at papa john's ty have to get ready in advance. on the wall at just th one store in monumt they have close to 500oxes folded an ready to go. the estima for just cora springstes this sunday the ed for close to 3-thousand pods of chee. then there's the grocery stores....we talked to safeway...they've pre-maid several thousand sub sandwhichs, nearly amany party trays, and just today they've had to re-stockhehelves of blue ge chips a couple times. and to go with the ip....lo of dip. "colorado footll fanthey love guacamole. we'll sell me guacamole- 32-thousand pounds ts weeken it's onef ou biggest sellers. so colorado springs fans they're big on guamole." anof course a lot of ppl want drinks. at coaltin win and er.....the drink they see going t thdoor theost is beer. theyade extra orders to distributorsorhis d. for grocery storomorrow will be the busiest. sunday, paphns will h

roand lisa course through althe exciteme... the teams be hat work--gearing up for the patriots! sports ancr matt prichard is here with look awhere their focuis at. ey're certaiexted as well, 've heard peyton manni and the whole team say the fans will ba major advantage for them come nday. buthe teamhey' facing has a lot of ptsson practi...the patris are playing in their fifth straight a- f-championship game, all with tom brady and bill belieck at the helm. the key for the broncos is two fo, get the running game going early and get to tomrady as many times as possible. if youatched patriots/chfs last week, kansas ty never al got tbrady at all and that gave him plenty of me to find h reivers. brady does his best rk in th pock, so hit him and hit him often. if ty do tho two things, i thindenver comes o wh the win....and thas certainly what the broncos were hammeringn at practice today and elierhi

we'll have me in-depth anysis tonight on news-5 at 6. a ve-lk now fr ourews 5 studios colorado rings d pueblo warm tempetures and nny skies to wrap up the week. meteorologist caeeoffman joins us nown fit ert 5. wh's t weath lookiike for sunday's broncos gam temperatures at 5 pm wl ease gh the 40s a then into 30s between 7 pm and 8 pm. at 10 pm, we will be near freezing. lowsonight into saturday morning will be in the hh enand lowe20s. for the game in nv we ar looking at highs in the 40's with the chance for rain in th eay pa of the day then snow

rit now. the weather is a completely fferent ory onhe east coast. millns of ople are impted by a monster winter storm that wiling rain, sleet...and snow measurein et. blizza warnings arpostedn our nation's cital, and elsewher..brian mooar tonight from washington. for f the east cst ... roadways were nowhere to be today . as a potentially record-breaking, shovelbuster of a orm threatened to ke life miseble for more tn eity-five million americans. nashville t anarly taste ... e donutsn this stuckruck - far sszethan the roads ... big whlsera big help. inharlotte.. the carolina panthers fought the elements to prepare for thei

night agait the arizona cardinals. out-of-town fans may have trouble flying to e game beuse of ripe efct caused byhousands of ight cancellations. whe me werstranded - hers escaped to places wit better weath. sot: karenaulitreler:39 - :4"boston! where there's no snow!!" washington, is the expected bullseye for this storm - mo twand half feet ofnow may fall over the next thirty-six hours. sot: mayor muriel bows/washington d.c.:49 :5 "we ha a forecast that i don't ink we've hain 90 years." the nationalall and numents clos - along with thst e government -ndesidents were hunkering down. sot: dana hill/shopper:58 1:01 "tre's not much to d we already went grocery shopping for the rest of thek." store were quickly clean out bore the first fles fell ... which is more than anyone can say for the roads - which won't be seeing the light of day anime on. two second pause dio outcue: "bri mooar, nbc news, washington." as bri just ioned----this storm is causing hundreds of flight delays and cancellations. we checked with our local airports. d-i-a tells us they've canceled and delayed dozens of flights

the storm did not imctny flights comingnto the colora springs airport. if you're planning on flyi tonight or this weekend---be sure to k with your airlin for the status of yourligh new at 5. cal law enforcement agenes contue to t a dent in heroin use a trafficngn thpikes peak regio 20 year old ian michael forbes of divide is the "10th person" arrested ithe ug traicking crackdn by the metro vice and narcoticunit. thta force istl rking to aest 25 additional suspects, includinhero dealers linked to major supplier metro n-i consists of the el pa and telleunty sri's ofce, colo springs, fountain a woodland park police. xxxx right now. pueblo pole are looking for help, after a man was attacked and robbed early thig. police say it happen along 100 block ofniversy circle. ke aook at this survelli video. a pick-up drives up as a man is being dropped by a honda, ong th 100 block of unirsity. it apprsor are exchang and thcar driv off..

the pickup attacks the man... leaving him unconcious. police alssay he was robbed... investigators he's in e spital wh serious injuries this morni if y have any information out this or the vehicles.. you' aed to ease call pueb pole. xxx velopingonight. a southern coloro mom---wh just learneder marine son perished a helipter crash,...is in haiii for a memorial. 006 as we first told you last night at---the u-s marine cos ys the 12 marines involved in the accident a week ag...have be officially clared dead,...after e five day arch was called off on tuesday. mita members and families gathered at ne cba hawa today to y tribute to the 12 mares. 17-30 laur all of untain is there to honor the life of h son--sergeanjeffrey mpler. rgeantpler was crew chief, on boarone of the two helicopters that went down last week near oahu. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. thr bodies have not been recovered. you would like to help the family of sergeant

dinner funsetomorrow at the ameranegion post 38 in unin. the money raised wilgo rely to laur aen's fami to help cover any expenses iurred as a rest of this family tragedy. the dinn begins sev morrow nig. majuana "care givers" in colorado springs ... cautioned the city tasforce today about setting ant limi. following up for youci council appointed this panel to review exiing cityod and make recmendations for updates. drug investigators have told the panel numerous owouses are showing up in thty where hundreds of plants areaiseindos ... creating healtand safety hazards. the panel discusd a plant count lit to curb the issue... but th"cannabis council" told the group today that restrictio don'th with the state constitution. ==== "it's a constitutional rht th the only person aowed to derme plant count patient's physician. , i think to gonyurther then at is

go into." e group al discussed wther to changth"dnce quirement" for marijuana growers fr schools, daycares and rehafacilities. we'll keepouted. xxxxx pueblo community college got a big technology upgrade,..all thanks to ste gambling money. the college received just under 500-thousand dollars to put towas new computers througho the school. thmoney was give the schoolnder colorado's amendment . it wsed 8 years ag...and requires a majority of the money from increed gamg limits to go towartuition assistance and croom instruction at colorado's communcolleges faculty on the receing end of is grant say this upgrade was mu needed. "technogy changes on a regular basi andhe more and more sophistacated the software becomes, the more dendg the system requints are and have to be ablto keep up with th in order for our students to be prepared f employment when they get out in the field" p-c's multimedia program

put towards a new lab of-mac computers. the restf the money will go tords personal cters. there's a new boss in town at the colora state fai it's the new ger manager's firsweek at work in pueblo. our news five's lena howland sat down with her on-one tod he joins us live in studio -- lena? at2 years old -- sarah cuings hasicially stepped into the re as general manager. she comes to us fromalifa with eight years of fair management experience under her belt. she beme the-e-o of the sonoma-min fair in her metown of petalum california at onl 24 years old. the california native is thed to bexpding her career to the great state of colorado. staff membs helped to give her a warm welcomehis week as sh only start on esday. she tells ushe hopes to bring new ideas to the tabled attract more peoplstate-wide to the fairounds. "ebody loves the traditions for fairs and what we do here at the fairgrnds but what i wan

that ile respecng what the fairgoers are accustomed seng eacyebrin little freshness and a new pepective the operation" as we've reporte cummingis taking over for genera manaris wisemahad ent 11 years in role. he's not totally out of the picture though, he moved on to deputy commissioner of th colorado deptment riculture. coming up tonight at six- we ask the new m if she pnso keep the fair in pueblo. live in studio, lena howland news five. stahead. more than a thd of arins are pre-diabetic...andost don't even know it!! we'll let u know about the most cmon risk ctors---cong up in tonight's your hlthy fil d a liveoooutside in colorado sprgs... it sure waa beautifufrid t there carlee. highclose to 60's for saturday d snowossible sund i'll han ho by ho break dow r u wed inrs

new 5. the "fstamic man to n an ompic gold medal in downhill skiing hadied. bill johnson died yesterday at an assisted living facility in oregon. was only "55"... but had been battling various health iues ter suffering a stroke bk in 20- 10. johnson won e gold medal for downll skiing at the 19-84 winter olympics yugoslavia. xxx tonight. a snowmor s died after an alanche yesterday west of csted butte.... below ruby pk. this marolorado's first avalanche death of the year. the snowmobiler has been enied as "dani sethness." the alanche information center says he t have triggered the slide---but the cause is still under vestation. new tonight. skier who may have pusd a snowboarder off a chairlift in aspen last wkend... is being questioned.

beckton" saya ier became offended by something he said d pushed him off. veigators watched surveillance vid and have en talking with witnesses. depues say current suspects released an identity no crgesave been filed. xxx right no search and rescue crews are back out in roc mouain naonal rk to try and find a her-- missing near longs peak. 58-year-old ronald webber of florida started his hike on tuesday morning hasn bee heard from since. searchers say -- he was not prepared to spend the night on the mountain. crews on t ground and in the air spent all y yesterday looking for him-- but, so far-- no sig w january days like today can be hard to come by, but the bright sun isurningur cold mornin into a mild rnoon. clouds have en hd to come by while ere's nothing active i colorado today, theris some action our west. since our weather usually comes om the west, it has r attention. a pacic storm syst is spreadinrain anhigh-evationnow into the

california. that sto sysm is heading toward the east. day, we are in e warm region ahead of that orm. the warm will becoetter established tomorrow to make for a pair of beautifully wa day then the cold front ll pass on suay, and we g a reality check.nearly all of southeastern colorado will wa into e 50s this aftnoon. saturday comes wsome sunsne, but clouds will begin increasing in e afternoon. highs will be in the high 50s and lower 60s. the clouds will gr thicker on suayith his rangg fr mid- 40s to near0. we may get a few spots of ra sundayfternoon om denver to colado springs to pueo to trinida don't be surpred if u gea little light sinkle if y go to t broncos and patriots game in denver on

any in will change to snow sunday night. snow will increase on monday wcolder 30s for his. some light snow n linger into early esda clearing begins tuesday afternoon with the sun retuing for wednesday and thursd. temperatures will wa tough the 40s and back into the 50s by

still ead tonight---water births.. y doctors say it doesn't pos any risks to newborns--- coming up inonig's hlt watch. and a big surpse for a fan at last night'sugget'game why thteam's mascot covered him in silly string---right

nats ohalf-court st trendingnle ght now. one of the most exng shots at last nights nuggets game came from a -seball- player this is cololradrockies outfielder crlie blackm,..."chuck nasty",..at the grizzlienuggets game i denver. th is why his catch phrase is "fear the beard",.....he decided off his skills with a no- lookover the head shot---a he mak it! the crowd wentild-and as y can see---he celrad ket wame-winning home ru trending on --more from last nit's denver nuggets game. take a look. a memphis fan... threw a cup of wat on nuggets mascot "rocky". but the joke was on the fan! ineturn----"rocky" and nugts ns sprayedim with a massive amou of silly string!! xxxx

starng to markhe year of the nkey and to honor the occasio today--people in sou korea took irformance by "the eyoo ta a loo trained monkeys peorme a stage decoted like a classroom. they performed for 45 minutes for more than 700 kindergartners... showing off a variety of skills! one nine-year-old elementary school stunt said shs rprised to s the monkeys acting like human beings. cording to the lunar calendar, february 8, 16 will ma the

we'll be right back. xxxx wee back, in tonight's health watch. new research rults out tonight show that "water bths" don appe to poseny rks to newborns. water births are usually de at home..or at a birthing cente

not included ithe study of 6 hundbirths. the results showed that water birth babies were more like to score l on routinmeasures heaand being, th those not born iwar. this is beed to be the rgt sty it'ki, ev. xx and in tonight'sr althy family. w data shows that more than a ird of amerins are pre-diabetic,...and most don't even know it!! pre-diabetes is often an indicator that someone is at riskor delg pe-2 diabetes,...which could o cardiovascular disease. there arno symptoms,...b common risk ctors include ing overweight,...a family history, and age. weight ls, a change diet, and mo exersize... all play parin reversing type 2 diabete up to 30 percent of those individus with pre-diabetes wi develop typ2 diabetes within five years----unles prentative measures e taken. xxxx for re healtstorie just hea "ur healthy family.com." coming up tonight at 6... financial help is on the way f

andy koen is lookingnto how soon local heowns could start seeing federal grant money.... and some colado students are looking yond the skies to serious issues in space. we'll show you how they're geing edbackn hool projects--rom presons in the field. but first here's clee with one lastk at weather, temperatures at 5 pm will ease back through the 40s and then into the 30s betwe 7 pm and pm. at 10 pm, we will be near freezi. lows tonight intsaturday morning will be in t hig teens d lower 20s.saturd comes wme sunsne, but clouds will ben increasing in the afternn. highs will be in the high 50s and lower 60 thks for watchg news five at five. we'll see you back right here afr n-b-c nightly news, . anyour local news is always on

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