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Todays MLB starting lineups May 24
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...
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Memorial Day Parade In Downtown Denver Saturday
Date: May 25, 2013 at 11:30 a.m. For more than 14 years, Denver has held an annual Memorial Day Parade and Tribute Ceremony. The event is designed to pay tribute to the men and women who lost their lives in service for our country. The parade starts at 11:30 a.m. and there will be a Veterans Memorial Tribute following the parade at the Veterans Monument. This is a great event to show your ...
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Women Earn Less Than Men Smarter About Money
DENVER (CBS4) - Women typically earn 23 percent less than men but they’re smarter about the money they do have. That’s according to a new study from Experian. Women on average have higher credit scores and carry less credit card debt than their male counterparts. The average man carries $26,227 in debt from credit cards, personal loans and auto loans compared to $25,095 on average ...
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Donkeys Left For Dead Rescued Former Owner Facing Charges
PUEBLO, Colo. (CBS4) - More than a dozen donkeys left for dead have been rescued and their former owner is facing charges. Nearly 20 donkeys were left abandoned on National Forest Service land by the owner in Otero County east of Pueblo. They were left without food and water. ';They’re good pets if you treat them right and gain their trust,'; said Colorado Humane Society ...
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Mount Evans Opens For Season
CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) - After weeks of snow removal, Mount Evans opened for the season 5 p.m. Friday. The Colorado Department of Transportation opened Colorado Highway 5 for the season and will remain open every day, weather permitting, from Echo Lake to the top of Mount Evans through Labor Day ...
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Fort Collins Apartment Fire Ruled Accidental
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – Investigators have ruled that a three-alarm fire at a Fort Collins apartment complex on Tuesday was accidental. The fire started just before 4 a.m. Tuesday in the Buffalo Run apartments, located at 1245 East Lincoln, just east of Old Town near the intersection of East Lincoln Avenue and South Lemay Avenue. Firefighters said there are 24 units in the building ...
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Wheat Ridge Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Pain Killers
Dr. Kevin Clemmer worked at an office building near 44th and Wadsworth in Wheat Ridge. Clemmer over-prescribed oxycodone dozens of times. At least one case led to a deadly overdose. Prosecutors claim Clemmer and his staff made hundreds of thousands of dollars by illegally dispensing the painkiller. Clemmer will be sentenced in ...
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Denver Center Revamps Online Ticket System In Advance Of Book Of Mormon Sales
DENVER (CBS4) - The Denver Center has revamped its ticket system in advance of Book of Mormon ticket sales for this fall’s return engagement. When tickets for the Tony Award winning production went on sale for last year’s engagement in January 2012 there were long lines and online problems. This time the Denver Center said things will be different. When tickets go on sale to the ...
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Cigarette blamed for 3-alarm fire
FORT COLLINS, Colo. - The improper disposal of a cigarette is to blame for a 3-alarm fire in Fort Collins Tuesday morning that badly damaged a three-story apartment complex and displaced 30 people, investigators said Friday.The fire at the Buffalo Run Apartments on East Lincoln Avenue and South Lemay Avenue was first reported just before 4 a.m. Damage was estimated at $400,000, according to ...
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Man offers girl ride sketch released
Loveland police are trying to identify this male drver who reportedly offered to give ride to a 9-year-old girl playing outside her home on ...
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Hobby Lobby Wants Exemption From Covering Emergency Contraception
DENVER (CBS4) -- In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. asked a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill. The Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts chain argued that businesses -- not just the currently exempted religious ...
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Former Rhode Island Mayor Leaves Colorado Governor’s Race
DENVER (AP) -- A former Rhode Island mayor bowed out of Colorado’s governor’s race after three days as a candidate. Stephen P. Laffey said he is deferring to former Rep. Tom Tancredo, who announced on Thursday that he intended to run on the Republican ticket. Laffey said he agrees with most of Tancredo’s positions and there was no need to ...
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Students safe after armed man reported at school
THORNTON, Colo. -; All students at a Denver-area high school are safe after a report that a man with a rifle was seen near campus, police said ...
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Raptors trying to woo top GM Masai Ujiri away from Nuggets
Denver Nuggets general manager Masai Ujiri, left, talks with New Orleans Hornets general manager Dell Demps before a 2012-13 game. (David Zalubowski/Associated ...
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No Charges In Shooting With Boulder Officer’s Gun
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (AP) -- Douglas County sheriff’s officials say no charges will be filed in a shooting involving a Boulder police officer’s ...
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Fugitive In LA Attempted-Murder Case Held In Colorado
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A man wanted for 13 years on attempted murder charges in Los Angeles was captured in Colorado after someone called police to report he was urinating on a wall outside a KFC restaurant. Miguel Sanchez, 59, initially gave officers a false name when he was arrested Wednesday, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department. After he was fingerprinted, police discovered his ...
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Report Raptors receive permission to speak with Denvers Ujiri
The Toronto Raptors have reportedly received permission to speak with Masai Ujiri of the Denver Nuggets about their vacant general manager's position.Yahoo! Sports reports that Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment CEO Tim Leiweke is prepared to offer Ujiri a multi-year deal said to be worth $3-million a ...
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Denver holiday weather forecast Sunny and warm
Stephen Filbert cleans the speed slides in preparation for opening day at Water World, May 24, 2013. The water park will open at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 25. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver ...
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Prosecutors To Charge Student Accused Of Planting Bomb As Adult
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – A 16-year-old student accused of bringing an explosive device to his Lafayette high school earlier this month will be charged as an adult. A judge set bond for Andy DeBartalome at $100,000 on Friday. He faces five counts, including attempted murder, the use and possession of an explosive device and menacing. Police say a teacher inside Centaurus High School ...
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Motorcyclist Dies In Crash On I-225
AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – A motorcycle rider died Friday morning in a crash on Interstate 225. Police said the rider was following a minivan and when the minivan slowed down for traffic and the motorcycle rider either hit the van or lost ...
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Heavenly Denver morning-glory garden has fan club all its own
Coleen Mann's morning glories pop into full bloom late last summer. Her brother built the wrought-iron fence for her Denver yard near City Park. (Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver ...
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7 things to do this Memorial Day weekend
DENVER - Every weekend, 7NEWS compiles a list of some family friendly events you might enjoy. Here are our picks of the 7 Things To Do this ...
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Police search near Thornton High School
THORNTON, Colo. - Officers were called to Thornton High School on Friday on a report that an individual was outside the school with a weapon.Thornton Police told 7NEWS they are "methodically" searching the area.The school is in lockdown.Finals were scheduled to end at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, according to the Thornton High School ...
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Hearings today in Feros bar killings
DENVER - The three men accused of stabbing five people to death at Fero's Bar and Grill before setting fire to the building in October are scheduled to be arraigned in Denver court on Friday afternoon.The defendants Dexter Lewis, 22, and two brothers, Joseph Hill, 27, and Lynell Jonathan Hill, 24, are expected to enter pleas during the 1:30 p.m. arraignment, where they will also hear a ...
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CDOT Deadly crashes prompt I-70 review
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. - Colorado Department of Transportation officials are reviewing a construction zone on Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon after 2 deadly crashes that happened within five miles of each other in the past six weeks.CDOT spokeswoman Nancy Shanks said Thursday anytime there is a fatal accident, the department reviews highway conditions to determine if they played a ...
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Colorado's green future
Colorado’s economy suffered through the downturn like every other state in the country, but as the national economy enters a period of recovery, which started towards the beginning of the year, the state continues to falter, while using much-needed federal grants to lay the groundwork for future, greener, industries.
Colorado has had to cut $2 billion from its state budget since the Great Recession hit in late 2008. The fiscal year for 2010-11, which starts July 1st, will see further cuts from the state budget of over $200 million. Education has seen the biggest cuts, along with many building and expansion projects to various state facilities and public infrastructure being delayed. Read more
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