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Large Turnout Expected For This Year’s Downtown Denver Arts Festival
DENVER (CBS4) – The Downtown Denver Arts Festival is next weekend and organizers are expecting a large crowd as the festival celebrates its 15th year anniversary. Festival director Jim Delutes stopped by CBS4 studios to talk about how many people they are expecting and what they have planned for the event this ...
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Confident Lopez finds pitching groove with Rockies
Email DENVER -- Offseason acquisition Wilton Lopez didn't endear himself to his new Rockies fans when he posted a 9.00 ERA in his first nine relief appearances. But since then, he has been scored on just once in 12 games and has fulfilled the right-handed setup role the Rockies envisioned when they acquired him from the Astros. Lopez threw 1 1/3 innings Friday night to finish off the ...
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Oswalt getting sharper set for Double-A start
Email DENVER -- Right-handed three-time All-Star Roy Oswalt is still three to four weeks from being considered for the Rockies' rotation, but his effort Saturday at extended spring training suggests he is progressing rapidly. Pitching against a team of Brewers prospects, Oswalt gave up one hit -- a first-inning leadoff bunt single -- and struck out nine with no walks in five innings. It ...
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Shots fired in Aurora adult store
AURORA, Colo. - Aurora police said shots were fired inside the Pleasures adult store Sunday afternoon.Crime scene tape blocked off the store at South Havana and East Jewell at 2:45 p.m. and at least 3 police vehicles were parked outside.One person transported to the hospital, according to officers on the scene.There is no suspect description available now.7NEWS has a crew at the scene gathering ...
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CSPD Explosive device found disabled
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Police disabled a handmade explosive device that was found in Colorado Springs Sunday morning.Colorado Springs police responded to a report of explosives found on N. 24th Street near West Uintah Street around 9:30 a.m.Officers examined the device and called in an explosives unit for assistance. Officials with the explosives unit confirmed that it was a handmade ...
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Thief Steals Bag Full Of Body Armor At DIA
DENVER (CBS4) – A thief stole a bag full of body armor belonging to a military serviceman at Denver International Airport on Saturday. "It’s my understanding was that it was approximately $50,000 worth of equipment, no weapons inside, so that was a good thing," Raquel Lopez with the Denver Police Department said. The bag also included holsters and uniforms. ...
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Denver Rallies To Beat UNC 12-11 In Lacrosse Quarters
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Eric Law scored with 13 seconds left to cap Denver’s big comeback in a 12-11 win over North Carolina in an NCAA lacrosse quarterfinal Sunday. Denver trailed by as many as six goals and was down five at halftime. ';Every single head was up in the locker room,'; Law said of Denver’s 9-4 halftime deficit. ';We knew we were right there because of the ...
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WWII Bomber ‘Memphis Belle’ To Visit Broomfield
BROOMFIELD, Colo. (AP) -- The Memphis Belle, a restored B-17 bomber, is scheduled to be in the Denver suburb of Broomfield next weekend as part of a national tour that aims to raise awareness about World War ...
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Abraham Rutto wins Colfax Marathon in Denver with record-setting time
< 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } Last year Trevor Barron broke the U.S. record for race walking 20 kilometers and was the lone American to compete in that event at the London Olympics. On Sunday he gave running a try.On a cool morning with near perfect running conditions that produced record times, the Colorado College sophomore finished fourth in the Colfax Marathon with a time of 2 ...
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Denver rallies to beat UNC 12-11 in lax quarters
INDIANAPOLIS - Eric Law scored with 13 seconds left to cap Denver's big comeback in a 12-11 win over North Carolina in an NCAA lacrosse quarterfinal Sunday. Denver trailed by as many as six goals and was down five at halftime. "Every single head was up in the locker room," Law said of Denver's 9-4 halftime deficit. "We knew we were right there because of the chances we ...
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2 In Critical Condition In Separate Auto-Pedestrian Accidents In Aurora
AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – Two people are in critical condition after two separate auto-pedestrian accidents in Aurora Saturday night. Lt. Jeff Turner with Aurora police said the first accident occurred at 10:27 p.m. on East 14th Avenue between Dallas Street and Dayton Street. "The investigation revealed that an adult female was walking southbound in the alley between Dallas and Dayton ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 19
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: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...
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Report Combat troop discharges increase sharply
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- A newspaper investigation has found that the number of soldiers discharged from the Army for misconduct has risen to its highest rate in recent times, and some are wounded combat troops who've lost their medical care and other veterans benefits because of other-than-honorable ...
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Masai Ujiri named 2012-13 NBA Executive of the...
Nuggets executive vice president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri helped construct a balanced roster that won an NBA team-record 57 games in ...
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Nuggets-Warriors Game 6 Gameday
Posted May 3, 2013 05:40 OAKLAND, Calif. - Handed the toughest early season schedule imaginable, the Denver Nuggets banded together and persevered. After losing their best outside shooter to a knee injury in the first week of April, they went on to set a team NBA record with 57 victories and secured the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference. Conceding defeat wasn't part of Denver's ...
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Nuggets-Warriors Game 5 Gameday
Posted May 1, 2013 00:27 Bloody lips, flagrant fouls, accusations of dirty play. In more ways than one, the first-round playoff series between the Denver Nuggets and Golden State Warriors just became a lot more interesting. With their season on the line, the Nuggets took the fight to the Warriors, building a big lead and then holding on for a 107-100 victory in Game 5 at Pepsi Center on ...
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Nuggets-Warriors Game 4 Gameday
Posted April 29 2013 01:23 OAKLAND, Calif. - The Denver Nuggets won at least three straight games eight times during a record-setting regular season. They will need to put together one more winning streak to extend their postseason. After making a second-half surge, the Nuggets witnessed a one-for-the-ages performance by Stephen Curry on Sunday night at Oracle Arena, leaving themselves no ...
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Nuggets-Warriors Game 3 Gameday
Andre Iguodala 's half-court heave bounced off the front of the rim as time expired in Game 3 of their Western Conference playoff series Friday night. The Warriors grabbed a 2-1 lead in the best-of-7 series, with Game 4 set for Sunday at Oracle Arena. "We're ready for war, man," Nuggets point ...
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Nuggets-Warriors Game 2 Gameday
Posted April 24 2013 02:17 The snow gave way to sun by midday in Denver on Tuesday. The Golden State Warriors then brought rain into the forecast. A downright downpour. Playing without All-Star power forward David Lee, the Warriors went small and turned their shooters loose in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets. The result was a deluge of 3s from Stephen ...
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Nuggets-Warriors Game 1 Gameday
Andre Miller wasn't about to be denied. Miller scored a career playoff-high 28 points, including the game-winning layup with 1.3 seconds left to lift the Denver Nuggets to a 97-95 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of their Western Conference playoff series Saturday. "I have never hit a game-winning shot - never," the 37-year-old Miller said. "I've taken ...
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Montrose considers retail marijuana ban
Daily Press reports the council previously passed a six-month moratorium on the consideration of applications by businesses that want to sell pot, and it will meet Tuesday night for a first reading on an ordinance that would make that prohibition permanent.Colorado voters passed Amendment 64 in November, allowing for the recreational use and sale of small amounts of marijuana by those 21 and ...
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WWIIs Memphis Belle to visit Colorado
BROOMFIELD, Colo. - The Memphis Belle, a restored World War II B-17 bomber, is due to arrive at the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport next weekend for public flights and tours.The B-17, nicknamed the "Flying Fortress," was the workhorse heavy bomber used against the Axis powers. It featured several heavy-caliber machine guns and could strike deep within enemy territory.The Memphis ...
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Neb. woman helped hide Denver mans body
ALLIANCE, Neb. - A Nebraska woman admitted helping hide the body of a Denver man months before her boyfriend, who told police he killed the man, died in an armed standoff.Rose Siefke, 20, pleaded guilty Friday to being an accessory to a felony in the death of 38-year-old Joshua Bullock of Denver.Siefke's trial was scheduled to begin Monday, but she agreed to plead to the reduced charge ...
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Police called to Starbucks over diaper-changing flap
Police said they responded to a Denver Starbucks after an altercation between an employee and customers who changed their son's diaper at their table. Alex Burgos said he and his wife Ruth were getting coffee Mothers' Day weekend when their 1-year-old son Thiago needed to be changed. Ruth took him to the restroom, only to find there was no changing table, so she changed his diaper at ...
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Nathan Sturgis scores as Rapids take draw from San Jose on the road
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Marvin Chavez scored his first goal of the season to help the San Jose Earthquakes pull out a 1-1 tie against the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night. Chavez drilled a knuckling free kick from 30 yards out in the 78th minute to beat Colorado goalkeeper Clint Irwin. The Honduran international was only available because MLS commissioner Don Garber upheld an appeal of his two-game ...
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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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