a similar situation in crazy, but 28 above in the denver area. the cold air cools down the low spots and will do that for a while because we have no wind and it nothing to move that away. 12 degrees in elizabeth and it's down to the single digits up into the mountains. there is not much going on, no major storms and with that, cold and quiet there will be a slow warming trend. not much in the way of big storms but there is some light snow in the planner. nearly 150 somali workers were fired in a plant in fort morgan and are hoping to get their jobs back. >> we are in fort morgan tonight. they were failing to-- fired for failing to show up for work over a dispute about prayer time. reporter: before the terminations, more than 600 of this plants 2100 workers were

nearly 150 failed to for work in solidarity with a handful who walked off the job claiming they were not allowed to play-- pray when they takes some time. reporter: many of the refugees are muslim, they worked the afternoon shift and say they need to pray when the sun sets which happens early during winter months. >> we've been working five years. reporter: the local ppant accommodated the requests until a new shift manager took over. praying? here. reporter: a spokesman says there has been a misunderstanding. they have made religious accommodations part of the they have reflection areas for all areas-- employees to use wiraless of faith. *^@ it operates a production line

ifabc employees leave e d muira production. one employee left and were told that only two out of three-- two or three at a time could do so so 11 walked off their job. many others failed to come to work four days in a row and were fired. >> if thee got fired should get fired as well. reporter: they are in talks to see if they can come up with a way to make things work. >> if they allow us to go back they must allow us to pray. reporter: the executive director of the somali human rights commission says he looked into the issue and found that the plant does have a religion accommodation plan in place. the decisions are not related to religious intolerance. reporting life, lance hernandes denver 7 . a murder investigation is underway after a man was found

this is a couple of blocks east of spirit. the victim had obvious signs of trauma but would not comment on if he had been shot. greenlee police say they expect foul play on the death of a man missing four months-- more than a month. he went missing on november 30. police say they found suspicious evidence and circumstances at his home. aurora police say this woman was murdered. she was found dead at motel on east colfax on december 19. police hope someone recognize her and help them with their investigation. if you have any information call the aurora police department. firefighters in evergreen have the odds against them after fighting a fire in an evergreen home. firefighters say the windows and doors had bars on them and the cold did not for firefighters. they think it started in the attic of the home and went down

investigators are still trying to figure out how it started. ptz strip club-- pt strip club caught fire and we are still waiting to hear what started it. several crashes seriously injured a person. the took off running after the crash and still has not been caught. two cars collided around 2:30 this morning when a vehicle crashed into another one exiting that i-- i have an 25 representative going north. four people were in one of the vehicles and a person was ejected and that person is now being treated for life- threatening injuries. this stretch was closed for several hours overnight during the investigation. police think alcohol was a factor in this crash. two cars involved in this one on e. maxwell place. one ended up in a ditch and another went into a nearby yard.

there were serious injuries. a judge is refusing to unseal details against the planned parenthood shooter. the judge presiding says it is too early to unseal search warrants but may change his mind later. he is charged with 179 counts including first-degree murder, attempted murder, and assault. deere is charged and nine others were injured. he has been ordered to undergo a competency exam after he said he wanted to represent himself in the case. one person is in critical condition after being shot near the church night club. it is near 12th and lincoln. police are looking for a suspect and are asking any witnesses who may have seen something to come forward. we know the name of a man killee while ice climbing. ryan jennings fell on wednesday. his friends down his body near and ice pilllr and that is him

he is there with his climbing partner. he was from carbondale and an experrenced climber. the secretary of state office says colorado voter information is fair for public used after being released online. it comes after a database of 191 million us voters was published on the internet. anyone can go online and buy a voter registration list for $50. the city of littleton is cracking down on smokers putting new restrictions on where people are allowed to light up for regular and e- cigarettes. jason, these are pretty major changes. reporter: if you look around, you cannot really notice that many visible major changes now that it is in effect, but if you look closely, a small white piece of paper in front of the old town tavern warns patrons that their old habit of coming out front

>> move your but t. as of midnight, within this designated area of downtown, both regular and electronic cigarettes are not allowed on public sidewalks, front patios, or inside bars and restaurants. smoking is allowed on rooftopp patios, back patios, and designated alleyways or parking lots. >> it's obviously going to improve the air quality in our neighborhood and i think we have a lot of familiis walking up and down the streets and i think it's really good. >> they should be able to smoke wherever they want. the took us that you can't smoke inside, now we can smoke outside.'s reporter: inside this puppy even sell cigarettes, megan is not sold on the restrictions. >> i definitely would noenjoy having to at midnight but i want to haha

alleyway where who knows what could happen. complaints and growing pains for customers and other businesses that are not pleased. >> with time people will let it go and move on. reporter: accordinn to the government website, the purpose of this ordinance is to educate people through basicclly making this downtown smoke-free. i spoke to the littleton police and they tell me that if you violate this ordinance just -`like any other ordinance, you could be subject to one year behind bars, a year of probation and a $2600 fine. denver 7 . people in fort collins will also see a change when it comes to smoking. the ban is expanding and you

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more than 90 million. this will wake you up. this year hundreds of one of the polar bears dove in. >> crews started cutting the ice and it was about 15 inches thick. >> everyone takes a plunge for different reasons, some for instant graham and others to raise awareness. one team helped a local family whose son was recently injured. >> he injured his neck in the ocean so he is paralyzed right now. we are playing for a miracle-- praying for a miracle. >> is a partnership between several nonprofits and the special needs program. rescue crews makes suue everyone leaves the water safely. our good friend marsha sends us great pictures and we

a beautiful shot of lake estes. we will see that cold in some of the mountain valleys over the next several days. our skies are partly cloudy, take a quick look ahead and we had some 40s coming up. all lookokat elevations of downtown denver, warmer than the airport, the high was only 35n rning was ix. the normals are 43-17. the extremes are 67 in82, w in 1901. 20 degrees at dia and you get farther around clearly. the cold air is heavy and drops into the lowest elevations. the -- state and around the nation it is pretty quiet. snow showers northeast, rain showers south-central and southeast and nothing happening alalt to the west coast. overnight it is going to be a oures, 10

greeley, -15 in fraser and we will see temperatures stay in the 20s around the fraser area. low-mid-40s over the higher elevations for denver to littleton and around parker and castlele is a matter of elevation. how about 27 below it gunnison, it is -15 and oo planes, below zero along the south platte river valley. other areas will stay more mild. not much in the way of cloud cover, it will be a mostly sunny day with light wind and temperatures from 40 in denver too low-30s in the northeast and craig and gunnison probably at best will get to about 0 degrees. the winds aloft whiih have been screaming across the country bringing all of that severe weather have changed significantly. we have a very light wind

the strongest winds he will be gradually milder and more dry. ththsystem is week stay to the west of us for a little bit and bring us snow by the middle of next week. tomorrow the high temperature is at 40, a very nice day with plenty of sunshine. sunday looks like a terrific day for the broncos game. it will drop into the 30s foo the second half and low-30s by the time the broncos are celebrating their win. mondays and tuesdays will be dry , it does not look like a major it gets colder. >> you are predicting the it. [ laughter ]>> class act. the broncos are getting healthy just at the right time, the latest from practice today. new year's day means college football and the rose

welcome to seven sports extra. the broncos artdoor for breakfast-- practice today. both better at could play on sunday. a lot of guys on the field today , it was crowded. that is a good thing come playoff time. >> it's a nice problem. we have everyone a practice so we have 46 guys up and right now we have to make some decisions on a couple of guys because we are getting pretty healthy here. it is a day to sit in front

to the bone on television. we start with the rose n , this is the real trophy winner. question the caffrey, hands down the best player in college football. he's fvalor start, touchdown catch on the first play from scrimmage. then later in the second quarter, he took the plant and just watch. is looking silly and he 68 yards for the score. he has 346 all-purposeeyards and stanford is blasting iowa 38-9. the fiesta bowlwlboth teams appear to be ready for this ezekiel was especially just. he ran off for touchdowns and they finished 12-1 with a beating of the fighting irish. the former coach called a beauty here, the quarterback acting like he's confused buu

receiver, underhand toss, touchdown. the gators got chomped by the wolverines 41-7. joshua dobbs cannot handle this, that is a disaster, right? run. he ran it all the way. volunteers got the big victory, 45-6 was the final.>> great game. >> thanks for the wrap.

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takes to burn off your favorite foods. welcome to the show. we'll get straight to it by counting down the three stories at the top of "the list." >> thanks so much, donna. there live been college football games on all day. we're serving up a big heaping bowl of pigskin. our all-time favorite college football movies kicking off with number three. >> we are marshall! >> "we are marshall" is the inspirational story of the marshall university thundering herd football team, forced to rebuild after a tragic plane crash. plath ewe mcconaughey definitely does help along with an all-american cast including anthony mackay, kate mara, and january jones. one thing for sure this 2006 classic will definitely have you shouting -- >> we are marshall! >> now on to another one of our favorite college football movies, "rudy" at number two. >> rudy, rudy! >> you know the chant, you know the movie.