@Denverheadlines 12/8

Today A 40 percent chance of snow before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 16. Light north northwest wind. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible

Tonight Partly cloudy, with a low around -6. Calm wind.

Monday Sunny, with a high near 20. Wind chill values as low as -5. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.

• After four days in single digits, Denver is expected to see double-digit temperatures Sunday.

• SWAT team members arrested a 47-year-old man wanted for attempted murder of a police officer after he allegedly barricaded himself in a Commerce City home and repeatedly fired shots at SWAT teams.

• Woodland Park police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found at about 10:30 a.m. Saturday outside of a residence in the city.

• Deputies who stopped two vehicles traveling together in western Colorado say a search turned up about 85 pounds of marijuana with a street value of about $225,000

• The boyfriend of a Boulder woman arrested last month on a felony charge of cruelty to animals turned himself in to police for the same crime Friday after police say he strangled a French bulldog puppy this summer that later died of its injuries.

• Police shut down the Sports Authority store on Broadway Saturday afternoon while negotiating with a suicidal man.

• Prosecutors are pursuing witness intimidation charges against a man accused of telling the mother of a Colorado Springs slaying victim: "You're next."

• The few words that Mary Louise Lee spared at 10:30 a.m. Saturday were nearly inaudible. Having warmed up nearly three hours earlier singing to her husband, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, the accomplished vocalist was saving her voice for producers of "America's Got Talent."

• Lawyers for the Aurora theater shooting gunman want to exclude the public from upcoming court hearings concerning his psychiatric evaluation.

• Denver police believe a series of nighttime break-ins in the city's Lowry neighborhood is the work of just one brazen burglar who enters through unlocked doors while families are sleeping inside.

• Colorado's plunge into the deep freeze, with overnight lows in the northern mountains dropping to minus 20 degrees for days in a row, likely is not cold enough or prolonged enough to disrupt the life cycle of the destructive pine beetle.

• Those looking to buy recreational marijuana in Aspen on Jan. 1 won't find it. In fact, it could be weeks into the new year before the first shops begin selling recreationally.

@Denverheadlines 12/6

Today
*	Day: Partly cloudy. Highs around 9°F. Light wind.
*	Night: Partly cloudy with slight chance of light snow. Lows around 1°F. Wind chill around -3°F. Light wind. Chance of precipitation near 30%.
Saturday Dec 7
*	Day: Mostly cloudy with slight chance of light snow. Highs around 18°F. Wind chill around 13°F. South southwest wind to 5 MPH. Chance of precipitation near 45%.

• The city of Aurora wants a lawsuit dismissed that was filed by a group of Front Range hotels seeking to stop the proposed Gaylord Rockies and Conference Center, The Denver Post reports. Aurora, which has received financial incentives from Colorado to help finance the hotel project, claim the opponents don't have the legal standing to intervene in the issue.

• The flu is hitting Colorado with dozens of people hospitalized, and now one death has been reported.  Peak flu season is still about a month or more away — January into February – and already 52 people have been hospitalized

• Road crews have been working around the clock to keep metro area streets clear, but there are still icy spots that will have drivers gripping the wheel tight.  In some places across the country they use what they have on hand such beet juice, among other things. In Denver, treating the icy streets during the bitter cold can be a little tricky.  Pig urea, beet juice and cheese brine — none of them really bring winter weather to mind, but other areas across the country are using them on roads.

• Denver police would like the public’s help locating suspects in a fatal assault.  According to police, officers were called West 40th Avenue and Osage Street last Saturday on the report of a large fight.  “Upon arrival, officers found the victim, Steven Perez, suffering from injuries sustained in the assault. Mr. Perez was transported to a local hospital and was pronounced deceased,” police said in a statement.  Police learned that multiple suspects were involved in the death of Perez, 38.

• The mother of a teenager victimized by a ring that sold sex with underage girls said she fears the sentence given Thursday to a woman involved in the operation puts her daughter in danger.

• The federal government on Thursday said nearly $63 million in disaster-recovery funds will flow into Colorado to help counties with housing, infrastructure and economic rehab

• A burst water pipe caused a 30-foot section of ceiling to collapse at Academia Ana Marie Sandoval Wednesday afternoon.

@Denverheadlines Thanksgiving Day News

• Thanksgiving Day Partly sunny, with a high near 50. Calm wind becoming northeast around 6 mph.
• Tonight Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph after midnight.

• A Denver police officer opened fire on a driver who tried to run him over late Wednesday afternoon.

• Northglenn police are asking the community for help in identifying a man who stole a service dog from a parked car Wednesday afternoon.

• A suspected serial killer who was awaiting trial for the 1996 murder of a 27-year-old woman has died in a Denver hospital from pneumonia and other health complications.

• Thornton police are asking the community for help in locating a man suspected of stealing cars from people who let him into their home when he asks to use their phone.

• Nine months after LeAnn "Annie" Meyer disappeared from her Wheat Ridge home, her roommate, Melissa Miller, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Park County court.  Miller was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

• Three bodies were found inside a home that burned in Rye Wednesday morning after firefighters put out the blaze.

• Democratic state Sen. Evie Hudak, whose constituents are attempting to oust her from office in a special recall election, is set to resign her seat.

• A $343 million contract to build the North Metro Rail Line from Denver Union Station to 124th Avenue was approved Tuesday night by the Regional Transportation District board of directors.

• When it comes to luggage, John Allen Papelbon has an eye for quality and an appreciation for the finer things. Unfortunately for him, some of those finer things turned out to belong to others, Denver police said. One of them was 1970s guitar god Peter Frampton.

• There is buzz over the rare coincidence that for the first time since 1888 Thanksgiving and the first day of Hanukkah fall on the same Thursday.

• A federal judge said Wednesday he is inclined to allow a man arrested during major raids on Colorado marijuana businesses to be released on bond because the government has not sufficiently shown him to be dangerous.

• The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Lyons Disaster Recovery Center will close permanently at 6 p.m. Monday.

• After vowing to rebuild when Colorado's devastating floods submerged RockyGrass' home of Planet Bluegrass Ranch in Lyons, festival organizers have announced the preliminary lineup for the 2014 event.

• The Denver Zoo has a new addition. A male gerenuk, named Stitch, was born at the zoo on Nov. 17, officials announced Wednesday.

• ERIE — A 66-year-old man was killed early Wednesday afternoon when a small plane crashed in Boulder County.

@Denverheadlines 11/21

Today Snow. Temperature falling to around 12 by 5pm. Wind chill values as low as zero. North northeast wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Tonight Snow likely, mainly before 11pm. Cloudy, with a low around 8. Wind chill values as low as -3. North northeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

• El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa slammed Black Forest Fire Department Chief Bob Harvey for telling multiple media outlets Wednesday night that this summer's Black Forest fire was intentionally set by a perpetrator.

• The marijuana battle has returned to Denver's front yards. The City Council continues to wrestle with where to draw the line on marijuana consumption when it comes to private property.

• Legislative leaders have dismissed an ethics complaint filed against the lobbyist for Colorado's most strident gun-rights group, but the issue is a long way from over.

• Prosecutors are expected to present a plea deal in the case against Melissa Miller, who is accused of killing Wheat Ridge resident LeAnn "Annie" Meyer.

• The ACLU and a Castle Rock couple whose car was hit by a police officer's bullet while he was responding to a burglary in February are suing town officials for records related to the shooting and the officer's conduct.

• Detectives with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department are working to solve a mystery after car windows are shattering while traveling near C-470 and Highway 285.  The sheriff’s department says it happened three separate times. Two occurred on C-470 near Alameda Parkway and another on Highway 285 near Highway 8.  Although some drivers reported a gun shot or loud boom before the window shattered, nothing was found.

• Police looking for help identifying three men involved in an armed robbery at a Broomfield business.  Police released surveillance pictures of the men.  The suspects entered the AAA Nail Supply business Tuesday night. One pointed a gun at the employee and stole his wallet while the other two stole cash from the registers and a safe box containing cash and credit card receipts.  The men may have left in an older model grey or silver Honda sedan.

• Police in Colorado Springs are investigating a deadly accident that killed two airmen.  The airmen were from Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. They died after their car was hit by a truck.  Investigators say the car’s driver swerved to avoid a couch in the middle of the highway and an oncoming truck hit it.  The base has not released the names of the airmen.
• A mother’s courage can be heard in a 911 call as she turned her son in for murder. Not only did Mindy Sigg call for help, she handed the phone to her son Austin who confessed to killing Jessica Ridgeway.
• CBS4 Investigator Rick Sallinger requested the tape of the dramatic call after first hearing it in court.
• From their home Austin Sigg’s mother Mindy called police.
• Mindy Sigg: “Hi, um, I need you to come to my house … um, my son wants to turn himself in for the Jessica Ridgeway murder.”
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• The words apparently seemed incredible — that Austin Sigg was turning himself in, admitting to the murder the 10-year-old girl.
• Dispatcher: “And what’s going on there. Ma’am, are you there?”
• Mindy Sigg: “Did you not hear me? He just confessed to killing her.”
• Dispatcher: “I know. I want you to tell me what’s going on. Can you tell me exactly what he said?”
• Mindy Sigg: “That he did it and gave me details and her remains are in my house.”
• As police were dispatched to the Sigg home the call taker asked if she could speak to Austin and asked how he was feeling.
• Austin Sigg: “I don’t exactly get why you’re asking me these questions. I murdered Jessica Ridgeway.”
• Dispatcher: “Okay.”
• Austin Sigg: “There is … I have proof that I did it … there is no other question. Uou just have to send a squad car, something down here.”
• Austin Sigg also admitted to attacking a jogger at Ketner Lake. He was then asked if he had weapons.
• Austin Sigg: “I have knives in my room, um, and we own a few guns, but … I’m giving myself up completely, there will be no resistance whatsoever.”
• The dispatcher then is heard once again talking to Mindy Sigg.
• Dispatcher: “Is Austin still there with you?”
• Mindy Sigg: “Yeah, I’m hugging him (crying).”
• Dispatcher: “Okay, you guys are hugging? … Okay, you definitely did the right thing. You tell me when the officers get there, they’re coming to your front door, okay?
• At one point in the call Mindy Sigg is so distraught she says she can’t breathe.
• What started for her with that phone call ended Tuesday with her son being sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole.

@Denverheadlines 11/20

Today Increasing clouds, with a high near 58. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning.

Tonight A slight chance of rain before 11pm, then snow. Low around 25. Light and variable wind becoming north 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

• A single-engine plane heading from California to Aspen crashed Tuesday night in Delta County , killing the pilot.

• Two Colorado cantaloupe farmers who pleaded guilty to charges related to a deadly listeria outbreak met Tuesday with some of the family members of people who got sick or died

• Federal authorities in charge of saving wolves from extinction ignited outrage Tuesday when they made their case to end protection of gray wolves

• On the U.S. House of Representatives floor Tuesday, Rep. Jared Polis ripped Colorado's state regulations involving hydraulic fracturing, saying the growth of fracking in the state "without common-sense federal guidelines, without common-sense state guidelines" has caused friction for his constituents.

• A Boulder man who was bicycling at north Lake Tahoe last week remains in critical condition after he was struck by an SUV in a hit-and-run accident near Carnelian Bay

• A proposed high-speed rail system from Fort Collins to DIA and then south to Colorado Springs would cost about $9.8 billion and carry roughly 13 million passengers a year, according to planners Tuesday night.

• Developers broke ground Tuesday on a new dining district in Denver’s Lowry neighborhood.  The new attraction will be located at Hanger No. 2 near Lowry Boulevard and Rampart Way.

• Aurora has joined the effort to try and quickly find drivers involved in hit-and-run accidents.  The city is now the latest city to participate in the “Medina Alert Program.” Alerts are sent out so everyone can be on the lookout for a hit-and-run driver.

• The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says there have been four new cases of a thief or thieves getting into homes through dog doors since CBS4 first reported the story on Nov. 6.

• Colorado legislative leaders say there’s not enough evidence to settle a complaint against a gun lobbyist accused of threatening a lawmaker to influence her vote.
• Prosecutors have decided not to pursue a third trial for a Texas man accused of killing his wife near the couple’s Colorado vacation home.  Juries in two Colorado counties previously considered the allegations against Frederick Mueller, but did not reach a unanimous verdict. Prosecutors announced Tuesday they were dismissing the case, canceling a third trial that was scheduled for January.

• An Arapahoe County judge has scheduled a Thursday morning hearing to discuss a prosecution request that the Aurora movie theater gunman undergo another psychiatric evaluation.

• As Austin Sigg was sentenced on Tuesday to a life behind bars, a judge and prosecutor said Sigg himself offered the best word to describe what he had done to Jessica Ridgeway: evil.

@Denverheadlines 11/19

Today Partly sunny, with a high near 63. Southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon.

• Walmart officials told police this year that the store at 7800 E. Smith Road loses $1.5 million each year to theft, putting it among the top 5 percent of the chain's locations nationwide for shoplifting. The store is far and away the city's leading destination for shoplifters, with 283 offenses reported in the past year — 179 more than the second-highest location, a Rite Aid on the 16th Street Mall.

• Amid recalls, lawsuits and what will soon be repeal efforts of the state's new gun-control laws, a broad coalition of activists and family members of gun violence victims congregated Monday to urge state lawmakers to "stand strong."

• The state Independent Ethics Commission on Monday unanimously voted to proceed with an ethics complaint filed against Gov. John Hickenlooper, a step that calls for further review but is not an indication a violation occurred.

• Medicare is wasting hundreds of millions of dollars a year by failing to rein in doctors who routinely give patients pricey name-brand drugs when cheaper generic alternatives are available.

• A path for a 435-mile pipeline that will carry natural gas liquids from northern Colorado to Texas received final approval Monday night.

• Aurora police are asking the community for help in identifying a person of interest from the Fuego Fuego bar parking lot homicide.

• The Longmont Humane Society remains in financial trouble. It needs $250,000 to make its mortgage payment. The organization is trying to pay off a bond used to pay for a new facility. The facility still has $2.4 million to pay off.  The Humane Society is trying to figure out its money troubles so it won’t be going month to month.

• The Denver Broncos will break ground Tuesday on an expansion of their Dove Valley headquarters.  The facility will now include a new indoor field house with a full-length field, locker room, meeting area and upgrades to the Paul D. Bowlen Memorial Broncos Center.  Fans will notice a difference during training camp in 2015. A larger public viewing area will be accompanied by additional parking and improved restroom facilities.  the Broncos say the goal of the renovations is to make their facilities among the best in all of professional sports.
• Denver police would like the public’s help with more information about how a man found lying in a street died. According to police, on Nov. 14 George Jackson was found lying in the 2200 block of Lawrence Street unconscious. “He was taken to the hospital and died the following day,” police said in a statement. “The Denver police are requesting any person who saw what caused Mr. Jackson to become unconscious to contact Crime Stoppers.”  Police said it’s unknown if Jackson was the victim of a crime.

• State exchange enrollments for new health insurance still lag, but high demand for expanded Medicaid has pushed total signups for reform benefits beyond 53,000, a new count shows.

• The Castle Rock Town Council Tuesday night will weigh how best to manage the noise from train horns in the community.

@Denverheadlines 11/16

• Saturday Mostly sunny, with a high near 59. Southwest wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

• In a national first, a federal prosecutor in Denver has acknowledged in court that the case against a terror defendant rests in part on information gleaned from warrantless wiretaps.

• Snow is expected in the Colorado mountains over the weekend, with a slight chance of snow or rain in Denver Saturday night and Sunday morning.

• Colorado regulators have begun surveying marijuana businesses about the price of pot, in an effort to implement a new excise tax that voters passed earlier this month.

• The results of Broomfield's anti-fracking measure -- which appeared to have failed by a slim margin on Election Day -- flipped late Thursday night, but the five-year hydraulic fracturing ban's approval was so narrow that a recount is mandatory.

• A judge postponed a hearing Friday for a Denver couple to enter pleas on charges of child abuse for allegedly starving their four young sons and keeping them in a filthy apartment.  No reason was given for the delay, which was announced after a brief discussion among the judge and attorneys. Their comments weren’t audible to others.

• Police in Nebraska counties along the Colorado border are fighting to keep medical marijuana from crossing state lines.  It’s a problem they fear will grow worse when it becomes legal to buy marijuana for recreational use in January.

• A long fight over water rights between ski areas and the federal government appears to be settling down.  Over the past decade, the U.S. Forest Service has tried to change the rules on water rights four different times, but many say the most over-reaching measure happened nearly two years ago.  The government didn’t offer to buy the water rights, it just asked that they be handed over.

• The Weld County Sheriff's Office has cited three suspects for their involvement in alleged animal abuse on newborn calves, released on video this week by an animal rights group.

• Police on Thursday evening arrested a 14-year-old Longmont boy on suspicion of auto theft out of Mead.

• Police say a teen who was pepper sprayed by police threw "bodily fluid" on an officer at a Colorado Springs hospital.
• A parolee accused in the recent kidnapping of an 8-year-old Aurora girl had a history of sexual misconduct in state prison, documents obtained by 7News

• The Federal Emergency Management Center is closing its Lyons Disaster Recovery Center at 6 p.m. on Monday. FEMA officials have announced.

• An outbreak of whooping cough has Colorado health authorities urging people to make sure their vaccinations are up to date.

• Both luxury home sales and median sale prices in the Denver metro area moved higher in October compared to a year ago, according to a report released Friday by Coldwell Banker
• How did Mars lose its air, water and possible life? It’s a Martian mystery that NASA hopes to solve with a new spacecraft that was built in Colorado.  NASA will launch a spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Monday to try to answer that. It’s called the Maven Orbiter, and it was built by Lockheed Martin in Colorado. The $671 million NASA mission is being led by the University of Colorado Boulder.
• Boulder police have arrested a woman on a warrant for cruelty to animals after investigators said she failed to get veterinary treatment for three-month-old puppy when it suffered broken legs and burns.
• The Longmont Ice Pavilion began rebuilding Friday from about $20,000 of damage caused when someone put "ice melt" on the ice.

@Denverheadlines 11/15

• FridayMostly sunny, with a high near 59. South southwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the afternoon.

• A civil lawsuit was filed Thursday against the City of Commerce City and several officers over the death of a dog shot and killed in November 2012.

• Metropolitan State University of Denver has sold the naming rights for its new athletic complex to The Regency.

• Several significant new developments are wrapping up or just getting underway in the River District just north of Old Town Fort Collins. The River District is the new name for the oldest part of Fort Collins

• Tax credits for homeowners that conduct wildfire mitigation and a death benefit to wildland firefighters are among bills that Colorado lawmakers will introduce next year. The tax credit would cover half of the costs of mitigation done by homeowners. Another bill would give families of seasonal wildfires $10,000 to help pay for funeral costs if their loved one dies in the line of duty.  A committee on Thursday voted to introduce the bills during the session that begins in January. The committee also gave the go-ahead to introduce legislation that strengthens counties' authority to prohibit agriculture producers from conducting burns on their property during high fire danger. Lawmakers also want to budget $3.25 million annually for five years for grants to help firefighters buy better equipment.

• Police say eight businesses in Northwest Denver have been the victim of a burglar who breaks in overnight.  Authorities say the burglar uses a rock to smash in the front doors before trying to make off with the cash at each of the businesses which are mostly restaurants. At the family owned La Casita restaurant, located at 36th Avenue and Tejon Street, security cameras captured footage of the burglar in action.

• A $415 million project to build a wastewater treatment plant and a seven-mile pipeline will support growth in north metro Denver for decades.

• A anti-bullying campaign at a school in Fountain is causing controversy. The school is putting stickers on students’ shirt collars so that other students will shun them from all interaction.  The goal is for the students to find out what it’s like to be left out.

• Colorado Republicans have mile high aspirations for 2016.  The state GOP says they will make a bid to have Denver host the 2016 Republican National Convention.

• Tax credits for homeowners that conduct wildfire mitigation and a death benefit to wildland firefighters are among bills that Colorado lawmakers will introduce next year.

• Construction of the new hotel and transit center at Denver International Airport is making visible progress every day. The floods in September delayed work as crews were sent to help in the flood recovery process. The DIA construction site itself also had to be drained and cleared out. Now, the warm November weather is working in their favor and crews are back on track to finish the project by the fall of 2015.

• Longmont police investigating a rash of vandalism Tuesday night that left windows bashed on about 60 vehicles throughout the city are comparing notes with police in neighboring cities on similar crimes.