-09-2017 18:33
  
  A couple weeks after the inaugural running of the Colorado Classic, race chairman Ken Gart is making plans for next year with tweaks to the size of the Velorama Festival in RiNo, new host cities in the mountains and, perhaps, a new television model.
  DP: So you said there were “three distinct successes” for your debut year? Tell us.
  “Number one was the race. The race got a huge amount of accolades. We said we were going to do it differently for an American audience. I think poin
  
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• Haze expected to clear up soon

  08-09-2017 18:33
  The air quality is expected to clear up this weekend.        
  
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• Fan Essentials: Which Team Will Have NFL’s Most Formidable Defense?

  08-09-2017 18:30
  Ryan Mayer
  Defense wins championships, or so the old cliche goes. The phrase does ring somewhat true in the NFL as we’ve seen teams like the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks act like wrecking balls to the league’s best offenses en route to Super Bowl wins. Heading into the 2017 season, those two teams look strong on the defensive side of the ball once again, but there are a few other teams that could have top units as well.
  We posed the question to our CBS Sports Radio colleagues
  
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