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• Celebrities Buy Teen A Car After Seeing Photos Of Him Riding Bus To Graduation

  29-05-2018 23:44
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (CBS4) — One teenager’s dedication to getting his education caught the attention of a radio host and some famous friends who were determined to find a way to reward his accomplishment.
  Photos of the teen walking and taking the bus in his graduation gown went viral and inspired radio host Rickey Smiley to track him down.Smiley was able to find out the student is Corey Patrick.
  The website for 95.7 JAMZ explained that Patrick’s family didn&rsq
  
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• ‘Safe Zones’ Created As A Result Of Pride Week In Colorado Mountain Town

  29-05-2018 23:11
  By Matt Kroschel
  SALIDA, Colo. (CBS4)– When you drive into this small mountain town, you will see a giant heart in lights on the mountain overlooking downtown, the heart of the valley. This weekend expect to see lots of rainbows, too.
  The second annual Ark Valley Pride week begins on Tuesday and includes a pride parade down F Street in Salida on Saturday.
  (Photo by PEDRO ARMESTRE/AFP/GettyImages)
  Organizer Jimmy Sellars says they did not expect the hundreds of people who showed up last yea
  
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• Denver Home Resale Prices Up Again

  29-05-2018 23:07
  DENVER (CBS4) – Home prices in the Denver metro area are up, albeit slightly, again.
  The latest S&P/Case-Shiller Home Prices Indices report shows resale prices grew to 8.6 percent for March – up from 8.4 in February and from 7.6 percent in January.
  Denver passed Los Angeles in March along which was up 8.1 percent.
  LINK: S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index
  
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• Mother Claims IHOP Discriminated Against Toddler With No Arms

  29-05-2018 23:00
  HOT SPRINGS, AR (CBS Local) – An Arkansas mother is accusing a local IHOP franchise of discriminating against her three-year-old son who was born without arms.
  Alexis Bancroft says the pancake restaurant in Hot Springs refused to serve the toddler because he eats with his feet. IHOP’s general manager reportedly approached the Bancroft family and informed them that three-year-old William would not be allowed to sit at the table and touch the syrup containers with h
  
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• Authorities Are Searching For An Escaped, Dangerous Inmate

  29-05-2018 22:39
  FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office says an inmate escaped from the Four Mile Correctional Center Tuesday morning.
  Deputies say Michael Onorato, 37, should be considered dangerous, and the public should not approach him, but instead call 911 if you see him.
  Michael Onorato (credit: Department of Corrections)
  They say Onorato was working outside with a crew at the cow dairy when he disappeared.
  He was serving a more-than nine year sentence for theft
  
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• University Of Memphis Offers Free Tuition For Families Of Fallen Soldiers

  29-05-2018 22:32
  MEMPHIS, TN (CBS Local) – The University of Memphis is making sure the families of fallen service members never have to worry about paying for college again. The public university will now make tuition free for the children and spouses of United States soldiers who died in the line of duty.
  “They’re attending a school that acknowledges the sacrifices a family has made to protect their freedoms,” university president David Rudd said, via The Commercial Appea
  
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• University Of Memphis Now Tuition Free For Families Of Fallen Soldiers

  29-05-2018 22:32
  MEMPHIS, TN (CBS Local) – The University of Memphis is making sure the families of fallen service members never have to worry about paying for college again. The public university will now make tuition free for the children and spouses of United States soldiers who died in the line of duty.
  “They’re attending a school that acknowledges the sacrifices a family has made to protect their freedoms,” university president David Rudd said, via The Commercial Appea
  
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• USGS Warning: Do Not Try To Roast Marshmallows Over Erupting Hawaii Volcano

  29-05-2018 21:57
  (KDKA/CBS LOCAL) — You would think it would go without saying, but the U.S. Geological Survey took to Twitter on Tuesday to warn residents not to try and roast marshmallows over the erupting Hawaiian volcano.
  The USGS responded to one Twitter user who asked, “Is it safe to roast marshmallows over volcanic vents? Assuming you had a long enough stick, that is? Or would the resulting marshmallows be poisonous?”
  @USGSVolcanoes Is it safe to roast marshmallows over volcanic ven
  
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• Teacher Won’t Face Charges After Allegedly Drowning Raccoons In Front Of Students

  29-05-2018 21:34
  OCALA, FL (CBS Local) – A Florida teacher accused of drowning two raccoons and an opossum in front of his students will not face criminal charges, according to the state attorney’s office.
  Forest High School agricultural science teacher Dewie Brewton allegedly killed the three trapped animals by lowering their cages into a trash can that had been filled with water on May 15. Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney Brad King claims the teacher did not “torment&rdquo
  
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• Man Arrested, Accused Of Stabbing Gay Couple

  29-05-2018 21:17
  DENVER (CBS4)– The man accused of stabbing a gay couple while yelling homophobic slurs has been arrested.Investigators say Dylan Payne used a folding pocket knife to stab the men just after midnight Sunday.Police say the couple told officers that Payne was yelling homophobic slurs at them when he attacked outside The Church nightclub at 1100 Lincoln Street.Dylan Payne (credit: Denver Police)
  Payne faces charges of first-degree assault. The attack is being investigated as a hate crime.Both
  
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• Woman Asked To Prove She Is Boy’s Mother At DIA

  29-05-2018 21:14
  DENVER (CBS4)– Southwest Airlines said it was “looking into” an allegation that an employee for the carrier asked for proof that an infant traveling with the head coach of the University of California women’s basketball team was actually her child.Coach Lindsay Gottlieb said on Twitter on Monday night that the question appeared to stem from her being white and her 1-year-old son being biracial.(credit: CBS)
  “I’m appalled that after approx 50 times flying with
  
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• Body Of Kayaker Recovered From Southwest Colorado Reservoir

  29-05-2018 21:06
  TELLURIDE, Colo. (AP) — The body of a kayaker who went missing in a reservoir in southwest Colorado has been found.
  The San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office says the body of the 21-year-old Norwood man was recovered Monday night at Miramonte Reservoir by sheriff’s deputies and state parks and wildlife officers. His name hasn’t been released.
  Authorities believe the man drowned.
  They say a friend of the man spoke with him on May 16 while boating, and when he returned to the
  
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• More Than 4,600 People Died After Hurricane Maria Hit Puerto Rico, Study Finds

  29-05-2018 20:49
  CAGUAS, Puerto Rico (CBS) — Hurricane Maria, which pummeled Puerto Rico in September 2017, is likely responsible for the deaths of more than 4,600 people — some 70 times higher than official estimates, Harvard researchers said Tuesday.
  COROZAL, PUERTO RICO – SEPTEMBER 27: Puerto Rico experienced widespread, severe damage including most of the electrical, gas and water grids as well as agricultural destruction after Hurricane Maria, a category 4 hurricane, passed throu
  
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• Search Continues For Hit & Run Driver After Victim Identified

  29-05-2018 20:06
  DENVER (CBS4) – Denver police continue to search for the driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash days after the crash happened. On Tuesday, the Denver Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Victor Barela.
  The accident happened shortly before 1 a.m. May 25 on Evans Avenue at Bryant Street. The victim, Barela, 59, was pronounced dead on scene from blunt force injuries.
  (credit: CBS)
  Authorities issued a Medina Alert to ask for the public’s help to find the car involved i
  
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• ABC Cancels ‘Roseanne’ Hours After Star’s ‘Repugnant’ Joke About Obama Aide

  29-05-2018 19:45
  NEW YORK (AP) — ABC Entertainment president says the network has decided to cancel the ‘Roseanne’ reboot.
  This comes just hours after Roseanne Barr apologized for suggesting that former White House adviser Valerie Jarrett is a product of the Muslim Brotherhood and the “Planet of the Apes.”
  NEW YORK, NY – MAY 15: Roseanne Barr is seen on May 15, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Janet Mayer/Star Max/GC Images/Getty Images)
  Barr on Tuesday tweeted to Jarrett
  
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• ABC Cancels ‘Roseanne’ Hours After Star’s ‘Bad Joke’ Joke About Obama Aide

  29-05-2018 19:45
  NEW YORK (AP) — ABC Entertainment president says the network has decided to cancel the ‘Roseanne’ reboot.
  This comes just hours after Roseanne Barr apologized for suggesting that former White House adviser Valerie Jarrett is a product of the Muslim Brotherhood and the “Planet of the Apes.”
  NEW YORK, NY – MAY 15: Roseanne Barr is seen on May 15, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Janet Mayer/Star Max/GC Images/Getty Images)
  Barr on Tuesday tweeted to Jarrett
  
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• Supreme Court Clears The Way For Controversial Arkansas Abortion Law

  29-05-2018 19:40
  (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for a controversial Arkansas law that blocks medication-induced abortions to go into effect.
  The law, passed in 2015, says that any physician who “gives, sells, dispenses, administers, or otherwise provides or prescribes the abortion-inducing drug” shall have to have a contract with a physician who has admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.
  The order, issued without comment, would allow the law to take effect in mid-July
  
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• Fast-Moving Lava Threatens To Trap Residents On Hawaii’s Big Island

  29-05-2018 19:31
  (CNN) — On Hawaii’s Big Island, authorities are scrambling to warn residents about fast-moving lava that threatens to engulf more homes in the Leilani Estates community.
  Officials are asking residents to get out now to avoid getting trapped by flaming molten rock, Hawaii County Civil Defense said Monday night.
  The lava is bubbling from a particularly violent fissure — or volcanic crack in the earth’s surface — called Fissure 8.
  Fissure 8 is now “very active,&r
  
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• ‘Food That’s In When School Is Out’ Helps Feed Kids This Summer

  29-05-2018 19:18
  By Tori Mason
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– Many schools in the Denver metro area are wrapping up their final days of class this week and that means that many children may not be eating enough because they’re missing out on free or reduced school breakfast and lunch.
  According to Food Bank of the Rockies, nearly 17 percent of children in Colorado don’t know where their next meal is coming from.
  Many families rely on free or reduced cost meals at school during the day. So when summer hi
  
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• Man Avoids Trial With Guilty Plea In Deputy’s Shooting Death

  29-05-2018 19:06
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (CBS4)– The man who shot and killed a Mesa County Sheriff’s deputy more than two years ago has changed his plea to guilty and could be sentenced to up to 70 years in prison.
  On Feb. 8, 2016, 40 year-old Deputy Derek Geer was fatally shot by then 17-year-old Austin Holzer.
  Austin Holzer (credit: Mesa County Sheriff)
  Geer responded to 911 reports of a masked man with a gun near Grand Junction’s city limits that morning. When Geer contacted Holzer, the suspec
  
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• Rox beat Giants 6-5 After Iannetta Drives In Winning Run In 10th

  29-05-2018 19:02
  DENVER (AP) — Chris Iannetta got just enough of a fastball to roll it past the pitcher’s bare hand, by a diving second baseman and into center.
  Seeing-eye single, indeed.
  Iannetta drove in the winning run with a hit up the middle in the 10th inning and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Francisco Giants 6-5 on Monday in a game delayed 55 minutes by rain.
  It was Iannetta’s eighth career walk-off RBI and first since May 11, 2016, when he was with Seattle. He was doused by teammate
  
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• Chiefs Offensive Lineman Earns His Medical Degree

  29-05-2018 18:33
  Ryan Mayer
  Playing professional football is difficult enough as is. Being an NFL lineman, while also studying to finish your medical degree, seems impossible simply due to the amount of time needed to maintain excellence in both. However, Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif proved that it is in fact possible, earning his degree from McGill University over the weekend.
  This is it! Today I become a doctor! It also marks the beginning of a great new adventure for all 2018 g
  
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• DIA Gets Ready To Expand As Population Booms

  29-05-2018 18:23
  DENVER (CBS4) – Plans are moving forward to add nearly 40 new gates to Denver International Airport. By 2021, 39 gates will be added to the concourses at DIA.
  In November of last year, the Denver City Council approved a set of contracts that will start the $1.5 billion project.
  (credit: CBS)
  DIA expects to see about 60 million travelers this year. When the expansion is completed, the airport could handle up to 85 million.
  Denver International Airport (credit: CBS)
  Plans aren’t finali
  
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• Keidel: Would The Rockets Have Won With Chris Paul?

  29-05-2018 18:22
  By Jason Keidel
  We’re often told that life is unfair, and it’s often true. So one of the reasons we love sports is the fairness of the final score, the zero-sum reality of the result. Sports, unlike the rest of the world, is a true meritocracy. If the regular-season isn’t enough to prove which teams are best, we add a playoff to make sure.
  So then the Golden State Warriors were clearly better than the Houston Rockets. Except they weren’t. The Warriors clearly won the
  
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• Group Helps Keep Hunger At Bay For Children During Summer Months

  29-05-2018 18:12
  By Makenzie O’Keefe
  DENVER (CBS4)– Many children in the Denver metro area rely on the meals they get at school, but that’s not the case during the summer. Now one group is coming together for Colorado, by making sure kids don’t go hungry.
  (credit: CBS)
  Jewish Family Service provides meals for low-income children, who could use some help during the summer. The program is called Lunchbox Express. The organization helps out by distributing lunches provided by the U.S. Depart
  
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• Half Mammal, Half Reptile Discovered In Utah

  29-05-2018 18:11
  SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KSL/CNN) — It may have weighed only 2 1/2 pounds and stood about 6 inches tall, but the discovery of a half mammal, half reptile’s skull in eastern Utah has huge implications for geologic timelines.
  The skull of the new species, Cifelliodon wahkarmoosuch, came from a snout-bearing, catlike animal with buck teeth and molars for crushing plants.
  Its discovery is evidence that the super-continental split of Pangea likely occurred more recently than scientists previ
  
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• Deadly Crash Involving School Bus In Michigan

  29-05-2018 17:57
  PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Police are on the scene of a crash involving an Ypsilanti school bus and one car on eastbound Interstate 94 in Pittsfield Township. That’s about four miles south of Ann Arbor.
  A vehicle rear-ended the disabled bus, which was being provided tow assistance for a flat tire. It happened around 10:15 a.m. Tuesday.
  There were no student on the bus at the time, according to the Ypsilanti School District.Police report that the driver of the vehicle, inc
  
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• 74 years late, WWII Veteran Receives His High School Diploma

  29-05-2018 17:28
  OHIO–(CNN) A 94-year-old decorated war hero from Ohio held back tears on Sunday as he was awarded his high school diploma.
  Robert Lockard officially graduated as part of Circleville High School Class of 2018, but his journey at the school began more than seven decades ago.
  “It means everything to me. Everything,” Lockard told CNN affiliate WBNS. “All these years man, I thought about this.”
  Lockard was originally supposed to graduate in 1944 but dropped out
  
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• Harvard Grad Surprises 6th Grade Teacher After 21 Years

  29-05-2018 16:24
  YUMA(CNN) — Judith Toensing didn’t just teach her students, she inspired them.
  A sixth-grade teacher from Yuma, Arizona, Toensing made a strong impact on one of her students 21 years ago.
  At the end of the school year in 1997, Mrs. Toensing, wrote a note on the student’s report card: “It has been a joy to have you in class. Keep up the good work! Invite me to your Harvard graduation!.”
  This week, the student, Christin Gilmer graduated from Harvard as a doctor of pub
  
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• This Week In Golf: Justin Rose Dominates Fort Worth Invitational

  29-05-2018 15:53
  By Sam McPherson
  It’s been 20 years since England’s Justin Rose leaped onto the scene, when he finished fourth at the British Open as an amateur. Since then he has done pretty well for himself, winning the 2013 U.S. Open and the gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil. This weekend Rose earned his ninth career PGA Tour victory, and his second title this season, with an impressive four-round performance to win the Fort Worth Invitational by three strokes over American Brooks Ko
  
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• Latest Forecast: Typical Late Spring Weather Is Back

  29-05-2018 15:34
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – After unusually hot weather on Saturday and Sunday and then cool weather with severe thunderstorms on Memorial Day, much more typical late May weather returns for Tuesday. Temperatures will moderate with highs in the upper 70s and the chance for afternoon and evening thunderstorms drops to about 20-30%.
  Following the familiar pattern for this time of year, thunderstorms on Tuesday will initiate in the mountains and foothills and then most east toward Denve
  
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• Best Tequila Drinks In Denver

  29-05-2018 15:00
  By Katherine BostickLots of bars and nightclubs sell beer and other alcoholic drinks. Most of them even sell one or two types of tequila drinks but only a few have more than four types of tequila drinks. The list below contains a small selection of the best places in Denver to get a glass of top shelf tequila.. 
  Lola
  1575 Boulder St.
  Denver, CO 80211
  (720) 570-8686
  www.loladenver.com
  Lola’s offers visitors ore than 200 different types of tequilas from which to choose. You’ll not
  
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• Starbucks to close over 8,000 stores for anti-bias training

  29-05-2018 07:21
  
  By Terry Tang, The Associated Press
  Starbucks will close more than 8,000 stores nationwide on Tuesday to conduct anti-bias training, the next of many steps the company is taking to try to restore its tarnished image as a hangout where all are welcome.
  After the arrests of two black men in Philadelphia last month at one of its stores, the coffee chain’s leaders apologized and met with the two men, but also reached out to activists and experts in bias training to put together a curric
  
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• Josh Sargent and Tim Weah, both 18, score as U.S. soccer beats Bolivia

  29-05-2018 07:12
  
  CHESTER, Pa. — Josh Sargent became the fourth-youngest American to score, making an audacious interception of a goalkeeper’s pass over his head to put the ball into the net in his international debut at just 18 years, 102 days.
  Tim Weah, two days younger than Sargent, got his first goal seven minutes later.
  With no World Cup to play for, the United States gave youth a chance and they came through in a 3-0 exhibition win over an equally inexperienced Bolivia team on Monday night.
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• Denver police investigating stabbing of two gay men as a bias-motivated crime

  29-05-2018 07:06
  
  The Denver Police Department is investigating whether an attack on two gay men walking home from a nightclub early Sunday morning is bias-motivated.
  The men told police they were walking home from The Church nightclub in the 1100 block of Lincoln Street and were holding hands when they were attacked, said Sgt. John White, a Denver police spokesman. The men ran and officers were called around 1 a.m. Sunday to help them at 11th Avenue and Santa Fe Drive.
  Both men were injured, but their wounds wer
  
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• Chris Iannetta’s walk-off single gives Colorado Rockies win over San Francisco Giants in 10th inning

  29-05-2018 05:53
  
  Chris Iannetta has had more theatrical walk-off hits in his long big-league career. But as the veteran catcher well knows, a game-winning hit is something to be cherished, no matter what package it comes in.
  Monday night at Coors Field, Iannetta scooted a bases-loaded, up-the-middle, walk-off single in the 10th inning off Hunter Strickland to drive in Nolan Arenado and lead Colorado to a 6-5 win over San Francisco. It was the eighth walk-off hit of Iannetta’s career.
  “I was trying to
  
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• Standley Lake Regional Park Turns To Goats For Weed Mitigation

  29-05-2018 05:48
  By Jeff Todd
  WESTMINSTER, Colo. (CBS4) – Normally it is a hotspot for boating, fishing and camping, but for the next few weeks, Standley Lake Regional Park in Westminster has some extra attractions.
  “Our priority is to preserve and protect high water quality. One way we do that is with goats instead of chemicals or pesticides to control noxious weeds,” said Rod Larsen, the City of Westminster Open Space Manager.
  (credit: CBS)
  There are more than 300 goats grazing the slopes aro
  
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• Golden State Warriors reach 4th straight NBA Finals with win over Houston Rockets

  29-05-2018 05:41
  
  HOUSTON — Stephen Curry and Golden State turned all those Houston bricks into a road back to the NBA Finals.
  Kevin Durant scored 34 points, Curry sparked another third-quarter turnaround, and the Warriors earned a fourth straight trip to the NBA Finals by beating the Houston Rockets 101-92 in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals on Monday night.
  The defending champions trailed by as many as 15 in the first half after falling behind 17 in Game 6.
  Curry, who finished with 27 points, score
  
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• Vegas Golden Knights beat Washington Capitals in Game 1 of Stanley Cup Final

  29-05-2018 05:19
  
  LAS VEGAS — The Vegas Golden Knights’ incredible inaugural season isn’t slowing down in the Stanley Cup Final.
  Related Articles NHL commish: Seattle would get Vegas’ favorable expansion terms Capitals vs. Golden Knights live blog: Real-time updates from Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final The Stanley Cup in sight, Alex Ovechkin is all in as Washington Capitals head to Vegas Mike Haynes resigns as Altitude Sports’ Avalanche broadcaster, according to report Washington Cap
  
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• It’s a twister! Multiple tornadoes blow through Colorado on Memorial Day.

  29-05-2018 05:04
  
  Multiple tornadoes blew through eastern Colorado Monday afternoon but caused little damage.
  In the metro area, severe thunderstorms sent people inside and caused a rain delay at Coors Field where the Rockies were playing the San Francisco Giants. Some areas, including Centennial, reported hail.
  At least six tornadoes had been confirmed in Morgan, Washington and Weld Counties, said Kyle Fredin, a forecaster at the National Weather Service’s Boulder office. However, property damage was kept
  
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• The Latest: Alberto downgraded to depression, rains persist

  29-05-2018 04:50
  
  By The Associated Press
  The Latest on Subtropical Storm Alberto (all times local):
  10:45 p.m.
  Forecasters have downgraded Alberto to a subtropical depression but say a flood threat persists as the huge system continues to dump heavy rains.
  The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Alberto, formerly a subtropical storm, weakened Monday evening just hours after making landfall in the Florida Panhandle. As of the 11 p.m. EDT advisory, Alberto was located about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west-northw
  
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• Historic effort from Ethiopia’s Getaneh Tamire highlights Bolder Boulder International Team Challenge

  29-05-2018 04:49
  
  Sam Chelanga embodies the American dream. And even if he didn’t finish the men’s pro race quite like he wanted to Monday at the 40th annual Bolder Boulder, Chelanga nonetheless was inescapably moved during his stretch run to the finish line at Folsom Field.
  A Kenya-born runner who came to the United States to compete at the college level while gaining an education (he started at Fairleigh Dickinson before winning two cross country national championships at Liberty), Chelanga made his
  
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• Bolder Boulder Race Sees Record Finishes

  29-05-2018 04:21
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – The 40th running of the Bolder Boulder featured a record-setting performance.
  Ethiopia’s Getaneh Tamire ran one of the fastest races on record with a time of 28:18.
  That’s the fourth-fastest race ever, and Tamire ran the race by 21 seconds.
  On the women’s side, Mamitu Molisa won her sixth Bolder Boulder title.
  She has now won more Bolder Boulder races than any other woman, breaking Rosa Mota’s record of five.
  She won the race by 11 seconds, t
  
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• PHOTOS: Bolder Boulder 2018

  29-05-2018 04:17
  
  The 40th annual Bolder Boulder took place May 28. Nearly 50,000 people participated in the 10K race that ended inside the University of Colorado’s Folsom Field.
  Related Articles Historic effort from Ethiopia’s Getaneh Tamire highlights Bolder Boulder International Team Challenge Change of pace sends Tyler McCandless to victory in Bolder Boulder men’s citizen’s race Naturalized citizen Aliphine Tuliamuk finishes second in Bolder Boulder women’s pro race Bolder Boulde
  
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• Coloradan Plays Bagpipes At National Cemetery To Honor Fallen Heroes

  29-05-2018 02:30
  By Dillon Thomas
  DENVER (CBS4) – A Colorado teenager spent his Memorial Day pacing the rows of headstones at Fort Logan National Cemetery and playing his bagpipes to honor fallen veterans.
  Colin Lewis, who is 17, walked the rows of headstones, stopping at burial sites to play iconic patriotic songs for those who ask.
  “I do this to show my support, and thankfulness, for what our veterans have done for us,” Lewis told CBS4’s Dillon Thomas.
  (credit: CBS)
  Lewis said it starte
  
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• Reality Check: Victor Mitchell Touts Conservative Credentials

  29-05-2018 02:19
  DENVER (CBS4)– One of the biggest challenges for any candidate in a statewide race is name recognition.
  Most of this year’s gubernatorial candidates on the Republican side have not held statewide office. That includes Victor Mitchell.
  He loaned his campaign $3 million and is spending much of it on TV ads to get his name out there and tout his conservative credentials.
  Shaun Boyd gives one of his ads a Reality Check.
  Click here to see all of CBS4 Political Specialist Shaun Boyd’
  
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• ‘Just Cruel’: Community Responds To Arrest In Arson Cases

  29-05-2018 02:14
  By Rick Sallinger
  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – A man is in police custody after being arrested Sunday night on multiple charges of arson and animal cruelty.
  Earnest Maynes, 37, is accused of burning down a barn near 3rd Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard in Lakewood that killed seven horses and a dog. That fire and numerous other suspicious fires nearby happened on April 28.
  (credit: Lakewood Police)
  CBS4 investigator Rick Sallinger showed a picture of Maynes to Jose Miranda, who lost two of those
  
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• Daughter Walks to Fight Lung Cancer in Honor of Her Dad

  29-05-2018 01:53
  By Kathy Walsh
  DENVER (CBS4) – On Saturday, June 2, hundreds of people will walk at the Denver Botanic Gardens-Chatfield Farms Littleton to raise awareness and money to fight lung cancer. Among them will be a woman who was devastated to lose her father to the disease.
  Lung cancer is the #1 cancer killer of men and women in the U.S. Each year, more people die of lung cancer than of colon, breast, and prostate cancers combined.
  (credit: CBS)
  Yet, according to the LUNGevity Foundation, only 6
  
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• More Thunderstorms Possible This Week

  29-05-2018 01:46
  By Lauren Whitney
  DENVER (CBS4) –
  After a warm and mostly sunny weekend, Memorial Day Monday brought us severe weather to many areas in Colorado. Denver had two Severe Thunderstorm Warnings for storms that produced large hail and very heavy rainfall.
  Cloudy skies early in the day, did help prevent us from warming too much. The storms could have been way worse had it been a very sunny day.
  Skies will clear late night and we should start Tuesday with sunny skies and temperatures will head in
  
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• Latest Forecast: More Thunderstorms Possible This Week

  29-05-2018 01:46
  By Lauren Whitney
  DENVER (CBS4) –
  After a warm and mostly sunny weekend, Memorial Day Monday brought us severe weather to many areas in Colorado. Denver had two Severe Thunderstorm Warnings for storms that produced large hail and very heavy rainfall.
  Cloudy skies early in the day, did help prevent us from warming too much. The storms could have been way worse had it been a very sunny day.
  Skies will clear late night and we should start Tuesday with sunny skies and temperatures will head in
  
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