selfies. both sides go to court. now it's up to a judge to decide if it should remain a crime. >> the rivalry reinvigorated, the broncos talk raiders. 9news starts now. if you have flipped over for some quick news headlines during a rain delay is one of the a greatest baseball games and greatest -- one of the greatest world series, here is the deal we'll make you. as they wait outside wrigley field in chicago, as they wait inside the ballpark in cleveland for play to resume, we will tell you when they're playing baseball again so you with -- can switch off 9news and back over to the baseball game, an incredible end to an incredible series and we wait tonight. >> we won't judge you. we're just glad you joined us for a little bit.

world series resumes. a little over two months ago a threatening letter turned up in mailboxes of several dog owners in part of aurora. last night a dog died unexpectedly. the owner thinks the dog was poisoned and the city is investigating. >> animal services is looking into the death of roxy blue. they haven't made any connection to the threatening letters back in august, but roxy blue's owner sees a ti how his dog died. >> i'm a senior pastor here at the rock church in denver. i've been in the ministry 17 years >> reporter: the kind of help here from pastor ryan fontenot. >> helping people heal and move on and put together pieces of their lives. >> reporter: the kind of help his family needs now. >> her beautiful blue eyes, that's kind of where she got her name.

month-old pitbull lab mix passed away overnight. >> the church bought her for me for my birthday. just yesterday she was a playful dog and today we took her to get cremated. >> reporter: one moment roxy was playing outside and next she was having uncontrollable seizures. >> it was very hard to watch. the vet told us that she thought it was marijuana digestion. >> reporter: but ryan says that definitely wasn't it. >> i went in the backyard with my flashlight and looked on the ground and there was hamburger meat with green rat poison pellets mixed in it all. >> reporter: the raw meat and green pellets were a nasty surprise and not the only one. >> talking to our neighbors we found out there was a letter that went out a few months ago concerning barking dogs and the different ways that you could poison them. >> reporter: ryan's family didn't receive the threatening letter. >> i really believe it's connected. >> reporter: sent in august to dog owners in aurora's summer valley ranch neighborhood.

warning. >> beautiful picture of her right here. >> reporter: for what happened to roxy, a member of the family who is now sorely missed. >> absolutely, a lot. >> tests have not been done on the pellets found in the raw meat, but the pictures look similar to ones from other poisoning cases we've seen. as for the threatening letters sent over the summer, a spokeswoman for the city of aurora says animal services does not have any complaints on file, but if you received a letter in the services, 303-326-8290. >> just all kinds of disturbing there. a woman on the western slope stepped on a used syringe at a park in clifton. janie wilke was warning through the middle of kidwood park, thought she'd stepped on a rock. then she took off her sock and spotted blood. she had her first round of blood tests yesterday and will

over the year for diseases like hiv and help tight. 20,000 -- hepatitis. 20,000 balance of toxic wastewater disappeared from peterson's pit. first it was thought to have leaked into a nearby treatment system. now they're thinking what simply happened was evaporation. won't shut down this friday. rtd has been working with regulators to fix rocks with crossing gates. humans have to stand at the gates all the time now because of technical glitches. the launch of the new g line to wheat ridge is on hold until issues with the new a and b lines are solved. clashes between protesters and police today in north

the sheriff's department in the area said protesters were trying to build a bridge across the river to get onto private property owned by the pipeline developer. officers in riot gear used pepper spray and tear gas as protesters were waiting across the river. medics were called in to help some of the protesters suffering from hypothermia and the effects of the pepper spray. two things to tell you, one, world series play has not yet resumed and two, with less than a both campaigns are trying to pick off any undecided voters out there. mike pence was at the loveland fairgrounds and told supporters they have the power to make change. >> this is a choice whether we continue to go down the hill to a weaker america at home and abroad, to america stifled by more taxes, more regulations,

from our higher constitutional ideals or whether here in colorado we're going to stop, plant our feet, turn around and march back up the hill to a stronger and more prosperous america. >> pence heads to iowa tomorrow to be joined by texas senator ted cruz. chelsea clinton campaigned for her mom in boulder at tomorrow banks trying to get people to get out and to vote. her dad former president bill clinton has a number of events later this week in colorado, friday pueblo, denver and fort collins. we have ticket information in this article on 9news.com. it's the selfie so many want to take right now. today a federal judge in downtown denver heard the case about ballot selfies. several people are suing saying the law that prohibits them

ban. >> reporter: in a world that loves selfies it came as no surprise people would want to pose with their ballots showing they voted, but then came this news release from the denver county district attorney saying ballot selfies are illegal in colorado. >> that touched off this lawsuit and those messages from the district attorney were forwarded to many different people such that they really did chill people's speech. >> reporter: adam frank is representing three people who say the law is a violation of >> the district attorneys and the attorney general on the other side are contending this law is necessary to prevent voter coercion. the only problem is there is no evidence of voter coercion or vote buying in colorado in any form of recent history. >> reporter: lawyers for the state wouldn't comment today on camera but argued the law is constitutional to which the federal judge replied then you have a problem. the 125-year-old law says you can't show your completed ballot to someone else. the state believes that means

state said in court they would prosecute anyone violating the law unless -- wouldn't prosecute anyone violating the law unless they were suspected of breaking other election laws after which the judge said there is an indication there is a problem with it this law. courts have struck down similar laws in other states. hanging in the balance is whether colorado will follow suit. the case continues tomorrow morning. the judge is asked to block at least temporarily the ban before the election. the judge expects to rule friday. >> okay. so we wait. thank you. we want to know what you think. should colorado get rid of the ballot selfie ban? should it stay on the books? do you not care at all as long as it is not enforced? let us know what you think by going to 9news.com/votenow. we do know play will resume in the world series about 10:15. we don't know the mystery of the lonely alpaca out of

puzzle, 9news reporter dan grossman figured out how it started and why a microchip didn't provide clues. >> reporter: in a town full of animals -- >> we do get a lot of livestock in boulder county. >> reporter: -- our story agains with a lion, a dog and how it led ed arling to find this. >> i heard the dog barking, came out of the house and looked down the road and saw an >> reporter: tuesday morning around 8 -- alpaca. >> reporter: tuesday morning around 8:00 the saga began. >> i took pictures and showed them to my wife and said you aren't going to believe. this. >> reporter: ed called animal control. >> we got her on the road and parked two cars and she could either jump off the cliff, which we knew she wouldn't do, or she could just hang out. >> reporter: and imagine out

until someone claims her. >> you can tell her legs are much longer than the rest of her body. >> reporter: the county is guessing the alpaca nicknamed elsie for the lion's crest area she was found in got spooked by predators and ran off from a herd. the microchip turned up a disconnected phone number in greeley. >> lots of people in the community have been doing their can find out where she belongs. >> reporter: with plenty of food and care lc will be okay. it doesn't hurt she has some companions, too. dan grossmann, 9news. >> what they'll do now if no one claimed the alpaca nicknamed lc, in four days the county will take ownership of her and try to find a permanent

meet the rancher who claims he's come up with cows lower in fat and cholesterol. >> and a little snow in the mountains last night, finally a change in our warm dry weather. >> denver goes all hollywood on us with a big movie premier here tonight. >> if the world series game seven comes back on, we'll tell you when to flip back and watch. >> reporter: later in sports

world series play has resumed a few minutes early in cleveland. this is the warning that we promised you. if you want to watch the world series in the 10th inning, thanks for joining us for some news tonight. play has resumed there. otherwise more news. meat eaters who like to eat healthy may soon have a new opposite. a rancher in north dakota claims he's breeding a new kind cholesterol. he's got a herd of 40 cattle, a cross between italian bulls and scottish highland cows. he says he's getting orders from across the country and he can ship it out overnight. facebook runs the world. it crushed wall street expectations the sixth quarter in a row, but the world is fickle and facebook shares dropped today. facebook is the second biggest ad publisher online only behind google, but ad growth is

cnbc looked how big facebook has gotten and found there are nearly 1.8 billionive monthly users -- 1.8 billion active monthly users. twitter home of angry people and trolls comes in third at about 317 million active monthly users in thethird quarter and snapchat has about 150 million daily users. tonight begins the 12 day creativity known as the denver film festival kicking off tonight with stars including actress emma stone. her film la la land was the first screening tonight. filmmakers, actors, writers and directors will be in town the next several days and watch and discuss 250 films. the c, film center on east colfax, the festival annex on west colfax, ua inventory

mall and the opera house. when charlie sheen was not asked to be part of the pregame ceremonies, he made his case on social media, but the indians continued to reject him because he's charlie sheen. he's kind of nuts. he could do anything out there. so rick wild thing vaughn in. in the end no jim thome threw out the first pitch tonight. there was a meeting of celebrity superfans. bill murray, cubs fan, made his way over to sheen. although from the look on murray's face, this might not have been the most pleasant gathering. >> maybe. then there is chicago's other team, the white sox. their stadium has gone to u.s. cellular field to now guaranteed rate field.

arrow down. great symbol for mortgage rates, not such a great symbol for a sports team. so it's something the broncos should keep in mind when they replace sports authority field. hi there, i'm meteorologist kathy sabine in the 9news backyard. it's really a beautiful fall evening. today when the morning cloud cover gave way to sunshine, it was a wonderful day to go for a hike way up hig flatirons, our sky9 capturing the hikers enjoying this beautiful afternoon perhaps looking for denver's first snowfall, something we're all looking for or any moisture at all. today there was a rainbow and a few light showers. all that activity has pushed away from the city now. our high today is seasonal, the coolest day this week at 62, 71 in lamar, 58 in carbondale. 45 degrees at dia currently,

air pressure. around the area it's been kind of quiet. so i like to do a little feature called weather around the globe when the weather is quiet. everybody is talking about cleveland and the world series, so let's go there first, shall we? a record high temperature today ahead of a line of showers which created a rain delay for a time. in the cleveland area a record high today of 78 degrees. down the road in illinois a funnel cloud, 2-inch hail, morton, mapleton down with severe weather still going on tonight. seattle looking more like the season and feeling like it, too but right here in denver, colorado, around 7:45 this morning in the southern metro area a few sprinkles on the windshield as well. in the high country the beautiful scenes of 2 to 4 inches of overnight snow. they'll take every flake they can get. systems pushing south and east away from the area, helping

arizona i'm watching for the weekend. -- low in arizona i'm watching for the weekend. this will push moisture up in the southern mountains in the form of snow friday, 20% chance of showers in denver saturday. highs above average, 60s the next couple days, cool air retreating north of us, very little cloud cover, let alone rain or snow showers across the state tonight. with clear skies and light winds it will be colder tonight with lows around 28 in highs rebounding nicely tomorrow, coolest out west, seasonal highs along the front range to start, but then numbers jump 10 degrees over the highs we recorded to you today. 59 tomorrow in blackhawk, almost 60 in the grand lake area, a nice day for travel up and down the front range and in and out of the high country, fair skies, chilly, light winds, low 36.

no rainbows, no cloud cover or fog, a quick warm-up, almost 70 in the city, similar number friday. cooler this weekend, 20% chance of rain showers saturday and then sunday we warm up. monday we cool down. election day looks amazing. yes, the calendar says november. daylight savings time ends this weekend. late saturday night early sunday morning don't forget to set the clocks back one spectacular cloud deck up and down the front range today. the weather was really on the whacky side today. >> yeah. but it was different. it was nice. cu will play under the lights tomorrow night at folsom field as the team starts to gain not only national attention but also recognition. folsom field quiet this evening, not tomorrow as fans will fill the seats for the game against ucla.

first college football playoff rankings and their coach talked about how the mood is changing on campus. >> they've heard themselves called bums on the field, heard them yelled at and i said they're awesome people and we're going to show you. we're showing everybody what the human spirit really is. >> the buffs at the top of the south division standings with three games before the

from colorado's sports leader here's aaron matas. >> good evening. broncos and raiders sunday night and for the first time in a while the game means a lot to both side. it's got our 9news broncos insider mike klis all kinds of fired up.

grrr, raiders week. all right. one more time, grrr, raiders week! i know. the raiders finally have a chance at a good season and we're supposed to believe the rivalry is back on. about time you showed up, oakland. since the tebow year of 2011 and let's face it, around these parts it all starts with 2011, the broncos have gone 8-1 against the raiders. granted the broncos' in that span was the last time the two teams played. maybe this sunday night the broncos can have someone block khalil mack. >> you concernly had to be aware where he's at -- certainly had to be aware where he's at. he's an outstanding player and irvictim on the other edge is pretty good, too. >> the raiders -- irvin on the other edge is pretty good, too.

is 5-11. now they're a different team with jack del rio as coach. here's hoping the rivalry is back on between the broncos and raiders. rivalries develop when both sides consistently play for high stakes. the rebirth of this rivalry may well be sunday night the 6 6-2 broncos against look who decided to show up, the 6-2 >> you know it's raiders week when klis is growling. quarterback trevor siemian is one of the three broncos captains named, a sign there's no quarterback controversy in denver. >> it's pretty cool to be such a young guy and in his first year of playing, i think it just tells him that they want him to lead them, you know, regardless of what year he's in. so he need to continue to do that and push forward and we got to help him. >> the other two new captains

dakota watson on special teams who apparently didn't have shane ray's vote. >> you know, i got to act like i'm happy because my vote didn't go through. particularly i wrote down don't vote for dakota on my paper, like no vote, but he won. good job, buddy. >> shane ray doing some joking in the locker room. one of the best quotes in there. we should mention 8-6 cubs in the >> if you're watching, you don't caper, but you may want to talk -- care, but you may want to talk about it at the office tomorrow. >> things are about to go wild

sunshine and 60s until we hit the weekend, storm approaching from the southwest, maybe some southern mountain snow of down here if anything, it will be rain on saturday, 20% chance of showers. don't cancel any of your outdoor activities. daylight savings time this weekend, election day tuesday and i don't see a snowflake. there. back to you. >> we are hoping for quiet, call and peaceful nights in both cleveland if those people from their posture look sad, it's because they are and it's because their indians are down 8-6 top of the 10th. they'll get 1 nor round of at bats. -- one more round of at bats. in wrigley field somebody is flying the w. that seems premature. after 108 years the cubs are on the verge of a world series title and that city is going to

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