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Pueblo mother calls accused baby killer: "monster"

Tonight on News First 5 at 5:30 p.m. An emotional conversation with Selena Olson, the mother of a 9-month old baby found dead in a dumpster in Pueblo.

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Another chance for severe thunderstorms

Warm with a potential for severe thunderstorms again on Sunday. There is a potential for a few supercell thunderstorms with large hail and damaging winds being the main threats.  Also localized flash flooding will be possible.

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Three men arrested, one was tased for assaut and burglary

Colorado Springs arrested three men for first degree burglary and third degree assault. One man was tased for refusing to follow Officer's verbal commands.

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Biden: `We misread how bad the economy was'

Vice President Joe Biden says the Obama administration "misread how bad the economy was" but stands by its stimulus package and believes the plan will create more jobs as the pace of its spending picks up.

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400,000 cribs recalled after 8-month-old dies

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday that Simplicity Inc. is recalling about 400,000 cribs that put babies at risk of death by suffocation.

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Group protests tax policies outside state Capitol

A group of people protested President Barack Obama's tax policies outside the state Capitol. The anti-tax protest was among so-called Tea Party's scheduled around the country on Independence Day.

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Liberty's crown reopened on Independence Day

The first visitors to Statue of Liberty's crown in nearly eight years have made the arduous climb - and one couple marked the occasion by getting engaged.

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Surgery tech knew she was putting people at risk

According to Kristen Diane Parker's arrest affidavit, she told investigators she knew she was putting people at risk for Hepatitis C by swapping dirty needles. She told one detective, "I can't take but what I did."

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