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  • Colorado offers help to Oklahoma

    DENVER - Colorado's government is offering assistance to Oklahoma after a massive tornado devastated the town of Moore Monday afternoon.Eric Brown, a spokesman for Governor John Hickenlooper, said the administration had offered assistance through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. So far, however, no assistance has been requested.Brown added that the Governor's office has ...

  • CDOT Gets $5M For New Sprinkler System At Eisenhower Tunnel

    DENVER (CBS4) – It’s one of the Colorado Department of Transportation's biggest concerns in the high county, and now a bipartisan effort is bringing millions to a new fire sprinkler system in the Eisenhower/Johnson tunnels. CBS4's Jeff Todd got a tour of the tunnel Monday and found out significant money could help during dangerous situations. It's something CDOT ...

  • Safeway Shopper Thwarts Pharmacy Robbery

    DENVER (CBS4) – An armed robber thought he’d gotten away with some prescription drugs, but a quick-thinking customer saw the crime ending differently. Around dinner time Saturday night most customers were at the Safeway store at Happy Canyon and Hampden in South Denver for a few extra food items, but police say one man came in looking to rob the pharmacy of vials of Vicodin. He ...

  • Prices Skyrocketing At The Pump Across Colorado

    DENVER (CBS4) – The price at the pump has been skyrocketing. Gas prices along the Front Range are close to $4 a gallon in some spots. The American Automobile Association says Colorado’s average per gallon right now is $3.81, well above the national average of $3.65. Drivers may want to do a little research before filling up. Gas prices in Denver have shot up 17 cents in the past ...

  • Trial set in alleged gun control threats

    AURORA, Colo. - A "not guilty" plea has been entered for a man accused of threatening a Colorado lawmaker as the Legislature debated gun control.A judge on Monday also set a Nov. 20 trial date for Franklin Sain. He is accused of sending profane and threatening emails and phone messages that were laced with racial slurs to Democratic Rep. Rhonda Fields of Aurora.Sain is charged with ...


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Movie Review

A Night to Dismember [DVD]

A Night to Dismember [DVD]

Only the most ardent exploitation and fringe cinema fanatics would argue that Doris Wishman is a good filmmaker in any sense of the word, but she is nothing if not opportunistic. Having gotten her start in 1960 by jumping on the nudist-exploitation bandwagon early in the cycle with Hideout in the Sun, the self-taught filmmaker became one of the most prolific independent female producer-dir ... ...

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  • Fowler uses clear head to get back on track

    Email DENVER -- After a lengthy slump, center fielder Dexter Fowler went 10-for-20 as the Rockies won three of four games against the Giants. He raised his batting average from .254 before the series to .286 going into Monday night's opener of a three-game set against the D-backs. Fowler worked on some swing flaws during an early hitting session in Chicago, where the Rockies played the ...

  • Lefty-swinging CarGo thriving against southpaws

    Email DENVER -- It would seem to be a poor matchup -- the Rockies' left-handed-hitting Carlos Gonzalez entered Monday's game against D-backs sizzling left-hander Patrick Corbin. Not only did Corbin enter 6-0 with a 1.52 ERA, but he had held left-handed batters to a .125 batting average. However, Gonzalez is not performing like a typical lefty batter. Going into Monday night, ...

  • Cuddyer could return on Friday

    Email DENVER -- Rockies right fielder/first baseman Michael Cuddyer will play two days this week at extended spring training in Scottsdale, Ariz. If all goes well, he will rejoin the active roster Friday in San Francisco. Cuddyer, on the 15-day disabled list with a bulging disk in his neck, said Monday that he is doing all baseball activities without pain and is ready for game action. Playing ...

  • Rahim Moore ready for new beginning

    DENVER - Rahim Moore wants so badly to forget it all. No one seems willing to let that happen. Ever since Moore mistimed his leap and fell helplessly to the grass as Baltimore wide receiver Jacoby Jones hauled in Joe Flacco's desperation 70-yard TD in the playoffs, the Denver Broncos' free safety has been absolutely bombarded. Moore said after practice today, "Once I came in ...

  • DNA Fingerprints Video Tie Ebel To Nathan Leon’s Murder

    DENVER (CBS4) – CBS4 has learned that DNA lifted from a payphone mouthpiece and fingerprints on the phone are some of the key evidence that ties Evan Ebel to the murder of 27-year-old Nathan Leon, a father of three. Denver police have long said they are "confident" that Ebel killed Leon March 17, but have never provided details of their investigation that connect Ebel to the ...

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