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• Estes Park Officials Warn Humans To Steer Clear Of Elk

  20-09-2017 23:40
  ESTES PARK, Colo. (CBS4)– Estes Park officials are warning visitors to be cautious around wild elk and give them a lot of room.
  Last week, two women were rushed to the hospital and an elk was killed after wildlife clashed with humans in the popular tourist destination.
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  Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers killed the elk which had been previously tagged. A spokesperson said the animal had a history of aggression.
  Now officials with the town are urging humans to stay away from
  
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• Tracking the Colorado Rockies and the race for the National League Wildcard

  20-09-2017 23:27
  
  Updated 3:30 p.m. Sept. 20
  The Rockies have 11 games left to play and the race to claim the two National League wildcard spots is on. Check below for each team’s remaining games and results. This will be updated daily.
  Here’s where things stand:
  1. Arizona Diamondbacks +4.5 (87-65)2. Colorado Rockies 0 (82-69)3. Milwaukee Brewers -1 (81-70)4. St. Louis Cardinals -3.5 (78-72)
  Hover over team in legend to highlight, click to remove/add team on the chart, hover over lines for details
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• Colorado Firefighters Help Town Hit By Harvey

  20-09-2017 23:27
  ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– A Denver metro area fire department is helping out a town that was hit by Hurricane Harvey.
  The South Adams County Fire Department donated Engine 21 to the Plum Grove Volunteer Fire Department located in Cleveland, Texas just northeast of Houston.
  That town was hit by Harvey and nearly all residents lost everything.
  The South Adams Fire Department loaded up Engine 21 to help a town hit by Harvey (credit: CBS)
  Engine 21 was loaded onto a semi-truck and left for T
  
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• Coors Field will get a new video board above left field and a sound system, Rockies announce

  20-09-2017 23:25
  
  The Rockies’ rise into a playoff chase this season, they hope, will propel the club into contention for several years. On Wednesday, they announced the construction of a new Coors Field scoreboard to match.
  The video board hanging on a steel lattice frame in left field will be replaced by a high-definition video component during the winter after an agreement between the Rockies and the Metropolitan Baseball Stadium District, the state division that owns Coors Field.
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• Aaron Judge hits 45th home run, young girl hit by foul ball as Yankees top Twins

  20-09-2017 23:13
  
  NEW YORK — Aaron Judge hit his AL-leading 45th home run and topped 100 RBIs, Didi Gregorius surpassed Derek Jeter for the most home runs by a Yankees shortstop and New York beat the Minnesota Twins 11-3 Wednesday for a three-game sweep.
  The game was briefly halted in the fifth inning when a foul ball down the third-base line off the bat of Todd Frazier struck a young girl, who was carried out of the stands, given first aid and taken to a hospital. The protective netting at Yankee Stadium e
  
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• Sugary Drinks Could Be Voted Off Menus

  20-09-2017 23:07
  LAFAYETTE, Colo. (CBS4) – A proposed ordinance that would limit the amount of sugary drinks a child consumes is expected to be voted on next month.
  The ordinance would require local restaurants to keep options of sugary drinks off children’s menus. The restaurants would still be able to serve them if the child asks for the drink.
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  The Daily Camera reports the city council met Tuesday night to finalize the language in the ordinance before sending it to a vote.
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• Deontay Wilder to defend WBC heavyweight title against Luis Ortiz

  20-09-2017 22:55
  
  NEW YORK — Undefeated heavyweights Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz will fight at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Nov. 4.
  The fight announced Wednesday will be televised by Showtime as part of the Premier Boxing Champions series. It will be the sixth title defense for the 31-year-old WBC champion Wilder (38-0, 37 knockouts).
  The 38-year-old Ortiz is 27-0 with 23 knockouts. If he wins, the 6-foot-4, 240-pounder would become the first Cuban heavyweight champion.
  Wilder has long stated his g
  
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• “I have decided,” Trump says of Iran deal — before big talks

  20-09-2017 22:54
  
  NEW YORK — “I have decided,” President Donald Trump declared Wednesday, announcing he’d reached a verdict on the Iran nuclear deal’s future even as top U.S. and Iranian officials headed into their highest-level talks of his presidency. Iran’s leader, meanwhile, lashed out at “ignorant, absurd and hateful rhetoric” in response to Trump’s blistering attack at the U.N.
  The jabbing between Trump and Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani set the s
  
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• Obama: GOP’s efforts to repeal health care “aggravating”

  20-09-2017 22:53
  
  NEW YORK — Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday called repeated Republican efforts to repeal his signature health care law “aggravating” as he urged people not to be discouraged by unsteady progress as they work on pressing global issues.
  Speaking at a summit hosted by billionaires Bill and Melinda Gates to coincide with the United Nations General Assembly, the Democrat said the real problems facing the world “can’t discourage any of us from the belief that in
  
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• Colorado Prep Football Preview: Top Week 4 games to watch

  20-09-2017 22:34
  
  Denver Post preps editor Kyle Newman breaks down the biggest games to watch in Week 4 of the 2017 Colorado high school football season.
  Valor Christian (3-0) at Pomona (3-0), Friday 7:30 p.m., NAAC: The No. 1 Eagles battle the No. 2 Panthers in a rematch of the past two Class 5A championship games, both won by Valor Christian. But Pomona, which has won the regular season matchup over Valor Christian each of the past two seasons, has the firepower necessary to make it three victories in a row tha
  
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• Colorado “American Ninja Warrior” contestants open new gym in Loveland to turn fandom into fitness

  20-09-2017 22:31
  
  LOVELAND — You’d think an emergency room doctor has the stature and standing to convince kids to eat healthier and exercise more.
  Not really, says Noah Kaufman, an ER doctor in Loveland.
  “If I tell them not to drink so much soda, they fall asleep on me in midsentence,” he said. “But if I’m the ninja doc, they listen.”
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• Giancarlo Stanton hits 56th homer, Marlins beat Mets for sweep

  20-09-2017 22:28
  
  MIAMI — Giancarlo Stanton hit his major league-leading 56th homer and drove in three runs as the Miami Marlins completed a three-game sweep of the New York Mets by winning 9-2 Wednesday.
  Stanton connected in the eighth inning for his 30th home run since the All-Star break. The Marlins have 10 games left.
  Stanton also hit a run-scoring single and has 120 RBIs. He made a fine catch, too, against the right field fence to rob Asdrubal Cabrera.
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• Colorado sex ed program closes after Trump administration cuts federal grant

  20-09-2017 22:25
  
  A Denver-based program that helps school districts with sex education and works to prevent teen pregnancy is closing, after the Trump administration ended its main grant early.
  Colorado Youth Matter received 75 percent of its funding from the federal grant, about $750,000 per year. The grant had been scheduled to run through 2020, but the Trump administration ended the federal Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program grants as of next summer for all of the 84 organizations around the country that recei
  
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• $75 Speeding Ticket Goes All The Way To State Supreme Court

  20-09-2017 22:17
  CBS Local — A woman in Iowa battling a $75 speeding ticket has pulled off a miraculous legal feat by getting the state’s Supreme Court to hear her case.
  67-year-old Marla Leaf was reportedly ticketed for speeding on a freeway in Cedar Rapids. The alleged infraction was captured on automated cameras hanging over the road. It was Leaf’s first ticket; however, the driver is sticking to her story that she wasn’t speeding. “Why should I pay for a ticket I didn&
  
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• Popular Camping Spot May Require Permits Due To Overcrowding

  20-09-2017 22:02
  ASPEN, Colo. (CBS4) – A plan to solve overcrowding at a popular camping spot isn’t sitting well with some people.
  The U.S. Forest Service is considering making campers get permits to stay at the Conundrum Hot Springs near the Maroon Bells.
  (credit: Colton Johnson)
  The Aspen Times reports a Boulder man has filed a protest, which could force the Forest Service to sit down and negotiate.
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  The Forest Service wants the permit system to start next summer.
  
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• Gardner Hasn’t Made Up Mind On GOP Health Care Proposal

  20-09-2017 21:41
  DENVER (CBS4)– U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, a Republican representing Colorado, says he hasn’t made up his mind on the latest proposal by Republicans to repeal and replace Obamacare.
  Gardner told CBS4 that, “We don’t have the numbers that we think we need to make a decision.”
  Sen. Cory Gardner (credit: CBS)
  Expect a Senate vote on a GOP health care bill next week. That word comes from a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The bill would repeal central e
  
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• Latest Forecast: Abrupt Change From Summer To Fall Ahead

  20-09-2017 20:55
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – Get ready for a pretty abrupt change in the seasons this week.
  Tomorrow is the last day of summer and it will feel like it with very warm temperatures, gusty winds and dry weather.
  Conditions will be prime for wildfires, especially on the eastern plains.The wind will be developing out ahead of a chilly storm system currently spinning over Washington and Oregon.It’s a slow mover and will keep Colorado’s weather cool and unsettled for 2 to 4 days st
  
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• Cincinnati Zoo Welcomes New Gorilla A Year After Harambe

  20-09-2017 20:50
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A new gorilla is making himself at home at the Cincinnati Zoo.
  The zoo recently added a 29-year-old western lowland silverback gorilla named Mshindi (muh-SHIN’-dee) from the Louisville Zoo.He’s the first gorilla added to the exhibit since the 2016 death of Harambe, who was killed by zoo officials after a 3-year-old boy climbed into his enclosure. Harambe’s death inspired global mourning, criticism and satire.
  Officials say Cincinnati zoo staffers spent t
  
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• Bitten Twice, Man ‘Ain’t Gonna Play With Snakes No More’

  20-09-2017 20:36
  PHOENIX (AP) — A 48-year-old Arizona man hospitalized for a week after being bitten twice by a rattlesnake he was holding says he “ain’t gonna play with snakes no more.”
  Victor Pratt of Coolidge told the Arizona Republic that the rattler slipped out of his grasp as he showed it off to friends and family after finding the snake on his property.Pratt says he was bitten once when he was 19 so he knew he needed to go to a hospital immediately.
  He’s been undergoing
  
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• Opioid Crisis Has Lowered U.S. Life Expectancy, Study Finds

  20-09-2017 20:35
  CBS Local — The nationwide opioid epidemic in America has affected millions of people and already cost tens of thousands of lives. New research from the U.S. government has now revealed that the national crisis is also cutting into the average life expectancy in the U.S.
  According to a CDC report, published by the Journal of the American Medical Association, the skyrocketing number of opioid deaths in the country has shaved more than two months off the average American lifespan. The C
  
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• Trial Begins For Standoff That Ended With Explosives

  20-09-2017 20:23
  ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Jury selection is underway in Arapahoe County in a strange case that ended with a Greenwood Village home in ruins and a shoplifting suspect under arrest.
  Police say Robert Seacat shoplifted from a Walmart in June 2015. Seacat fired a shot at a responding officer. A 19-hour standoff ensued in which the home was destroyed.
  The home following the standoff (credit: CBS)
  SWAT teams used explosives to try to get Seacat to surrender.
  The home following the standoff
  
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• Tackle Football Before Age 12 Can Cause Brain Damage, Study Says

  20-09-2017 20:19
  CBS Local — A new study is revealing even more unsettling news for kids who play tackle football at a young age. According to researchers at Boston University, playing the sport before the age of 12 can lead to future brain disorders later in life.
  The study, published in the journal Nature Translational Psychiatry, claims younger children had twice the risk of issues with behavioral regulation and apathy, as well as three times the risk of depression than those who started playi
  
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• Police Investigate Mysterious Shooting That Left 1 In Critical

  20-09-2017 20:12
  DENVER (CBS4)– Police in Denver are hoping witnesses come forward after a shooting that left one man in critical condition.
  Officers rushed to East 31st Avenue and North Marion Street just after 4:30 a.m. Wednesday. When they arrived, they found a man slumped over his car.
  Police investigate a shooting at 31st Avenue and Marion Street (credit: CBS)
  He was rushed to the hospital and was in critical condition on Wednesday afternoon.
  Police investigate a shooting at 31st Avenue and Marion Str
  
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• Tenderfoot 2 Fire Started From Power Pole Insulator Failure

  20-09-2017 20:05
  SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Investigators say a failed insulator on a power pole caused the Tenderfoot 2 Fire in Summit County.The fire started near Dillon about noon on Monday. (credit: CBS)
  Firefighters quickly tackled the fire by air and ground.The fire’s size was last estimated at 25 acres with no containment. As of this posting there were no evacuation orders in place, but the Corinthian Hills and Oro Grande neighborhoods are being watched carefully.
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• Teen Shot, Search For Gunman Continues

  20-09-2017 19:54
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– A teenager was shot in Aurora on Wednesday morning. The search for the gunman continues.The teen was shot at 11th and Lima Street about 9:50 a.m. Wednesday.UPDATE: @aurorak12 Central HS was placed on 'lockout' but lockout has been lifted.Investigation remains active. https://t.co/KDinY9dLEl
  — Aurora Police Dept (@AuroraPD) September 20, 2017Aurora Central High School was placed on lock out status for a time but that was lifted just before noon.Police have not re
  
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• Showtime Boxing Announces Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz Heavyweight Title Fight Set For November 4th

  20-09-2017 19:53
  Ryan Mayer
  WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder has successfully defended his title five times since winning it by unanimous decision in a 2015 bout with Bermane Stiverne. The last title defense was in February of this year against Gerald Washington when Wilder won by TKO in the 5th round in his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. Since that fight, there’s been questions about who Wilder would fight next. Well, we now have our answer.
  Today, Showtime Boxing
  
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• Colorado Task Force One Crews Return From Harvey, Irma Relief

  20-09-2017 19:47
  DENVER (CBS4)– Members of Colorado Task Force One are back home after weeks of helping others in the wake of Harvey and Irma.
  “Just like a fire call, you answer it you have a specific amount of time to respond and just get up and go,” said one Colorado Task Force One member.
  Colorado Task Force One crews returned home after Harvey, Irma relief (credit: CBS)
  “Got all the way to Amarillo, pulled in around 11 p.m. and they paged us again at around 11:30 and told us we weren&
  
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• EPA Installs Barrier, Valve In Mine That Spilled Toxic Waste

  20-09-2017 19:33
  DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is installing a barrier and valve inside an inactive Colorado mine to prevent another surge of toxic wastewater like a 2015 blowout that contaminated rivers in three states.
  The 12-inch valve will regulate wastewater pouring from the Gold King Mine in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado, where the EPA inadvertently triggered a wastewater spill while excavating at the mine entrance in August 2015.(credit: CBS)
  That spill rel
  
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• Hickenlooper Joins Other Governors In Rejecting GOP Health Care Bill

  20-09-2017 19:16
  DENVER (CBS4)– Gov. John Hickenlooper joined nine other governors in urging senators to reject the latest Republican health care proposal to reveal Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act.
  He says the claim that it would mean more money for states is untrue and that he estimates it would mean a cut of at least $800 million a year for Colorado.
  Gov. John Hickenlooper (D)
  Colorado (credit: CBS)
  “Our belief is that it will cut back coverage dramatically and reduce coverage eventually,&rdqu
  
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• Barricaded Suspect Surrenders To Police After Hours-Long Standoff

  20-09-2017 18:54
  By Makenzie O’Keefe
  DENVER (CBS4)– A man was arrested by Denver Police after he barricaded himself inside a home near Colfax Avenue and Yates Street early Wednesday morning.
  (credit: CBS)
  Police say the man was wanted on a warrant out of Jefferson County.
  (credit: CBS)
  Denver Police came in contact with the wanted man around 1 a.m. They say he entered a home on Yates Street and refused to come out.
  (credit: CBS)
  A SWAT team was called out to negotiate with the man. He was eventually
  
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• Thursday Night Football Breakdown: Rams And 49ers Look To Rebound From Losses

  20-09-2017 18:25
  By Kevin McGuire
  The Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers each get a short week to try and brush off a loss from Sunday as they prepare for an NFC West battle on Thursday night by the bay. The Rams appear to be improving with their offense in 2017, while the 49ers are in a serious struggle to reach the end zone. Can San Francisco end their touchdown drought to start the year and get a win in division play? Or will the Rams get out of northern California with a winning record?
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• Parole Denied For Man Who Lied About Killing Teen In Hit & Run

  20-09-2017 18:20
  GOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4)– Parole has been denied for a man who struck and killed a teenager who was jogging in Lakewood four years ago.
  Derrick Fransua was sentenced to 13 years in prison for his role in the crash after he pleaded guilty to the hit and run.
  Derrick Fransua (credit: CBS)
  Fransua was up for parole just three years into his sentence. That parole was denied on Wednesday morning. There were questions surrounding how Fransua was considered for parole just three years into his senten
  
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• 2017 College Football Week 4 Games To Watch: TCU-Oklahoma State, Battle Of Bulldogs In Athens

  20-09-2017 18:00
  Ryan Mayer
  What a wild week in college football Week 3 was. Three Top 25 teams knocked off by unranked squads (#18 Kansas State, #19 Stanford and #25 UCLA), and a USC-Texas double overtime game that featured plenty of drama. Oh, and a converted Hail Mary that broke the hearts of Tennessee fans everywhere.
   
  The play.The sights.The sounds. @GatorsFB will remember this for a long, long time. pic.twitter.com/lMyJXmYZTf
  — SEConCBS (@SEConCBS) September 16, 2017(Sorry ‘Vols fans)
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• Good Samaritan Who Thwarted Starbucks Robbery Faces Possible Lawsuit From Suspect

  20-09-2017 17:56
  CBS Local — A California man who stepped in to stop an armed robbery could face legal troubles of his own.
  It was a video that went viral. A man wearing a transformers mask tries to rob a Starbucks last July.
  That’s when a man in the coffee shop, Craig Jerry, stepped into action.
  Jerry beat the suspect, 30-year-old Ryan Flores, with a chair; a fight ensues – and Jerry was even stabbed in the neck.
  Ultimately, Jerry was able to corral the knife from his attacker and wound u
  
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• Will The World End On September 23? Christian ‘Researcher’ Says Yes

  20-09-2017 17:52
  CBS Local — If you had plans for the weekend, a Christian numerologist says you won’t get to them because the world is about to end. David Meade, a self-proclaimed “researcher,” is predicting that a series of apocalyptic events will begin on September 23 and, “a major part of the world will not be the same.”
  According to Meade, the mysterious rogue planet Nibiru, also known as Planet X, is on a collision course with Earth, which will bring world-endi
  
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• 30-Year-Old Kicker From Australia Shining For Colorado

  20-09-2017 17:32
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Don’t address the 30-year-old freshman kicker from Australia as “Sir.” It makes him feel old.
  As for any sort of age joke, go ahead, because Colorado’s James Stefanou has heard them all — and usually it’s him cracking them.
  “I figure if you make the jokes, they’re not going to make them for you,” he said.The former soccer standout has quickly come of age as a kicker for the Buffaloes (3-0).Stefanou is 6 of 7 on fie
  
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• Boxer LaMotta, Immortalized In ‘Raging Bull,’ Dies At 95

  20-09-2017 17:31
  MIAMI (AP) — Jake LaMotta, the former middleweight champion whose life was depicted in the film “Raging Bull,” has died at the age of 95.
  His fiancee, Denise Baker, says LaMotta died Tuesday at a Miami-area hospital from complications of pneumonia.
  Boxer Jake LaMotta attends a special screening of “Raging Bull” to celebrate it’s 25th anniversary and DVD release on January 27, 2005 in New York City. (Photo by Peter Kramer/Getty Images)
  The Bronx Bull, as he was
  
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• Contending Rockies Lose Early Lead, Fall To Giants 4-3

  20-09-2017 17:28
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Carlos Gonzalez could have let the ball drop and watched Hunter Pence end the game with a hit. Instead, with the Rockies playing five infielders, Gonzalez ran down a difficult fly ball in center field and Pence had a sacrifice fly.
  Colorado is in contention, and Gonzalez is committed to going hard and hustling until the final out to prove these Rockies should be a playoff team.
  Charlie Blackmon had a two-run double in the second inning for his first career 200-hit seas
  
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• Frantic Search Underway At School Hit By Mexico Quake

  20-09-2017 17:21
  MEXICO CITY (CBS4) – Rescuers are searching a school looking for survivors from Tuesday’s deadly earthquake.
  There are at least 225 confirmed fatalities as a result of the quake.
  The 7.1 magnitude quake struck on the 32nd anniversary of another devastating quake, which hit the area in 1985.
  Mexican rescue teams look for people trapped in the rubble at the Enrique Rebsamen elementary school in Mexico City on September 20, 2017. (credit: MARIO VAZQUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
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